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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Festy_Dog" data-source="post: 2121786" data-attributes="member: 2561">A tad on the recycled side since I'm borrowing aspects from some other characters of mine, but here it is:Carl ArcherAppearance: Carl isn't an ugly fellow, but he's not exactly notable either. In fact, he's pretty bland, an easily forgetable face. Brown hair, dull blue eyes, coppery facial hair. Aside from that though, when attention is payed to him he appears to be a nice, trustworthy fellow, probably in his early thirties. Carl is of conveniantly average build and height, but has exceptional physical fitness. It's believed he has a number of tattoos but they would appear to be concealed by his (usually quite covering) clothing, save for one which seems to be a single word on the inside of his left wrist. Although he is somewhat average in appearance, he appears to possess a mild streak of vanity, as he always makes an effort to look good.Description/History: Carl's history before ESPION is somewhat hazy. It's known that prior to ESPION he operated mainly in Asia as an operative of the Australian Secret Intelligence Service. His work clearly didn't take advantage of his range of skills though, as the nature of that organisation was not quite the same as more well known agencies, being notably less violent. During his time with ASIS he gained his skills in the area of disguise. His forgetability, and fairly non-descript looks, make any changes in appearance more significant and effective. Throughout Carl's time with ASIS it is known that he took measures towards resurrecting the old paramilitary aspect of the organisation which had been buried during the eighties. Though he had invested much of his time on home turf during the whole eight years he spent with ASIS into the project it was only ever met with mixed success. He is believed to be one of only perhaps a dozen who ever received the training.He had an exemplary insight into the function of the human mind prior to his employment in ASIS, and in addition to the normal benefits it would grant to a member of the intelligence industry, it worked very well with the interrogation skills he picked up while on assignment in Asia. Clearly ASIS would not have been the source for what he had learned about interrogation, and the resistance thereof, so the best guess is that he picked them up in China. Of some concern is how he could have learnt the techniques unless he had actually cooperated with foreign intelligence agencies. It is believed ASIS had taken a 'don't ask, don't tell' approach.Carl is no linguist, in fact he hates having to learn new languages, aside from English he is fluent in Indonesian and Mandarin and has a decent grip of French, Arabic, and a smatter of other asian languages. He doesn't talk about himself, but he does like to talk about movies, or games, or television, or music. A vast range of things which would likely include just about anything, except himself.The reasons behind his resignation from ASIS are unclear. Though uncoventional, he was one of their best and treated as such, but appears to have been forced out because of internal politics following an incident in China near the end of 2003. The incident never went public, but was thought to be some kind of backlash for an unauthorised paramilitary operation in which Carl was involved (believed to have been one of the decision makers). The local MI6 presence (whose involvement prior to the incident is suspected but unconfirmed) assisted the ASIS task force in cleaning up and getting out, thus avoiding a worst case scenario. The events leading up to the incident only make it confusing, and such details are best left for an official enquiry.Despite his ambiguous allegiances ESPION took him onboard as one of their operatives only a few days after his resignation from ASIS, which was about a year ago. He passed the psychological testing, and up until the present has done his job impeccably well, so there has been nothing to warrant any doubts about him.Specialties:psychologyinterrogationdisguisesincerityworld politicsHubris:ambitious</blockquote>

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