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Character: Torque

Canon: The Suffering 'Prison is Hell'/'Ties that bind'

Version: Ties that Bind || Neutral morality

Canon Point: Age:  31

Gender: Male

History:

 Torque's past is a far from a pleasant one-- at the tender age of three he was left in the administrative care of the Garvey's childrens home, an institution that was just the start of Torque's problems, and a place he would like to pretend didn't exist, let alone admit he was raised there. The orphanage was far from a safe haven, a building situated inbetween desolate buildings and dilapdated crack dens, inside of Garvey's was as dangerous as the outside of it. It was far from a safe haven, the children forced into work, regardless of age and, while some of the staff were genuinely concerned for the children's welfare, there were others that seemed to find nothing as pleasurable in their young denizen's misery. While Torque was one of the luckier children, he still found himself on the wrong side of his carers intentions, the 

Personality:

Fears:

Weaknesses:

• Can'tdeal.jpg- He can't do it. He just can't do it, regardless of what, who or where in his life it happens, dealing with things is a big no-no. From being imprisoned to his relationship with his on-off wife, if Torque could man up to half the things in his life, then half the things in his life wouldn't have happened, or, at least, would have been far less extreme when they did. He has the irritating habit of taking all his aggression and stress, bundling it into the tightest ball of RAEG he can manage, and then shoving into the darkest corner of his mind as he can find. If a good beating can't solve the problem, then he's at a loss, which leads to fretting and more anger.  
• All of the Rage!- His temper is his greatest strength, but it's also his most obvious weakness. Torque's anger stems from a variety of places and his rage can become so uncontrollable he's siphoned it off into it's own personality, real enough to him to the point of hallucination and murder. At his angriest his third personality comes into play, known simply as 'The creature' in which Torque has little to no inhibitions, to the point of ripping men (and monster) apart with his bare hands. While he can calm his anger usually, as in the case of his wife, the calm doesn't come quickly enough. 
• Meathead- Torque isn't the brightest crayon in the box, that much is obvious. However he probably could beat every other crayon in that box into shades solely of black and blue. His strength, while sometimes being beneficial (like when he was prison for example), is more more often than not the cause of more problems (Like... what got him sent to prison in the first place). When Torque realises manslaughter and GBH aren't the best solutions for everything, his world will be a better place. Until then though, this facet of his personality will always be something of a problem.
• S.M.- When you know the signs, it's quite obvious that Torque suffers from selective mutism; his immense failure when it comes to dealing with his problems (which in itself is then a problem, starting the vicious cycle), his lack of expression and usually withdrawn, surly nature are all tell-tale signs... They are also tell-tale signs of antisocial asshole, and Torque does very little in dispelling that idea. His lack of speech, especially around people he doesn't know and high stress situations, does little to make him seem like much of a useful commodity. While his actions exhibit his strengths far better than his words ever could, actually being able to speak on some occasions would make things an awful lot easier, and definitely alot safer.
• Loop-de-looping over the Cuckoo's nest- While he may not be very vocal externally, internally there is a very vivid contrast; his brain addled with hallucinations, both in forms auditory and visual. It's understandable that, withscenes and conversations that can be only deemed impossible (both real and hallucination) playing out in front of him, that he may just be a tad insane in the membrane'. He's never spoken of his problems, not to his wife, to his friendsand definitely not to an qualified psychiatrist, preferring to stick his head in the sand and let the problems fester. While the good (and rather insane himself) Doctor Killjoy tried to aid Torque, it did little to solve the problem, instead managing to rub salt in the proverbial wound and just bring back all those raw, festered memories before prancing off to do something far more interesting... Like building a reanimator-esque ray gun.
• Addict- Torque had something of a drug addiction in his teenage years, both in a bid to pick himself up from the lows of the hand life had dealt him and also in a bid to drive away what was most likely the onset of depression. Though he pulled himself out of the pit of heavy drug addiction, torque still suffers with it, shifting his tastes to alcohol and over-the-counter-medication instead. His addictions are very much a double edged sword- on one hand his tolerance to toxins has helped him survive, push forcefully administered shots of Sodium thiopental (one of the drugs administered in lethal injections) and later heroin once he re-enters Baltimore with surprisingly little effect. In the same backhanded blow his tolerance forces him to over-indulge to feel any sort of drug-induced effects, be it narcotics, depressants or even just plain old pain relief. This makes him all but useless for a time afterwards (unless his adrenaline is peaked) as his body combats succumbing to overdose. It does however make him a great meat-shield. 
• Three-faced- 

 Mundane Strengths/Abilities:

• Tank&Spank- Torque, in all senses of the term, is a tank; he can (and will) usually run roughshod through whatever he is pointed at, and usually with great success. Capable of pulling apart monsters double his size and pulling down walls under the right duress, Torque makes for a good ice breaker, and an even better diversion and best (or worst) of all, he damn well knows it. He's very likely to put his strong build and high tolerances to use, engaging incoming threats, especially when he's accompanying others. 
• You're a good man T- Torque, despite his impulses and demeanor, isn't a monster- he feels emotions and has similar logic to any ordinary person, he just finds it overly difficult to voice that, both literally and metaphorically. When someone gains his trust however, he can and will do whatever it takes to protect them- hell, sometimes those that haven't earnt that still get taken under his wing if the situation is overly dire. While he'll just about speak with those he respects he's not going to leave others in the lurch, especially if he knows information; from notes, to wall scrawling, Torque usually finds a way to get his point across, and he's not afraid to play courier for others either, if the need ever presents itself.
• Well-versed in wierd- Since he was little, Torque has been immersed in crazy, even if that was the result of his own fractured psyche. He's seen visions since he was little, and they seen to have done little but get worse as time's gone on. Thanks to the fact that, regardless of whether they're real or not, most if not all the oddities he now sees are out to kill him he's also gotten very used to to dealing with them too, either in aiding them, outrunning them, out-gunning them, or just letting them do what they want before deciding he wasn't actually worth the bother. He's also developed quite attuned senses when it come to certain things, sounds especially (due to many of the creatures he encounters either sounding their appearances or  their attacks). 
• Three for the price of one- Torques MPD, even though he doesn't know it, can be used if others are able to learn his triggers, or the right buttons get pushed incidently. 

 

Sensitivity/Magical Ability: Unsure on this one, but happy to go with mod's decision on this one; He has the ability to see and fight the monsters from his own world, and it's hinted that he can see, interact and fight against the ghosts he faces (Horace, Hermes and Dr. Killjoy) However, the boss battles in-game usually have you do this without actually approaching them per sé, so his actual resiliance to ghost attacks is questionable, especially since he can be hurt (and killed if you don't get the idea of the boss battles) easily enough. 

The canon hints that he's more intune with the paranormal than most, the diary's of Jordon and Clem both questioning whether Torque is actually something of a conduit for the malefactors that plague him, especially Clem after seeing the malefactor known as 'Disciple of Evil' (at least in the Spanish Version) in which the creature has 'What appears to be a miniature version of Torque can be seen dangling from its body via an umbilicus of sorts...'¹. Another character, Ranse Truman, also apparently shares Torque's gift, so it's likely to be something more than something Blackmore just pulled out of his ass and fed to who needed to think it. However, I am more than willing to let the mods call it how they see it.   

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Game Transfers: None

¹ http://thesuffering.wikia.com/wiki/Torque%27s_Hatred