Josef Ned McKinley

[joe]

Character's Name (nicknames): Josef Ned McKinley (Joe)
Gender: Male
Age: 27
Category: Human
Sexual Orientation: Straight

Family:

• Mother – Eleanor Flint McKinley (60)
  
• Father – Patrick Ned McKinley (65)
  
• Brother – Daniel Colm McKinley (25)
  
• Sister – Colleen Erin McKinley (20)

Character History: Twenty-Seven years, three months, nine days, eighteen hours, thirty two minutes and five seconds ago, Josef Ned McKinley was born. The grating sounds of the baby boy's screams echoed off the sterile walls of St. James' Hospital in Dublin, Ireland. The screeching, wriggling mass of newness was the first child to Eleanor and Patrick, Josef was the gift they had been waiting for god to grant them. The McKinley family was poor, and had a hard enough time keep three mouths full. Three mouths became for with Josef's younger brother Daniel was born, four becoming five with the surprise of Colleen. Though it was rough, the family survived, The senior McKinley working his fingers to the bone at the factory and the madame McKinley running herself ragged raising three children and renting out the rooms of the small house that they lived in.

While Danny and Colleen both seemed like normal children from the start, something was always a bit off with young Josef. The boy's imagination had been strong since he achieved awareness, and it never dulled, no matter how he aged. As a teen in war torn Ireland, it often got him in to trouble, his well-muscled brother being the only thing to save him from many of the beatings he received. Josef's marks in school were never good, as he had difficulties paying attention, so no scholarships were offered to him as they were to Danny (for rugby) and Colleen (for brilliance). The rest of the McKinley's loved their Josef, but none we able to reach him, to find the young man who was often lost in his own mind. Somedays an insanity would overcome him, and nothing could be done about it until the fit had passed.

One day, some nineteen years after he was born, the McKinley clan awoke to find a note, scribbled in Josef's spidery hand. The worn piece of paper had only one word on it, followed by a lone J. 'Goodbye' was all it said, and nothing more. The young man stalked different contents, finding ways to earn enough money for minimal shelter and food. As he traveled he wrote, his imagination and insanity coming out on the page. Once, while lucid as he could be, on a whim, Josef dropped the whole handwritten manuscript at a publishing house in London, refusing to leave until it was read. While the receptionist went to call the police an editor took a peek, a liked what they saw.

The book sold millions of copies, and threw Josef into a celebrity he didn't want. The young man sent a majority of the money he made to his parents and siblings, with no word, just the cash, and kept very little for himself. When executives came around asking for movie rights, Josef fled, much like he had in the past, this time finding his way to Forks, Washington where he had accepted a position of teaching creative writing at a highschool. No one in this remote area of America should know who he was, and he would be able to hide while still doing what he must to keep himself sane.

Character Appearance:

Strengths/Weaknesses:

• Brilliance
  
• Passion
  
• Ability to think outside the box (out of this world, really)
  
• Writing Ability
  
• His Eyes (people get lost in them)
  
  Weaknesses
  
  
• Insanity
  
• Tendency to Obsess
  
• Indifference
  
• Family
  
• Himself
  

Personality: Josef McKinley is man like no other many have met. He is erratic and irrational, often leaning toward paranoid. The gift that was bestowed upon him since his creation has done nothing but drive the man insane. His mood swings are so bad, that one could become nauseas from the speed at which he changes. Never one to trust, never one to love, he tends to keep himself mostly to himself, never breaking free from his shell. His outer-self can often be extroverted, just as much as his inner-self in introverted. Through the insanity people are still often charmed and intrigued by the strange and handsome man with the strange glint in his eyes.

If anyone were to ever find a way to break through his barriers and make their way into the world within his mind, they would have all of him forever. He is neither kind, nor gentle, friendly or not. Josef tends to be a little bit of everything, and one will never know what they get when they see him.

RP sample: See anything by Carlisle or Edward
Celebrity Claim: Jared Leto

Your Name (nicknames): Morgan
Gender: Female
Age: 24
Other Characters: Edward/Carlisle
Read the Rules?: Ghostly