Post by Izzy Marlin on Oct 13, 2015 7:53:31 GMT -5
Name:
Israel Marlin
Alias:
14
Grade:
Freshman
Height:
5'4"
Weight:
105 lbs
Eye Color:
Chestnut
Hair Color:
Black
Personality:
Izzy is not the most openly sociable of people, especially when compared to his brother. In fact, the two couldn't be farther apart in attitudes and approaches to life. Where Robert is brash, loud, and generally ignorant as all hell, Izzy is reserved and calm almost around the clock. The majority of the time Izzy can be found with a book on his person, preferring to keep to himself and his own thoughts rather than adopt a more outgoing persona. Izzy is exceedingly philosophical, and though he's level headed for the most part, there are certain issues he can become quickly and easily inflamed about.
Fighting Style:
Inspired from an early age by the masterful practitioners in classic martial arts movies, Izzy has spent a generous portion of his youth studying and training in a wide array of hand to hand combat methods. His particular areas of interest include tai chi (both meditative and aggressive), karate, bajiquan, several styles of kung fu, and bojutsu. Izzy has also dabbled in the use of swords in the past year or so. However, Izzy does not label or constrain himself within a particular discipline or style, true to Bruce Lee's philosophy in Jeet Kune Do.
Strengths:
Izzy has an extremely keen set of eyes and an advanced tactical mind, able to analyze and adapt well to a variety of encounters. He is exceptionally lithe and agile in a fight, having trained for years to promote flexibility and fluidity of movement. One of Izzy's greatest tools in a match is his ability to remain cool and relaxed in the midst of combat, very rarely losing his temper and becoming reckless.
Weaknesses:
Though his light frame is an invaluable advantage when utilizing some of the more free flowing styles on his repertoire, he is undeniably more physically fragile because of this as well. His small build doesn't lend much to him in the realm of brute strength, either, and he usually doesn't excel in tests of force against force. Additionally, Izzy's short stature means that he has a measurable reach disadvantage against tall opponents, which 552 seems to have no shortage of.
History:
Izzy was born fourteen and a half years ago in the back of a cab in the Bronx, mere minutes before his brother Robert. The pair have shared an uneasy and strained bond all throughout their childhood and adolescence, getting into fights both verbal and physical on a nearly daily basis. Even though the majority of these conflicts were sparked by his brother, his parents' blame always seemed to shuffle itself over and hang over Izzy's head, prompting him to become increasingly bitter and withdrawn from his family over time.
Izzy's greatest attempts to distract himself from his growing resentment of his family and the world as a whole was in his study of martial arts, as well as learning how to play music. Picking up bass guitar when he was eight and refining his skills in self defense all the while, he has since become exceptionally well versed in both activities. Izzy has participated in numerous martial arts tournaments, at least placing in all of them and taking first in six.
While his brother was out instigating riots and spreading the seeds of discord through the streets, Izzy took a much more subtle approach to his problems. Having held a relative interest in computer technology from a fairly young age, he practiced for several years in digital subterfuge, with all of his purported 'attacks' being carried out against opponents of the social reform he felt was necessary. Izzy could quite literally dismantle a man's life at the press of a button, and not a soul knew it.
At the advent of this fall, Izzy had been operating as part of an organization of like minded and highly skilled individuals for just over a year. Known to the public at large as Project Meerkat, the group had a network of agents stationed all over the world, with each of them targeting prominent businessmen and politicians with a known history of corruption. The premise was meant to be simple, you as an agent worked privately and independently of the main branch, and would accept or dismiss assignments at your own discretion. As we all know, however, things rarely turn out smoothly in this crooked little world of ours.
Even though Project Meerkat had always enforced a strict no killing policy, just one person can upset the balance of things. One agent in particular, either dangerously zealous or simply unhinged, had attempted to stage the assassination of several U.S. Senators, using Meerkat's resources to do it. Acting as somewhat of a spider at the time, Izzy had noticed the other operative's activity and responded in turn by combating code with code, but it was too late to cut their losses entirely.
The attempted attack was discovered by the NSA the following evening, and was traced (falsely) back to Izzy. The teenager was now faced with a daunting decision: Lead the NSA back to the true perpetrator and allow Meerkat to be discovered, or accept the blame once more and allow the agency to remain operational. The choice he came to was by no means easy, but the one he needed to make for the sake of honor. Branded an international terrorist for the failed assassination attempt as well as his other discovered assignments, Izzy is now bound to serve out his sentence within the walls of Public High School #552 in the hopes that if nothing else, it'll pound the anti-nationalism out of him. Izzy has accepted this fate with relative grace, and only hopes to survive this ordeal to fight for his ideals another day.
Other:The fraternal twin brother of Robert Marlin.
Israel Marlin
Alias:
Izzy, Zee
Age:14
Grade:
Freshman
Height:
5'4"
Weight:
105 lbs
Eye Color:
Chestnut
Hair Color:
Black
| Appearance: Izzy stands at a fairly average height for his age, though this may be difficult to gauge accurately due to his monolithic shrub of hair. His face is usually resting somewhere between a placid and thoughtful expression, and rarely shows frustration or sadness visually. Izzy's voice is generally more reliable to judge moods off of than his face, but even so he generally retains a calm, level tone in all manner of situations. He has a fairly thin frame even for others his age, but he's managed to gain a modest amount of musculature in recent months. Perhaps his most striking feature (aside from his hair) are his eyes, with a vibrant chestnut and wine hue that stands out even more against his honey-brown complexion. Izzy's wardrobe is fairly unorganized and not affiliated with any certain style, but he seems to have a fondness for button ups (rarely buttoned). |  |
Izzy is not the most openly sociable of people, especially when compared to his brother. In fact, the two couldn't be farther apart in attitudes and approaches to life. Where Robert is brash, loud, and generally ignorant as all hell, Izzy is reserved and calm almost around the clock. The majority of the time Izzy can be found with a book on his person, preferring to keep to himself and his own thoughts rather than adopt a more outgoing persona. Izzy is exceedingly philosophical, and though he's level headed for the most part, there are certain issues he can become quickly and easily inflamed about.
Fighting Style:
Inspired from an early age by the masterful practitioners in classic martial arts movies, Izzy has spent a generous portion of his youth studying and training in a wide array of hand to hand combat methods. His particular areas of interest include tai chi (both meditative and aggressive), karate, bajiquan, several styles of kung fu, and bojutsu. Izzy has also dabbled in the use of swords in the past year or so. However, Izzy does not label or constrain himself within a particular discipline or style, true to Bruce Lee's philosophy in Jeet Kune Do.
Strengths:
Izzy has an extremely keen set of eyes and an advanced tactical mind, able to analyze and adapt well to a variety of encounters. He is exceptionally lithe and agile in a fight, having trained for years to promote flexibility and fluidity of movement. One of Izzy's greatest tools in a match is his ability to remain cool and relaxed in the midst of combat, very rarely losing his temper and becoming reckless.
Weaknesses:
Though his light frame is an invaluable advantage when utilizing some of the more free flowing styles on his repertoire, he is undeniably more physically fragile because of this as well. His small build doesn't lend much to him in the realm of brute strength, either, and he usually doesn't excel in tests of force against force. Additionally, Izzy's short stature means that he has a measurable reach disadvantage against tall opponents, which 552 seems to have no shortage of.
History:
Izzy was born fourteen and a half years ago in the back of a cab in the Bronx, mere minutes before his brother Robert. The pair have shared an uneasy and strained bond all throughout their childhood and adolescence, getting into fights both verbal and physical on a nearly daily basis. Even though the majority of these conflicts were sparked by his brother, his parents' blame always seemed to shuffle itself over and hang over Izzy's head, prompting him to become increasingly bitter and withdrawn from his family over time.
Izzy's greatest attempts to distract himself from his growing resentment of his family and the world as a whole was in his study of martial arts, as well as learning how to play music. Picking up bass guitar when he was eight and refining his skills in self defense all the while, he has since become exceptionally well versed in both activities. Izzy has participated in numerous martial arts tournaments, at least placing in all of them and taking first in six.
While his brother was out instigating riots and spreading the seeds of discord through the streets, Izzy took a much more subtle approach to his problems. Having held a relative interest in computer technology from a fairly young age, he practiced for several years in digital subterfuge, with all of his purported 'attacks' being carried out against opponents of the social reform he felt was necessary. Izzy could quite literally dismantle a man's life at the press of a button, and not a soul knew it.
At the advent of this fall, Izzy had been operating as part of an organization of like minded and highly skilled individuals for just over a year. Known to the public at large as Project Meerkat, the group had a network of agents stationed all over the world, with each of them targeting prominent businessmen and politicians with a known history of corruption. The premise was meant to be simple, you as an agent worked privately and independently of the main branch, and would accept or dismiss assignments at your own discretion. As we all know, however, things rarely turn out smoothly in this crooked little world of ours.
Even though Project Meerkat had always enforced a strict no killing policy, just one person can upset the balance of things. One agent in particular, either dangerously zealous or simply unhinged, had attempted to stage the assassination of several U.S. Senators, using Meerkat's resources to do it. Acting as somewhat of a spider at the time, Izzy had noticed the other operative's activity and responded in turn by combating code with code, but it was too late to cut their losses entirely.
The attempted attack was discovered by the NSA the following evening, and was traced (falsely) back to Izzy. The teenager was now faced with a daunting decision: Lead the NSA back to the true perpetrator and allow Meerkat to be discovered, or accept the blame once more and allow the agency to remain operational. The choice he came to was by no means easy, but the one he needed to make for the sake of honor. Branded an international terrorist for the failed assassination attempt as well as his other discovered assignments, Izzy is now bound to serve out his sentence within the walls of Public High School #552 in the hopes that if nothing else, it'll pound the anti-nationalism out of him. Izzy has accepted this fate with relative grace, and only hopes to survive this ordeal to fight for his ideals another day.
Other:The fraternal twin brother of Robert Marlin.
