Name: Alan Graves
Gender: Male
Age: 35
Species: Human
Family: Niece, not confirmed whether living or dead.
Personality: Alan was once a man with a give-them-hell, no-looking-back attitude. He followed orders, he executed them, and used his own judgement when it was appropriate to. An obedient soldier, but one brimming with enthusiasm and conviction. However, once he saw the true horrors of war, and not just what he was told to see, he snapped. The gears started to turn, and the world he thought he knew came tumbling down around him. He did not see his enemies as soulless beings - he saw that they too wept for dead comrades, and fought for a cause they believed to be just. He no longer believed his commanding officers were the best for their position - what kind of person orders an execution on a group of small, starving children because they "might reveal the squad's position?" Now, he is but a shell of a man, stumbling towards his next objective, his thoughts lost in a sea of bitterness.
History: A member of the seventeenth demolition squad in the Alphistrian army, he was renowned as one of the best in his particular group - bar the commander. He knew where charges had to go, he knew how to topple buildings, he was a demolitions aficionado - and he felt satisfaction at what he did. Taking out key positions after being inserted into areas, and allowing the bombers to flatten the rest. However, it took him years of service to come to a realisation - that he didn't want to fight.
A key town that was essentially a chokepoint in the country was in enemy hands, and the Alphistrian army had to break through at any cost - thus, it was determined that a large part of the settlement would have to be eradicated. And, after the seventeenth demolition squad's havoc was wreaked, the bombers decimated the crippled area. However, amongst the rubble, lay a stuffed toy - a ouffin, pink where the body should be black, with a child's name embroidered neatly onto the chest.
Amy Harrison.
His niece.
The only family he had left, the ten-year-old girl he had promised his sister he would protect, with every fibre of his being.
And he had essentially, and supposedly, killed her.
There were survivors, but they were few and far between - some were just dying slowly. And, as he took in what he had done, the horros of the past five years hit him like a bullet train.
On the inside, he died that day.
Current Goal/Purpose: To determine whether his niece is still alive, and depending on the result, go home with her, or just give up.
Appearance: Tall and with a well-developed muscle tone, his once-fierce grey eyes, coupled with oak-brown, crew-cut hair, now possess a dull kind of blankness. As he specialises in urban operations, and works under the cover of night, his standard gear is a black, kevlar bodysuit, with a thin, bullet-resistant vest worn over it if the situation calls for it. Numerous cuts and scrapes are seen on his skin at any time, should you actually see his skin - as opposed to a series of explosions. However, the consistent injuries on him are the scars - a large one from a burn cloaking his right arm, and a jagged, hideous one snaking from the bridge of his nose to the right of his lips.