World of Darkness World of Darkness: Attrition - [Wolf-Blooded] Daniel Thomas

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Background:

Daniel Thomas was raised a military brat, and a long line of military brats at that. His father was a ranger, his grandfather a ranger before that and so on. It had a bit of effect on his upbringing. He never really knew his mother, and was told she had passed away shortly after he was born. In the mean time his father had remarried, and with him away a lot it left him in the care of his step mother and half brother. Which isn't to say he was ever mistreated, he was raised with the same amount of care as any other child. Even so, he knew he was diffrent then his brother, and small bit of isolation entered his life.

Not to mention growing up was hard for Danny, a bit of a shy streak and often moving didn't help him make many friends. He ended up being more comfortable by himself anyway, he enjoyed reading and practicing guitar more then anything else. He grew good at avoiding notice and staying out of the limelight. High school did bring a reason to start making friends again, sports. Dan found himself very competitive, and prone to quickly losing his temper over losing. Still, he found himself never really close with anyone. It was made worse with odd feelings he got at times, like being watched or perhaps knowing something was wrong.

At 18 he followed the family trend and joined the army. At least partially, he was no ranger or even infantry man. No, he refused to just do the things his family outlined for him to do. He found himself going for just being a medic, something still semi acceptable in his fathers eyes. Dan's reasons were a little diffrent the hooah spirit though, because despite his inability to connect with most people he still wanted to feel he was helping people. He originally might have stayed in, perhaps eventauly gone ranger or special forces even, but the reality of military service grew stale quickly. He found himself quickly tired of military rule, something his temper and pride didn't help.

That wasn't the only thing bad about his military service. During those 4 years he was deployed twice, both to Iraq. He faced sniper attacks, ieds and rare was it he faced an enemy he could even shoot back at. Instead all he had was fear that the next explosion would take him or another one of the few men he would call friends of his getting hurt or worse. It did little to help his mood or temperament. While all this was happened, his odd feeling from childhood grew worse. He started to wonder if he was going mad, as he had started to see 'things' occasionally when things got really bad. Things like blood soaked apparitions dancing across a accident site, hearing whispers of violence in his ear to morose skull masked bomb lingering over a dying man from an IED blast, to even the raging whispers in his ear as he quickly lined up sights on a sniper and pulled the tigger. What was worse is when then he realized he could see them. He didn't know what was worse, the madness or the actual violence.

His family was splitting apart back home, his father and step mother divorced. In an effort to stay out of it all, he found himself in the end only keeping in contact with his half brother Alex. After his time was up, he left the military. He was done with it all, he was tired of hurting people and seeing them hurt. He was tired of spending late nights studying and resudying everything he could on trauma care, in desprate hopes he could do something to make up a failure to save a life. More so, he was tired of seeing the 'things', even knowing they were around.

Which brings him where he is today, a new student fresh into college on the G.I. bill. He still talks to his brother, who lives up in Seattle working as a paralegal. The two arn't very close, but it's nice to know he has at least some family out there still talking to him. For the most part he finds himself a new fish in an entirely different pond, still struggling to make connections with most people. Still he does get out in an attempt to socialize, and he does some amateur kickboxing to help deal with his anger and stay in shape. He hasn't gone and seen anything like before yet, although he can feel something wrong with certain people. A man with a certain predatory air about him, a woman meeting his gaze just a little too long.

How long will he last in this city?

Appearance: Dan still has alot of trouble fully shedding the military image from himself. Sure, he's not in uniform, his dogtags are missing, and his hairs a little to long to be standard, but certain things still remain. Perhaps its mostly the stiff manner hs carries himnself, or he still has to put a small amount of effort to not call people sir or ma'am. For the most part, he's average and ordinary. He holds himself unimposingly and tends to be rather quiet. He stands at about 5'8 and is in decent shape, although it looks like more of a runners or swimmers build. A farmers tan still hints in his complexion, although its mostly evened out by now. His hair is a dark almost dirty blonde, tousled in a semi 'fadish' manor. His eyes are dark blue, which hold a suprising amount force behind them. He dresses cassualy, a white t-shirt and jeans with sneakers being his preferred option of dress.

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Name: Daniel Thomas 
Concept: War Vet turned college kid. 

Virtue: Charity(he wants to help people)
Vice: Pride(Losing means he's failed



Attributes

Mental: Intelligence - 2, Wits - 2, Resolve – 3

Physical: Strength - 2, Dexterity - 3, Stamina – 3

Social: Presence - 1, Manipulation - 2, Composure – 3


Skills

Mental Skills (-3): Academics: 2 Computer:1 Craft:1 Medicine:2(Stabilizing Trauma) Occult:1
Physical (-1): Athletics: 3 Brawl:2 Drive:1 Firearms:1 Stealth:2 Survival:2
Social (-1): Expression: 2(Guitar) Intimidate: 1 Subterfuge:1(Looking Calm)


Merits: Allies:1(VA), Iron Stamina: 2, Iron Stomach:2, Meditative Mind: 1, Resources:1, Wolf blooded:4


Willpower: 6
Humanity: 5 
Derangement: Fixation



Health: 8
Initiative: 16
Defense: 2
Speed: 10
Size: 5

Creation Log

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ATTRIBUTES
Primary Physical: 1 Strength, 2 Dexterity, 2 Stamina 
Secondary Mental: 1 Intelligence, 1 Wits, 2 Resolve
Tertiary Social: 0 Presence, 1 Manipulation, 2 Composure

Quick Recap: Dan's in pretty good shape, although not really the weight lifting type. Long
runs and fast sprints. He's pretty driven and able to keep himself looking composed, although
he lacks any real ability to speak up sometimes or be noticed.

SKILLS
Primary Physical: 3 Athletics, 2 Brawl, 1 Drive, 1 Firearms, 2 Stealth, 2 Survival
Secondary Mental: 2, Academics, 1 Computer, 1 Craft, 2 Medicine, 1 Occult
Tertiary Social: 2 Expression, 1 Intimidation, 1 Subterfuge

Quick Recap: Dans got a lot of various odds and ends thanks to military training and the people
he met while he was in. He can run, jump swim and climb with ease, he can throw a decent punch with
the addition of kick boxing practice, drive like he's in a warzone, he was never the best shot 
but he knows which end of the weapon to hold, always good at being silent and staying out of the
limelight, and knows more then a few tricks to surviving outside of civilizations conveniences. 

He studies hard, and remembers stuff pretty well, computer skill is almost impossible not to have,
he's had to learn how to keep a Humvee running, he's had medical training, plus now studies further
at his leisure and he's had a new found interest in ghosts since some of the things he's seen.

Dan has somewhat of a creative bug, mostly focuses in Guitar, he learned long ago how to get someone
else to back down from a fight, and keeping a calm face in a crisis took some practice. 

SPECIALIZATIONS
Medicine:2(Stabilizing Trauma), Expression: 2(Guitar), Subterfuge:1(Looking Calm)

Quick recap: Dans man job as a medic was to stabilize and transport casualties to higher levels of
care, He grew up learning how to play guitar, and he's learned to at least look calm when the world
falls apart around him. 

MERITS
Merits: Allies:1(VA), Meditative Mind: 1 Resources:1 Wolf blooded:4

Quick Recap:
Dans got Va benefits, wasn't sure how to represent this then a low level of allies. Status or perhaps
a Contact would work just as well to represent it? While he was deployed, Dan kept himself sane by being
able to find his 'happy place', he's on the GI bill getting him BAH and tuition paid and he's unknowingly
wolf blooded. Perhaps even close to the first change. 

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XP LOG 
Date          Trait/Exp. Type       Rank    Gain/Cost  Balance
21 Mar 2010   Creation Points         -        +50        50
21 Mar 2010   XP from -2 Humanity              +10        60
21 Mar 2010   Iron Stomach            2         -4        56
21 Mar 2010   Iron Stamina            2         -6        50
13 Apr 2010   Month of March          -         +3        53
03 May 2010   Month of April          -         +4        57