<strong>Character Name:</strong>James Ibrahim Heidermann<br/><strong>Age:</strong>36<br/><strong>Sex:</strong>Male<br/><strong>Orientation:</strong>Straight, Dominant<br/><strong>Relationship Status:</strong>Single<br/><strong>Played By:</strong>Arion<br/><br/><strong>Job</strong><br/><span class="bbc_u">Owner:</span>Pacific Pages, a bookstore.<br/><br/><strong>Address:</strong>801 North 3rd Street (in the area where Downtown turns into the East End)<br/><br/><strong>Appearance</strong><br/><div align="center">(http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20091020232446/supermanrebirth/images/thumb/2/2a/Michael_Shanks.jpg/250px-Michael_Shanks.jpg)</div><br/><strong>Personality </strong><br/><br/>Typically the quiet type who always seems to be thinking about several things at once.  Highly intelligent but lacking in tact and compassion, he often says things that to him seem harmless but to others are insulting and/or cruel.  Becomes much more lively when discussing a topic that catches his interest, such as religion.  Easily aggravated if interrupted while doing something he considers important (which includes reading).<br/><br/><span class="bbc_u">Likes:</span>As per player's On's where appropriate.<br/><span class="bbc_u">Dislikes:</span>As per player's Off's where appropriate.<br/><br/><strong>History</strong><br/><br/>James grew up in rural Virginia, the son of a soldier who had married a woman he met in Cairo while on deployment.  He breezed through school, though his near total lack of tact and compassion caused enough trouble that he came close to being expelled several times.  Showed a natural talent for journalistic writing, and worked on the school newspaper every year.  Became an atheist while a senior in high-school, causing a schism within his family that culminated with him being thrown out of the house with only the clothes on his back and a warning to never return until he 'got right with God'.  He worked odd jobs, including fast food and a cart-pusher at the local supermart, until graduation when he left his hometown for Richmond.<br/><br/>Once in Richmond James found employment with the Richmond Times-Dispatch, and quickly worked his way up to editor of several columns.  While doing so he courted a woman who worked in his office, Lisa Garret, and a short romantic relationship followed; it ended when James discovered that Lisa had been sleeping with two other men in the same building.  In a fit of rage, James beat one of the men badly enough to put him in the ICU, and was arrested soon thereafter.  He was found guilty and spent a year serving his sentence at the FCI Petersburg Low Security Facility.  During his time there his grandfather on his father's side of the family passed away in an assisted living facility, and James was named as the sole beneficiary.<br/><br/>Once he was released James used his grandfather's sizable assets to travel the country, going wherever whim took him.  Never spending more than a few months in one location, he drifted aimlessly until he came to Oregon.  Once there he fell in love with the towering mountains and dense forests, and when he reached the coast he decided to settle down again.  With what little remained of his inheritance he purchased a building in the town of Elliquiy, just off the main drag, and opened a bookstore:  Pacific Pages.  Since then he's become an accepted member of the community, though he has kept his criminal history quiet.  He lives in a loft apartment above the store, alone save for a rough-looking Persian that he took in just after moving to the town.  The cat has the run of the building and occasionally scares customers when they look down to find his single orange eye staring up at them.<br/><br/><strong>Living Situation</strong><br/><br/>Lives with: His cat, Creeper<br/><div align="center">(http://o3.aolcdn.com/dims-shared/dims3/PATCH/resize/600x450/http://hss-prod.hss.aol.com/hss/storage/patch/76d38699a587b079c1c340bb39bbe72d)</div>