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[b]Character Name:[/b]
[color=Silver][i]Raven Rivers[/i][/color]

[b]Callsign:[/b]
[color=Silver][i]'Family Man'[/i][/color]

[b]Character Archetype:[/b]
[color=Silver][i]Loving Father[/i][/color]

[b]Character’s Guiding Motto:[/b]
[color=Silver][i]"For my Family... Everything."[/i][/color]

[b]Character’s Fatal Flaw:[/b]
[color=Silver][i]His love for his wife and children can be used to sway him to actions which do not benefit the group.[/i][/color]

[b]Character’s Expertise:[/b]
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Well-read - Raven loves reading, whether it be fiction, nonfiction, or even cookbooks. Even trashy romance novels get a read sometimes, even if only so that he can laugh at how bad they are.

Knife Enthusiast - Raven loves collecting knives, and using them for hunting, cooking, and the occassional combat scenario even more.

A Real Man can Cook - Raven can cook almost anything edible and make it delectable with the right techniques and seasonings, including bushmeat, despite the diseases it carries.
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[b]Nationality/Allegiance:[/b]
[color=Silver][i]Federated Suns/Loyal[/i][/color]

[b]Background:[/b]
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Raven was born in a well-to-do world in Federated Suns territory, to a 'High Church' Protestant pastor and his wife. Joining the nearest Military Academy in hopes of one day finding the chance to pilot a fabled Mech, Raven was barely able to pass the test to be trusted a basic Phoenix Hawk Mech, and even then only because a cache of several units of those were discovered around his class' graduation. Nevertheless, he managed to make it as an average Mech Pilot, although he did not have the experience needed to earn the title of 'Mechwarrior'. Marrying a civilian just before the battle of Mallory's World at 2013, he fought beside Gaius Wayne and ended up forming plans to be 'honorably discharged' from service so that he can join the latter's planned mercenary company.

He, his wife, and their son (who was four when the Gawain Green Knigts were formally founded), accompanied their leader on various campaigns, although one spotted certain 'problematic tendencies' when his family was threatened; he was angrier, followed orders only to the letter and didn't give any more effort, and basically made it clear that if they were not safe, he would regard it as the fault of those charged with keeping them such. Nevertheless, he fought well enough, and his family was safe most times, that these tendencies were passed over, espcially when the Gawain Green Knights settled down to 'garrison duty'. 

Then disaster struck when the Capellan Confederation lost the Fourth Succession War and the planet they were garrisoning rebelled and promptly set up [i]its own[/i] authoritarian regime, and siezed the Green Knights' Dropships, including the one containing his wife and son. This caused him to spiral down into despair, and he genuinely pondered sending a covert message to the new Espian regime offering to betray his comrades in exchange for the lives of his family. However, this plan was derailed by his son covertly sending a message saying that he'd managed to escape the Espians' ship just as it was siezed, and he was now with the Free People's Movement. 

Relieved at this news, yet knowing that his wife was still in harms' way, Raven dedicated himself to the coming fight once more, the question of divided loyalties laid to rest... For now.
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[b]Battlemech or Vehicle:[/b]
[color=Silver][i][url=https://www.sarna.net/wiki/Shadow_Hawk]Shadow Hawk[/url][/i][/color]