|Nickname| Walking Dead, Old Man Glenn
|Gender| Male
|Ethnicity| Korean
|Sexuality| Bisexual
|Role| Male #4
|Face Claim| Steven Yeun
|Weight| 150 lb
|Hair Color| Black
|Eye Color| Brown
|General Appearance| Looking at Glenn, no one would think of him as someone who exercises on a regular basis. Since his metabolism is so high it is hard for him to gain weight (meaning all those Doritos he eats goes nowhere) as well as gain muscle. Most of the time his family eggs him on to eat more and teases him for his skinniness, but the fact of the matter is that no matter the amount of weight he lifts his gains are pretty small. Because of that he has largely given up on becoming buff (not that it was ever the biggest priority) and beneath his clothing is a slightly squishy belly. He insists that it's all muscle, but it's pretty clear that there's at least a bit of flab under all of that skin. His Korean heritage shows in his youthful face and smaller eyes. He's often mistaken for being younger than he actually is and the fact that he spends his days in comic shops does not help matters. On the plus side, his usual attire of semi-formal to formal clothing (sneakers aside) helps enhance his height and make him read less like a struggling intern.
So how does this guy have fun? In very specific, relaxed conditions.
Glenn has a hard time relaxing due to his secondary job of defending the borders of Mystic Grove, but also his status as a harbringer. Unlike the prophet his visions are better described as premonitions. They don't give him clear indicators of what happens, only signals of what is to come (it's a real pain when you're reading a book and out of nowhere your power happens to spoil you) and no matter what he does, he only accelerates the end result. After the death of the mayor he's become even more vigilant in trying to figure out a way to use his foresight to benefit the town and prevent the future mayor from dying.
|Likes|
✓ Comic Books
✓ Video Games
✓ EDM
|Dislikes|
✘ Being helpless
✘ His visions/future sense
✘ Hunters
It was inconsistent.
How was he supposed to tell which omens were a product of a self-fulfilling prophecy and which were predestined? The whole thing almost turned him into a nihilistic twat during his teenage years. Glenn was lucky in that he had comic books, video games, and all other sorts of media that he could soak in and there were stories of superheroes, people who could overcome what was "destined" of them or those who made the best of their lives. They taught him that he didn't need to bend to the will of everything that came about (unlike his friends who seemed use those books as an escape rather than a means to teach themselves).
For that reason he decided to leave Mystic Grove for an out of state university to pursue his very useful economics and philosophy double major. Well really, his main reason for leaving the town was to explore other parts of the country and figure out a life for himself. Besides, as far as his parents were concerned he would be going to law school soon. Those four years flew by and despite the many omens ("spoilers" he took to calling them) he enjoyed every moment of learning that there were others like him and many that...weren't. Sure he had seen humans during the Halloween festivals (and the mayor of course) but it was much different to actually be friends with them and learn about how they lived. They weren't quite as interesting as some television shows made them seem.
When he came back to Mystic Grove not much had changed...other than the man that immediately flagged him down.
Unknown to him, someone had scouted him out after hearing he graduated. He wasn't a harbringer like Glenn but knew how to deal with them. He was the one who taught Glenn to hone his power and though the Korean man still doesn't have full control over his premonitions he can at least tell when a day will be portentous. His mentor needed another person to defend the town from hunters and who better to give out warnings than Glenn?
He had been defending the town for a year or two when he saw an omen of the late Mayor Wellford dying. The circumstances weren't clear, but he called the police immediately to try and get them to the office. Unfortunately, that seemed to only make things worse since one of the people in the car that hit Wellford happened to have a cop in it.
Though he still blames himself for what happened he's more motivated than ever to help prevent something like this from happening again.