40 years in the future Canada’s premiere SprawlBall team enter the arena for the penultimate game of the season. But when the team arrives they find the stadium deserted and the opposing team slaughtered.
Lead character – Arthur Deal, Striker, nicknamed “Chase”. Age 35 but looks older, he’s wiry and slim. Looks weather beaten with premature lines on his face, hair receding. Moves skittishly and always fidgeting, because he’s nervous and anxious all the time. Impulsive and quick witted. Agile and lithe and able to move quickly and easily. Great for running and parkour. Paces a lot, taps his feet. Speaks in short sentences. Favourite phrase “It’s show time!” But he’s reclusive and introverted – likes the fact that his helmet hides his face. He is recognised in the street and hates the attention. Intensely private.
Truth is, he’s scared of people. But he knows what he’s capable of and exploits his talents accordingly. Grew up in Burlington, Ontario. At adolescence he started to develop his mutant abilities of speed, dexterity and agility. His parents taught him to tone it down and make it look like raw talent, otherwise he’d face discrimination and be persecuted like other mutants were as a result of the FMRL drug in the United Kingdom. So he grew up like a normal kid, playing sports, but was always quiet and reserved.
Weakness – insecurity, nervous, reclusive. He’s attracted to Natalie and she wants to be with him, but he doesn’t let anyone get close, and it’s against the sport’s policies to be romantically involved with another player in such a deadly sport. Ends sentences with the word “eh?”
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