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Story board entry- VIRUS: character profile.

-here we are going to explore the main characters of the VIRUS campaign with more depth, excluding Riot who has his own story board entry and VIRUS-Zero who was featured in the last story board. this will be in alphabetical order.

Alphonse De Pietro, Alisha Monroe, April Bryant,  Benjamen Kingston, Dimi Hann, Edmund Emmerich , Fredrick Von Heinsworth, Gabriel Emmerich,Gerard Ozborne, Ishimura, Johny, NEVER, Nobel, Shayne Diaz and Roman Gotsworth.

#1- "Agro"- cptn. Alphonse De Pietro.
age: 43, height: 5"11', prosthesis:60%, ethnicity: Italian.
-Agro is the captain of Alpha squad, specializing in Heavy
Artillery. Agro is a very gung ho individual, not unlike major
Armstrong from FMA, justice is his calling.
- Agro chose to enlist in the military as a way to provide for
his wife and daughters. they now live at HQ and are well
taken care of.
-before Agro enlisted he was a small time cage fighter and
fought for money in various underground arenas throughout
what was once Italy, now called "la terra delle rose nere" or
"the land of black roses".
-he is a kind hearted man and gets along with all the members
of VIRUS despite his imposing appearance.
-Agro works alongside Bishop n most of his missions, following
his orders and pulling the trigger.
-Agro uses a unique Vulcan chain gun- designed to be mounted
on a helicopter, it fires 50 cal rounds and has a secondary
flame thrower function.
-he has an infectious personality that always seems to lift the
spirits of those around him.
-Agro is not a "thinker" but that doesn't mean hes stupid, he
just leaves all the planning to Bishop.

-fun fact: he doesn't understand what "agro" means, in the
sense that you or I do, Gutz gave him the name and it stuck, and
he speaks broken English.

#2- Alisha Manroe(not drawn yet, minor role)
age: 26, height: 5"8', Prosthesis: 20%, ethnicity:African American(black chick)
-Alisha is the lieutenant of Bravo squad and assists Bishop with
anything that he needs... Military or other...
-She is from New York and graduated from the same class as
Riot and Cera.
-for the most part, Alisha commands Bravo squad, only calling
on Bishop when things get FUBAR.
-she carries a Berret 50 cal sniper rifle with snow camo, thermal
scope and a desert eagle sidearm.
- she is not as advanced as the captains, none of the lieutenants
are. but they are important to the process none the less.
-her personality is complex, she seems cold and passive most of
the time, but around certain people she is very open.

-fun fact: in public her relationship with Bishop seems like she is
always pissed off at him and is very defensive when someone
hints at her "alterer motives". but behind closed doors...

#3- April Bryant(only sketched once, minor role)
age: 25, height: 5"5', Prosthesis: 30%, ethnicity: North American(white)
-April is the lieutenant of Charlie squad and assists Cera with
any military issues.
-she is very gung-ho, perhaps to much for her own good.
-because of her stature and self esteem issues, she often
over compensates and goes too far in trying to prove herself.
-she uses a new kind of assault rifle called the "A-T 116".
-she commands most of Charlie squad, but often has to differ
to Cera as she usually corners herself and needs to be
rescued, for this she looks up to Cera and hinges on her
every word.

-fun fact: she curses more then a dennys full of frat boys and
sailors.

#4- "Bishop"(Iknow I spelled it wrong) cptn. Benjamen
Kingston.
age: 28, height: 6"3', prosthesis:70%, ethnicity: Jamaican.
-Bishop is the captain of Bravo squad, specializing in planning
and sniping. Bishop rarely talks and usually keeps to himself.
he has little patience for nonsense and can sometimes be an ass.
-Bishop uses a modified sniper riffle based on a dragunov, it
shoots high velocity, armor piercing bullets that detonate with
a small nuclear explosion, he also uses a sword like Dimi's
ninjato, but its about 10 inches longer.
-he use to lead a small resistance in central america and was
once a militia leader of "FREE".
-he received armature prosthesis while with FREE and fought
against VIRUS endlessly.
-He joined VIRUS after a one on one fight with director Nobel.
the two reached an agreement; who ever wins will decide the
fate of the other. Nobel won the duel and decided to make
Bishop a member of VIRUS, Bishop accepted and instantly began
to fight back against members of FREE. he had many chances
to leave of his own free will but stayed because of "the structure".  

-fun fact: Bishop doesn't actually need the respirator or the
glasses...
  
#5- "Dimitri" cptn. Demi Hann
age: 22, height: 5"0', prosthesis: 90%, ethnicity: Korean.
-Demi is the captain of Delta squad, specializing in
stealth and reconnaissance. she, like Riot, was KIA 2 years
ago and brought back to life by cptn Edison. she is an
"innocent" girl but is prone to outbursts as well.
-she uses a silenced p-90 and a cool cyber ninja sword.
-she is a very shy woman, but maintains a professional
demeanor.
-she and Riot have sort of a brother/ sister relationship, although
its a strange, very strange relationship full of awkward and creepy
moments.
-despite her somewhat suggestive costume, talk of anything
sexual or vulgar makes her very uncomfortable.
-her voice is small and doesn't command much respect, so
her opinions and words are often over powered and unheard.
-she joined VIRUS as a martial arts instructor, she was killed
when FREE suicide bombers attacked VIRUS's academy in Britain.

-fun fact: Demi is somewhat in love with cptn Edison, but
is to shy to say anything.

#6- "Edison" cptn. Edmund Emmerich.
age: 30, height: 5"9', prosthesis: 50%, ethnicity: european
and japanese.
- Edison is the captain of Echo squad, engineering and Bio
mechanics. Edison is the ultimate soldier; punctual, honerable
decorated and sports a 100% success rate on his missions.
however, he is socially awkward. he is actually best friends
with Riot and tries his hardest to keep him out of trouble...
-despite Edison's achievements, he does not participate
in close range firefights like most of the other captains.
instead he is a support Technion and develops ways to help
the others remotely.
-he does have a special sidearm, a 9mm pistol with lazier sights
and new tracking ammunition - magnetic rounds.
-Edison mainly uses a holographic tool(the name of which I cant
think up right now so Ill just call it an "Omni Tool")like mass effect)
-Edison was once apart of a team of the worlds top scientists
who developed many of the worlds newest technologies and
weaponry, which includes VIRUS-Zero and the vehicular
anthropomorphic androids that accompany most of the
captains.
  
-fun fact: Edison is in love with Demi, but is to shy to say
anything.

#7- "Foxx" cptn Frederick Von Heinsworth.
age:35, height: 6''7', prosthesis: NA, ethnicity: german.
-Foxx is the captian of Foxtrot squad, the intelligence dept.
foxx is a charming individual, the Fabio of VIRUS. although
he doesn't actually fight the battles, he is the most
skilled technical Hacker, both external(cyber brains) and
internal(other hacking stuff)in  VIRUS.
-Foxx is very mysterious.

-fun fact: Foxx is very "flamboyant" and usually wears a
top hat with a fire arm hidden inside.

#8- Gabriel Emmerich.(drawn but not uploaded)
age: 29, height: 6"2', Prosthesis: 70%, ethnicity: European
and Japanese.
-Gabriel is the younger brother of Edison, and the Lieutenant
of Echo squad.
-he caries a sword, which is actually a fuel rod forged around
a chain saw blade.
-they have a typical brother relationship.

-funfact: he was originally suppose to have a large role
in the story which involved him and a woman named Emilia
Echeart; the two were suppose to be framed for the murder
of an important official or something like that.  

#9- "Gutz" cptn Gerard Osborn.
age: 30, height: 5"2', prosthesis: 40%, ethnicity: australian
and irish.
-Gutz is the captain of Gulf squad, the scouting party.
-Gutz is a brash man, vulgarity and hostility are his M.O.
he smokes heavily and hates following the rules.
-he trains with Riot in Agro's artillery hanger, destroying
tanks and drones all the time.
-he and Riot always play pranks on the other captains.
-Gutz is devoiced and often uses his hatred of his ex-wife as
his incentive to finish a mission.
-he carries an EMP shotgun and an old school uzi.
-he always mocks and insults his opponent.
-he joined VIRUS as a grunt, and became the captain because
everyone who was a higher rank then him kept getting
killed off.
-He became captain out of more or less boredom, and a better
pay grade... but since most retail places and stores were destroyed
he only spends his money on beer and cigarettes... but since he has
synthetic organs, their not bad for him and dont offer the same
satisfaction... so its pretty pointless.

-fun fact: he plays more video games then he actually does
work, always has a sharp come back to anything anyone
says.

#10- Ishimura(drawn but not uploaded)
age: 27, height:5"7', prosthesis: 50%, ethnicity: Japanese
-Ishimura is the lieutenant of Delta squad.
-he caries 2 Ninjato and 2 SMGs
-he wears a red scarf made of memory cloth that behaves
in much the same way as spawn's cape....remember spawn's
cape???? yeah.
-he is everything that a good ninja should be; you know those
ninja henchmen in ninja movies that appear out of now where
and are all like "Hi, wakatimas!" and then go off to kill everyone?
yeah hes like that.

-funfact: he was originally the main character of an amateur project
I made a long time ago called "the mark of pain" and he had
scorpion like whips that shot out of his hand. and the badguy
had a gun that shot out anthrax and other biological weapons.

#11- Johny(drawn only once)
age:21,height:6"0',prosthesis:NA, ethnicity: hes white.
-Johny is the lieutenant of November squad and serves under
Riot.
-he tries to comprehend Riot's orders and does his best to
translate the orders into less lethal measures.   
-he is jumpy, cocky and sometimes annoying.
-he uses various weapons, but always caries an RPG-7.
-funfact: he found a way to use Emotes on outside of his
visor like this one

#12-NEVER(the antagonist)
age: around 40 years, height:7"0', ethnicity: technically Russian.
-NEVER was once the Captain of November squad.
-NEVER is a synthetic human lifeform, created to help alleviate
escalating tensions between freedom fighters and the
pre-VIRUS military.
-NEVER's "life" was riddled with constant tests, experiments and
bio-physical upgrades, on a constant basis.
-he has a robotic personality and fact based logic/ moral is
what gives him such an imposing air.
-he can co-exist with other members of VIRUS, but ho only ever
took a liking to one soldier in particular, a young and alive
Riot who was also the Lieutenant of November squad.
-NEVER had never shown malice or ill will towards any member
of VIRUS.
-NEVER uses a specialized pistol that fires rounds that follow
a strange flight pattern, they confuse and follow the target
(im still working on the details)
-on the day that Riot disobeyed NEVER's increasingly disturbing
orders, NEVER killed Riot and caused massive damage to Cera.
afterwards he went on a rampage, killing 1/6th of VIRUS' military.
-he broke into VIRUS HQ, stole and activated the advanced
military warfare suit "VIRUS-Zero"
-he is now supposedly leading the terrorist organization "FREE".

-funfact: his design was first described as "Noir darth vader"

#13- Director Nobel(drawn briefly, large role)
age:64, height:5"2', prosthesis:20%, ethnicity: Haitian
-Nobel is the military and diplomatic leader of VIRUS
however he has many people working under him to manage all
aspects of the police force and like Aramaki fro GITS, Nobel is the
actual leader of the captains, some times joining in the fire fight with
them.
-Nobel is not as enhanced as the others, he only has a cyber brain
and an artificial heart and left arm.
-his attitude towards the captains is much like Aramaki's attitude
towards the members of section 9, but he still throws in a couple
of jokes now and again.
-Nobel is not above joining the captains in leisurely activities.
-Nobel uses a normal 9mm pistol with standard ballistic rounds.
-Nobel and 7 other special forces soldiers from; the foreign legion
the navy seals and the Russian spetsnaz are the founders of
VIRUS.
-Nobel is one of the only 3 remaining founders of VIRUS.

-funfact: Nobel has a grand daughter who roams around HQ and
is always trying to play with the captains.

#14- "Cera" cptn. Shayne Diaz
age: 23, height: 5"8', prosthesis: 30%, ethnicity: Latina.
-Cera is the captain of Charlie squad, the infantry squad.
Cera lost her child when ex cptn. Never" went A wall and
attacked H.Q. she is a fiery and proud young woman who
loves to fight, almost as much as her dead lover- Riot
-she is proficient with all weapon types ans can fight through
pretty much any situation.
-she caries various weapons, but prefers the Bullpup models
for her assault rifles, she also caries a railgun meant to be
mounted on a Harbinger(a specialized vehicle I am still designing).
its a giant gun.
-her mannerisms are vulgar and lustful, she enjoys teasing as much
as she does fighting.
-she joined VIRUS to put herself through college, however, since
everything was destroyed before she could realize that, she went
on to become the lieutenant of Charlie squad.
-she assumed the rank of Captain after NEVER broke into HQ and
killed the previous captain.

-fun fact: Cera has one eye that looks just like Riot's.
she likes making other people(especially Demi)
uncomfortable.

#15-Roman Gotsworth(drawn a few times)
age:36, height:5"10', prosthesis: 10%, ethnicity: probably swedish
-Roman is the lieutenant of Foxtrot squad and is a coward.
-hes a desk jockey, a researcher. but he is more observant
and much more likely to spot the missing piece of a puzzle then most
others.
-he caries a taser, not the cool taser gun, the small remote looking one.
-he joined VIRUS when the law firm he worked for was destroyed, not by
gunfire but by a flood.

-funfact: he use to be a detective, for like a week, but in that short
time he solved 8 unsolved cases.