Etienne Saint James

Chesterfield Act Registry of the Non-Expressive Database

File #28 Feb 2018 20:40

Summary

Name Etienne Saint James Aliases Status Unregistered Non-Expressive Gender Male Birthdate September 2 Age 33 Height 6' Build Muscular Eyes Blue Hair Brown Residence The Salve Regina, his boat Employment Self-employed Parents Jonathan Saint James Wendie Saint James née Lachapelle Siblings None Marital Status Unmarried Children None First Scene An Ocelot Walks Into a Bar Last Scene Profile Not yet retired from his days of high seas piracy, Etienne is best known for his services in bringing people and goods from one end of New York to the other, no questions asked.

portrayed by Zach McGowan

Background

Growing up in the Caribbean, an only child to globe-wandering parents, meant that Etienne's life would always be a little rootless. His folks were young expats from Britain who decided to live out their days where the sun shone, income sourced through investment and financial banking (and some other illegal white collar activities) on his father's part, and allowances from wealthy parents on his mother's, the latter of which dried up while he was still a child. They allowed him to run a little wild, and as he got older, his father became concerned that they ought to send him back to the United Kingdom for a proper English education.

And, obviously, they themselves would remain in the Bahamas. Which led to a fight. Which led to divorce.

Without an income to support herself, Etienne's mother intended to pack up and head back to Britain, which led to a few years of scraping together the finances for it. At this point, Etienne himself had grown into an independent young man who had no desire to be dragged back to a country he'd never known, to attend private schooling, to get a normal job, particularly when he already had a specific set of skills, having picked up work on fishing boats and the like since childhood. He'd intended to purchase his own vessel one day with the intent to see the world.

So he cut ties: some might say fearlessly, others cruelly. He then spent his adolescence working commercial vessels of many kinds, and, with the coaxing of like-minded friends, started working less-than-legal jobs: drug smuggling off the coast of Brazil, trafficking out of Argentina, piracy in Somali waters. In many ways, carrying out a lawless life on the high seas brought about a certain insulation from earth-shattering implications of the Bomb of 2006. He was 21, and rumour of Evolved activity had been rife in the kinds of circles Etienne moved in since the early 90s, when Argentina's Dirty War was at its peak, so it wasn't a huge surprise. The crumbling of big cities and pending wars tended to mean business for people like himself. Though it generated waves through all corners of the planet, the only waves that concerned him were the indifferent patterns of the ocean. (Just don't tell him about Flood future.)

By the time the Second Civil War broke out across the States, Etienne was forced into participation — in his own way. His operations were more dangerous than before, for lesser gain. Somewhat reluctantly, he was drawn into the business of assisting the movement of refugees from the east coast of the United States, with faltering success. At one stage, he went so far as to let a family drown rather than get caught by the military. But the money was decent.

Like many, it's the promise of opportunity that brings Etienne to New York City. For some, opportunity is safety within walls and the chance to rebuild. For Etienne, opportunity is providing a service to the necessary underbelly that makes civilisation function. He's done his time nibbling at the fringes of long existing empires, and maybe this time, he can see what he will get out of one that's still building itself back from the brink.

Psych Profile

Etienne's lifestyle has lent itself to a certain perspective and a slightly off-centre sense of morality. He has never existed for long within the boundaries of civilisation and consequently learned right and wrong in the midsts of criminals, refugees, and drifters, who ranged from pure opportunists through to marginalised peoples of many cultures. This has led to a highly individualistic perspective and a suspicion of anyone who thinks they have a concrete sense of good and evil.

He is more likely to respond to ideas of loyalty, freedom, and individual choices made moment to moment than he is abstract notions of the greater good, or greater condemnation. He is a little religious, but only in a superstitious way. He likes to be paid for work, but will thieve what he needs when pressed, having done so plenty of times on the ocean and equally happy to do so on the land.

His worst behaviour is when he chooses his own life over innocent collateral, and turning a blind eye to the kinds of economies his business supports — unwilling to think of the societal implications of funneling drugs into poor communities and countries, for example. As he gets older, these questions do start to niggle at him, and he had a taste of heroism when he helped smuggle people out of the States during the war. Reluctantly. And he wasn't super great at it.

Meeting him, he comes across as very rough around the edges in a way that one might consider Kind Of Cool And Tough, but through exposure, he can equally just seem socially awkward, like he's not all the time sure what to do with himself. Most of the time, he's an intense introvert, but is most at ease when in the company of people like himself — on the fringes, a little thoughtful, and comfortable with extended silences.

Appendices

Availability

The below is a very rough outline of my general availability, and doesn't factor in such occurrences like a social life or homework. This may change in the future as school begins and I designate some study periods for myself.

These are American days/evenings.

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Available	Nocturnal	Sporadic	Nocturnal	Available	Available	Sporadic

If you need to get in touch, please @mail Brooklyn.

Facts

Known to Most

• A recent arrival to New York City, Etienne Saint James first established himself as a smuggler and ferryman, and in general, a brawler known for leaving blood on the floorboards of most Staten Island dive bars.
• Works wih the Staten Island Trade Commission as Alister's bodyguard.
• Owns a lobster boat called the Salve Regina.

Known to Some

• Although known as and rumoured to be a pirate based off appearances, manner, and skills alone, the factual background for this is less well known. Etienne was a pirate who operated out of the Carribean, off the coast of Argentina, and the waters of African nations.
• Responsible for several murders in Staten Island. Business as usual, but becoming notorious for brutal murder without much in the way of provocation.

Known to Few/None

• Literally everything else.

Timeline

2018

March, 2018
When	Where	What	Who
10th	An Ocelot Walks Into a Bar	Etienne lands a job.	Alister, Chess, Luther, Sibyl, Tibby
10th	House Always Wins	…for a crazy person.	Alister, Sibyl
16th	Know When to Fold	Two people who are either amateurs or SESA agents or both come to ask Etienne some questions. He takes their money instead.	Bowie, Veronica
16th	Something Sacred	Some light grave robbing is interrupted.	Deckard
April, 2018
When	Where	What	Who
3rd	Without It	Etienne returns Sibyl to the Staten Island Trade Commission after her encounter with Samson, Eve, and the well.	Sibyl
19th	Power Is In The Mind	Alister talks a big game, and Etienne is willing to play along.	Alister

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