Reggie Cantan

**Reggie Cantan** is a character role-played by Apollion#8222

## General Information

Reggie Cantan just recently got approved to obtain his Dystopian Citizenship. He is in the process of arranging and moving into Dystopia.

## Biography

Reggie was born and raised by a single mom who struggled quite a bit. Because of this, they had to move around a lot as different family members tried to take them in. They ended up living in a bunch of “hoods.” Some they lived in were Compton, New Orleans, and Chicago. Reggie knew since he was 4 that he wanted to be a cop. This gave him many problems growing up though. He had no trouble making friends but most of the time some of them would be in different gangs. Because of this, Reggie took some beatings. They kept moving around until his freshmen year in high school, where they would settle down. The school had a magnet program for criminal justice and Reggie knew immediately that’s what he wanted to do. He got into the program his sophomore year and stayed in it throughout high school. His senior year, the sheriff's office would take him for a ride along on a transport of a prisoner. This prisoner was known to be a top dog in his gang. When Reggie got to the department, his mentor, Mr. Jordan threw him the keys and told him he’d be driving. They drove and got to the prison. Jordan told Reggie to wait in the van while he gets the prisoner. After a couple minutes, they come out and start heading to the back passenger side of the van. When they got to the right taillight, the prisoner kneed then punched Jordan (it would be later discovered one of the corrections officers gave the prisoner a key to the cuffs as part of an insider job). Reggie, panicking looked around and found a shotgun in between the passenger seat and the middle console. He checked to see if it was loaded, and it was. He got out and began heading to the passenger side of the van through the front side. He didn’t know if the shotgun was live rounds or beanbag rounds. When he got to the passenger side headlight, he saw the prisoner reaching for Jordan’s handgun. Reggie shot the gun aiming towards the prisoners back. He hit him and Jordan jumped up and put him in cuffs and called for an ambulance. The Prisoner would be killed on his way to the hospital. This put Reggie at a bad position. Not only did he kill a top dog of a gang, but he wasn’t allowed to use weapons as part of the program, so he was in trouble with the police side as well. The only person that told him he did the right thing was Jordan who said, though it was dangerous to shoot someone on top of him, it needed to be done. Reggie was kicked out of the program and was not charged with anything for the shooting. After college, Reggie would apply and be accepted at the police department. He had a 2-year-old daughter and a wife he met in college. They were his world. One day while he was at the academy, gang members broke into his house and murdered his wife and child (gang members part of the gang that Reggie shot). When Reggie got home, he had to see the horrifying scene of his daughter and wife dead. At that moment he knew what he had to do. He packed all his stuff up and moved as far away as possible. After much argument, he also had his mom agree to move far away. After a couple stops (and therapy sessions), Reggie found himself in Dystopia. A city that seemed nice enough (and far enough) to live at. There were no traces of the gang in the city. Reggie plans to join the police force and make sure what happened to him never happens to anyone else. His mom lives in a disclosed location that only he and his mom know. He visits her every now and then. He hopes to continue his life and do what he’s always wanted to do. Hopefully, if his therapy sessions go well enough, he also hopes to move on and get himself a new wife and maybe even a child.

## **Relationships**

* He had a 2-year-old daughter and a wife he met in college. They were his world. One day while he was at the academy, gang members broke into his house and murdered his wife and child (gang members part of the gang that Reggie shot). When Reggie got home, he had to see the horrifying scene of his daughter and wife dead.