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[b]Name:[/b] Cole Taalen 
[b]Age:[/b] 24
[b]Weight:[/b] 185lbs  
[b]Appearance:[/b] [url=https://i.pinimg.com/564x/a8/64/3a/a8643a3de7b2f16c1cac3bc2c050be7c.jpg]Cole[/url]

[b]The Issue:[/b] Ever since Cole was a child, he always felt a presence to him. At first, it was small, insignificant, and easily forgotten. Simply a sensation that can be easily ignored. Though, as he grew older, this presence started to slowly become more than just a feeling. He started to sometimes see what looks like a figure out of the corner of his eyes. But always brushing it off as just his mind playing tricks on him or something of that nature. Then came the nightmares during highschool. Once a week or rarely twice a week. While the nightmares varied in what was happening to him. The one thing that was consistent among was a figure that he could barely make out. Watching him and sometimes he could hear a voice, but it was unintelligible. Cole again brushed this off as something benign, and since he knew the nightmares were just nothing real. He grew to start dealing with these nightmares his own way despite how sometimes severe the nightmares got. 

So Cole persevered, and the nightmares started to less but never went away. It was during college that this got worse. Oddly after he got together with his girlfriend, Tess. The nightmares started to get worse, and the presence felt more prevalent. He could not shake the feeling that someone was watching him. Cole did his best to fight it his way, and it was barely enough. 

Then came that fateful night Cole with Tess with him did they get into a car accident. Tess was killed, and Cole fell into a depression. It was here that while he was having a nightmare that he could clearly see the figure for the first time. Specifically, Cole saw her and could clearly hear what she was saying. It was not Tess but looked otherworldly beautiful, and her voice was calming. Still, Cole felt wrong and, at the same time, happy in her presence. He could not explain that, and then the dream ended, and he woke up afraid.    

Ever since that nightmare, Cole started hearing her voice and sometimes started seeing her briefly while he was awake. This drove Cole mad, and he wanted to get rid of what he thought to be a mental disorder. Going to a psychiatrist, he was recommended to group therapy and medication. Ever since Cole has managed to lower the times, he can hear or see her. But, sometimes, she breaks through, and Cole tries his best to get through this madness.

[b]Before:[/b] Cole was born in an average town in upstate New York to a family of five. He lived comfortably growing up and had a good upbringing. Bearing some odd moments in his life that he ignored, thinking they were nothing. Which at the time seemed that they were. He had no problems up to highschool and made several friends there. When it came time for college, Cole moved to New York City and attended a college there and study to be an archaeologist. A dream he had since he was a kid. Things were going well despite what he was feeling, and he even managed to get himself a girlfriend named Tess.     


After Tess's death, Cole fell into a depression, with the voice and seeing things. He chose to drop out of college to focus on getting better. With the idea of coming back once he was cured of what mental illness was plaguing him. In the meantime, Cole managed to get a job as a bartender for a restaurant called the Four Elements. There he pretends that everything is okay and tries his best to maintain his composure for the off-chance he hears or sees her despite it being two weeks since an incident.               

[b]Talents:[/b]
Skilled Mixologist - Having picked up the craft from his girlfriend during college and gain experience after becoming a bartender.  

Boxing - Cole took up boxing as a way to keep himself busy on his off days and to stay in shape.  

Trumpet - A old skill from his band days, he does not play much but can still play a tune if he wanted to. 

History Buff - History Buff - History is his favorite subject and retains a lot of history that he learned over the years. 

[b]Actions:[/b]
Avoid Harm 0  
Endure Injury +2  
Keep It Together +3 
Act Under Pressure -2
Engage In Combat +1(+1 with fists)  
Influence Other -1
Sixth Sense +1
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