Name: Johann Isaacson
Gender: Male
Age: 46
Nationality: German
Appearance: Johann has short black hair, which he wears in a compusivly neat comb-over. He is around 6ft 2in high. His features are somewhat aristocratic, but in most ways quite ordinary, save for the small scar above his left eyebrow. A hunting accident, he talls anyone who asks. He has light grey eyes, and a small silver stud in his right ear. When out of his private quarters, he will wear a black suit, with no distinguishing labels, a white shirt and black trousers. He occasionally wears a red or black tie. When around colleages, he will wear his suit unbuttoned, but when he is around 'unknowns' he will have it buttoned up.
Job: Representative of the Diplomatic Offfice
Biography: Johann was born to a working class family in Berlin. His farther worked as a Computer Technician at a Data-storage facility, but growing up Johann never showed much interest in computers, to his fathers dissapointment. Johann's childhood was spent either at the local school, where he succeeded in staying under the radar. The fact that there was somthing slightly wrong with him only came to light when he was 13, when he perfectly calmly, and withought hesitation, pushed an older boy off a bridge over a dispute of some sort. Johann was subsequently diagonsed with emotional retardation. The neuorlogical pathways in his brain which cause a person to feel emotions such as empathy and anger did not form properly. However, he was not institutionalised. His disorder was not deemed serious enough to warrant such treatment, despite the protests of the other boys parents, although Johann did have to attend counselling sessions.
Johann has shown a talent for words ever since he could talk. he has always found it easy to convince a person that his opinion is righ. As such, he lead moderatly sized gang during high school. He very nearly went 'off the rails' at the age of 17, when he began to get reports of some of his gang members getting involved with Drug dealers, through his budding network of informants. Luckily for him, he put a stop to it before it brought the police down on him.
At the age of 20, Johann escaped the criminal underbelly of Berlin, and enrolled in a Political Studies course at Berlin University.
His life looked set, until there was an incident at the apartment block Johann was staying at. A tennant pulled a knife on another, one man was stabbed, and the brawl spilled out into the corridor. Somehow, Johann got involved. When the armed man tried to slash his face open, Johann stabbed him with a letter opener (a family relic, the only one the Isaacson's had). The man very nearly died, and although Johann was cleared of attempted murder, he was thrown out of the University.
For two months he existed in a state of limbo, until he was contacted by the Diplomatic Office's Outreach Program's AI
His talent with people and natral penchant for logical and rational thinking at a time when others were panicking ensured his quick rise through the office. He remained a Diplomat for 22 years, travelling extensivly throughout the World, until he was assigned as the Diplomatic liason on the SS-Aurora.
Personality: Although Johann feels some emotions less than others, he is not an automaton. He is capable of forming attachments to people, although he will likely not show that he cares for them much. He expects them to know that he cares for them, and not need confirmation. That said, he is very good at playing the part of the charaismatic diplomat when need be. the fact that he finds it hard to feel anything other than a vague indifference to people he does not like makes it easier for him to talk to people most other diplomats would find difficult to hold a conversation with without getting extremely angry. The indifference he eels towards people he doesnt know or like is chilling, however. he does not feel a speck of empathy for them, and uses logic and facts to dictate his interactions with them. Unless they manage to get him to like them, which is not as hard as some may think. Johann likes many people, he just does not show it. He has a fondness for comedians, and will not like people who talk too much or try to get him to open up. He is naturally a secretive person to those who do not know him extremely well.
Perks/Flaws:
Emotionless(-2)(Johann will not care at all about or empathize with people he does not consider friends. He would stand there and watch them die unless there was a reason to save them, a logical one that is. He will also come off as cold and uncaring to most who meet him.)
Charismatic Stallion(+1)(Johann is exceedingly good at bending people to his point of view. He wins arguments most of the time, and has a talent for bluffing his way into past guards into ares he really shouldnt be in.)
Knife-juggler(+1)(Johann has a natural affinity for knives, and can throw and wield them with unerring accuracy)