Nolan O'Rourke
Nolan O'Rourke is the husband of McKenna O'Rourke and father of Corporal Brody O'Rourke; he is a quarryman and a former Career.
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| Background | |
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| District | 2 |
| Age | 47 |
| Profession | Quarryman |
| Spouse | McKenna O'Rourke |
| Children | Brody O'Rourke |
| Weapons | Sword and shield (Career training) |
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played by Artemis | |
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Early Life
Nolan Seoirse O'Rourke was the only son in a family with 5 children, and from the very beginning was surrounded by women who would greatly shape his personality as he grew older. Though his father was insistent on putting a sword and shield in his only son's hands as soon as possible (as was O'Rourke family tradition), he was raised predominantly by his 4 sisters and mother. Though he wouldn't be able to pinpoint the 'when' or the 'how', Nolan could at least say that it was the women in his life who had made a gentleman out of him and instilled in him a powerful respect for the opposite sex.
Like his schoolmates and in line with tradition, Nolan attended the Career Training Academy at the age of 12, immediately taking to the sword and shield. Unlike his predecessors, however, Nolan was of a kinder, more patient temperament and took more pleasure in the sport than the ideals of glory that returning victorious from the Games promised. He quickly shot up from the small, quiet redheaded boy into a young man whose stature rivaled his father's, growing comfortably into his xiphos sword named Milo ('Speak') and a heavy aspis shield named Akouo ('Listen'). As it was with the O'Rourke family, he named his weapons and regarded them with respect; he retired his old friends when his name wasn't called at his final year of the Reaping, though on various occasions over the years he'd be compelled to pick them up one more time.
Though Nolan had grown up in one of the larger cities of District 2, the bustling city life and its people had never truly been his calling; leaving behind his parents and sisters with well-wishes in their mouths and tears in their eyes, he made his way across the district to take up work as a quarryman. A young man of barely 19, he didn't waste time making his mark among his new colleagues; by now, he had grown into his body and was wired with muscle from years of swordplay and fistfighting. Of the few possessions he had brought with him, one of them included an old family book full of names (birthdays, marriages, children, deaths) and artwork from many generations ago that preceded even the Dark Days. It was from those books that he would pull the symbols and designs that now decorate his body.
Marriage
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Fatherhood
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