[quote=@frankieg] I'm so interested! So here's my character. Let me know if I need to change anything. (Also this is my first time on this site, so if I mess up somehow, let me know!) [hider=Friedrich Schmidt][b][h1][color=24b44e]Friedrich Schmidt[/color][/h1][/b] [hr] [b]Gender:[/b] Man [b]Age:[/b] 32 [b]Nationality:[/b] German [b]Appearance:[/b] https://www.pinterest.com/pin/759278818467764799/ [b]Personal Effects[/b]: His father's WWI trench watch [u]Simple wallet.[/u] Inside: hospital ID card, government ID card, the German Pharmaceutical Society membership card, photo of his parents [u]Small leather folio.[/u] Inside: pharmacy license, some medical reference pages, pencil, small notebook, simple business cards Matches Handkerchief Pocket knife Keys to his apartment and necessary hospital areas [hr] [h3][b]Background:[/b][/h3] [b]What is your job[/b] Pharmacist at a hospital; medication dealer on the black market [b]Backstory[/b] Born in 1915 to Wilhelm (bricklayer) and Margarete (seamstress) Schmidt, Friedrich grew up in Berlin. His father was fighting in WWI as an infantryman when he was born. Being born into a working-class family, Friedrich finished primary school at age 14 (1929), at which point, he began an apprenticeship under a local pharmacist. The pharmacist, Schulz, agreed to take Friedrich on because he knew Friedrich's father; Wilhelm had worked on repairing his building years prior. During his apprenticeship, Friedrich attained more freedom from his parents. When he wasn't working and studying, he frequented local bars with his friends. The teen was introduced to Berlin's gay bar scene, which thrived before the Nazis took over. Friedrich began to question and explore his sexuality, finding himself more at home in gay clubs. He even heard of an institute started by Magnus Hirschfeld to help queer people and spread awareness of topics such as sex and sexuality. However, German society still looked down on gay people at the time, so Friedrich hid this side of himself for fear of losing his apprenticeship and family. In 1933 at age 18, he finished his apprenticeship, continuing to work at Schulz's pharmacy. They had a good professional relationship, and Friedrich wished to learn more from his mentor. Unfortunately, around that time, the Nazis took control. It was then that Hirschfeld's institute and various gay scenes were raided and destroyed, pushing Friedrich further and further into isolation. For fear of being arrested, the young closeted gay man now steered clear of the gay scenes. Unfortunately for him, someone in the neighborhood recognized Friedrich had been hanging around a known homosexual and reported him. The Gestapo interrogated Friedrich, suspecting him of being a homosexual himself. Fearing for his own safety and attempting to divert suspicion, Friedrich outed a friend, Klaus Schneider, to the Gestapo, a decision that would haunt him for the rest of his life. Klaus disappeared after that. Then, when Friedrich was 24, WWII began, at which point he was forced into the military as a medic based on his pharmacist experience. He spent the war in various parts, tending to wounded soldiers first in France and then on the Eastern front. His father, Wilhelm stayed in Berlin to help repair infrastructure after air raids, while his mother, Margarete, used her seamstress skills to give aid to the hospitals in the area. By the time the war ended, both of Friedrich's parents had died from the air raids, leaving him with no immediate family on his return. Due to the ruined state of Germany after the war, Friedrich wasn't any better off than his parents. He managed to get a cramped apartment with a few other veterans and a job at a hospital. Still, the young man needed extra money, so he's been selling various medications on the black market to make ends meet.[/hider] [/quote] Accepted, post in char section.