<div class="floatleft">(http://literarydish.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/michael-jaie-white.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong>Derrick Silva<br/><strong>Age: </strong>31<br/><strong>Nationality: </strong>Afro-Brazillian/American.<br/><br/><strong>Appearance: </strong>Black hair, worn short. He is very muscular from the life he has lived. He has a rich brown skin tone, as well as several scars across his back and a rather severe bullet wound scar in his abdomen. Derrick appears as if he is carved out of stone, honed and forged into a weapon. He has dark, rich bedroom brown eyes. The scar in his abdomen causes problems from time to time as it hasn't fully healed, being quite recent. It was treated but only time will truly fix it. A few assorted gang-related tattoos on his torso. 6'2", he weighs approximately 236 lbs.<br/><br/><strong>Work/profession/training/skills/specific knowledge or experience:  </strong>Former Gang Member, Soldier in The U.S.M.C, C.I.A (SAD) Operative, Hired Muscle, Martial Arts Instructor. (3  legitimate black belts aside from his Krav Maga training. He has black belts in Judo, Kyokushin and Shotokan)<br/><br/><strong>Background:</strong>Derrick grew up in a one parent household in the Inglewood area of L.A. His mother died early on in his youth from an overdose. Afterwards he was moved to a group home where he became violent and withdrawn. Frequently getting into fights, this would worsen when he became a member of one of the street gangs known as the Blackstone Pirus. Frequently engaging in criminal activity, he seemed to be heading on a one way street to prison before his parole officer got him to enlist in the Marine Corps. The P.O was the father figure he never had and actually adopted him at the age of 16. Here he was given structure, and discipline. His guardian a former millitary man himself trained him extensively in Krav Maga for two years before he enlisted.<br/><br/>Upon joining the Marines, he flourished and was quickly allowed to train for Special Operations. He was scouted by the Special Activities Division of the C.I.A and became one of their operatives. Specializing in Counter-Insurgency. This seemed to be the perfect career for the young man as he had no issues in conducting morally reprehensible acts. However this would come to an end when he was placed in Columbia and on a routine debriefing, the outfit was ambushed. Derrick was taken captive and held prisoner for two years where he endured torture and his own government disavowed any knowledge of him. After the camp he was held at was attacked by an unrelated paramillitary operation, Derrick used the chaos to escape.<br/><br/>Making his way to Europe with the few contacts he had left, he worked over there as hired muscle until having a child. With his life put into perspective, he stopped working as a hired gun and instead became a martial arts instructor in France. It was this relatively simple existence that he enjoyed before the outbreak happened. He lost his daughter, and doesn't know whether she is dead or alive.<br/><div class="floatright">(http://www.comicbookmovie.com/images/users/uploads/9785/michaeljaiwhite-1.jpg)</div><br/><strong>Languages:  </strong>English. Fluent French, Fluent Spanish, and basic Israeli, Russian and Portugese. He cannot write or read in Russian or Israeli.<br/><strong>Personality:  </strong>Derrick is not a trusting person. He can be downright hostile, but for the most part he is a deeply brooding and tormented man. The loss of his daughter hit him hard, and he has a somewhat nihilistic world view. A pessimist to the core, he operates by an odd code of conduct that only he understands where aid that is granted to him must be repaid in full. If one were a psychologist, they would seem he is deeply wounded. Despite his upbringing, he is a very intelligent person. Derrick speaks in a surprisingly eloquent manner at times. He has a grace to him, a sort of poetic spark and is fairly religious. He is also quite flirtatious as he and his wife were divorced before the outbreak, and he had sole custody of his daughter.<br/><br/><strong>Motives in joining the team:  </strong>He recognizes no man is an island, so he will join up with a group if he believes that they have a chance of surviving.<br/><br/><strong>How do you suppose your character would behave under stress and react to the situation he is faced with?  </strong>The ends justifies the means. After his deeply troubled childhood, and his experiences and torture it seems nothing much phases him. Derrick is more than willing to kill, steal, or do anything that needs to be done to ensure his survival. However he is deeply sympathetic towards children. The life he has lived has had a profound effect on him, and he deeply believes that for his trangressions he is being punished.<br/><br/><strong>Weapons, equipment etc.:  </strong>A heavily modified FN F2000 Assault rifle as his primary gun. Franchi SPAS-12(lifted off of a corpse), A 3.57 magnum, Heckler & Koch HK45 handgun he uses as a backup sidearm. Stainless steel black Ka-Bar. A small picture of his daughter. Small first aid kit. A titanium crowbar that is used as a tool but also as a weapon. Water bottle. Backpack. A few spare pair of socks. Box of matches. A flashlight. Sunglasses. Pair of binoculars. Extra rounds/slugs.<br/><br/><strong>Sexual orientation and preferences:  </strong>Heterosexual, divorced.<br/>