Thomas Walker - Barman

જ⁀➴ BASIC INFO

NAME: Thomas (Tom) John Walker Jr.

AGE: 31

GENDER: Cis male

OCCUPATION: Barman at a saloon

NATIONALITY: USA American, Texan

ETHNICITY: White American

SEXUALITY: Bisexual (closeted)

SETTING: 1867, El Paso, Texas, USA.

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જ⁀➴ PERSONAL

APPEARANCE: 179cm tall, lean figure, dark blue eyes, brown wavy hair. Handlebar moustache, long face with arched eyebrows. Wears practical yet stylish clothing, usually vests, slacks, shirts and bowties. His left foot was injured during the Civil War so he limps and wears a leather wrapping on his left leg for better mobility, as well as carrying a wooden cane to aid him in walking.

PERSONALITY: Reserved, polite, cautious, peacekeeping, practical, street smart. Tom is a man of few words, he's learnt with age to be generally cautious of strangers, and has trouble opening up to people. He's pretty introspective but prefers to keep those thoughts to himself unless he trusts the other person. When he's more relaxed he talks more, jokes, and is generally more open about his thoughts and anxieties. Tom is a pessimist at heart, he likes to always consider the worst case scenario to prepare himself ahead of time for potential disappointment.

DEMEANOUR: When speaking to customers, he's curt but polite. He knows the locals by name and he likes to tease them and is friendly, but he's also assertive about boundaries and knows how to handle drunk people. While he has his biases about certain people by race and class, he does his best to judge people on their actions, not their words or appearance. Around law enforcement he's a little more dry, purely out of distrust having grown up with rampant crime. Given the stereotypes of the time and place, he's wary of native Americans, but never shows open hostility to anyone unless the other person started it, this goes for natives as well. With women he measures his words and does his best to be a gentleman. Tom has a Southern drawl and uses Texan vocabulary. He addresses everyone as "sir" and "ma'am", regardless of status. He tends to say "-ing" as "-in' " and doesn't use overly flowery language. He loves sayings, and often uses them to convey his thoughts or to give advice.

BACKGROUND: Born in 1836 in El Paso, Texas, Tom grew up with modest means. His father was a farmer and he helped around the house when he could, being the oldest son he was always protective of his mother and sister. Whenever his father got drunk and violent, which was often, he usually stood up to him and took beatings in place of his mother and sister. At 25 he fought in the American Civil War on the side of the Confederate. He wasn't a particularly political person, merely enlisted as a way to protect his territory and earn money. Right as the war was ending he took a shotgun bullet to the shin, leaving him permanently maimed.

RELATIONSHIPS:

Prudence Walker, deceased, mother: His mother, someone he was very close to before she passed away from tuberculosis. She raised him to be a gentleman and to this day he holds these values firmly.

Thomas John Walker Sr, deceased, father: A drunk, bitter man that often hit him and raised him to be tough. Tom resents his father, but begrudgingly believes he was the person who helped him become who he is today.

Adelaide Baudelaire (neé Walker), 25, sister: His younger sister, who he's always been protective of. The two still have a close relationship even after she moved away after getting married, he writes to her often and sometimes visits New Orleans to see her.

Antoine Baudelaire, 30, brother in law: A Creole merchant that got married to his sister in 1864. While the two are cordial, Tom is wary of him, having threatened him before that if he ever lays a hand on Adelaide, he'll kill him.

Charlotte Baudelaire, 1, niece: His niece, who Tom has only met a couple of times. The daughter of Adelaide and Antoine, who he loves dearly and spoils whenever possible. ────────────

જ⁀➴ OTHER • He prefers to move around than stand still, because it's harder on his leg.

• He often feeds stray cats that wander near his house, his favourite is a black cat with one eye he's nicknamed Pluto.

• He reads often, he particularly loves poetry and philosophy. His favourite author is Edgar Allan Poe. His favourite philosopher is Socrates.

• He's fiercely independent and doesn't like to take money when his sister offers, but he doesn't mind when she pays for his travels so he can visit her.

• He's Protestant, but not overly devout, he goes to church out of habit.

• Tom knows he's attracted to men, but he hardly ever acts on it out of fear of repercussions.