Good Ol' Scoundrel
Name: Jan Loran, known as Gino.
Loyalties: Himself
Role: Explorer, Risky Archaeologist, Looter, Historian.
Development Threads: None. Has not yet made an appearance as well.
Age: 44
Species: Nish
Appearance: Stereotypical appearance for explorers of ancient ruins and dangerous locations, Gino wears a white swashbuckler shirt with their sleeves almost always rolled up, a burgundy colored vest made out of shell spider silk and a shoulder bag. He dons ragged light brownish, dirty greenish trousers made of spacers leather while long dark brown boots complete the attire.
And, of course, a light brown hat of spacer leather that never leaves his side.
Gino possess rough facial features and an unforgettable mustache. Despite his sharper features, Gino seems to always grin and be in a happy mood. Perhaps this stems from his hyperactive nature and thirst for adventure.
Personality: Hyperactive.
Gino is a man that cannot stand patiently in one place. He always has to do...anything. This has made him experienced in all sorts of different areas, some useless others very, very useful. Do not be deceived by his naive looks as he is a very capable and practical man. Surviving alone in adventures on lethal places is a feat not many can achieve.
Ironically, he is a very patient listener when someone shares knowledge of a place worth of exploring. Gino is fascinated with lost astrogation charts, mythical treasure maps and eons old pieces of information. The explorer rarely shares his opinion on matters that do not concern his area of specialty. He, also, does not speak much about his past, preferring to change the topic drastically when asked.
Force Sensitivity: N
Weapon of Choice: Particle beam blaster pistol, plasma torch
Skills:
- Agility: Despite his age, Gino is capable of athletic feats similar to those used by free runners. This has been his key to surviving his numerous adventures around the galaxy. He has fast reflexes, agility and can surprise a foe with his swiftness despite his bulkier physique
- Sharp Mind and Plethora of Knowledge: A very practical man, Gino also possesses a sharp mind that has saved him in the most perilous of situations he has been within. His ability to do something with barely nothing is one of his key strengths and trump cards. Along with that, Gino has acquired a large pool of knowledge and lore of various different things.
Wealth: Average. He'd sell a hundred of thousand credits priced relic but use the money to sponsor his expeditions, so it's always an up and down with him. Adventures are expensive.
Combat Function: Scoundrel.
Gino would most likely attempt to outmaneuver and outsmart the opponent rather confront them in straight up shooting contest. He would utilize his practical nature to his best and use the situation and environment to his best to clear the obstacle ahead. By far a man who would almost always resort to a cheap shot in a fight when possible.
Notable Possessions: His hat.
History: Born in an orphanage on Nar Shadaa, Gino grew up as a street urchin and a pick pocket. He never knew anything about his parents nor did he want to. Eventually, he'd end up being 'recruited' as an errand boy for a Hutt crime lord. It was thanks to the Hutt, Zreik, that Gino was taught to write and read, and also where Jan Loran officially was nicknamed Gino.
The crime lord saw potential in the boy to be more than just a pick pocket.
Ironically, in these holobooks the Hutt gave him to learn from, Gino found his passion.
Learning to read, he was fascinated by the numerous stories that told of places light years away that were completely different than the reality of Nar Shadaa. Funnily enough, it was exactly children bed time stories that made him look up to the starry nights and crave to escape, crave to explore, crave to see and know what was out there.
At the age of sixteen and with enough trust from Zreik the Hutt who saw the boy now teen as indoctrinated to serving him, Gino was able to use that trust to rob the crime lord and bring his palace down on his head with carefully planted detonation packs.
Taking the first shuttle away from Nar Shadaa and going as far as the Tingel Arm, Gino began his life as an adventurer.
It took him ten years before he would explore the areas of Wild Space that were much closer to the Huttesse territories. Eventually, he also had a short lived venture into the Unknown Regions where he barely made it out of alive.
Now he continues his adventures and despite his older age, Gino feels as young as he was when he was sixteen but with a large amount of experience behind his back and an endless pool of knowledge.
Yet, he still seeks to find something that could divert the galaxy. No matter how small or how irrelevant it might seem, Gino wants to see that one of his adventures becomes the catalyst of change. Ambitious but who knows ? The right piece of information found by Gino and given to the right man could set in motion a domino of events that could alter the future.
He seeks to be part of that. Part of the same history holobooks he read.
Intent: Future (party member) stories and plots I've got planned for Vitor. And also to bask in Ryan's wrath of subbing NPCs.
Sources: Reno Jackson from Blizzard's Hearthstone game.
