Daniel Sawyer

Registry of the Evolved Database

File #20 Mar 2009 02:01

Summary

Name Daniel Sawyer Aliases Status Registered Evolved (Tier 0) Ability Tactile Intuition Gender Male Race/Eth. White; American Birthdate 03/10/1975 Age 34 Height 6'2" Build Muscular Eyes Blue Hair Brown Residence Unknown Employment FBI Agent Parents Thomas Sawyer Linda Sawyer Siblings Unknown Marital Status Divorced from Nadina Sawyer Children None First Seen Moving Fast Last Seen N/A Profile Former United States Army, former FBI, Daniel Sawyer is a force of justice, a man with a clear concept of morality in a world being tested of it's own.

portrayed by Tahmoh Penikett

Background

Born in 1975 in the Upper West Side of NYC, Daniel Jacob Sawyer was raised in a healthy family unit. His father was an influential stock broker, his mother a stay at home mom. As their only son, he was a bit spoiled. His grandfather, a veteran of World War II, was over their home often and told him about his time in the war.

Daniel was home schooled until he entered a classy prep school at 15. He was bright, but did not quite apply himself as much as he could. Regardless, he passed with good marks. He played several sports, including basketball. On pressure from his father, he went to college immediately after graduating. However, he decided not to follow a purely intellectual career and began to study criminal justice with the intention of joining the FBI.

With an actual goal in mind, he studied harder. He declined to continue with his sports in order to focus on his studies. In his sophomore year, he met his future wife Nadina. They helped each other keep their focus on each other and their studies, instead of being distracted by the frivolities of college life. They got married in their senior year.

Not long after his graduation, the September 11th attacks happened. Motivated to help his country, he enlisted in the army despite the protests of wife. He served a four year tour of duty in Iraq, where he was shot and wounded in the leg when his unit came under fire. Despite his injuries, he was able to rescue his entire unit without the loss of a single soldier. He was awarded the Medal of Honor, and after recovering from his injury, was allowed to retire from the army at the rank of Corporal.

After returning home, he applied for the FBI and easily passed the entrance exams and physical fitness tests. He was assigned to the New York field office to assist with local Law Enforcement in federal cases. In late 2006, he began to discover that he knew things he didn't when using things - an old guitar, FBI vehicles, etc. He didn't have long to figure it out before tragedy struck NYC again.

In the aftermath of the explosion, the field office was hard at work trying to keep things from going worse than they already were. For Daniel, it was a time of confusion and learning all in one. He now knew how to explain his ability, but he wasn't sure where he stood on the matter of evolved individuals. After some time of self reflection, word began to trickle down from Homeland Security and other channels that certain evolved individuals were being taken in, and others forced to register.

At the first opportunity, Daniel registered. Most of his coworkers at the NYC field office give him the odd look now and then, but for the most part hide any ill feelings. After all, he's a good agent, right? One afternoon changed his motivations for the foreseeable future. Word trickled down from the home office in Washington that a twelve year old was taken in and died during interrogation. Apparently his ability required him to have water every so often and his interrogators would not give him any.

From then on, Daniel has attempted to help evolved individuals that would rather live "under the radar" do so by covering up data, finding them shelter, and any other means he can. Despite the knowledge that he walks a thin line, he will not hesitate to turn in any individual that he feels is truly unhinged enough to not be monitored.

Recently, a chain of events has taken Daniel's life in a completely different direction. Suffering an unexplainable (to his superiors in the Bureau) back injury, he was out of commission for months, recuperating at the hospital and later at home. His lack of work and an already straining relationship with his wife over his Evolved status led to a bitter divorce.

When he returned to the Bureau following his medical leave, his superiors sat him behind a desk and denied his requests to return to the field. Barely a month went by for Daniel broke down and determined to inform his superiors how his injury happened in hopes they would see his reasoning and put him back in the field. His reason: protecting an Evolved remain nameless and unregistered. Their response: termination.

Now surviving on his savings, out of work and frustrated, Daniel Sawyer is a man with many options open to him that can't properly see any of them.

Psych Profile

Daniel Sawyer may as well have been born a ruler. He knows his own moral code and where everything falls within it, each area equally marked to know where it should be. He is relentless, determined, energetic and all too often serious. Despite his rigidity, there are parts of his childhood that remain, such as a love for 80s hair metal and playing practical jokes on friends and family alike.

Evolved Ability

Sawyer's ability is classified as 'tactile intuition'. He can instantly know how to use any item or object he picks up. If he were to pick up a gun, he would know how to use it. Hop in a car, know how to drive it. There are a few quirks of his ability. The first is that once he lets go of the item, he will not remember how to use it. This doesn't mean he forgets everything about using it - Sawyer is a very good shot with a handgun. If he were to pick up a handgun, then put it down, he would not forget how to use a handgun.

The second quirk, however, is that what he learns depends on how the object has been used. If he were to pick up a sword wielded by Miyamoto Musashi, he would become an amazing swordsman. If he were to hop in the pilot's seat of an unflown fighter jet, he would not know how to fly it (unless he already knew how to pilot a fighter jet).

The ability functions almost instantaneously after picking up a viable target for the ability, and any knowledge in the use of an item he doesn't know how to use (or even an object used in a better way than he knows) is lost the moment he lets go, although such knowledge can be regained once he picks it up again. The size of the item does not matter, nor does it's complexity. A jackhammer would be no more difficult for Sawyer to use with his ability than a yacht.

If he picked up a scalpel used by a renowned surgeon, he would be able to make a surgical incision of equal quality. He would not, however, know where to make such an incision, since knowing how to make the incision doesn't necessarily give him medical insight beyond the use of what he's holding.

His ability applies to inanimate objects only, and he does not know the history of an object by holding it - he only knows how to use it.

We know what we are, but know not what we may be. Hamlet - Act IV, Scene V

Appendices

Notable Skills:

Marksmanship - Daniel is a good shot. Military trained good. Military trained, took to it better than other soldiers good. He can put two shots from a handgun in the same spot with relative ease and is accurate with a fully automatic assault rifle. This skill has suffered somewhat since he left the military, as the FBI prefers for their suspects to be taken alive, but he tries to keep his skill up at the firing range.

Athletics - Having played sports in school and suffered basic training, as well as being forced to wear pounds of gear and still run, leap and perform other athletic feats in the army, Daniel is very athletic. He is in exceptional shape for a man of his age, and this is quite useful in running down suspects or just playing some basketball in the gym with his friends.

Leadership - As a Corporal in the army, Daniel was in command of a fireteam of soldiers. He was a good enough commander to make sure his entire unit survived even after sustaining a leg injury, and he continues to act as a leader on several cases, directing teams of local law enforcement as younger FBI agents. While a capable leader, he is not going to convince those under his command to march into hell itself.

Investigation - Having studied criminal justice in college and now working as a Speciant Agent for the FBI, Daniel has a keen investigative sense. He doesn't have any edges to help him, he can't read minds and he doesn't have any empathic super power - but he can still get a decent read of people, their emotional state and how to best deal with them.

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Timeline:

Date	Title	Summary	Starring
03/22/09	Moving Fast	Sawyer goes to help, but help is already there.	Grace
03/26/09	Looking Into An Empty Mug	Felix comes to Sawyer for help on a case.	Felix

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Relationships:

	Sawyer bumped into Grace when trying to help an Evolved remain anonymous. She was already on the job. Right now they appear to be holding on another at arms length, as neither is sure how much they can trust the other.
	Sawyer and Felix are coworkers at the FBI, though their paths don't cross much. They have been known to help each other out on occasion, and could probably be better friends in other circumstances.

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Trivia and Notes:

• Daniel is a recipient of the Medal of Honor.
• He is a big fan of 80s music, including synth rock and hair metal.