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CHARACTER NAME: The Wrench (Reginald Blechman)
CANON: WATCH_DOGS
CANON POINT: End of Watch Dogs: Legion.
AGE: 41

HISTORY: Fandom Wiki Link. Short Canon Viddy with World info.

PERSONALITY:

What impression does your character give when meeting someone for the first time? How does the first impression differ from your character’s true nature?

Wrench is a whole lot of things, oh boy. Depending on the circumstances of their first meeting, he's likely to keep things more unassuming if not even lean into being considered a non-threat. Friendly, chatty, quirky, sometimes dramatic. Can seem a bit internet-trollesque. Forever a teenager vibes. Kinda chill and kinda high strung at the same time somehow. Quick to help out if he can (even if he might be a pain in the ass about it) and a hella nerdy if the right topics come up. He's proudly anti-authority with a dislike and distrust of the wealthy. Usually not one to hold back his opinions and get's political, fast-- suggesting something more thoughtful and experienced. No big deal, right? Wrench is obviously a crust punk. This is just par the course.

But he's not just talk and that can become clear sooner rather than later. He's very serious about fighting for the rights of the people. He's a Watch Dog, a freedom fighter, and he's not afraid to use force. It's been noted in canon that the majority of his antics are to cover for how intelligent, meticulous, and dangerous he can actually be. He's by far the more aggressive person affiliated with DEDSEC who gets things done and "fixes problems". Wrench feeds off the adrenaline and may even seem unstable in the heat of the moment, but he isn't. He knows exactly what he's doing which might be even worse. He's angry, action oriented, and he has a hell of a nasty vengeance streak. However, Wrench is also loyal and an excellent team player who deeply believes in no masters and no leaders. Everyone leads and everyone follows.

But there's more. There's something even deeper beneath the mask. Wrench is an incredibly anxious and paranoid person who struggles deeply with his emotions and relationships to people. A broken man. He also deals with feelings of worthlessness, self-loathing, hopelessness, and depression.

How does your character handle stress? What do they do in an emergency?

Wrench can let his emotions run high when in stressful situations especially if a plan goes wrong. Pacing, swearing, throwing chairs. Wrench is someone who wants action. Now. Immediately. And he thinks fast after the initial explosion. This rush into action can work to his benefit. When shit really hits the fan he's often the first person to offer himself up to get to work. His body sometimes reacts quicker than his mind and he doesn't run from the problem even if his palms are sweating and his heart is racing.

This said, he can get lost in it. His aggression can get out of control and sometimes he needs someone to hold him back from acting violently and irrationally. If someone he cares about is threatened or harmed, if he's been betrayed, if he's in a dire situation, he can become all passion and little thought. He has killed people and has severely injured others.

Depending on the stressful situation, Wrench may go the entirely opposite direction. If he becomes injured, if the situation is something that he has little to no skill in fixing, his paranoia and anxiety comes out in full bloom. That "mask" begins to crack a little. We see him talk big when he's kidnapped for the first time but when he's dropped off to be picked up by a team member he recoils in fear. When he's fighting with Aiden on top of a drone, once he's overpowered there is a clear spike in anxiety.

What are your character’s fears? How do they hinder or challenge your character?

Wrench actually fears a lot of things. He fears that everything he fights for in life ultimately means nothing. He fears that he's getting older. Counter to how he might act, he fears death. When Sabine points out that they're actually not that different we see his body jerk in a reaction that suggest he might actually fear she's right. He's become more violent with age, more willing to go to wild extremes, and he fears he might be losing himself. He fears people seeing his real face; he fears that people might get to know the deeper side of him, the sad, anxious, paranoid, hopeless and self-loathing side of him. That he's ugly, and weak, and broken. He fears that he's going to be alone forever.

How does Wrench deal with them? His mask. Literally. Wrench is a persona that Reginald Blechman hides behind almost constantly. It's an assistive divice that lets him express himself, his emotions, his wildly vibrant and violent personality without people needing to see the actual mess beneath it. On the one hand, these fears and worries drove him to do something about it. He made his mask, he made his persona, he established himself in the hactivist world as a force to be reckoned with.

On the other hand, Wrench never quite connects with people on a deeper level. At the end of the day, he's lonely even when he's surrounded by people he trusts, loves, and admires. It's hard for him to really form bonds with others and he greatly doubts his importance in other people's lives which might make him unintentionally push people away or keep them out. If his mask is taken from him or becomes damaged he can become wholly useless. He's likely to shy away and hide or even panic. It makes him vulnerable to attacks and makes it much more difficult for him to get things done. Also, because he's such an actual mess its been noted in Canon that he does seem to be a bit of a heavy drinker with on and off recreational use.

SKILLS/ABILITIES: ENGINEERING & PROGRAMMING
Wrench is a mechanical and electrical engineer by trade and he specializes in biomechanics and robotics. He's also a keen programmer having knowledge in BCI tech which is what his mask uses (as it can be quite literally considered a mechanical prosthetic). He's handy in mechanical repairs as much as he is in designing and building machinery.

HACKING & TECHNOLOGY
A talented hacker and extremely proficient with new tech, particularly nanotech. When it comes to weaknesses in this field, he is actually not as good with older tech and has called on Retr0 (Marcus) to help him out with things that would be considered more outdated more than once. That said, he has a penchant for hacking websites, social media, and other internet based things which is where he started out.

WEAPONRY
Wrench has a well educated love for weapons, explosives, and pyrotechnics. Over the years, He's adapted to sometimes using lethal force compared to his past. However he does still use non-lethal tools such as stun guns and stun/flash bombs along with other items commonly used in protests and riots. While he can and has made more sophisticated weaponry, Wrench still has a love for more riot gear such as explosives made from household items, tin cans, spray paints, and so forth.

GENERAL VIDEOGAME NONSENSE
Although Wrench is human, his canon is a video game and there's some general BS that comes with that fact mostly in the lines of stamina and endurance which is just a little higher than the average human.

STEALTH & FIGHTING
He is stealthy, quick, and agile; excellent at parkour and endurant enough to outrun many a foe. He fights dirty and uses a lot of knees, elbows, and headbutts. Wrench also typically has Lady Smash (his sledgehammer) on hand and aforementioned stun bombs along with other diversion causing weapons and tools. He has a strong preference for melee weapons and packs a hell of a punch with them having no problem with getting up close and personal.

NERFING: Wrench doesn't really have any magical/superpowered abilities though he does have that "General Videogame BS" going for him and if its necessary I'm happy to reduce that. Which in that case he'd honestly just get tired easier and probably break his leg if he decides to jump from the heights he might jump from, lol.

WEAKNESSES: N/A

1. Two dumbasses and a stove emergency.
2. Uncle Mode activated
3. Coffee, Community, and Politics
4. A look into his hidden side
*note about the last sample, it does move into Game Mechanics around this comment.