{{ photo:paradigm.jpg}} **Email:** [[paradigm@umba.chaosdeathfish.com]] Paradigm always was weaker than the others around him. Being bullied for this made him seclude himself. As he grew up, he surrounded himself with technology/weapons for protection, with the end goal of getting a technological monster ‘Grey’ to help him. As he grew older, his collection of weapons grew. He always had some weapon or a piece of technology that he was willing to sell for the right price. Never the best businessman, but he always was fair in his price and treatment, if you could stand his more eccentric nature. Thus he never appears to be in financial trouble. In fact, he did quite well for himself. However, when he was not busy selling something or talking to his contacts, he secluded himself to his labs, still seemingly afraid of other people and only enjoying the company of his labwork. As such, nobody noticed when Paradigm did not show up for months. He had done that before and he always came back with something new. However, this time was different. When he came back from his self-imposed seclusion he looked different. He appeared much weaker and sickly. His movement was slow, more deliberately. He appears like his body could break at any moment. The most striking feature was his face. It has fallen in and he was hiding his eyes as if they were the most damaged part of his body. He generally does not like to talk about his sickness. Since then, he barely comes outside. When he does, he generally surrounds himself with Grey for his protection. Grey appears to be extremely well trained and listens perfectly to him. Using Grey as a crutch he needs for protection. The only reason why he comes out of his lab is for league meetings and to meet his buyers/sellers for archaeotech. No matter how sick he gets, he will always be in the market for archaeotech. **OC Pronouns:** He/Him\\ **IC Pronouns:** He/Him\\