Robert Ironsides

*Created By: Collier Young interpreted for Vista City by Garry Stahl
*Appearance: Vampire Hunter's game and others.
*Full name: Robert Tomas Ironsides 
*Birthplace: San Francisco, Ca. 
*Current Residence: San Francisco, Ca
*Parents: Father: Tomas Bruce Ironsides -- Contractor <BR>                Mother: Gilda Mae Ironsides -- Homemaker
*Siblings: Jack Randal Ironsides -- Experimental semi-starving artist.<BR>               Wendy Mae Griffith -- Happy homemaker. 
*Birthdate: May 9, 1965
*Sex: Male 
*Height: 6' 1" 
*Weight: 199 
*Build: Heavy build, in reasonably good shape.
*Marital status: Single
*Description: A tall square-faced man with deep set eyes. He is graying at the temples. He has a preference for dark gray suits. 
*Skin coloring: Pale, a man that spends most of his time indoors.
*Eyes: Brown
*Hair: Black with white highlights.
*Routine Activities: Working at the San Francisco police department, studying cold cases. He maintains a correspondence with Angelo Mancuso. 
*Skills/Training/Professional Skills: Police detective and criminologist. 
*Financial Status: Comfortable. He can easily afford a new car for example. 
*Group Affiliations: San Francisco Police Department. 
*Known Associates: Tony McKenzie from his time in the LAPD.
*Personality: Brooding, with quick bursts of sudden decision or action. A wry sense of humor on the self depreciating side. He loves to slip a fast one past you, and will use this on suspects gleefully. A good arrest is good. A good arrest that leaves the suspect's mouth hanging open is great.
*Ambitions and Goals: Be a good detective, solve crimes and make a better city.
*Physical/mental Problems: Was paralyzed from the waist down. He was one of the beneficiaries of the Healing Wave. 
*Enemies (And Why): Criminals, he is a cop.
*Special Abilities: Robert Ironsides has had to develop his mind extensively. He has become an excellent detective in the manner of Nero Wolfe. While not a natural genius he has used training to overcome a lack of native talent.
*Weaknesses/Disadvantages: Bound by the rules of evidence and law. 
*History and Experiences Which have Affected Character Greatly: A twenty year veteran of the police force Ironsides was crippled by a sniper in 2001. Showing strength of character he returned to his job as a captain of the detective force waving the Americans with Disabilities Act under the department's nose. It helped that the chief of police is a friend of his. Being desk bound he developed his mind more thoroughly.<P>Ironsides benefiting from the Healing wave is no longer wheelchair bound. He continues his position as a Captain of the force. 
Category:Characters
Category:San Francisco
Category:SFPD