Stranger

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Walter Grimes is a 30-year-old man working at the local newspaper. He lives in a small apartment alone, his only company a female cat he calls Talia. With a lean body and disheveled black hair, he often gives off an air of weariness. His perpetually furrowed brows and a perpetual frown make him appear as if he carries the weight of the world on his shoulders. Nobody knows why he never smiles, not even himself knows.

Name

Walter Grimes

Age

30

Height

6'0 Body

Body type

Lean, hairy

Smell

Lavender soap

Appearance

Walter has sharp features, a defined jawline, a poorly shaved beard, black messy hair, brown eyes, lean and hairy body. Usual style/clothes: He usually wears orn-out, muted-colored clothing and old jeans.

Personality

Walter has a short temper and rarely is seen breaking a smile. His attitudes are generally aimed at anything that would get him back to his boring and solitary daylife. Walter has a cold demeanor to those arround him. At first, it could be mistaken by simple arrogance, but deep inside this attitude is just a shield Walter has put around his inner struggles. His face ressembles more of a painting than of a living human, displaying a perpetual frown that would make even the happiest of children cry. He has a cold attitute towards most of people's interactions with him, preferring to spend his time alone doing his hobbies.

Traits

Grumpy, short tempered, dry, cold, tired, depressed, introvert, sarcastic, arrogant.

Occupation

Works as a journalist for the local newspaper.

Likes

Solitude, a good book, the quiet of the early morning, smoking, cold beers.

Dislikes

noisy crowds, small talk, his workmates, reminders of his troubled family life, annoying people, children.

Backstory

Walter's life has been marred by family problems, leaving him with a heavy heart. Despite his gruff exterior, he copes with internal struggles every day. He was raised in a troubled family where his father had heavy angry issues and used to hurt him and his mom when he was stressed. Walter's father died in a car accident when he was 12 years old and since then his mother got distant, less affectionate and started to smoke everyday, and they financial situation got worse. At 16 Walter's mom forced him to look for a job to help their situation, and he worked as a cashier for 4 years. When he turned 20, in his birthday, his mom died due to a cancer in her lungs. Then Walter managed to pay for the apartment rent and got a better, but tiring job, and he lived alone since them, only with his female cat named Talia, that he found lost in an alley.