BlackAndBlueEyes
07-01-07, 12:55 AM
Name: Madison Freebird
Age: 24
Race: Human
Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Blue
Height: 5'7
Weight: 105 lbs.
Occupation: Mercenary/bounty hunter
Personality: Madison is the type of person who keeps to herself as much as possible. She's neurotic, violent, and generally an unpleasant person to be around. However, she won't lash out at anyone unless she has a concrete reason to--be it job-related (like the person in question has a price on their head), or if they spill her drink all over her dress. On the flip side of the coin, she is very cunning and calculating, able to analyze the current situation and work her way out of it no matter the cost. Due to her withdrawn nature, her people skills leave something to be desired. Her trust is a hard thing to earn, and easily lost as well.
Appearance: Her facial features are thin and pale, her deep blue eyes, raven-black hair, and constantly vacant expression giving her a crow-like appearance. Her body follows suit: Thin and lacking in "assets". As for clothing, her tastes are rather conservative. Her favorite garment is a purple, long-sleeved velvet dress. The sides of the dress are slitted from the bottom up to halfway up the her thighs to allow easier movement, while the long sleeves act as a hiding place for her wire (more on that later). She also wears black, fingerless lace gloves that reach up to her elbows, black stockings, and black high-heeled leather boots. She has a sapphire brooch around her neck, but that's about as extravagant as she'll get. Overall, she isn't ugly, but she's not something most men (who weren't into creepy things) would look at twice.
History:
Madison was born into a family of bounty hunters, the youngest of four. She began her training in the family profession at the age of ten, and was allowed to join her brothers on the job at fifteen. However, her siblings had a tendency to ridicule and ignore her, and her parents always had other things to worry about than "her petty bitchings". This alienation, along with her mandatory teenage angst, pushed her away from her family and caused her to close herself off from the rest of existence over the next few years.
A particularly distasterous event occurred when she was 20. Madison and her eldest brother, Trevor, were tracking a bounty head when they were ambushed. In the fight that followed, Trevor was slain and Madison barely escaped with her life. When she returned to her family, her other two brothers blamed her for Trevor's death, and the proverbial fireworks went off. Madison flipped, attacking both of them. By the time her father was able to stop the fight, she had broken one of Justin's arms and completely shattered Michael's nose.
Of course, when you lash out at your family, there will always be consequences. In Madison's case, she was banished from the house, what remained of her family disowning her. Cutting her losses, she immediately set out to make a living performing odd jobs for anyone who had the money to pay for her expenses.
Skills:
"I was trained in the art of kicking your ass!": Madison had been training in hand-to-hand combat since the age of eleven, and has slightly above-average skill. As such, she can defend herself quite well in a fist fight--possibly reversing some blows if the opponent telegraphs them--and can dodge some attacks from people brandishing weapons.
The aforementioned wire: A device strapped to her left wrist contains seven feet of retractable wire, very thin yet slightly weaker than iron. Attached to one end is a small weight, which will cause the wire to wrap around objects due to the laws of physics when Madison swings it. There's no skill really involved here, Madison uses wire primarily to choke her victims to death or to trip someone. A small button in the center of the spool can retract the wire back underneath her sleeve.
Dual-wielding knives: Strapped to the back of her belt is two steel knives, each measuring 8" long. Due to her below-average skill with these, she sees them only as a last resort.
"Shhhh!": A few busted jobs when she was starting out forced Madison to learn the art of stealth. She is very skilled at not making noises when she walks on a solid surface, like wood, marble, and so on. But, since nobody is perfect, she has yet to be able to silence her footsteps on gravel and the like. Her dark clothing helps her to blend in with the shadows, although any light cast in her general direction will have no problem reflecting off her pale skin.
Equipment:
A small leather satchel to carry anything she may pick up along her way
The spool of retractable wire, strapped to her left wrist and hidden by her sleeve
Two 8" steel knives
A small vial containing two grams of paralyzing powder--on average, half of a gram will be enough to paralyze for one minute
Age: 24
Race: Human
Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Blue
Height: 5'7
Weight: 105 lbs.
Occupation: Mercenary/bounty hunter
Personality: Madison is the type of person who keeps to herself as much as possible. She's neurotic, violent, and generally an unpleasant person to be around. However, she won't lash out at anyone unless she has a concrete reason to--be it job-related (like the person in question has a price on their head), or if they spill her drink all over her dress. On the flip side of the coin, she is very cunning and calculating, able to analyze the current situation and work her way out of it no matter the cost. Due to her withdrawn nature, her people skills leave something to be desired. Her trust is a hard thing to earn, and easily lost as well.
Appearance: Her facial features are thin and pale, her deep blue eyes, raven-black hair, and constantly vacant expression giving her a crow-like appearance. Her body follows suit: Thin and lacking in "assets". As for clothing, her tastes are rather conservative. Her favorite garment is a purple, long-sleeved velvet dress. The sides of the dress are slitted from the bottom up to halfway up the her thighs to allow easier movement, while the long sleeves act as a hiding place for her wire (more on that later). She also wears black, fingerless lace gloves that reach up to her elbows, black stockings, and black high-heeled leather boots. She has a sapphire brooch around her neck, but that's about as extravagant as she'll get. Overall, she isn't ugly, but she's not something most men (who weren't into creepy things) would look at twice.
History:
Madison was born into a family of bounty hunters, the youngest of four. She began her training in the family profession at the age of ten, and was allowed to join her brothers on the job at fifteen. However, her siblings had a tendency to ridicule and ignore her, and her parents always had other things to worry about than "her petty bitchings". This alienation, along with her mandatory teenage angst, pushed her away from her family and caused her to close herself off from the rest of existence over the next few years.
A particularly distasterous event occurred when she was 20. Madison and her eldest brother, Trevor, were tracking a bounty head when they were ambushed. In the fight that followed, Trevor was slain and Madison barely escaped with her life. When she returned to her family, her other two brothers blamed her for Trevor's death, and the proverbial fireworks went off. Madison flipped, attacking both of them. By the time her father was able to stop the fight, she had broken one of Justin's arms and completely shattered Michael's nose.
Of course, when you lash out at your family, there will always be consequences. In Madison's case, she was banished from the house, what remained of her family disowning her. Cutting her losses, she immediately set out to make a living performing odd jobs for anyone who had the money to pay for her expenses.
Skills:
"I was trained in the art of kicking your ass!": Madison had been training in hand-to-hand combat since the age of eleven, and has slightly above-average skill. As such, she can defend herself quite well in a fist fight--possibly reversing some blows if the opponent telegraphs them--and can dodge some attacks from people brandishing weapons.
The aforementioned wire: A device strapped to her left wrist contains seven feet of retractable wire, very thin yet slightly weaker than iron. Attached to one end is a small weight, which will cause the wire to wrap around objects due to the laws of physics when Madison swings it. There's no skill really involved here, Madison uses wire primarily to choke her victims to death or to trip someone. A small button in the center of the spool can retract the wire back underneath her sleeve.
Dual-wielding knives: Strapped to the back of her belt is two steel knives, each measuring 8" long. Due to her below-average skill with these, she sees them only as a last resort.
"Shhhh!": A few busted jobs when she was starting out forced Madison to learn the art of stealth. She is very skilled at not making noises when she walks on a solid surface, like wood, marble, and so on. But, since nobody is perfect, she has yet to be able to silence her footsteps on gravel and the like. Her dark clothing helps her to blend in with the shadows, although any light cast in her general direction will have no problem reflecting off her pale skin.
Equipment:
A small leather satchel to carry anything she may pick up along her way
The spool of retractable wire, strapped to her left wrist and hidden by her sleeve
Two 8" steel knives
A small vial containing two grams of paralyzing powder--on average, half of a gram will be enough to paralyze for one minute