ROLE: [s]Mentor[/s] [i]this category was dismissed by the Seeders and proclaimed as unimportant for future cohorts[/i] 
Name: Mud
Age: 24
Height/Weight: 178cm/68kg (5’10”/150lbs)
Body type: compact; deceiving; enduring
Scent: roasted green tea
Texture: calloused hands; cracking feet; smooth, hairless chest 
Appearance: [hider=dirtier than I look][img]http://i1078.photobucket.com/albums/w496/williamfaulkner1930/japanese-men-hair-style_zpsaarywvf8.jpg[/img][/hider] [list][*]Yakuza tattoos ([url=http://tokyofashion.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Horimyo-Japanese-Tattoo-Artist-2012-07-011.jpg]back[/url]; [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/yosotattoo/4283398733/in/photostream/]arms[/url]) [*]no Seeder’s markings (developed only in this latest cohort) [*]avoids wearing clothing if weather permitted; prefers to wears a [url=http://forum.lesmainsdubonheur.org/documents/fichiers/fundoshi-pose.jpg]fundoshi[/url]. [*]doesn’t matter how long it’s been since he’s shaved: he never gets more than a dusting of a mustache. [*]missing his left pinky finger[/list]
Action tags: Looking and watching from the corner of his eyes; constant movement and working of his fingers; tracing the patterns of his tattoos and scars; puts his index and forefinger against his lips like he’s smoking
Verbal tags: humming; grunting; when he speaks, there’s little inflection in his voice. He is slow to respond to any questions on purpose.
Personality tags: vigilant; self-assured; resourceful; bitter; self-denying; brutal 
Skills, Abilities, and Talents: Weaving. Building. Crafting. His abilities rest in seeing a need and fulfilling the need. 
Personality: He’’s desperate for people. He feeds off their energy and finds purpose within their company. However, he isolates himself, convinced that no matter how hard he tries, the result will be the same: betrayal or death. Sometimes, he thinks he’s gone mad. 
Admirable personality traits: focused; patient 
Negative personality traits: self-depreciating; grim
Things that make angry: waste; thoughtlessness 
Fears: being alone; loosing another group; eating bad food
Method of handling fear: seeking out a new group to keep safe; self-sacrifice to save group rather than be alone again
Bad habits or vices: grown to enjoy the thrill of near death-experiences; rubbing at the skin of his cuticles until they bleed; smoking cheap cigarettes
Most painful experiences in character’s past (to prove why they act the way they do): [list][*]betrayed by his Yakuza boss [*]everyone in his original cohort sent by the Seeders died, slow and painful, and he was there when each one stopped breathing. [*]food poisoning[/list]
Summarize character’s Fatal Flaw: Believes he’s bound for failure in all aspects of his life, but he goes through the motions anyways. If something works out, well, it wasn’t his doing. Something just went right that day in the universe.