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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.

Abraham Washington | El Cid

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El Cid

El Cid

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Character Name
Abraham Washington

I Agree
Yes

Has this character appeared in a previous lore?
Yes

Age
50

Blood Type
I don't care, make it random

Personality
Abe has an off beat and sometimes unusual personality. He looks at things differently than most people, at least sometimes anyways, which can earn him strange looks. He is almost always happy go lucky and smiling, always willing to help, quick to make friends and will fiercely defend them if needed. He enjoys wandering and tends to be restless, causing him to explore anywhere he happens to be.

His main goal is to survive until he finds a way to reach his family again, and to help others around him as best he can. Without his wife, Molly, he's a little worried about where his mind might wander.

Character Motivations
He's driven by life itself, and to find ways to enjoy it to the fullest. Wholesome ways these days. His wife and kids are his world, and he tries to be the absolute best father and husband he can be. Even though he wants to reunite with them desperately, he knows they are safe, and would want him to help people along the way if he can.

Physical Appearance
Abraham is 6' and muscular, mainly through the arms and torso. He has weather beaten skin, and many wrinkles. He has wild (prematurely) white hair poking in all directions, and is slightly balding from the front. He also has an unkempt white beard.

Character Image Link
http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net...old_man.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20110418030240

Mechanical Occupation
Lumberjack

In-Character Occupation
Lumberjack & Carpenter

Biography
Abraham (Abe) always knew he was different. Even early in life, he was known as the "weird" or "kooky". He enjoyed being the strange one, but this caused him to have social issues in high school, and he was shunned by most other students.

In his early 20's, he began to go down a darker path as he fell under the influence of some other not-so-good people, who he thought were his friends. Turning to gambling and drinking along with them, he began to fall on darker times. He didn't turn to 'true' crime, but he began to build up a lot of anger inside, which turned into fighting in bars and disorderly conduct in general. However, he still had a good heart, and refrained from committing any 'serious' crimes. Being in a small town, he usually got off with a warning or sleeping it off at the town jail.

Eventually, he found a woman (or she found him) who saw something in him, and also happened to be tough as nails. Molly, for whatever reason, took him aside and began to set him on the right path, and didn't put up with any bullshit. After some time, he began to heal and become the person he was supposed to be, much to Molly's joy. Soon after, they got married and moved to Jefferson City, MO, where he took on work as a lumberjack. He felt at home in the woods, enjoying talking to the trees and animals, even though they didn't respond.

After a couple years, they had two kids, William and Belle, and life was good. Abe remained his usual off beat self, and for the most part, was able to keep any left over anger from his youth at bay. His kids grew up to be teenagers, and were happy and well adjusted, not that they had a choice with Molly. All in all, life was good.

About a week before the Outbreak began, Abe was asked to head south to Muldraugh to help train a number of new employees at the local lumbermill. It was something he did frequently these days, having semi-retired from full time work in the field. However, he still managed to keep himself in good shape, and remained not far off his weight growing up.

Before he left, his wife and kids decided to go on a vacation to Colorado with a family friend and his own family. Abe was set to meet them there soon after he was done with his current job, but the outbreak decided to interfere. During the first few days, Abe was able to maintain contact with them, and was grateful they were up in the mountains at an isolated ski resort, well supplied and in a state with no cases reported. Not to mention the family friend was a decorated cop. Knowing they were safe kept him relatively sane, but knowing he was trapped away from them ate away at his conscious. For some reason, he had a bad feeling about the situation.

He made plans to make his way to them somehow, but kept getting met with roadblocks keeping him from moving forward. After some time, he lost contact, but the last he heard, they were safe and sound and enjoying some hot cocoa.

Luckily, he has heard there is a mandatory military pick up zone in Muldraugh, where he hopes to find a way there through Louisville...

Would you like your character to start with any items?
Fireaxe, hammer, box of nails, screwdriver, saw and a decently large backpack of some sort.

Oh, and a turtle.

Would you like to opt-out of randomized starting groups?
No

Is your character a member of a group application?
No

Group Members
MindGate

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Attention, Dumb Old Man (DOM)! I've reviewed your application and it's accepted!

Here's your login info:

Username: Abraham Washington
Password: freedomisntfree
You'll be whitelisted once the server is up and running.

If you have any questions, feel free to respond and ask. Thanks!
El Cid

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Yeah I have a question, WHY ARE YOU SUCH A DICKHEAD!!!!
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It's come to our attention that some people have misread the group randomizer question, I'm here to double-check and make sure you're in the correct pool.

Right now Abraham Washington is IN the group randomizer pool. Do you want to be in one of the randomized groups or start on your own?