[@Letter Bee]So, since we're using an alternate timeline, and the fate of the non-Synth version of the character was never truly determined, I decided to write up the original pre-War Nick Valentine as a ghoul. Hopefully this is okay for me to play, but if not I will be fine with making another character instead.

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Name: Nick Valentine

Age: 229

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Nick is a ghoul, with all the usual features of rotting flesh, no nose, disgusting-colored eyes, crumbling ears, a raspy voice, and little to no hair. He wears a remarkably clean button-up shirt and slacks, with a black tie around his neck. He has a shoulder holster for his revolver on, and over that he wears a brown suit trench coat, and a matching fedora on his head.[/hider]

Personality: Nick is a kind, charming person, always ready to help those in need, and easy to get along with. He cares about all the people of the wasteland, even the brutish and misunderstood Super Mutants, or his fellow ghouls. He never turns down a case, and often eschews payment for cases

Faction: A licensed Private Eye under the NCR, he also has the blessing of Mr. House to operate in New Vegas.

S.P.E.C.I.A.L= (45 Points spread wisely. Cannot go over 10 on any one stat)
Strength: 4
Perception: 4
Endurance: 4
Charisma: 7
Intelligence: 9
Agility: 9
Luck: 8

Backstory: Nick Valentine was originally a police detective from Chicago. He was brought to Boston to lead "Operation Winter's End," an operation to bring down mob boss Edward Winter. Unfortunately, Winter or one of his associates managed to find out about Nick's fiancee, Jennifer Lands and killed her in revenge for Nick's involvement in the operation.

The Bureau of Alcohol, Drugs, Tobacco, Firearms and Lasers received intelligence of associates of Winter discussing her whereabouts, but senior officers decided not to place Jennifer or Nick into witness protection in order to avoid compromising the investigation. To make matters worse, Nick and the rest of the task force on Operation Winter's End discovered that Winter was actually working for the BADTFL and the district attorney against the other mob bosses in exchange for immunity.

In the weeks preceding the fall of the bombs, Winter was released and Operation Winter's End was disbanded. Nick was ordered to seek treatment for PTSD at the C.I.T., where his brain was scanned as part of his treatment.

Following this treatment, Nick decided to take a vacation in Las Vegas, to get his mind off of the events that had just occurred. It was there he was when the bombs fell, just on the outskirts of the city, in a hotel. Thanks to Mr. House's defense system built inside the city of Las Vegas, Nick managed to survive the explosions of the bombs, though the fallout radiation managed to still harm him, turning him into what would become known as a ghoul.

With what now appeared to be immortality of age, Nick decided to take to the one thing he knew how to do best: helping others. Guiding people he found in the mojave, to the relatively unscathed city of Las Vegas, he managed to save dozens, if not hundreds of lives. Eventually, once Mr. House reopened the strip, he would ask for and receive permission to set up a detective agency there.

With the arrival of the NCR, and their occupation of territory directly west of the city, Nick would eventually take a trip into their territory, ensuring a license to practice his craft in their land, before moving back to New Vegas. This is where he is now, running a detective agency of steadily-increasing fame, and doing his part to help the people of the wasteland.

Weapon choice: Prefers pistols, currently uses a .44 revolver.

Perks: Light Step, Silent Running, Infiltrator

'Tagged' Skills: Speech, Sneak, Guns, Lockpicking

'Weak' Skills: Melee Weapons

Any other info not included in the above: N/A
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