BASIC INFORMATION
NAME Solaareese “REESE” ‘Alani AGE Thirty-Seven (37) AFFILIATION The Rebels VEHICLE Harley-Davidson Wide Glide && Orange Lifted Jeep Wrangler POSITION Patched Member (11 years) OCCUPATION Bar/Restaurant Owner (called O)
BIOGRAPHY
trigger warnings DRUG ABUSE & DEATH
Born in Hawaii, but raised in Los Angeles, the city of angels was always the place he called home. Where the roaring bikes of outlaws was as common as the deafening wails of sirens that followed them. While he’d not grown up with family ties to the clubs in town, he’d known of them, everyone did, but Reese thought he’d grow up, travel the world, trying every kind of cuisine along the way. Never had he thought he’d end up a loyal member himself. Of course as a child all he’d seen were the possibilities, everything he could gain and failed to notice just how much he stood to lose. Not worry, life had just been around the corner waiting for the opportune time to teach him that lesson. Just before his nineteenth birthday his mother grew terminally ill and his life spiraled from there.
With his mother diagnosis, their once harmonious family, full of her love and positivity, started to crumble and the tall man hadn’t known a way to cope with such tragedy. It was then he’d began work at a club as a bouncer to help aid in the medical expenses and fell in with drug addled dancers and alcoholic kitchen staff. It wasn’t long before the adventurous and reckless, Reese had his first taste of something stronger than weed. As the time his mother had left grew shorter, Reese’s addiction intensified and by the time she’d officially passed away he was in way too deep. With his father struggling to mourn and grieve the death of his wife, Reese played strong, to pick up slack where needed, but it wasn’t long before he had his father was facing the possibility of losing his son too.
For a while his father was able to force Reese into rehab, and when that didn’t work he tried doing it himself, when that didn’t work he’d sent him back to Hawaii, but nothing worked. The hold heroin had over Reese was stronger than any will power or logic he possessed. Eventually, after five years of watching his son fall further and further down the rabbit hole, Bryce in a final effort cut his son off completely. However, it was Reese, he always had friends, and his friends always had the hook up.
At twenty-five he’d OD-ed and been left for dead in an alley way, with his wallet, phone and shoes taken and his shirt missing. Which is exactly how Yuri Orlov found him. It was the first time since his mother passed that Reese believed in the Gods his parents had raised him to revere and respect. For whatever reason, Yuri helped Reese, cleaned him up got him sober, kept him sober, and eight months after the alley, Reese went and found his father and for a while everything was smooth. It was during his first success with sobriety that he’s prospected with the Rebels, under the sponsorship of Yuri and even managed to stay clean long enough to get patched in, and a couple years down the road he opened his bar/restaurant, O. Reese had his life back, made himself into something, reconnected with his father and expanded his family to the Rebels. Then tragedy struck again.
After five years of sobriety, his father passed away. Wrong place wrong time, a robbery gone south and he turned to the only coping mechanism he knew. Down the rabbit hole he went. This time his addiction only had a hold on him for a few months and he sobered up again, wiser than he had been in the past, stronger. Since then he’d only relapsed once, on the five year anniversary of his father’s death, but for the past two years it’s been smooth sailing, but with his position as Sargent of Arms and the Rebels ties to drugs, Reese is just trying to keep his head above water. Focusing on the tasks given to him by the club and running his bar.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
is a PANSEXUAL PANROMANTIC
STANDS AT 6′7 and tends to stand at his full height NOT subjecting himself to the tall person slouch
is a recovering HEROIN ADDICT and because of that he tries to stay as far away from anyone who deals drugs as that just isn’t a good idea given his natural struggle with impulse control
actively TRIES TO keep himself calm and centered and mostly achieves this through meditation and quiet time
ATTENDS NA meetings every week but only a privileged few are aware of that, so if you’ve just met Reese this isn’t something you’d be aware of
is RIDE OR DIE for the Rebels to him they helped him gain a life he could be proud of and for that they will always be his ohana
LIVES IN the space above his restaurant which retains no real walls between rooms, a rather impressive kitchen, no shower just a claw-foot tub and a massive mattress on the floor
generally will let too drunk patrons with no ride home STAY AT HIS for the night, complete with water, Advil and a hearty morning breakfast
STAYS OUT OF the drug aspect of the clubs dealings and rather works with the newly acquired gun running
was advised by Yuri to hit the gym as a way to expend energy, but he found that quite boring and moved to boxing which lead to MMA training. While he has points in STREET FIGHTING which helped him make use of weapons and inanimate objects he’s also a TRAINED FIGHTER making him something of a WEAPON
RELATIONSHIPS
NPC bryce ‘alani father deceased
NPC jocasta ‘alani mother deceased
NPC yuri orlov savior deceased
@dxstructiive Vitaly Orlov close friend, tbd
@winterrosx Katerina Petrova pseudo sister, highly protective of her due to the year he spent being there for her after the passing of her mother while her father was in prison, even kept in contact with her as she went off to college and was over joyed when she returned, she’s also one of the few people outside of club members who knows about his NA meetings and she’s the first one to kick his ass if it looks like he might miss one that week.
@belcva Yelena Belova close friend and part time employee, it was high time that Reese found someone to help him manage O, and after meeting through her dealings with the club, Yelena seemed a wonderful fit. Smart, capable and not intimidated by his terrible book keeping, and since she’s been working for them they’ve managed to find a wonderful friendly rhythm.
