player information
● name: Lisa
● age: 37
● contact: caffeinified
● other characters: N/a

character information
● name: Rick Grimes
● canon: The Walking Dead
● canon point: 7x10 - New Best Friends
● age: Late 30's.

● (canon) background: Canon Wiki || Character Wiki || Character Wiki (2)
● (original) world:

● abilities:

Rick has no supernatural abilities. He can fight hand to hand and is a superior shot with guns/rifles/automatics. He can turn most anything into a weapon if need be. He's good at using the world around him as a weapon if the situation calls for it. He's also good at reading people and situations since he was once a sheriff and that was a part of his job. He's a good tracker as well, able to follow and track people without being noticed. He's a natural leader.

● strengths:

Decisive leader - Rick has been a leader from the start. He's good at making decisions, both easy and not, and taking action even when no one else will, both good and bad. He's not a man to sit idle when there's something to be done. He's not someone to just sit back and let someone else take the reigns either. He always wants to contribute and be a part of the conversation at a minimum.

Morality - In spite of the skewed morality of the world he's from, he isn't too terribly warped by it. He's made some hard decisions that have pushed his own morality to the limits. But at the end of the day, he's still a good man who hasn't lost his humanity in a world of people who have. He'll always try to do the right thing and what's best for 'his people'.

People - Rick thrives on having 'his people' and his kids. His reason for all things is to keep his people alive if not always safe. This is one of his driving forces through every decision he makes. This drive forces him to be the man he is. Without his people he'd be a completely different person than he is now.

● weaknesses:

Internalizing emotions - Rick has a problem emoting and controlling his emotions when he does emote. For the most part he internalizes things which can make the shift from internal to external all the more surprising. When he's pushed to do so, the shift from stoic to anger can be quick and explosive. Usually the only way to push him this far is to make him feel like him and his people are threatened. In the same vein, his internalizing most of his emotions is a direct cause and effect for this weakness. He’ll linger on problems, overthink them and twist them up in his mind with no resolve before they get even worse than when they started.

Distrust - His world is a world in which it's hard to trust people. Most people have lost their humanity, sold their souls for survival. Even his wife and best friend broke his trust. Rick has a hard time letting people in - but he also knows that it's a necessity to both surviving and keeping his own humanity. He’s seen and experienced what happens when a person tries to survive alone. So while he'll work toward trust and friendship, it could take some time.

People - His family and friends are a weakness as much as they're an asset. In spite of his leadership status, he'll cave if his people are threatened. He'll retreat and try to figure out another way to survive. A sure fire way to control or break Rick is through his people. He’s their leader and protector. They’re his responsibility and he willingly carries that weight.

● skills (optional): Leading, tracking, fire arms, law enforcement background, troubleshooting.
● housing (optional):

● network username: r.grimes

● network sample:

[ When the screen flickers to life, Rick is there, looking tired and worn, like he’s been to hell and back and didn’t stop to eat or sleep along the way. He also looks resolute and determined, almost frighteningly so. Sometimes Rick's intensity is a bit... well, intense. ]

Look, I’m not tryin’ to back down from whatever this is. Looks like you got a real nice set up here. [ A lot nicer than where he's from, that's for sure. ] I don't even wanna go home. [ He pauses, thinking once again of the group he just left back at the Scavengers camp. ] Just wanna find a way to get the rest of my people here. That's all.

[ He looks off to the side as if he's heard something and is acutely aware of everything around him. He seems to decide it's nothing worth worrying over when he looks back to the screen. As he rubs a hand at the back of his neck, his fingers give a light, unnoticeable tug to the mess of dark curls at the back of his neck and he's almost surprised to feel the sting, a sting that reminds him he's here and alive. ] Any suggestions'll do.

● prose/action sample: Here