BASICS
FULL NAME: FRANCISCO “ISKO” AGBAYANI
» MEANING: Francisco [ Francisco is the Spanish and Portuguese form of the masculine given name Franciscus. It means “free man” in Latin.]; Agbayani [ Ilocano (Philippines): nickname from Ilocano agbayani 'to be heroic'. ]
VERSES: The Game, Excess Baggage, Fear of 13, Life’s A Drag, City of Gods
NICKNAME(S): Isko, which is a typical nickname for the name Francisco in the Philippines [ as opposed to Spanish which is Paco and Portuguese which is Chico. ] When he attended university in Manila, he was called Promdiboy because of his accent and also of the fact he mostly lived in the island until he traveled to attend college. Promdi is a Tagalog slang referring to a person from the country or province [ an ellipsis of "from the province.” ] It could mean an insult but Isko didn’t mind being called that especially by people and classmates who he became very good friends with up to this day. Promdiboy = boy from the province.
AGE: 27-years old.
DATE OF BIRTH: 8th April 1995
PLACE OF BIRTH: Victoria, Oriental Mindoro, Philippines.
OCCUPATION: Bar/business owner.
RELIGION: Cathoilc.
ORIENTATION: Pansexual, panromantic.
GENDER: Cisgender male.
SPECIES: Human.
PERSONALITY
STRENGTHS: Courageous, Confident, Passionate, Honest, Determined, Ambitious.
WEAKNESSES: Impulsive, Moody, Impatient, Aggressive, Ambitious, Short-tempered.
APPEARANCE
FACE CLAIM: Brandon Perea.
HEIGHT: 5’10” [ 177 cm.]
WEIGHT: 143 lbs. [65 kg.]
BUILD: Athletic.
GAIT: TBA.
HAIR COLOR: Brown.
EYE COLOR: Brown.
BIRTHMARK: TBA.
OVERVIEW:
» SCARS: TBA.
» TATTOOS: Various. details to be added.
BACKGROUND
HOMETOWN: Victoria, Oriental Mindoro, Philippines.
RESIDENCES: Manila, Calapan, and Victoria in the Philippines. Chicago and Hawaii, USA.
NATIONALITY: Filipino-American.
ETHNICITY: Asian, Carribean.
FINANCIAL STATUS: Upper middle-class.
EDUCATION LEVEL: University graduate.
DEGREES: Hotel and restaurant management.
SPOKEN LANGUAGES: Isko is fluent in Tagalog, Ilokano, English, and Spanish. He can converse lightly in Japanese and Korean and some Mandarin as well since he has been living in Hawaii.
RELATIONSHIPS
PARENTS: Mother is Ma. Christina Agbayani, alive. Father was a young Puerto Rican businessman named Michael Perez; they met when he was born but Perez passed away before he turned one. Isko has contact with his father’s family New York and Puerto Rico.
SIBLINGS: Younger ones on his mother side as she married when he was 10. He has no half-siblings on his father’s side and that made his father’s family care for him a lot.
CHILDREN: He has no children.
PETS: Fishes.
SIGNIFICANT RELATIONSHIPS: Miss J [temporary name], is someone he looked up to since he was a teenager. Struggling when he came to the US, Miss J was one of the people that helped and supported him... Many times he’d expressed interest in Miss J but Miss J only saw him as a younger brother...
Isko became acquainted with a mafia named Leon Goodman. He did odd jobs for the man but he made sure that he didn’t want to be involved in any criminal activities. Leon Goodman was a man of his word and kept him on payroll managing the legal side of the man’s gyms and other businesses. Eventually, Isko saved enough and opened his own business, a Filipino grocery store that his mother helped managed. He then opened a restaurant and let it grow until he is able to establish business back in the Philippines. When he moved to Hawaii, he ventured into a bar business with six other friends whom he met online when he was in high school and opened a bar with them they call THE DEVIL’S PIT.
» TBA.
FAMILY HISTORY: Named after the saint Francis, Isko grew up mainly with his grandparents in the island of Mindoro, in the Philippines. His mother met his father while working up north of the country. She came home pregnant but the businessman promised to marry her. Preparations were made but unfortunately, fate had a different plan for the new family as it took Isko’s father way too early.
Isko’s mother struggled to take care of him but with her parents help, she continued to work outside of the island. Eventually, learning about their late son’s family, they tracked Christina and Isko and found them living in Mindoro. They kept in contact and supported Isko. Since Isko is an American citizen as his birth was reported by his parents to the US Embassy right after, Isko’s father’s family suggested that he come live in the US. Isko refused whenever the subject was brought up but made a deal with his grandparents that he’d come to the US after he finishes college in the Philippines. He didn’t want to leave his mother on her own. Isko’s father’s family at this point were doing well financially but bad investments caused them to lose many of their fortunes that by the time Isko came to the US to live with them, they were struggling themselves.
Used to living with what he only needed to go on, this did not bother Isko and instead worked on bettering himself. Eventually, his mother was able to join him in Chicago. His mother mostly stays in the Philippines with her husband and their children, managing Isko’s businesses there.
ROMANTIC HISTORY: Miss J. Miss J. Miss J. He’s had relationships in the past. Broke up with the recent one as he got very busy with business. Most partners he had didn’t like that he has no time for them because of work.
PLATONIC RELATIONSHIPS: Isko is a member of a group of seven friends who call themselves THE PIT CREW. Each friend lives in a different country and met through online gaming when they were teenagers. They stay connected and meet once a year. They also opened a chain of bars they call THE DEVIL'S PIT.
THOUGHTS ON LOVE: "Sacrifice.”
HEALTH
PHOBIA(S): Nothing really.
HANDICAP(S): None.
MENTAL DISORDER: None.
PHYSICAL DISEASE(S): None.
PREDISPOSITION(S): Alcoholism.
