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Personal Information:
Full Name: Edwin Johnathan Gilliam
Aliases: Ed
Age: 32
Date Of Birth: 24thof June 1999
Place Of Birth: Rotterdam, Netherlands
Social Background:
Nationality: Dutch / Irish
Languages: Dutch, English.
Physical Information:
Height: 6’5 / 1.95 m
Weight: 169lb / 77 kg
Eye color: Blue
Hair color: Dark Brown
Hair style: Sideparted
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Theme:
General Description:
Edwin Johanthan Gilliam is a tall dutch male standing at 6'5-ish , he has sideparted dark brown hair and aquablue eyes. He has a slight Western-European accent and a small bandage wrapped around his pinky. His eyes look sadening and wonderous.
General Backstory:
The Story of Edwin Ed Gilliam : "Freedom at Dawn"
Edwin was born in 2000, the year just before it all went to hell. His parent's Mary and Jan Gilliam had a hard time taking care of him in these times...
After the 7 hour war, Edwin's parents took refuge in the city of The Heauge, later to be known as City 58. Both of his parent's worked in the
vertical farmlands of the city and it's surrounding areas. They climbed up higher in the ladder of the combine 3 years after they arrived when
they snitched multiple families for the possession of contraband, resulting in the execution of over 32 people.
His parent's where rewarded by gaining a spot as servants of the higher combine elite, they were allowed to live in a small house which was actually
very much an upgrade, for the Gilliam family it all seemd like it would go good and well until they grew old...
Years later
One day while both his parent's where at work, Ed was reading one of his books about the combine, "A Guide to Our Benefactors" he heard a knock on the door.
Edwin knew that his parent's always told him never to open the doors. He had lived in the city for over 16 years now and he never saw someone too horrifying
he heard people on the street talk about the combine like they were some criminals, but Edwin has never known any better, he lived
there since he was just 5 years old. When he heard the sound of combine from that door. He didn't know his life was about to be turned upside down.
He opened the door.
'Is there something I can help you with, officers?' He asked while attempting to not collapse onto the floor while one of the
metrocops stared at him trough his gasmask. One of the metrocops bent down a notch, he looked at Edwin and started speaking. 'Kid, this is not going to be easy...' he said
trough that hellish gasmask. 'Your parent's sadly passed away after a cowardly terrorist attack on one of our departments in the Centrum.'
Edwin looked at the officers. He didn't do anything for what felt like an eternity, he didn't speak, he didn't move. He just stood there.
When he finally realized what happend, he slowly started crying, the officer who just spoke to him mumbled something to his colleauge and his colleauge
went to stay infront of the door while the man invited himself into the house.
The man took of his gasmask and looked at Edwin, 'I'm so sorry kid' He said slowly. The man stayed there for a while. He attempted to help Edwin
but Edwin barely spoke and when he did it was just to refuse the man's offers for all kinds of treats. Edwin just wanted his parents back.
Many of Edwin's memories came flashing by, his first day in the city, that time the combine attempted to take him away because he was a child,
and so much more.
When the officer asked Edwin once again if he could give him a glass of fresh water, Edwin lost it. Edwin shouted: 'Don't you see I don't want you here!?' and he pointed at the door
The officer took his gasmask on, walked away and Edwin was alone and miserable once again. He tried to get some sleep while his memories still flashed by.
He missed his mom.
When he woke up, he realized he got no-one to protect him anymore of being taken away and he could just very well become a modified soldier for the combine.
He had no clue what to do, he ran out of food some days later, his entire water supply ran low. He had to get away. While he was packing his stuff
with no plan in mind, a knock could be heard on the door. When he opened he was 100% sure it were the combine to pick him up, but... it was the man
He was not in his suit, not in his gasmask. He looked at Edwin and coughed, he had a suitcase in his hands.
"They know you are planning to go away, I made some arrangements for you with... some people, not the combine"
Edwin was shell shocked. He didn't know if he could trust the man, but non the less he agreed with him, he had no other way.
After packing all his stuff, the man took his uniform out of his suitcase and put it on. "Now we have to act like I arrested you, alright Edwin?"
Edwin felt like he was walking straight into a trap, he walked trough the streets with often a citizen walking by and looking at him in a sad way.
After walking for around 30 minutes the man stood still, "We're here" He said. Edwin looked around and found a sign: "Den Haag Centraal Station"
It was the old traindepot! He heard rumors the combine used it to transport food and other substances!
The man knocked on the door where they stood infront of, the door opened and 3 men and 2 women stood infront of the door with their weapons armed.
All 5 of them looked at Ed and one of the females said "You must be Ed, we heard a lot about you and your parents kid, it's okay"
They aimed at the man. "This is where you go Ed. Again, I'm so sorry of your parents but... they were found out."
The man shoved Ed forward. Edwin just looked at him and realized what he just said. "It was you..."
A slight nod came from the man as he looked down. "Until we meet again.... Ed." He forwarded his hand and Ed looked at it in anger.
"I don't want your help." Ed walked into the trainstation and the people closed the door behind him, after this it all become a few snippets of memory for Edwin
He was eating, drinking and getting his stuff into a train filled with electronics during the night, he passed trough cities and cities together with 2 of the rebels he came to know as Joseph and Margret
When they arrived at their destenation the train slowed but they had to jump out. It was in a mountainous area in Italy.
Life was good for quite a while up until 2016 when he just turned 18, he was caught together with some friends of the rebelion trying to steal some electronics heading to City 24.
He escaped city 24 however, with the help of his friends they survived outside of the city for a few months, now the time of Edwin has returned once again, he sees it as his duty to retake City 24
He sees it as his duty to do what ever he can to fight against the combine together with his friends
This is where the journey of Edwin really begins....
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