Abner

Basic information:

Name: Abner Fairfield Riggs

Nicknames: Abbie, Rigger, Smith, 'Fairfield's boy'

Gender: Male

Age: 19

Birthday: August 22nd, 1859

Place of birth: A currently unnamed town (I'm working on it) in Colorado before its statehood (this was considered the Wild West back in these days)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Blacksmith/Farrier/Inventor

Likes: Inventing things in his shop, making things, collecting "useless" junk and making something useful out of it, fixing things, talking to new people, animals, any of his animals, most notably his horse Marmalade, actual marmalade, getting dirty

Dislikes: Dressing up nicely, running out of time in the day, when the scrap yard doesn't have anything new, not being able to solve a problem, creative block, having to replace his gloves, taking off his goggles (he's very possessive of them), things being orderly or planned out, having to read or write, being told to sit still

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Physical description:

• Reddish-brown hair (and he has a lot of it). It's quite long (the lads kinda got a mullet in the back) and and really random and the dirt makes it stick out and stay in its funky wild mess.

• Killer sideburns

• Fairly round face

• Small button nose

• Full lips

• Blue eyes

• Mole above his lip (left side of his face)

• Tooth gap

• 5'6"

• Appears to have average, boyish build, however, he's quite muscular (especially upper body)

•Hands usually have minor burns, metal splinters, or smashed, bruised fingernails

•(This isn't really a physical description, but I'd figure that I'd mention he has an adorable southern accent and it makes me happy)

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Clothing:

• Welding goggles that he nearly always keeps on, copper with gold rims

• White bandana with blue plaid around neck (tie in front, dirt and grime covered)

• White button up shirt(covered in dirt and grime and filled with holes, various patches on the elbows and near the stomach area)

• Leather Apron (also filled with holes and covered in dirt, grime, and burns)

• Black suspenders underneath the apron

• Red bandana tied around right arm

• Thick leather gloves (also also have bunches of holes and grime on them)

• Olive green trousers (You guessed it - holes, dirt, grime, and patches on the knees and thighs) that tuck into spats

•Standard old-timey dark brown boots (one's sole is almost completely falling off) with mid-calf high black leather welder's spats that buckle on

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Personality:

   Abner, being a pretty young lad in the story, tends to be quite childish with his over-the-top enthusiasm and the ease in which he gets bored. He absoloutly has ADHD and ADD, and has little to no focus when it comes to much of anything for an extended period of time. He can focus on one thing in his shop for a few hours, but he will then abandon it the second he thinks of something new. He's constantly moving and thinking, and seemingly never has a single second of down time. He invents all sorts of overly complicated mechanical objects to do simple things, but it's just the way he is. His small little shop is completely full of pieces, parts, and half-finished projects in a state of anarchy, and no other human being can figure out what the hell is going on in there, hence the townsfolk dubbing his shop the "Hell Hole". Abner is low key a hoarder, and he keeps nearly ever single scrap of anything he can, from bent nails, to tarnished spoons, to tiny bits of rotten wood, to miniscule pieces of leather. Everything. Is. Kept. In. The. Hell. Hole.

   Abner is very mechanically intelligent. He can figure out what things he needs to put together to make things work with ease. He's quite meticulous and makes sure he goes through the checklist of parameters in his head before an invention is considered done. Abner isHis very resourceful and a jack of all trades, so he'd be a good man to know in most any situation. He's crafty and creative and very good at thinking on his feet, as well as being proficient in tasks ranging from hunting to basic veterinary knowledge to fabrication to cooking. He basic reading and writing knowledge, but he absolutely can't stand to use it and finds anything that would be classified as 'school' unbelievably boring to the point of it being torture.  Abner is that kind of guy that loves working with his hands.

   He's quite the storyteller and frankly, NEVER SHUTS UP. Abner is extremely extroverted and friendly. He's constantly sharing stories and tidbits about himself, his creations, and fond memories of his deceased father. (He really misses his dad... They were really close and were just like each other  :"(  ) He absolutely loves talking to new people, and he always enjoys when someone new comes into the shop looking for help. Once you get him talking (which is literally just looking at him), he does not shut up. Despite his friendliness, he never tends to make friends and keep them as he is rather annoying and not many people have the patience or energy to keep up with him. Abner's biggest goal in life is to make the lives of others around him better, and he is fiercely determined to do so. However, he never usually speaks his mind because he's too afraid of hurting someone's feelings. He's a sweet lil' happy spaz and I love him so much.

   Abner is very optimistic and jumps into everything with happy energy. He loves being sporadic, and is great at making things up on the fly (much to the dismay of Oliver when he's relying on Abner to stick to the established plans.) Abbie is a very easy-going fella that likes to take life as it comes, so you never usually find him worrying about things. He was raised on good ol' southern hospitality (His mom and dad were from Kentucky), and he's very polite, respectful, and full of stupid southern idioms. The lad always says his ma'am's and sir's and shows up to church on Sunday with pants free of holes. He's somewhat of a hillbilly and most definitely a country bumpkin, if we're being honest here.

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Backstory:

   Abner was raised as an only child by his mother and father. Abner was always a daddy's boy, and found his love for tinkering after the many nights spent in the shop with his father. His father was the blacksmith, farrier, and general repairman of the town, and Abner was always stuck to his side, ready to get his hands dirty. Over the years, Abner learned everything from his father.

   Unfortunately, in his early teens, Abner's mother fell victim to tuberculosis. After the crushing loss of her, Abner and his father grew even closer, and were inseparable best friends. They worked along side each other, sharing all their crazy ideas and tinkering together

   After a few more years, Abner's father sadly met the same fate. After this loss, Abner tends to stay sequestered inside until a job arises, as most folks consider him much too annoying to be friends with and he's left with no one. He's still grieving, but he hasn't lost his optimism or his friendly nature.