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While Min-suh was now safe, Russell's faith in the Temple, or at least in the progressives' ability to keep the zealots in check, had largely been ruined. At the same time, he'd had positive experiences with the Council task forces he'd worked with, and found its mandate to fit well with his moral compass. Offered a senior position in the Council's investigative division, he transferred officially in May 2015. | While Min-suh was now safe, Russell's faith in the Temple, or at least in the progressives' ability to keep the zealots in check, had largely been ruined. At the same time, he'd had positive experiences with the Council task forces he'd worked with, and found its mandate to fit well with his moral compass. Offered a senior position in the Council's investigative division, he transferred officially in May 2015. | ||
− | Over the next year, Russell would continue to make his mark as a supervisory field investigator, often working with old friend Cassandra Havelock of the Templars in joint task forces. He would also become known as one of the “activists” in Council service, seeking to help move the Council away from stagnation and closer to its ideals. | + | Over the next year, Russell would continue to make his mark as a supervisory field investigator, often working with old friend Cassandra Havelock of the Templars in joint task forces. He would also become known as one of the “activists” in Council service, seeking to help move the Council away from stagnation and closer to its ideals. Currently, he commands Task Force Harrier, the Council investigative service's anti-artifact trafficking task force, and is considered a likely candidate for eventual directorship of the entire service. |
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Before his recruitment into the secret world, Russell was an 9-year veteran of the Toronto Police Service, earning the rank of Detective-Sergeant and the Ontario Medal for Police Bravery. During that time, he and his partner closed a record number of cases; perhaps more astonishing, all of those cases were actually, genuinely solved. As a result, Russell's investigative and people-reading skills are all at significantly above-average levels (even by the standards of his chosen profession). Equally notable are his pattern-recognition abilities and professional intuition. (Templar examiners have posited that these are likely manifestations of low-level ESP.) All of these have been aided with an excellent memory, which verges on eidetic. | Before his recruitment into the secret world, Russell was an 9-year veteran of the Toronto Police Service, earning the rank of Detective-Sergeant and the Ontario Medal for Police Bravery. During that time, he and his partner closed a record number of cases; perhaps more astonishing, all of those cases were actually, genuinely solved. As a result, Russell's investigative and people-reading skills are all at significantly above-average levels (even by the standards of his chosen profession). Equally notable are his pattern-recognition abilities and professional intuition. (Templar examiners have posited that these are likely manifestations of low-level ESP.) All of these have been aided with an excellent memory, which verges on eidetic. | ||
− | Russell's charisma manifests differently than the typical social magnetism. Instead, he exudes a quiet affability and trustworthiness. This has helped to create and maintain a surprisingly widespread network of allies and contacts. Most of these allies and contacts are in Canadian, Japanese, or European law enforcement or government, but some are in the various strata of the European underworld. | + | Russell's charisma manifests differently than the typical social magnetism. Instead, he exudes a quiet affability and trustworthiness. This has helped to create and maintain a surprisingly widespread network of allies and contacts. Most of these allies and contacts are in Canadian, Japanese, or European law enforcement or government, but some are in the various strata of the European underworld. His trustworthiness has also aided him in his Council duties, in what is increasingly a lower-middle-management position. |
As a mage, Russell's specialization is elemental magic (especially air manipulation). On top of the combat applications of such, he has learned fine enough control to incorporate elemental magic into his investigations. He uses it to enhance his eavesdropping and counter-eavesdropping abilities, as well as to disrupt his quarry's communication abilities, and even to manage limited telekinesis (although this last application tends to exhaust him quickly). Finally, as of late he has had to frequently deal with detecting and unweaving wards; while he's hardly an expert, his crash course means he can (to a degree) fill in for a specialist. | As a mage, Russell's specialization is elemental magic (especially air manipulation). On top of the combat applications of such, he has learned fine enough control to incorporate elemental magic into his investigations. He uses it to enhance his eavesdropping and counter-eavesdropping abilities, as well as to disrupt his quarry's communication abilities, and even to manage limited telekinesis (although this last application tends to exhaust him quickly). Finally, as of late he has had to frequently deal with detecting and unweaving wards; while he's hardly an expert, his crash course means he can (to a degree) fill in for a specialist. |