finally makin an intro post / some facts abt cyrus for y’all
first of all, regarding him as a LEADER, POST-APOCALYPSE ;
his alignment is ‘lawful evil’. pre-apocalypse it was more neutral, and definitely not lawful. but since there are no longer established rules to follow NOW, but he still values a sense of order and DOES have convictions and values, he’s a stickler for his own rules. they don’t change. gotta have a sense of order when the world’s ending, right? ( there’s one quote i find relevant: “if god is evil he’s lawful evil” )
cyrus does actually care about his group. not as much for each individual person, since as a leader remaining objective is important, but he cares about the STRUCTURE of his group. the reason he’s more evil than neutral is because ‘doing what he needs to do’ doesn’t make him feel very guilty afterwards. in fact, it doesn’t bother him at all. he sleeps fine. power and order are more important than being a compassionate leader. but he’s not cruel to the point where it’s unnecessary and he obviously does care about the longevity and survival of his group. so, if he has to kill a random traveler or one member of his group causing problems, that keeps THE REST of the group from starving. to him? that’s a win-win. eradicating trouble/potential trouble and keeping everyone else alive as a result.
annnnnd a bit about HIS PAST ;
he mostly grew up with his uncle and his mother in el reno, oklahoma. his mother actually cheated on cyrus’ father with cyrus’ uncle. cyrus’ family was extremely unstable, though. his father was generally abusive, cyrus’ mother was a prostitute with a drug addiction, and cyrus’ uncle was the one with more money. ultimately, that’s why his mom wanted to be with him. turns out he was an asshole, too, though. cyrus doesn’t like talking about his family, we’ll put it that way.
he went to college for the first year, then dropped out. he’d always hung around “the wrong crowd” and it’s how he got into gunrunning. his uncle was the one who taught him how to use a gun originally.
eventually, cyrus ended up moving around, becoming rather notorious as an arms trafficker. he was involved in general organized crime, and was definitely one of the higher-ups when it came to guns. he was the provider, but eventually stopped doing the dirty work himself and became more of an overseer of it. being involved in organized crime definitely changed him a lot as a person, it’s where he first killed another human being and realized how much he liked the thrill of having power and being the “opposing authority”.
a list of all the places he’s lived in case anyone’s curious: el reno, oklahoma. various places in texas. acapulco, mexico. cork, ireland. chicago, illinois. new york city, new york. sacramento, california. los angeles, california. denver, colorado. munich, germany. saint petersburg, russia. phoenix, arizona. and, of course, scottsdale.
other than english, he's fluent in spanish. he knows enough russian to understand/comprehend it, but he only speaks broken/some russian.
on the side, he owned his company for money-laundering purposes. however, it wasn’t a very legit company, and was ( at first, when he was still in the small arms trade ) just a front for the gunrunning. it became more legitimate once he moved on from the small arms trade, but was mostly run by a close friend of his. it was a small, local bar at first, but ended up becoming an extremely popular and exclusive nightclub. it was based in los angeles.
