Gabriel Berg

> “Sorry, I failed intro to office supplies freshman year.”
>
> Gabriel Marius Berg, C0

**Gabriel Marius Berg** is Evalin's eldest brother, which doesn't necessarily make him the smartest sibling, but he has a good heart, and learns form the mistakes he's made to grow and become and better person.

## Personality and Skills

Starts our as a really dumb dick, but he cared a lot about the people close to him. Definitely afraid of standing up to his father. He had a more serious personality too, and tended to think (and overthink) the important issues in life. He also blamed himself for almost everything that goes wrong around him.

## Appearance and Face Claim

Tall (6'4"), blonde, blue eyes. Out of all the Berg children, he was the one that looked most like Harald. He also had a small scar above his lip from when he fell into a fountain as a child.

## History

### Pre-Selection

He was born on December 26, 2066 to Holly and Harald Berg. Gabriel was a very stubborn child, especially in his young age, and as a baby was prone to throwing tantrums. He calmed down a bit during the toddler years, though he still had his moments of incredible stubborness, such as when he argued with his father about buying his mother a lawn gnome for her birthday, which earned him the nickname Gnome by his father. In fact, he and his father rarely agreed upon anything while he was growing up.

Like all the Berg children, Gabriel felt the pressure of living up to his parents expectations. He threw himself into sports like swimming, but never any contact sports, since his parents didn't want him messing up his chances of getting an academic scholarship. During the period of time following his maternal grandparents' deaths, the relationship between Harald and his mother grew strained, as the two began to argue more about the way she was treating (read: lowkey neglecting) her children. He saw how much his siblings suffered as well during this time period, and tried bringing up the issue to his father, but Harald shut down the discussion just as quickly. It wasn't until Gabriel was 18 and teamed up with his older sister, Lydia, that anything was done by Harald and Holly about their children's poor mental states. This was accomplished via a big argument at the dinner table, during which Evalin stormed off and Sam cried, which Gabriel would always feel guilty about.

During high school, Gabriel started dating a girl named Jessica Wilson. The pair however broke up spring of their freshman year of college, when Jessica cheated on Gabriel with his best friend, Preston. Gabriel still attended Jessica and Preston's wedding, however, as he was still in denial that she had cheated on him.

Gabriel went to college at Emory University, where he studied chemistry. He spent an extra year there interning in one of the labs, before he accepted a job offer in Angeles.

### The Selection

Arin was not impressed with Gabriel when the two met during family week. However, Gabriel did form a friendlier bond with Clemence Westley. The two talked after the Swendway attack when Gabriel wanted to make sure Evalin still got her birthday gifts from her family.

### Post-Selection

He allowed both Jen and Clemence to stay the night in his apartment after Arin sent them both home, which resulted in Gabriel fighting with Jen and saying some things he definitely shouldn't have. Clemence and Gabriel did stay in contact, though. They shared a dance at Lydia's wedding in January, and he invited her to his company's valentines day party, which they ended up leaving from early to go get cupcakes and tattoos. They also spent time together spying on Evalin's dates, and just generally hanging out.

In the wake of Harald's death, Evalin withdrew, and not knowing who else to call, Gabriel called Clemence to come help. He asked her to accompany him and Evalin back to Angeles as well, and she agreed. Gabriel and Evalin did fight during this period of time, which made Gabriel feel guilty, since he felt like he was failing her as an older brother. At the funeral itself, Gabriel broke the news to Clemence that he had made arrangements to join the navy.

Following this, Gabriel and Clemence went shopping together at target, which culminated in the infamous car hug, which wouldn't have ended had Evalin not arrived and knocked on the car window. They also came close to having sex in his apartment, despite the fact that Evalin would have been able to hear them. A few days after that, Gabriel went to Victor's house to say goodbye to Clem and confessed his feelings for her to her. The two parted ways, and Gabriel went off to OCS in Rhode Island. Clemence came to Gabriel's graduation, along with his family, minus Evalin, who had already left to go pursue her PhD in Switzerland. Gabriel and Clemence had fully realized their feelings for each other at this point, and more or less solidified their relationship that night. They spent the majority of the summer together in Angeles, and Gabriel comforted Clemence when Tracie came back from Germany and was upset by how Cassandra had acted.

In October of 2091, Gabriel proposed to Clemence at a ski lodge in the San Gabriel mountains, and she said yes. The couple then proceeded to plan their wedding, which took place in March of 2092 in Angeles. They honeymooned in Lake Como, Italy, where Gabriel learned that boats made Clem seasick. They then continued their married life in Angeles. They adopted a dog named Cinnamon, Clem had an ectopic pregnancy in 2093, and they finally became pregnant with their first child, who was conceived on a trip to France, in 2096. Their second child was born just after Gabriel returned from deployment in 2100, which was hard on both him and Clemence, which led to Gabriel reconsidering his career path and deciding to retire from active duty and join the NCIS instead. Their third child was born in 2108.

He died on June 6th, 2166, in his sleep. He was 99 years old.

## Relationships

### Family

* Harald Berg
* Holly Berg
* Clemence, their two sons, and their daughter
* Lydia Judge nee Berg and Devon Judge, and their three sons
* Samuel Berg and Juniper Berg nee Iscariot, their two daughters, and their son
* Evalin Berg-Hunziker and Timo Hunziker, their two daughters, and their two sons
* Randall Berg and Sara Wagner-Berg, and their daughter

### Friends

* Preston, his childhood best friend
* Andrew, one of his roommates from college
* Hunter, one of his roommates from college
* Darrell, one of his roommates from college
* Kelly, his coworker

### Romantic Interests

* Jessica. First love. They tried long distance in university but then she started cheating on him with his best friend Preston before ending things with him. To this day he believes she didn't cheat, what a naive idiot in denial.
* Random girls and one night stands, because homeboy couldn't move on from Jessica.
* (He accepted to be best man at Jessica and Preston's wedding. Wtf, man?)
* Clemence.

## Quotes

> "Let me worry about my wife, please."
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> Gabriel, to Clem when she's in the hospital

> "But what if I drop it?"
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> Gabriel, when Clem asks him to catch the baby

## Trivia and Notes

* His skincare consists of just moisturizing. Bad.
* Here’s a link to his Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3RsGB7jD1h1oa6rk1jsIpR?si=OFfSv3Z8Tu6R0fwaHZ76rg
* He knows his parents play favorites and that he’s nobody’s favorite
* Took on a lot of responsibility in caring for his siblings at a young age
* His favorite color is pine green
* He likes to give Clem clementines when they're drunk