Post by Karl the Unfettered on May 20, 2018 22:29:04 GMT -5
 Detective Brand Full Name • Carmen Iselia Brand Nicknames • Brand Race • Human Birthplace • Kuat City Age • 35 Gender • Female Sexuality • Homosexual Faction • Republic Concept • Rank 3 - Police Detective, failed Jedi, liaison to Republic Intelligence and the Judicial Forces. Languages • Basic, High Galactic, Huttese, Droidspeak Assets • A pension, a luxury condo, a trust fund, some body armor, a top-of-the-line personal speeder, stun knuckles, a custom slugthrowing revolver, special gloves, a top of the line Aratech Echo stealth belt, and extra-strength stun cuffs. She also has full (but not unlimited) access to KCSF assets and resources. Appearance Face Claim • Scarlett Johansson as Black Widow Height & Weight • 5'9", 145lb Overall Looks • Brand has short red hair, scarred knuckles, an open and inviting face that can just as easily turn closed and dour. Her body is fit and trim, toned yet curvy, and she keeps herself in rigorous shape with a strenuous daily workout. Someday she'll settle down for a simple desk job, but that day isn't gonna come for a long, long time yet. She can usually be found in the uniform of her occupation, although depending on the task at hand she could assume any number of costumes and facades as necessary, so it is rarely wise to assume she'll look the same from one day to the next. Personality Profile Brand is dedicated and driven, a serious peacekeeper who believes in the preeminence of law and order. Trained in Less Than Lethal tactics, she nonetheless won't lose sleep if a few scumbags get shot down in the line of duty, despite the mountains of paper work that always come with such incidents; she has spent time alongside Intelligence operatives, and is well aware that not everything is black and white, that sometimes the letter of the law must be bent to preserve its spirit. As such she has no qualms about the occasional "black ops" style assignment, and no problems rationalizing such things for the "greater good" of Kuat and the Republic. Brand's perception of people and events has long been influenced by the rare, innate Force power known as Psychometry. She almost always wears gloves, and has a habit of touching the personal possessions of others without their permission as a way of learning what they had been up to, without the tedium of actually conversing with them. She has learned many awkward and disagreeable things with her power, but its usefulness in intelligence and investigations cannot and will not be denied. Background Father • Tarsus Brand, 65, former police chief Mother • Melinda Brand, 62, former nurse Siblings • Sylvinas Brand-Harkley, 32, sister, trauma surgeon Other Important Connections • --Fenris Harkley, 36, brother-in-law, KDY shipwright --Theo Bunsear, dead at 23, ex-husband --Jade Bunsear-Brand, dead at 2, daughter Overall History • Born on Kuat to a family with a proud history of law enforcement, young Carmen was expected to follow in her parents' footsteps when she grew older. A life plan that was derailed when some Jedi came and said she was strong in the Force and had to be taken away for her own good; that was okay though, Jedi were just another sort of peacekeeper. So she went away to Coruscant when she was four years old, sad to leave her family but excited about what her future would hold. The older Jedi in charge of youngling instruction ran the usual tests, and they determined she possessed the rare ability Psychometry. That meant she would need special guidance through her early years, and possibly a Council member as her eventual Master. She took it in stride though, since from her perspective it was only natural, but once she knew she had this special perception, youthful curiosity wouldn't let her not use it. That came to a stop when she touched an older Jedi's lightsaber and learned things she was too young for, of course. But she kept on watching her friends with it, because she was a naturally meddlesome person and she liked to know about people. Her education as a Jedi went well, and her Padawan years were full of adventure and do-gooding. She was a keen student of martial arts, considering them more worthwhile than lightsabers for a variety of reasons. But when it came time for her Knighthood trials she struggled and could not pass, and wound up washing out; depressed and despondent, she returned to Kuat a failure, and lost herself in drugs and booze for a few years. Somehow, despite not being attracted to men, she wound up married to a guy during this period of time, and they had a daughter together. Carmen had to clean up her act after this, and started going to police academy like her parents had wanted for her, so long ago; her sobriety was sorely tested when her husband and daughter were killed in a speeder crash, for while she had never liked her so-called husband much (he cheated on her a lot, for one thing) she had grown to love her daughter a great deal, no matter that she was a reminder of a drunken and awkward part of her life. But she didn't let it drag her back into that life, and she went after her future with a fresh vengeance. The skills she had learned as a Jedi came in handy in the life of a police officer, and she rose quickly through the ranks, although her career stalled at Detective due to her obsession with minute details; that was fine by her, though, she was happy enough as a detective anyway. To make up for it, her superiors recommended she advance sideways, by cross training with other organizations, such as Republic Intelligence and the Judicial Department; this served to get her off planet at times, and she ran into some of her old pals from her time in the Jedi. Far from resenting them, she made friends again and found herself with useful contacts into events at the Temple. These days she is still doing what she does, solving crimes and breaking heads whenever necessary. |
