*The name Merrick gives you a strongly independent and highly creative nature, with drive and ambition to have experiences and accomplish things out of the ordinary.
*You can work intently at whatever is new and holds your interest at the moment, but your interest wanes quickly when drudgery and monotony set in.
*Obstacles to your progress or restrictions on your freedom to act create a sense of frustration which may cause you to feel resentful and even rebellious.
*You can then become intolerant of others, and caustic and belittling in your expression, thereby imposing stress on your personal relationships.
*Although you have a clever, quick, capable mind, your progress in life is restricted by instability in your affairs and misunderstandings with people.
*Your impulsive nature can lead to actions which you later regret taking, or to accidents.
*Relaxation is elusive, and depletion due to nervous tension can develop to the point where you become subject to moods of depression and morbid thoughts.
Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2013 7:05 pm
Personality
Multiple-Personality Disorder (better known as Dissociative Identity Disorder). Merrick suffers from Multiple Personality Disorder and has been trying to deal with for most of his life. What has been making it worse is he also suffers from Obsessive-compulsive Disorder and Echopraxia. [Disorder - Color used when it shows ] Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) - Green Echopraxia - Red
Appearance
Standing at fathom tall, Merrick is of a rugged muscular build. A mop of orangeish-red hair seems endlessly tousled atop his head. A pair of fierce sapphire eyes, stare out into the world, a scar races across his right side of his face from his hair line to cheek.
His choice of ensemble is a crimson leather trench coat with twin black buckles on the sleeves. A black belt with a silver buckle holds the coat closed across his waist. A black shirt underneath clings tightly to his form. His pants are black dress pants with four red emblems sewn in. Covering his feet are a pair of black leather boots.
Background
Merrick's was a rough background filled with hardships and pain, but also of learning to deal with his "Big Brother". Growing up his parents thought of him as strange when he would always clean up his messes rather quickly and would talk to himself a lot, but thought it even stranger when his personality would change out of no where and it seemed as if he was a different person. As he got older, he starting talking a lot more with his "Big Brother" and his parents were growing tiresome. They had continuously tried to beat Merrick senseless and reassure him that there are no voices, and he needs to stop. By age 8 he started to uncontrollably mimic the actions of others and his compulsive need to clean, amongst other obsessive traits, which usually ended up in him either getting smacked by his parents or beat up by the local bullies. Around age 16, he started to respect his "Big Brother", and under extreme duress sought professional help to see what was going on with his mimicking. He was told that he suffers from Echopraxia and Obssesive-Compulsive Disorder, and there are treatments that they can do to help reduce the frequency, but the doctors didn't think they could fix him. Merrick snapped and lashed out verbally and ran off seeking shelter on his own. From then on it was his "Big Brother" and him alone in the world. Merrick started to take on a submissive side when the multiple personalities made a rift in his thinking. There was now two distinct personalities, himself as the younger brother who seemed to suffer more from the OCD making him more submissive to those around him and especially to his "Big Brother". The other personality, which took the name Raphael, seemed to be more of the Dominant personality but had a tendency to mimic more than the compulsive tendencies.
