ASA HOLLAND - PLOTS // TIMELINE // ART ARCHIVE
— BASICS
Name: Asa Holland Age / D.O.B.: 45, October 24, 1978 Gender, Pronouns & Sexuality: Cis man, he/him, gay Hometown: Swords, Ireland Affiliation: Syndicate Job position: Medic of the Syndicate, day job as an illustrator Education: Some medical schooling at University of London Relationship status: Single Children: None Positive traits: (5) Creative, Resourceful, Kind, Thoughtful, Witty Negative traits: (5) Vengeful, Awkward, Forgetful, Negative, Withdrawn
— BIOGRAPHY
Asa grew up in a small family home in a town on the outskirts of Dublin. Both parents were devoutly Catholic and the whole family walked to church multiple times a week. He worked summers helping clean up the little church-house in the valley and his father often pawned him off to ‘learn a hard day’s work’ at various places in town. Despite his father having plenty of money and working at a bank in the city, Asa was often treated like he had to provide for his family as well. He wanted to spend time with his siblings but it often fell on him to get a job first, to get his license, to get into college. There was immense pressure from his family at all times to be the model son.
He had always been introverted but starting in high school, he started to rebel, getting angry at his parents and lashing out at them. His father had just started a very high-profile job in the government and his 13 year old son was the least of his issues. Eventually, Asa was sent away to a home for ‘troubled teens’ and was essentially beaten into submission by orderlies and people who did not care about his wellbeing or his mental stability. He was treated like a problem, like an inmate in a prison at the age of 14 and was kept there for years due to his father’s negligence and lies. Saying after Asa came back for a short time once that he was still ‘acting up’. That they had failed and he would expose them if they didn’t forge documents to send Asa off to a mental institution.
Through it all, Asa was manipulated into thinking he was the problem. That he had done so much wrong that he was being punished, and would continue to be for the rest of his life- tormented by the Devil. Because of his father’s lies, he was in and out of a few psychiatric facilities, given experimental (and illegal) medical treatments, and treated as insane. His father was a constant terrifying presence in his life, always finding a new place to send him off to in Ireland, Wales, and London.
Asa changed the course of his fate when one day his father pushed him too far- after another heated argument and further tries at manipulating him to go back to an in-patient facility, Asa bludgeoned his father to death with a hammer- something he’d wanted to do since he’d been sent off to rot in the abusive facilities he’d spent his adolescence in. He was lucky- his dad never spoke about his son to others due to his immense disappointment, so Asa fleeing to the U.S. was done as covertly as possible. He was a murderer.
After moving to the US, he began to work various odd jobs as a sort of loner. He did art- something he’d loved to do throughout his time in and out of facilities, and would take server jobs, desk jobs, data entry- anything that would pay the bills. But eventually, he came upon the Syndicate, and his medical knowledge came in handy. After helping stop the bleeding of a man shot in an alleyway, Asa was called on a few times for his expertise- both because he knew what he was doing, and because he had to keep a low profile himself. He was paid handsomely for his work and was able to keep himself doing the thing he loved- illustrating and painting. He’s a bit withdrawn and quiet, awkward with making friends. But he’s tried, especially lately, to reach out to people and make friends and colleagues. This has also given him reason to spend more time with members of the Syndicate, realizing he’s pretty much part of a gang now.
— WANTED CONNECTIONS / PLOTS
-One night stands, ex-lovers, hook-ups, flings -Unlikely friends that contrast his shy & sometimes boring demeanor -Drinking buddies -Folks who know about his father’s mysterious death -Someone who watches his 5 cats when he’s away -Fans of his illustration work -Unlikely rivals turned friends (turned... lovers??) -Extended family on his mother’s side
