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 (son) |
| 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, surrounded by aunts (and later, nieces)
Career Training
Being raised in a family of warriors and surrounding himself with roughneck quarrymen for friends, Nolan is an avid sportsman and despite his age hasn't lost his appetite for a good fight. His weapons of choice are a sword and shield, and following with family tradition has named both of them; Nolan's xiphos sword is called Miló ('Speak') and an aspis shield called Akoúo̱ ('Listen'). Though they're retired, he regards his weapons like old friends. Nowadays, when he's not picking up training weapons to spar with his son, Nolan likes to keep his skills up by roughhousing and boxing with the other local men.
Marriage
Nolan has been married for 21 years to McKenna O'Rourke (née Shea), a former Peacekeeper, whom he considers the love of his life. He's very open with his affection towards her, and has absolutely no qualms about the fact that his wife wears the metaphorical pants in the relationship. However, his mile-wide jealous streak has shown itself more than once if he believes someone has called his wife's fidelity or honor into question; just as he is with his son, Nolan is ferociously protective of McKenna (whether she needs it or not).
They met when she was responding to a cave-in at the quarry Nolan worked at, and was tending to his injuries when a secondary cave-in was triggered; she threw herself over her patient, protecting him. Nolan regained consciousness first, unburying them and dragging them both to safety.
He was insistent on accompanying the woman who saved his life to the hospital, where she was given the diagnosis that she had broken her back. Utterly enamored by her bravery, Nolan continuously visited her during her recovery and physical therapy.
Nolan was persistent, trying everything he could think of to win McKenna over while she was finishing her medical degree as part of a deal she negotiated with the Peacekeepers. When she came to him saying she was pregnant, Nolan was considerably more thrilled than she was; he was a constant presence, loath to leave her side, and when McKenna finished her degree 8 months pregnant, he proposed.
Fatherhood
As his only child (and a rare son among a family known for producing daughters), Nolan absolutely dotes on his son Brody, who at 21 years old is independent and serving in the Peacekeeper Corps. Nolan personally trained Brody in nearly everything he knows about combat: fighting with a sword and shield, hand-to-hand combat, grappling and boxing (the latter two of which, Brody entered into as Olympic events and won medals in each).
