Tuesday, May 22, 2018

Character Profile: Daniel Warren

Daniel Warren: Oft-Forgotten Warrior



"Never trust a commissioned officer."- Daniel Warren, after being asked how he has managed to be the sole survivor of yet another mission. 

Daniel Warren was "born" on a small, unnamed ice-planet that had been abandoned by the Imperium for unknown reasons. Daniel never knew his biological parents, his DNA having been removed from his mother before she was even aware she was pregnant, and was instead brought to life in a vat in a secret laboratory in the year 1068. He grew quickly, and soon was removed from the tube he was born from and moved to a strict schedule of physical and mental exercises. However, Daniel quickly began to develop an incredible bloodlust, and was soon contained in a small room, where human contact was entirely removed from his life. Unfortunately for the lab, the power systems all fell offline due to unknown reasons, leading to the climate systems of the lab shutting down, and the lab quickly was abandoned, leaving Daniel to die in his cell from either frostbite or starvation. However, an old scavenger happened upon the lab, and saved Daniel from his otherwise inevitable death. Daniel, who had not been in the same room as another person for about 11 years, killed the old scavenger and stole his supplies. Daniel then wandered off into the icy wastes, where he continued to kill and steal to survive. Eventually, Daniel came across a small Imperial encampment, where he was captured, and after claiming to have great combat experience, was recruited to the Imperial Army. About two years later, the planet was destroyed due to it's sun expanding and swallowing the planet.

Daniel quickly proved himself to be adept in combat, being sent on multiple missions during the war on Balthazar and returning alive after each one, despite being sent on the some of the highest casualty missions, although his superiors noted how many soldiers in the same squads seemed to die to accidents and being shot in the back by ambushers. It was during his time in the military that he met Anne Redman, who was a armored vehicle pilot, and was one of the few people to serve multiple consecutive missions with Daniel and be completely uninjured every time. She and Daniel entered a relationship, although Redman was transferred to Dessel due to the slow collapse of that front for the Imperials. Daniel continued to fight in the war, until General Hardcastle, the head commander of the Imperial troops on Balthazar, deemed Daniel too dangerous, and had his platoon sent on a suicidal charge towards enemy fortifications. Daniel's platoon was completely wiped out, except for Daniel, who had retreated once he realized the impossibility of his given mission. General Hardcastle, always scheming, used his retreat as a charge for disobeying direct orders, and Daniel was dishonorably discharged from the Imperial Army.

After being discharged from the army, Daniel wandered Balthazar for about a month, trying to find odd jobs, when he was approached by the Mondasian Mafia. He was informed that he could be of great use to the Mafia, and all he had to do was rough up some people who weren't paying their debts off fast enough. However, Daniel quickly found himself going against the Mafia after he killed his supervisor on his first job and stole his wallet. Daniel, who was at this point getting tired of constantly being shot at on sight, took the first opportunity to get off of Balthazar. It just so happened that said opportunity happened to be joining the Imperial Marines.

The Marines, who had access to his personnel files from his army days, were well aware of the havoc he could wreck, assigned him to one of their Breaching squads, who all wore heavy armor. Daniel took to the posting like a fish to water, and quickly proved his worth in combat engagements. Nonetheless, he had to be reprimanded multiple times for being too trigger happy, which all came to a head when he was sent on an operation and he opened fire on the enemy during negotiations, effectively killing any leads the marines could have gotten on possible Greycoat activity. The marines had to do something, and so they gave him his suit of combat armor, a shotgun, and some credits and sent him on his way. Daniel, not really caring where he went, simply boarded the first flight off planet he could. Unfortunately for him, the planet he was headed to was Balthazar. Daniel then decided the only way to avoid the constant trouble he had once had was to hide his identity, and so donned his combat armor and began walking to the nearest bar he could, hoping to avoid any trouble once he got there.

Traits and Personality
Daniel is 6' 1" in height, with blue eyes and short, brown hair. He is very determined in his beliefs, and is very unlikely to change his opinion on something once he has one. He is also pragmatic over most anything else, and will often break promises if it means he or the party will gain something. Daniel does have a code of honor, but he only applies it to himself, meaning that a promise from the rest of the party may not be a promise from him. He also will more often than not attempt to hide his personality at all costs, and has killed more than once to keep his privacy. Daniel is almost always wearing his combat armor, and his face is almost entirely covered when he's not. Daniel doesn't really like the Imperium, but also believes that it's opponents aren't much better.

Daniel primarily uses his Shotgun in combat, alongside his Blade, which is just a big knife. Daniel's biggest asset in combat however is his combat armor, which allows him to ignore most small arms fire, allowing him to both distract enemies for his team mates and to stop him from getting killed while charging his enemies in order to most effectively use his weaponry.


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