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≫ WHAT'S UP WITH GATEWAY ROLEPLAY? ≪

  • We've been radio silent for a long time now. We posted an announcement in our Discord server back in April of 2025, but never updated the forums. So what's up with Gateway Roleplay?

    After 5 long years, we've decided to place the development of Ties That Bind on an indefinite hold.

    This doesn't mean it's cancelled. We fully intend to run Ties That Bind: What Lies Beneath and Ties That Bind: City of Angels eventually. But to do so, we need to take a step back. In the meantime, we'll be working on smaller, invite-only projects.

    Thank you to everyone who has stuck with us this long! MindGate and I (Pika) have been working on this server for over a decade now. It truly is a passion project for us.

Jonah Alvarez | harperers

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Jonah Alvarez

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Has this character appeared in a previous lore?
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Age
20

Personality
On the surface, Jonah is a well-mannered, charismatic and compassionate young man. Although at times he seems introverted and thoughtful, in other instances he appears social and lackadaisical, depending on the company he is with. In any case, those he considers friends often benefit from his perspicaciousness.

However, on the inside, Johan is simply always acting how others want him to act, since he feels little need to express himself truly. Although what makes one's true self is fuzzy, if removed from all decorum, Jonah is a cold and somewhat nihilistic man, who believes that doing everything for his own benefit is the only true form of righteousness, and that doing anything else is simply self-destructive.

If it isnt obvious already, Jonah displays psychopathic tendencies, none of which exaggerated or under performed.

Physical Appearance
A hispanic man, standing at around 5"10, and weighs around 190lbs. He is often well dressed, with a slight smile on his face, and hazel eyes. Although his face looks plain at a glance, while talking to people he always looks them directly in the eye and rarely strays from his slight smile, sometimes unnerving people, otherwise captivating them.

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In-Character Profession
College Student (majoring in law)

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Biography
Jonah Alvarez was born on September 16th, 1999 in El Paso, Texas to a family of immigrants, his mother was a waitress and father a mechanic, Along with his older brother and sister. He was a quiet and well-mannered child, and for all intents and purposes, he seemed to be the quiet and bookish type. Jonah obviously was bullied, all the way up to grade school, when the main perpetrators were expelled for having a weapon in their backpack. From then on, his personality flipped on itself, and he became friends with practically everyone in the school.

Throughout middle school and high school, it became clear that he possessed an above average intelligence, and although his parents placed high hopes on him, they never pressured him into doing anything in particular. Around his senior years of high school, he figured out that his brother was working in a drug trade. However, instead of admonishing him for this, Instead, he remained silent. At one time, his brother got careless and was almost caught, however, Jonah secretly dealt with the source of the incident by informing a rival party, thus disguising the incident as a gang conflict instead of done by any individual. Since then, he continued looking after his brother to ensure he didn't make any fatal mistakes.

After finishing high school with near perfect grades, and an abundance of friends, he wished his family well and went off to college to study law. If it wasn't already apparent in high school, his manipulative nature turned worse in college, where he created a cheating ring anonymously, and then blackmailed students who used it, either to expand his network or for simple money. During this time he often kept in contact with his family, and on one weekend he came back to visit his parents. He overheard one of their conversations, learning that they had discovered Salvadore's connections to gangs and drug dealing through a neighbor whose kid was an addict. At this, Jonah was not even frustrated that all the work he put into keeping the family stable had gone to waste. They were planning on turning their son in, so the only answer was simple. to prune out what was not needed. A week later, while Jonah was already back at college, both of his parents had died from what was ruled an accident, through carbon monoxide poisoning. The alarm had a manufacturing defect, However, the truth was that both the defective alarm and the gas were both caused by Jonah.

A year of college later, his life his going smoothly, and he aspired to become a politician and truly learns what it means to exercise power, however, his goals were cut short by the collapse of society. Thus, his career and network came to a collapse, However, from his perspective, he had only yet to begin, so it is a minor setback. He met back up with his brothers, and eventually came to the present times.

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Carmon Alvarez
Salvadore Alverez
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Heya, Carver! I've reviewed your application and it's accepted!

Here's your login info:
Username: Jonah Alvarez
Password: alvin
You'll be whitelisted once the server is up and running.


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