The Basics
Name: Maximillian Devereaux
Age: 18
Birthdate: June 11th
Gender: Male
Sexual Orientation: Heterosexual
The Extras
Profession: University Student
Special Characteristics: Name: Gifted
Tier: 3
Stat(s) Boosted: None
Description: As a child, Maximillian had always shown exceptional intellectual ability and creative productivity. There was never a task too big for Maximillian to handle and if such a thing did exist he would find means on how to solve the problem, which was the main reason why he excelled in medical school at such a young age and now seeing as his life now depended on it, this talent has now blossomed into something beneficial to his survival. This trait reduces Maximillian’s required word count for training by ¼.
Name: Quick
Tier: 2
Stat(s) Boosted: Reflexes +1 Tier
Description: You’ve got some natural reflexes. Because of this you gain a +1 tier to Reflexes.
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Name: Weakling
Tier: 2
Stat(s) Boosted: None
Description: Maximillian was more of a brains than brawn kind of person. Where intellectual talents shone, his physical abilities were well, laughable at best. So much so that the powerhouse trait is unattainable to Maxi, regardless of his strength level.
Name: Bad Knee
Tier: 1
Stat(s) Boosted: N/A
Description: Because of an injury when this individual was young they have a bad left knee. After 10 posts of running or fighting, their knee will start to act up, cutting their speed in half.
Description
Height: 175.2 cm
Weight: 142.0 lb
Skin Color: Fair
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: Blonde
General Description: Maximillian is a tall man roughly around 175.2 cm, with long limbs and a well-toned body with no extra body fat. He has slightly wide shoulders, and a slender neck. Maximillian has a somewhat square face not to long nor narrow, he has a firm set jaw with a medium sized slightly square chin, a long narrow nose. He has a pair of narrow eyes which are very outstanding unusual deep blue color that appears both dark yet bright at the same time. His hair is golden and is often kept in a rather simple style with bangs hanging just along his eyes. His skin appears mostly unblemished and fair in color.
In regards to clothing, Maximillian will wear other things, though tends to have a refined taste and though he seems to lean toward black or dark-gray for basic parts of his clothing he will wear brighter colors with it. A pair of jeans, a button up shirt with or without a coat. When relaxing though he'd likely wear a pair of baggier pants and shirt if he had the choice, though majority of the time his clothing would be covered in a white lab coat. His hair rarely changes style, sometimes it gets a little longer, but is usually cut, and sometimes he will brush it back or pull it back when needed.
The Details
Personality: The best way--and quite possibly the only way to describe Maximillian is 'emotionally unstable'. An INFP personality type, Maximillian is exactly what those four letters stand for--introverted, intuitive, someone who feels and relies on the heart and perceptive. Maximillian is normally quiet, lost in daydreams or flashbacks, but will not hesitate to strike a conversation or respond when spoken to. He comes off as a quiet boy with a penchant for puzzles to most people--however, Maximillian has remained hidden underlies and pretenses, and he fears that someday he will fall through the cracks and lose the control he has toiled away to achieve. Although control is not something that Maximillian believes is of utmost importance, it most certainly is something he will not allow himself to lose. His urge for control comes from his inability to display weakness or accept help from others--he has been helped and babied and coddled too much as a child and he yearns for independence.
However, although Maximillian has relentless been pursuing control, Maximillian is slipping--essentially, the only control he has is preventing himself from breaking down completely. He doesn't exert much control over his emotions and he definitely cannot hide how he feels, which makes him a terrible liar. So if he were depressed, there would be visible traces of it on his face, although Maximillian tries his best to hide his emotions. He believes that expressing how he really feels will cause people to pity him or give them the upper hand. There are things he cannot bring himself to tell anybody and things he cannot forget--that bring him down and explain his depressive personality.
History: Maggie Devereaux was sixteen years old when she discovered the news. She was pregnant. It was the absolute worst news she could have ever received. Not only was she sixteen, but she was the daughter of the local preacher. Her brother was the bad one, not her. Scott always got in trouble and at the time he was only eleven. To make matters even worse, Maggie didn't have the first clue who the father was. She had gotten drunk at a party and remembered flirty with a couple of guys, a little blurred passion and then waking up naked the next day in a strange bed.
For awhile she tried to hide the swelling of her stomach from her parents. But as the days got hotter and hotter in New Orleans, she just couldn't anymore. Franklin Devereaux was normally a peaceful man. Quiet and understanding, not to mention a loving father. At least that's what he had the community believe. In reality he was cruel and ruthless. Beating his wife and children whenever he saw fit. Which was most of the time. Needless to say, his rage over his daughter's condition was really no surprise to her or anyone else.
After the sound thrashing he gave her, Franklin literally tossed her out on the street. He had no sympathy for the little slut. Maggie was crushed. With no place to go, she wandered the streets from town to town until a kind old lady took her in. The woman had no family and was happy to take on the girl and her unborn child. Years went by and Maggie and Gretchen (the elderly woman) became like family. As far as Maggie was concerned Gretchen was the only family she and little Maximillian needed. As all things go, that too had to come to an end.
Gretchen had very little money when she passed, but left the house to Maggie, who was by now nineteen. She wasn't ready to be alone with a three year old son, so she married the first man that came along. A mechanic named Arlen O'Conner. He was mean, rough and treated her and Maximillian poorly. As poorly as he treated his own son Glen, who was only a year older than Maximillian. Through the years the man become more of a drunk and more possessive of his wife and the two boys, even more so after Maggie had the twins.
Years of suffering by the hands of his step father had caused Maxi to suffer from a number of mental disorders, the main one being depression. However, his mother’s struggles had somewhat motivated the young boy and even though his life at home was torrid at school he flourished. He excelled so much in fact that he was granted a scholarship to the best university in the country. That meant however, that he had to leave his mother and siblings in the care of that monster disguised as a man. He was just about to refuse the scholarship too, that was until his mother convinced him to go.
Maxi was in his second year of medical school when the outbreak began. He had taken shelter in the school halls with the rest of students, however that safe haven soon became a danger zone. Now Maxi travels the streets alone fending for himself with the thoughts of how his family were doing ever present in the back of his mind.
OOC Information
FaceClaim: Cloud Strife
FaceClaim Artist/Location: Square Enix