Code Name: Gawain
Name: Derrick Carew
Age: 26
Birthdate: June 26th, 2001
Hair: Red
Eye: Grey
Height: 5’9”
Weight: 150
Race: Elf
Occupation: Website Designer
Hometown: Cardiff, Wales
Education: BA of Fine Arts in Visual Communication at
American InterContinental University, London
Hobbies/Interests: Video Games, Hacking, Eating, Rooftop
surfing, Drinking fine ales, Reading Shakespeare,
Swordsmithing, Sword collecting, Making Serah smile
Religion: Agnostic
Magick/Special Abilities: Metal (Advanced Level), Telekinesis
Weapons: Short Swords of various types, 2 Mags Semi-Automatic 5” Smith
and Wesson 1911PC Koening, Glock 29 10MM Subcompact
Alias(es): “Der”
Relationship status: Dating Serah Kelley
Background: Derrick started out with what seemed like a normal childhood. He had a loving father and mother and they seemed to be a happy family. Then when he was 10, his mother walked out on him and his father. They never knew why, she just disappeared. His father received divorce papers in the mail and they never saw or heard from her again.
The two did pretty well on their own for awhile though. They pulled through as best they could and continued on with life. His father started dating again a year or so after she left and Derrick thought he might be getting a new mother. About when the fifth new girlfriend walked through the door though, he started to give up hope.
His father continued going through new girlfriends as if it were going out of fashion. Some were better than others; some only last a week, others for several months. There was a handful that Derrick really liked and had hoped that just maybe his father would keep. But it never lasted. His father was too afraid of getting his heartbroken again. Derrick never blamed his father for that; he just got really sad about it sometimes. To try and combat it, his father would send him to stay with his grandparent’s for vacations thinking that if Derrick got out of the house he would feel better. Really, Derrick just got bored and picked up a taste for reading Shakespeare when no one was looking. He still tries to keep that under wraps.
When Derrick turned 16, he considered himself old enough to not need a babysitter. His father’s girlfriend at the time didn’t agree with him though and took it upon herself to invite herself over to “babysit” Derrick when his father wasn’t home. Her definition of babysitting had much to be desired however. Derrick never told anyone, and especially not his father, that she had molested and manipulated him into sleeping with her. But he’s been disgusted with himself on some level ever since. He doesn’t know if his father ever found out, but his father did dump her not even a week after the incident.
Derrick always tried to find reasons to be out of the house while he finished grade school. He was more than happy to go to university. He was never able to keep a steady girlfriend though; he never had a relationship that lasted more than a week. His father died from a heart attack during Derrick’s final year of uni and so after he graduated, he decided to move to Philadelphia, PA in America where he had studied for a semester abroad and had really liked it there.
In Philadelphia he met Ian McLeod and the two quickly became best mates, they consider each other brothers. Ian was the one who invited Derrick into the Muintir where he met Serah Kelly. They had remained just friends for years, despite Serah’s crush on him. Then after a traumatic flashback the two remembered the past life they shared in which they both died before being able to express their true feelings for one another. They're now practically inseparable.At the current moment, Derrick is just going along with what life throws at him. He has been slightly grouchy since Ian was severely injured and put into a coma, but now that Ian is awake again Derrick is doing better. He's living with Serah and doing his best to learn how to cook, but as of yet his expertise remains with pizza bites, ramen, and ordering pizza.