ㅤTHE MODERN MYTH,ㅤ
ICARUS, DAEDALUS, IT DOESN'T MATTER: THEY WERE ONE AND THE SAME IN THE END.
›ㅤDOSSIER.ㅤ
I THINK OF MYTHOS ALL THE TIME. DEHUMANIZATION, AT THE HANDS OF THESEUS.
IF YOU WANT TO MAKE ENEMIES, TRY TO CHANGE SOMETHING.
NAME. ㅤAdam Jensen. ㅤ
NICKNAMES. ㅤSpyboy (given to him by coworker Faridah Malik.)
DATE OF BIRTH. ㅤMarch 9, [ 1993. ]
PLACE OF BIRTH. ㅤDetroit, Michigan, USA.
AGE. ㅤ34 - 36. ㅤ ㅤ
GENDER. ㅤComplicated. The extensive replacement of his limbs with prosthetics has introduced in him a sense of physical dysphoria, with which he still struggles to this day. His presentation is masculine, and is used and will respond to he / him pronouns.
SEXUALITY. ㅤBiromantic, asexual. [ He's sexually attracted to his partner. When he's committed to one. That's as far as it goes. ]
ETHNICITY. ㅤMixed (white - Mexican.)
NATIONALITY. ㅤAmerican.
FAMILY.ㅤArthur and Margarita 'Margie' Jensen (adoptive parents, alive); Michelle Walthers (complicated, but still family; alive). He has no knowledge or recollection of his biological parents.
OCCUPATION TIMELINE. ㅤSWAT team commander, Detroit Police Department [ 2014 to 2026 ] > head of cybersecurity at Sarif Industries [ 2026 to 2027 ] > Interpol and Juggernaut Collective agent [ 2028 to present day ].
RESIDENCE. ㅤPrague, Czech Republic.
NOTABLE RELATIONS.
ㅤㅤㅤ»ㅤFrancis Pritchard: close friend and partner; probably the only one that can truly say knows Adam too well for his own good.
ㅤㅤㅤ»ㅤFaridah Malik: friend and coworker; saw one another through most of the 2027 crisis and still remain in touch.
HAIR + COLOR. ㅤBrown - black, always styled short with a slightly longer top for a spiky, messy but still sleek and well - kept appearance. He manages to pull it off somehow.
EYES + COLOR. ㅤGreen, currently, though his natural eye color before retinal replacement was light blue. They're sharp, slightly deep set, and extremely expressive. Both of them are framed by retractable eyeshields (a fancier version of sunglasses) that he wears all the time, except around people that have earned his trust.
HEIGHT. ㅤ6 feet, 3 inches.
WEIGHT. ㅤ210 lbs. He doesn't look like it, but some of his augmentations make him heavier than a person of his build and stature would ordinarily be.
BUILD. ㅤSleek and thin, always complimented by sharp and professional fashion. Because of both his prosthetic arms and legs, he is inordinately strong, more so than most humans.
HEALTH. ㅤPeak physical condition, if not outright superhuman.
FACECLAIM. ㅤDiego Luna.
EXTENT OF PROSTHETIC REPLACEMENT. ㅤ50% of Adam's natural body has been replaced with prosthetics, and several of his essential organs are either artificial or technologically assisted. Most notably and visibly, Adam's arms, legs and retinas are, if you care to use corporate lingo, mechanically augmented. Due to illegal experimentation performed on him as a young child, Adam is the only known human that doesn't need immunosuppressant drugs to keep his body from rejecting these prosthetics.
OVERVIEW. ㅤDependable, resourceful, curious (in a stand-offish way), with a streak of cynicism. Known loner, rarely displays strong emotion except around a few select people that may trigger a stronger reaction from him. He is still the epitome of caring too much it hurts, and displays incredible regard for innocent lives and the common man. Generally distrustful of authority due to its propensity for corruption, but will respect those who have earned it. Sarcastic, loving, bore - sighted, driven, indefatigable. There is no day he doesn't spend fighting for a better tomorrow.
WESTERN ZODIAC. ㅤPisces.
VICES. ㅤSmoking (occasionally), drinking (socially and privately.)
TROPES. ㅤDeadpan snarker, cold sniper, badass baritone, not so stoic, one - man army, street smart, walking armory.
›ㅤADDITIONAL FACTS.ㅤ
I'M THINKING ABOUT IT TOO MUCH, I FEEL. AND I THINK I'M FEELING TOO MUCH.
Though he claims to not be good at languages, Adam speaks five of them with varying degrees of ease: English and Spanish (thanks to Margie and Arthur, respectively, as well as his upbringing near Mexicantown), Czech (understands it more than speaks it, but can hold his own with it anyway), German (learned intermittently throughout the years) and French (basic degree only, as he gave up on it halfway through high school).
His dog Kubrick, a six year old Border Collie, is officially registered as an emotional support animal, and Adam is rarely seen without him ⸻ except on dangerous missions. Kubrick was essential in Adam's post - augmentation recovery, and helps him manage his anxiety and emotional responses to re - traumatization.
Adam suffers, primarily, from post - traumatic stress disorder and generalized anxiety disorder, though there's some major overlap with high functioning anxiety. He is also prone to bouts of depression. Kubrick, as stated, is a source of support, but whether Adam is coping with these properly is highly debatable. Fortunately, the C.A.S.I.E implant (the sign of which is the hexagonal mark on the left side of his forehead) helps him assess behavioral responses from people more effectively.
His augmentations make him a near perfect operative, as he is equipped for both heavy combat duty as well as sabotage, espionage and infiltration. While he is, naturally, not infallible, he is a walking bleeding - edge weapon, and by default he should always be considered armed and dangerous. For a better idea of just what exactly Adam is capable of [ in DE canon ], visit his augmentations section in the glossary.
[ Modern setting only. ] Given that his position as a counter - terrorism agent within Interpol's Task Force 29, Adam keeps this job secret as per company policy. Therefore, whenever asked about his livelihood, he refers to private investigative work as his cover job. It's not the whole truth, for obvious reasons, but it's adjacent to the truth.
›ㅤ0903_93AJ.ㅤ
PATIENT X? (ADAM, PLEASE. I'M NERVOUS ENOUGH), AND YOU WERE RIGHT TO BE.
I WON'T LET THEM HAVE THE LAST WORD.
His birth is a complicated matter. The son of genetic therapy researchers, Adam was submitted to numerous experiments as a young child (him, and many others) as part of an ongoing investigation into childhood genetic diseases ⸻ and in time, the project was a success, though at the cost of the many other children put through the same grueling process. Now having grown protective of their own child and the next "batch" of kids that would inevitably follow in Adam's footsteps, his parents burn the laboratory to the ground, making him the sole survivor of the entire incident. Adam would survive this forever changed, and in a way that nobody would've ever been able to predict. (By 2027, in a world where augmented people struggle with rejection syndrome, Adam would be the only one unaffected by it.)At age five, with no paper trail with which to find him, he is adopted by one of his biological parents' coworkers, Arthur Jensen. Life is simple. He is average, he is just a boy growing up in a blue - collar neighborhood, gifted with a sense of community and empathy that made him stand out as early as primary school. He makes it into the police soon after graduating from university, and later into SWAT; an undeniable kindness and willingness to help drives him forward, makes an exemplary leader out of him. In 2026, however, his career would come to an abrupt end during the Mexicantown riots, a tragedy not of his own making that resulted in the death of a teenager and a smear campaign against him. Soon, he realizes that protecting and serving involves only the corporate interest, so he quits. It's what most good cops do, anyway.Six months later, he starts work with Sarif Industries, an augmentations firm, as the company's head of cybersecurity. In 2027, Adam lies clinically dead in an operating room while undergoing the augmentation surgery that would save his life after a terrorist attack upon the company. He goes from man to mostly machine, kept alive through vital artificial organs. He's a scientific miracle, at the cost of his own agency: augmentation is a choice, and he had his taken away.By 2029, his career path has taken a turn. Now an Interpol agent operating out of Prague, the heart of Europe's anti-augmentation sentiment, Adam works to uncover the truth hidden in the shadows and unmasking those who have shaped his life and that of the whole world since the moment of his birth: the Illuminati.
›ㅤVERSES.ㅤ
EVERYTHING DISAPPEARS, EVEN DREAMS. I SUPPOSE I JUST FLEW TOO CLOSE TO THE SUN.
ALPHABETIZED BY FANDOM!
ARCANE.
[ Full write up to follow. ]ㅤPoint form summary of his bio: adopted by Piltovan parents, ex - Enforcer - turned - bodyguard, now heavily "augmented" / cybernetically enhanced human following an attempt on his and his employer's lives; often travels between Piltover and Zaun balancing both paid protection work as well as an independent investigation into who nearly killed him.
CYBERPUNK 2077.
On one hand, ex - police and private investigator; on the other, one of the best solos frequenting Afterlife, and with good reason. There's rumors about Adam (or Icarus if one prefers his callsign), about the sheer amount of cyberware he's chromed up with, and how he hasn't gone psycho yet. But that's not what matters to those looking to snag him for gigs: what matters is he's efficient and one of the best to call on if discretion and infiltration are the main priority. If you're someone with a bit of humanity left, he might just be willing to work with you, too.Once part of the police force of his native Detroit, Adam eventually made the jump into C - SWAT, a career that abruptly ended when he refused to shoot down a cyberpsycho during riots in Mexicantown (and what people will never tell you is that the victim was fifteen. Not a lot of compassion left, not even for teenagers who went too crazy chroming up.) Soon after his dismissal from Maxtac, though, Adam's next chapter began as a professionally hired netrunner for Sarif Industries, the cyberware firm headquartered in Michigan, and became head of its cybersecurity department. In the wake of a terrorist attack that morphs into a corporate conspiracy and nearly kills him, Adam abandons the Midwest for the West, following the conspiracy's trail to Night City in late 2075.By 2077, he's gained a reputation for discretion, efficiency, and humanity. Of the three, the latter is highly scarce in NC, which makes him a beacon of hope for those few who still decide to stay hopeful.
LIES OF P.
[ Full write up to follow. ]ㅤA result of experimentation at the hands of Alchemist David Sarif, Adam — a once police officer of Krat now turned bodyguard — is saved from a near - fatal incident by an operation that mechanized almost half of his body, essentially turning him into one of the very few fusions between human and puppet. Free from the Grand Covenant on account of his remaining humanity, and now thrust into the chaos of the Puppet Frenzy, Adam takes to a solitary existence, aiding human survivors and Puppets with awakened Egos as he is able to.Rumors of such actions quickly spread through Krat, which does nothing but paint a target on his back: some Stalkers want him dead, other parties want him retrieved, and the King of Puppets wants him swayed to his rebellious cause. highly affiliated with @cautionary's romeo.
MASS EFFECT.
[ Full write up to follow. ]ㅤFormer C - Sec and later bodyguard to researcher, philanthropist and Cerberus competitor David Sarif, barely survives an assassination attempt on Sarif and is ironically saved + cybernetically augmented by Cerberus themselves as part of Project Icarus, reinstated and recognized as an independent operative to investigate the clandestine organization (imagine the irony when ME2 rolls around). Recruitable as of 2183 CE, can be present for the events of all 3 games.Class: Sentinel » Augmented operative.
Specialty: Biotics, close quarters combat.
Powers: Warp, slam, marksman, concussive shot.
PACIFIC RIM.
[ Full write up to follow. ]ㅤKwoon fightmaster + assault specialist with the PPDC, trains rangers in physical combat and often runs sessions to test out Drift compatibility between cadets. Could be a pilot if he wanted to be, but will he?
RESIDENT EVIL.
[ Full write up to follow. ]ㅤThe result of combined research on gene therapy and virology applied to the field of cybernetics, Adam is considered a scientific miracle and anomaly all at once. For many years he is unaware of his origins within White Helix labs, an Umbrella Corp. subsidiary, and it isn't until he nearly dies as a result of corporate sabotage that he becomes what he truly is: a cybernetically enhanced bioweapon, nearly equal parts flesh and technology, the result of the Icarus Project's manipulation of the T - virus. In the wake of his survival, Adam escapes capture and further experimentation by the U.S. government, now chasing after the remains of the defunct Umbrella as an independent operative.
STAR WARS.
[ Full write up to follow. ]ㅤPart of the old Mandalorians, exiled from the planet after the end of the civil war. Works throughout the galaxy as a mercenary, often involved in the business of personal protection.