Thomas Collins

=== Who is Thomas? ===
Thomas is an inventor who is the leader of The National Revolt.
=== Appearance ===
In his usual appearance, Thomas is a 5'6ft man with white skin and light burns from lava splashes cover his body. He has white hair that fades into a dark beige, cut to armpit length and tied into a ponytail with two long thick pieces of hair near the front and side swept bangs that are cut just past his eyeline. His eyes are a neon red and he has a silver and dark grey robotic prosthetic in place of his left arm with scars on the inside of his right arm spanning from his wrist to just below his inner elbow.
=== Backstory ===
==== Pre-Death [2007-2016] ====
Thomas Collins was born to Arthur Smirnov and Alexa Eriksen on the 27th of March, 2007. Arthur was very strapped for cash and would take loans from a loan shark organisation called Landbug, resulting in him being in constant debt. When his father died, the debt was passed to Tom, but he refused to pay it off. This put him at odds with the employee who killed his father, saying that if he didn't pay off his debt by a certain date, they would kill him too.
During this time, he started becoming friends with a boy at school, who had recently moved into the area called Felix. The employee found out about this and since his deadline was a matter of days away, they decided to give him a decision, Tom had the choice to kill either himself or kill Felix to pay off his debt, If neither were dead, Tom would die and Felix would be given his ever-increasing debt. He bought some stuff with Felix, telling him they were for a prank he was planning and started planning the way he'd die. 
After informing the organisation of his decision, they agreed to cover it up for him, under the agreement he would follow the plans given to him. He set some low-level explosives around the classroom and convinced Felix and anyone else in the class to either not come into school or not be in the classroom during the lesson. In this science class, a match was be lit and the classroom was set on fire, Tom was burned severely and died later in hospital. 
==== Post-Death [2016-2026] ====
After he died, he went to The Underworld and found out that Landbug had put him down as an employee of theirs and it was on his permanent record, carrying over to the afterlife. The Government, after seeing this, assumed he was a willing part of it and considered him a criminal. Due to him being very young at the time, the leader of the Underworld division of the company made a deal with him, Tom could pay off his debt with labour instead, with the leader even giving him shelter and food, offering to consider work for the DPC as debt payment. Thomas would take this offer and become acquainted with Michel Watson and Julia Watson. 
When moving in to this residence, a fellow housemate decided to give him a collection of old VHS cassette tapes so he'd have something to do while staying there. While slowly sorting through the collection, he came across a few cassettes relating to the Mechamato anime franchise, which he became obsessed with. Due to it being a sci-fi/mecha anime, Thomas developed an interest in robotics and technology in general and he started making his own tech and inventions which would eventually become his job. 
Outside of his residence with the co, he happened to start hanging out with two particular other outlaws, George and Ren. They started a group together called The National Revolt to fight for law changes, with the rest of the outlaws they knew (and even some normal citizens) joining the group shortly afterwards. Thomas would teach the two about Earth and how he had just come from there, telling them all about how different it is over there, convincing the two that they should move there if they can, which they both would eventually do, giving sole leadership of the group to Thomas.
=== [86] - 26/06/2026 ===
[86] - 26/06/2026 was the code name for a mission conducted by the underworldian DPC. Employees where put into pairs and assigned an area in a town where they'd have to assimilate into the area and stay undercover, using a fake identity and trying to make friends with the locals, intending to gather information about the mayor. Thomas was part of this and was assigned an old college friend, Fari Elfinesh, as his partner. After a few people got found out, things got out of hand and this nearly ended in Thomas' death. The near-death experience caused his mental health to decline and he ended up staying with Amy Hemming, with them later getting together.
=== The Great Underworldian War ===
==== The First Battle ====
The Revolt had made their presence known to the government and both knew that a conflict between them was imminent. Both prepared in different ways, with Tom joining The Revolt together to make sure they had enough resources and that all of their bases were completely off the grid. Both sides would also subtly antagonise each other leading up to the war, until one of the higher-ups at The Revolt got found by a military guard and was brutally killed, causing Thomas to hijack a government-funded TV channel and publicly declare war on them in a fit of rage.
Their offer was accepted and with that, they where officially at war. They met at the city's town square and it started as a plain hand to hand battle, a battle The Revolt was winning and Azazel, saw this as the perfect time to try out the Virulign, biting a few of the revolt members and causing a side effect they didn't expect but very much needed. This side effect was the bite causing the huge amount of members who were bitten to fall so ill they couldn't fight anymore, forcing Thomas to make them retreat to one of their nearby bases.
==== The Second Battle ====
It wasn't long until The Revolt realised how Virulign could track them and Tom, after finding out how it worked, started working on a cure for the people affected by it. They ended up having another battle during this, but this battle however, would conclude with a 1v1 battle between Thomas and Azazel. Thomas had gotten his arm bitten by a Virulign just moments prior and decided to use this as a way to catch Azazel's attention. He called out to him, waited for him to notice him and ripped his bitten arm off right in front of him before the toxic tracker could spread. Tom used this as a reason to convince Azazel to fight him and get the war over and done with, bringing up how Azazel obviously had the upper hand over him. Azazel accepted and they proceeded to fight, Tom eventually stabbing one of Azazel's eyes out and both of them where practically being pulled off each other by their associates and being forced to retreat before either of them had the effects of their blood loss kick in. Thomas, being an inventor, was easily able to make himself a robotic arm and would eventually finish the cure and give it out not long after.
==== Post-Second-Battle ====
A day after the fight Thomas received a text from Azazel, apologizing and asking if he was okay. This reminded him that he and Azazel used to be really close and he still clearly cared about him. He would text back and the two would end up making plans to soon meet at Thomas' house to talk things over. When they met however, they immediately went off topic and started drinking together, eventually ending up with the two having an affair. After waking up the next day, the two agreed to keep it between them and not tell anyone.
Well, this was until Ren moved back to The Underworld. When their mother found out Ren was back home, she organised a family dinner so all of them could catch up with each other and during this dinner his father made a joke about the affair causing his wife to find out. The two got divorced shortly afterwards, not only because of the adultery but also because she found out that the two had still been meeting up and similar things had happened since.
Shortly afterwards, Azazel, Thomas and Amy would become a polyamorous couple and Azazel would start to question why he was on the military's side in the first place. He asked the two why they where part of the revolt and he found himself agreeing with them. After finding out why Thomas started all of this in the first place, he felt disgusting for his part in it and decided to join The National Revolt, noticing they didn't have a medic and Azazel, being a pacifist and having loads of medical experience, was one of the only people willing to fill the role.
=== Criminal Record ===
* Vandalization
* Public intoxication
* Threats to kill
* Impersonation of an officer
* Verbal assault
* Arson
* Perverting the course of justice
* Assisting an offender
* Attempted Manslaughter
* Manslaughter
=== Extra ===
* Despite his race, Thomas isn't a Japanophile or Weeaboo. The reason why he's so "obsessed" with japanese culture despite not being Japanese is because it reminds his of home. This is because his foster family are japanese and therefore he was brought up in a japanese household.
** This doesn't mean he doesn't identify with his own culture however, Thomas' norwegian heritage is very important to him and he's sure to indulge in both.
** The only thing is that he wasn't close to his mother growing up and therefore doesn't know much about his russian heritage. He wishes to be closer to it than he is, but doesn't know where to start.
* Haruto (his foster father) and Arthur (his birth father) didn't get together until years after he was adopted.
* Due to his parents being so busy all the time, Tom instead lived with his uncles, James and Robert Collins before his death.
*He refuses to wear any colours other then Black, White and Green and feels extremely uncomfortable in any other colours.
**The reason why has never been said due to Thomas not knowing why himself.
*Thomas is trilingual (Norwegian, English and Spanish).
**Norwegian is his first language and therefore he speaks english and spanish with a very heavy norwegian accent.
*Unlike other similar looking malux, his pale skin, white hair and red eyes is actually a cause of him being albino, not a cause of him having malux specific genetics.
**If he wasn't albino, Thomas would have white skin, brown hair and blue eyes.
*Thomas mentions in a conversation with Ren, Grim and Rowan that he's infertile.
**The reason why is never said but the most likely answer is it being a result of his frequent smoking.
**The reason could also be genetic because neither of his parents have had children other than him but that could easily just be because they didn't want to.
*Although both are in relationships and have been broken up for decades, Felix and Thomas are still in love with each other. They just love their partners more.
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