Titus Orman
Titus was born in the The Raven's Perch district of Ring 3: Humanity's Palace to a middle-middle class family. He is the second of five children in his family. He knew at an early age that he wanted to be a cop, and joined basic training almost as soon as he was able. He fared well and graduated with honors, and was swiftly allotted to the OPD Street Brigade.
However, it wasn’t until he began working as an investigator that he got a much wider scope of the department’s corruption in the form of heavy control over the cases and contents investigated by the unit. While maintaining his straightforward and unquestioning demeanor on the outside, he began to grow cynical of the department. He secretly established a small safehouse farther from the OPD tower than the house they had “awarded” him.
Titus’ view of Boots changed when the murder case of Byrd Fitrei landed on their desk. While Titus was definitely interested and invested in finding answers for this case – especially as it was one of the very few murder cases that make it into the Unit – Boots seemed more driven than he ever had before. Titus tried to warn Boots a few times that digging too deep into this case would likely cause some issues within the OPD, but the kid was determined. For the first time, Titus started to let Boots take the lead on this case.
Titus’ mistrust and distaste for the OPD came to a head when he received Boots’ voided badge and a notice that Boots had been dishonorably discharged the night before.
He bit his tongue and made it through the day with a pit in his stomach, and spent most of the night driving through Plague Borough. Despite the expectation that he would deliver the badge to be filed under Enyo’s name, he took it with him to search the streets. He found Boots several hours into this drive and brought him to his safehouse to recover. Over the next several weeks, Titus kept a close eye on Boots. He continued to report to the OPD for work to keep them from asking questions or looking into Boots’ whereabouts.
After a few weeks, Boots started to act like himself again, with all the frustrating pushback and attitude he had always had. Titus had a lot of difficulty balancing the paternal tendencies that had slowly been growing over time, and his recognition of Boots’ need for independence and freedom. Eventually, it was Boots’ intensifying stubbornness that forced Titus to find that balance.
On 8-5-152 Boots, Mellow, and Otto Keisler went searching for Titus (CC:Session19: Smoked Out Report). It turns out that Titus had spent the last few weeks as a slave. Titus had been caged by a hag in The Regeneration Conservatory and used to entertain children meant to be eaten by a hag.
Work with the OPD
Over the next several years he worked his way up the ranks, and eventually found himself at the top of the Street Brigade pecking order. As a reward for his dedication to the force, Titus was gifted a simple house within Ring 6: Plague Borough. Around the same time, he submitted an application to transfer to the Inquisition Unit. It took a noticeably great deal of deliberation before he was finally allowed to make the transfer. During his years working the streets Titus has begun to develop an understanding of the people, and quietly take notice of the impurities of the OPD.However, it wasn’t until he began working as an investigator that he got a much wider scope of the department’s corruption in the form of heavy control over the cases and contents investigated by the unit. While maintaining his straightforward and unquestioning demeanor on the outside, he began to grow cynical of the department. He secretly established a small safehouse farther from the OPD tower than the house they had “awarded” him.
Becoming a Mentor
It was a few years into his time in the Inquisitions Unit that he met Enyo Dayholt, one of the few young men placed directly into the Inquisitions Unit following induction. Enyo was assigned to Titus as an assistant and partner upon entering the Unit. Their relationship was tense in the beginning, as Titus preferred to work independently and Enyo had a very clear distaste for authority – which Titus found quite humorous considering his decision to join the force. However, after a few close calls and several cases closed, they began to develop respect for each other. Titus started referring to Enyo as his “boots on the ground”, because of his proficient street smarts and proclivity for asking questions and getting answers, a statement that eventually evolved into the nickname, “Boots”.Titus’ view of Boots changed when the murder case of Byrd Fitrei landed on their desk. While Titus was definitely interested and invested in finding answers for this case – especially as it was one of the very few murder cases that make it into the Unit – Boots seemed more driven than he ever had before. Titus tried to warn Boots a few times that digging too deep into this case would likely cause some issues within the OPD, but the kid was determined. For the first time, Titus started to let Boots take the lead on this case.
The Case that Didn't Sit
Just as they started to make serious headway on this case, Boots was starting to show some signs of wear and tear. It took a lot of prodding and a few trips to the bar to get it out of him that his digging had indeed gotten him into some trouble, and the OPD was enforcing disciplinary action. Titus felt an unexpected twinge of protectiveness at hearing this news, although Boots tried relentlessly to push him away. Boots was determined to see a justified end to this case, no matter how many times the OPD tried to close it on him. Titus warned him time and time again and tried to provide support where he could, but quickly realized he couldn’t save Boots from his own determination.Titus’ mistrust and distaste for the OPD came to a head when he received Boots’ voided badge and a notice that Boots had been dishonorably discharged the night before.
He bit his tongue and made it through the day with a pit in his stomach, and spent most of the night driving through Plague Borough. Despite the expectation that he would deliver the badge to be filed under Enyo’s name, he took it with him to search the streets. He found Boots several hours into this drive and brought him to his safehouse to recover. Over the next several weeks, Titus kept a close eye on Boots. He continued to report to the OPD for work to keep them from asking questions or looking into Boots’ whereabouts.
After a few weeks, Boots started to act like himself again, with all the frustrating pushback and attitude he had always had. Titus had a lot of difficulty balancing the paternal tendencies that had slowly been growing over time, and his recognition of Boots’ need for independence and freedom. Eventually, it was Boots’ intensifying stubbornness that forced Titus to find that balance.
Helping the Agitators
When searching for clue to help Boots in The Regeneration Conservatory, Titus went missing. The Agitators escaped when Tano returned, but the fate of Titus is unknown.On 8-5-152 Boots, Mellow, and Otto Keisler went searching for Titus (CC:Session19: Smoked Out Report). It turns out that Titus had spent the last few weeks as a slave. Titus had been caged by a hag in The Regeneration Conservatory and used to entertain children meant to be eaten by a hag.
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Art Credit: Cyberpunk by Davide-Bondi
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Recovering
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Year of Birth
97 HE
55 Years old
Place of Death
The Raven's Perch
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