Johan Gambrys
From Changeling Venue
| Seeming | Wizened No Kith |
|---|---|
| Court | Winter Court •• |
| Freehold | Gainesville, FL |
| Player | J Rush |
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Overview - But I am following the rules.
Name: Johan Gambrys
Age: 36
Concept: Overlooked Wage Slave; Hedge Veteran
Quote: "Don’t you know what happens when you go in there? You do. You do. Why don't you sit and think about that a second. What do you remember? Right. So why are you wanting to go that way again? Right. Because you're a fibit."
Affiliation: Nemesis
Keeper: Brothers Three, The
Physical description: Tall and thin with a broad hat, black eyes, and spiraled skin, Johan is usually still wearing his work boilersuit unzipped and tied around his waist.
Character Information
Known History - Who was that masked man?
Basic Timeline: Snatched in 1979 from Hawthorne, FL; emerged in 1997
Current Activities: A muttering recluse, Johan works as a handyman on heavy machinery in the local utility company's main plant. His odd schedule and access to invoices allows him to build his own additions to the sprawling plant. http://www.gru.com/
Merit Details: New Identity 2, Status (GRU) 1
Background:
Johan doesn't talk about his time in Faerie and he's likely to tell the inquisitive to "pack sand" in a characteristically Wizened snip. Something in his manner hesitates when he does, though, like a phantom. For some reason he seems especially protective against changelings going into The Hedge at all.
From his experiences Johan has a deeply-founded fear of the instant dangers that all-too-often occur in The Hedge and prefer others be so educated. He will venture into the Hedge armed with this knowledge but it makes him a very skittish guide who makes sure that healthy fear is instilled in the travelers. Most times he recommends turning back. He seems to have seen enough to know and perhaps too much to brave it. He simply can't stand the thought of being the cause of the demise of a party because they asked him to lead them in.
What caused him to be so wary is a secret he keeps close.
He's never put much effort into finding his old life for some reason, but he betrays a kindness for those in need. Many times he'll provide unseen service to other Changelings but his personal demons keep him lurking.
Upon meeting a new Changeling, formalities are pre-empted by his spooky, almost timid, "Do you know me?"
Quirks - I never got a chance to thank him.
- Calls everyone "fibit."
- His right arm is prepetually bandaged. He refers to it as his bad arm.
- Carries a hooked skinning knife multi-tool
- Has odd scars/marks/tattoos
- He can't tolerate being touched.
Character Inspirations - Something's not right about him.
- Bruce Banner (Bill Bixby) - The Incredible Hulk (1977)
- Roy Batty (Rutger Hauer) - Blade Runner (1982)
- Benjamin Martin (Mel Gibson) - The Patriot (2000)
- Scott (Val Kilmer) - Spartan (2004)
- Brom (Jeremy Irons) - Eragon (2006)
- Caretaker (Sam Elliott) - Ghost Rider (2007)
- Alastor "MadEye" Moody - Harry Potter series (J.K. Rowling)
Soundtrack - I'll remember.
- Jackson Browne - Doctor My Eyes
- Radiohead - Creep
- Supertramp - Take the Long Way Home
- Suzanne Vega - Blood Makes Noise
- America - Ventura Highway
- Toadies - Backslider
- Rage Against the Machine - Killing in the Name
Rumors - Oh my god. Those hands...
- It is speculated that Johan has been recaptured and had to escape from Faerie more than once.
- Some Lost question his sanity due to his issues with memory and random speech pattern.
- Johan is quite insane. His time in Faerie was not kind.
- It is suspected that despite his own warnings, Johan spends time in The Hedge alone.
- He has a weakness for silver.
- Johan is a vegetarian. The sight of meat repulses him.
- Johan once killed a man with $1.25 in quarters.
- Every time a large gathering of Lost meet, a Wizened girl with a cigarette will hand him a piece of Hedgefruit with no greeting or explanation.
- Omar of Glass and Sand and Johan trade Pokemon cards at The Bad Penny as a way of keeping thier grasp on thier clarity and humanity. Ed Clerogen hates them for it most days.
- When the investigation is over and the danger is too great, Nemesis calls Johan.
- Johan sees The Hedge as Vietnam and becomes deadly serious when he crosses over.
- Johan doesn't take his boilersuit off because he doesn't have pants on under it.
- "The tortured Wizened who fears his own shadow piques the interest of anyone interested in horror. I make passes at extracting tales from Johan and he seems to loom like a memory, though broken and sad, on the edge of the eye as a gargoyle. Who can count on a man who cannot overcome himself? Poor, broken Johan. What has turned his eyes so black?" - Zoe Edwards
Connections - The Bad Old Days
Their quarry was hit, and hit hard. The whole party shared in the infectious enthusiasm of the master. It washed over them. Sometimes they would chase hobgoblins. Sometimes changelings. Sometimes nightmares and sometimes windmills. Sometimes the shots were to wound and drag back alive. Sometimes all they were after was a trophy. It was always overkill. They scoured The Hedge like fighter jets strafing infantry, heedless and on the edge of control.
The hunt went on for years in a blend of gore and other colors. While dressing a Mirrorskin, Johan caught a glimpse of reality out of the corner of his eye. They hadn't done much hunting out this far and his mind began to wander as he skinned the changeling, letting his hands take over. Hawthorne, the school bus, days in the field or woods. He smiled to himself in thought as he absently worked his way through a meaty part. That old woodshop on main street. He could smell the sawdust and feel the sanded boards. His mind flipped a switch. He could feel a magnetic pull and he glanced up at The Hunt to see if they had noticed it too. They were busy scanning the horizon for quarry and communicating in hand signals. They fanned out for some game while he finished the messy work. Once they were out of sight, he looked toward the pull. He could feel the old store on main street in his bones. He could feel it part of him. And the field and in a faint glimmer his school bus. It's right over there, he thought as he let his eyes be pulled. He started to stand, hands covered in gore, when one of the hunters crouched beside him and collected the skin. Time to return to the lodge.
A former trophy hunter of The Hunt, Johan seeks redemption from the atrocities he committed at the compulsion of his Fae masters. If you'd like to have seen him on The Hunt or have a bad experience with losing a friend to The Hunt, he could make an interesting tie.
Feel free to know him on sight if you'd like your PC to have seen him in The Hedge hunting. Coming that close to The Hunt might have been one of the more horrifying events of your PC's life.
Now he mainly battles with retaining his Clarity and self-loathing.
OOC
Email: J. Rush VST: Anne DST: Matt Asbell
I also play a Requiem PC named Staas van der Winst and The Kreisler. Check out The Rusty Crowbar for my first rowdy PC this chronicle.
Wizened dance: http://myspacetv.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=22111846
