(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cP0pJ4PhGIQ/Sax9FUjW4lI/AAAAAAAAA6U/253EHcZKTfE/s320/Torchwood+Burn+Gorman1.jpg)<br/><br/>Name: Aleksei Romanov<br/>Age: 28<br/>Height: 5’10<br/>Weight: 180 pounds<br/>Occupation: Freelance Chemist<br/>Eye Color: Hazel<br/>Hair Color: Black<br/><br/>History: A poor son of a shoe repair father and a mother who performed odd jobs around the neighborhood, Aleksei was no stranger to finding a hustle to survive. As a teenager, he ran messages for a local gang that had the audacity to call itself mafiya. Their money was good enough to help put food on the table, and his parents were too well cared for to voice their concerns over how it was done. They did, however, impress upon him the value of an education. Reminding him that those he ran messages for hadn’t made it to university. This, in turn, gave Aleksei a goal. He would learn more than those that had too much power over his life, so that he could stand on his own two-feet.<br/><br/>Later, he took Organic Chemistry at Moscow State University, and had done more than broaden horizons. It was here that Aleksei found his own hustle doing what came naturally. The drugs he helped concoct for students helped to fill his pockets when work was hard to find after his graduation. Later, at the urgings of a real crime family, he worked with rag-tag teams just getting used to the idea of inception. Even as a beginner, he knew they were inept and ill-prepared to deal with the nuances of exploring the mind. All the same, he made sure to perform as he was paid to do and keep his mouth shut. He knew he had population on his side, as there were few Chemists in his region who weren’t linked to the government.<br/><br/>Valued as a resource for The Family, Aleksei was supplied with forged credentials straight from the printers of the government, with the agreed upon stipulation that he would supply them with tailored drugs that they needed. This, in turn, gave him the ability to travel, if need-be.<br/><br/><br/><br/>Name: Benjamin Banks<br/>Age: 28<br/>Weight: 205 pounds<br/>Height: 6’2<br/>Occupation – Entrepreneur/Chemist<br/>Eye Color: Brown<br/>Hair Color: Black<br/>Nationality: American<br/><br/>History: Benjamin served for years as an apprentice/student to Dr. Jaclyn Sanders, which began when Benjamin had first found himself bored with pursuing his pre-med degree in Duke University. Striking up a passing friendship, then deeper relationship with the older woman had opened his mind to the wonders of many combinations of chemicals that could affect the innermost workings of the mind. He could only think of the many opportunities that lay before him using the knowledge he was able to build on during and after normal school hours. He was in deep, and switched his degree to Chemistry after a year. There, as one of Dr. Sanders’ assistants, he was able to work through many different formulas, some of which he uses at the present. The knowledge he had obtained through his relationship places him in a tight list of trusted Chemists that could be counted on to do a job discreetly, and accurately. Though their relationship has ended in that manner, he still keeps in contact with the Doctor to keep up with advances in the field.<br/><br/>He has, over the course of two years partnered with Samuel Jenkins, to help start an herbal health store in a strip mall a decent distance from the school. After a sufficient amount of advertising, Benjamin had a way to explain at least some of his income from job, while the rest of the money was wired to an off-shore account in a country he made sure was unfriendly to the US government’s tax laws. It was all a long shot, in the end, which is why he has an up-to-date PO Box for when things go truly sour. His passion drives him to make better “sleep agents” that allow people to go deeper into themselves. The money has only become a tool to fuel his passion and lifestyle, and he’d have it no other way.<br/>