Research - Thriller Character Creation

Name: Michael Cronin
Age: 20
Date of Birth: 5^th of November 1991

Height: 5ft 11ins
Weight: 11st 10lbs
Hair Colour: Dirty blonde, greasy as he does not take pride in his personal appearance.
Eye colour: As green as the fields of Ireland
Profession: Currently unemployed
Relationships: He is a loner, separated from his peers due to his strict religious views, the other kids didn’t really understand him and he hasn’t developed the necessary skills to form relationships as an adult.

Michael was heavily influenced from a young age by his elder brothers, all of whom were supporters of the IRA, however none of them suffered from the same affliction as Michael.
Religious Views: Michael is a religious extremist; a catholic.

General appearance: He’s badly dressed in scruffy clothing, which hang loosely off of him, as though they belonged to an elder brother before him, which he never grew into. His large green hoody is in support of the Cork Republic, showing his anarchist tendancies.
He is unshaven, his beard ragged and bushy; his hair hangs limply, grease sticking pieces together. His general features are nothing out of the ordinary, a slightly long nose, thin lips and pale skin. His eyes however are the exception; they are a dark green, cold and unfeeling, often narrowed to any who should look at him.
Style of Speech: He speaks with a strong, southern Irish accent, a deep voice with bitter undertones.

General information
Michael has a hero complex, which, when coupled with his religious extremism, creates the monster that he is. He thinks that he is going to be a hero because he is “sacrificing himself” for the cause. He wants to be part of the IRA but he doesn’t agree with the Good Friday agreement and so has taken things into his own hands. He has seen the 9/11 attacks and the 7/7 bombings and thinks that suicide bombing must be the way forward as that is what other terrorists around the world are doing.
Although he identifies with them he does not see himself as a terrorist but instead as a solider. He feels as though there is an unspoken war between Britain and Ireland as to who claims Northern Ireland and thinks that action needs to be taken in order to progress the situation and reunited Ireland.
In his suicide note he is not really apologising for killing civilians, he seems to make an attempt to, but justifies their deaths as collateral damage. However he is asking for forgiveness for committing suicide as he holds strong catholic values which would forbid him from doing so.