Name: Jason Harris
Nickname(s): Jay
Age: 21
Gender: Male
Appearance: Jason is a young man, still in the prime years of his early twenties Relatively tall and lean, standing at 6'1", Jason is a healthy, chocolate-shade of brown, with naturally sharp eyebrows, hazel eyes, and an angular, rugged jawline. His hair is generally cut and tapered close to his head, Jason not being a fan of dreadlocks or long hair in general. His physique is pretty normal for a college student who dabbles in sports - lean and athletic, with well-developed arms, legs, and torso. He doesn't powerlift or run dozens of miles a day, but he is an active guy, and exercises whenever he's not busy with some other activity. He dresses very casually, putting on whatever seems a good idea for the day and weather. He's not a fashionista by any means, but he's not color-deaf, either. Usually simple t-shirts, jeans, and sneakers, sometimes jackets and hoodies. It all depends. He usually keeps a pair of earphones on him, however. Toning out the world with music is a good way to relieve stress.
Personality: Jay...he's a good guy, moral-wise. He grew up with a mother that hammered into him a very stout sense of common sense, even though that sense may sometimes leave him, like most human beings. He isn't infallible. However, you can count on him to be loyal - to a fault. He is an ambitious guy, which is part of the reason that he went to college in the first place. Determined and cool, Jay isn't necessarily the life of the party, but he isn't the pooper, either. He's, to put it more simply, usually the cool-headed guy that doesn't really drink or do drugs, but no one really messes with him because they know that he's confident and self-assured enough to instantly fight back. Jay gives respect where respect is do, but he can butt heads with people who attempt to control his life, which is part of the reason why he never went the military route, despite people telling him that he'd do good in it. Very much a leader, he's just a responsible guy, even though he has his lapses in maturity like everyone else. Quick-thinking, focused, and with a sharp, somewhat sarcastic sense of humor. He's fairly intelligent, maintaining a 3.8 GPA despite the various hard classes he's been taking.
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Name: Olivia Henley

Nickname(s): Livy

Age: 23

Gender: Female

Appearance: Olivia stands at an average height of 5'5. She has a rich, olive skin tone which is accentuated by hazel eyes and dark-brown hair. Her body is well-toned due to her strict exercise regimen, and her scars are a limited few mostly associated to past childhood experiences.


Personality: Unable to fit into a single category best used to describe her, Olivia finds it relatively easy to get along with just about anyone. Although she enjoys meeting new people, she's very careful about who she invites into her life. Under the right circumstances, Olivia will not pass up on the opportunity to make a joke (sometimes inappropriate in nature), and she won't hesitate to use that as an icebreaker.

History: Olivia was born and raised in Ashton, CO. She bounced between foster homes at an early age due to behavioral problems, and she never stayed in a single home for longer than 6 months. She was a troubled child who would often end up in a juvenile detention center, and her sporadic placements with unfitting families often pushed her to runaway, only to get picked up by law enforcement and turned over to the state.

From a young age, Olivia learned to find humor in just about anything. Rules meant nothing to her, and nearly every single one of her mugshots showed a smile that one could very well be interpreted as pride. Despite her behavior, Olivia was a bright child, although her abilities were never truly nurtured nor challenged. She's seen and done it all-fights, drugs, alcohol, sex-yet she has no regrets.

Currently, Olivia's wrapping up her graduate education at the local university. She hopes to get a job as a meteorologist, and she's been interning with one of the three major news stations of Ashton for the past year. She lives alone in a one-bedroom apartment near the downtown area and holds a job as a bartender to support herself.

Relationships: N/A

Name: Michael Gray
Nickname(s): None. Not at the moment anyway.
Age: 22
Gender: Male

Appearance: Michael is a short, broad shouldered and slightly chubby lad. He's 5'6 tall and weighs 168lb. Despite his slight chubbiness he is solidly built and strong, his muscular arms, legs and chest evidence of a semi-regular exercise routine. He is somewhat baby faced with a complexion that sits between pale and rosy. He has dark brown hair and eyes of a slightly lighter brown. His appearance tends to be rugged, bordering on scruffy. He cares little for style or fashion, often just wearing jeans that are always a little too big and whatever dark t-shirt is clean. His hairstyle is simple and scruffy and he tends to have some facial hair growth. He certainly isn't unhygienic, but finds regular grooming to be tedious.

Personality: Michael is a bit of a weird guy. Kind-hearted, yet seemingly cold and distant. Uneducated in a way, but relatively intelligent. He's willing to take part in violence and conflict and understands it's usefulness, even enjoying a decent fight himself, yet he sees it as a last resort in most circumstances, believing that if conflict was his first reaction to every slight he may as well be an animal. Also, he's comfortable with violence, but not cruelty. He reads a lot and thinks a lot and is often considered surprisingly smart by the rare people who get close enough to hear his thoughts. He doesn't consider himself intelligent however, thinking instead that he has aspirations of being knowledgeable but unfortunately believes that his wanting to be and actually being intelligent are two separate things. Finally he holds his thoughts and feelings close in most circumstances, considering them personal and private.

History: Michael had a strange childhood. His father worked mostly in construction but had an alternate career in relatively petty crime. Robbery, insurance fraud, occasional muscle work and later on some drug dealing. He was a violent and angry alcoholic of a man who regularly smashed up the house in front of his wife and children causing terrible distress. Michael didn't hate him for this until many years later. As a result of his reckless life and terrible parenting however he was often in prison and thankfully his violent outbursts eventually led to he and Michael's mother separating. A lot of damage had already been done however.

His mother was a kind and bright woman, but over a decade of suffering her husband and raising five children practically by herself had made her depressed and after years of barely coping she eventually became angry and mentally unstable. To make matters worse her last child was born with severe cerebral palsy and taking care of her whilst already in a very dark place did little to help things. As a result of their fathers influence the boys of the Gray family all found themselves drifting towards crime. Luckily Michael's interest in computer games and books meant that he spent far less time getting into trouble than his brothers and after a couple of years of petty vandalism, shoplifting and the occasional fight he stopped getting into trouble outside of school altogether. His brothers weren't so lucky, one ending up in a juvenile detention facility due to various burglaries and street robberies and later a foster family and the other later joined the infantry due to a perceived lack of other options. Luckily both came out okay, but their absence meant that Michael had to be the man of the house from a very young age. This mostly meant helping his mum with his disabled sibling and trying to curve her breakdowns.

So unfortunately Michael's issues didn't stop with getting out of petty crime. Due to a lack of discipline, his messy childhood, bad parenting or maybe simply the way he was he ended up sleeping, fucking around and generally doing anything but pay attention throughout his entire school career. This lead to him leaving at 16 with no qualifications, no grades and a bad case of depression. Not being able to get a job and not being able to do anything at college other than repeat the courses he had just slept through in school he basically ended up doing nothing productive for almost a year. He read, he gamed, he spent a lot of time online. Eventually a social worker noticed him procrastinating his life away and enlisted him in some courses that specialized in troubled youth and the ball began rolling again, gradually.

The course was good for him. He made a couple of friends, his confidence in his intellectual ability grew from non-existent to “Maybe I'm not a complete dumb-ass” due to the courses refreshing approach. Eventually though the course ended, and despite having successfully completed various exams and gotten half a dozen qualifications he still couldn't get a job. This once again lead to him spending a lot of time on the internet. Not all was bad however, for it was at this time he met his future wife online. They met, they messaged a lot, eventually they Skyped a lot and soon their young and dumb teenage brains lead them to believe they could sustain an international relationship. Thankfully, they could, they fell in love and a little over four years later were married. During those four years Michael's disabled sister died and his brothers moved back into the family home, absolving him of his responsibility as man of the house in a very crude way. So that is what lead Michael to Ashton, Colorado. A woman he loved, for who would go through all that godforsaken green card trouble otherwise? To this day he is convinced the phrase “All's fair in love and war” is a valid reference to the difficulty of immigrating to the U.S and the only two sane reasons one would pursue it.

Relationships:
Emily Gray – Wife

Note(s): Until very recently Michael spent almost all of his life in England, so still has a distinct accent, although if he were to spend much time back there he would be questioned (taken the piss out of) for the American twinge in his voice.

Michael grew up in a way that meant he was a part of more violent exchanges than the average person, but in case anyone gets the wrong idea this does not make him a skilled combatant. At most he's more comfortable with violence than is typical and this might give him a slight edge, but because he's seen both serious injury and serious time in prison come out of dumb aggression he's probably even less likely to “go there” than the average guy.