Victor G. Sykes

Name: Victor G. Sykes
Nicknames: Vic
Titles: Doctor

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Physical Description-
Age: 32
Sex: Male
Height: 6'1
Weight: 169 lbs
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Black
Body/Physical Appearance: A tall, slender, bespectacled man with an unkempt appearance: stubble beard, long dark hair with long parted bangs and a hanging low ponytail in the back. He has a slightly Asian appearance, with slitted, dark blue eyes. Lanky, he isn't too strong in appearance, but can hold his own well enough.

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Clothes:
Dr. Sykes wears his clothing in a similar 'unkempt' appearance, with a dark blue button down half untucked from behind a pair of black slacks, a brown pair of 'Y' back suspenders, a pair of brown work boots, a white lab coat with the sleeves gathered at the elbows, a pen in the breast pocket and a digital watch on his left wrist as well as his Umbrella ID Bracelet (Level III). He also wears silver rimmed, round glasses.

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Background-
Hometown: Rome, Italy
Nationality: American

Employment: Umbrella Researcher
Rank: Level III Senior Staff

Sensei/Instructor: Raccoon University, various other instructors, natural genius
Instructed: TBA

Relationship Status: Single
Medications: Inhaler
Allergies: None
Health Background:
-Asthma
-Smokes

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Inventory:

Valued possessions: Gold Lighter

Possessions: A box of 45 9mm rounds, 2x packs of cigarettes

Weapons: Sig Sauer P228

Items/Equipment: Umbrella Red Key Card, Umbrella Bracelet ID Band (Level III Senior Staff Rank), Research Notes, Glasses, Inhaler

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History:
A rather lighthearted fellow, Dr. Victor G. Sykes is an Umbrella Researcher who works in a number of Raccoon City's NESTs and interconnected Labs to the HIVE terminal. The researcher is a genius who was part of the original Plant 42 Project but had gotten a bout of shellfish poisoning and horrible diarrhea prior to his transfer to the Arklay Laboratory up at the Spencer Mansion- which was a stroke of dumb luck as all of his fellow colleagues turned into zombies and were killed prior or after the self-destruct sequence in late July of 1998. Regardless, he was transferred to work under Dr. Braun and Dr. William Birkin in NEST I, but prior to Umbrella's attack... suffered another bought of shellfish poisoning while visiting NEST III Labs, and had been stuck there, suffering through his illness while escaping the fate of his colleagues... yet again. Regardless of this rather baffling good luck, the man is never too unhappy about his predicaments. He's always one to see the bright side of things, and he's a bit of a masochist so that helps as well!

As the outbreak in Raccoon City continues to plague above and below the metropolitan streets, Victor begins his timely escape!

"I want no trouble! It just... seems to follow me!" -Dr. Sykes.

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Misc.-
-Asthma: He can become winded easily, especially after smoking.

-Heavy Smoker: In spite of his asthma, Vic's a heavy smoker, which aggravates his asthma, and thus creating an unending, unnecessary cycle of 'pain and misery' he endures upon his frail, slender body.

-Masochist: That explains everything...

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Skills:
-Master Cutlery: He's quite formidable with medium length blades

-Sparkshot Master: He is highly skilled with the Umbrella long-ranged taser gun, the 'Spark Shot', if he only had access to one...

-Hydroponics: Vic worked in the Umbrella Hydroponics division, experimenting on the growth of various botanic species when exposed to a number of the mutating viruses. He helped create Plant 42- thank goodness he got sick before his transfer to the Spencer Mansion!

-Indomitable Will!: He's quite strong willed and can be quite formidable, the only things keeping him down being his asthma and his IBS... both of which, ironically saved his life countless times in the past...

-Umbrella Senior Staff- But not a local...: He's well versed in the locations built under Raccoon City, and knows much of the network of tunnels that honeycomb beneath the bustling streets of Raccoon, but... isn't well versed in Raccoon City's layout itself- as he rarely stays above ground for more than a couple of hours every week.