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Bode Levy Bram Lindqvist | Twenty Eight;  Elite

House: Torren Status: Infected - Telepathy and Praeteria Elite Specification: Infection Trainer and International Trade Consultant Alignment: New Age Rebels

Astrid Lindqvist married her husband for the wrong reasons and her inability to leave him ruined her life. She was Wilhelm Lindqvist’s trophy wife, who married her mostly because he was bored. She in turn married him for his money—and they both did it because they had something to prove.

She was a good woman under her thick facade of minglers and gala events, but for all her lofty pretension and egotism, behind closed doors she was depressed and desperate. At best, her husband was extremely neglectful, and at worst he was cruel and emotionally abusive. But to divorce him would mean to leaving herself with nothing. Everything was in his name, as she’d married into his estate, and with a less than positive relationship with her own mother, she had nowhere to go and she just couldn’t fathom starting over from nothing. 

And so she kept pretending. She shrivelled and contorted into a woman she barely recognized anymore, her once shiny potential spiralling down the drain like washed out hair dye. She threw herself and her hopes into having children—which would have been a better venture had she been able to keep off the bottle. Unfortunately, she was an alcoholic and the fact that her first born actually survived, was something of a miracle, as he was four weeks premature. She was told she was very lucky he did not have fetal alcohol syndrome.

Bode Levy Bram, however (named after her father, her grandfather, and the older brother she’d lost to cancer while in her twenties) did suffer a birth defect, not uncommon for infants of his condition. He had what was called sensorineural hearing loss, which was a defect with his inner ear, caused by his premature birth.

Fortunately for them both, technology was such that he was diagnosed at an early age and fitted with a surgical implant that would serve as a necessary aid for the rest of his life. This implant would need to be tended to for maintenance every three to five years, but could be manually adjusted with dials behind the shell of his right ear. It was possible to turn them off as well, and though he was not completely deaf without them, when he was, the world developed a muffled, muddled quality, like he was submerged underwater, and doctors said it would be severely detrimental to his emotional and psychological development as a child, were they left off.

But because Bode was essentially Astrid’s “miracle child” and one of the few things that brought her joy in her lonely life, she became suffocatingly overprotective, even as Bode got older. She was well-meaning, but naive, too immature and unreliable to be a good role model. Bode’s father was a linguist and interpreter for a political branch of government and so he was absent the majority of Bode’s young life, frequently away on business, with little interest in keeping in touch with his son while he was away. Basically, he ignored his family unless it was convenient for him not to, and had multiple affairs over the years, many of which Bode was exposed to at a young age.

Bode’s brother, Espen, was born six years after him and though Astrid was sober at the time, he was still diagnosed with Haemophilia shortly after he was born. Despite the neglectful environment of the Lindqvist family home, Astrid was desperate to have another child before she was too old—with her marriage and life in shambles, she was trying to patch her wounds with children. However, about a year after Espen’s birth, she relapsed and was forced to go back into rehab when she almost died combining alcohol with sleeping pills. As a result, Astrid’s youngest son spent much of his younger years raised mostly by a nanny, and by his brother.

This is perhaps part of why the boys grew up to be so different. Bode’s parents enrolled him into a pretentious Catholic school that he hated, and in seeing so much of his parent’s abusive marriage when he was young, he grew up cynical, resentful and not believing in marriage as a constitution. Espen, on the other hand, grew up more of a dreamer—a softer boy, far more naive, and envious of Bode for how much more time he’d gotten with their mother growing up. But when he asked questions about her, his brother would be dismissive, saying that she was irresponsible and selfish, and that Espen was better off not knowing her as well as Bode did.

As a teenager, Bode was something of a deviant, feeling reckless and trapped in the toxic environment at home, not to mention overwhelmed by the responsibility of essentially being a guardian to his younger brother when he had hardly finished being a kid himself. Rarely wanting to go home, he spent a lot of nights out or crashing on friend’s places.

After high school, he studied business, which he hated, but when he flipped over to finances and accounting, he hated that even more. So he quit college entirely after his second year, and took up a job as an executive assistant at his long-time friend’s business. He didn’t love the work, by any means, but he saw it as temporary and he got to boss people around, which he appreciated.

Meanwhile, he put the rest of his energy into making sure his brother didn’t wind up like him—angry, resentful and directionless. He got an apartment in a different neighbourhood where he and his brother could live, and made sure he was enrolled in a good public school. Removing a fourteen year old Espen from his parent’s house wasn’t an easy task—his mother fought Bode on it, but as she was still back and forth between home, rehab and the hospital, and Wil Lindqvist was still a cheating, abusive son of a bitch, Bode was able to convince her it was for the best. Consequently, for the second time in Espen’s life, Bode was more of a parent to him than either of their parents ever were.

Bode Today

After D-Day, Bode spent about a year in a clan in Sweden with his brother. They were never able to get in touch with either of their parents, a fact about which Espen was more bothered by than Bode. In the early stages of the first wave of Infections, Espen developed telepathy and Bode became a complete anomaly—a Telepath and a Praeteric.

When they were both picked up by Crusaders in 2158, still before the rise of the NWRF, they spent a couple years in Colony 8, where Bode became an Infection Trainer almost right away, and eventually, an International Trade Representative. Before D-Day, he’d already spoken English, Danish and Swedish at home, and due to his father’s heavy handed suggestion, he’d taken a lot of language studies in high school and his undergrad, so he spoke a bit of Portuguese, Italian, Norwegian and French. With his ability to translate and his background in business and finance, he was a perfect candidate for what the Colony Trade market needed. 

His job was to aid in coordinating and facilitating the fair trading of resources between colonies around the world, and so he worked closely with Trade and Marine Merchants, as well as other Colony officials. Just a few months ago, he was asked by Officials to transfer to another location in need of an I.T.R, as Colony 8 was more central and had more nearby Reps. He agreed, on the condition that he could take his brother, and that he would be transferring to a Colony at least equally as safe.

Bode and his brother have been at Colony 22 less than three months. He is still cynical, opinionated and a bit abrasive, but his relationship with his brother is everything to him. He hates the NWRF, but is concerned that any radical involvement on his behalf would be too risky for his brother, so he aligns himself instead with the NAR and has hopes to lead a political party of some kind.

Bode can be hot headed and defensive at times, and definitely arrogant. His many years of pretentious schooling and business experience can make him either frustratingly charming or infuriatingly conceited, depending perhaps on your sense of humour and your level of patience with such things. He does, however, know how to talk his way out of an argument in a way that leaves the other person knowing they’ve been manipulated, but not being able to do a thing about it. Espen, on the other hand, brings out quite a different side of Bode—with him, he is warmer, and more playful, while also stern and protective.

The implants in his ears lately have been causing him grief—they are greatly overdue for an upgrade, and consequently are intermittent at times. Sometimes they wake him in the middle of the night with a painful ringing sound in his head. They also now have a constant, subtle ringing drone on a regular basis (much like symptoms of Tinnitus), which isn’t loud or painful, but is definitely annoying. And even though he can sometimes tune it out, it does cause hearing problems in conversation and for smaller, quieter sounds. This affects his ability to perform in the Games, and in some training activities, especially with the headaches it often causes him.

As such, he has an unlikely interest in the weekly testing he has to undergo, as he can’t help but hope that there might be a way to take the Increased Senses infection and turn it into a bottled cure for himself. And as for short-term solutions, he has to see if he can find a surgical doctor either here or at another Colony, who has the experience and resources to tend to his implants within the next year or so, before they stop working entirely.

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Espen Filip Lindqvist | Twenty Two;  Survivor

House: Delma Security Class: 2 Status: Infected - Telepathy

History

Espen Filip spent much of his childhood in a very big house filled more with things than with people. His family had money and apparently his father quite was successful, but he rarely saw either of his parents. As a young child, he was mostly raised by the lovely German Nanny, Karin, whom he loved dearly, and his older brother Bode, whom he was also very close with.

Growing up, he spent a lot of time in hospitals and doctor’s offices due to being born with Haemophilia (a genetic disorder that impairs the body’s ability to form blood clots and stop bleeding) and though he loved to play outside and get involved in team sports (especially basketball), it was always a scare for his family when he did because any injuries could easily wind up being fatal.

When he moved out of his large, empty home and into an apartment with Bode, it was exciting in some respects as he looked up to and loved his brother very much. But he also grew sad and anxious with the separation from his home, because as neglectful as his parents may have been, it didn’t stop the frequent dreams he had about his mother. He missed her during her long stints in rehab and wanted to visit her much more frequently than Bode felt was healthy. His brother would tell him that visiting her wasn’t a good idea as she was hardly a good influence and he didn’t want Espen to get too tied up in her unpredictable ups and downs as she battled her alcoholism. She would only break his heart, Bode promised, and he couldn’t bare the thought of letting that happen. 

Espen knew that Bode took good care of him, and yes, he was very grateful, and loved and trusted his brother very much. But Bode was always telling him that their parents weren’t good people, and since Bode had protected Espen from all the reasons and first hand experiences he’d had growing up that led him to believe this about their parents, Espen did not have the same reasons to be so cynical. Ironically, Bode’s fierce protection resulted in Espen being more empathetic towards his mother than Bode had ever really intended, and Espen often wondered if things really had to be as they were.

But these were thoughts he rarely shared with his brother because for all he didn’t know about his parents and Bode’s experiences from before Espen was born or when he was just a baby, one thing he did know was how many sacrifices Bode made on his behalf. During Espen’s his junior year of high school, when he was at Nationals for basketball in Spain, Espen had a collision with another player and fell and hit his head. He was rushed to the hospital immediately, as they were worried about internal bleeding and that any injury of that sort could be fatal for him, and Bode had taken a redeye flight to go be with him. That night, when he woke up in the hospital bed with Bode by his side, was the very first time he’d seen his brother cry.

Espen Today

D-Day had come when Espen was 17, the year he was supposed to graduate. After the apocalypse, he and his brother were even more inseparable than before, as they truly were all they had left. Though he did spend time looking for his parents, it was sort of overwhelming knowing they could have wound up anywhere with no real means of communication—even more so that they were very likely dead. So after about a year, he left the Database searches to his brother, who’d promised he’d keep checking.

However, though his brother had always been his protector and guardian, Espen found as he got older than he too would do anything to protect Bode. And as time passed after D-Day, and Bode went yet another year without surgery on his implants, his brother’s impairment became more and more difficult to manage. So just as Bode was determined to continue looking after his younger brother the way he always had, Espen was now just as determined to look out for Bode.

They’d always known that nutrition was an issue for both of them, especially Espen, and so after D-Day they were constantly aware of each other’s eating habits, and what kinds of proteins they were getting with the Colony’s allocated daily servings. Sometimes Bode would bend over backwards to get more for his brother than originally administered, in order to ensure his brother remained as low risk as possible.

Though Bode did his very best not to travel away too much for his Elite role, Espen would grow very antsy whenever his brother did have to leave. Bode always assured him he would never be gone more than a few days or a week, quite passionately citing that he’d never do to Espen what their father had done to them. Nevertheless, whenever Bode had to leave, Espen was always nervous something would happen and that his brother would simply never come back. 

This need to be constantly reassured of each other’s whereabouts and well-being, meant that they put their mutual Telepathy to good use. Every time Bode went away, they would practice communicating for as long as possible. It was a comforting way to challenge themselves, in a way, but the downside was that every time the distance finally became too great and the contact was broken, Espen would be wrought with anxiety for the rest of the day. The sound of his brother slowly drifting from his head until there was nothing but dead-air, was a thing of nightmares—and as a matter of fact, that very sensation often plagued them. 

Espen was more upset about the transfer to Colony 22 than he let Bode know—the truth was he had finally made friends at Colony 8 and was disappointed to be separated from them. On the other hand, he was looking forward to the system apparently in place at Colony 22, with the houses and the team-oriented training. It was exactly one of the things he’d really been missing about his days pre D-Day—his active sports life and the reliable team camaraderie. Bode, however, was not so thrilled about that part. Naturally, he had a lot of concerns about what this kind of rigorous training would mean for Espen’s condition, and he has kept a close eye on Espen’s progress so far, even talking to his trainers about going easy on him, which was frankly kind of humiliating for Espen.

Around the Colony, Espen is friendly and approachable, and known for being much less intimidating than his brother. He is often gently coming to his brother’s defence, explaining to those that notice how different they are that Bode just had a hard life and basically had to take care of Espen on his own. Though that does usually soften people’s outlook on his brother, (something that Bode has mixed feelings about, as he doesn’t want anyone’s pity), Espen is still more likely to be found amongst friends and his housemates. He appreciates the community environment at the Colony, and is settling nicely—and though Bode doesn’t necessarily feel the same way, he does value that his brother is happier, and to him, that counts for quite a bit.

Having been sorted into separate houses, it is the first time in years that they’ve not slept in the same room. As such, Bode has taken to telepathically chatting with Espen about his day, or whatever else was going on, to help his brother fall asleep. This has been a comfort to Bode as well, as he has found himself a bit uneasy as well, without the sound of Espen’s soft breathing on the other side of the room to coax him into slumber. 

RELATED BIOS: BODE LEVY BRAM LINDQVIST

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Espen Filip Lindqvist | Twenty Two;  Survivor

House: Delma Security Class: 2 Status: Infected - Telepathy

History

Espen Filip spent much of his childhood in a very big house filled more with things than with people. His family had money and apparently his father quite was successful, but he rarely saw either of his parents. As a young child, he was mostly raised by the lovely German Nanny, Karin, whom he loved dearly, and his older brother Bode, whom he was also very close with.

Growing up, he spent a lot of time in hospitals and doctor’s offices due to being born with Haemophilia (a genetic disorder that impairs the body’s ability to form blood clots and stop bleeding) and though he loved to play outside and get involved in team sports (especially basketball), it was always a scare for his family when he did because any injuries could easily wind up being fatal.

When he moved out of his large, empty home and into an apartment with Bode, it was exciting in some respects as he looked up to and loved his brother very much. But he also grew sad and anxious with the separation from his home, because as neglectful as his parents may have been, it didn’t stop the frequent dreams he had about his mother. He missed her during her long stints in rehab and wanted to visit her much more frequently than Bode felt was healthy. His brother would tell him that visiting her wasn’t a good idea as she was hardly a good influence and he didn’t want Espen to get too tied up in her unpredictable ups and downs as she battled her alcoholism. She would only break his heart, Bode promised, and he couldn’t bare the thought of letting that happen. 

Espen knew that Bode took good care of him, and yes, he was very grateful, and loved and trusted his brother very much. But Bode was always telling him that their parents weren’t good people, and since Bode had protected Espen from all the reasons and first hand experiences he’d had growing up that led him to believe this about their parents, Espen did not have the same reasons to be so cynical. Ironically, Bode’s fierce protection resulted in Espen being more empathetic towards his mother than Bode had ever really intended, and Espen often wondered if things really had to be as they were.

But these were thoughts he rarely shared with his brother because for all he didn’t know about his parents and Bode’s experiences from before Espen was born or when he was just a baby, one thing he did know was how many sacrifices Bode made on his behalf. During Espen’s his junior year of high school, when he was at Nationals for basketball in Spain, Espen had a collision with another player and fell and hit his head. He was rushed to the hospital immediately, as they were worried about internal bleeding and that any injury of that sort could be fatal for him, and Bode had taken a redeye flight to go be with him. That night, when he woke up in the hospital bed with Bode by his side, was the very first time he’d seen his brother cry.

Espen Today

D-Day had come when Espen was 17, the year he was supposed to graduate. After the apocalypse, he and his brother were even more inseparable than before, as they truly were all they had left. Though he did spend time looking for his parents, it was sort of overwhelming knowing they could have wound up anywhere with no real means of communication—even more so that they were very likely dead. So after about a year, he left the Database searches to his brother, who’d promised he’d keep checking.

However, though his brother had always been his protector and guardian, Espen found as he got older than he too would do anything to protect Bode. And as time passed after D-Day, and Bode went yet another year without surgery on his implants, his brother’s impairment became more and more difficult to manage. So just as Bode was determined to continue looking after his younger brother the way he always had, Espen was now just as determined to look out for Bode.

They’d always known that nutrition was an issue for both of them, especially Espen, and so after D-Day they were constantly aware of each other’s eating habits, and what kinds of proteins they were getting with the Colony’s allocated daily servings. Sometimes Bode would bend over backwards to get more for his brother than originally administered, in order to ensure his brother remained as low risk as possible.

Though Bode did his very best not to travel away too much for his Elite role, Espen would grow very antsy whenever his brother did have to leave. Bode always assured him he would never be gone more than a few days or a week, quite passionately citing that he’d never do to Espen what their father had done to them. Nevertheless, whenever Bode had to leave, Espen was always nervous something would happen and that his brother would simply never come back. 

This need to be constantly reassured of each other’s whereabouts and well-being, meant that they put their mutual Telepathy to good use. Every time Bode went away, they would practice communicating for as long as possible. It was a comforting way to challenge themselves, in a way, but the downside was that every time the distance finally became too great and the contact was broken, Espen would be wrought with anxiety for the rest of the day. The sound of his brother slowly drifting from his head until there was nothing but dead-air, was a thing of nightmares—and as a matter of fact, that very sensation often plagued them. 

Espen was more upset about the transfer to Colony 22 than he let Bode know—the truth was he had finally made friends at Colony 8 and was disappointed to be separated from them. On the other hand, he was looking forward to the system apparently in place at Colony 22, with the houses and the team-oriented training. It was exactly one of the things he’d really been missing about his days pre D-Day—his active sports life and the reliable team camaraderie. Bode, however, was not so thrilled about that part. Naturally, he had a lot of concerns about what this kind of rigorous training would mean for Espen’s condition, and he has kept a close eye on Espen’s progress so far, even talking to his trainers about going easy on him, which was frankly kind of humiliating for Espen.

Around the Colony, Espen is friendly and approachable, and known for being much less intimidating than his brother. He is often gently coming to his brother’s defence, explaining to those that notice how different they are that Bode just had a hard life and basically had to take care of Espen on his own. Though that does usually soften people’s outlook on his brother, (something that Bode has mixed feelings about, as he doesn’t want anyone’s pity), Espen is still more likely to be found amongst friends and his housemates. He appreciates the community environment at the Colony, and is settling nicely—and though Bode doesn’t necessarily feel the same way, he does value that his brother is happier, and to him, that counts for quite a bit.

Having been sorted into separate houses, it is the first time in years that they’ve not slept in the same room. As such, Bode has taken to telepathically chatting with Espen about his day, or whatever else was going on, to help his brother fall asleep. This has been a comfort to Bode as well, as he has found himself a bit uneasy as well, without the sound of Espen’s soft breathing on the other side of the room to coax him into slumber. 

RELATED BIOS: BODE LEVY BRAM LINDQVIST

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