Darren Church

== Physical Description: ==
Church has short brown hair, slightly tan skin and hazel green eyes. Unlike most ODST’s Church is still rather green, having only ever been on one mission prior. So he doesn’t have any scars or markings from injuries like most other ODST’s. He is in exceptional shape, from his time consistently exercising and training. Standing at almost 6 foot, Church is around average height, making him not stand out and allowing him to blend in with the crowd.(edited)
== Biography: ==
Born in 2539 on November 11th, Church grew up in Crisium City, to a military family. His mother a technician in the navy and his father a sergeant in the UNSC Marines. Growing up in the 2540’s, Church was constantly hearing about the progress of the war through the news, media and his parents whenever he had the opportunity to speak to them. After hearing about so many losses and defeats, Church was determined to enlist in the UNSC Marines and do his part in defending humanity, like his parents and so many others before him. Enlisting on his 18th birthday, Church shipped out for basic training no more than a month later. 
During basic training, Church showed an aptitude for close quarters fighting. Whether it be with an smg, shotgun, hand to hand or with a basic combat knife. Upon completing basic training, Church was deployed to defend a small urban colony world that was being besieged by the Covenant, alongside a squad of ODST’s. Church’s team was ambushed by a brute chieftain with a gravity hammer, where his team and the ODST’s were slaughtered. With the exception of him and the ODST squad leader on the ground injured. Church dodged the chieftain’s swing with the hammer and jumped onto the brutes back and fired his shotgun at point blank range, right into the back of the brute’s head. 
Upon extraction, Church was recommended for recruitment into the ODST’s by the ODST squad leader. Church went back to training for a place in the ODST’s, While the training was gruelling, he pushed himself harder than he had ever pushed himself before. After several months of gruelling training, he finally graduated. But rather than be sent to a larger ODST division, Church was instead sent UNSC Gungnir. Something he wasn’t expecting, but was determined to see himself through whatever mission the UNSC had in mind for him.
Category:ODSTs
Category:CQC Specialists