Matthew Rei
Character
NAME: Matthew Mar'Tin
FACTION: Rebel Alliance
RANK: Lawyer/Vigilante
SPECIES: Human
AGE: 26
SEX: Male
HEIGHT: 6'0"
WEIGHT: 200 lbs.
EYES: Brown, but very pale white from blindness.
HAIR: Brown
SKIN: Olive Tan/White
FORCE SENSITIVE: Yes
Alignment: Chaotic Good
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STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES :
+True Grit: Growing up in a rough neighborhood on Coruscant, Matthew's body was conditioned to be more resistant to physical harm that normally incurred from dangerous living conditions and roving gangs. If you knock him down, he will do his best to get back up.
+Legal Knowledge: When he wasn't hanging out with his father at the gym, he would be studying and listening to the radio or TV. He was one of the more studious children in a school that didn't give a chit. His father would bring home whatever braille textbooks that he could find and afford. The ones that Matthew enjoyed the most were the legal texts. They allowed him to provide good advice to amiable neighbors who were in need and it helped him to outsmart the cops' legal reach.
+Fighting ability: Matt's father was a Mixed Martial Arts fighter. His father did his best to teach little Matty how to defend himself from the harshness of their reality. Matt's training continued on until he was 19. He's now capable of going toe-to-toe with most bruisers beat up most thugs.
-Blind: Matthew has been blind since ever since he was 12.
-Altruistically Driven: Matthew is driven to help others so much that he tends to bite off more than he can chew in terms of picking fights.
Scrappy: As of yet, Matthew holds no formal training in any official style of fighting. His father's teachings consisted of doing anything to stay alive and kicking in a fight.
Force Sense: Matthew is capable of seeing the world around him in a radar-like way. He sees things in the colors of black and red. He can "see" everything that a normal person with 20/20 vision can see unobstructed. His sense of smell is close to that of a canine's. He can hear all things 2 miles away, but can also differentiate each source of noise and tune out others to focus more on one.
BIOGRAPHY:
Growing up on Coruscant isn't easy. Especially when you live in a trashy district. It was always just Matthew and his dad for all Matt could remember. When he asked his dad who Mom was or what she was like, he would simply say something along the lines of, "She was a good person" or "She died fighting for what she believed in". He wouldn't ever get into detail about her, even when Matt got upset about it.
No investigation he ever attempted came to fruition, so he gave up on the idea about who his mother was. During the day, he was at school. At night, he was either watching or sparring his dad at the gym or at home studying and playing. Matt and his father knew little to nothing about the Force, so Matt's dad attributed his son's aptitude for fighting and prediction to innate skill level.
At the age of 12, street gangs took notice of the young teen son of a moderately successful MMA fighter and wanted him to join up. He would either deny their offer right there and get anything close by thrown at him or he would do his best to evade him.
On one particular night, a slip up led him to be chased by a particularly nasty gang who wanted him to join their crew or die for dishonoring them. They were likely going to spirit him away from his home city, so that made him want to get away from them all the more. They finally chased him into a loosely secured chemical storage warehouse where he hid. Their antics and subsequent scuffle led to many poorly maintained chemical containers leaking and bursting.
All of the kids died that night, except for Matthew. He had almost made it out of the building before their ringleader shot wildly at him, missed his head, but shot off a cap that sprayed some liquid into his eyes. He crawled home using nothing but his bleeding body. This distraught his father, who did his best to keep him away from more danger and more into the textile text books.
Matthew had to go through a transition of pain and an unbearable amount of stimulation on his senses. He faced a lack of sleep that prevented him from going to school. His father tried to get medical help, but was only able to get First Prompt Medical station advice and whatever free, cheap aid they offered. His father spent more time with him and tried his best to help Matt through this. It was the combined effort of Matt's will to survive coupled with his father's unconditional love and help that got him through this.
But then, he discovered something new about himself. He couldn't explain how, but his senses had become hyper sensitive in a way that compensated for his loss of sight and more. He was able to accomplish a way of seeing. The best way he'd describe it is seeing everything in shades of red. Matt trained his body in secret, as his father did not wish for him to entertain anymore violence. It wasn't until, out of frustration, Matt got into the ring and beat up a mean gym goer that his father came around and taught him even more. With his father's fear gone, Matt was now being pushed to his limits so that he could be best suited to face most any challenge that came his way.
His father died one night from an unfair brass knuckle blow to the nose which forced his nose bone into his brain. Matt was 19 when this happened. He represented himself in a court battle and won as much of the cheater's money as he could. With these savings, he got out of the city that held nothing for him. He was also able to escape vengeance from the cheater's buddies...He moved to a much nicer neighborhood and got through a prestigious law school through hard work, long nights, enduring the ridicule of his peers, a minimum wage job, many scholarships and grants, and his intelligent mind. It wasn't until later that he found out that his gift was one from the Force itself.
Nowadays, he still lives on Coruscant. He gets by just enough from representing clients who are generally too poor to be bled dry by normal lawyers.
But wouldn't you know it? Soon after he had graduated, the One Sith dissolved the legal system, plunging trillions into chaos as they relied on few hand-picked, brain-washed servants and corrupt officials to dispense what they perceived to be "justice". Ever since the One Sith slaughtered millions by raising planetary shields on Coruscant without recalling speeder and ship traffic just to trap two enemy starfighters and they ruined his future career, Matthew joined up with the Coruscanti Resistance and eventually the Rebel Alliance itself.
But, the Rebels are not enough. The Republic needs help. Maybe I can help. They seem to be sinking, though...Best not to get attached. Such is the way of the lawyer. XD
Items:
Cane Weapon (Blind Man's Hand): http://starwarsrp.net/topic/80778-blind-mans-hand/?p=1188993
Armor (Devil Class Armor): http://starwarsrp.net/topic/82996-devil-class-armor/?p=1220945
(Raxis Expedition prizes)
Compass of the Wayfarer: http://starwarsrp.net/topic/66113-the-compass-of-the-wayfarer/
