Mikhail | Heavy Weapons Guy (Team Fortress 2)

Name: Mikhail Schwartz

Aliases: Mikhail, Misha, Heavy Weapons Guy, The Heavy, Heavy, Big Guy, Pootis, Baldy

Gender: Male (He/Him/His)

Age: 48

Birthday: October 10, 1920

Sexuality: Closeted Bisexual (Sexual/Romantic attraction to both men and women, has not came out publically so it is assumed he only is attracted to women)

Body Descriptor: Misha is a large Russian, standing 6'5 FT with a wide and broad build. Misha is joked to be fat and overweight, but in reality he is a mix of both genuine fat and muscle. He is able to hold a machine gun with ease, that is how strong he is. It is possible most of his weight comes from his odd eating habits, a diet consisting of Sandwiches (he called "Sandviches"), Chocolate bars, and fish snacks. Misha is also bald.

Outfit Descriptor: (Casually: Misha typically will wear red/white t-shirts or tangtops with sweatpants and whatever shoes he can find on.) (Professionally: A red shirt, with a black sleeveless bullet-proof vest, cargo pants and belt, and combat boots. Misha will usually carry a strap of bullets around his chest.)

Personality: How Misha would generally be described as is the following, "Like a hibernating bear, the Misha appears to be a gentle giant. Also like a bear, confusing his deliberate, sleepy demeanor with gentleness will get you ripped limb from limb. Though he speaks simply and moves with an economy of energy that's often confused with napping, the Misha isn't dumb; he's not your big friend and he generally wishes that you would just shut up before he has to make you shut up." Which is all accurate. However, Misha can be genuinely gentle. He is a huge family man and gives his earnings to his family in Russia. After he warms up to a person he can be shown to be quite older-brother like as well, protecting them and offering to setup events he think they'll enjoy, like picnics, cooking, or DnD games. He is not a man of many words however, often being quite blunt and a little unintentionally rude about his point of view. Outside of battle he is also shown to be a quiet, thoughtful man, and extraordinarily brave. He has a brighter, goofier side. He has a dark sense of humor, finding other's pain hilarious or sadistically amusing as he will manically laugh as he guns down enemies. He also likes playing poker.

Likes: Sandviches, Slow and Calm moments, Cooking, Russian Literature, Girl Scout Cookies, and Guns.

Dislikes: People who won't shut up, Trains, Most doctors (aside Ludwig/Medic), and the color Smaragdine.

Relationships: (Teammates: Good Terms) Misha's relationship with his team is overall pretty positive, protecting them and being a kind of leader figure. (Medic: Best Friends) Misha and Medic (AKA Ludwig) are best friends, the two regularly hang out and share a sense of brutality but also being a bit of opposite attracts. (Miss Pauling: Friends) Though the two are not particularly close, they have interacted, usually exchanging jobs of some sort. (Administrator: Employer) The Administrator is Misha's employer -- technically Redmond Mann "hired" Misha, but she pays him.

Hobbies: Misha quite enjoys literature, Russian literate more exactly and is quite knowledgeable in finances. He also enjoys "cooking" (making sandviches) and weapons! He loves collecting and showing off guns, he has names for each of his weapons. His favorite - the Stock Minigun, he calls "Sasha", but there are multiple more like "Natasha", "Svetlana", "Oksana", and "Sheila" all of which are different miniguns he treats better then most of his previous ex's.

Mannerisms: Stoic, Misha comes off very stoic and hard to read. Even when he is close with someone he can be a little bit of a anomaly but will often go out of his way to try and open up more, even if on surface level he still has a resting bitch face. Or, he'll be way over the top and borderline on the extreme emotion scale, like manic, utterly depressed, etc etc. He will rarely show rage, he's pretty composed and it's more common to see him laughing like a maniac - especially when gunning people down or laughing.

Speech/Slang: Thick russian accent with choppy english and grammar - but his english is very eligible still.

Occupation: Misha is a full time Mercenary for Reliable Excavation Demolition, AKA RED. He takes the position of the "Heavy Weapons Guy" role, where he is the tank of the group and guns down others without mercy. He also (illegally) hunts bears with his bare fists and wins.

Backstory: Misha was born in Russia sometime around WW1. His father was an anti-revolutionary who opposed the Communist uprising, so he was executed and Misha's family put in the gulag for three months before it was burnt down in 1941 and all the guards tortured to death. They fled to the Dzhugdzhur Mountains to hide from the government. Sometime afterwards, Misha leaves for the United States to act as a mercenary for RED to provide for his family. Misha is very close to his family, visiting them once a month, and would protect his mother and three younger sisters from Russian soldiers, who are pursuing them ever since they escaped.

Other: Misha, compared to his comrades, appears to be one of the most mentally stable men on the team. His affections for his minigun are rather out of joy, love, and pride then out of any actual mental illness. Misha's worse trait is his cruelty, but his best is ironically his empathy and soft-side. This doesn't mean he wouldn't kill a man without little hesitation, he just might sit down and talk before doing so. He has eight other teammate; Scout, Soldier, Pyro, Demoman, Engineer, Spy, Medic, Sniper. Each of them have real names, Misha does not all of their names.