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Thomas Dutch

Thomas Dutch (pre-cyber eye), drawn
by Dahdtoudi at Deviantart.com

Relationships:
Sora Futuba Dutch (Wife).
Alex Dutch (Half Brother).
Yusuke Futuba (Martial Arts teacher, Father in law).
Ronaldo Johnson (Former fire arms trainer).

Sex/Gender: Male.
Date of Birth: 06-20-1980.
Nationality: Dutch Born.
Intelligence: Lightly gifted.

Height: 6'2" (1.90 meters)
Weight: 198 pounds (90 Kilo grams)
Eyes: Blue.
Hair: Dark blond.
Hair Style: Long hair, tied into a single Braid. (ends just above his butt.)

Clothing:
Casuals: Black trousers, Black Muscle T, Army boots, Leather Trench coat.
Oriental casuals: Blue Yukata, Sandals.
Army Formals: White pants, light navy blue blouse with a black neck tie, Brown leather shoes, white Jacket with medals and rank pips.
Battle Field outfit: Camo pants, Camo Muscle T, Camo jacket (wears Jacket depending on Temperatures), Army boots, Utility harness.

History: Coming from 2 generations worth of combat experience, Thomas was destined to lead the faction that his family controls under direct command of the Queen of Holland. With that future in mind, Thomas was razed with discipline as a primary focus. After a while, Thomas showed the ability to mimic anything he sees in the slightest of detail, and actually learning from them. This, along side his interest in martial arts, quickly led up to his grandfathers hiring a Master of swordsmanship to train Thomas in the arts of hand to hand combat and swords play. At age 10, Thomas was already getting hard to beat, and before long, his Master had nothing left to teach him. His master, however, did express his desire for Thomas to take his daughter's hand in marriage. At age 11, Thomas lost his Mother during the funeral of one of his grandfathers, losing his left eye in the process. With survivors guilt, Thomas feels that it's his duty to make his mother proud by following in her footsteps. Leading to his early inlistment at age 14.

Gaining the rank of lieutenant at age 15 and being promoted to Rear admiral at age 17, Thomas became known as the youngest high ranker in History.

After half a year, Thomas went to Japan. His future wife to be had successfully designed, crafted and fitted cybernetic replacement eyes. Thomas received an experimental model while remaining at Sora's side, oblivious to the promises made some 8 years ago. At age 18, while staying with Sora as she monitored the progress of everyday use of the eye, Thomas had protected a local holy place from thugs. Sadly, the thugs retaliated while he was out shopping for Sora, which ended in Sora's maid losing her life, and Sora in the hands of the thugs. Thomas's answer after freeing Sora from her captors was an all out war, one which he fought on his own as an one man army. The war with the Gang ended in the Gang fearing Thomas and even bowing down to him.

When he returned to Sora's home, he collapsed on the front portch right after Sora opened the front door. The wounds Thomas had sustained had gotten to him, instantly, Sora used her medical knowledge to safe his life. After a coma of 2 weeks and some 3 heart attacks. Thomas came too, and proposed to Sora right there and then. Before the wedding, Thomas took some flak from his grandfather, but he just swatted that off and got married despite his grandfather's protest.

Personality: Thomas is a complex person, even psychologists can't figure him out, not that he allows them too anyway. No other opinion can be found but to say that Thomas' person is extremely strong, stubborn and a fighter. At one time, he can be a blood thirsty war munger, killing everyone and anyone whom he gets within striking range, and in a slight pause in the fighting, he stops and thinks for a second to change into a caring person.

People who have been fighting with him against a common enemy have noticed that Thomas is smiling when he is fighting. Also they note that Thomas never lowers his alert composure, no matter if he is sleeping or just sitting idle with his wife. Thomas' development was hampered so much, that he didn't even know the simple joys of a mindless game of soccer. That changed with his coming to Japan. Out of boredom, he took to gardening, maintaining the large garden that was around Sora's home.

psychological Profile: Thomas is emotionally unstable. Mostly due to his inexperience with emotions in general, and how to show emotions. Having been raised as solder since day one, he never developed properly. As such, at age 17, Thomas' grasp of love is extremely limited at best, but a better term to use was that he is clueless about the meaning of love in any minor form. Thomas knows hate, pain, sadness, anger, close to no happiness. but totally no fear, which is the extent of his emotional plain.

After he got married, Sora tried to teach Thomas the different emotions that he could not yet experience. Though the task was as hard at describing color to a creature without eyes, she never stopped trying for all that he has done for her, which is about the only method of payment he wants for all his effort.

Habits: Carries a sword everywhere he goes on his back. Often underneath his clothing. Has no real understanding of what is normal, and what is abnormal. Often wonders just why he even exists at all, with the only answer in his mind being to serve and protect.
Hobbies: Fighting, helping Sora, sleeping, gardening, playing soccer, sitting under his favorite blossom tree.

The Circle of Death: One of the major downsides to Thomas' life is that he lives with a fatal instability in his body's DNA and the instability is slowly wining. Though Sora has developed a Serum to keep Thomas alive at least until 2007 or 2008, the fact remains that if Thomas doesn't die in the battlefield, he will die due to the instability.

The Temporal Cure: The Serum Thomas takes hurts like hell when injected if no pain suppressors are administered beforehand. Thomas described the pain like he was taking bath in molten lava and he was willing to bear it for the sake of staying with Sora for as long as he possibly can.

Weapons:
Primary weapon: Swords; Katana, A wakizashi, a Tanto. (Always carries a Wakizashi given to him by his old martial arts master).
Secondary weapon: certain Pistols and Revolvers. Mostly prefers a AMT Automag MK V in .50AE.
Optional weapons: Kunai's and Shuriken.

First appearance: Legend of the Swordsmen; Episode 1; The Beginning, Chapter 1.

Notes: Thomas' appearance is based on my own, but most of his troubles are not, though there are similarities here and there.
Basically, he's all the bad shit that happened in my life times 3, which is a great counter balance to his uber fighting abilities.