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thecompanyman) wrote2015-07-01 11:27 pm
thecompanyman) wrote2015-07-01 11:27 pm
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Name: Rhys Yorath
Age: Mid-twenties
Species: Human (cyborg)
Canon: Tales from the Borderlands
Voiced by: Troy Baker
Appearance: Rhys is a white human male, relatively skinny and about 5'10" tall. He keeps his brown hair short and swept back out of his eyes. His biological right eye is dark brown, and his cybernetic left eye is usually bright blue unless he's being influenced by outside forces, then it's golden yellow. Rhys's left temple sports a small circular interface port. His right arm is also completely cybernetic, made of durable alloys and equipped with a built-in interface system in the palm of his hand. He has circular black tattoos on the left side of his neck, and a larger blue design on his chest.
Personality: Rhys is attracted to money and power, but he's not quite ruthless enough to get it, stuck firmly in the middle ranks of Hyperion. He likes to think of himself as a cool guy but he's not-so-secretly a dork, and not quite as competent as he likes to pretend he is. He wants to be just like his personal hero, the now-deceased sociopathic Hyperion CEO Handsome Jack, but doesn't quite have the stomach for killing unless it's in self-defense. He prefers to use nonlethal weapons like stun batons if he has to use one at all. Rhys is loyal to his best friend Vaughn, and to a lesser degree his friend Yvette. Overall, Rhys is a businessman who's always wanted to be a businessman, but doesn't quite have the right capacity for cutthroat tactics to get to the top the short way.
Abilities: Rhys's cybernetic arm is far stronger than his natural one, and he's able to use its ECHOnet interface to make calls, and project holograms or light sources. His cybernetic ECHOeye can remotely hack nearby technology, scan objects and people for basic information, and extrapolate where incoming attacks are going to land. Compatible tech can plug into his interface port, allowing him to access its data directly with his brain. He's also left-handed.
Weaknesses: His cybernetics aren't appropriately shielded from EMPs, and he's vulnerable to computer viruses introduced through his interface port. Rhys is scared of heights.
History: Rhys was raised on one of the wealthier worlds dominated by Hyperion Corporation. Even from a young age, he idolized businessmen, even creating his own club at age ten so he could print his first business card. As soon as he was legally allowed, he applied to join Hyperion and was accepted into a low-level position as a programmer/hacker. Together with his friend Vaughn, who eventually became one of Hyperion's accountants, Rhys worked his way up the corporate ladder and was eventually sent to Helios Station in orbit above the planet Pandora. He rarely writes home to his parents, who were often too busy working to spend time with their son.
Rhys lost his right arm in an accident at age nineteen, after a security door slammed shut on it during a simulated hull breach drill. While still recovering from the amputation, he chose to have his left eye replaced and an interface port installed to gain a technological edge on the competition, and because heterochromia makes him look slightly more like his personal hero, Handsome Jack. He later regretted making that decision under the influence of heavy painkillers, but has since fully adjusted to his cybernetic enhancements and uses them to his advantage.
After being screwed out of a promotion by his rival, Hugo Vasquez, Rhys jumped at the chance to screw over Vasquez's deal for a Vault Key by withdrawing ten million of Hyperion's dollars and going down to Pandora first. Unfortunately the Vault Key was a fake, and the money was stolen and then blown up. Now Rhys is persona non grata on Helios Station. Together with Vaughn, and two Pandoran con artists named Fiona and Sasha, Rhys searches for the clues that will hopefully lead them to a Vault, hoping to buy his way back in and perhaps even get the promotion he believes he deserves.
The situation has become more complicated as an attempt to interface with a dead Hyperion employee's ident chip resulted in downloading a copy of Handsome Jack's consciousness into Rhys's brain. Only Rhys can see and hear Jack, who appears to him as if he were a hologram. Jack can gain limited control over Rhys's cybernetics if Rhys is distracted, and is slowly learning how to influence his host the longer they stay together.
Age: Mid-twenties
Species: Human (cyborg)
Canon: Tales from the Borderlands
Voiced by: Troy Baker
Appearance: Rhys is a white human male, relatively skinny and about 5'10" tall. He keeps his brown hair short and swept back out of his eyes. His biological right eye is dark brown, and his cybernetic left eye is usually bright blue unless he's being influenced by outside forces, then it's golden yellow. Rhys's left temple sports a small circular interface port. His right arm is also completely cybernetic, made of durable alloys and equipped with a built-in interface system in the palm of his hand. He has circular black tattoos on the left side of his neck, and a larger blue design on his chest.
Personality: Rhys is attracted to money and power, but he's not quite ruthless enough to get it, stuck firmly in the middle ranks of Hyperion. He likes to think of himself as a cool guy but he's not-so-secretly a dork, and not quite as competent as he likes to pretend he is. He wants to be just like his personal hero, the now-deceased sociopathic Hyperion CEO Handsome Jack, but doesn't quite have the stomach for killing unless it's in self-defense. He prefers to use nonlethal weapons like stun batons if he has to use one at all. Rhys is loyal to his best friend Vaughn, and to a lesser degree his friend Yvette. Overall, Rhys is a businessman who's always wanted to be a businessman, but doesn't quite have the right capacity for cutthroat tactics to get to the top the short way.
Abilities: Rhys's cybernetic arm is far stronger than his natural one, and he's able to use its ECHOnet interface to make calls, and project holograms or light sources. His cybernetic ECHOeye can remotely hack nearby technology, scan objects and people for basic information, and extrapolate where incoming attacks are going to land. Compatible tech can plug into his interface port, allowing him to access its data directly with his brain. He's also left-handed.
Weaknesses: His cybernetics aren't appropriately shielded from EMPs, and he's vulnerable to computer viruses introduced through his interface port. Rhys is scared of heights.
History: Rhys was raised on one of the wealthier worlds dominated by Hyperion Corporation. Even from a young age, he idolized businessmen, even creating his own club at age ten so he could print his first business card. As soon as he was legally allowed, he applied to join Hyperion and was accepted into a low-level position as a programmer/hacker. Together with his friend Vaughn, who eventually became one of Hyperion's accountants, Rhys worked his way up the corporate ladder and was eventually sent to Helios Station in orbit above the planet Pandora. He rarely writes home to his parents, who were often too busy working to spend time with their son.
Rhys lost his right arm in an accident at age nineteen, after a security door slammed shut on it during a simulated hull breach drill. While still recovering from the amputation, he chose to have his left eye replaced and an interface port installed to gain a technological edge on the competition, and because heterochromia makes him look slightly more like his personal hero, Handsome Jack. He later regretted making that decision under the influence of heavy painkillers, but has since fully adjusted to his cybernetic enhancements and uses them to his advantage.
After being screwed out of a promotion by his rival, Hugo Vasquez, Rhys jumped at the chance to screw over Vasquez's deal for a Vault Key by withdrawing ten million of Hyperion's dollars and going down to Pandora first. Unfortunately the Vault Key was a fake, and the money was stolen and then blown up. Now Rhys is persona non grata on Helios Station. Together with Vaughn, and two Pandoran con artists named Fiona and Sasha, Rhys searches for the clues that will hopefully lead them to a Vault, hoping to buy his way back in and perhaps even get the promotion he believes he deserves.
The situation has become more complicated as an attempt to interface with a dead Hyperion employee's ident chip resulted in downloading a copy of Handsome Jack's consciousness into Rhys's brain. Only Rhys can see and hear Jack, who appears to him as if he were a hologram. Jack can gain limited control over Rhys's cybernetics if Rhys is distracted, and is slowly learning how to influence his host the longer they stay together.