[center][b][h1][color=df0909]Marcus E. Hamilton[/color][/h1][/b]
[img]http://img05.deviantart.net/4d74/i/2014/311/b/a/daily_portrait__002_by_h1fey-d85l5gk.jpg[/img]

[b][i][color=df0909]“'Sola Nobilitas Virtus.' Those words are more true now than ever.”[/color][/i][/b][/center]

	[color=df0909][b]N A M E[/b][/color]
[hr][hr][indent][color=gray]Marcus Emanuel Hamilton[/color][/indent]

	[color=df0909][b]ALIAS[/b][/color]
[hr][hr][indent][color=gray]"English", at least to the locals[/color][/indent]

	[color=df0909][b]GENDER[/b][/color]
[hr][hr][indent][color=gray]Gentleman[/color][/indent]

	[color=df0909][b]SKILLS[/b][/color]
[hr][hr][indent][color=gray][u][i]Diplomacy:[/i][/u] Seemingly adept at the nuances of courtesy and etiquette when it suits him, Marcus knows how to walk the walk and talk the talk. While it might only serve to agitate a ruffian on the street, it's been an invaluable asset when dealing with people in positions of power. 

[u][i]Pluck:[/i][/u] Both an asset and a flaw, in his youth Marcus threw himself into many fights when the wiser choice would have been flight. This has been tempered somewhat by his age, but no man (or woman) could say with any honesty that he lacked courage. Almost to the extent of recklessness. 

[u][i]Swordsmanship:[/i][/u] His years on the high seas were filled with many engagements as he tells it, almost all of them beginning with the words; "Damn the guns, we're boarding!". Whether engaging Germans in the North Sea, or Moroccan privateers outside of Gibraltar, Marcus brought as many as he could into hand-to-hand combat.  While he wields both sword and gun in combat, he very much favors the blade, the latter only being used when opportunity or necessity favors it.

[u][i]Captain?:[/i][/u] While unfamiliar with the waterways of America or the operation of steam ships, Marcus is one of the most able navigators of the Atlantic(According to him), and peerless if leading the crew of a sailing ship(Also according to him). More importantly though, it has given him a wide breadth of experience in dealing with, and fighting against, various peoples who have managed to recover from the Blackout. Knowledge that has kept him fed since arriving in Blackfinger.

[u][i]Southpaw Slinger:[/i][/u] Marcus doesn't choose between using his sword or his gun, he uses both in tandem. As it isn't his primary weapon, not even his years of combat experience can allow him to compete on equal terms with the lifelong gunslingers that have sprung up in the remains of America, but to underestimate his abilities as merely average would be a fatal mistake. It is a weapon of opportunity, but opportunity is something he's become quite skilled at creating. [/color][/indent]

	[color=df0909][b]PERSONALITY[/b][/color]
[hr][hr][indent][color=gray]To a man and power of influence, Marcus is every bit the proper nobleman. Courteous, respectful, and demanding of equal respect. To a merchant heading overseas in a Zeppelin, Marcus is every bit the seasoned adventurer, world wise and able to part with his expertise for a price. For most other people: He's really not much more than a common man, fond of a drink and a joke- if a bit prone to grim moods as his youth continues to leave him. He is the type to pursue a goal wholeheartedly if one is in his mind, but for now he has none. So he drinks, and he tells stories, and earns coin to drink some more. Perhaps not to the point of being a drunkard, but that future doesn't seem far off.[/color][/indent]

	[color=df0909][b]HISTORY[/b][/color]
[hr][hr][indent][color=gray]Rumor has it that Marcus Hamilton dropped into Blackfinger one day on a German Zeppelin. In spite of the fact that German Zeppelins were exceedingly rare (Though one was in the area around the time he showed up), that they never carried anything other than Germans, and nobody could recall seeing a Brit since before the Blackout. Still, the novelty of his arrival quickly gave way to more pressing issues like survival- and after a couple weeks "English" was just part of the local scenery.

For the most part, he spends his days talking to merchants and drinking. While rarely drunk, when he does go over his limit he'll regale anybody that can stand to listen to him with tales of fighting pirates across the Atlantic, and a grand Royal Navy that had yet to reach the Americas, but would surely arrive any week. How much of it was true was anybody's guess, but people were used to storytellers after the Blackout, they were one of the best sources of entertainment.

Oddly though, the stories are suspiciously lacking in regards to the missing section of his left hand (Ring and pinkie fingers included), and the watch he always wears around his neck, tucked into the pocket of his shirt.  Merchants seem to pay his bar tab and lodging, although he never seems to actually trade anything with them. Overall, he's a curiosity, but curiosities take a backseat to survival for most in the New World.[/color][/indent]

	[color=df0909][b]INVENTORY[/b][/color]
[hr][hr][indent][hider=Marcus' Sword][img]https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/cc/f7/d1/ccf7d14c7e3a3c9e265ce8f4ef583c78.jpg[/img]
[color=gray]A cavalry saber, which upon closer inspection reveals a slight pattern on the blade.[/color]
[img]http://jhbladesmith.com/wp-content/gallery/wootz-daggers/16.jpg[/img][/hider] 

[hider=Marcus' Pistol][img]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Webley_IMG_6789.jpg/1200px-Webley_IMG_6789.jpg[/img]
[color=gray]An antique 6-round-chamber double action revolver[/color][/hider]

[hider=Marcus' Watch][img]https://i.imgur.com/GZxZBDi.png[/img]
[color=gray]A watch that is always on his person. The initials [i]VW[/i] are etched into the front, while in the back is a more crudely carved symbol:[/color]
[img]https://i.imgur.com/VRWoxLx.png[/img][/hider][/indent]

	[color=df0909][b]REASON FOR VISITING[/b][/color]
[hr][hr][indent][color=gray]There's no one reason, just an attempt to make a life for himself in a new country.[/color][/indent]

	[color=df0909][b]RELATIONS[/b][/color]
[hr][hr][indent][color=gray]Any friends and family he may have are (likely) on another continent, and he remains tight lipped even when drunk.[/color][/indent]