Jared Ballack

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Personal Information

• Name: Jared Michael Ballack
  
• Sex: Male
  
• Age: 21
  
  • Date of Birth: May 6th, 1993
    
  • Place of Birth: Fresno, California, U.S.A.
    
  
  
• Ethnicity: Caucasian
  
• Height: 6'2"
  
• Weight: 160lbs
  
• Eye Color: Brown
  
• Hair Color: Brown
  

Physical Appearance

Jared Ballack is a tall, muscular young man with short, brown hair and brown eyes. Jared's complexion is of a Caucasian descent but has been slightly tanned from spending most of his time outdoors. Jared's eyes are as brown as his hair and the combination makes him a perfect candidate of blending into crowds as he fits the "average" description. Weighing in at approximately 160lbs, Jared's muscular build is accented by his agility and dexterity; able to move quickly when the situation calls for it. With a captivating smile and a brooding demeanor, Jared's facial features often tell a tale that his eyes hide. Fitting into the range of the "tall, dark, and handsome" moniker, Jared makes full use of his physical looks when he needs to. Working out on a regular basis and staying active, Jared is incredibly healthy and fit; ready for whatever the world will throw at him next.

Personality

Manipulative. Conniving. Charming. These are a few of the words best used to describe Jared Ballack. Not one to back down when he doesn't get his way, Jared will use everything at his disposal to get what he wants; whether that be his looks or his intelligence. Often outspoken and very vocal, Jared is not known to back from from anything. If Jared disagrees with someone or something, he'll say so. Despite the fact that he speaks his opinion on a frequent basis, he rarely tells what is truly on his mind. He feels that he should keep his true motives to the only person he knows would never reveal them: himself. Saying that the young man known as Jared gets along with others would not necessarily be a lie nor a truth at the same time. Depending on the situation, Jared will be the first one to make friends or keep to himself. He will watch people, sizing them up and determining whether or not it would be smart on his part to assosciate himself with them. This adaptability makes Jared unique, as he can be the lone wolf or the leader of a group depending on what the situation requires of him. But only one thing is for certain: Jared's true motives are unknown, but he is ultimately in it for only himself.

History

Jared Ballack was born to a wealthy family in Fresno, California on May 6th, 1993. Having everything provided for him from the moment of his birth, Jared never had a reason to worry about anything. His future was set and he was almost guaranteed to have a successful future. Unfortunately, things rarely turn out the way they are planned; especially when those plans were not made by you. At the earliest age, Jared rebelled against his keepers; the people who looked after him as his parents were usually too busy with cocktail parties or business meetings to properly care for their only Son. On many occassions, Jared's bad behavior forced his keeper to quit due to the stress of trying to quell and calm the rebellious youngster; to no avail. Yet, his family never realized that he was the problem; only assuming that the keepers were simply lazy or bad at their job... and so the cycle continued to repeat until Jared reached his teenage years and he was able to look after himself.

Once Jared reached puberty, something changed in him. He no longer saw the world as a scary place outside of his 3-million dollar home. He saw it as an opportunity to escape, to break free of the mundane and sieze adventure by the horns. At the earliest possible moment, Jared stopped attending school and simply explored the world around him in the city of Fresno. For days on end would he spend wandering the streets and watching the busy crowds coming and going. It was during these days that he learned of both the kindness and cruelty of people; a twisted two-sided coin that he didn't understand. Up until that point, he had thought you were either one or the other; kind or cruel. But he not only learned that he could be both, but to use it to his advantage.

While exploring the city of Fresno, Jared would often come across scenes of violence and crime in the seedier parts. Being smart enough to not get caught up in business that didn't involve him, Jared often watched from a distance and became captivated by it. He learned that he could use violence as a persuasive ally. Having never been involved with drugs before in his life besides the occassional drink of alcohol, Jared quickly learned how drugs ruled the criminal underworld on those streets. Jared studied all of them, from the gateway drugs to the hardest narcotics one could come by and decided which ones he'd like to try; not for pleasure or to escape, but to better understand them and their effects so that he could use them to his advantage further down the road.

After years of roaming the streets and returning home only occassionally to replenish his money, Jared felt like he had a solid and absolute understanding of how the world truly worked. His parents were always too busy to notice that he had dropped out of school years prior. By the time Jared reached the end of his teenage years, he had a solid following of "friends"; people he used to gain influence and for his own safety. The group of them were never officially a gang in the sense, but they were known to the Fresno Police Department and were constantly being surveilled. By the time the outbreak hit, Jared Ballack was on his way to becoming one of the most dangerous and influential criminals the city of Fresno had ever known.

Example Post

The night was young as the dusk stretched forth across the top of the city's landscape. The orange glow cast long, dark shadows on the rooftops as Jared stared out at the slowly dissapearing Sun. A flicker of a smile passed across his lips as he heard a sound that brought a smile to his face. Turning, Jared laid eyes upon a scene that would have only been thought of in the movies or television; it was from there that he'd gotten the idea, after all. A man had been bound by rope at his ankles and hoisted up over a metal exhaust vent from the apartment complex that Jared and his assosciates were currently standing on. The unfortunate man being dangled by rope from his feet, a Gary Thompson, went absolutely pale as he met Jared's eyes with his own.

Up until this point, Jared, his assosciates, nor Mr. Thompson had met or even heard of each other; the unfortunate Mr. Thompson was just in the wrong place at the wrong time when Jared got bored and decided to create some "fun". It was only a matter of finding someone to enact said "fun" upon; and Mr. Thompson was the unfortunate victim.

As Jared approached the upside-down Gary Thompson, he eyed the man up and down. Mr. Thompson swallowed, asking nervously; his voice shaking, "What are you planning to do with me? Why are you people doing this to me?!"

Jared leaned his head forward, resting his forehead against Mr. Thompson's and closing his eyes; cooing the terrified man. "Shh. It's okay. Be calm, please."

"I just want to go home!"

"I know." Jared opened his eyes and took a step back from Gary, turning to eye the assosciate of his that was standing closest to the rope holding Mr. Thompson up.

"Please... just tell me what you want!" Gary cried, thinking he could get through by being submissive and giving in to the group's demands.

Jared turned on the man, furious; getting into his face as he raised his voice, "Want?! I don't want anything from you! There's nothing you could give me that I would possibly want!"

Tears began to run down Gary's face; he was truly terrified at this point. He simply didn't know what these people planned to do and that made him all the more scared.

Jared seemed to calm and once more turned from Gary, eyeing the assosciate closest to the rope again. "Cut it."

At first, the assosciate thought Jared was referring to the rope. As he reached for his pocket knife, he felt a searing pain quickly slide across his neck as he was grabbed from behind by the two other assosciates that were standing nearby. The assosciate gargled, trying to scream but only getting blood in his throat as his life fluids poured forth over his killer's hand. It wasn't long before the man faded into darkness and went limp, his body left to bleed out on the rooftop.

Gary stared dumbfounded; these people had just murdered a man right in front of him for seemingly no reason! Jared motioned and Gary was cut free, falling onto his back; the wind knocked out of him. He lied there, coughing before quickly reaching down to untie the rope at his ankles. His fight or flight instinct was kicking in and he was determined to get away. As he freed himself, he braced for someone to come running up to him and subdueing him once more... but it never came. When he looked, only he and the corpse of the recently murdered assosciate were on the roof. Jared and his two remaining assosciates had left, leaving Gary in confusion and terror. Mr. Thompson sat there in bewilderment for a few moments before scrambling to his feet and fleeing down the stairwell in which he had been dragged up.

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Jared sat with his hands clasped across the street from the apartment building were a murder was just committed. He had never personally killed a man and never planned to. No blood would ever incriminate his hands. As he sat, inconspicuous, he watched Gary Thomspon flee the front door of the apartment as quickly as he could and smiled to himself. Mr. Thomspon would return home and undoubtedly call the police. That was the important thing. What mattered was that Gary Thompson would have a newfound lease on life. If he was married, he would return home to his partner, hug and kiss them. If he had kids, he would tell them how much they meant to him and hold them close. He would cherish every day from that point on.

As soon as Jared heard the sirens, he got up from his seat and walked down the street in the opposite direction; whistling one of his favorite tunes. Life was good.

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