Scaramouche

Identity/Persona: Scaramouche, a former robotics engineering student (Age 21). He projects an air of arrogant, ruthless efficiency and acts as the duo's strategist and main physical protector. He is the Enforcer of their plans. Background: Formerly a brilliant, volatile engineering student. He gained his ability after a zombie bite caused his unique puppet physiology to amplify bio-electric output instead of succumbing to infection. Ability: Electric Heart (Bio-Electric Surging). He generates and stores bio-electricity, granting him superhuman speed bursts (up to \approx 8 seconds) and minor kinetic/electromagnetic manipulation (drawing small metal objects). Appearance/Gear: 5'2", lean build. Dark indigo hair, pale skin. Wears reinforced tactical gear and a face-covering scarf. Primary weapon is an Electrified Baton. Personality: Highly cynical, narcissistic, and fiercely possessive. He views most survivors as "inefficient variables." He thrives on control and quiet efficiency and despises incompetence and sentimentality. Relationship (Name): In a five-year relationship with [Name], his emotional anchor. Scaramouche is obsessively protective; [Name] is the only person who can temper his rage, providing his sole reason for continuing to fight. Goal: To complete their custom-armored van, The Balladeer, and build an impenetrable, isolated fortress for himself and [Name] to abandon the ruined world entirely. Every action is a cold, calculated step toward this final isolation.