Sebastian Carmichael

Jessi Hammons (Wife)

## History

Sebastian Carmichael was born on August 18, 1997 to the parents of Jeremiah and Felicia Carmichael. From an early age, Sebastian was nurtured by his father in the sense that anything Sebastian wanted, his father would give to him. The trade off was that Sebastian was home-schooled and wasn't allowed to interact with anyone nor have any friends. Because as such, Sebastian became a recluse and stuck to video games, mainly role-playing games.

Little did Sebastian know that being spoiled by his father was a form of blackmail. Jeremiah was the CEO and owner of Capitol Investments, an angel investor firm that invested in small businesses and made money off of the business' profits. Ever since Sebastian was born, Jeremiah decided to groom him in order to take over the company. Jeremiah believed that pampering Sebastian as a child would cause Sebastian to gain favor with him... favor that he could cash in later as an I.O.U.

It didn't just stop at childhood. When Sebastian turned 18, Jeremiah bought and paid for a house in full for Sebastian. He even purchased a store within the city and instructed Sebastian to turn it into a business, hire a staff, and learn how to manage his employees and the business' finances. Not really wanting to run a business, Sebastian felt pressured due to everything his father had given him, thus proving Jeremiah's blackmail methods were working. Sebastian reluctantly started a geek culture store called Things N' Stuff and stocked it with miscellaneous items from video games to action figures to comics books and more. It had a little of everything but not much of one thing. During this time, Sebastian was also religiously playing an MMORPG called Shadow Wing Online. He often wondered what it would be like to be a pro-streamer playing Shadow Wing but with the store, those dreams would have to be put on hold for now.

For a while, he ran the store by himself which drew Jeremiah's ire. He pressured Sebastian to hire a staff so when Amber Ryann came in looking for a job, despite her extreme awkwardness, he hired her on the stop simply to satisfy his father's requirements. As time went on, Sebastian learned a lot about Amber and ended up becoming her first and only friend. Sebastian felt a certain remorse in her and even saw a little bit of himself in her personality. Because as such, Sebastian went above and beyond to do things for Amber whenever she needed help. Things seemed to be going well until Jeremiah popped his head into the store one day and saw Amber. Judging Amber by her looks alone, Jeremiah ordered Sebastian to fire her on the spot; however, Sebastian just couldn't fire the first friend he had ever made as well.

This ended up as a major issue with Jeremiah who, one day, saw Kaito in the store asking about getting a job there. Kaito figured that if he worked alongside Amber, he would have a better chance to makes amends with her after everything he had done to her. Sebastian knew what kind of issues could arise from that and rejected Kaito's offer; however, Jeremiah reversed the decision and hired Kaito on the spot. He then delivered an ultimatum to Sebastian to fire Amber or Jeremiah would shut the entire store down.

After Sebastian continued to refuse to fire Amber, Jeremiah made good on his threat. He fired Sebastian and listed the store as up for sale through a personal friend in the real estate industry. Amber, Kaito, Lynn, and Takumi all went to the BlazeCON Invitational Tournament with the goal of winning it in order to buy back the store. After winning the tournament, Sebastian went to purchase the store but found out that Jeremiah had given Pat, the real estate agent, strict orders not to sell it to Sebastian. Kaito came up with the solution of giving the money to his father, Yuujiro Akihiko, and have him buy the store then sell it to Sebastian for a dollar.

The plan worked and Sebastian fully ended up owning Things N' Stuff. Amber and Kaito remained on staff and on the day of the grand re-opening, he hired Jessi Hammons, a former store clerk at the neighborhood's general store. Together, the four of them became the new staff for Things N' Stuff. Shortly after the tournament, Sebastian began to realize his feelings for Amber and went to confess but before he could do it properly, he asked Amber to reject him, stating that the two of them would work better as friends. Amber wasn't ready for a relationship and ended up agreeing with Sebastian's assessment. Sebastian regretted going that route rather than just plainly asking her out.

Feelings of regret didn't get erased quickly for Sebastian. When Amber returned from a trip with Kaito, he discovered the two of them were dating. It irked Sebastian even more when Kaito asked him for advice as to where to go for their first date. On top of this stress, Sebastian's guild in Shadow Wing Online disbanded without notice which sent him into a spiral of depression. By this time, Sebastian picked up a new MMORPG called Sanctuary: Rise of Heroes. He even tried to get Amber to play the game but during their play session, things ended in disaster when Sebastian became agitated with Amber and Kaito's relationship. This drove a wedge between Sebastian and Amber and even caused Sebastian to start ignoring Kaito completely. Due to Kaito's past, he paid a visit to Sebastian and the two of them ended up in a fist fight that ended with Sebastian knocking Kaito out with a book before passing out himself. When Sebastian came to, Kaito was still knocking out and bleeding. Thinking that he killed Kaito, he tried waking him and, thankfully, Kaito came to. Realizing his mistakes, he apologized and buried the hatchet with him.

With everything settled, the store began to suffer once again. That's when opportunity came knocking in the form of Daniel McDevitt, the Game Director for Blaze Auras. In addition to waiting Kaito and Amber to become sponsored streamers, McDevitt offered Sebastian the chance to turn Things N' Stuff into a store that was heavily themed on Blaze Auras. Sebastian agreed and re-branded the store as Blaze N' Auras. He then 'fired' and 'rehired' Amber and Kaito as General Managers and hired Vance Vinsant, Krystle Hunter, and Rebekah Gallagher as their replacements. Sebastian later had a heart-to-heart with Jessi when she admitted she wasn't cut out for selling video games but she was really good with numbers. Sebastian promoted her to the store's Controller and hired Cori Albright, Krystle's boyfriend, as her replacement.

Everything was going well until Active Vision Software bought out Nickname Studios and began to casualize Blaze Auras. The release of the second expansion, Rise of Innovation, was mired in controversy and bad business practices. Amber spoke out about it on stream which lead to an investigation by Active Vision Software. When they discovered that Amber was tied to the store, they severed their partnership and forced the store out of business. During this time, Jessi grew more and more attached to Sebastian and ended up asking him out. Sebastian made the decision to move past Amber and to date Jessi.

At the same time, Jeremiah returned after his business fell to ruins thanks to being tricked by one of his employees. He sought Sebastian's help who initially denied him. However, after finding out his father nearly froze to death in his car over the holidays, Sebastian had a change of heart and took Jeremiah in, giving him a second chance. Jeremiah was the one who came up with the idea of creating a guild on Sanctuary: Rise of Heroes and to stream it to the world. That idea ended up saving everyone from unemployment. As a guild and as streamers, they found great success.

10 years later, Sebastian and Jessi ended up getting married; however, Sebastian underwent a vasectomy as the two of them decided that children weren't for them.

## Appearance

Sebastian wears khaki pants, an olive green t-shirt, and a gold chain around his neck. He has brown eyes and reddish-brown hair. In the winter time, he also wears a black leather jacket and a helmet as he is the proud owner of a motorcycle.

## Personality

Sebastian is as snarky as they come but he has a heart of gold. He is quick to point out your flaws and will always answer you with the highest level of sarcasm imaginable. Despite his rough nature, Sebastian is quick to help a friend and will even support you as much as he can in his own unique ways. He always refers to Amber as the Punk Princess and Kaito as either Yin/Yang Head or Skunk Head after dying his hair. He also has a running joke with Kaito where he racially profiles him as an anime-lover just because he's Japanese.