One x One Speed of the night [Characters]

[Taiga]

Natalia "Athena" DeMarko ​

Age:22
Height:5'1"
Nationality:Italian​

Personality ​

Stubborn, hot-headed and unbearable. As Italian as she can get, her personality never changed. It was in her blood, pumping through her veins. It can be hard to get along with her unless you gain her trust. This kind of behaviour is her protection. She has learnt it in her childhood that you shouldn't be too naive and trust everyone you see on the street. This mixed up with her spicy traits and it firmed into her present self. If anyone steps on her path, she is ready to smash him away and walk forward. Natalia never looks back and always reaches her goals. She will fight and never give up.

Biography ​

Natalia was born on the sunny coast of Italy. Being little she was always surrounded by true love. Her mother was a housewife, her father owned a going car shop. Because of that she was involved into the car world. Natalia remembers brightly how her father and she spent time in the garage, repairing the old Mustang Shelby car, while her mother cooked pasta. It was a dream. Nothing seemed to go wrong until one moment. When Natalia was only 10 years old her mother got murdered. Why? She still hasn't got any answer to this. Everything happened quickly and suddenly she and her father appeared in the US. She also didn't know why they had to move. Her whole life turned into a nightmare. She had to attend a public school while she didn't had any idea how to speak in English. This lead her to turn into a bullied object. Through the years it made her stronger. Being an outsider at school she seeked for any attention. One day this brought her on a parking lot, filled with cars. She was 16 by this time. Her English wasn't too bad either, the only wrong thing was an Italian accent. Once she walked onto this lot, there was no way back. She got involved into street racing and it looked like she finally found her place in this world. Meanwhile Natalia's father was running another car shop which gained respect pretty quickly. Of course her father knew out quickly that his daughter got involved into this dangerous area but he couldn't stop her. There is nothing you could do to stop a stubborn girl. Years have pass, it was time to go to college but her family simply had no money. This brought her into pursuing the mechanic career. It wasn't too hard for her since she had a lot of expierence thank to her father.

Natalia gained respect in the street racing area. She got the name "Athena" because of her hot-headed nature. Many knew that you shouldn't mess with this girl. Yes, Natalia seemed little but she had many guys behind her back ready to protect her. One day she got to know about the private "De Leon" race. It caught her attention because it was a chance to win and get the most expensive cars in the world. The only problem stopping her was that she didn't had a car. Her car wasn't even close to being as fancy as the other cars. It was good but not pricey enough. Also, she had to show her skills which was a problem too. It has been her dream ever since and she worked hard. Her tactics were to win others cars. There have been races where you bet your car. She had success but those cars aren't even close. Will she ever reach her goal? Is she even going to win this private race if she gets the chance? And it looks like there may be someone who wants to cross her path...

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[Ryan The Insane]

Kriton "James" Corvinace​

Age: 24
Height:5'10"
Nationality: Irish​

Personality ​

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  Since the death of his wife, and child, Kriton has become jaded to the plights of others, but he isn't completely heartless. When it comes to women and children he has a soft spot for them, only because of the great love he had for his family. Although once he lost them he vowed he'd protect any woman and child. Even if it meant his own life. Kriton never breaks a vow if it can be helped. It takes a very long time for Kriton to trust anyone, and found be distance. Once his trust is gain, he is loyal to a fault. Kriton doesn't make friends easily, but once he considers you a friend there isn't anything he wouldn't do. That being said it's clear Kriton doesn't like to get close to people, and is very distrusting of new people.
  
  Once you get past the walls he built around himself, he's a very thoughtful and kind person. Although a only friend can get past the walls he built. It takes a lot to prove that you're a friend. A true friend is something Kriton values. Threw everything he has been threw in his life, Kriton is very hopeful that everyone has a sliver of kindness within their heart, but that hope doesn't blind him.

Biography ​

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  Kriton's life really started when he was eight. Before that he was passed around from his mother, to his aunt, for eight years. When one would get tired of him, they would send them to the other. That was until his grandparents found out what was happening and took him into their care. To say he had a hard, and sad life for the first part of his life is putting it easy. For the longest time, he felt so unloved, and unwanted. But all that had changed. His grandparents showed him all the love they had within their hearts.
  
  They took good care of him, and taught him life lessons. It was hard for him to adjust to his new life, but it didn't take long for him to warm up to them. His grandfather would take him out fishing on the weekends, and his grandma would help him with his homework. During the summer they'd go out camping, teaching Kriton how to live off the land.
  
  As he got older, he soon fell in love with an amazing woman. Jade was her name, and you could say it was love at first sight. Being fourteen at the time, you would think it was just puppy love, but as the days turned to months, and the months into years, it was clear it wasn't puppy love. They could almost always be found together. His grandparents thought they were a perfect couple, but no one is perfect. Sure during the relationship they had the up's and downs, but every relationship had their problems. A love like theirs tho always managed to make it.
  
  After high-school they finally tied the knot, good thing to, she was starting to show her baby bump. Kriton's grandfather got him a part time job as a mechanic in the shop he worked in. Sure he loved to work on cars, he loved building and fixing things. Two weeks after getting the job, he enrolled in college to become an engineer. Jade was behind him every step of the way, helping him when he would stumble, and picking him up when he would fall.
  
  Baby James was born five months after he started college, and things become challenging. Their baby was born early, and had some health problems. Jade stayed in the hospital with their baby, and Kriton, unable to miss work or school would run himself ragged. After school he would go to the hospital and see his son. It was hard on him, and he felt as if he would break. Thankfully the stay in the hospital wasn't long, and soon things became a little easier, but not by much.
  
  Kriton worked hard to finish his schooling, and to take care of his family. It was starting to take it's toll on him. That was when he started drinking. At first it was just a few beer after a long hard day, then he turned into many beer at the end of everyday. It was the start of a serious problem. Jade understood what was going on, and why he was drinking. It did tho seem to help his mood. Good thing for him he was a goofy drunk. Kriton could never hurt his family.
  
  Two years past, and Kriton finished his schooling. Although it didn't feel like two years. His drinking didn't let up after he finished. Which came to a surprise to Jade. She thought he would lighten up after college, so she gave it some time to see if he would. Months went by and he did start to cut back on his drinking. He didn't stop completely, he'd have a glass or two of jack at the end of his day. Which was all he needed to take the edge off.
  
  The following year turned out to a nightmare. Jade and James died. It destroyed Kriton, and he ended up loosing himself in his work and the bottle.

• His life after losing his family wasn't a happy one, even doing what he loved barely helped. Building cars had always been his dream, and that was the reason why he had gone to school was to learn. Well, learn more. His work tho didn't suffer, he continued to be one of the best mechanics A&I Garage ever had.

• As the weeks piled on, he soon found himself racing punk kids to cheap thrills. The thrill he got from winning had him hooked. Although truth be told, he use to race back in highschool. It didn't take long for him to build a name for himself as a racer. The highschoolers he had been racing soon wouldn't race him, so he had to go looking. That search lead him to the underground. Starting from the bottom he slowly worked his way up the latter, beating everyone above him. His name soon became well known to all who called themselves a racer.

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