Franklin Kim
Detective Franklin Kim
Franklin Kim doesn’t look the kind of guy to have seen
it all – compared to all the real vets on the force he’s a fresh-faced
kid, yet to be turned cynical by all the crap he’s going to see on the streets.
But he has seen it. He was on the taskforce set up to catch the
Blacktop Killer, a serial murderer who left his disemboweled victims on
the highway out of town like road kill. He never found the killer, but
he did sit in on the autopsies where the bite marks and claw wounds
were measured, and he knew then there were worse things out there than crazy guys.
There were monsters, too. Kim is now investigating
the Calculator’s string of murders, and he has just cracked the pattern
of house numbers and grid references that points him towards the
Calculator’s next victim.
Franklin Kim is well aware of a danger inherent to his line of work; becoming just as bad as the monsters he hunts. This is a fate he is willing to accept.
The Blacktop Killer’s rampage convinced him that men like
him have to sacrifice everything, perhaps even their own humanity, to stop
monsters from preying on nthe rest of us. Perhaps in killing the Calculator,
he will become no better than the Calculator himself. So be it – there will
always be a fellow cop or vigilante to take Kim down in turn, and until
then he hopes he can take a hell of a lot of bad guys with him.
Physical Description
Special abilities
Pattern Expert (Story Advancement): If there’s a
pattern, the character can see it. Provided he has enough
data (dates and locations of murders, names of victims,
etc.), he’ll figure out what ties a series of events together.
Note, of course, that just because all of the victims had
16 letters in their names doesn’t mean that the killer
was choosing them based on that fact, but recognizing
absurd patterns at least allows the character to weed them
out.
Mental characteristics
Failures & Embarrassments
Failed to catch the Blacktop Killer.
Intellectual Characteristics
Sharp, relentless, driven. Kim will often stay up all night getting leads that he deftly pieces together to form a profile.
Morality & Philosophy
Nobody sees the monsters around us, they're too busy protecting what little they've got. I've got nothing to lose, and I see all of them.
Personality Characteristics
Motivation
Kill The Calculator
Hygiene
Presentable and professional, but not fit for a date night.
Social
Family Ties
No siblings or significant other. Parents are old and live out-of-town.
Religious Views
Franklin hopes that whatever god there is will forgive him for what he is about to do.
Social Aptitude
Well-spoken and polite when he's professional. Hard to get to know, let's nobody in.
Mannerisms
Thinking out loud in a mumble, squinting.
Current Location
Species
Ethnicity
Other Ethnicities/Cultures
Age
33
Birthplace
Children
Gender
Male
Eyes
Brown, sharp
Hair
Black, greasy, ruffled.
Height
170cm
Weight
89kg
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