ninja donovan's epic character page

pixel art of ninja. he's standing in mgs:pw era kazuhira miller pose.

identification

name: ninja donovan

note - real name unknown, but "donovan" presumably is a legit part of it

nicknames: donna, batty boy, gato viado, american ninja

species: two-horned brown tabby catbat

dob: 26jan1937

31 y.o in original (og) storyline (1968)

~27-29 y.o in nurse linc au (~1964-1966)

40+ y.o in 80s hair-metal band au (1978+)

50+ y.o in band (ppsr) au (1990+)

occupation

private investigator; odd-job doer (legal and not-so-much) (og)

lieut stuck in a (field) hospital under fake paramedic linc's care (nurse linc au)

wannabe/session musician (guitar) for up-and-coming rock bands; odd-job doer (legal and not-so-much; hobby) (80s au)

wannabe/underground musician rockstar; part-time clerk at The Store/record shop where dia works (ppsr au)

capabilities

natural abilities: markings manipulation (fur patterns), invisibility, night vision, keen hearing, natural agility, accelerated physical regeneration (partial), bioluminescence (partial - horns; controllable).

learned skills: military training, weaponry wielding (favours pistols and tanto knives), martial arts, infiltration and scouting tactics, amateur singer, lead guitar playing, knows how to play wonderwall, etc.

disabilities: crucial body injury (lacks wings completely; experiences infrequent phantom pains), numbed sense of touch in fingers (old burn injury), c-ptsd, depression, nicotine addiction (smokes cigarettes like 70% of the time), possible alcoholism, suicidal tendencies, genetically inclined to various mental illnesses.

points of interest

lacks fingerprints. willingly burned them off on the stove for his occupation in special forces. the opps will NOT find him.

favours shirts with tasteless prints and nice suits. the contrast between those pieces is often jarring to both strangers and friends.

loner by choice. aloof. charming. drives most people off with his snarky attitude. kind of a bitter asshole, actually. picky about who he's willing to mingle with, takes a long time for him to start trusting someone.

was a lot more open and social in his youth (college years) and start of career, before the wings injury. still very much an asshole, though. a playboy.

after the wings injury, he became prone to nosebleed when experiencing high level of stress, mental pressure and/or headaches. it's not actually as dangerous to his well-being as it is annoying, as most of the time it just means that he'll have to do extra-laundry.

TBA

background

the only child in a nuclear family. was on good terms with his parents and behaved well up to a certain point. went to college because daddy told him to and to make him proud, but droppped out of it to join the army (?). became a rowdy playboy during that time. had a countless number of girlfriends, with which he never had (or didn't try to have) anything too serious in terms of devotion and further family-forming, for whatever reason. at some point, most likely after some comments from his parents about it, he started having thoughts regarding this issue, questioning his ways of handling his relationships with women. dropped out of college to join the army/got drafted in 1955 at the age of 18.