Proud Patriot
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| Player: @Showermonster | ||||||||||
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| The Ghost of Freedom | ||||||||||
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| Real Name: | Rayl Issac Torien | |||||||||
| Known Aliases: | Pat, Sir, Ice Cream Man | |||||||||
| Gender: | Male | |||||||||
| Species: | Human | |||||||||
| Ethnicity: | American | |||||||||
| Place of Birth: | Wyoming | |||||||||
| Base of Operations: | United States | |||||||||
| Relatives: | Multiple | |||||||||
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| Age: | 29 | |||||||||
| Height: | Six Foot Three? Four...? I forget | |||||||||
| Weight: | Err- I forget to weigh myself recently… | |||||||||
| Eyes: | Bluish | |||||||||
| Hair: | Brownish | |||||||||
| Complexion: | A bit battered here and there, but good! | |||||||||
| Physical Build: | Well-built, as needed. Nothing excessive! | |||||||||
| Physical Features: | A solid history with the scars to prove it! | |||||||||
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| Fame: |
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| Alignment: | Template:MaekadaLN | |||||||||
| Identity: | N.T.K.B. | |||||||||
| Years Active: | 11 ( Two Army, Seven PRIMUS, Two 'cape') | |||||||||
| Citizenship: | American since birth | |||||||||
| Occupation: | "Retired" PRIMUS Official | |||||||||
| Education: | High School and SFT | |||||||||
| Marital Status: | In a relationship | |||||||||
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| Special Forces Training, Experience, and Energy Projection. | ||||||||||
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| MaekadaBoxSlim created by @Maekada | |||||||||
AUTHOR'S NOTE: Proud Patriot is now living in psuedo-retirement in Wyoming, where he tends to his ailing parents while helping law enforcement when necessary. Can usually be called on for help by PRIMUS-affiliated heroes or people who know him. Send me an In-Game mail message if I'm not on and you need something related to him!
AUTHOR'S NOTE: I've neglected to update Proud Patriot's old page for so long that it is horrendously outdated. Expect this one to be worked on MUCH more!
 The author of this article has marked this as a creative work, and would prefer that other users not edit it. Please respect this, and unless repairing a typo, spelling, or other minor technical error, think of this page as read-only. |
Contents
Personality and Beliefs
"The ability to change; to improve...that is what makes us human. Without change we are simply machines of flesh and bone following nothing but our default programming: our primal instincts and needs. To refuse to change; to grow up and understand yourself and the world around you...that is true defeat."
Personality
"So...how about that weather?"
Proud Patriot can be difficult to understand, based on how and when you meet him. While two separate sections are shown below, it should be noted that the two naturally would begin to overlap as they reach one anothers' respective time-frames.
Example: Shortly before his perceived death Mid-2012, he was roughly at the personality he has to this day.
Enlistment - Pre-Death
Initially Proud Patriot kept a strict, need-to-know approach to the CRP Channel: report situations, ask for help or advice, and then carry on. In social situations he was seen as quiet and nervous; always attempting to change the topic to the weather when more...racy (usually sex) topics are brought up. In combat he was could be somewhat snarky between active confrontations, though kept quiet when needed and followed the orders of more experienced superheroes (or "Capes").
He displayed classical signs of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder after a series of events left him and others close to him mutilated, mutated, and even killed. He kept most of his personal thoughts and feelings to himself, and used vigilantism as a means to cope with his memories while helping his people directly.
Revival - Present
On the CRP Channel he's often seen as a slow-witted, leisurely guy who helps settle minor disputes, makes jokes, and talks about ice cream. In person he's considerably more lively, though still seems to have some difficulty understanding some things in a fast-paced conversation. In a combat scenario, he is quiet, commanding, and does not respond well to witticism, and will chastise someone for unnecessary actions or dark humor.
He's coped well with his past with the help of his friends and fellow 'Capes' (Namely Nightwave and [Nightfang]] among many others.), and his fun-loving and socialness seems to be his way of 'making up for lost time'. He became more open with others, and even a little bit flirty with a certain hero.
Beliefs
"It's hard to define an American.
Race obviously doesn't work, and religion is out of the question...You can't be born American, either...well, you can legally, but it's still not right: I know immigrants who are more American than, say, you are.
The way I see it? Americans are made...crafted...the way an artist chisels a statue from a block of marble. You take a man and give them the desire for freedom, the love of humanity, and a respect for social order and you have an American...though I suppose that's just me describing what a Patriot is again, huh?"
Politics
"If America is the land of the free, why do we declare some to be more free than others?"
Proud Patriot is as his name says: He is extremely Proud of his country and it's history (and his family's contribution to it.). However, he doesn't let pride and nationalism get in the way of common sense; while he lists himself as Republican, he will openly support any proposed bill if he believes it will be for the better for his fellow Americans.
In his youth, Proud Patriot was largely oblivious to social issues such as the rights of Gays, Mutants, Aliens and Machines. After leaving his rather sheltered life in Wyoming and out into the rest of the Country, he could largely be described as indifferent and even, at times, intolerable toward them (mostly in regards to mutants/irradiates). Life in Millennium City, as well as the friendship of Maxine Guzman, AKA Nightwave helped bring to light the issue of gay marriage, which he became an avid supporter of. Soon after he started supporting Mutant rights, and from there a myriad of other minorities.
While he may not agree with or understand foreign policies often, he supports America's allies. He is sometimes (wrongly, yet understandably) accused of being being a warhawk/warmonger as he is usually supportive of military actions meant to punish tyrants for breaking agreed upon rules, or to liberate people who are clearly under an oppressive government.
When asked about immigration, he tends to sympathize with the plight of illegal immigrants, yet still believes they should be "found and re-located...so they can enter the country through legal means.". He believes that a true immigrant would comply with America's laws of immigration...yet believes those laws need to be changed to help fix the problem of illegal immigrants.
He tends to avoid economic matters and has an unexpected disdain for socialism: He believes that the government should ensure that all people have the ability to achieve 'greatness and comfort through hard work' but should not 'balance the economic scale' to give benefits to people just because they are a part of a certain group.
He's a stalwart believer in euthanasia.
His often conflicting legislative beliefs have drawn criticism from multiple politicians, especially that of a certain Anti-Mutant Wyoming Senator.
He's often made the joke that he would have an easier time "...fixing America if I bought a massive aircraft carrier, named it 'America', and declared it to be it's own independent nation.".
Faith
"Patriotism is like a religion: you have debates over it, and wars over it."
Proud Patriot is not religious: that much is concrete, however he clearly has some sort of otherworldly belief that drives him forward and through situations others might call impossible. When asked about his spiritual beliefs, he'll often say that "Patriotism is my religion", though this may not be far from the truth. Proud Patriot's belief in his country and his fellow Americans is unshakeable: he believes that they can accomplish anything once they put their hearts into it.
He believes that humanity is, at it's very core, good-natured and that the criminals and tyrants of the world are "either misguided souls who are losing sight of their humanity, or [the] defects of the human race.".
Even his critics compare his Patriotism to a religion, claiming that "He [Proud Patriot] is to America what Pope Urban the Second was to Christianity.". Pope Urban II called for the initial crusade to retake the Holy Land in 1095. Proud Patriot has often replied to these comments with the following statement:
"Maybe they are right...Maybe I am a crazed zealot; an American Crusader or a Crusader for America. Maybe both. Patriotism is like a religion, after all: You argue over it like a religion, and you kill for it like a religion. It's no secret that I've done both."
