Post by jacobin on Feb 10, 2010 22:16:29 GMT -5
Physical Attributes
Age - 28
Height - 6'5"
Weight - 185lbs
Eye color - Blue
Hair color - Scraggly blonde with some white
Skin tone - Pale, but rough and blotchy
Distinguishing Features - Keeps his oxygen mask on him at all times. Oftentimes wears it when he doesn't need to.
Appearance
Jacobin Conroy is a tower of a man and his presence is known to anyone in the same room as him almost immediately - he does not hide well usually. There is a sense that he has seen more death than most men, and it has hardened his resolve in the way one might expect. He is thin, but not lithe or vibrant in his motions. His movements are those of a man malnourished, one who controls the actions with a purpose, as if any one of them could be his last. His clothing will differ from mission to mission but he always carries his oxygen mask, strapped loosely about his neck. A small metal cord travels from the mask to the small tank, which hangs off his belt with the same nonchalance as a cowboy's pistol.
Personality
He is a quiet man, and often suspicious of others. He dosn't trust the cook, for one, and is more than a little unnerved by Garcia, the flamboyant comm officer. Jacobin can be very gentle when he wants to be and very rough when he needs to be. He will not hesitate to do questionable things for his employer, having seen much worse on Stillwater than anything he could be tasked with in Samuel's care. His speech is reserved and efficeint. Growing up he had to be mindful always of how much oxygen he was using. This shows in Jacobin's overall demeanor.
History
Life on a Martian mine is tough, much tougher than the colonies of Jupiter or even the asteroid belt. On top of that, life in Stillwater is by far the roughest of the Martian mines. Nestled in the frozen northern glaciers of the red planet, Stillwater mines water for the rest of Mars' colonies and is crewed by convicts, debtors, and a handful of insane settlers (part of the original families who would were too stubborn to leave). The Conroy's belonged to the latter group, naturally.
Jacobin was given his first oxygen mask when he was three days old, the day he was fit enough to consume the manufactured air that is so common to folks on Mars. The Conroy's home was not fully airtight, something that was common among the denizens of Stillwater. Most Martian towns were underground, interconnected by tunnels, but Stillwater was not planned this way due to fears of breaking into the glacier it sat upon, and so it was placed precariously and dangerously at the surface. Jacobins earliest memory is of his older sister dying of oxygen deprivation, choking on the hostile atmosphere as her mask broke while they were on a simple walk to school. She was not the only sibling the young Conroy lost in his youth.
As Jacobin grew within this hostile environment, lax safety regulations and draconian managerial staff at Stillwater took every single member of his immediate family from him. His father was the last to go. Old Eric Conroy was the toughest man Jacobin had ever known and he strove to be like his father in every aspect of his life. By the time Jacobin was twenty three, all he had left was Gram. Elizabeth Conroy and Jacobin were the last of one of Stillwaters original settler families.
Elizabeth Conroy was not like Jacobin and some might say they were polar opposites. She was sharp as a machete and as quick as a cave in. You could not trick her, you could not confuse her--these things were simple impossibilities. She had lost her legs when she was young and spent all her time since the accident reading and thinking. She was something of a leader of the community, able to rationalize the emotions in people's hearts and propel them towards their goals in an articulate way that most are not capable of. Jacobin loves Gram, who he still believes will always be there to guide him through life.
For three years Jacobin continued to work taking double, sometimes triple shifts in order to preserve the rent on the family home, and keep Gram from having to work herself. He would not suffer her having to lift a single finger for profit. He would have been content to spend the rest of his days as such, if a pamphlet had not come to Gram one day that interested her more than anything else ever had.
It was for a group called ARES, given by a man named Jonas Keller. Jonas Keller gave forth the oppinion that the CMC's control of Mars had corrupted and turned decrepit, that their once proud people had been reduced to little more than a slave state. He cited the example of the Riah Revolution as an example, and pleaded for any kind of support for the Martian underground. Jacobin was a slow man to move in such a direction, but Gram believed that Jonas was the Martian people's best chance for independence, and Gram was never wrong. So the two moved to Amador and started a life in the sublevels.
There Jacobin enrolled in a mining program at the deepest levels of the city. Gram was kept off the census records and old Elizabeth quickly became one of revolution's most outspoken individuals. She had an excellent eye, and was one of Keller's closest confidants, able to see the fire in young people and convince them to join the cause for whatever reason. It was the first time in many years that she had felt young again, and this pleased Jacobin greatly. He would do anything to keep her safe and happy.
When the war started, money was tight. Jacobin was forced to become a bouncer at a local bar, a profession that he disdained whole-heartedly. He was a simple man and not used to any sort of luxury in his life, and he disliked being around others who were enjoying themselves at the expense of those in the cities lower levels. Jonas Keller had moved to Side 6 in order to attempt to gain populist support for his revolution amongst Riah and Zeon, and word of the Earth Sphere had made it to Jacobin's ears from many in ARES. It was in these circumstances that Jacobin met Samuel, who came into an Amador bar one night in an effort to "get away from that petulant Radcliffe."
Samuel was sympathetic to Jacobin's needs to preserve his family, and offered him a job on his ship. Jacobin had little experience in the sort of cutthroat activity that Samuel peddled in, but he was not against that line of work in the slightest due to hisbackground. Samuel could see the spirit of hard work and tight, sinewy beliefs of the man, and he knew he had found someone he could trust to do his dirty work amongst the crew. He offered to hire Jacobin for one year, with half the pay up front, which would all go immediately to Gram. This would make Elizabeth financially independent, a feat of income that never happened amongst the poorest of Mars' citizens. Jacobin quickly accepted, and found himself sailing for Earth on Jove's Bones the following day.
Age - 28
Height - 6'5"
Weight - 185lbs
Eye color - Blue
Hair color - Scraggly blonde with some white
Skin tone - Pale, but rough and blotchy
Distinguishing Features - Keeps his oxygen mask on him at all times. Oftentimes wears it when he doesn't need to.
Appearance
Jacobin Conroy is a tower of a man and his presence is known to anyone in the same room as him almost immediately - he does not hide well usually. There is a sense that he has seen more death than most men, and it has hardened his resolve in the way one might expect. He is thin, but not lithe or vibrant in his motions. His movements are those of a man malnourished, one who controls the actions with a purpose, as if any one of them could be his last. His clothing will differ from mission to mission but he always carries his oxygen mask, strapped loosely about his neck. A small metal cord travels from the mask to the small tank, which hangs off his belt with the same nonchalance as a cowboy's pistol.
Personality
He is a quiet man, and often suspicious of others. He dosn't trust the cook, for one, and is more than a little unnerved by Garcia, the flamboyant comm officer. Jacobin can be very gentle when he wants to be and very rough when he needs to be. He will not hesitate to do questionable things for his employer, having seen much worse on Stillwater than anything he could be tasked with in Samuel's care. His speech is reserved and efficeint. Growing up he had to be mindful always of how much oxygen he was using. This shows in Jacobin's overall demeanor.
History
Life on a Martian mine is tough, much tougher than the colonies of Jupiter or even the asteroid belt. On top of that, life in Stillwater is by far the roughest of the Martian mines. Nestled in the frozen northern glaciers of the red planet, Stillwater mines water for the rest of Mars' colonies and is crewed by convicts, debtors, and a handful of insane settlers (part of the original families who would were too stubborn to leave). The Conroy's belonged to the latter group, naturally.
Jacobin was given his first oxygen mask when he was three days old, the day he was fit enough to consume the manufactured air that is so common to folks on Mars. The Conroy's home was not fully airtight, something that was common among the denizens of Stillwater. Most Martian towns were underground, interconnected by tunnels, but Stillwater was not planned this way due to fears of breaking into the glacier it sat upon, and so it was placed precariously and dangerously at the surface. Jacobins earliest memory is of his older sister dying of oxygen deprivation, choking on the hostile atmosphere as her mask broke while they were on a simple walk to school. She was not the only sibling the young Conroy lost in his youth.
As Jacobin grew within this hostile environment, lax safety regulations and draconian managerial staff at Stillwater took every single member of his immediate family from him. His father was the last to go. Old Eric Conroy was the toughest man Jacobin had ever known and he strove to be like his father in every aspect of his life. By the time Jacobin was twenty three, all he had left was Gram. Elizabeth Conroy and Jacobin were the last of one of Stillwaters original settler families.
Elizabeth Conroy was not like Jacobin and some might say they were polar opposites. She was sharp as a machete and as quick as a cave in. You could not trick her, you could not confuse her--these things were simple impossibilities. She had lost her legs when she was young and spent all her time since the accident reading and thinking. She was something of a leader of the community, able to rationalize the emotions in people's hearts and propel them towards their goals in an articulate way that most are not capable of. Jacobin loves Gram, who he still believes will always be there to guide him through life.
For three years Jacobin continued to work taking double, sometimes triple shifts in order to preserve the rent on the family home, and keep Gram from having to work herself. He would not suffer her having to lift a single finger for profit. He would have been content to spend the rest of his days as such, if a pamphlet had not come to Gram one day that interested her more than anything else ever had.
It was for a group called ARES, given by a man named Jonas Keller. Jonas Keller gave forth the oppinion that the CMC's control of Mars had corrupted and turned decrepit, that their once proud people had been reduced to little more than a slave state. He cited the example of the Riah Revolution as an example, and pleaded for any kind of support for the Martian underground. Jacobin was a slow man to move in such a direction, but Gram believed that Jonas was the Martian people's best chance for independence, and Gram was never wrong. So the two moved to Amador and started a life in the sublevels.
There Jacobin enrolled in a mining program at the deepest levels of the city. Gram was kept off the census records and old Elizabeth quickly became one of revolution's most outspoken individuals. She had an excellent eye, and was one of Keller's closest confidants, able to see the fire in young people and convince them to join the cause for whatever reason. It was the first time in many years that she had felt young again, and this pleased Jacobin greatly. He would do anything to keep her safe and happy.
When the war started, money was tight. Jacobin was forced to become a bouncer at a local bar, a profession that he disdained whole-heartedly. He was a simple man and not used to any sort of luxury in his life, and he disliked being around others who were enjoying themselves at the expense of those in the cities lower levels. Jonas Keller had moved to Side 6 in order to attempt to gain populist support for his revolution amongst Riah and Zeon, and word of the Earth Sphere had made it to Jacobin's ears from many in ARES. It was in these circumstances that Jacobin met Samuel, who came into an Amador bar one night in an effort to "get away from that petulant Radcliffe."
Samuel was sympathetic to Jacobin's needs to preserve his family, and offered him a job on his ship. Jacobin had little experience in the sort of cutthroat activity that Samuel peddled in, but he was not against that line of work in the slightest due to hisbackground. Samuel could see the spirit of hard work and tight, sinewy beliefs of the man, and he knew he had found someone he could trust to do his dirty work amongst the crew. He offered to hire Jacobin for one year, with half the pay up front, which would all go immediately to Gram. This would make Elizabeth financially independent, a feat of income that never happened amongst the poorest of Mars' citizens. Jacobin quickly accepted, and found himself sailing for Earth on Jove's Bones the following day.