Synopsis
Fire; "Never give up and never back down!"
Description
Liam Dean Sullivan, age twenty,
stands as the tallest in his immediate family at five feet, nine inches
and weighs a healthy eleven stone ( 154 lbs. ). He‘s got a slender but
athletically toned frame that‘s maintained through sports. The
Irishman‘s dark crimson hair stops just at the nape of his neck. When he
isn‘t participating in his athletics, it hangs loose and is parted on
the right. He styles it so that part of it covers one of his red-ochre
eyes.
In terms of his clothing style, Liam is a pretty casual fellow. He‘s
comfortable in a nice, clean pair of jeans, but he also doesn‘t mind
wearing a good pair of slacks. T-shirts and button ups are his preferred
tops. During the colder parts of the year, he chooses to wear flannel
jackets and hoodies. His choice in shoes range from comfortable
sneakers, to snow trudging boots, and he‘ll even sport a nice pair of
loafers every once in a while. He has recently gotten his ears pierced;
one in each ear. Aside from the occasional homemade beaded bracelets and
a pair of sterling silver earrings, he has no other accessories.
Personality
Liam is a spunky, extroverted Leo. Truly a
fire by nature. He is a cheerful optimist who would rather take
advantage of the pros to a situation as opposed to focusing on the cons.
However, don‘t have him mistaken as some happy-go-lucky fool who rushes
into anything and everything without considering the consequences. He is aware that there are downsides to pretty much everything in the world, but he chooses to barely acknowledge them.
He considers his motto to be “Carpe diem!“ ( “Seize the day“ in Latin ).
He fulfills this by putting his best foot forward for each thing he
does. It goes without saying that the Irish youth is very ambitious. In
the same respect, he can be stubborn in his way of doing things. Once he
has his mind set on a particular plan, he will try his hardest to stick
with it, even if it doesn‘t succeed the first time he tries.
As for his flaws, in addition to being stubborn, Liam can also be a bit
prideful. He doesn‘t like to have his ideas challenged and though he
will refuse to show it on the surface, he will still be upset by it.
Another of his faults is his pushiness to be involved in every plan.
Because of this, he has a tendency to take things over, reworking any
strategies in his own favor and leave little to no room for any kind of
compromise.
Overall, he is a really good guy. Lately he has been learning to open up
more to other suggestions, though he‘s been reverting back to his
hard-headed self. Liam is also courteous and gentlemanly ( especially
toward the ladies ). He‘s not shy about holding a door for a woman or
pulling out a chair for her. However, if he is told to back off, he
will. He knows well how temperamental a woman can get.
Despite how open he appears to be, the Irishman still has some tender
spots about his past. If someone tries to pry into it, he will shut
himself down.
Equipment / Abilities
Element:
His
personality alone was enough for Janus to grant him the element of fire.
His energy can be compared to a wild, roaring blaze, yet he can be just
as warm and comforting as gentle fireplace. With an understanding of
his own personality, wielding this element is not going to be an issue.
Weapons:
Though it seems strange, Liam‘s preferred weapon is actually a baseball bat ( or a suitable blunt substitute ).
Strengths:
In
terms of his strengths, his most noticeable one is his speed. Liam is
also quite agile, though not as much as before his injury. Despite what
happened, his arms are still pretty powerful. He can pitch and swing at a
blur, but he makes sure to be careful. He‘s also pretty good at helping
with strategies and motivational speeches!
Weaknesses:
Liam‘s not so wonderful traits include his one-track mind. If he is set
on achieving something on way, he will try and try again until someone
can drill it into his head to do it differently. Another weakness is his
right shoulder. Though it‘s been five years since his accident, if he
puts too much a strain on it, he could risk a repeat injury.
History
Liam hails from the capital of Ireland,
Dublin. His father was the supervisor at a nearby brewery and his
mother, before his birth, worked as a tavern maid. The latter’s
workplace was where the two had first met. They talked and got to know
one another, fell in love, and ultimately, got married. Not many months
later did they start adding children to the family, starting with a son.
Liam was - and still is - the first born, all-star, pride and joy of his
parents. From the age of three, he was allowed all of the running room
that an energetic kid needed. Though, instead of letting him run around
like a complete idiot, his mother and father bought him a baseball, a
mitt, and a bat. Whenever he had the time, his father would play with
him and teach him to play the sport. It didn‘t come as a shock when the
two saw that he had a knack for it and sought to have him join a local
youth team. It was from there he began to improve his skill, learning
all of the positions and what each one entailed until he was at least
verbally fluent in all of them.
Throughout most of his schooling, he was involved in baseball. Not that
he minded though, he loved the game a lot! His coach and teammates
enjoyed every victory they‘d gained and he even when they lost, he still
gave everyone encouraging words. Sure, there were some people who
weren‘t very fond of the spunky lad, but no one was ever foolish enough
to take any action against him.
Despite the Irishman having a pretty good home life with his parents,
younger brother, and younger sister, he still had a dark part of his
past. In one of the most crucial games of the year, Liam misjudged his
own pitch and fractured the growth plate in his shoulder. This caused
him to get an injury referred to as “Little Leaguer‘s shoulder“, and
with that he wasn‘t able to play baseball for the rest of the season. He
was told to rest for a month then attend physical therapy for another
six before he could return to the field. When he was able to play again,
however, there was a decline in his ability to pitch and hit. Sadly, he
wasn‘t the only one to notice. Because of this, the teen could no
longer be the star pitcher, something that drove him into depression.
After that, he began to skip out on practices, finding it difficult to
watch his teammates practice hard and fret over his past injury as well.
Since he felt that baseball was his life and he could no longer enjoy
it, he wanted to end it all by committing suicide. He didn‘t want anyone
to see the act in progress, so he chose to jump from a high bridge at
dawn. Just as he was about to let himself go, he heard someone call out
to him. It wasn‘t for him specifically, but it was another young athlete
out for a morning jog. It seemed the young man had lost control of his
football ( read: soccer ball ) and it was heading in the redhead‘s
direction. Stopping the ball with his foot, he paused before kicking the
ball back to the other teen.
He commented on how Liam‘s return was pretty good and asked if he played
the sport. Shaking his head, he informed the other male that he hadn‘t.
After talking for a little while with the jogger, he had been convinced
that since his arm wasn‘t as good as it used to be, he could take up
soccer. He thought a while about if he should take up the sport while
still training back up in baseball. A week went by and he decided to
play, though he wasn‘t as involved in it as he was with baseball. The
other teen, Charles Fitzpatrick, had saved his life and kept him from
making the biggest mistake of his life. Recently, he has been returning
to his former self in terms of his baseball skill. He still plays soccer
regularly, but he has increased his frequency of visiting batting
cages. No one, besides himself knows about his suicide attempt.
When Janus showed Liam the events in the time chamber, he was resting in
his room after a day of self-therapy. At first, he wasn‘t sure what to
make of it and was about to dismiss it as just a weird dream. But deep
down, he knew that it wasn‘t. He decided to oblige the vision and embark
on the quest to save time.
Extra
Character Songs:
Niji ; AQUA TIMEZ
Peak ; KAT-TUN
Extra:
Liam is a fan of video games and his preferred genre is RPGs. Because
of his involvement in sports, he has never had the time to actually
finish one, so he has a small collection of unfinished games. He also
enjoys remote controlled vehicles, but has only bought two.
He also fancies the speaking of the old times of his country and has
added it to his own vocabulary. He will refer to girls as “lass/lassie“
and boys as “lad“ - or if he’s angry, “boyo”. Lastly, he is a heavyweight when it comes to drinking, but he tries to keep his system clean since he‘s an athlete.
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