<span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;">Abraham Valentine</span><br/><strong>Quick concept:</strong>Former first mate on a Crab Fisher, up in Alaska.<div class="floatright">(http://www.blastr.com/sites/blastr/files/styles/max_1280_720/public/JaimeNikolaj1.jpg?itok=rgo9FFsb&amp;timestamp=1363876331) </div><br/><strong>Age:</strong>43<br/><strong>Gender:</strong>male<br/><strong>Occupation:</strong>Crab Fisher<br/><br/><strong>Some backstory: </strong>Growing up at his aunt and uncle's, Bram joined the family business at a young age. Fishing for crabs along the shores of Alaska sure was no walk in the park, but it was the only life the high school dropout could imagine. In the first five years of his career, he saw his uncle and two of his cousins die. The family business came upon hard times and eventually went belly-up. It was during this time, too, that Bram got acquainted with the labor union. A firebrand in his youth, he quickly made a name for himself, formed contacts that last to this day - but also partook in a few things he is not proud of. "Trapped" a shore for more than off-season and pressed for money, Bram also made another fateful acquaintance: Pugilism! He started fighting brutal and highly illegal fights in the warehouses and factories of Port Grace, a habit he resumed after his recent relocation to the city.<br/>Some time later, Bram was hired into the crew of an old sea dog under whom he served as first mate up until very recently<br/>The hardships of his jobs have made Abraham not only a hardy, but pragmatic man with a laconic sense of humor. He knows the value of hard, honest work and can't bare sitting idle for long. Abraham is a self-educated man. He dropped out of high school and never went to college. His love for literature, a jealously guarded secret, is only rivaled by his interest in political philosophy. Abraham is a professed socialist.<br/><br/><strong>First Encounter:</strong>An accident ended Brams career as a crab fisher and almost cost his life. Only few people know what really went down during that stormy night on the sea, and except Captain Halifax and Bram himself none are alive to tell the tale. None of the two can exactly recall the events, but they both agree that the bulky creature, covered with sea weeds, came right out of the ocean. There were teeth, and claws and a nauseating stench of dead fish, but it was the malicious intelligence in the creature's eyes that still haunts Brams dream.<br/>When a flare, fired in the creature's maw by the captain, forced it back into the lightless depth of the Bering Sea, Bram laid on the deck, broken and battered. Two of his crew mates hadn't been so lucky. Torn to pieces by teeth and claws they were claimed by the roaring ocean.<br/>Recovering from his wounds, Bram tried to learn as much about the creatures as he possibly could. It wasn't much and hardly satisfying and only one thing became obvious: this beast was only one among many. More were out there, haunting the night. And not all of them were as far away as the thing he had encountered out on the sea.<br/><br/><strong>Two people your character knows:</strong><br/><span class="bbc_u">Capt'n Halifax:</span>Bram's old captain. He rarely visits Port Grace, but trusts his former first mate to look after his affairs, personal and on a matter of business. He, too, has witnessed the the creature that attacked Bram, but he might know more than he let's on.<br/><span class="bbc_u">Loretta "Red" Mason:</span>A teenage run-away who lives in the streets of Port Grace and uses the Halifax Warehouse as shelter, from time to time. She makes a living by selling dope and knows the underbelly of the city like few others do. Bram sometimes helps her out and sees himself as her protector.<br/><br/><strong>A place in town they like:</strong>The Old Halifax Storehouse; old warehouse by the harbor, belonging to Captain Halifax. A relic from the time of Port Grace's founding, the old two-story building seems somewhat out of place. Bare of most commodities of modern life and conveniently close to a gloomy, little tavern it has become Bram's favored haven<br/><br/>Character Sheet - MythWeavers (reworked to better fit the character concept) (http://www.myth-weavers.com/sheet.html#id=917655)<br/>