● abilities: Daryl is an incredibly observant and smart man (far more than he's often given credit for due to his 'backwater' and 'hick' manner of speech and habits) who has been hunting and tracking for most of his life. The world going to shit just made him all the more dangerous, enhancing his skills with various weapons (crossbow, handguns, rifles, knives, even weapons like grenades that he wouldn't normally have access to) as well as his tracking and the ability to move silently merely through the rigors of constant use. Of his weapons, it is his crossbow with which he is the deadliest and most skilled.
He's very familiar with living off the land and has an extensive knowledge of the natural world native to his home state of Georgia. This includes interacting with animals, not just hunting them. It also includes vast range of general knowledge surrounding geology, ornithology, zoology, and botany.
His observation skills also apply to his intuition about people and he generally has a decent ability to tell 'good people' from 'bad people'. This is not infallible and he's been wrong on enough occasions to second guess himself, particularly when he's on his own and doesn't have someone he trusts to consult with, but he's had a track record of being right a good 80% of the time.
Due to the nature of his life after the Wildfire Outbreak, Daryl has become very good at making and using improvised weapons, as well as scavenging/salvaging the ruins of the world that was. He has shown himself to be a skilled mechanic when it comes to motorized vehicles and he's learned a lot about maintenance and repair of electronics, particularly generators, in the last year. He's also generally decent at field dressing wounds and, due to his brother having abused a lot of substances (and gotten more than a few STI's), knows his way around some uncommon medicines and pain relievers that usually remain in the realm of someone dedicated to learning medicine. It's not really enough to be an expert, but he can keep someone alive long enough to get them back to a doctor.
● strengths: Daryl is one of the seemingly rare people who became a better person after the world went to shit. While everything about him seemed to point at him being a 'mini-Merle' - an angry, racist, volatile copy of his older brother when things first went down - Daryl has, instead, grown into his own person and shown himself to have a 'heart of gold'.
Daryl is a generally emotionally strong man that has learned to hide his perceived weaknesses behind anger and intimidation. He's had to put on a strong front, be tough, for as long as he can remember, and he does it well. He is adaptable and able to roll with the punches, as it were.
For all that he has some obvious anger issues, particularly in how easily he can get growly and grumbly with others, Daryl is one of the most level headed in his group. And he's only grown more so in the last two years. His hot-blooded, quick to anger attitude tempering out as he became a trusted leader and adviser within the group he's been running with. He largely puts the needs of the group first, and his own second.
He's open minded and optimistic in a way that comes across as unexpected because he's also very realistic. His caution with others belies a very open and bleeding heart. He actually believes there's still plenty of good in the world. Despite all that the group's been through and how it's stripped away the hope of many of those he cares about (Rick, Carol, Sasha), Daryl believes they still need to reach out and grow and try to trust others they come across if they can.
● weaknesses: As a victim of childhood abuse (both physical and emotional) that extended long into his adulthood, Daryl has a hard time letting people get close and tends to be socially closed off. Even those he thinks of as family and would die for, he keeps at a distance and doesn't share much of his past with. Not the parts that he thinks are shameful or would come across as 'weak'. He has a lot of self-esteem issues he's still working through.
One of the obvious signs of his past 'weakness' are the scars that cover his back from when his father would take a belt to him. Because of them, Daryl doesn't usually take his shirt off where anyone can see them unless a doctor needs to have a look at his back. The closest he comes of his own volition is wearing a button up he's cut the sleeves off of and the few times he's been forced to show them, he's been very defensive and done his best to cover up quickly. He also doesn't like to admit in any real way that he's struggling with his abuse and recovery. As such, he deflects all lines of discussion away from the topic if it ever focuses on him.
● skills (optional): Hunter/Tracker, Scavenger, Mechanic ● housing (optional): he can be assigned anywhere, but he'll probably end up bunking with Rick and/or Carl in the long run
Daryl Dixon | The Walking Dead | Not Reserved
● name: Autumn
● age: over 18
● contact: PM to character journal
● other characters: N/A
character information
● name: Daryl Dixon
● canon: The Walking Dead
● canon point: s5ep16 "Conquer" - Meeting Morgan.
● age: Early to mid-40's
● (canon) background: Survival Instinct & TV Show
● (original) world: N/A
● abilities: Daryl is an incredibly observant and smart man (far more than he's often given credit for due to his 'backwater' and 'hick' manner of speech and habits) who has been hunting and tracking for most of his life. The world going to shit just made him all the more dangerous, enhancing his skills with various weapons (crossbow, handguns, rifles, knives, even weapons like grenades that he wouldn't normally have access to) as well as his tracking and the ability to move silently merely through the rigors of constant use. Of his weapons, it is his crossbow with which he is the deadliest and most skilled.
He's very familiar with living off the land and has an extensive knowledge of the natural world native to his home state of Georgia. This includes interacting with animals, not just hunting them. It also includes vast range of general knowledge surrounding geology, ornithology, zoology, and botany.
His observation skills also apply to his intuition about people and he generally has a decent ability to tell 'good people' from 'bad people'. This is not infallible and he's been wrong on enough occasions to second guess himself, particularly when he's on his own and doesn't have someone he trusts to consult with, but he's had a track record of being right a good 80% of the time.
Due to the nature of his life after the Wildfire Outbreak, Daryl has become very good at making and using improvised weapons, as well as scavenging/salvaging the ruins of the world that was. He has shown himself to be a skilled mechanic when it comes to motorized vehicles and he's learned a lot about maintenance and repair of electronics, particularly generators, in the last year. He's also generally decent at field dressing wounds and, due to his brother having abused a lot of substances (and gotten more than a few STI's), knows his way around some uncommon medicines and pain relievers that usually remain in the realm of someone dedicated to learning medicine. It's not really enough to be an expert, but he can keep someone alive long enough to get them back to a doctor.
● strengths: Daryl is one of the seemingly rare people who became a better person after the world went to shit. While everything about him seemed to point at him being a 'mini-Merle' - an angry, racist, volatile copy of his older brother when things first went down - Daryl has, instead, grown into his own person and shown himself to have a 'heart of gold'.
Daryl is a generally emotionally strong man that has learned to hide his perceived weaknesses behind anger and intimidation. He's had to put on a strong front, be tough, for as long as he can remember, and he does it well. He is adaptable and able to roll with the punches, as it were.
For all that he has some obvious anger issues, particularly in how easily he can get growly and grumbly with others, Daryl is one of the most level headed in his group. And he's only grown more so in the last two years. His hot-blooded, quick to anger attitude tempering out as he became a trusted leader and adviser within the group he's been running with. He largely puts the needs of the group first, and his own second.
He's open minded and optimistic in a way that comes across as unexpected because he's also very realistic. His caution with others belies a very open and bleeding heart. He actually believes there's still plenty of good in the world. Despite all that the group's been through and how it's stripped away the hope of many of those he cares about (Rick, Carol, Sasha), Daryl believes they still need to reach out and grow and try to trust others they come across if they can.
● weaknesses: As a victim of childhood abuse (both physical and emotional) that extended long into his adulthood, Daryl has a hard time letting people get close and tends to be socially closed off. Even those he thinks of as family and would die for, he keeps at a distance and doesn't share much of his past with. Not the parts that he thinks are shameful or would come across as 'weak'. He has a lot of self-esteem issues he's still working through.
One of the obvious signs of his past 'weakness' are the scars that cover his back from when his father would take a belt to him. Because of them, Daryl doesn't usually take his shirt off where anyone can see them unless a doctor needs to have a look at his back. The closest he comes of his own volition is wearing a button up he's cut the sleeves off of and the few times he's been forced to show them, he's been very defensive and done his best to cover up quickly. He also doesn't like to admit in any real way that he's struggling with his abuse and recovery. As such, he deflects all lines of discussion away from the topic if it ever focuses on him.
● skills (optional): Hunter/Tracker, Scavenger, Mechanic
● housing (optional): he can be assigned anywhere, but he'll probably end up bunking with Rick and/or Carl in the long run
● network username: D.Dixon
● network sample: Angry Video Sample at Mask or Menace - canon point for character is about two weeks after the point I'm apping him here.
● prose/action sample: Example at Project Oasis - Sample is 1 yr old, but from the same canon point as I'm apping him here.
Misc: Daryl is an active carrier of the Wildfire Virus.
If accepted, please let me know if this will be suppressed or something that will have to be dealt with. Thank you.