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Player name: KaOS Player age: 33 Player contact: orderfromka0s on plurk, or pm this journal Other characters played: none yet Character name: Martin Age: who knows, honestly? the actor was 54 when the show was aired, but honestly he could pass for 40s just as easily, and thus far there's no telling how old Martin actually is canonically because *psychic vampire* Canon: Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (the 2016 tv show) Info: The wiki is woefully unhelpful, so here's the gist: Martin was born...at some point. Early on in his life his ability manifested itself, and since then his life has gotten progressively weirder. Martin feeds on the neurological energy of others, officially labeled a "psychic vampire" in the annals of top secret government literature, a fact which ultimately resulted in him being captured by a super secret arm of the military known only as "Blackwing". He was the first of his particular flavor, although ultimately four were collected overall, and collectively labelled Project Incubus. They were kept under lock and key for years, during which a plethora of experiments were performed to try to determine exactly what their abilities were and how they worked, but ultimately they were able to escape. There, Martin renamed them the Rowdy Three, and since then they'd spent 15 years trying to keep out of the government's clutches, primarily wandering the world in pursuit of Dirk Gently. Dirk was another of Blackwing's former captives, and Martin had learned over time that others like him, others with strange abilities, were both a more substantive food source, and, unlike regular humans, tended not to die when fed from. Fear was one of the best conditions to feed during, meaning they preferred to terrorize their victims a little beforehand (although nothing more than property damage, it was chaos and anarchy with a purpose), which ultimately meant Dirk tended to run from them whenever possible, but it was all for the better, really. And then they came across the Brotzmans. It was an accident, really; they were drawn to Dirk, and in the process found Todd Brotzman, which led them to his sister Amanda. Amanda, who also didn't die when they fed from her, Amanda who wasn't all that afraid of them actually, Amanda who had visions in the aftermath. She was strange and an excellent meal, so they followed her, until they ultimately adopted her as one of their own. And then they got caught, or at least some of them did. Brought back into the fold, so to speak, and starved in the new "director"'s infinite lack-of-wisdom-or-experience, and it's from captivity that Martin comes. Canon point: After being brought in by Blackwing, seething and starving in his cell since he's been there for almost 2 months. Samples: one two three Plans: ZOMG ALL THE ENERGIES Martin is going to be SO THRILLED. Also at not being in a cage anymore. And the nanites mean he probably won't kill the normal people when he has to eat, so he will be SO HAPPY. He tends to be a huge proponent of the found family trope since that's literally how the Rowdy 3 exist, so I would love him to make friends and get protective over them and generally learn how existing in the world when you're not constantly on the run feels. Suggestions: IDEK.