Ken

Basic Information

Name: Ken Wilson
Player: Tony Kirchner
Tradition: Akasic Brotherhood
Nature: Visionary
Essence: Questing
Concept: Dojo Teacher/Police Detective

Background

Pre-Awakening

Ken Wilson was born, the son of two Americans, on a United States military base on mainland Japan. His father was a low ranking officer in the U.S. army stationed there for several years; his mother, who was always a lost soul, followed her husband to Japan solely because she did not know what else to do. The birth of Ken seemed to give his mother some purpose for several years, but when Ken was 3 they moved back to the U.S. and trouble began for the family. Ken's father was unable or unwilling to find work back at home and his mother had grown used to being supported by the military paycheck, unfortunately with neither of them working that money soon ran dry. By the time Ken was 5 the family was living off welfare and the family was nearly falling apart, on that Christmas eve it did. Ken's mother did not come back one night and Ken did not see her again throughout the rest of his childhood. Ken and his father managed to get by on welfare and disability by living in poverty, Ken was able to attend inner city public schools where he received more of an education about the streetsthan about the school curriculum. Once Ken was old enough to work he did so while still attending school, though it no doubt contributed to his below average marks throughout school. Ken did manage to graduate from high school and received an athletic scholarship to attend a small college near his home town.

College was a place where Ken could flourish, without the constant distraction of a shattered family he was able to excel both athletically and in his school work. He made his first set of friends while at school and learned what life was like outside of the slums of the city. Ken graduated with a degree in Psychology in four years and immediately entered the police academy. He excelled during his time at the academy and was quickly given his badge, ranking as one of the finest recruits in the class. Over several years in the police force Ken worked on several special duties and received multiple commendations, resulting in meteoric rise to detective.

The Awakening

Ken served as a detective in the police force for only a few months before he was called out late one night to investigate a multiple homicide. It was his first case on his own, his senior decided not to answer the phone so late at night, and he arrived in what appeared to be a dilapidated old building with a substantial amount of police force waiting outside, Ken couldn't help but notice two black sedans parked suspiciously close by. Ken entered to discover what appeared to be a triple suicide not homicide as he discovered 3 bodies hanging by their necks from the ceiling, the officer who found the bodies informed him that there was an apparent struggle and a possible suspect was in the building but seemingly disappeared despite their best efforts to find him. Ken did all the standard detective work, investigating the entire building and sending what little evidence he could find to forensics for analysis (unfortunately the criminal did not leave semen everywhere so it would be a tough case). Something did not sit quite right with Ken about the whole situation and he spent a lot of time dwelling on the case the following day; that night he was awoken by a dream telling him to go back to the building.

Confused he followed what he figured was only a hunch and returned to the scene, now just a taped off empty building he entered the haunting, dark scene alone. After looking around for a few minutes his flashlight suddenly turned off and was followed by the sound of footsteps quickly closing in around him. They stopped short and once his eyes adjusted he saw, to his surprise the shadow of what appeared to be a frail old man stroking a long beard. The man spoke after a tense moment of silence, "The light blinds you from your destiny brother." Ken awoke with a cold sweat, it was already morning, was it all a dream?

Personality

Coming Soon...

Defining Quote

"To a mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders."