Charles Romanus

## Appearance

**Hair:** Long Dark Brown Hair, Van Dyke Facial

**Skin:** Caucasian Male: White but tanned skin

**Eyes:** Brown Eyes

**Height:** 6’0”

**Weight:** 189lbs

**Noticeable Features:** Blade Scar on Back, Burn on hand

## Personality

Feelings and emotions come second to facts and “reality” for Charles. Emotionally charged situations are awkward, uncomfortable affairs, and Charles’ blunt honesty doesn’t help here. He often has a lot of trouble acknowledging and expressing his own feelings as well. Charles moves at his own pace to keep himself excited. Slowing down because someone else “doesn’t get it” or having to stay focused on a single detail for too long is extremely challenging for him. This impatience can lead Charles to push into uncharted territory without thinking of the long-term consequences. He sometimes intentionally combats boredom with extra risk. Charles sees an opportunity – to fix a problem, to advance, to have fun – and seize the moment, often ignoring rules and social expectations in the process. This may get things done, but it can create unexpected social fallout. Living in the moment can cause Charles to miss the forest for the trees. He loves to solve problems here and now, perhaps too much. All parts of a project can be perfect, but the project will still fail if those parts do not fit together. Charles won’t be boxed in. Repetition, hardline rules, sitting quietly while he is lectured at – this isn’t how he lives his life. He is action-oriented and hands-on. Environments like school and much entry-level work can be so tedious that they’re intolerable, requiring extraordinary effort from him to stay focused long enough to get to freer positions. Charles is full of life and energy. There is no greater joy for him than pushing boundaries and discovering and using new things and ideas. Charles loves knowledge and philosophy, but not for his own sake. What’s fun for him is finding ideas that are actionable and drilling into the details so he can put them to use. If a discussion is completely arbitrary, there are better uses for his time. Combining his boldness and practicality, Charles loves to experiment with new ideas and solutions. He puts things together in ways no one else would think to. Small shifts in habits and appearances stick out to him, and he uses these observations to help create connections with others. Charles prefers to communicate clearly, with direct and factual questions and answers. Things are what they are. All these qualities pull together to make a natural group leader in Charles. This isn’t something that he actively seeks – he just has a knack for making excellent use of social interactions and networking opportunities.

## Abilities

* Leadership
* Communication Skills
* Strong Moral Principles
* Honest
* Respectful
* Loyal
* Responsible
* Fair
* Compassionate

## History

Charles J. Romanus was born in Ashmoor, into a middle-class family. From a young age, he worked on different transportation vehicles with his father. He learned about different engines, and how all the parts worked. His father always liked to get his hands dirty, and that was what Charles liked about him. The Romanus family was just a small name family in Ashmoor. Little did they know, they would soon be so much more.

Throughout school, Charles always kept his fascination in engineering while also always showing off his entrepreneurial side of him public. He maintained great grades and started working himself in the same train yard that his father was working at the time at 14. This may have seemed young, but the job demand was high. Once he graduated, the trainyard’s ownership had been tossed around a few times. With no-one wanting to take on the mess that the industry in the city was at the time, the price lowered and lowered. Charles jumped on this opportunity. With all the money he had saved up through his teenage years along with a little help from his parents, Charles bought the railroad along with the yard around the city and started his own company, the Romanus Railroad Co.

Though he started off very slow, help from his father and two little brothers really helped him through the rough start. Money started flowing in and the company was able to set up routes across the twelve cities. Charles continued his reign and dominated the railroad industry for miles. He worked and worked, and businessmen across the cities had now seen the large opportunity they missed out on.

As time went on, the railroad industry continued to be dominated by Charles and his younger brothers. But there was something Charles always had an eye on. Something bigger than he could’ve ever imagined. The Transportation Industry. The railroad industry was only a part of the large and bustling transportation industry. But an opportunity opened up to seek power, and that was when Jonas Wickham died.