<div class="floatright">(http://i.imgur.com/LnQrqRT.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong>Gene<br/><strong>Gijinka Type:</strong>Galvantula<br/><strong>Extra Notes:</strong>Gene stands at 5'9, weighing 151lbs. He has a tendency to get extremely creative with the strong silk he manifests, making it effective whips, ropes and other useful commodities. Often it also makes suitable cabling for carrying electricity when spun and twisted enough. He also has a tendency to fire electric attacks from his fingertips by making 'fingergun' gestures.<br/><strong>Reason for becoming a Settler:</strong>Kill two birds with one stone: Have his own home to come back to in a stable community, and help others with the herbs, minerals, and materials he brings home from his excursions into the unexplored Horizon Islands.<br/><strong>Planned role in the new Colony:</strong>Explorer, Gatherer<br/><strong>Background:</strong>Gene started life as a just-too-gutsy Joltik gijinka with dreams far bigger than he was. It was a great big world out there, and he wanted to be one of the few to just survey the world out there and go down in history as one of the few who'd seen it all. Of course, being unfunded, under-equipped, and just plain unskilled he came to realize that such a dream was beyond him. Instead, he listened to other adventurers stories over the years, while trying to prepare himself for adventures when he was of a better age.<br/><br/>After a few years of training, experimenting, and working alongside other explorers, he eventually reached a new level of growth, and finally he could sustain himself. As a Galvantula gijinka, he became better at search and discovery, material retrieval, and above all trapping. He'd even dabbled in a bit of bounty-hunting work, taking down other trouble-making gijinkas to make a little more money, but it was definitely dangerous work. He would eventually chance upon information regarding the Horizon Islands and, seeing his chance to explore undiscovered frontiers, made his way along others to the newfound lands.<br/><br/>Thus far, everything begins at a small, quaint, relatively underdeveloped colony settlement at the edge of one of the islands. Settling into the new life, Gene has allowed himself to start fresh among friendly (often surprisingly friendly) faces, lending his skills to the support and eventual foundation of a greater colony. Soon he would be able to explore the entirety of the Horizon Islands, and go down in history as one of the first to help establish new civilization here.