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[b]Name:[/b] Dr. Gavin Brock

[b]Occupation/Crew Position:[/b] Synthetic Biologist and Bioengineer

[b]Age:[/b] 41

[b]Appearance:[/b]

Gavin stands at 6’-1” tall, and possesses a muscularly athletic build that belies his academic occupation. His eyes are a deep blue, and his hair is a mixture of dirty blond, strawberry red, and the first strands of a peppery gray. His skin is fair, and his shoulders, chest, and neck are covered in freckles. Gavin possesses no defining scars or other deformations, and the only adornment upon his skin is a small sparrow tattoo upon his left shoulder. 

[b]Background:[/b]

Gavin Brock was born on the British Crown dependent Channel Island of Jersey, just scant miles from the northwestern coast of France. He had a comfortable and privileged childhood, afforded from his father, Dr. Allan Brock II, running a successful medical practice in the Jersey capital of St. Helier. Gavin’s mother raised him and his younger sister, Marley, full time, home-schooling the children until they were ready to enter college. 

At only a year apart in age, the Brock children were very close. Their connection was undeniably strong, but it was far from the only thing the siblings shared, as it soon became apparent to that the brother and sister duo were both highly intelligent. Upon completion of their equivalent Secondary School years, Gavin accepted a full-ride academic scholarship to the California Institute of Technology with the intent of studying biology. Marley entered London’s King’s College a year later to follow in her father’s footsteps, and pursue a career in medicine. 

The next decade was a whirlwind of triumph and opportunity for the Brock siblings, with Gavin completing his doctorate in synthetic biology and bioengineering, and Marley finishing medical school with a promising future as a specialist in virology. 

Fate allowed Gavin to pursue his calling with abundant success, as his research led to several minor breakthroughs in the field of human genome manipulation, and genetic precursor treatments for cancer. In short order Gavin was being called the most influential scientist in his area of study, eventually even being nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize for his contributions in cancer research. 

Marley achieved her own level of success, though she did so in a less conspicuous manner. With her specialty in virology, the youngest Brock took her skills to the poorest regions of the world, working with the World Health Organization on combating disease.

Even through all the demands of achievement, the Brock family somehow managed to stay close--especially Gavin and Marley. After his work with cancer research, Gavin even promised his sister that he would focus his efforts upon disease prevention in the Third World, and that he would eventually even join her on the frontlines of humanities war with sickness. 

In truth, Gavin kept this promise, though in a way he never could have fathomed. With the coming of The Change, and the New Kind, the Brock siblings found themselves on a battlefield they were not prepared for. As Chile and South America became embroiled with the chaos and death of The Change, Marley was deployed in the contingent of doctors and scientists from the W.H.O. that were sent to try and get some sense of what exactly humanity was facing. 

Gavin, on the other hand, was held back from the initial wave, being forcefully sent by the British government to the international research and testing facility known as The Mountain. With little choice, and with no knowledge of the well-being of his family, Gavin joined the research team within The Mountain, and began in earnest to try and chip away at the titan that was The Change. 

As the months progressed, news of the world outside of the stone halls of The Mountain were growing ever darker. The progress into The Change, and the New Kind, as the research team had come to call them, was infuriatingly slow. All that was really achieved was discovering that humanity had never before witnessed anything like the biological Armageddon that was The Change, and as such, had almost no power to combat it.