Dan Graves

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## Overview

Dan Graves is an upcoming actor and director, with a goal of exacting revenge on those that wronged him and then make sweet movies about it.

## Role in LIAT

### Origins

Dan grew up the son to an oil baron, yet he resented his father and how he'd continue to push his preferences onto Dan. As time would go on, Dan would become more and more aloof, eventually creating an imaginary friend known as Fish Wife. She would eventually be taken away when Dan's father destroyed his makeshift movie set, causing Dan to act out.

### Cunto Bight

Defying his father and family legacy, Dan joined the UNSC, but due to his odd behaviour and lack of understanding core concepts of the military, he was shipped off to Cunto Bight. There he got along with a handful of recruits, forming a gang that would go around doing the oddest of things. The group consisted of Daniels, Willows and occasionally Roderick.

The group's strength would be tested during the uprising of Killian's Diabolical Guild of Villains, but they and the rest of the team would persevere. Not long after, Charla's revolution began, Dan and his group sided with her, wanting to find some deeper meaning than doing tasks for faceless generals. The group would eventually turn on Charla, realizing she was going to kill them later, so they granted the rest of the team access into the base to stop her.

With Cunto Bight coming to a close, Dan would be spared Blu's game, with Dan being found to be a little too much for Blu to handle. After Blu's defeat, Dan made talks with Roderick and the two ventured out into Cunto.

### The Nova Scotia Lobster Fuckers

Dan and Roderick would become bank robbers, and it wouldn't be long until they butted heads with another, Flynt Desmarais. The group would join together to form The Nova Scotia Lobster Fuckers, leading robberies all across Cunto, working with people like Cassie and Wilburn.

Dan started to take more notice of shows then, realizing how much fun it'd be to rob banks but without the chance of dying. Dan started to take more of an interest in theatre, attending groups, soon adopting a softer and more neutral accent. During this time, Dan would begin his relationship with Carla, a scientist he flirted with that began to stalk him during his robberies. The two would be strong at first, but Carla's creepy habits would get too much.

Eventually the relationship was broken off after Carla entered a bank during the robbery, accidentally setting off the alarms for police. But things would get worse the next robbery, for Dan would be flung off the car into the ocean by accident. Dan fortunately survived, his helmet waterproof and having enough air to sustain him for hours.

### The King of The Mole People

Dan would wash ashore to Isla De Los Muertos, where he would be left on his own, to survive on what he could. Eventually he was found by The Mole People who took him in, dubbing him 'King of The Mole People', and would make him do quests to prove his power as king.

During these quests, Dan's sanity would fall apart, things would be there that shouldn't be, voices that shouldn't exist. Dan had been pricked by a meth needle (sure fuck it), putting him further down a rabbit hole of psychosis. The Mole People decided he was ready, injecting him with a cocktail of... things, they're mole people, get creative.

Dan's patience ran thin as he finally shed Old Dan, his state of mind from Cunto Bight. He demanded to be able to go home, but The Mole People denied it, and turned on him. Alone and broken, Dan found an old computer and radio system, realizing that someone was making prototype holograms. Dan got to work, trying to make a holographic recreation of himself, even finding parts from a car to help set it up. Finally, assembled to his new chest piece, Dan had a hologram system, and those Mole People were going to pay...

Dan got revenge on The Mole People, testing his device out on each of them to distract and misdirect them. It was over, he won! But at what cost... he had no friends... nothing- oh hey a boat! And on that boat, there was Daniels, his new best friend, having been friends from back in Cunto Bight. Dan and Daniels then made an agreement, to make the best movies and shows possible!

### The Rise of Dan Graves, Baby!

Dan and Daniels would arrive back to Cunto City, making plans on how to get it up and running. To begin, they staged events and performances where Dan would come in like a superhero! It wasn't doing so well, so they did fun stuff like cause a car accident and then Dan would come in and save them! Except like 60% of those people died on impact soooo... maybe not the best idea.

Dan and Daniels would then make friends with a couple, Sully and Veronica, who used to be movie producers and gave the two tasks to better themselves and their movie. Eventually, Daniels would be busy and Dan would be taken and betrayed, shot in the desert, robbed of all his money. Daniels found Dan, but something broke. Dan wouldn't be taken as a joke anymore. Dan. Wanted. Revenge.

Dan and Daniels' stunts would get increasingly dangerous, yet yield better results. Your baby is stuck in a burning building? Don't worry! Dan remembered where he put it. Need to stop World War 420? Easy! Dan was pretending to be the other guy all along! People were starting to love Dan and his antics... but then The Bitch In Blue showed up.

Dan would be recruited into her Posse, Blu recognizing that need for revenge and offering a chance at that. And so the three would set off onto their adventure to kill Shade, accidentally finding a wreckage that held Eggman. Eggman would then be recruited, in debt to Dan, and the four now were more than ready to make an impact!

### The Blu Arc

this is gonna take a long time, pls feel free to write anything if i dont finish it by the time you're reading this

## Characteristics and Personality

He is eccentric and passionate about his plans, and theatric in dialect. This can prove to be his downfall, yet he continues anyway. He views himself as 'the main character', feeling it's his right after suffering and going through a strange journey as a person.

He has a deep obsession with excitement and cinema, making complex plans just for that sweet, amazing payoff. This can lead to his fury and irritability when things don't go according to plan, and to complete meltdowns if his plans fail.

In the past he was rather reserved and aggressive, growling at people for looking at his visor the wrong way. It theorized he behaved that way to survive his family and prevent himself from inheriting the business. He had a deeper and odd way of speaking back then, compared to his whiney and passionate Northern American accent today.

Despite his deceptive ability, he has a high opinion of loyalty. This is demonstrated with his vendetta on Roderick leaving him for dead, and contrary-wise his attachment to Daniels, stepping in when he was in harms way of Blu. Dan may have an obnoxious and self-absorbed personality, but he knows he'd be nothing without friends, even if he doesn't want to admit it.

Dan also appears to be self-aware enough to know he has some problems in his mind, creating therapy sessions with his holograms to sort through these feelings. Part of him misses the old times, missed when he could rely on his friends, but with his new found revengeance, he is afraid of falling back into trusting others once again.

## In Depth of Skills and Tech

Dan's use of acting has made him exceptionally well with deception, used alongside his holograms of characters. He has been skilled enough to mimic Darius for an entire season, as well as weave a completely made up plot to use Spazinski and Fuckus to kill Shade.

Dan has worked with machines since he was a child, and that skill translates in his ease of use with the hologram system that he found. After creating the hologram system with the chest piece, speakers from a computer and random parts from a car, he's been able to use it without fail. Dan also created two SMGs that are hidden in his gauntlets, using them as a quick and unexpected fighting mechanic.

Dan is decently athletic and acrobatic, having been training his body as a stunt man for his movies. He is capable of taking a punch, even a few shots, maybe a few stabs too if he's lucky. This has lead him to create surprisingly acrobatic and flashy recordings for his holograms, doing things like Darius' spin kick in LiaT 1 Ep 6, or keeping up with Spazinski's martial arts skills in LiaT 2 Ep 1.

Dan's adrenaline makes him more durable to attacks, as well as cause him to hyperfixate on a target.

## Fun Facts

* He Survived Cancer
* Height is 5'8" (or in Dan terms 6'9" lmao ur welcome)
* Has a blood-orange adrenaline color
* HoloDans can vary in armor light color. Notable ones include yellow, pink and red, these are symbolic of Dan's past selves, never truly letting go
* Original Fandom Page ( Dan )
* Dated Carla Mayfield briefly
* Had a fish wife
* Spat oil!?
* His helmet is waterproof to a depth of 100 metres
* He found the holographic device on Isla De Los Muertos