Daniel Bruen- Shannon
Gender: Male
Age: 25
Nature: Bear
Occupation: All-purpose construction worker/handyman
Appearance:
Daniel is built like the proverbial tank. He’s about 6’5” and heavily muscled. His hair is dark, and usually grows out long and messy, unless someone reminds him to cut it. His eyes are a warm brown. He’s not precisely handsome. His face looks like it was sculpted by someone that wasn’t very good at it. He also doesn’t really seem to care that much about what he wears, and can often be found in jeans, work boots and t-shirts.
As a bear, he is a large, muscular grizzly. He seems almost more comfortable in Bear form than in human, and moves with a grace his human body doesn’t ever quite manage.
Personality:
Having been raised mostly in isolation has left its impact on Daniel. He tends to be quiet, deliberate in his speech and movements. He’s very conscious of his size, and the fact that most people are not nearly as big as he is, and tries to keep that in mind. He has a certain innocence about him that the wider world hasn’t quite managed to erase. Given that, and his size, he sometimes comes across as a little slow. Maybe not exactly developmentally delayed, but people tend to assume he’s not as smart as he is. And in fact, he’s not book-smart at all. He’s barely literate, but he is surprisingly good at reading people.
History:
Daniel was the son of a bonded pair of Bears. Unfortunately, his father died shortly after his birth, leaving him to be raised alone with his mother. The family was living in Wyoming, and his mother had been turned by the local den when it was clear his father wanted to bond with her.
His death devastated her, and she never quite recovered. She took Daniel into the mountains, where they lived in an old trailer and more or less kept to themselves, sticking to woods and wilderness areas. Daniel’s mother preferred to spend much of her time as a Bear, because it was easier in that form to deal with her sadness, so consequently, so did Daniel.
His local den did their best for him. They insisted on bringing them to den meets, and there was an old bear named Charlie who took him under his wing and taught him what he could about being human. But in the end, he still had to live with his mother, and since he remained healthy, if a little emotionally stunted, it was thought it would be better for him to stay with her.
The moment he turned 18, though, his mother finally let go of her tenuous connection with life. Without a word, she fell asleep one night, and when Daniel woke the next morning, he found her dead.
The young Bear was devastated, and given the Bear’s instinctive need to wander, he found it easy to blame his den for what had happened to her. After all, if they’d been watching out for her more carefully, maybe she’d still be alive.
So Daniel began moving around, and for the first time he ended up needing to do so as a human. He wandered the Northwest for a while, doing odd jobs and trying to find a place that settled his restless urges.
Eventually, though, he ended up farther east and south, and settled in Stone Mountain. He’s been here about a year, having taken a job with the local construction company. He answered an advertisement for a roommate, and now shares an apartment with a human named Leo Kravitz.
Abilities: He’s big, strong, and has a lot of stamina, so he’s capable of working hard at difficult and physically demanding tasks.
Weaknesses: He’s not very book-smart. Though he’s lived as a human for several years now, he still feels as if socializing with people is a minefield he’s never quite sure how to step out of.
Quirks: He adores old episodes of Sessame Street, and tends to unironically love almost all cartoons, since he never got to watch them growing up.
Weapons: Just his fists.
Family: None. His mother, Teresa, has been dead for seven years.
Vehicle: None. He either walks or he gets rides from others.
Home: An apartment he shares with Leo Kravitz.
Theme Song: The Bear Song, by Laurie Lewis
Age: 25
Nature: Bear
Occupation: All-purpose construction worker/handyman
Appearance:
Daniel is built like the proverbial tank. He’s about 6’5” and heavily muscled. His hair is dark, and usually grows out long and messy, unless someone reminds him to cut it. His eyes are a warm brown. He’s not precisely handsome. His face looks like it was sculpted by someone that wasn’t very good at it. He also doesn’t really seem to care that much about what he wears, and can often be found in jeans, work boots and t-shirts.
As a bear, he is a large, muscular grizzly. He seems almost more comfortable in Bear form than in human, and moves with a grace his human body doesn’t ever quite manage.
Personality:
Having been raised mostly in isolation has left its impact on Daniel. He tends to be quiet, deliberate in his speech and movements. He’s very conscious of his size, and the fact that most people are not nearly as big as he is, and tries to keep that in mind. He has a certain innocence about him that the wider world hasn’t quite managed to erase. Given that, and his size, he sometimes comes across as a little slow. Maybe not exactly developmentally delayed, but people tend to assume he’s not as smart as he is. And in fact, he’s not book-smart at all. He’s barely literate, but he is surprisingly good at reading people.
History:
Daniel was the son of a bonded pair of Bears. Unfortunately, his father died shortly after his birth, leaving him to be raised alone with his mother. The family was living in Wyoming, and his mother had been turned by the local den when it was clear his father wanted to bond with her.
His death devastated her, and she never quite recovered. She took Daniel into the mountains, where they lived in an old trailer and more or less kept to themselves, sticking to woods and wilderness areas. Daniel’s mother preferred to spend much of her time as a Bear, because it was easier in that form to deal with her sadness, so consequently, so did Daniel.
His local den did their best for him. They insisted on bringing them to den meets, and there was an old bear named Charlie who took him under his wing and taught him what he could about being human. But in the end, he still had to live with his mother, and since he remained healthy, if a little emotionally stunted, it was thought it would be better for him to stay with her.
The moment he turned 18, though, his mother finally let go of her tenuous connection with life. Without a word, she fell asleep one night, and when Daniel woke the next morning, he found her dead.
The young Bear was devastated, and given the Bear’s instinctive need to wander, he found it easy to blame his den for what had happened to her. After all, if they’d been watching out for her more carefully, maybe she’d still be alive.
So Daniel began moving around, and for the first time he ended up needing to do so as a human. He wandered the Northwest for a while, doing odd jobs and trying to find a place that settled his restless urges.
Eventually, though, he ended up farther east and south, and settled in Stone Mountain. He’s been here about a year, having taken a job with the local construction company. He answered an advertisement for a roommate, and now shares an apartment with a human named Leo Kravitz.
Abilities: He’s big, strong, and has a lot of stamina, so he’s capable of working hard at difficult and physically demanding tasks.
Weaknesses: He’s not very book-smart. Though he’s lived as a human for several years now, he still feels as if socializing with people is a minefield he’s never quite sure how to step out of.
Quirks: He adores old episodes of Sessame Street, and tends to unironically love almost all cartoons, since he never got to watch them growing up.
Weapons: Just his fists.
Family: None. His mother, Teresa, has been dead for seven years.
Vehicle: None. He either walks or he gets rides from others.
Home: An apartment he shares with Leo Kravitz.
Theme Song: The Bear Song, by Laurie Lewis