Donovan Pierce

A character played by Keith Novack in A Bridge Between Troubled Waters.

Description
Handsome, Sexy man. Rugged good looks and an overactive sex drive. Charismatic

Personality
Religiously fathful but still likes the finer things in life including available women and fine wine and food. Also likes to ravish himself in nice clothes. A very sophisitcated and well educated young man however, underneath it all, lies a broken shell of a man he once knew.

Family & Relationships
Orphaned as a child, parents are unknown

Cleric in --- Weston Leeger. He was close personal friends with him in childhood, but Weston took the more religious side while Donovan was still a rogue. Influenced Donovan to become a fighter for the light.

Old team of Robin Hood Esque position calling themselves The Equation. Consisted of: SmashKill Thunderknock (not his original name)Orc Barbarian(deceased). Ariea Sunglory, Human Cleric(unknown whereabouts). Psael Scarletweave, Human Wizard(deceased).

Early Childhood (Who needs religion!)
Donovan Pierce was born and raised in an orphanage, his parents identites unknown to him. It was said that Donovan developed at an early age, extremely smart and charismatic to other people, but always brooding and depressed when alone or when nobodies looking. Donovan never really understood happiness when he was at the orphange because he knew it wasnt his true family, even being told to prey to Torm for the safe keeping of there loved ones in the afterlife, Donovan would never do it because he knew deep down that they werent dead, they abandoned him. Collected from only a few images he could remember as an infant. Donovan felt personally betrayed by Torm because despite him being a gifted intellectual, he had the naive state of mind that bad things dont happen to people who believe in a god, foolish and childish yes but, Donovan wasnt the most rational child, with this frameset in mind, Donovan believed and wrote downrepeatdly:  'Religion is a waste of mans time and, if he wants to get anything done in life, and find true happiness, he must take it for himself' . While at the orphanage, Donovan befriended another orphan by the name of Weston Leeger who, much unlike Donovan was a quiet contempt child who was religiously bound to Torm. Somehow Donovans charisma found a way around it and, despite there stances on religion, became the best of friends.

Adolescence (Life is but an adventure!)
Time was coming to an end for Donovan at the orphanage, he was growing to become an independent, good looking, adventurous young man. Weston and Donovan were practically brothers at this point. Donovan and Weston would set out on adventures in the wildreness and usually get lost or into some kind of trouble by Donovans lack of survival skills. Weston would usually prey for help but Donovan laughed at this gesture and usually found some way out of the mess usually saving Westons ass, although getting it into trouble in the first place. Donovan loved the thrill of adventure but unfortunately he had to settle down and get a job working as a shopkeepers assistant to pay for a place to stay when he outgrew the orphanage. The job paid miserable and Donovan, at this time, began to acquire a taste for more exoitc and fancier posessions.

TO pay for his more ecentric lifestyle, Donovan began accepting odd jobs from inn posts and thrifty dealers. The pay was better so Donovan began to shower himself in fancier novelties.

Several years passed, Donovan was now a full fledged rogue working for whoever he saw fit to earn a pay with. He never did anything too drastic but not always honest either. Weston got accepted to be a cleric's assistant at a church of Torm in ____. Donovan was upset:

 'You're going to throw away this life long friendship, one that has stood the test of time, to go prey at a church all day long?!?' 

'' 'Donovan, your perspective on religion has always been misconstrued. It is the light, and ONLY the light, that'll save us all someday.' ''

 'The only thing I misconstrued, Weston, is that you would of grown out of this idiotic phase of false worship.' 

'' 'You're wrong! You believe that there is no point in embracing the greater power, and I know you've been trying to break me of it for as long as I can remember, but you're not always right Donovan, and when push comes to shove, the light might not help you non-belivers.' ''

'' 'Hmph! The only thing I believe, Weston, is that your religious fanaticism is tantamount to your idiocy!' ''

With those closing comments, the friendship was literally ended, Donovan didnt see Weston off but Weston still gave him the location of the church just in case.

 'Embrace it Donovan, if you change your mind, follow the light.' 

Adulthood (The Equation.)
Miserable, lonely, and now with his best friend gone, Donovan brooded into a depression. The thrill of adventure was no longer there.

Months Passed..

(more to come...)