Erik (Plötsligt i Burlöv PC)

Erik, born 5th of November 1975, is an 12-year-old player character and protagonist from the campaign Plötsligt i Burlöv.

## About Erik

Erik is frail for his age with a narrow face, dark slightly unkempt hair that needs a cut and light blue eyes. He wears a pair of round worn glasses that are fixed with tape here and there.

Erik is careful by himself and has a little difficulty in social contexts. Has difficulty reading others and understanding how they think and feel. However, he is kind and always wants the best for people. In the open, he likes tinkering and fiddling with all sorts of technical things. According to Erik, there is nothing more fun than taking things apart and then seeing if you can put them back together. He usually refers to his bedroom as his workshop.

His bedroom looks like a typical boy's room, covered in posters of movies and artists he likes. What separates Erik's room from others his age is that it is extremely well organized and clean. He is extremely careful to keep his workshop in a clean condition so if he needs something he always knows where it is. The only thing standing in front of him is a broken mountain blaster that he desperately tries to fix when he finds parts that can fit.

 Anchor
 Drive
 Problem
 Pride
 Iconic Item
 Favorite Song

## Family/Household

### The Månsson Family

Many would call Erik forgotten, but he doesn't think so himself. He thinks Erik has a good relationship with his family. He feels that they are just like everyone else. It's quite normal if you work a lot that you don't always have time to hang out or help with homework, that's just the way it is sometimes and if it gets too boring at home, you can always take the bike and ride to grandpa's for coffee or help him with various fixes.

Erik's mother, Susanne, is a nurse at Burlöv hospital. She doesn't have much time for her youngest son as she works very long shifts and mostly wants to spend the time resting when she is at home in order to be able to work. She wants to give Erik the time and love he needs, but the energy is not enough. Most of the time when he comes and wants to show his latest technical "wonders", it is met with a tired: "yes yes, how nice" or "I'll have a look later, I just have to rest a bit first".

Father Månsson, Gustav, is almost never seen when he is at home, because he lies down and sleeps. Erik's father works as a maintenance technician at Riksenergi, which requires long night shifts down by Slingan. Once he is awake, he is not allowed to talk about Slingan or what it looks like down there, which makes Erik a little disappointed. Father Gustav always manages to dodge his son's questions by starting to talk about something else instead, like sports. This is also where Erik got his slightly special characteristics from. He owes more to his father than his parents wants to admit.

Big brother Micke ran away from home when he turned 18. He was going to be a rock star in England. That's where punk music is at its "realest," he used to tell his brother. Erik and Micke's parents were very young when they had Micke, which explains the big age difference between the brothers. Micke is the stereotypical rocker, always wore a leather jacket and black clothes. People used to be afraid of Micke and his band of friends, but Erik couldn't understand why, since it was just Micke. Until Micke moved, he was the one who took care of Erik and made sure there was food on the table. It is Micke who taught Erik to cook. He is nothing to be afraid of. Today, Micke lives somewhere in London and often sends home cards with a greeting to his brother, and every now and then a cassette tape with the latest music he either bought or "pirate-recorded" himself. "Sometimes you have to stand up to the establishment because music should be free and not imprisoned in the chains of capitalism", he says.

Grandpa Einar, Erik's anchor. A real cuddly uncle who lived a hard life. Grandfather Einar has always made sure that Erik and Micke had a good time growing up. They have spent many weekends and summer holidays in grandpa's cabin just outside Burlöv. Einar is an old shipyard worker who, when he was young, worked at the warehouse in Malmö. In recent days, he runs an "antique trade" or "scrap yard" as mother Susanne calls it, from his small farm/cottage. Einar is not a person you pick on, since as a former port/shipyard worker, he wears large tattoos on his arms representing a bunch of exciting things. Each tattoo has its own history, but Erik doesn't know if Einar is just making it up or if they really are true, but they are awesome, that much he knows. It is from grandfather Einar that Erik that he learned all his crafting and all his technical knowledge.

### Other non-player character relations

The nosy neighbor Olsson and Ann-Marie from social services are often out and about, sneaking around Erik's parents' small terraced house.

Olsson has a penchant for complaining about everything and every neighbor in the area for the tiniest little thing. Since "that thug" Micke moved, she has accused Erik's parents of not keeping an eye on their youngest son, who apparently sneaks out in the evenings and makes a lot of noise. Erik's parents deny this completely, they feel they can trust their son and have no immediate major concerns. "He's not even half as wild as his brother". This has meant that Olsson and Erik's parents do not have a particularly good relationship. However, no one on the street has a particularly good relationship with Olsson.

Olsson and Ann-Marie are now determined to find proof that Erik's parents cannot take care of him and that the state needs to take over.

## Stats

### Attributes

 Tech
 Heart
 Mind

### Skills

Erik is of the homebrew type "Skrotskalle" whose main attributes are Tinker, Program and Calculate.

### Level-up chronology

 2023-04-04
 2023-04-04