ADRIAN "RIAN" LEON AKHTAR
pronounced; "aid-ree-ann lee-on akk-tar"
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preferred names; rian, akhtar.
age; 29
gender; cismale
sexuality; heterosexual
birthday; november 27th
zodiac; sagittarius
faceclaim; x
height; 6'4"
build; moderate, muscular
body modifications; n/a
other; human.
nationality; half american, half afgan by blood, but raised in bahrain.
languages; american english, gulf arabic, spanish, in order of fluency, some vague words in dari. it does have to be noted that now he's living in the us most months a year his arabic is getting kind of rusty, especially since he only speaks english with his parents.
+ve traits; logical, cool headed, rational, realistic, quick thinking, intelligent, non-judgemental, kind natured (underneath his shell), assertive, dutiful, diligent, hard working, brave.
-ve traits; distant, pushy, overly protective, restless, paranoid, highly ruthless, somewhat dishonest, very manipulative, cynical, reserved.
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part of the danger in rian is in that he doesn't stand out. found dressed in whatever the people around him don, with an incredibly nonchalant smile and the sort of face that is, whilst certainly not unpleasant, easily forgotten.
growing up in bahrain, a sunny nation off of the coast of saudi arabia, he initally trained as a commercial airline pilot like his dad, only to be snapped up by the cia's foreign office at the age of 22. born an american citizen to katie akhtar-parker, a systems analyst for the us embassy to bahrain, and the aforementioned mateen akhtar, an esteemed pilot for british airways, he was the perfect candidate for their projects at the time. he rose through the ranks to become a full field officer by the age of twenty-six and is now positioned undercover in jasper with a small team in the hopes that, by some lucky stroke, the upper levels of government might be able to work out just what is going on.
rian's biggest strengths lie in his aptitude for hand to hand combat. after six years as a special ops trooper, he excells in the art of combat. calm and rational, he was nicknamed "the fox" at langley for his habit of outfoxing and outmanoeuvring the opponents he was put up against, rather than using his excessive strength in itself. a keen chess player, he was president of his secondary school's chess club for three years straight, all whilst vehemently denying to his mom that he was getting somewhat bullied for it. other talents of his include surprisingly good knowledge of physics and maths and his aim with a glock 17 pistol. his weaknesses, however, are very much along the same vein; so wrapped up in his deductions and calculations, he can tend to make cold and robotic decisions that might make no sense to anybody else. he's proud and full of hubris behind the silent exterior and - though he won't start a fight where he can help it - he'll often sulk for hours or days if he's criticised.
he's also often convinced he has to take responsibility for everything and mend every little mistake - from both himself and the others around him - by himself, working himself harder and harder until he eventually collapses. despite the high self-esteem this man boasts, he's incredibly hard on himself and in being so hard on himself, it more often than not increases the strain on others, who typically have to pick up the slack the exhausted rian leaves behind.