Brutus

* Where do you come from? What’s your origin story? Hey there, my names Brutus, but most people just call me Brute. I used to live at the Philadelphia zoo, with my mate Juno, until one day we were both loaded up and shipped off to T Tech. They separated us right from the start. They were experimenting of me in the lab, trying to make me some kind of super soldier. During the chaos from the bankruptcy I was able to break free, but I was forced to escape and hide in the sewers before I could find Juno, and I never found out what they did to her. It didnt take long to find my way to a home with the tusk squad once I was free, but it was never quite right. I see strength as an absolute necessity, but the aggression and violence was too much for me. Power should be a means for protection and security, not to needlessly hurt others. I stayed with the tusk squad for a few years. They took care of me, and some of them were true family that I really cared about. But I could only listen and be a good grunt doing what I was told for so long before I started talking back. I probably should've and would've been promoted to a lieutenant already, but i still think Boss Must just didn't want me spreading my ideals on my own squad, and gaining too much power. In the end it was my outright refusal to join my lieutenant on a mission that got me officially kicked out and left behind.   * What are your personal goals? During my time with the Tusk Squad I learned about the T-tech vaults, and I have set my mind to finding as many as I can. Inside I could possibly hope to find any information on what happened to Juno or a clue on where she could be. If not anything else will help me get the strength, money, and power I need. What do I need it for? To fix the Tusk Squad. Like I said, I met some good people in there, but Boss Must is rotting it from the top down. Someone needs to go in and set an example of what true strength is for the rest of the squad to follow, to create a good safe community for people like us to thrive.   * What are your personal beliefs? Do you have any? It is better to be a warrior in a garden than a gardener in a war. I may not like violence as a first resort, but strength is the ultimate foundation for security. I believe in helping others, and protecting my own.   * What is your job/role in society? In the party? Was it different before your “origin”? Front line tank. I was designed for war, so I lead best from the front taking as many hits as I'm giving. Outside of combat my lack of any formal education hinders me from a lot, but I am at my core a protector and provider.   * Who is your closest friend or family member? I still hold onto hope of finding June again someday, but in reality I met a mutant Warthog that was like my little brother in the tusk squad, he was one of the few who seemed truly sad to see me go.   * Do you have enemies? Who are they? Well I don't know if they consider me an enemy, but the Tusk Squad definitely doesn't like me anymore. To be fair there's probably a few heads I knocked in for them that wouldn't be too happy if they saw me again too.   * Are you wanted or notorious? Not yet   * Do you have a rival? If so, who are they? My lieutenant on the Tusk Squad, a mutant walrus. We butted heads often. And he ended up getting the promotion instead of me. He lives for carnage, and didn't like me trying to hold him back.   * What do you do for fun and entertainment? Do you have hobbies? Someday I'd like to have my own garden, maybe my own farm. But this isn't the time or place for any of that. I got pretty decent at gambling to pass the time with the Tusk squad though. I also enjoy a good picture book I can understand.   * What’s one lie your character believes about themselves? What’s one lie they believe about the world? He believes he can control the inner berserker that comes out when he's scared and hurt.   * Does your character have a love life or romantic interests? Someone told him you can find info in the vaults on mutants and he's holding onto that for dear life. Without Juno he's not sure he'll find anyone else.   * Do you have a secret (dark or otherwise)? I guess wanting to bring down Boss Must is a secret, but my character knows his lack of education and intelligence doesn't make him a great leader or replacement and that terrifies him.