VRDET Character Profile: Reverend Cyohtee

Cyohtee is a heavyset man in his early thirties. He has a full beard and mustache, glasses, and hair that reaches down to around mid-back, below the shoulder blades at least. His preferred mode of dress is all black, usually a t-shirt and always long pants. He is fairly pale-skinned, as he avoids the awful yellow ball of death and pain as often as possible. When the weather is cold enough, he wears a black leather police jacket with an airbrushing of Iron Maiden's Number of the Beast album cover (for those of you who don't know, Iron Maiden is a heavy metal band, most prominent in the early 80s. NOTB came out in 1982. A picture of the cover on the jacket can be seen to the right, just remove the band name from the picture.)

Commander, TRES Corps Kappa Squad

Jr. Geek, Verthandic Rangers Communications Division
(I won't surrender my VRCOM uniform, even though the unit disbanded!!)

Somerankoranother, Dir. of Somethingorotheryettobedetermined, VRDET

Keeper of the sacred FAQ of the Verthandic Rangers

Cyohtee was born in the spring of 1965 in Seattle, Washington. He was adopted by a young couple in New York, and spent five formative years there before his parents moved them to Chicago. He had a relatively trouble-free childhood, though few friends. He found out early that he and the other children didn't get along very well, and he preferred to commit to one or two friends rather than have lots of people he called friends.

In school, the other children were cruel to him because of his New York accent, so he spent a great deal of the time losing it. In the course of this, he found that he could pick up just about any accent if he spent a couple of hours with people who spoke that way. Therefore, wherever he goes, people assume he is from the same area after a couple of days. This has been both a blessing and a curse, as while he doesn't get treated like a tourist, he is also expected to know things that he has no way of knowing.

Having never completed college, his employment opportunities have been limited, but he has had the opportunity to attend a number of different schools and amass a kind of Jack-of-all-Trades knowledge base, including electronics, computers, science, literature, and design. He currently is back in school again, and gainfully unemployed.

In September of 1990, he married, but by 1995 it was over. His ex-wife and he remain friendly, but the relationship will never be anything short of strained. He has once again gotten himself involved with a woman, and is engaged once again (though he is considering getting his head checked).

Cyohtee has a wide range of knowledge and will stick with a project until it is done. He is very intelligent (not conceited, just repeating others observations of himself over the years, as well as counting his high score on IQ tests) and picks up new things very quickly. He can go for long periods of time with minimal sleep, although as the years go by, it keeps getting harder.

Cyohtee is a bit too much of a perfectionist at times, which can cause him to take longer than he needs to on projects, and will suddenly realize he has been sitting there for hours trying to put a simple thing together "just right." Being a large man getting on in years, he doesn't move as well as he used to, but can still hold his own.

Cyohtee is a smartass by nature. He has a warped sense of humor. While he has a long fuse, when he does blow up it is a truly explosive and destructive sort of anger. As such, he endeavors to avoid situations where he will lose his temper. He tries to remain neutral in most cases, since he hates to burn any bridge he may need in the future.