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nominalCharacter Name: Nicholas D. Wolfwood
Canon: Trigun Maximum
Canon Point: Pre-canon, shortly after being taken in by the Eye of Michael
Age: 10 ( ish )
Birthday: He has no canon birthday — not that I think he would care much either way — so I've given him a headcanon one of November 9th. Why not.
History: Manga entry on the Trigun wiki as well as Wikipedia which, admittedly, has very little information on Maximum itself but since he's pre-canon it's a bit of a moot point, I believe? He grew up in an orphanage before being recruited by the Eye of Michael. He helped take care of the other kids. He carved a wooden bird for one of them before she was adopted. That's pretty much it.
Personality: He might be a kid, and a small one at that, but there can be a lot of personality tucked away inside a small package.
Outwardly, it can be very easy to dismiss him as another surly, reserved child that really doesn't want much of anything to do with you. He's more or less content to keep to himself unless there's something needed of him — like, say, a younger kid at the orphanage is having a rough go of it, or one of the literal babies won't stop crying — and that typically means he can come off as standoffish, maybe a little bit avoidant, and there are quite a few layers you're going to have to go through to get to the meat of who he really is. Can't learn much about someone when they're quiet more often than they aren't, right? Right.
( He has no problem being mouthy, though, make no mistake about that. He can be Very Opinionated ( ™ ) and Outspoken when there is something he feels rather strongly about, but what can a ten-year-old have such strong opinions about — we just don't know. Rocks, maybe. What kind of dirt makes the best mud pies. Why does this one only stop crying when I hold her. It's really anyone's guess. Just expect him to be sassy about it more often than he isn't. )
It's clear from the way he helps out with the other children at the orphanage that he's a natural-born caregiver, even if he would probably disagree with that assessment, because he never asked to be given that role. He just kind of fell into it, but at the bottom of it all it gives him a purpose and makes him feel useful, which is helpful when you don't really know where you're supposed to fit into the world. He cares very, very deeply when he finds himself attached to someone ( or someones, plural ) and he may not trust very easily from the start — that's something you're going to have to earn, bucko — but once you've broken down that wall, too? You've got yourself someone that will have your back whenever you need him. That is, at least, something that follows him into adulthoodno matter how much his moral compass ends up off-course.
He's curious like many others his age might be expected to be, but he's more likely to remain aloof about something he has an interest in if someone is paying too close attention to him. Gotta play it cool! Can't get too excited about anything! Someone might get the impression that he's, gasp!, an actual child with the permission to be excited about childish things. Like carving things out of wood. He's not unfriendly by any stretch of the imagination, but it's going to take getting past all those prickly layers for him to be much of anything other than tentatively cautious. Think … black cat energy. Black kitten energy. That's him.
All in all, he's not a bad kid. He would just prefer you not pay too close attention to him.
Time of Arrival to Kaisou: Around app submission, so the first week of February.
Items: Clothes on his back, a few toothpicks and a small pocket knife in his pockets. Brattitude ( yes, you read that right ) and a smarmy grin that'll probably break hearts in a couple of years.
Retained Abilities: He doesn't really have any canon abilities yet other than minimal firearm training courtesy of the Eye of Michael, whittling — maybe he can walk and chew gum at the same time. ( Please, god, don't take me seriously. I don't even think I'm funny 99% of the time. )
Canon: Trigun Maximum
Canon Point: Pre-canon, shortly after being taken in by the Eye of Michael
Age: 10 ( ish )
Birthday: He has no canon birthday — not that I think he would care much either way — so I've given him a headcanon one of November 9th. Why not.
History: Manga entry on the Trigun wiki as well as Wikipedia which, admittedly, has very little information on Maximum itself but since he's pre-canon it's a bit of a moot point, I believe? He grew up in an orphanage before being recruited by the Eye of Michael. He helped take care of the other kids. He carved a wooden bird for one of them before she was adopted. That's pretty much it.
Personality: He might be a kid, and a small one at that, but there can be a lot of personality tucked away inside a small package.
Outwardly, it can be very easy to dismiss him as another surly, reserved child that really doesn't want much of anything to do with you. He's more or less content to keep to himself unless there's something needed of him — like, say, a younger kid at the orphanage is having a rough go of it, or one of the literal babies won't stop crying — and that typically means he can come off as standoffish, maybe a little bit avoidant, and there are quite a few layers you're going to have to go through to get to the meat of who he really is. Can't learn much about someone when they're quiet more often than they aren't, right? Right.
( He has no problem being mouthy, though, make no mistake about that. He can be Very Opinionated ( ™ ) and Outspoken when there is something he feels rather strongly about, but what can a ten-year-old have such strong opinions about — we just don't know. Rocks, maybe. What kind of dirt makes the best mud pies. Why does this one only stop crying when I hold her. It's really anyone's guess. Just expect him to be sassy about it more often than he isn't. )
It's clear from the way he helps out with the other children at the orphanage that he's a natural-born caregiver, even if he would probably disagree with that assessment, because he never asked to be given that role. He just kind of fell into it, but at the bottom of it all it gives him a purpose and makes him feel useful, which is helpful when you don't really know where you're supposed to fit into the world. He cares very, very deeply when he finds himself attached to someone ( or someones, plural ) and he may not trust very easily from the start — that's something you're going to have to earn, bucko — but once you've broken down that wall, too? You've got yourself someone that will have your back whenever you need him. That is, at least, something that follows him into adulthood
He's curious like many others his age might be expected to be, but he's more likely to remain aloof about something he has an interest in if someone is paying too close attention to him. Gotta play it cool! Can't get too excited about anything! Someone might get the impression that he's, gasp!, an actual child with the permission to be excited about childish things. Like carving things out of wood. He's not unfriendly by any stretch of the imagination, but it's going to take getting past all those prickly layers for him to be much of anything other than tentatively cautious. Think … black cat energy. Black kitten energy. That's him.
All in all, he's not a bad kid. He would just prefer you not pay too close attention to him.
Time of Arrival to Kaisou: Around app submission, so the first week of February.
Items: Clothes on his back, a few toothpicks and a small pocket knife in his pockets. Brattitude ( yes, you read that right ) and a smarmy grin that'll probably break hearts in a couple of years.
Retained Abilities: He doesn't really have any canon abilities yet other than minimal firearm training courtesy of the Eye of Michael, whittling — maybe he can walk and chew gum at the same time. ( Please, god, don't take me seriously. I don't even think I'm funny 99% of the time. )
