Rourke

**Rourke** is the main protagonist of Long Gone Days. He is an excellent sniper, born and raised in The Core.

He acted as a substitute sniper for the Core's 4th squad during Operation Pregolya, despite being left out of the loop on the operation's true purpose.

## Appearance

Rourke is slightly tall with short brown hair and vibrant blue eyes. He has a slim build and a light skintone.

When he dresses up as a civilian, he wears a brown jacket over a black-and-orange striped t-shirt, dark pants, and brown boots.

## Personality

Rourke is very sarcastic, creative, impulsive, and resourceful. He isn't very social, as he focuses on training as a soldier and earning merit. However, he is shown to be good at persuading other people to his side.

Despite initially being blindly loyal to the Core and craving recognition, he upholds the ideal of serving for the greater good and helping people. He believes in only fighting against people who mean to do harm. This idealism allowed him to be disillusioned from his initial image of the Core when he was being forced to kill civilians and start a war, something that he is against and hates.

## History

### Background

For as long as he could remember, he had been trained as a soldier by the Core from a very young age. For him, 'common sense' was just learning how to use a gun or how to control his breathing when he shoots. As a result, he lacked knowledge of being anyone but a soldier, and this led him to be blindly loyal to the Core.

During his earlier days of training, he was part of a group who went through a simulation of figuring out how to cross over a ravine. In the group, he was the first person to solve this simulation by using a long wooden board as a bridge for his team to cross over the ravine. This experience would later prove useful to him when he is faced with a real-life version of this problem.

## Abilities

Being a trained sniper, Rourke typically wields a rifle.

He specializes in offensive skills and attacking enemies. Hence, his attack and defense powers are above average.

## Skills

* **Center of Mass** - Rourke delivers a quick and powerful shot at the center of his opponent (8 SP).
* **Breathing Technique** - Raises an ally's ATK (last 3 turns) (5 SP).
* **Warning Shot** - Rourke fires a bullet near an enemy, with a low chance of paralyzing them with fear (last 2 turns) (10 SP).
* **Pin Down** - Rourke shoots down an enemy, immobilizing them. Lowers AGI (lasts 3 turns) (? SP).

## Trivia

* Rourke was originally part of the November Company's first platoon, a group from the Core.
* During the earlier versions of the game, when skills still used Morale, these were the skills Rourke had:
	+ **Center of Mass** - Rourke shoots the center of mass of his opponent (6 Morale).
	+ **Breathing Technique** - Rourke rises his or an ally's attack (2 Morale).
	+ **Piercing Shot** - Fires ammo that pierces through an enemy's defense with a chance of causing Bleeding (9 Morale).
	+ **Pin Down** - Rourke shoots an enemy with the intention of immobilizing them. Damages and Paralyzes a target for 1 turn (11 Morale).
	+ **Hollow-Point Bullets** - Rourke uses special ammunition that has greater accuracy and damage than his usual bullets (? Morale).

## Gallery

Rourke getting ready to snipe from the church's bell tower.Rourke in his Core uniform.Rourke in a Polish soldier uniform.Rourke wearing sniper equipment.Rourke preparing to snipe from the church's bell tower.Rourke in the ferry.Rourke wearing an Astroman costume.Rourke beaten up by the Beqiri family mafia.Cut-in of Rourke using a Skill. (Old Design)Cut-in of Rourke using a Skill. (New Design)