Name: Daniel Donovan
I.D. Number: 07923471
Rank: C1
Year: 2nd Year Student (Retaking a year because of prison)
Nationality: English
Age: 17 (Retaking a year)
Sex/Gender: Male
Appearance:
Standing at around six foot two and possessing the physique of a middleweight boxing champion, Daniel is considered reasonably good looking by both men and women, though he often disregards this as mockery. He has dark red, nearly brown hair which is fairly long and unkempt.
Fighting Style:
Muay Thai (3x Junior National Champion) - Black belt, working towards Black and Red.
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu - currently working towards a white belt (recently started learning the martial art)
Powers: Phantom Limbs - Daniel can create the illusion of having an extra arm or leg before he delivers a blow, disorienting his foes and often causing them to drop their guard.
Personality: Due to his somewhat difficult upbringing, Daniel was conditioned by his former mentors and family to trust absolutely nobody, especially if they're not "one of the pack." As a result he has a reputation of being disrespectful, distant and incredibly hostile, especially to those he feels have an over privileged lifestyle. However, when he feels he trusts someone (such as Mr LeBlanc) he is shown to have a sensitive, melancholy personality, with a strong sense of loyalty to those he feels deserves it.
Guilty Pleasures: Professional Wrestling - Some may call it fake, or scripted or boring. Daniel however, sees it as escapism, an alternative reality where he could shut off the world around him and focus on his favorite thing. From watching Shawn Michaels retire Ric Flair, to Brock Lesnar breaking the street, Daniel has watched every single masterpiece available... And loved every single moment of it.
Background: Born in the East End of the city of London, England, Daniel grew up facing adversity. At the tender age of 2, both of his parents were killed in a robbery gone wrong at their flat in Bethnal Green, the area in which the family lived, and soon after he was taken in by his criminal uncle, Terry. Seeing the boy as someone who could be molded to aid in his robberies, racketeering and shakeups in future, Terry immediately began to teach the boy life's most valuable lesson - kill or be killed.
By the age of six, Daniel had been enrolled in the martial arts of Muay Thai, showing an exceptional aptitude in the key aspects of the combat sport which would later yield him three national championships and a future scholarship to New Peaks Academy when he turned 15. However, despite his gifted ability in combat sports and a surprisingly bright intellect, the young lad was thrust into the world of crime, something that would delay his arrival into the academy.
At age fifteen, two weeks prior to the start of his first year at New Peaks, Daniel and his family attempted a robbery of the grandest proportions on the Bank of England's national headquarters. On the day of the heist, the young man and his uncle Terry had prepared to burst into the bank, wielding sawn off shotguns with the intent to raid as much money possible from the place as humanly possible. However, the constant feeling of being used as a pawn in the human game of chess proved to have an everlasting effect on the boy. At dawn, he had walked to the nearby police station and tipped off the police, handing himself in and turning on the family. Tried in a junior court of law, where faced the possibility of three years imprisonment for admitting to committing a number of robberies as well as possession of a deadly firearm. The only thing that stopped him from getting more years? One Weiss LeBlanc.
Acting on behalf of the Academy, Weiss informed the lad that he was sent by New Peaks to inform him that whilst he'd miss the first year of schooling, if he were to be released within the next year he would be allowed to resume his scholarship at the school, albeit he'd have to retake the first year. He also gave the young man some advice - whilst the man was no lawyer, he suggested if Daniel were to admit his guilt to the court, maybe, just maybe, he would be free to pursue his scholarship. The young Englishman nodded his thanks and a day later, he informed the court of his families criminal activities and as a result his sentence was commuted from three years, to 12 months.
After a 9 months of imprisonment, and following an additional commuted sentence for good behaviour, Daniel jetted out and finally made his way out to New Peaks where he won all of his fights by stoppage or knock out, and did fairly average on his written exams, narrowly missing out on the summer tournament. Now, he's hoping to replicate these successes and prove that he deserved to be amongst his peers.
"First rule of Fight School - Don't fail Fight School."
I'm not too late, am I?
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