Damien Carter-Madison

From Survival Of The Fittest

Name: Damien Carter-Madison
Gender: Male
Age: 13 ½
Grade: 9, Mrs. Garrick's Homeroom
School: P.J. Gilroy Academy
Extra-Curricular Activities: None

Description:
Despite being in the throes of an adolescent growth spurt making him nearly as tall as his classmates, Damien Carter-Madison is still quite gangly in appearance, making his uniform appear one size too big. He has gel-tamed jet black hair, almost long enough to defy school regulations, which contrasts with his fair, almost pale skin, and brown eyes. His uniform is clean, pressed and free of unnecessary creases. His face is recognizably androgynous, and almost completely free of acne.

At least that's how he appears when he gets to school.

Damien was born on the West Coast. His father passed away shortly after his birth. Not long after that he was found to have a particularly gifted mind. He entered Kindergarten at preschool age (hence his age handicap) and academically blazed his way through elementary and junior high, before he moved to New Jersey to attend Gilroy Academy. He is particularly adept at math and the sciences and is, quite unintentionally, the darling of his teachers. He also has a closet interest in the graphic arts.

Logic therefore dictates that he is not a particularly happy little boy, and it shows.

Being picked on by guys and chicks (read, both of the spoiled rich-kids club in Gilroy's instance) alike has become a nigh-daily occurance for him. He often slinks and zips around classmates between class, lunch break and club, getting caught by a particular mean clique more often than not and dragged away to where the faculty won't notice. His fear and lack of proper fight training (regardless of his body type) quickly negates his efforts to resist. By the time he leaves he looks visibly shaken, at the least. His uniform manages to conceal most of his bruises, and the ones on his face fade almost completely overnight.

The other obstacle in his life is his mother, Nicole Carter-Madison. Ever since her husband was killed - exactly how or why she doesn't say, though she categorically denies having a hand in it - she has made it her mission to make sure Damien never comes to harm at home or in school, at least on her watch (obviously, she never escorts him around classes). She is a card-carrying member of Gilroy's PTA and a known activist against bullying in all types of educational institutions. As described above, it's rather easy for Nicole to figure out if and when her son has been picked on. Yet her - and sometimes the faculty's - attempts to 'save' Damien from bullies have often led to behind-her-back repercussions against him. This also leads most of Damien's peers to keep their distance from him for fear of repercussions of their own; the rest have ended up befriending him for comparably short periods of time before learning this, resulting in a great deal of mistrust as well. By contrast, Nicole leaves him well enough alone because she believes her son won't try anything stupid/insane.

Naturally, going through this much would make Damien quite paranoid and wary of people around him. He keeps a little morbid picture book and other scary little non-lethal mementos hidden in his clothes drawers of the things he envisions he'd do to his oppressors. Even the members of the school's anime club say he sometimes has the face of Wrath*, before and after he's picked on. But the way things look, he won't be trying anything like that for a long while. He unconsciously tries to keep up a "sweet little boy" image for his mother when she's looking, and has grown scared enough that he won't even try to harm himself out of despair. To be sure, this had been going on since before he moved to Gilroy, but the transfer only heaped upon his frustration that he might never get to exact revenge on everyone who picked on him.

Clique: None
Relationships: None

Other: The idea for Damien's mother was inspired by Anko Uehara's PTA mom from the Great Teacher Onizuka series. The 'face of Wrath' is a reference to Full Metal Alchemist. Damien's current favorite TV show is - of all things - Survival of the Fittest. He is also one of the youngest if not the youngest character in the pre-game.