Eston

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## Background

Eston Strand was born on a dusty ranch in southern New Mexico, having only his aunt, uncle, and mother present at birth, though, he would only really get to know one. At only two and 3 months old, his uncle John and His mom Gloria died in a bar fight while his aunt, Paige Strand, watched him ride his favorite rocking horse. With his father Anthony nowhere to be found, his aunt accepted full custody and responsibility of the child. Though he already knew her, Eston became extremely close to his aunt, she being the one who taught him how to ride, ranch and most importantly, shoot.

On his 14th birthday, He got his own revolver, though an ancient one at that. However, this was no setback as he studied every in and out of the gun, which led him to begin borrowing books from the library in town 7 miles away and learning more and more about these ancient wonders. Though he always made sure to do his work on the ranch, Eston had become obsessed in anything considered antique. This is what led to his career, an international jumpstart antique weapon dealership, managed by him and his best friend Mason at age 19.

Though international, he ended up frequenting Russia most often due to incredibly high demand. Things were looking great, but that’s when Paige Strand died after falling over in the cow pen with a broken leg and barely surviving off of a rotting steer for 2 days, before she died in the hospital. Eston took this hard, and spent days alone on now, his ranch. He did not have much time to mourn however, as his cousins were angered that his aunt had chosen him over her own sons, and after a series of brawls, he fled to Russia. It was as he had just found a hotel in a quaint Russian town that the Arume invaded.

 He spent many, many days running in between survivor groups, and even once ran as a mercenary when currency was food. This is where he learned how the Russians had been surviving from the locals, and combined that knowledge with his sparse Russian from dealing weapons. He integrated himself a bit, but definitely not entirely. After about a year and a half of this, he met up with the resistance. He left most of his old life back where he believes it belongs: the ranch.

## Appearance

Eston has medium length, ragged, almost curly, black hair. His eyes are a grey-ish blue-ish color, mostly from his grandfather. Being a somewhat picky eater, he can appear almost scrawny, but he’s able to pull his own weight and sometimes a little more. He can almost always be seen wearing jeans and some variant of military grade sweater due to the cold of Russia. On extremely rare occasions, he’ll pull out his uncles straw and felt stetson hat, usually to block out the especially sunny days or to cover his eyes when sleeping at day.

## Personality

Eston can sometimes seem awkward or silent. This is mostly due to the fact he didn’t interact with many being so isolated on the ranch, and even more so looking at so many old books and studying antiques. However, give him people and time and he’ll have an army of loyal friends. When speaking with native Russians, he can sometimes be indistinguishable from one of them because he tends to mimic the way they speak, in mostly because he’s somewhat self conscious about sticking out like a sore thumb, and even more so afraid of looking suspicious when completely innocent. Eston will only lightly mention his past, either because he thinks it not important or because he doesn’t particularly like the a person, and has yet to really tell anyone his entire story.