Actor: Sean Bean

Player: Liz_z@secret-agent.com

Full name: Garrett William Thompson

Date of Birth: 1963

Place of Birth: Rochester, New York

Hair: Blond

Eyes: Brown

Height: 6'1"

Occupation: Mercenary

Marital status: Widowed (still wears his wedding ring)

Distinguishing marks/characteristics: Tattoo of a sword with a snake curled around it on his right shoulder

Nationality: American

Psychological profile:

Highly opinionated, but still willing to take orders, Garrett is the kind of person to shut up and do as he is told, but let out an emphatic 'I told you so' if things go wrong.  He is intelligent, but doesn't like to flaunt said intelligence, as most people find flunkies who act like they know more than their superiors very irritating.  He doesn't lose his temper often, but when he does he becomes extremely volatile and people frequently end up dead as a result.

Background:

Garrett grew up in one of the more dangerous parts of Rochester, New York, and quickly learned how to take care of himself.  As he grew older, he discovered that he had an aptitude for fighting.  He began to hone his skills, and by the time he reached his late teens he was very good with his fists, as well as a knife -- and, when need called for it, a gun. 

Once he reached college-age, he moved to California, taking up residence in downtown San Diego.  He effectively estranged himself from his family, preferring to keep to himself in that regard.  He joined the Marines, and also attended one of the local universities.  He got fairly decent marks, but preferred the exhilaration of physical activities such as mountain climbing, fist fighting and his military training to the tedium of study.  Thus, he did not do as well in college as he might have, had he truly applied himself.

While at college, Garrett met a woman by the name of Sylvia Parker.  They became fast friends, then more than friends, and by the time the two of them became college graduates they were also newlyweds.  However, little more than a month after the graduation, Garrett lost his temper and got into a fight with one of his long-time rivals in the Marines.  The other man ended up dead, and Garrett was dishonorably discharged.

Three months later, with Garrett still unable to find a job, Sylvia hired out to do temporary work at the university she had graduated from not even half a year before.  One evening when she was returning from a late night at the office, she was attacked by a local gang and killed.

Garrett was devastated by the loss of his wife, and began to learn everything he could about the gang who had attacked her.  Once he had confirmed the identities of the gang members he began to kill them methodically, one by one.

After he had slaughtered every one of the people responsible for his wife's murder, he came dangerously close to suicide.  But he found himself unable to eat lead, as he had originally planned.  And gradually he began to realize that, while he did not usually enjoy taking life, he was extremely good at it.  He had proven that during the incident that had gotten him discharged from the Marines, and he had proven it again now.  And if he couldn't get a legal job... why not try for an illegal one?  He didn't really care what he did with his life, without Sylvia there to make it worthwhile.

Garrett began to hire himself out as a mercenary.  He worked for many influential employers over the years, and developed a reputation for completing all jobs that he was assigned to the best of his abilities, doing as he was told when given orders, and being ruthless when necessary but at the same time able to show mercy when it was called for.  He was a living legend.

However, his career was brought to an abrupt halt when he was caught in the middle of a job and sent to prison for ten years.  While in prison he kept mostly to himself, spending most of his time reading, keeping in shape, and forcefully correcting the impressions of fellow inmates who seemed to be getting a little too... infatuated with him.