Johan Sturm-Wolke



''' Appearance ''' Johan is a man of below average height with an average build, with long navy blue hair that stretches down just a little below shoulder length. He has sharp eyes and are coloured in deep purple. His clothing consists of a wide brimmed Stetson, a black leather jacket worn open, protective glove on his left hand, an imperial blue button shirt underneath, denim trousers and black boots. He holsters his weapon on his back along with its extension.

 '''Personality ''' Johan is relatively chilled and easy going most of the time, preferring to save his energy for when it's needed and not waste on things he deems unnecessary. He has a strong sense of purpose in life and is always willing to push the limits of what's technologically possible to make his ideas and designs a reality.

However his cool demeanour can take a complete u-turn when he's provoked in the wrong manner. In which case his comments and words tend to be blunt, harsh and sarcastic to those on receiving end. One thing that is guaranteed to send Johan into a foul mood is someone trying to touch or handle his equipment. A bad experience with an unnamed student at Signal led to a premature end to one of his prototype weapons where months and months of his research and development went in an instant.

Johan has a great fascination with guns and machinery often spending a lot of his free time tinkering, crafting or upgrading weapons as well as other pieces of kit. He sometimes jokes that his weapons need “More Dakka” and that “There’s no such thing as having enough guns.” If a teammate is in need of help with anything gun related Johan will be willing to lend a hand either it's building a new weapon or fixing an existing one.

Even though he does not look like the person for the job Johan likes to stand up to bullies and really enjoys getting under their skin. He doesn't care if he's beaten to a pulp he loves to mess with the arrogant minds of those who seek to cause the less fortunate grief.

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:12pt0cm;line-height:13.15pt;"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:8pt;line-height:13.15pt;">Johan is also working on a project called "The One Man Army". A backpack with mounted machine guns and rocket canisters that extend out  and fire a barrage of bullets and guided missiles. But this weapon is still in its development stage and isn't ready for combat yet. He intends on using it before his time at Beacon is over.

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 * The 'Han' part of Johan alures to Hansel from Hansel and Gretel.
 * 'Sturm-Wolke' is combination of the german words for Storm and Cloud.
 * Johan receiving a bb-gun at 10 is reference to the Lone Wanderer from Fallout 3.