Teagan
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- Crimson-Catalyst
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Basic Info
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Full Name:
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Teagan Shaw
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Other Names:
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Teeg
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Gender:
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Male (he/him)
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Age:
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22
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Species:
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Human (hi-tech cyborg)
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Story:
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Ash & Dust
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Creation Date:
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June 20th 2020
Profile
Teagan is a former hi-tech now residing in the wasteland. He ran away from the city only to be promptly caught and sold to a pit-fighting ring, where Henri found him and took him home to Camp. Even though Henri hates it to be said out loud, Teagan considers him his father figure and is more or less Henri's right-hand-man.
In his childhood, Teagan's parents were very invested in blood-sport leagues and "encouraged" him to join a similar junior sport that acts as a pipeline to the adult versions. He took to it much more readily than his twin brother Kieran and was thus inducted into the league, planning to make it his lifelong career path despite being, like, 6; yikes. Albeit not out of the ordinary for hi-techs, this led to Teagan getting modded with a host of vanity cybernetics very early on in his life, all purposed to go faster, hit harder, and do more damage on the battlefield. After a few years of turning himself into a machine built for violence, Teagan attacked a classmate on instinct and was kicked out of the league permanently. Absolutely crushed, he tried to find comfort in his brother, who voiced some fairly valid but not particularly supportive concerns, and Teagan clawed up Kieran's face in his rage.
Although his father only meant to scare Teagan out of the room, Teagan took his invitation to "get out of my house" and just kept walking out the gates of the city. It takes not but a week before he's captured and sold, and later rescued by Henri. He was quickly adopted into Henri's half-a-family and eagerly took on his role as Coyote's big brother. Over the years, the scrappers helped Teagan defuse his assorted modifications into far more practical, far less detrimental cybernetics, though it was much too late to reverse their affect on his growth.
Teagan is very blunt and rational. He'll say it like it is and doesn't mince words, although any offense he causes by his mannerisms is almost always accidental. He's still young enough to enjoy fairly regular dumbassery despite his serious nature, though; at least when he can find the time to fuck around.
Social Connections
Henri - mentor and father figure. respects him like no other and helps him with his duties as much as he can
Coyote - adoptive little brother, emotional grounding line and someone to harass whenever he feels like it
Kieran - identical twin brother. hasnt seen him in many years after mauling him so doesn't know where they stand
Hinata - Camp visitor. tiring at best, annoying at worst; but Teeg gets he's just a kid
Diesel - Camp visitor. knows full well he and Coyote will be an item eventually and intends to keep him in line with his baby brother
Cyanide - former captor. not a fan
Culture - Hi-techs
Hi-techs are people hailing from the local dystopian cyberpunk cities, steeped in vanity and unapologetic self-serving immoral bullshit. They are eugenicists that encourage destructive cyber bodymodding and desperately cling to the idea that they are the last bastion of "proper" civilization left over from the apocalypse (and are better than everyone else because of it). Despite their uppity attitude, the hi-tech cities rely heavily on the remainder of humanity in the wastelands to support their lifestyles, and frankly nobody likes them much because of it.
Hi-techs are identifiable by their uniquely sleek, lifelike cybernetics and tendency to look just left of human - their high-level technology allows for many "invisible" modifications that appear biologically legitimate. They are usually stuffed to the brim with mods that serve no purpose outside of vanity - though sometimes not by choice, as modding your children to look the way you want is commonplace. Even then, nearly all of them are brilliantly attractive underneath their mods, even if their personalities are not.
World Context
The world ended around 300 years ago, give or take, depending on where you'd like to calculate the end of the end to be. Civilization slowly crumbled under a brutal barrage of seemingly every possible apocalypse (natural disasters, polluted resources, world war,) over the course of fifty-some-odd years and now it's a lawless wasteland like the good ole days. No human culture is truly back on its feet, but the wasteland is coming back to life: nature is rebounding en force and many established settlements and factions are doing well for themselves. Plenty of people still roam as survivor crews living off the land, but overall, the memory of the apocalypse itself has passed and a new norm has settled in.
This isn't to say everything is perfect - remnants of war efforts and catastrophic pollution have still left their calling cards, among other things. Rogue robots wander and kill at their leisure and the sky is blanketed in thick, permanent cloud cover. Assholes run rampant in the form of bandits, militia, and dystopian cityfolk continuing the old ways - it's still called "the wasteland" for a reason. But the world and humanity are healing, slowly but surely.
The primary narrative of Ash & Dust happens out in the wasteland with a misfit band of "scrappers:" folks that scavenge technological scrap and will hunt robots, drones, and even cyborgs to break them down for parts. They're not self-sustaining and trade their catches with local settlements on the regular. Like any rogueish wasteland bands, they value their freedom and members often come and go as they please while finding their calling.
Stats
> 5' 6", 5' 7" ish; smedium height
> Canon birthday February 20th; Capricorn (calendar-adjusted)
Miscellany
> Shorter than his identical twin. His growth was stunted by the weight and physical trauma of his cybernetics
> Older than Kieran by 6 minutes
> Wears the eyepatch for visual strain reasons; since his eyes don't see the same thing, it messes with his head
Abilities (?)
> Blue hair streak grows out that way thanks to a hitech tattoo-like mod. is black even his natural hair color? we just don't know!
> Replaced eye works in infrared (ie sees heat signatures)
> Removed all his battle-ready extraneous modifications; kept only his shoulder spike shield and retractable claws
|| Favorite Art & Another || Primary Ref / Flat Colors || Height Ref ||
Primary Notes
> has a second symmetric beauty mark under his eyepatch
> bangs do not have to cover his other eye completely
> sharp fangs
> quite a bit of his cybernetics are coated in carbon fiber and look or feel matte to the touch
> watch for two shades of black in his undershirt & gloves
> puff/parka-y jacket
Other Stuff
> fairly broad, but not remarkably large. Looks like he can take a punch
> usually keeps the eyepatch on due to visual strain issues but it is not required
> shoulder spikes go in when he intends to fight or wants defense; he keeps them on his belt casually
Teagan is very serious-business but still fools around when he has the time. He has a problem with aggression and while he's aware of it and working on it, he still tends to act on instinct more than he likes.
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