Name: Aran Donagh Murrough
Nickname/Title: Don or Smoker. He doesn’t really like being called Smokey, Smokey the Bear, or Smokey the Bandit, but this doesn’t stop his partner from doing so.
Team Title: Ríoghnach
Gender: Male
Age: 28
Position: Asylum
Specialty: Hunter
Alchemic Style: Motem, Vocem
Asylum Code: XLIV (44). Left side of chest, over heart.
Weapons: Don uses a cane due to blindness which can, in a pinch, be used as a club; however it is far more deadly due to a retractable scythe in its bottom end, which swings outward when a trigger around the middle of the cane is pressed (there is also a safety switch near the top to avoid this happening accidently and severing anyone’s toes). The cane is carbon fiber, black, and the mentioned switches are camouflaged.
He also carries a flare gun, in part for distraction but primarily as a major complement to his alchemical specialization. The flare gun appears old and bronze, similar to an old WWII model, but it is actually modern; the appearance is cosmetic and has no value except to his sense of whimsy.
And lastly, he carries an old handgun which seems to hold some personal value to him. It’s a silver Smith & Wesson revolver with ebony handle. The only thing special about it is it now uses AMRO’s Anti-Alchemy substance in its bullets.
Alchemy specialization: Smoke manipulation (Pretty self-explanatory, he manipulates clouds of smoke, which can be used for cover or even subduing enemies through asphyxiation.)
Appearance: Don is 5’11” and well-muscled but not buff. His hair is dark brown, straight, and not very long but exceedingly short, coming to a point at the nape of his neck and usually brushed back from his temples. He doesn’t remove his sunglasses unless he is sleeping due to his eyes being grotesquely scarred and useless; before this, and therefore in any old pictures, his eyes were dark blue, narrow, and could have been described as either quite serious or mischievous depending on his mood. His features are strong and well-defined, and his complexion is a little pallid but not as much as the stereotypical pallor of Celtic skin.
His mode of dress could be described as being on the cusp of both casual and formal, with collared shirts and usually dark or khaki pants; when he wears jeans they are new and pressed, never old and frayed, and he sticks to polished black shoes or boots. Occasionally he may wear a fedora. His sunglasses are bronze-framed, large, mirrored aviators to ensure the majority of his scarring is covered from view, but one scar from his right eye extends above and below the frames by a few centimeters either way. He always has his cane as it helps him to navigate. He smokes like a chimney and is usually seen with either a cigar or cigarette unless the situation is impractical.
Personality: Though he comes across a bit short and cold Don can be quite friendly and amiable once he trusts a person; his history has, however, made him not very quick to trust others. Because of his blindness he has been forced over time to improve his trust issues, though his partner is still the only person he will discuss his past with. He is prideful and can be quite vain, though the extent of his vanity extends mostly to physical appearance, the sort who doesn’t like a strand of hair to be out of place or a single stain on his collar. Unfortunately, he has no way of knowing without asking his partner.
Coupled with his vanity, Don was quite the casanova before the accident with his eyes, and is therefore very good at sweet-talking his way out of trouble. He enjoys the finer things in life, has expensive taste and will settle for nothing less. He’s an excellent actor and lying comes second nature, though years of lying has made it difficult for him to even be truthful with himself much of the time. To say he is a good person at his core in spite of this may be a bit of a stretch, but he is loyal and reliable to whomever he is working for and will always return a favor; conversely he can also be vengeful if wronged.
History: Due to Don’s secretiveness regarding his history, this will be brief. Don was brought up by an Irish-American Catholic family in Manhattan with mob ties. He has distanced himself from them and has no contact with them. He knew his partner prior to working with AMRO.
Other:
- Don knows Morse code, as this is how he and his partner communicate.
- He is blind due to damage to his eyes from a source he does not discuss.
- He is a recovering alcoholic and the quickest way to get him to blab about something is to get him drunk. His temper can also shorten when he is drunk, however, so this can be risky.
- He is an atheist and will not discuss it.
- He enjoys fighting having taken MMA training prior to working with AMRO, and he and his partner fight for sport occasionally.