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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.

Dante Ramirez | AlexDE12

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AlexDE12

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Messages
39
Points
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Character Name
Dante Ramirez

I Agree
Yes

Has this character appeared in a previous lore?
No

Age
28

Blood Type
O+

Personality
Generally on guard with strangers, but aside of that is of friendly disposition. He is generally concerned with security in terms of locks and other things given his background. His limited english cause him to generally not be so outgoing with strangers.

Character Motivations
Survive, learn english, manage to get by with simple work and try to stir away from a life of crime if he can help it.

Physical Appearance
Height: 5'85" / 173cm
Weight: 173lbs / 78kg
Black hair, brown eyes.
Average build

Character Image Link
TBA

Mechanical Occupation
Criminal most likely, or anything of the sort

In-Character Occupation
Warehouse worker, ex burglar, part time locksmith

Biography
Dante was born in one neighborhoods of Juarez, the middle one out of three brothers. Life in Juarez as the son of a poor construction worker and waitress. While he never really could say his upbringing was tough or hard, this was more due to his ignorance at the time than anything else.

His younger years were composed for the most part by him and his family trying to get by with whatever little money they could. Fights and shouting matches broke out often thanks to the pressure of lack of financial security and his father drinking problem. Didn’t help he and his older brother got along poorly, and things generally escalated into fights between them.

He and his brothers started to get acquainted with a few gang members. His older brother in particular ended up trafficking drugs, something that he was never fond off and more than once

For him, getting out of his house was a rather simple endeavor: get across the border and start working, which he did when he was 17. Life as an illegal immigrant was difficult for the most part, with a limited wage he generally barely managed to break even at the end of the month. He ended up taking 2 jobs, and a few odd ones here and there for whatever few pennies he could get.

Tired of that and thanks to a friend of his with a particular skill set, he learned to lockpick doors and started working robbing houses and a few business when the opportunity arouse, while he wasn't making stacks of money(compared to say: drug dealing) he got enough to at least live in a more comfortable manner, and over time his skill grew to a point where he was at least a decently competent locksmith, though for him personally was always easier to just lockpick than recreate keys for a new lock. He nonetheless always tried to stay under the radar.

By the time he was 25 things ended up turning for the worst when his friend and partner got killed in a deal gone wrong. For him that was his wake up call and he decided to move to another state. After meeting a contact (that he made during his years as a thief) he got himself a few forged and robbed documents and started moving around. Ending up working in a small town of Kentucky called Muldraugh.

After searching for a job he ended up meeting a man that was willing to look the other way around the fact he was an immigrant that, even with what seemed to be reputable papers, had little in the way of english. After being accepted he started working in one of the railyard warehouses, where he stayed for the most part.

A few years passed and he kept working there, gaining a small reputation among workers that even though his english was far from good, he made up by being a good worker and generally of friendly disposition. With the particular hobby of lockpicking, which came useful whenever someone needed something secured, or unlocked for that matter.

Would you like your character to start with any items?
m36 revolver
.38 ammo box
schoolbag
jeans
shirt

Would you like to be placed in a random group at the start of the lore?
Yes

Is your character a member of a group application?
No

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