Character Profile — The Whistleblower
Full name of Character: David James Masterson
Reason, meaning or purpose behind the name: Family name
Nickname: The Whistle-blower
Reason for nickname: Exposes corporate scandals
Race: Caucasian — Irish American descent
Occupation: Journalist (investigative reporter)
Social class: Working class
Physical Appearance:
Age: 33
How old they appear: 23
Eye Color: Brown
Glasses or contacts?: Contact lenses
Hair colour length and style: Short curly dark hair
Weight and height: 85kgs + 6ft tall
Type of body (build): Medium
Skin tone and type: Oily
Shape of face: Oval
Distinguishing marks: Dimples, and clef in chin
Predominant feature: None
Is he healthy?: Yes
Why are they healthy?: Runs with girlfriend on the weekend
Do they look healthy?: Looks very healthy when clean shaven
Why?: Eats well + exercise
Favourites:
Char’s favourite colour: Red
Least favourite, why?: Grey, dull and miserable
Music?: Reggaeton
Least favourite music, why?: Opera – does not understand
Food: Spicy Rice with Peking duck
Literature: Autobiographies
Expressions: And the truth shall set them free
Expletives (curse): Fuck
Mode of transport: Car
Hobbies: Hacking, travelling
How do they spend a rainy day?: Finding out latest information from informants
Personality:
Are they a daredevil or cautious?: Cautious
Do they act the same alone as when with someone?: More or less
Habits: Biting nails, leaving the loo seat up
Drinks: Budweiser beer
How much: 2 or 3 bottles a week
Greatest Strength: Intelligence and wit
Greatest Weakness: Naivety
Soft spot: Girlfriend
Is their soft spot obvious, why/why not?: No, doesn’t talk about her much
If not, how do they hide it?: Doesn’t highlight, meets at her apartment
Biggest Vulnerability: Lack of locations to hide out / highly visible
Background:
Hometown: Boston
Type of childhood: Fun and active
First Memory: Playing on an Apple computer
Most important childhood event that still affects him: The false imprisonment of his father for 6 months, due to falsified records and testimony from company boss
Why?: Has a close bond with his father, and was greatly aggrieved when father was not in his life.
Education: Masters in Computing & Journalism
Religion: Buddhist
Finances: Money is tight now, but has a stash of cash in trust fund
Family:
Mother: Rebecca
Relationship with her: Very close
Father: Frank
Relationship with him: His mentor
Siblings, How many, relationship with each: One brother – very close
Children of siblings: none
Other extended family: close to a cousin on father’s side
Close? Why or why not?: Close as use to holiday together
Attitude:
Most at ease when: Visiting parents
Most ill at ease when: When having to engage in illegal activity to source information
Priorities: The case he is currently on
Philosophies: Life is for living
How they feel about themselves: Loves himself but not narcissist
Past failure they would be embarrassed to admit: Failed to hack into MIT university when 16
Why?: Considered himself one of the top young hackers in the country at the time, his contemporaries used MIT as initiation test, had to get help to gain access
If granted one wish what would it be, why?: To have unlimited access to the Pentagon database to expose the untruths propagated by the government.
Traits:
Optimist or pessimist? Why?: Optimist, life is full of opportunity, Humanity is evolving
Introvert or extrovert? Why?: Extrovert, loves to express
Drives and motives: Exposing the truth, Want the dishonest ‘higher ups to be brought low’
Talents: Premier hacking skills, types at 200 words per minute, hypnotist
Extremely skilled at: Hacking computers
Extremely unskilled at: Drawing
Good characteristics: Amiable, cheerful, polite, fun
Character flaws: Brings work home, obsessive
Mannerisms: Always chewing pen tops
Peculiarities: Cultivates his informants at soup kitchens
Biggest regret: Exposing a corporate scam that led to innocent victims losing their homes
Minor regrets: Not spending enough time with his girlfriend because of work, not having married her yet even though they’ve been engaged for 3 years
Biggest accomplishment: Winning a Pulitzer prize for investigative journalism
Minor accomplishments: Representing state of Massachusetts at National chess championships
Darkest secret: Hacking into the phone & email of his fiance for 3 months when he incorrectly thought she was cheating on him
Does anyone know?: No
How did they find out?:N/A
Self-perception:
One word they would use to describe themselves: Hunter
What do they consider their best physical characteristic and why: Face, baby face innocence means people under estimate, so he gets more info from them than they would want to give away.
The worst one? Why?: Face, baby face innocence means young girls (far too young) often approaching him
Are they realistic assessments?: Yes
If not, why not?: N/A
How they think others perceive them: Obsessed
What thing would they most like to change about themselves:
Obsessive nature
Why?: Causes problems in private life
If they were changed would they be the same person, why/why not?: No, would lose that relentless edge he has
Interaction with other people:
How do they relate to others?: Relates well, as long as they are not encroaching on his time when he is in the middle of an investigation
How are they perceived by strangers?: Gregarious
Friends: A couple good of Journalists
Wife/husband/lover: Janine
First impression of the char: Play boy
Why?: Baby face looks
What happens to change this perception?: Hearing him speak
What do people like most about this char?: Integrity
What do they dislike most about them?: Relentlessness
Goals:
Immediate: Finding out who killed his brother
Long term: Starting his own investigative magazine
How do they plan to accomplish them: Using his hacking and reporting skills in collaboration with hackers and journalist contacts.
How will others be affected by this?: Some people may get hurt, but others will definitely get exposed
Problems/Crisis:
How do they react in a crisis?: With zeal, frenzied work output
How do they face problems?: He attacks them face on
Kind of problems they usually run into: Sources retracting statements
How they react to new problems: Adds them to the pile
How they react to change: Enjoys change, as he is constantly dealing with changing environments and situations.
General:
Favourite clothing, why: Jeans and a sweat shirt
Least favourite, why: Suits, uptight and formal
Jewellery: None
Other accessories: Engraved pocket watch made of white-gold given to him by dad for Pulitzer win
Drives: Chrysler Oldsmobile
Where do they live: New York
Where do they want to live: Aruba
Spending habits, why: Jewellery for girlfriend as often away, missing arranged outings
What do they do too much of, why: Obsess – OCD nature
Most prized possession, why: Pulitzer award — recognition
People they secretly admire, why: Julian Assange the master hacker of his generation and now founder of WikiLeaks
Person they are most influenced by, why: Father, who is his Mentor
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Sunday, 15 November 2015
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