Gideon grew up in Buryatia with his single mother and four other brothers. He frequently saw strange things that his brothers swore did not exist, and so Gideon grew up with a worry in the back of his mind that he may very well be some shade of crazy. It wouldn't be until his arrival into Nevers at the age of 35 that he'd learn about Lucids, Dreamers, and Sleepers.

He was a quiet, unremarkable child and held average grades all the way through highschool. With no motivation to pursue a post secondary education, he enlisted into the military for the wealth of benefits it promised him.

his mental acuity and adeptness on the field quickly caught the eyes of his superiors, which earned him a position in a unique battle regiment aptly named Bloodhounds. The group was specifically tasked with finding high profile targets, mainly enemy officers and political figures who were using the closing days of the continental war to flee and gain asylum abroad.

As time progressed, he spent increasingly more time in civilian clothes chasing down suspects than he did in uniform. Most tasks involved identifying and retrieving subjects, but it wasn’t long before Gideon realized that interested 3rd parties were willing to pay significantly more for the target, dead or alive.
Thus the seed of his future profession was planted.

Ongoing Story

After the war ended and loose ends were tied up, Gideon resigned from military service in favor of looking for freelance work that might provide him unique challenges and fruitful opportunities. He began looking for a place to hang his hat.

It took no time for his talents to be picked up by an employer from a city called Nevers. The employer, who remained anonymous, paid for Gideon's relocation into the City State and provided him with a small flat in a five story apartment within the Inner City.

Gideon now receives orders from a liaison who provides him with, what could vaguely be described as, 'mission briefs'. More often than not, these 'missions' have him working beneath the law to sniff out and extort information from unlucky individuals. Occasionally he'll be sent orchestrate assassinations or carry out search and retrieval jobs.

Personality

Gideon is a man of few words. He's a quiet observer, and appears to be very serious--perhaps even bitter. In actuality, he's a very positive and creative thinker who suffers a perminant frown regardless of his mood. That and, well...
He values efficiency and resourcefulness above all else, and if you prove yourself competent, he may quite like you.

Sleepers, Dreamers, and Lucids (oh my!)

In this world, there are three kinds of people. Sleepers are those who preceive the world as it is intended to be seen. They see nothing peculiar, nothing "out of the ordinary". Dreamers, on the other hand, see a great deal more. They are often dismissed as having an "overactive imagination" at best, or as "crazy" and "paranoid" at worst. They see things for which there is no "real world" explaination...and often try to find an explaination themselves. "Ghosts", "aliens", "demons" and some wide assortment of conspiracy theories are often the work of a dreamer trying to make sense of the largely unpreceived world around them. What they don't know is that these inexplicable, almost tangible distortions of reality are the work of Lucids.

Lucids make up a small fraction of the human population. They are innately capable of producing convincing illustions, distorting the world around them to their liking. For the most part, these illusions, while convincing, have no effect on the physical world. There are...exceptions...rare exceptions. The extent of physical manefestations seems to be very limited and to a Sleeper observer, may appear as small telekentic feats. You know the sort; bending a spoon, lighting a candle, filling the air with hair-raising static... little more than that. To a Dreamer (as well as to fellow Lucids), the illusions produced by a Lucid can appear so convincingly real that, even though it cannot cause physical harm, it can still pose as a significant psychological and emotional threat. And so, in cities like Nevers where Lucids tend to congregate, a secret governing system is established between them. Exceptionally potent Lucids are assigned roles as Matriarchs and Patriarchs of allocated districts and are granted administrative powers over a localized infastructure designed to police the activities of the Lucids living under their jurisdiction.

All Lucids manifest a perminant, illusionary extention of themselves. These are called Avatars, and will often take on a form that is psychologically significant to its respective Lucid. When a Lucid becomes a Matriarch or Patriarch, it is expected that they "extend" their Avatar to blanket their district. The result being that every district under the watch of a Matriarch or Patriarch will have an appearance unique to the style of its specific overseer.

Gideon's Point of View

Gideon is a Dreamer as vulnerable to the illusions of Lucids as any other. He's learned to carry a pocket mirror with him wherever he goes. A mirror reflects only what exists, and grants him a limited imperviousness against the influences of his Lucid counterparts.