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PLAYER.
NAME: Kate
CONTACT: eyefloss#1321
ARE YOU 18 OR OLDER: Yep.
CHARACTER.
NAME: Nicholas D. Wolfwood
CANON: Trigun (manga)
AGE: Never stated. Appears to be in his early to mid 30's, but in actuality 18-19ish.
CANON POINT: Volume 10, yanked just as he's about to die.
BACKGROUND: Here
PERSONALITY: Wolfwood's a guy with a lot of layers; think of an onion, with all the smelly, offensive personality wrapped up in a flimsy skin. Upon meeting him in the third volume of the Trigun series, most get the impression that he's a broke priest who will more than willingly try to scam you out of your money. A pretty accurate assumption; Wolfwood likes nothing more than finding a way to make an easy buck or get a free meal, but that’s merely scratching the surface.
He comes off as being over friendly, pushy, and tends to invade other people's personal space when there's clearly something he wants (money, a free meal, etc.) or when he’s trying to keep people at a distance. The guy sidesteps questions like no one's business, gives half answers and bullshits his way through the rest. He tries to be a charmer and may seem like a genuinely nice guy but most of the time? He's just too shady. However, you do see that he's got a softer side to him when it comes to kids. After a conversation with Vash about his smiles, you get the feeling that he’s more perceptive than he lets on, that he's only playing the idiot.
For the most part, that personality is fake; a mask he constructed to keep strangers at a distance and hide his inner monster. In reality, Nicholas can be quite cruel, abusive and generally unsympathetic. If you've got an issue, he's not the kind of guy who anyone would want to come complaining to; he'd sooner tell someone to suck it up and give the advice no one wants to hear than offer a hug or false reassurance. His general outlook on life is extremely pessimistic and it shows, but in the same breath he's got a lot of hope for someone who considers himself a realist. Sure, Wolfwood has been through a lot in his rather short lifetime and it's left him extremely jaded and bitter. He assumes the worst in people, doesn’t trust easily and when he does, it doesn't guarantee one hundred percent loyalty or honesty, but he's been shown on occasion to wish for the best, though rarely for himself.
What little we know of Wolfwood’s childhood is shown through flashbacks and from vague comments he makes, but we do know that at one point before coming to the orphanage, he had a family. While not impossible that he came from a well adjusted home who either died or simply was unable to care for him, he implies otherwise - that his life was not easy before and since coming to the orphanage, it has changed for the better. He falls into the role of surrogate big brother with some reluctance but adapts to it easily, finding meaning and value in taking care of those younger than him and comes to view the orphanage as his true home. This attachment stays with him for the rest of his life and his desire to protect his family is what motivates his choices throughout most of the series.
Survival is also one of Wolfwood’s biggest motivators. Life on Gunsmoke is not easy and as a kid he was gut shot twice, the first time leaving the biggest impression on him because of how close he came to dying. While the exact circumstances are left vague, Wolfwood states that before being shot he had written himself off - he had no chance of a promising future, no chance at living a good life - but despite all that, he wanted to live more than anything. This desire in combination with later being picked up by a crazed cult of assassins who worship and serve Knives (the series’ big bad) are what lead to his more flexible views on murder and self defense.
He's a firm believer in self preservation and will kill almost anyone who he believes is a danger to himself or someone he cares for. Though he doesn’t appear to be torn up about the people he has killed (for he believes that all of them deserved it, in some shape or form), he feels guilt and anger about having to become the person he is now to survive. This extends into his attitude in interacting with others and his own decisions. If it’s dangerous, if he might get caught up in someone else’s drama that might end with him dying, he doesn’t want to be involved. He spends the early part of the manga trying to avoid confrontation, yelling at Vash for throwing himself into situations so recklessly and this continues later into the series. His decision to become superhuman was done under duress - his mentor Chapel giving Wolfwood the choice to bleed out after shooting him or survive by undergoing a shady medical procedure that aged him physically into adulthood - but Wolfwood doesn’t view it as such. In the end he was too cowardly to let himself die and chose to become a monster.
That said, some sick part of him definitely enjoys violence. He keeps most of his stress and anger bottled up that it often explodes when given an outlet, and if that outlet involves beating the crap out of his friend or shooting an angry giant mutant in the face, he’s quick to loosen his tentative restraints. Wolfwood does not handle extreme amounts of stress well, frequently suffering from nightmares and chain smoking more than normal when he has a lot on his mind.
Wolfwood’s never had a very positive opinion about himself even as a kid and as he ages, it only grows worse. It’s fairly safe to assume that he hates himself, given that he calls himself a monster and a freak. However, this isn’t noticeable in the way he carries or presents himself, his self-assured and confident demeanor see to that. When upset, his guard rarely goes down enough to let people know how he's feeling. Instead, he pushes them away, preferring to mope and sulk in peace. He is fiercely independent and rarely asks for help, even in life or death situations. Not necessarily because he finds people unreliable, but that he feels he needs to take care of everyone on his own, even if they don't need or want his help. He's a shining example of big brother syndrome at its best (and worst).
Wolfwood’s relationships tend to be complicated but none more so than his friendship with Vash, who is a polar opposite of most things Wolfwood believes in. Early on they have a lot of conflict over which of them is in the right over whether a person can inevitably change, and killing versus staunch pacifism even when your life is threatened but eventually come to an accord on their ideals when Wolfwood kills a Gung-Ho Gun to protect people living on a SEED ship, one of the few places Vash can call home.
Vash has been a pretty positive influence on Wolfwood, not necessarily changing his perspective but softening it in a lot of respects. He still kills, but for the first time in a long while he questions the necessity of it, and finds himself jumping into the same dangerous situations he was so intent on avoiding before to protect Vash. Part of this can be attributed to his job - Wolfwood was hired to lead Vash to Knives - but another, much larger part is that Wolfwood wishes he could live the kind of life Vash does. That scares him, initially, that someone could be so reckless with their life and come out fine.
Vash forces Wolfwood to truly look and reevaluate other people and their actions, to consider that perhaps not everyone is a irredeemable douchebag like he tends to assume and that they can change for the better if given the chance. Not himself, but y’know… other people.
Speaking of those other people, Livio is probably the next most important person in Wolfwood's life - a childhood friend Wolfwood literally dies to give that second chance. When Wolfwood learns that Livio later fell in with the Eye of Michael and more specifically, Master Chapel, Wolfwood tries very desperately to get him to realize the error of his ways. That the Eye is using him as a tool and doesn't care anything about him, and more importantly, that they're using the kids from their childhood home in sick experiments and that working for these guys and subsequently Knives means that their family is pretty much doomed. It takes a lot of fighting and beating the evil out of him for Livio to come around, but he does eventually.
All that said, Wolfwood also tends to be very sarcastic, opinionated, and blunt. If he doesn't like something you're doing, he won't beat around the bush about it. While not the greatest conversationalist, he is more than capable of making small talk when he’s motivated. He’s fairly observant and analytical in his thought process, and while he may not be book smart, he certainly makes up for that in street smarts. He can also act fairly immature at times (a testament to his true age), but those moments are very few and far between. Usually seen when he's yelling at Vash for something stupid.
POWERS: His abilities are vaguely described in the manga as “healing capabilities, strengthened bones, increased muscle strength, sharpened sensory nerves.” Basically, he can heal from minor to major life threatening wounds with a shorter recovery time than the average human but he isn’t Wolverine. If he gets shot in the head or heart, he’s dead. If he loses a limb, it isn’t going to grow back. He’s also stronger, faster and has damn better reflexes than someone in peak physical condition but he’s not invincible. He's able to punch Vash without breaking his hand, get punched in the face by Vash's fake metal arm and it only leaves a bruise, which disappears pretty fast. The regenerative powers can be amplified by use of vials filled with a drug. His hearing and sight seem to be above average, as well.
All that aside, he’s extremely skilled in the use of firearms. All those years as an assassin in training have taught him more than he needs to know about how to shoot a gun. Wolfwood also tends to be very perceptive of people and their emotions.
MISC.
SUITABILITY: Wolfwood's followed orders under duress many a time so this isn't anything really new for him. He'll likely buck under the reins of COST if they start doing anything obviously shady and be reluctant to kill unnecessarily - if he can incapacitate first, he will - but his priority will be protecting the people who matter to him. I don't think he'll slide too much into his old ways but it's a possibility depending on how the Auspicious Regency of Everlasting Peace responds to outright rebellion.
ITEM: Cross Punisher, which is every bit as ridiculous as it looks.
CHARACTER @ID SUGGESTIONS: roamincatholic, nuntooholy, criticalmass, disscenter, nunyabusiness, any other terrible religious or nose jokes you've got.
HOW DID YOUR CHARACTER JOIN COST? Approached as he was dying on a couch back home, he was told Livio was a future bloodline criminal and up for execution. Given the choice was die and forget about all of this, or try to save his friend again... Well, the choice was obvious.
NAME: Kate
CONTACT: eyefloss#1321
ARE YOU 18 OR OLDER: Yep.
CHARACTER.
NAME: Nicholas D. Wolfwood
CANON: Trigun (manga)
AGE: Never stated. Appears to be in his early to mid 30's, but in actuality 18-19ish.
CANON POINT: Volume 10, yanked just as he's about to die.
BACKGROUND: Here
PERSONALITY: Wolfwood's a guy with a lot of layers; think of an onion, with all the smelly, offensive personality wrapped up in a flimsy skin. Upon meeting him in the third volume of the Trigun series, most get the impression that he's a broke priest who will more than willingly try to scam you out of your money. A pretty accurate assumption; Wolfwood likes nothing more than finding a way to make an easy buck or get a free meal, but that’s merely scratching the surface.
He comes off as being over friendly, pushy, and tends to invade other people's personal space when there's clearly something he wants (money, a free meal, etc.) or when he’s trying to keep people at a distance. The guy sidesteps questions like no one's business, gives half answers and bullshits his way through the rest. He tries to be a charmer and may seem like a genuinely nice guy but most of the time? He's just too shady. However, you do see that he's got a softer side to him when it comes to kids. After a conversation with Vash about his smiles, you get the feeling that he’s more perceptive than he lets on, that he's only playing the idiot.
For the most part, that personality is fake; a mask he constructed to keep strangers at a distance and hide his inner monster. In reality, Nicholas can be quite cruel, abusive and generally unsympathetic. If you've got an issue, he's not the kind of guy who anyone would want to come complaining to; he'd sooner tell someone to suck it up and give the advice no one wants to hear than offer a hug or false reassurance. His general outlook on life is extremely pessimistic and it shows, but in the same breath he's got a lot of hope for someone who considers himself a realist. Sure, Wolfwood has been through a lot in his rather short lifetime and it's left him extremely jaded and bitter. He assumes the worst in people, doesn’t trust easily and when he does, it doesn't guarantee one hundred percent loyalty or honesty, but he's been shown on occasion to wish for the best, though rarely for himself.
What little we know of Wolfwood’s childhood is shown through flashbacks and from vague comments he makes, but we do know that at one point before coming to the orphanage, he had a family. While not impossible that he came from a well adjusted home who either died or simply was unable to care for him, he implies otherwise - that his life was not easy before and since coming to the orphanage, it has changed for the better. He falls into the role of surrogate big brother with some reluctance but adapts to it easily, finding meaning and value in taking care of those younger than him and comes to view the orphanage as his true home. This attachment stays with him for the rest of his life and his desire to protect his family is what motivates his choices throughout most of the series.
Survival is also one of Wolfwood’s biggest motivators. Life on Gunsmoke is not easy and as a kid he was gut shot twice, the first time leaving the biggest impression on him because of how close he came to dying. While the exact circumstances are left vague, Wolfwood states that before being shot he had written himself off - he had no chance of a promising future, no chance at living a good life - but despite all that, he wanted to live more than anything. This desire in combination with later being picked up by a crazed cult of assassins who worship and serve Knives (the series’ big bad) are what lead to his more flexible views on murder and self defense.
He's a firm believer in self preservation and will kill almost anyone who he believes is a danger to himself or someone he cares for. Though he doesn’t appear to be torn up about the people he has killed (for he believes that all of them deserved it, in some shape or form), he feels guilt and anger about having to become the person he is now to survive. This extends into his attitude in interacting with others and his own decisions. If it’s dangerous, if he might get caught up in someone else’s drama that might end with him dying, he doesn’t want to be involved. He spends the early part of the manga trying to avoid confrontation, yelling at Vash for throwing himself into situations so recklessly and this continues later into the series. His decision to become superhuman was done under duress - his mentor Chapel giving Wolfwood the choice to bleed out after shooting him or survive by undergoing a shady medical procedure that aged him physically into adulthood - but Wolfwood doesn’t view it as such. In the end he was too cowardly to let himself die and chose to become a monster.
That said, some sick part of him definitely enjoys violence. He keeps most of his stress and anger bottled up that it often explodes when given an outlet, and if that outlet involves beating the crap out of his friend or shooting an angry giant mutant in the face, he’s quick to loosen his tentative restraints. Wolfwood does not handle extreme amounts of stress well, frequently suffering from nightmares and chain smoking more than normal when he has a lot on his mind.
Wolfwood’s never had a very positive opinion about himself even as a kid and as he ages, it only grows worse. It’s fairly safe to assume that he hates himself, given that he calls himself a monster and a freak. However, this isn’t noticeable in the way he carries or presents himself, his self-assured and confident demeanor see to that. When upset, his guard rarely goes down enough to let people know how he's feeling. Instead, he pushes them away, preferring to mope and sulk in peace. He is fiercely independent and rarely asks for help, even in life or death situations. Not necessarily because he finds people unreliable, but that he feels he needs to take care of everyone on his own, even if they don't need or want his help. He's a shining example of big brother syndrome at its best (and worst).
Wolfwood’s relationships tend to be complicated but none more so than his friendship with Vash, who is a polar opposite of most things Wolfwood believes in. Early on they have a lot of conflict over which of them is in the right over whether a person can inevitably change, and killing versus staunch pacifism even when your life is threatened but eventually come to an accord on their ideals when Wolfwood kills a Gung-Ho Gun to protect people living on a SEED ship, one of the few places Vash can call home.
Vash has been a pretty positive influence on Wolfwood, not necessarily changing his perspective but softening it in a lot of respects. He still kills, but for the first time in a long while he questions the necessity of it, and finds himself jumping into the same dangerous situations he was so intent on avoiding before to protect Vash. Part of this can be attributed to his job - Wolfwood was hired to lead Vash to Knives - but another, much larger part is that Wolfwood wishes he could live the kind of life Vash does. That scares him, initially, that someone could be so reckless with their life and come out fine.
Vash forces Wolfwood to truly look and reevaluate other people and their actions, to consider that perhaps not everyone is a irredeemable douchebag like he tends to assume and that they can change for the better if given the chance. Not himself, but y’know… other people.
Speaking of those other people, Livio is probably the next most important person in Wolfwood's life - a childhood friend Wolfwood literally dies to give that second chance. When Wolfwood learns that Livio later fell in with the Eye of Michael and more specifically, Master Chapel, Wolfwood tries very desperately to get him to realize the error of his ways. That the Eye is using him as a tool and doesn't care anything about him, and more importantly, that they're using the kids from their childhood home in sick experiments and that working for these guys and subsequently Knives means that their family is pretty much doomed. It takes a lot of fighting and beating the evil out of him for Livio to come around, but he does eventually.
All that said, Wolfwood also tends to be very sarcastic, opinionated, and blunt. If he doesn't like something you're doing, he won't beat around the bush about it. While not the greatest conversationalist, he is more than capable of making small talk when he’s motivated. He’s fairly observant and analytical in his thought process, and while he may not be book smart, he certainly makes up for that in street smarts. He can also act fairly immature at times (a testament to his true age), but those moments are very few and far between. Usually seen when he's yelling at Vash for something stupid.
POWERS: His abilities are vaguely described in the manga as “healing capabilities, strengthened bones, increased muscle strength, sharpened sensory nerves.” Basically, he can heal from minor to major life threatening wounds with a shorter recovery time than the average human but he isn’t Wolverine. If he gets shot in the head or heart, he’s dead. If he loses a limb, it isn’t going to grow back. He’s also stronger, faster and has damn better reflexes than someone in peak physical condition but he’s not invincible. He's able to punch Vash without breaking his hand, get punched in the face by Vash's fake metal arm and it only leaves a bruise, which disappears pretty fast. The regenerative powers can be amplified by use of vials filled with a drug. His hearing and sight seem to be above average, as well.
All that aside, he’s extremely skilled in the use of firearms. All those years as an assassin in training have taught him more than he needs to know about how to shoot a gun. Wolfwood also tends to be very perceptive of people and their emotions.
MISC.
SUITABILITY: Wolfwood's followed orders under duress many a time so this isn't anything really new for him. He'll likely buck under the reins of COST if they start doing anything obviously shady and be reluctant to kill unnecessarily - if he can incapacitate first, he will - but his priority will be protecting the people who matter to him. I don't think he'll slide too much into his old ways but it's a possibility depending on how the Auspicious Regency of Everlasting Peace responds to outright rebellion.
ITEM: Cross Punisher, which is every bit as ridiculous as it looks.
CHARACTER @ID SUGGESTIONS: roamincatholic, nuntooholy, criticalmass, disscenter, nunyabusiness, any other terrible religious or nose jokes you've got.
HOW DID YOUR CHARACTER JOIN COST? Approached as he was dying on a couch back home, he was told Livio was a future bloodline criminal and up for execution. Given the choice was die and forget about all of this, or try to save his friend again... Well, the choice was obvious.