(http://blogs.villagevoice.com/dailymusto/Images/401px-Tom_Brokaw_by_David_Shankbone.jpg)<br/><br/><br/><br/>Evan "Psycho" Falkenson , Team Psychologist (http://sheetgen.dalines.net/sheet/3514?message=true)<br/><br/><br/>Background: Evan Falkenson was born in Redford, California in 1964.  During his early schooling, he was considered a "problem child" and considered very disruptive.  Gradually, his attention seeking turned from disruption to performance, and he gradually gravitated towards the drama club.  He wasn't a very good actor, but found his passion in stage magic, particularly hypnosis, for which he had a particular talent.<br/><br/>Evan graduated from the University of California in 1986 with a degree in psychology, and a minor in philosophy.  Within a couple of years, he got a job in Las Vegas, and worked the rounds as a traveling stage magician for over a decade, traveling around the country and having a couple of close brushes with fame and a TV deal.  He engaged in many torrid affairs during this time, but his emotional immaturity and strange lifestyle made committment difficult, leaving him almost adrift.  In 2001, Evan became engaged to a woman named Emma Whitehall, and was only a month away from the wedding before a nasty breakup due to a nervous breakdown in October of 2002, caused by his sudden replacement with another performer, and the loss of his job.<br/><br/>Suddenly without direction, Evan went and joined the army, finding himself among the first shipped to Iraq.  Basic training had treated Evan well, and he was already a second Lieutenant by the time he set foot in the desert.  Evan's service record was unremarkable, as he joined squads in the field looking for Iraq's fabled weapons of mass destruction.  The rekoning for Evan came on November 16, 2002, when his squad was sent into a cave rumored to hold dangerous secrets.  They didn't find biological or chemical weapons, but they did find an incredibly angry looking and pale man, who made the soldiers turn on each other and kill each other.  Evan could tell quite easily what the man was doing, and tried to shake his men out of their stupor, only to realize that he was fighting for his life.  Desperate, and out of options, Evan killed his entire squad with a few strategically placed grenades, narrowly escaping as he killed the only people he had grown to trust.<br/><br/>In the military tribunals that followed, Evan told the truth, and was nearly diagnosed with severe schitzophrenia.  The military found him guilty of maliciously killing his entire squad, dishonorably discharged him, and sent him off to a maximum security prison to serve 3 life sentances.  Evan served 4 years in prison before Task Force: VALKYRIE found him, and was initially highly skeptical that they could get him out and get him where he could do some good.  After a few visits outside the prison walls were arranged, however, Evan warmed up to the conspiracy, and pledged his services as a full member of Task Force: VALKYRIE.  He works as a psychological warfare operative, making sure that other members of the team aren't being unduly influenced by supernatural creatures, and finding ways to bother the hell out of the things that go bump in the night.