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[color=746F18][CENTER][sup][h1][b][INDENT][color=black] C O N R A D[/color]
[color=F8EF00]C O N R A D[/color][/INDENT]
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[img]https://i.imgur.com/7Cb1ywk.png[/img][table][row][sup][h1][color=2c2c2c][b]▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅[/b][right][b]▅▅▅▅▅[/b][/right][/color][CENTER][sup][sub][code]"Trust issues in this line of work should be inevitable."[/code][/sub][/sup][/CENTER][/h1][/sup][/row][row][cell][INDENT][sub][sup][sub][h3][b][color=black] //C H A R A C T E R   P O R T R A I T[/color]
[color=F8EF00]//C H A R A C T E R   P O R T R A I T[/color] [/b][/h3][/sub][/sup][/sub][/INDENT][img]https://i.imgur.com/K5p4pIK.png[/img][center][img]https://cdn.donmai.us/original/33/61/__jean_vicquemare_disco_elysium_drawn_by_cheetahman_1ddghfr78cswc__33618dd05226fac55cea8fe7c12cc850.jpg[/img][/center][INDENT][sub][sup][sub][h3][b][color=black] //C H A R A C T E R   S U M M A R Y[/color]
[color=F8EF00]//C H A R A C T E R   S U M M A R Y[/color][/b][/h3][/sub][/sup][/sub][/INDENT][img]https://i.imgur.com/K5p4pIK.png[/img]
[CENTER][sub][COLOR=gray]Conrad Louis-Callaghan[/COLOR]
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[COLOR=gray]35[/COLOR]   [b]|[/b]   [COLOR=gray]♂[/COLOR]   [b]|[/b]   [COLOR=gray]Bisexual[/COLOR]
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[COLOR=gray]Single - Widower[/COLOR]   [b]|[/b]   [COLOR=gray]Solo[/COLOR]   [b]|[/b]   [COLOR=gray]Afterlife Merc / Ex-NetWatch[/COLOR][/sub][/center][indent][sub][sup][sub][h3][b][color=black] //P H Y S I C A L   P R O F I L E[/color]
[color=F8EF00]//P H Y S I C A L   P R O F I L E[/color][/b][/h3][/sub][/sup][/sub][/INDENT][img]https://i.imgur.com/K5p4pIK.png[/img]
[INDENT][hider=][indent][sub][b][color=B3AC0E]▼   P H Y S I C A L  T R A I T S[/color][/b][/SUB]
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	[COLOR=gray][color=B3AC0E]► [b]Build[/b][/color] - Athletic, average build, tall
	[color=B3AC0E]► [b]Ethnicity[/b][/color] - White-European
	[color=B3AC0E]► [b]Hair Colour[/b][/color] - Black
	[color=B3AC0E]► [b]Eye Colour[/b][/color] - Faded Blue
	[color=B3AC0E]► [b]Other[/b][/color] - Old, small burn mark on right cheek, small blunt-force-trauma scarring on back and blade scar on left shoulder.[/color][/SUP]
[color=#2e2c2c]-[/color][/indent][/hider][/INDENT][indent][sub][sup][sub][h3][b][color=black] //C H A R A C T E R   N O T E S[/color]
[color=F8EF00]//C H A R A C T E R   N O T E S[/color][/b][/h3][/sub][/sup][/sub][/INDENT][img]https://i.imgur.com/K5p4pIK.png[/img]
[INDENT][hider=][indent][sub][color=B3AC0E][b]▼   K N O W N   A S S O C I A T E S[/b][/color][/sub]
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	[COLOR=gray][color=B3AC0E][b]► Elyse Louis-Callaghan[/b][/color] - Conrad's younger sister, and only living family member. She works at a small electronics store in Westbrook.[/color]

	[COLOR=gray][color=B3AC0E][b]► Norman Reiner[/b][/color] - An old NetWatch agent, still within the group. Sometimes fixed Conrad up with Merc work or assisted in netrunner-based jobs.[/color][/sup]
	
[SUB][color=B3AC0E][b]▼   C H A R A C T E R   I T E M S[/b][/color][/sub]
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	[COLOR=gray][color=B3AC0E]► [b]Constitutional Arms Liberty[/b] (Expensive)[/color] - A robust 12-round, semi-automatic handgun. Conrad's choice of carry, typically tucked in an underarm holster.[/color]

	[COLOR=gray][color=B3AC0E]► [b]Militech M221 Saratoga[/b] (Basic)[/color] - A famous, albeit common, submachine gun. A reliable fire rate saved for jobs that require more firepower. Not for concealed carry.[/color]

	[COLOR=gray][color=B3AC0E]► [b]NetWatch NetDriver Mk. 4[/b] (CorpSpec)[/color] - Although considered CorpSpec, this out of date cyberdeck of the far more powerful NetWatch NetDriver Mk. 5 in current use holds its own as a comparably useful Merc tool. Installed w/ [i]Cyberware Malfunction, Breach Protocol, Short-Circuit[/i] and [i]Ping[/i][/color]

	[COLOR=gray][color=B3AC0E]► [b]Tire Iron[/b] (Basic)[/color] - A reliably shaped club for desperate beatdowns. Good for incapacitation, but can typically be fatal.[/color]

	[COLOR=gray][color=B3AC0E]► [b]Old Ballistic Vest[/b] (Basic)[/color] - A hand-me-down of sorts. Wearable under and above shirts, but does a better job at withstanding blunt-force than stopping anything high-calibre. Once stopped a pistol bullet - once...[/color][/SUP]

[SUB][color=B3AC0E][b]▼   S K I L L S[/b][/color][/sub]
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	[COLOR=gray][color=B3AC0E]► [b]NetWatch Trained[/b][/color] - Having served NetWatch for just over a decade, necessary skills surrounding the Net and Quickhacks are part and parcel with the portfolio.[/color]

	[COLOR=gray][color=B3AC0E]► [b]Dexterous Hand[/b][/color] - NetWatch typically required fast hands to make for quick work. Another quick trick he learned was his way around handguns above all other forms of weaponry, being a personal favourite for concealment and reliability.[/color]

	[COLOR=gray][color=B3AC0E]► [b]Negotiator[/b][/color] - Though he lacks the spirit of his happier days, he still knows that words and bargains can make for bloodless reward. Handy for fixer negotiation, job offers and anything that can bring out an extra Eddie or two. A lack of trust, however, is always at odds with this, and can combat it when he needs it the most.[/color][/SUP]

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[color=F8EF00]//C H A R A C T E R   H I S T O R Y[/color][/b][/h3][/sub][/sup][/sub][/INDENT][img]https://i.imgur.com/K5p4pIK.png[/img]
[COLOR=gray][indent]Conrad Louis-Callaghan's heritage was all over the place, but concentrated from two nations in particular: North America and Western Europe, most likely France. Early on in life, he lived an almost anti-nomad lifestyle, in that his family were constantly on the move, but were never attached to a clan or an sorts during such times. He was the eldest of two children, the other being his sister Elyse, and despite financial hardships, his mother and father retained a healthy relationship. Wherever in France he was born, a few months later they'd left, and such an early detachment from any sort of land had set a precedent for what constituted as a home for the young boy. Back then, a home was the people he could be surrounded by. Nowadays, Conrad's view has warped.

At age sixteen, his family finally found a place to stop running. Night City - City of Dreams. Such an ever-enticing slogan. Life was difficult at first but a sudden boom in financial stability for the family landed them with the first real apartment they'd had in years. His mother went on to work as a Doll on the opposite side of the city and his father distanced himself with work under the radar. Ironically, family settlement was what tore the family in two. Elyse kept close tabs on Conrad as he fell in and out of small street life, working odd-jobs, such as an important step at a cyberware store. After he was fired at age nineteen, he swiped a cyberdeck and fell into bad blood with the owner, who in turn made do with a partnered netrunner to financially ruin and disrupt the family in which he hailed from. Things spiralled out of control a little. Conrad's father took to pursuing the netrunner and booked himself a body bag. It was only when NetWatch picked up on the week-long spree when they came across Conrad, who was halfway on his trip to foolishly go after the netrunner through The Net.

Though NetWatch did the work, the Agent on call - one Najee Chabani - saw to help alleviate the family's financial collapse. He offered Conrad a job and training under NetWatch, arguing that his desire to go after the netrunner was full of all the spunk and drive of an Agent, just without the necessary skills. Conrad agreed fairly quickly and soon detached his life from Elyse and his mother.

Conrad spent years working his way up as a trainee to certifiable Agent. Along the way, he fell in love in a volatile working environment. Beatriz Soria - another NetWatch Agent stationed near his regular beat. Her job was centred around Blackwall protection. Of course, the height-of-his-life Conrad and her hit off rather well, and five years later, they were married. All romance, probably the best and only great thing he could think of happening in Night City besides the stable yet dangerous career path he'd taken. But, two years into their marriage, the cold hand of NetWatch espionage played its deck. Beatriz began working with the Voodoo Boys in breaching the Blackwall. A two week game of cat and mouse ensued, and eventually Conrad reached her before the assigned agent in pursuit. He was still caught in the belief that she could be reasoned with. Yet, despite their time together, her beliefs were too steadfast, and in violent confusion, a gunfight broke out. Seconds later, Beatriz was dead. Conrad's life soon spiralled downward.

In 2074, Conrad left NetWatch two months after Beatriz's death. He fell into a long-felt depression. His home, the one he dedicated to be around, had done everything behind his back, and it edged him into a dark place. For two years, he became addicted to Glitter, and spent the first year stumbling around in brood. It wasn't until his mother died of a drug overdose in 2076 that he was hit with a sensory restart. In eight months, he'd been funded by Elyse to get off of Glitter and to seek employment. Another month later, he discovered of his father's actual line of work as a Solo Merc in Night City, albeit an ill-fated one. Without too much money to his name, he made his dive just before the turn of 2077, with his skills as an ex-NetWatch employee to bolster his porftolio. Unfortunately, it's seemed that, even still, he never really healed from the scars of Beatriz.[/indent][/COLOR]
[INDENT][sub][sup][sub][h3][b][color=black] //D E T A I L E D   A P P E A R A N C E[/color]
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[COLOR=gray][indent]Back in his [url=https://cdn.donmai.us/original/33/3a/__harry_du_bois_disco_elysium_drawn_by_cheetahman_1ddghfr78cswc__333aaefed4a41530ca2e7ec58ca6e90d.jpg]prime[/url], there was a lot more professionalism, and arguably more Merc, to the look of Conrad. But the last few years had their toll on the man. Longer, shaggier hair now coats his skull and neatly organised stubble has been replaced with a less-stylised moustache and beard. The smoothness to his face has been doused in rugged coarseness. And worst of all, the life in his eyes has dimmed and dulled in the face of struggle. Thus, he appears to be a brooding individual, one who sometimes comes across as uncaring, both in attitude and appearance, but to those who garner more than a minute with him, the looks often can seem deceiving.

Fashion was never a big game, even before his downward spiral. Corporate business wear was replaced by long coats, practical sets of cargo trousers, jackets and plain button shirts to hook holsters underneath his arms. He never stands out for anything, though he does still own a business suit, just in case. If any is provided, he clenches on to the NetWatch setup of putting protective vests underneath his main shirt, though they're more for assurance and second-chances than anything else.

Cybernetically, the somewhat well-built Conrad is surprisingly bare for most NetWatch agents. Apart from a barely functional Ballistic Coprocessor - which itself acts more as plating on his hand than its original intended function - his pride and joy comes from an out of date NetWatch NetDriver Mk. 4; a heft downgrade from what NetWatch runs presently but on par with competitive Mercs. Other than that, he's only managed to remain mostly barebones on enhanced cybernetics that are beyond netrunning, for the cost was always just out of reach.[/indent][/COLOR]
[INDENT][sub][sup][sub][h3][b][color=black] //P L O T ( S )   &   G O A L ( S )[/color]
[color=F8EF00]//P L O T ( S )   &   G O A L ( S )[/color][/b][/h3][/sub][/sup][/sub][/INDENT][img]https://i.imgur.com/K5p4pIK.png[/img]
[COLOR=gray][INDENT]Conrad Louis-Callaghan is your man who'd risen from hardship, only to go crashing back down. Trust and personal connections are the mainstay of his contribution to the cast, whilst also adding the ex-Corp layers of connections that come of use to a Merc. The betrayal and death of his wife is still a very real trauma that haunts him, and his side-gigs may involve him investigating more and more into the remnant mess of the Voodoo Boys, of whom were supposedly ransacked at the turn of the year. However, his main function among the sea of Mercs is finding personal meaning left in life and reviving the once told motto of his family: [i]Home is those in which you are with.[/i] It's a lot more reserved in terms of the grand scale of the city, being more of a micro-personal journey to recovery through those he may end up working with, or the very real and potential threat of slipping further down the rabbit hole as the Merc life eats him up.

Incidentally, another potential side-gig would be figuring out as an individual what he believes in. NetWatch was his life, but once out, there's a gaping hole left in ones life. As a Merc, should he still do what he did before, or should he detach himself completely until he can build a new Conrad, one who's defined not by the badge he wore but the marks he leaves in the Merc Life, and for the impacts he makes on others he may grow to love, hate or collaborate with.[/INDENT][/COLOR][/cell][/row][/table][/COLOR][RIGHT][img]https://i.imgur.com/wgYH2dA.png[/img][/RIGHT]

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