James Kearney - Student

⇝ Clinically Depressed

Broad with a strong build, James was often said to be 'as wide as he is tall'. An unkempt mohawk dyed blonde runs through the entire center of his head, the long 'bangs' of the mohawk touching his eyebrows. Shaved into the still brown side of his head is various swirls and designs. Stylistically he resembles a Japanese manga thug, wearing things such as Japanese 'souvenir' jackets and the like when in casual clothing. His ears are heavily pierced, along with two rounds studs in his lower lip sometimes known as 'snake bites', though his are wider apart and closer to the edges of his mouth then is traditional.

He is of average to below attractiveness, with short dark eyebrows and sunken aggressive looking eyes. A wide nose and strong lips make of the lower part of his face. Physically he is well muscled, though more in the sense of someone who does calisthenics rather than power lifting. He has unusually small hands, often finding women within three inches of height of him often have larger hands then he does.

James is a loser - or at least he perceives himself in this way. Self depreciating and quiet, James believes himself destined for nothing and thus puts in little to no effort in anything but feeling good in the moment. From a bad suburb of New Jersey James learned early that hard work results in suffering, watching his single mother work herself into eviction after eviction. This created a poor desire for a strong work ethic.

With such a strong inferiority complex it is unlikely you'll see James strive to be the best in anything, but he is known to enjoy playing around.

Known as a bit of a 'slut' James will play with anyone who asks - male or female.  

Perhaps his only passion is the martial arts - specifically combat sports based martial arts. Boxing, Muay Thai, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu - he loves it all and will watch every pro fighting events with a rare enthusiasm.  When someone shows a shared interest it isn't unknown for him to suddenly speak rapidly and with passion about a particular technique or fight.

James was raised in a poor suburb of New Jersey to a single mother - left alone most of the time while his mother worked long hours and two jobs he had a vivid imagination as a child, capable of entertaining himself for hours at a time. This lone behavior was encouraged by his mother, for it kept him quiet after a long day and night at work. When he finally was old enough for school this positive reinforcement of a loner behavior resulted in him having limited ability to make friends or understand other children his own age. To please his mother he had always pretended to understand reading, and when it was discovered he could not he was labelled 'special' and by second grade was ushered into a class for those 'like him'.

Left at an after school program called 'PAL' while his mother worked, James was taught boxing from grade three into grade seven. By the seventh grade James had realized that his mother's hard work had resulted in nothing, as they had move six times into progressively cheaper and worse housing and he decided to quit boxing after school and get a part-time job to assist his mother.

Never actually having any friends, James began to stand out more and more as an anomaly among his peers - and with it the bullying that follows in any seventh grade class. Perhaps in an attempt to garner some fear and peace James shaved his head into a rough mohawk, dyed it blonde and put a strong scowl on. The effect was not as intended, and the wild appearance resulted in attempts at physical bullying.

Attempts that James met with unspeakable violence - four years of boxing meant he was significantly more skilled then suburban bullies; and a life time of passion for the martial arts bloomed into a love for physical violence. By 8th grade he had a reputation for violence - and with it came those who cling to the 'bad boy'. James found minor comfort in holding easy women and being held in return by men.

Escalating violence - rumors of relationships with older men and the sudden influx of drugs into New Jersey suburbs spooked his mother into sending him to a disciplinary school in New York for High School. PHS 552.

James spent four years training under an Olympic boxing trainer, and it shows. Floating footwork, a strong jab and defensive savvy are what James is known for. Small hands result in limited physical knockout power, and as a result he developed a stinging, physically damaging style of slow death for his opponents. A lover of all things martial arts, James also taught himself a rudimentary kicking skillset and limited but serviceable counter grappling for the rare grappler he encountered. 

When all else fails he simply out toughs his opponents, with extreme physical endurance and incredible grit he can take far more punishment then the average fighter - iron chin would be an understatement.