Saul "Bishop" Montgomery

[Masquerade]

Name: Saul Donte Montgomery
Alias: Bishop
Age: 18
Gender: Male
Tribe: Wildcats
Rank: Hunter
Term of Residence in New Pork: 6+ months
Political standing: Even if you aren't paranoid, maybe they really are out to get you.
Marital status: Single
Nationality: English/French
Birthplace: Birmingham, England
Country of residence: Canada
Occupation (pre-Plague): Student, part time librarian
Weight: 178 lbs
Height: 6'5
Eyes: Black
Hair: Brown
Mutation: Has the ability to, through physical contact, activate the nerves in others and cause pain. As a result of this mutation, he possesses an highly sensitve sense of touch, which leaves him extremely sensitive to pain. The use of his ability raises his sensitivity for a time after and during use. A particularly large 'burst' can cause temporary paralysis (15-30 minutes)in the affected area of the victim, but due to the sudden assault on his sense of touch his system becomes overloaded, causing strain on the body. Repeated overuse can cause loss of conciousness and shock.
Mental disabilities: Mild aphenphosmphobia (fear of being touched) and gynephobia/gynophobia (fear of women)
Physical disabilities: Reduced mobility in left leg, near-sighted, going blind in left eye.
Fears: Horribly afraid of drowning, going completely blind, large birds.
Likes: Arguing, smoking, collecting small useful objects, sleeping, coffee, chess.
Dislikes: Being touched, loosing an arguement, getting wet, working.
Addictions: Tobacco
Average intellect / average test score: 95%+
Merits: Quite intelligent.
Demerits: Physically weak, tends to speak against his superiors, not particularly 'team oriented', extremely sensitive to pain.
Favorite color: Blue-gray
Favorite food: Dark Chocolate
Crime record: Nonexistant.
Habits: Smoker, chews toothpicks, tends to develop muscle spasms when tired.
One word to describe: Condescending.
One quote to describe:

"Men are more moral than they think and far more immoral than they can imagine." - Sigmund Freud

Appearance:

Saul appears composed, mature, and quite ‘put together.’ Tall and broad shouldered, he looks older than he is, despite the fact he still wears his highschool uniform. He’s still clad in his school uniform, although the once pristine fabrics are now a little worse for wear. A white dress-shirt, gray and red striped tie, dark gray dress pants, and a red blazer. He looks like he’d be more at home camped out in a library rather than picking through the rubble of a dead city.

Fine wire-rimmed oval glasses perch on the arch of his nose, complimenting a face dominated by angular features. He’s handsome, but in a rough sort of way; attractive, but far from ‘pretty’. His hair is dark brown, originally neatly trimmed, but now just past his chin in length. Saul’s eyes are very dark brown, appearing black unless in just the right light, and seem to be forever assessing and judging those around him. One of them, the left one, has a peculiar white haze over part of it; the result of a cataract that began to form not long before he arrived in New Pork.

He walks with a pronounced limp at the best of times, moving about with the aid of a cane made of dark wood, the handle carved into a dogs head with a vaguely Celtic design. His limp is the result of an injury that occurred when he was 17; a car accident resulted in a broken hip and messed up the surrounding musculature. While not particularly painful, the legs range of mobility is greatly reduced, and the joint prone to aches. A black backpack with a school crest emblazoned on the main flap is his constant companion, holding his personal items and a few supplies.

A toothpick is usually seen dangling from his lips, and he’s never without a plastic container of them.

Personality:

Saul tends to rely on first impressions when it comes to meeting others. For most encounters, they usually end with Saul either liking them greatly or tactfully (well, sometimes) calling them an idiot. He calls himself a realist, but tends to come across more as a cynic. He tends to go into everything expecting the worst, and has yet to find that a poor way to view the world. Always better to think the worst and be proven wrong than to get your hopes up and be let down.

He has strong views on everything and is quite willing to share them with anyone who'll hang around long enough. Saul, despite being against physical violence (a pacifistic angle usually prevents people from wondering why he doesn't fight), is verbally confrontational. He'll debate over anything, and is quite known for being rather loquacious. Saul's loyalty is not to his Tribe; he prefers to care for particular individuals he’s deemed worthy caring about rather than concerning himself with the Tribe as a whole.

This is probably due to a very strong lazy streak, which usually finds him lounging around rather than working. Despite his own shortcomings, he always finds time in his schedule to judge others, picking out their flaws while choosing to ignore his own (for the most part). He loves more than to talk down to and insult the intelligence and actions of others.

He detests certain textures, while finding others comforting. Due to his mutation he's extremely skittish about being touched in any way, and often reacts badly when someone, even unintentionally, makes physical contact with him. There are very, very few people he'll willingly touch.

Saul is in the middle of quitting smoking (he's running out of places to find cigarettes), and can be extremely touchy due to nicotine withdrawl.

Notable History:

(Yes this will be filled out properly later~)
Saul's parents met in France; his mother a resident of Paris, while his father attended the local university. The two dated for some time, and when it came time for Roger Montgomery to return to England, he brought with him his fiancee Marie Donte. Saul was born and raised in Birmingham, England, where he spent his early years in the care of a nanny while his parents worked. His nanny was abusive, yelling, hitting, and ignoring him. This treatment lasted until he began school, although he has no recollection of the abuse.

When he was 15 his family moved overseas to Canada, where job oppourtunities had become available to both his mother and father. Saul attended private school, where he excelled in social studies and english and became an avid member of the school chess club. During this time, despite being social active and well liked by the group of peer he hung around with, he began to become more withdrawn. He didn't stick to himself by any means, but he always seemed a little emotionally distant. His interest in sociology began to develope around this time. By the time the tragedy in New Pork occured, he was no longer the happy, exhuberant child he'd once been. He wasn't depressed, but far more reserved and aloof; too mature for his age, as it would seem. He came to New Pork for a number of reasons, most of which he can't fully explain, but mostly drawn by the idea of children living in a feral society. He came to observe, to learn, to think. He wound up being picked up by a Wildcat patrol his second week in the city.

His mutation seems to have been cumulative; in the months after his arrival in the city he noticed himself becoming more and more sensitive to texture, which progressed until his current state. He only discovered the ability to cause pain in the last month, and is still working to control it properly.

Reputation:

He's no help in a fight, but when it comes down to strategy and tactic, he's got a good head on his shoulders. Highly intelligent. Labelled as a snark and a critic. Has no tolerance for pain, but has no qualms about forcing it on others. Tends to 'vollunteer' for duty in the Pits, and has thus earned himself a sort of reputation for being a torturer. Distrustful of women. Adores chess.

[Masquerade]

Finally finished! Awaiting approval/decline.

[Seraphim]

[Accepted] [Hunter, I think, 'cause the Wildcats would totally dig that mutation.]