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Aklaq "Kayla" White Bear Durvin
Age (Appearance): 213 / 25-ish
General Physical Description: 5'5", 115lbs, dark skin, dark hair, very strong
Birth: Somewhere around 1800
Background/Ethnicity: Full-blooded Alaska Native
Position in Time: Lieutenant Timekeeper (Runner)
Bio: Aklaq was a child when the Russians first set foot in her village in Alaska. She learned Russian and Old Slavic through the Russian Orthodox Church. Aklaq was friendly with the priest who stayed and he told her to follow the white bear. When the Russian fur traders started making more demands of the Inuit peoples and oppressing them, the Natives fought back. Aklaq was one of only a handful of survivors after the Russians burned down their village in the middle of winter.
The survivors made their way farther inland and were taken in by another village in what is now Canada. Aklaq often expressed her frustration of the situation through fighting. When more missionaries came to the village, the Inuit were immediately hostile and took the missionaries prisoner where they were later executed.
Aklaq learned that one of the missionaries had come from a village called White Bear. Still confused and frustrated, she followed the advice of the old Russian priest and followed. On the way, she was attacked and injured. She was able to make it to the village where she was taken in by a woman who turned out to be a Timekeeper.
Now a Timekeeper herself, Aklaq found herself isolated even more. She left on her Journeyman travels with no intentions of returning. It was on this trek that she was introduced to the Akari and became an Akari-bearer. She continued training in Time in order to avoid suspicion until she became a Lieutenant, when she dropped off completely and dived fully into the Akari.
Appearances: The Chivalrous Welshman: 4, 5
Becky Polski
Age: 17
General Physical Description: 3'9" 80lbs.
Birth: July 3, 1996
Background/Ethnicity: White, Polish/Hungarian
Position in Time: Not a Time Agent
Bio: Becky is not a Time Agent. She is one of Tommen's classmates. She may be small, but she is a force to be reckoned with.
Appearances: The Chivalrous Welshman: 3, 4, 5
Cassius Hand
Age (Actual/Appearance): Believed to be somewhere around 300, appears mid-thirties
General Physical Description: 5' 10", 180lbs, strong, very intimidating
Birth: Somewhere in Africa
Background/Ethnicity: African
Position in Time: Triage Harvester / False Zero Hour
Bio: Cassius was born in Africa as Kokumbo. As a child, he was captured by a neighboring tribe and sold into European slavery and taken to America. He first worked on a plantation before being sold to a priest where he learned English and received a Christian education. When he argued with the priest, he was sold back to a plantation.
Frustrated and confused by slavery and his mistreatment, Cassius led an uprising against the plantation household, killing everyone. The other slaves came to fear his strength and insatiable need for power and so left him to make their own way.
While on his own, Cassius was exposed to Time and became a Harvester. He also learned of the Akari in this time and joined up with Richard and Julianna, believing they could help him with his ambitions. Later he became Richard's gaoler and pursued Julianna across the Atlantic Ocean in search of her husband's journal. He chased her to the salt cave and lost her there. When he emerged from the cave in the 1940's, he met Rifun Ndolo. It is unclear what their role was in the Dispersal of 1963, but the two of them disappeared back into the salt cave and came out again in 2013, still in pursuit of Richard's journal and Julianna's Apprentice who may have knowledge of its location.
Appearances: The Chivalrous Welshman: 1, 2, 3, 4 | Of Saints and Sinners
Lily Guile
Age (Appearance): 87 / 30's-ish
General Physical Description: 5'5", 125lbs, dark hair, rather plain but fancies herself a model, usually wears expensive clothing and jewelry when off the job
Birth: April 9, 1926
Background/Ethnicity: White, primarily Dutch
Position in Time: Master Harvester
Bio: Lily was not always a self-absorbed smart ass. Born during the Great Depression, she was once very humble and a bit naive. She was married just before World War II broke out but never had any children as her husband was killed in battle. Distraught, she volunteered to be a field nurse. It was here that she got caught in the crossfire and injured, left for dead.
Another Harvester, Julianna, found her and Harvested her prematurely, thus bringing her into Time. Lily lived in denial for a long time, but eventually returned to train under Julianna. Her dealings in the Dispersal of '63 are unknown as she claims to have been "only an Apprentice."
Julianna disappeared toward the end of the Dispersal, shortly after Lily became a Master Harvester. Left to her own devices and having been trained by a corrupt bureaucrat, Lily sought to build her own empire. She quickly picked up on politics and all aspects of money laundering, bribing, rigging, and so forth.
It was through these endeavors that, while buying seats for the 2014 elections, Lily discovered a discrepancy in the number of Hands. She figured out that there was a False Zero Hour and effectively painted a target on her back. Her whereabouts after the coup are unknown.
Appearances: The Chivalrous Welshman: 1, 2, 3, 4 | Of Saints and Sinners
Mark Walker
Age (Appearance): 28
General Physical Description: 5'9", 160lbs, brown hair that might appear red
Birth: 1755
Background/Ethnicity: White
Position in Time: Master Timekeeper
Bio: Mark was born in colonial America and fought in the American Revolution. He was mortally wounded and would have died, but the nurse who tended to him was also a Timekeeper and managed to save his life. They had a brief fling before she died of yellow fever.
Mark swore off war and soldiering after that, but he decided to keep up an attitude of helping people. He bounced back and forth between the medical field and law enforcement.
In 1923, Mark was working in Charleston, West Virginia, in the jail. One day in October, he came across a man who had been locked up for drunkenness during Prohibition. The man had been ranting and raving about the year being 1855. That man was Owain Fforidd.
When the Great Depression hit, Mark and Owain went to California as a couple venture capitalists. When World War II hit, they parted ways. Mark retired to the country life in North Dakota. In 1962, Mark got drafted to Vietnam. He went to fight and was killed in 1967.
Appearances: Of Saints and Sinners
Micah and Micaiah Durvin
Age (Actual/Appearance): 90 / 25-30
General Physical Description: 6', 180lbs, or thereabouts. Micaiah prefers to work out while Micah remains lanky and awkward.
Birth: 1923, Ireland
Background/Ethnicity: Tried and true Irishmen
Position in Time: Lieutenant Timekeepers
Bio: The twins were born Miach and MacEoghan Meagher. They were orphaned at five years old and left to fend for themselves. At eight years old, they were court-ordered to attend St. Joseph's Industrial School for Boys in Letterfrack. Because of bullying and abuse by the Brothers in charge, the boys escaped just two years later.
The boys were adopted by a fisherman and his family in Clonakilty where they took the name Mac Carthaigh. During World War II, while Ireland remained neutral, the boys' adopted parents were killed in a haphazard bombing. The twins were the youngest children and the only ones still at home. After the bombing, they left Ireland and made for Canada.
While dealing with immigration, their names were changed to something more "pronounceable" and they became Micah and Micaiah. Due to a miscommunication, their last name was changed to Dearbhfhine which was changed to Durvin.
Micaiah always had an odd affinity. While in Canada, they were more properly introduced to Time and began training. Their travels eventually took them to Vancouver where they stayed during the Dispersal. There they met up with Lily Guile. Micah and Lily started a relationship which followed them into the United States. After the Dispersal, they parted ways.
The twins remained on the West Coat until 2004 when Lily wrote to Micah and told him that District Four needed a couple of Lieutenants. The twins moved to Charleston and became Lieutenant Timekeepers under Walter Forbes.
Appearances: The Chivalrous Welshman: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 | Of Saints and Sinners
Rifun Ndolo
Age (Actual/Appearance): 117 / 28-32
General Physical Description: 6'1", 190lbs, or thereabouts. Athletic but often underestimated for his slight appearance. Could often pass during the 1950's and 60's, but still has noticeably darker skin when compared to a Caucasian. He keeps waist-length brown hair tied back and usually can't be bothered with more than a hoodie and jeans. Missing the index and middle fingers on his right hand.
Birth: March 13, 1897, Mahitsy, Madagascar
Background/Ethnicity: While his biological father was a French soldier, Rifun more closely identifies with his Malagasy mother. He also prefers to identify with his family's Malasay* roots, rather than be absorbed into the greater Vezo or Misakoto ethnic groups.
Position in Time: Warden Timekeeper (Runner)
Bio: Rifun was born as the result of rape during the Menalamba Revolution in Madagascar. His legal name is Rifun Ndolo, though his mother named him Rivotra and gave him the family name Andilan. He was raised primarily by his mother, as his stepfather remained largely indifferent towards him, preferring to focus his efforts on his own children. In 1915, Rifun joined Vy Vato Sakelika, a Malagasy nationalist group, and was subsequently arrested and sentenced to hard labor. While working, he was exposed to Time and so began working to improve his Time abilities.
When he finally returned home, Rifun found the entire island had been brought under French rule. Because of his disgrace, his stepfather ordered him to leave. Rifun decided to make his way to France and Europe at large, where he spent the better part of his time in architecture and theater.
It is largely unknown what his exact dealings in Time were during this period as he accelerated through the ranks, eventually becoming a Warden Timekeeper before being discovered as a Cult member and having dealings with Calis Cutthroat. He faked his death and disappeared for several decades before resurfacing in West Virginia in 2013.
* - Creative license has been taken with this particular ethnic group in that it does not exist (that I know of). No offense is intended and is simply being used as a freer writing/history tool.
Appearances: The Chivalrous Welshman: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Saul
Age (Actual/Appearance): Unknown / mid-30's
General Physical Description: 5'10" 180lbs, dark skin, dark hair
Birth: Unknown
Background/Ethnicity: Full-blooded Native American
Position in Time: Runner / Core Akari-bearer
Bio: Saul was part of the second generation of Native Americans to be born on Hlohi. As part of Wolf Clan, it was his job to keep an eye on things on Earth. Historically, this was to keep watch and see if there wouldn't be a time when they could return. Over time, it just became part of the job description.
Saul was always angry, always getting in fights, always had an opinion, and was rarely in any kind of good standing with the tribe. After his father died, he left Hlohi to return to the United States and join the Marine Corps. While deployed, he was injured in an IED explosion that permanently messed up his back. He returned to Hlohi where his sister Natalie cared for him in his recovery.
Once he was as recovered as he was going to be, Saul retreated to a small hermit cabin about half a day's walk from the village at large where he lived a solitary life. He made frequent trips back to Earth where he worked as a summer camp counselor. It is unclear whether he actually enjoyed the work, but it gave him something to do.
Appearances: The Chivalrous Welshman: 5
Sifura
Age (Actual/Appearance): Unknown
General Physical Description: 6', 180lbs, or thereabouts.
Birth: On a planet far, far away...
Background/Ethnicity: Xur
Position in Time: Triage Harvester / Hand of Scientifically Primitive and Unengaged Civilizations
Bio: Sifura is a rare tri-color Xur of the Xresa faction. As such, she was automatically being groomed for leadership through knowledge of healing, hunting, battle, politics, and other assorted leadership roles. When she was a young adult out to prove her worth as an adult of the tribe and future leader, she came across a Scout who had fallen into the claws of a xur. He anointed her with a Time Capsule and brought her into Time.
As Sifura trained in Time and became more and more proficient, her aging slowed. To her people, she seemed to be divinely gifted for leadership and was named leader. While she continued training as a Harvester, she always harbored a bit of regret that she continued to do so, even as she became Hand. Often she justified her training by saying that she would be the bit of bright light in an otherwise dark place. This was proven true when she helped Tommen to gather the hasax flower and bring a cure home to Walter.
Appearances: The Chivalrous Welshman: 2, 3, 4
Tommen Forbes
Age (Actual/Appearance): 166 / 16
General Physical Description: 6', 170lbs, or thereabouts. Skinny, pale as death, thick flop of brown hair.
Birth: 1847, Appalachian Mountains, West Virginia
Background/Ethnicity: Born to Welsh immigrants, Tommen is a child of the mountains
Position in Time: Apprentice Timekeeper
Bio: Tommen was born in the wilds of Appalachia, not far from present-day Charleston, to Teo and Maisy Forbes. An avid explorer, he went out to explore an almost-sealed-off cave that was really a Time trap. It transported him 150 years into the future.
Eventually, he was adopted by Walter, who was also a Timekeeper. While his training wasn't supposed to start until he was thirteen, problems at school made early training a necessity. Most often, though, he just wishes he could be a normal teenager without a secret second life dragging at his heels and getting people killed...
Appearances: The Chivalrous Welshman: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 | Of Saints and Sinners
Walter Forbes
Age (Actual/Appearance): 197 / 45-55
General Physical Description: 6'2", 220lbs, or thereabouts. Often mistaken as a large, lumbering oaf, he is surprisingly agile with unusual, almost superhuman strength.
Birth: June 3, 1816, Llanberis, Wales
Background/Ethnicity: Tried and true Welshman
Position in Time: Captain Timekeeper
Bio: Walter was born Owain Fforid to Owain and Gwyneth Fforid, their firstborn child. From the very beginning he was a fighter, among other things, and he learned the workings of the justice system early on. His pa kicked him out of the house before he was thirteen, though he occasionally wandered back during brief periods of sobriety, most often after being released from jail.
When he was twenty-six, Owain, during one of his sober periods, met a British girl named Paige Balk. While her father resented him, he won her over and they were married in 1844. They moved back to London where life changed completely. Owain Fforid changed his name to Walter Forbes and became a sort of banking apprentice to his father-in-law.
But Walter's life of crime and drinking hadn't left him. The stress of his new life, new marriage, and, eventually, new baby, caused him to return to his old habits. When Paige's father found out, he had Walter stripped of everything he owned and cut all ties. By the time Walter had gotten out of jail, Paige had already remarried. Her new husband was little better, however, and succeeded in killing her and their daughter.
Walter murdered that man, as well as his former father-in-law and several associates. He was sentenced to hang in Beaumaris Gaol, but the Church intervened for a time. He escaped in 1847 and made his way to the United States in 1848. There he found his brother Teo as well as the Time trap cave.
He emerged in the year 1923 and was picked up by a Timekeeper named Mark who helped him adapt to modern life and continue his training, moving around the country as needed. In 2004, Walter returned to West Virginia, became Captain of District Four, and waited for Tommen, his nephew, to reappear, which he eventually did in 2005.
Appearances: The Chivalrous Welshman: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 | Of Saints and Sinners