<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Name: Carlos Esperanza<br/>Description: Carlos is a tall young man of Hispanic descent, with broad shoulders and a lean, muscular build.  He's fairly handsome, with a bright, friendly smile and close-trimmed dark hair.  He'd certainly clean up nicely given half a chance, but he doesn't bother very often, and normally sticks with work clothes, like overalls and heavy boots.<br/><br/>Goal: Ensure that the defenseless are defended.<br/>XP: 0<br/>Level: 1<br/><br/>Attributes<br/>Strength: 19(+4)(check: 2)<br/>Constitution: 16(+2)(check: 5)<br/>Dexterity: 18(+3)(check: 3)<br/>Intelligence: 13(+1)(check: 8)<br/>Wisdom: 13(+1)(check: 8)<br/>Charisma: 14(+1)(check: 7)<br/><br/>Saving Throws<br/>Hardiness Save: 11<br/>Evasion Save: 12<br/>Spirit Save: 14<br/><br/>HP: 12 / 12<br/>AC: 0<br/>Armor Type: None (Body of Iron Will)<br/>1H Attack (+5, 1d10+4 damage)<br/>2H Attack (+5, 1d12+4 damage)<br/>Fray Die: d8<br/><br/>Facts<br/>Origin: The grandson of immigrants, both and raised in the south Bronx.<br/>Past Career: Experienced roughneck and auto mechanic.<br/>Relationship: Stays in touch with fellow survivors of the Central Park disaster.<br/><br/>Resources<br/>Effort:  2/2<br/>Influence: 2/2<br/>Dominion: 0/0/0 per month<br/>Wealth: 0<br/><br/>Words<br/>Artifice<br/>Endurance<br/>Might<br/><br/>Gifts:<br/>Ten Thousand Tools (Constant) (1 point)<br/>Excellence of the Word (Constant) (1 point)<br/>Body of Iron Will (Constant) (1 point)<br/>Intrinsic Health (Constant) (2 points)<br/>Fists of Black Iron (Constant) (1 point)</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Carlos Esperanza was born in the south Bronx, the third of four children.  His family got by well enough, better than a lot of their neighbors, although he still often felt like his dreams were just a bit too far out of reach.  He often thought he'd like to be an engineer someday, and worked hard in school -- but he never <em>quite</em> made it as an athlete, was bright but couldn't <em>quite</em> manage a full ride anywhere, and when it came to need-based scholarships...the government's notion of how much money the Esperanzas should be able to contribute to their son's education wasn't <em>quite</em> the same as their actual household budget.<br/><br/>Afraid to rely on student loans in a dubious economy, Carlos dropped out of sports and spent long hours working in a warehouse on weekends and in the summer to help pay for trade school instead.  There he did very well, and ever since then, he's been working as an auto mechanic at several different locations in NYC.  The pay isn't bad and the work is an interesting challenge, but even when he's not thinking of what might have been, Carlos often finds himself dissatisfied.  It always seems like his hours are the first thing cut when a customer negotiates a discount, and he's had several employers hint that he'd make more money if he up-sold customers on work their cars don't need.  Mrs. Esperanza didn't raise her son to take advantage of people like that, but the rent is so damn high these days, and he barely finds the time (much less the money) to go out with his friends or on dates anymore...<br/><br/>Of course, all that seems a lot less important, ever since a week ago.  While passing through Central Park, Carlos was one of many New Yorkers to be caught off guard when a number of...things came tearing up through the ground, assaulting humans and scenery alike.  Being as panicked as everyone else, it took Carlos a few minutes to realize that something had happened to him; in his terror, he'd already killed two of the monsters, and didn't come to his senses until he found himself lifting the fallen Cleopatra's Needle off several stunned bystanders.<br/><br/>Ever since then, his day job doesn't seem all that important anymore, and not just because it's become laughably easy.  Carlos has been staying in touch with a handful of other survivors from the now-ruined Park who had the presence of mind to exchange contact information.  It seems clear enough to him that with his gifts, he ought to be spending his time helping those who can't help themselves, but he's not quite sure where to begin...</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div>