Name: Laszlo duMonde Gender: Male, homosexual Age/DOB: 30s, unknown DOB Origin: Rookery Earth, France; among the Shorepoint fringe rescues Family: None known, though he and Sanders have a clear relationship; in RY7 he is used as a splice for an ELL named Montell Other: apparently in the European scientific community he was well known and considered the 'finest mind of the age' Height: 5'9" Weight: 160, too fit due to real world Outlands life to be a dad-bod, but not really well defined, as he was mostly a nerd and never got around to being too physical Hair: Black, slightly salted with silver, quite short but obviously afro, also has a nicely kept very short beard Eyes: Medium brown, usually under concerned, furrowed brows, definitely has that 'are you shitting me' glare Appearance: dark brown skin with some amount of moles, usually looks rather tired; is almost always still seen in a nice suit with slacks and a tie, a lab coat when he can find one - and down in Rapture there are plenty of those, just... make sure they're cleaned a bit first *of note here, I didn't use the same model (Tobias) from HL2 for him, I wanted him to be a little more interesting and different - also note that even though people believe Russell in HL Alyx is Laszlo, that's a pile of bull and I don't accept that as canon Genetic Abilities: None known, though he is exceptionally smart indeed, and Melissa thinks that he might be of use to aid in skill transfers Icarus Processing: none, again Melissa believes that while he wouldn't benefit at all from the process certainly not at his age, he might be boosted by the Pythagoras concoctions, though he's a bit leery at this point since he has all the lab and weird science he can handle just now |
Image Credits: Valve, unknown Gmod Modder for suit |
Skills or Profession: Though his friend Sanders is apt to exaggerate, Laszlo is honestly brilliant, though practical uses of his extensive knowledge was limited due to the entire world sort of falling apart. Well, that isn't true. Actually his specific field of expertise would have been ideally suited to Combine occupation... but only if used by the Combine. Cellular and biochemistry mixed with neurosurgery, computer science, and programming: put them all together and you have the ability to move consciousness between a brain and a computer. The exact work having been done by the Combine to overwrite invaded worlds populations... But also how to combat that invasive process, that's what will certainly be of tremendous use to the Rookery. Since both Aperture and Rapture had been working on such things already - GLaDOS being specifically the result of it at Aperture - Laszlo is positive that he can find a way to reverse engineer Combine technology and thus reverse Combine 'Conversion'. Of course this means he needs test subjects, as well as tools. His lab set up in Rapture is growing, he'll eventually take over Fontaine Futuristics for this purpose. In practical terms: Laszlo will be able to reverse the Combine's hold on individual people, Synths, animals, dragons, and the like. Other skills he has include languages: he's able to speak and read numerous languages including Russian, Arabic, Hebrew, French, Spanish, Italian, English, Polish, and Portugese. He has a functional understanding of Latin, of course. Also coding from the most basic machine level on up, and he's working on understanding Combine code expressly to fix the current problems of the world. |
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Personality: Focused, quite intense, clearly always thinking - whether it's about what is in front of him at the time or something quite distant. He's personable and actually reasonably cheerful if surrounded by friends or colleagues, though suspicious and a touch snarky if he doesn't trust someone fully. He relies on Sanders to help weed out the ones that he shouldn't be around, to avoid entanglements that won't end well. | |
Events or History: Laszlo was a prodigy, born in France to an Algerian-Nigerian mother and a Hungarian father, he was already part of numerous worlds. By the age of 3 he could do algebra and read in two languages, tutoring him was not only difficult but expensive: he was fussy about who he was being taught by. He'd already graduated the equivalent of High School by the time he was 9, though he did have to slow down a little at that point - his parents worried justifyably that he was neglecting his personal growth, and in addition to tutoring for college-level courses, he was made to attend a private school. While his social and personal growth will never be 'normal' he's definitely a well-adjusted man and still enjoys human contact and friendships as much as anyone. He would have been awarded some of the highest marks in numerous classes - already an undergraduate in three subjects - when the Resnonance Cascade occurred and he was 11 years old. While that did put a dent in his progress he pushed for even more: something told him he was going to need this education, even in a 'ruined' world. As the Cities went up, and his family was forced to relocate to one of them - city 7, near what used to be Paris - he became frustrated since most of the access to information was now severely curtailed. Within a few years, of course, the Combine's occupation of Earth began, and his family fled to the Outlands almost immediately. It was there as a teenager that he met Sanders, and they struck up a solid friendship. As teenagers they watched the world crumble to pieces, and made their way northward to City 14 - Vienna - where he'd wanted to do more research. Sifting through the ruins of the university there was heartbreaking but edifying, and as time went on they had to evade more and more Combine troops, as well as the wildlife. They did make it to the Shorepoint facility shortly before its demise, unlike on Repurposed or Canon Earth (where they both perished crossing the antlion-infested beaches on their way to the Vort camp nearby). Resides in Rapture, with trips to the Aperture facility, and occasionally back to the Rookery itself for recruitment or a breath of fresh air now and again. |
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Dragon Name: Lampblack |
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