Barry Morgan

### **The awkward birth:**

Christmas Day, 1988. Somewhere in the East Midlands, Cassandra Morgan was screaming blue murder. She convulsed, writhing in pain and giving Brian (her husband) the looks of sheer hatred you'd save only for the tax man. The pain seared through her body as she made the final push, finally forcing young Barry out into the world. The final push proved to do the trick, albeit too well. The infant slipped through the the doctors grip and hit his floor with a dull thud. It would be fair to say Cassandra may have regretted doing so much pelvic floor exercises in the past.

She would have thought that childbirth would've been easier the second time, she was wrong. This time she felt no joy when watching the midwives swaddling the infant. Only guilt. Not only because she fired young Barry out like a v2 rocket, but because the lack of emotions she felt regarding the baby itself. Looking in this new-born's eyes just brought back memories of the infant she left behind a local supermarket no more than a year ago.

### **Growing up:**

Young Barry was very close to his father, idolizing him in his profession as a security guard in the local fuel station. He never spent much time with his mother as she was usually in a whisky induced coma during the day, and working during the night. He never felt any warmth from her. His dad made up for this by taking him to work at the weekends.

Growing up, Barry was a lonely boy. He would often spend time sat near his dads' garage forecourt watching the world pass by. On a good day he would see his father apprehend a naughty shoplifter. This meant he would get to see the flashing lights of the Ford Sierra patrol cars as the police arrived. This would often be the highlight of his weekend.

In school, Barry found it hard to make friends. He loved to watch people from the sidelines, taking notes and reporting his findings to the only people he felt comfortable talking too, the school counsellor Mrs Callahan. Unfortunately, as you'd imagine this lead to situations where he was ganged up on in the playground. He was labelled a 'snitch', a 'grass' and a 'moron' by his peers. His general awkwardness and misreading of social queues often lead to hostile situations with the same people. Because of this he learnt very quickly how to brace yourself to minimise the pain of a fist in the face.

Fed up with the 'Snitch', a group of kids took it upon themselves to expose Barry to a few home truth's. They had found out through their fathers about his mothers' true profession, her benefit fraud past and most painfully the fact he had an abandoned brother.

Upon leaving school, Barry decided to take action.

### **Early Employment:**

Barry's first job, and only job prior to joining the Solis City Police Department, was in security. Just like his dad he wanted to keep the shopkeepers' profits safe from unscrupulous criminals. Unfortunately he failed the aptitude test to work the the BP garage and instead applied his skills to the care industry.

He became the security guard and night watchman for 'Withering Oaks Care Home'. His day to day responsibilities primarily involved keeping the Wiley old reprobates in control. Barry often felt that he bit off more than he could chew as he was often outsmarted by the old folk, leading him on a wild goose chase around town. He'd often find them in the local bars smashing a game of bridge and chatting up the local 'wildlife' (in their words).

Sometime late Nov, 2021. Barry was viciously attacked by several of the Withered Oaks Bridge club in the home's kitchen. The biggest pain wasn't the potato masher bashing off his forehead but the fact that they managed, once again, to get one over on him. He decided Withered Oaks was a place that was beyond fixing. Walking in to the community lounge with a claw hammer, intent on making bad decisions he was stopped in his tracks by a news report on TV.

"*A gang known only as the 'Wet Bandits' terrorize Solis City once again"*

*"Wet Bandit's IDENTIFIED: Cleemen Huff Jr, Patrick Joyce, Big Juicy, John Doe...... Glem Morgan"*

"*SCPD Suspected to relax recruitment criteria in order to win the fight on crime in Solis City.. apply today!"*

## The Death of Barry Morgan?

On Friday, 28th October 2022. Barry found himself patrolling the streets of Solis City. This was a time of great unrest in the city due to a perceived gang in the city biting people and attacking the homeless population. The citizens were concerned that this was the doing of a strange scientist named Dr. Sherbert East who had been spotted lurking around the city, particularly near Humane Labs™.

Never one to give in to superstition and hoax's, Barry continued to uphold the law as per his duty.

The city went into meltdown, the local civilians turned into an armed militia under the counselling and influence of the PD High Command to thwart the threat of these so called 'Zombies'.

Barry found his duty in supervising the militia, ensuring that he had eyes on them at all times for not only their own safety, but the safety of the local population also.

The group found clues leading to the Chicken processing plant in Paleto Bay and headed north mob handed to find and confront Dr.East. During this engagement Barry chaperoned the group to try and keep them all together as he felt, no matter what the threat might be, there would be safety in numbers. Plus, he was the only member of the group that had a firearm. One of the members of the group broke formation and ran into the factory headfirst, showing a complete disregard for her safety.. only to be viciously tackled, bitten and mauled by a group of zombie-like people. Barry acted upon his lawful duty and proceeded to open fire on the suspects that were currently ripping apart the poor silly lady. As he called for backup on his radio he remembered... The rest of the force decided to take part in some last minute SWAT training miles away from where he was.. (which made total sense, despite the threat of a 'zombie apocalypse' ..*go figure*)

Barry found himself surrounded by these creeps and pushed deeper into the factory to drag them away from the dying idiot on the floor. In a hale of bullets and screaming rare-obscenities the sound died down. His body was never found.

## Facts

* Barry is a strong advocate in the fight against bad language. He firmly believes swearing is a 'gateway drug' to more serious crime.
* He often feels out of his depth in his role in the PD and has refused promotion previously
* His stutter often disappears in times of high adrenaline - such as in a chase
* Enjoys community working on community outreach programmes, such as his 'Brown Town Cripps Junior Baseball Team'
* It is alleged that he has an unhealthy obsession with Leslie Grantham webcam videos.

## Quotes

* *"Anything in your pockets that might stab, prick, poke or arouse me sir/madam?"* - Whilst conducting teddy frisks.
* *"LANGUAGE!"*
* *"One, Two, Troopers are coming for you! Three, four, We're gonna lock the cell door!" -* Often in foot chases.
* "I NEED BACKUP!!! THE ZOMBIES ARE REAL YOU USELESS BASTARDS!"