Max Tanner

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Max Tanner

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Minecraft Name:
ZIFFromGeico
Character Name:
Max Tanner
Nickname:
Maximillian; Maxie; Uncle Max
Age:
46
Birthday:
Spring 22, 1060
Gender:
Male
Status:
Married...to his job. The poor man is a workaholic.
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~Description~
Height: 5'9
Weight: 145 lbs
Eyes: Dark Brown
Hair: Dark Brown; Without the hat on, his hair sticks up in the front
Skin: White
Key Inventory Items: A magnifying glass and a notepad
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~Life Style~
Religion: Arceism
Profession: Private Detective (Formally Rustboro City PD Detective) ; Waiter at Moonbow Diner
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~Pixelmon~
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~Backstory~

Max as a child liked being sociable and getting himself involved...too bad no one really wanted to be social back. Max spent a lot of his time as a kid playing pretend on the playground, in the backyard, etc. This did not help from people thinking he's weird, but he didn't seem to care for the most part as long as he was having fun. However, he did deep down feel hurt as all he wanted were friends. He would continue trying to get himself involved.

At the age of 6, he was being walked home from school by his dad when all of a sudden they saw a large group of people surrounding a crime scene blocked off by officers and police tape. As they approached, they noticed a few cops and a detective gathering evidence, investigating the ground, and using their pokemon to help aid them. Max as he was ducked under the tape and rushed toward the detective asking if he could help. As the detective noticed Max, he couldn't help but laugh and reassured the dad it was alright. After about 15 minutes of the detective helping Max feel involved, Max's Father insisted that they had to get going. Before they left however, the detective took off his hat and offered it to Max as a gift. He'd tell Max to keep the hat as a reminder of what he did today where he stepped up and tried helping others. Max put it on proudly and immediately put his hands on his hips as he struck a hero pose with furrowed brows. With Max returned to his father, the detective returned to his work. It was on this day that Max finally felt a part of something, that he could make friends and have a fun job when he grows up. From here on out, Max wanted to be a detective.

Fast forward to his early adult years, he worked and studied hard and joined the Rustboro City police department as a cop at first, but eventually worked his way up and earned the title of detective. He would then take on numerous cases both big and small and earn the respect of others both in the department and in the city. At last, he was finally treated fairly by others and felt content...for the most part at least. He'd clash with the chief of police from time to time. As much as Max was good at his job, he would tend to go rushing into something after being told not to. He'd always end up solving the case, but go about it in a such a reckless and independent manner. Luckily, none of these events ever lead to Max getting fired...but eventually, those years had to end.

Max's final case in Hoenn was to investigate threats made against Rustboro city by a group of thugs. During this case, Max would run into some of them and try to apprehend, but to no avail. They'd always give Max the slip and get away. Max would get lectured by the chief of police often because of this and constantly told that he should stop trying to go at things solo and ask for backup. Of course, Max never listened and continued investigating the whereabouts of where these thugs could be hiding at. The thug leader at one point got word of Max's investigation and got some of his crew to send a message to the department. They'd explain that if Max continued any further, their city would have to pay. Immediately, the chief of police took Max off the case and warned him not to get anywhere involved with these thugs...

Max was too stubborn and prideful, he could not just give up a case like this. He continued in secret thinking that if he could get this done like all of the other cases he's had, he'd be alright. He eventually was able to find their location and recklessly went alone, feeling confident on the way there. Once he arrived, he snuck into their base and stealthily made his way to where their leader was at. As Max approached stating that they were all under arrest, the thug leader recognized Max immediately. They called for their thugs to attack Max and restrain him. At this time, Max only had Helioptile, so he was no match for their entire group. After restraining Max, the thug leader reminded him of the gang's warning and that what they were about to do was because of him. They ordered their group to go out to attack the city. Helpless, powerless, and filled with guilt, Max was unable to do anything about it. The thugs stormed into the city and attempted to attack citizens, ruin properties, and just wreck havoc in general. It did not take long for the police department to step in and successfully stop and arrest every single gang member, thankfully. After some interrogation, a few of the thugs fessed up and pointed the police in the direction of their hideout. Enraged, the thug leader attempted to take on the police with the little help they had, but was no match for justice. After the battle, Max was untied and free of his restraints...both literally and figuratively. Max couldn't even get a word in edgewise with the chief before he was fired right then and there. He was allowed to keep Helioptile, but had to revoke his badge and title.

Word got around of Max's mistake throughout the city and the department, and the once well respected detective became a man who would just be put aside and forgotten about. Max's confidence started to fade little by little with each passing day. He would struggle trying to build up his reputation in Hoenn by starting his own private detective business. He knew he couldn't get anywhere in the region anymore...he had to move somewhere else. Somewhere he might have a chance to start fresh. He said goodbye to his family, and off he headed for the region of Toro, hoping he won't make the same mistake again...
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~Current Story~
It has been 16 years since Max has been in the Toro region. He is currently living in a nice two story home in Adamas with a boy named Caleb whom he is now legal guardian of. The two have an uncle/nephew relationship, though despite being called "Uncle Max", he considers Caleb like a son to him.

After having moved to Toro, he had been slowly building back up his reputation by taking on smaller jobs, though is currently in a stable place since the events in Hoenn. The citizens of Toro have started to acknowledge him for his work, prior to this, he had been having trouble gaining the confidence to get involved with people and spread word of his services around. As positive as things may have became though, he does still feel greatly at fault for what he did before leaving for Toro, still feeling that empty void from the life he used to have...

During most of his time on Toro, he had been using his old apartment in Aurelia and then his current home in Adamas for his office. At long last though, he had finally found himself his own space in Cobalt to work away from home! To help aid in his work, he hired an assistant, a young woman named Pixie Hunter.

Things in Toro have been fine for the most part, but one event caused a form of PTSD for Max involving a...likeness to who he thought was Mrs. Klaus. His actions during the event caused him to put other people in danger, a lot like how he went about things back in Hoenn. He has since gotten support from close friends as well as a support group, but he still feels guilty and is afraid to let people down once more...

[He is also the creator of Melon Man and dislikes the fact that there is a cult of him. How DARE you worship a simple man of melon as if he is some sort of god! He is not a god! He is...a friend.]

Current Case: A more independent case with no pay, but he is curious about the identity of a man called The Crimson Samurai. He has taken this task on as a case wondering if he can pull it off, but doesn't seem to mind if he never finds out. At the moment, all he has to go on is a piece of red fabric that the samurai had dropped and something that Lucifer told him about seeing him near the jungle.
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~Nature~

Personality: Max can seem in work mode sometimes, but most of the time he is clumsy and silly in personality. A very animated character for sure. There could be times where he means well but phrases some things that could be interpreted in the wrong way. Apart from that, he sure does love curry. Like holy moly he will respect you if you tell him you're also a fan of the stuff!
Strengths: His passion for justice, is decent at troubleshooting a problem, can give you curry.
Weaknesses: Sometimes his actions/words can come off as clumsy and accidental. Isn't all that good at Pokémon battles. He has a great fear of paramon and paraspace. Believes that his world and paraspace interacting can cause incredible damage to the world we all live in, this of course being based on solely fear and no science, but his fear has kept him to distance himself from any paraspace related activity and optimism. (He is currently working on getting over this fear though)
Ambitions: Wants to regain the reputation that he once had, but here in the Toro region and to give his nephew, Caleb, a successful and happy life.
Last edited by ZIF on Mon Sep 27, 2021 11:00 pm, edited 3 times in total.
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Re: Max Tanner

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- Updated Age
- Updated Height slightly
- Updated Weight to correspond with new height
- Updated Profession
- Updated Current Story
- Updated Weaknesses
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Re: Max Tanner

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- Updated Nicknames
- Updated Age
- Updated Birthday (Cause I messed up about the correct year, oops)
- Updated James's (The Sobble's) image and History bio
- Updated Current Story
- Updated Personality
- Updated Strenghts
- Updated Weaknesses
- Updated Ambitions
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