[hider=Wendell 盖文和] [color=lightgray][CENTER][img]https://fontmeme.com/permalink/250430/1e4e23961e54f04d26c41582f8f4bef9.png[/img] [img]https://fontmeme.com/permalink/250430/8c2aaac4aa0ed4cbd380e17d6f8f9f95.png[/img][/CENTER][table][row][/row][row][cell] [center] [img]https://i.postimg.cc/R0CKs7dY/alkalinestingray-Digital-watercolour-of-a-Chinese-man-in-milita-68b6f582-78f1-4fdf-8de3-3a019591f0d4.png[/img] [color=black][sup]__________________________________________________________[/sup][/color] [quote]"人法地，地法天，天法道，道法自然。但自然如何？People abide by the earth; the earth abides by the sky; the sky abides by the Way, and the Way abides by nature. But what, then, is nature?"[/quote] [sub][h3][color=922b21]Basic Information[/color][/h3][/sub] [color=black][sup]__________________________________________________________[/sup][/color] • [color=922b21][b]Name[/b][/color] | [i]Wendell Gai Wenhe[/i] • [color=922b21][b]Nickname(s)[/b][/color] | [i]Gawain (Callsign); Artist[/i] • [color=922b21][b]Age[/b][/color] | [i]28[/i] • [color=922b21][b]Gender[/b][/color] | [i]Male[/i] • [color=922b21][b]Birthday[/b][/color] | [i]23rd November[/i] • [color=922b21][b]Race[/b][/color] | [i]Human[/i] • [color=922b21][b]Rank/Status[/b][/color] | [i]Field Warden 2nd Class, Inspectorate of Internal Affairs[/i] [quote]"用贼抓贼. Use a thief to catch a thief. Who better to hunt rogue wardens, than another warden? To kill one's own colleagues is...Unpleasant work, but necessary to keep the peace."[/quote] [center][h3][color=922b21]Appearance[/color][/h3][/center] [color=black][sup]__________________________________________________________[/sup][/color] [hider=] [sub] • [color=922b21][b]Height[/b][/color] | [i]5'9[/i] • [color=922b21][b]Build[/b][/color] | [i]Fit, athletic, wiry[/i] • [color=922b21][b]Eye Color[/b][/color] | [i]Dark brown[/i] • [color=922b21][b]Hair Color & Style[/b][/color] | [i]Black / Short but messy[/i] • [color=922b21][b]Skin Tone[/b][/color] | [i]Tanned[/i] • [color=922b21][b]Notable Marks[/b][/color] | [i]'人之初，性本善' (People are born kind) tattooed vertically, in two columns, on the inside of his left forearm [color=922b21]✦[/color] Various healed scars on his chest [color=922b21]✦[/color] Calloused fingers and palms[/i] • [color=922b21][b]Typical Clothing Style[/b][/color] | [i]When [color=922b21]off duty[/color], he dresses casually, with an emphasis on comfort. That usually means hoodies, long-sleeved flannels, jeans, or cargo pants, with sneakers or boots, depending on what he plans to do for the day. When [color=922b21]on duty[/color], he wears combat fatigues, or a soft-shell jacket, underneath his equipment, depending on the weather.[/i] • [color=922b21][b]Aura/First Impression[/b][/color] | [i]Calm, polite, amiable...Until you realise that he doesn't seem to experience much in the way of emotions, then it's possible that he'd go from pleasantly serene, to eerily so.[/i] • [color=922b21][b]Voice[/b][/color] | [i]Smooth and soft-spoken. The sort of voice one might expect from a academic, rather than a soldier.[/i] [/sub] [/hider] [center][h3][color=922b21]Relationships[/color][/h3][/center] [color=black][sup]__________________________________________________________[/sup][/color] [hider=] [sub] • [color=922b21][b]Openness to Friendship (1-5)[/b][/color] | [i]3[/i] • [color=922b21][b]Openness to Romance (1-5)[/b][/color] | [i]3[/i] • [color=922b21][b]Romantic Preferences[/b][/color] | [i]He would prefer a serious relationship over a fling[/i] • [color=922b21][b]Current Romantic Interests[/b][/color] | [i]None[/i] • [color=922b21][b]View on Forbidden Relationships[/b][/color] | [i]Understands that they are difficult, but ultimately supportive[/i] • [color=922b21][b]Biggest Turn-ons[/b][/color] | [i]Liveliness [color=922b21]✦[/color] Spontaneity [color=922b21]✦[/color] Good humour [color=922b21]✦[/color] Curiosity[/i] • [color=922b21][b]Biggest Turn-offs[/b][/color] | [i]Wilful Ignorance [color=922b21]✦[/color] Over-agreeability [color=922b21]✦[/color] Emotional detachment[/i] • [color=922b21][b]Reputation Among their Faction[/b][/color] | [i]The Internal Affairs people of the Wardens aren't popular by default, and Wendell isn't much of an exception. His pleasant nature does make him less disliked than his peers, but not by a wide margin. Generally, he's seen as a strange, possibly even off-putting presence, but a very much welcome one because of his skill.[/i] • [color=922b21][b]Known Friends[/b][/color] | [i]N/A[/i] • [color=922b21][b]Known Enemies[/b][/color] | [i]N/A[/i] • [color=922b21][b]Known Family[/b][/color] | [i]All deceased[/i] [/sub] [/hider] [/center] [/cell] [cell] [b][color=922b21]Psychology[/color][/b] [sub][sup][color=black]▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔[/color][/sup][/sub] [indent] • [color=922b21][b]Hobbies/Interests[/b][/color] | Spending time at the range [color=922b21]✦[/color] Painting [color=922b21]✦[/color] Reading [color=922b21]✦[/color] Philosophical musings [color=922b21]✦[/color] Tinkering with weapons • [color=922b21][b]Likes[/b][/color] | Old things, particularly antique firearms [color=922b21]✦[/color] Philosophical texts [color=922b21]✦[/color] Discussing ideas with others • [color=922b21][b]Dislikes[/b][/color] | Idleness [color=922b21]✦[/color] Dogmatism [color=922b21]✦[/color] Close-mindedness [color=922b21]✦[/color] Senseless violence • [color=922b21][b]Fears[/b][/color] | That this, struggle and fighting, is all there is to life [color=922b21]✦[/color] That his old nature still dwells within him • [color=922b21][b]Habits[/b][/color] | Sketching whenever he can [color=922b21]✦[/color] His daily training regimen [color=922b21]✦[/color] Maintaining his equipment at the end of the day [color=922b21]✦[/color] Reading 100 words a day • [color=922b21][b]Vices[/b][/color] | Cigarettes [color=922b21]✦[/color] Can be a little [i]too[/i] particular about equipment [color=922b21]✦[/color] Finding strange, old past-times to try (latest was restoring old typewriters) [/indent] [b][color=922b21]Core Motivation[/color][/b] [indent] To see Halcyon at peace, with no more struggling and fighting factions. To eventually put his life of violence behind him, and be an artist that creates, rather than a soldier that destroys. [/indent] [b][color=922b21]Personality Overview[/color][/b] [indent] Tranquil [color=922b21]||[/color] Peaceable [color=922b21]||[/color] Introspective [color=922b21]||[/color] Tenacious [color=922b21]||[/color] Principled Extensive use of Viper-veil during his formative years has dulled his emotions to the point where he rarely feels anything too strongly, most of the time. He’s thus almost always unfailingly polite, unflappably calm, and generally a peaceful, affable presence. Look closely enough, however, and one might see the remnants of a raging inferno within him. Sputtering, smouldering, and suppressed, but very much still there, and still sparking the occasional ember. Nowhere is this dimmed flame more evident than when he’s given a mark. Sheer determination, and a desire to see a job done well, usually succeeds in bringing Wendell to his mark. What he does when he finds them, however, is a whole other matter entirely. Preferring peaceful resolutions to violent ones, it’s not uncommon for him to show mercy, or even render aid, to those who other Wardens may terminate out-of-hand. He follows his own moral code, and all other rules, regulations, and whatnot are simply guidelines of convenience. Despite his dulled emotions, Wendell is still capable of playfulness and mischief, and may surprise some with the things he says. Those aspects of him just need some coaxing to tease out, that’s all. [/indent] [/cell][/row][/table] [table][row][/row][row][cell] [b][color=922b21]Background[/color][/b] [sub][sup][color=black]▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔[/color][/sup][/sub] [indent] • [color=922b21][b]Current Occupation[/b][/color] | [i]Gun Shop Clerk & Machinist[/i] • [color=922b21][b]Level of Schooling[/b][/color] | [i]High School[/i] • [color=922b21][b]Past Occupations[/b][/color] | [i]N/A[/i] • [color=922b21][b]Socioeconomic Status[/b][/color] | [i]Low-Middle[/i] • [color=922b21][b]History Summary[/b][/color] [hider=Backstory] Anger. That’s the last true emotion Wendell remembers feeling. Pure, burning anger. Anger at the unjust death of his family. Anger at the powers that be, for allowing them to die. Anger at Halcyon for being the city that killed them. Anger at himself, for surviving. So, when the Wardens approached him, to recruit him with promises of training him to become stronger, to become someone who could stand against the wickedness of Halcyon—the same wickedness that cut short the lives of his parents, his sister, and his brother—and to do his part to make Halcyon a better place for all humanity, Wendell took them up on the offer. He’d only been just shy of fourteen, then, but still he pushed himself, and trained as hard as anyone else. By day, he was a middling student, reclusive and quiet, but by night, he was a burgeoning force to be reckoned with, fueled by incandescent rage. He gave up on education after high school in order to dedicate even more of his time to becoming the best Warden he could be. And for a few years, his undying anger was enough to push him to be just that. But anger alone could only go so far. Like a raging wildfire, it was unfocused. It burned in every direction, and could hurt an ally as much as an enemy. And that was where Viper-veil came in. At first, Wendell took it for its intended purpose, to give him an edge over the Glamour that clouded over Halcyon. But then he started to enjoy how it dulled his emotions. He began to see the merits in not being so angry all the time, to be able to think clearly for the first time in years. To be able to sit, and actually see everything with clear eyes. And so he took more. And one day, the anger stopped. And another day, all of his emotions stopped. He still felt them, of course, but they were like voices through water. Muffled. Distant. Vague, and unclear, and above all, weak. Calm was all that filled him, all the time. It didn’t matter whether he was taking fire, or running from an enraged lycan, or seeking a feral vampire that had already murdered several people, he simply felt…Nothing. And he preferred it that way. It made him even more of an effective Warden. It made him calm. It made him pleasant. Granted, he did stop taking Viper-veil because he didn’t want to take the risk of getting any other, unforeseen, side-effects, and he swore off enhancements as a whole for that very same reason, but he would never say that he regretted taking Viper-veil in the first place. It made him a better man. And above all, it helped him see. For the first time, he felt he could properly pierce the veil. Not just the Glamour, but the veil the Wardens had wilfully shrouded over their own eyes with their inflexibility, with their dogma. It helped Wendell see that, in their pursuit of fighting what they deemed monsters, they had become no better than their foes. And so, Wendell decided to chart his own path. To find an alternative to this endless conflict. He makes no claims to have found it, or to even be close, but one day, he hopes to be able to say that he, at the very least, pushed Halcyon one step closer towards peace, everlasting. [/hider] [/indent] [/cell] [cell] [b][color=922b21]Race-Specific Questions[/color][/b] [sub][sup][color=black]▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔[/color][/sup][/sub] [indent] [b][color=922b21]▸ Wardens[/color][/b] [sub][sup][color=black]▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔[/color][/sup][/sub] [indent] • [color=922b21][b]Enhancement Use (if any)[/b][/color] | [i]Formerly used Viper-veil extensively. Now he no longer uses enhancements except as tools of absolute last resort[/i] • [color=922b21][b]Preferred Weapons[/b][/color] | [i]Prefers firearms; his usual loadout includes:[/i] Customised SVU-A Marksman Rifle [url=https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/guns/images/b/be/SVU.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20161228023518]Reference Image[/url] [hider=Modifications] [list] [*] Ruggedised (Internal reinforcement; heavy bolt carrier; heavy barrel) [*] 3-position fire selector (Safe, two-round burst, full-automatic) [*] Combination Suppressor and Compensator [*] Upper receiver accessory rails [*] Forearm accessory rails [*] Re-chambered to 7.62x51 NATO [/list] [/hider] [hider=Attachments] [list] [*] Red dot sight & 3x Magnifier combination [*] Backup Iron Sights [*] Bipod [*] 20-round magazine [/list] [/hider] Customised Colt M1911 [hider=Modifications] [list] [*] Threaded muzzle [*] Re-chambered to 9mm Parabellum [/list] [/hider] [hider=Attachments] [list] [*] Suppressor [*] 12-round magazine [/list] [/hider] Remington Model 1858 [url=https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/45/New_model_Army_IMG_3544.jpg]Reference Image[/url] [hider=Modifications] [list] [*] Re-chambered to .44 Long Colt centrefire [/list] [/hider] • [color=922b21][b]Willingness to Break Warden Code[/b][/color] | [i]He treats the code as guidelines, and breaks them as and when he feels is necessary[/i] [quote]"实事求是. Seek truth from facts. Dogma is poison to the mind."[/quote] • [color=922b21][b]Views on Fae[/b][/color] | [i]"It would be unwise to take them lightly. Approach with caution, and with good sense. But there's a charm to their mischievousness and playfulness that is...Refreshing."[/i] • [color=922b21][b]Views on Vampires[/b][/color] | [i]"Those who are turned against their will deserve pity. Those who choose to be turn are odd, but are neither good, nor bad. But those who turn others against their will are truly wicked, and must be punished."[/i] • [color=922b21][b]Views on Lycans[/b][/color] | [i]"They are slaves to their own instinct, and to the moon, but their loyalty to their pack, and their prowess in battle is deserving of great respect."[/i] [quote]"大道废，有仁义. Where the Way is abandoned, there, you shall find virtue. Then would it not stand to reason that where we find what most consider to be 'less than human', there, we shall find humanity? Perhaps we should worry less about the what, and more about the who."[/quote] [/indent] [/indent] [b][color=922b21]Miscellaneous[/color][/b] [sub][sup][color=black]▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔[/color][/sup][/sub] [indent] • [color=922b21][b]Theme Song[/b][/color] | [i][url=https://youtu.be/JqhBoiG72jQ?si=Ml7bYquulwp9la_A]深海 - 刘森[/url][/i] • [color=922b21][b]Favorite Food[/b][/color] | [i]Noodle soups[/i] • [color=922b21][b]Favorite Animal(s)[/b][/color] | [i]Reptiles of all sorts[/i] • [color=922b21][b]Favorite Music Genre[/b][/color] | [i]Either neo-classical...Or Heavy rock[/i] • [color=922b21][b]Favorite Haunt[/b][/color] | [i]Urban Grind Café; Golden Wok[/i] • [color=922b21][b]Signature Weapon[/b][/color] | [i]None; he has his favoured arms, but he'll use whatever he needs to get the job done[/i] • [color=922b21][b]Preferred Vices[/b][/color] | [i]Cigarettes; it's the cheapest of his vices[/i] • [color=922b21][b]Pet Peeve[/b][/color] | [i]Not cleaning hands before eating[/i] • [color=922b21][b]Guilty Pleasure[/b][/color] | [i]Smut Fiction[/i] [/indent] [/cell][/row][/table] [/color][/hider]