* † [ michiel huisman , he/his + cis man ] : is that JAMIE “COOP” KUIPER wandering around ? under these neon lights i swore they looked like a SAINT, but in actuality they are an AGENT FOR THE COMMISSION. the ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTEEN / THIRTY NINE YEAR OLD is known to be IRRITABLE and SOLITARY, albeit DRIVEN and LOYAL. after spending SIX MONTHS in sin city, their favourite song to hum is ONE HAND KILLING by TWELVE FOOT NINJA, though people often associate them with old dog tags tucked beneath the collar of a worn tee shirt collecting what little heat there is to offer, the wanted hit of an adrenaline rush in the moments where a life is on the line (yours or otherwise), and the glow of two knowing eyes catching the dim light from the street and reflecting back from the shadows — not unlike the cat waiting at home.
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birth name: micha de kuiper. alias: jamie kuiper. nickname(s): doc, coop. title(s): doctor, md. age / d.o.b.: 117, appears 39, august 08, 1905. gender, pronouns & sexuality: cis man, he/his, demiromantic heterosexual. hometown: amstelveen, noord holland, the netherlands. species: saint (current), human (formerly). occupation: commission agent (current), united states marshal (former), marine combat medic (former), grifter (former), british army infantryman (ww2, former), metalsmith (former). education: various degrees throughout his life. most notably acquiring his medical doctorates through the military within the past thirty years. prior to being turned, he had no formal education. relationship status: single. children: none. positive traits: driven, loyal, fearless, meticulous, independent. negative traits: irritable, solitary, sarcastic, nihilistic, blunt. character comparisons: jake ballard (scandal), ellis wyatt (atlas shrugged), cassian andor (rogue one), nick fury (marvel: cinematic universe), mr. big (sex and the city), mr. saito (inception), colonel graff (ender's game), harvey specter (suits), thomas shelby (peaky blinders), kaz brekker (shadow and bone), perry cox (scrubs).
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i. time and place. it always comes down to that. born into poverty, a larger family simply attempting to make ends meet, coop was an honest man in his human life. circumstances of the time period were not kind to him ---born after the turn of a century, the de kuiper family suffered much of the same that any other family beneath the poverty line did. children were conceived to work, the more hands on deck the more trades could be spread throughout with the hope that someone, somewhere could break the mold. coop was not the eldest child but was the eldest son, and set an example for the rest of his siblings. he was an honest man, kind if not a little too serious ---the sort of man who would carve out his own heart and offer it to someone he cared for if it meant helping.
ii. at 34 years of age the world came rushing into his little, quiet life. war, carving a horrible scar into history, with his home being forcefully overtaken by enemy forces. all of the books give gory, graphic details to children about what happened, coop recalls it firsthand. one of only de kuiper children smuggled out in the night before formal occupation ---in one fell swoop holland was overtaken, his family imprisoned, and he never saw his parents or siblings again. it was enough to light a fire in him, one that wanted to see the liberation of his people. coop took refuge in england for a short time before enlisting in the british military as an infantryman. some time served during the war was the last he knew of his humanity, spiritually and literally.
iii. he doesn’t recall the particulars of his change, merely that it was violent and painful. coop would be the first to admit that the time after, the transitory period of learning and becoming was the hardest. time passed differently, memory melted and shifted. adjusting was rough. he knows he saw out the end of the war. he knows he made it to the united states to distance himself from the pain of loss ---of everything he didn’t have anymore in europe. he knows he spent time grifting through the states (land of opportunity and promise his ass). but it’s all a blur.
iv. languages were learned. skills and trades were picked up. he was always good with his hands, but now he needed them to survive. connections were made, a name for himself. aliases changed, attempts to distance himself from everything he’d experienced while trying to keep pieces of himself intact. was he even still human inside? he’d heard what he was more and more, but there was nothing religious attached to that. aimless, unsure, but itching for the adrenaline of what he knew ---coop finally set himself to purpose in the mid 1990′s and enlisted himself to the navy medicine training support center in san antonio, texas. after bootcamp he was given formal training and upon completion of the program he was assigned a marine battalion to serve with as an active combat medic.
v. he served several tours with his battalion before returning back to the states in 2018. connections formed over his life granted him an opportunity to serve with the united states marshals upon his return, and coop remained active with them from 2018 to 2021. whispers of the commission had been rumbling through ---people joking about its existence, that it was comical, punishment for agents that misbehaved. coop did just that ---misbehaved his way into the commission to see if those rumors were true.
vii. it’s been close to two years since he’d been involved with the us government’s occult division. the nature of his species is a secret kept close to his chest - involvement existing only to kick dirt over information about any supernatural creatures, to keep them secret. it’s better the mass populace doesn’t know, that the government keeps themselves out of it. to his peers he’s simply a gristled, retired combat medic and former us marshal. he holds no particular love for his fellow saints, for any other species out there ---he simply doesn’t think it’s anyone’s business to know they exist.
-- fun facts. --
i. has a cat named achilles. finds it hilarious to tell him to heel.
ii. tired literally all the fucking time.
iii. speaks multiple languages: dutch, english, spanish, german, and farsi are under his repertoire. he’s in the process of learning more, but all have been accumulated over his years.
iv. briefly considered working in an emergency room as a surgeon, but didn’t like the idea of having to deal with the insurance company bullshit.
v. prefers not to associate himself with his species as a whole, but he doesn’t necessarily have a problem with other saints. he’s just a more solitary fellow.
vi. he still has his dutch accent, and has worked hard to not lose it over the years.
vii. lapsed jewish. it’s hard to keep faith through everything he’s been through, but he’s very proud of his heritage regardless. he still observes some things, but does so privately.
viii. jamie kuiper is just the most recent of his aliases. he’s had many over the years. this is the first one that is so close to his birth name.
ix. always wears his dogtags from his us military service. however he still has his tags from british military service, locked away safely somewhere.
