Full Name: Matthew Brisbane
Nicknames: Matt
Age: 22
Gender: Man
Occupation: Works in the army surplus shop.
Description: Average height, buzz cut, and squared off face. Standard military issue man, although he's never been in the service. He's not to concerned with keeping himself tidy, and always has a bit of grease and dirt under his fingernails from working out in the woods. He enjoys hunting and fishing and so has a tendency to be very quiet and still.
Personality: Plain spoken, and cemented in his beliefs about the world (namely that it is a plain and non magical place). He's practical above all so even when confronted with something he doesn't understand he prefers to deal with the problem first and understand it later. He can be a flirt and somewhat callous and casual with women, and doesn't see this attitude as much of a problem.
Matt is a very grounded and connected person. He will stand quietly and listen before speaking, and consider the options before deciding. He makes decisions based on inner instinct and conscience and gut feeling as opposed to being swayed by others. He spends much of his time outdoors and working with his hands because he enjoys the feeling of it. And he is content with a very basic and simple life. This approach isn't always pragmatic, and can lead to stagnation and a lack of progress, but he is content in it and doesn't want to change anything about himself. He's sure of himself and confident in his ways.
Skills: Hunting hobby means good reflexes, a calm reaction to stress, and a quiet disposition. He also has good aim, and knows how to survive in the forest if need be.
Weaknesses: His commitment to his preconceived ideas manifests as a pretty big blind spot. He will sometimes not listen to the people who know more than he does if what they're saying disagrees with what he already thinks.
History: Matthew grew up in Sleepy Hollow, and knows the ins and outs of the town better than anyone. His father was an alcoholic when he was younger and would often kick him out of the house for long periods of time. At sun up he would be put outside and at sundown he would be allowed back in. If he was perfectly frank, he was fine with being away from the chaos of his home life, and he spent his time in the woods, alone, for years.
When he got older he started visiting a house he found out in the forest, on the other side of the ravine. It was a hunting cabin inhabited by an older man, and he came to know it as a place he could find food and sit by the heater. As he spent more and more time there, he stopped going home every night. And then he stopped going home altogether. His parents didn't care, and he paid them visits often enough to keep social services out of it. By this time he was in high school.
The man who took him in, Harry Brisbane, is the one whose name he uses. They got along and understood each other, both a bit too accustomed to the quiet and isolation of nature. Harry taught Matt how to hunt and how to fish and how to find his way and build a fire. His wife Georgia got on with Matt as well, and she got him cleaned up and to church every Sunday morning, even when Harry would sit home complaining about the whole church business.
He got a job as early as he could, and moved out at 18. But he still kept in contact with the Brisbanes, spent almost every night there for dinner. He has since lost contact with his biological family, the forgotten son, but keeps involved with his adopted family. He'd do anything for them, and is fiercely protective of them and of the quiet life they showed him.