Alaska, Anchorage. Liam is a loner, sure he has a few friends and distant relatives who he visits from time to time but he usually keeps to himself often times, only ever socializing when need be or for certain occasions but that's the extent of it. Liam moved to Alaska to be alone for sometime, trying to figure things out or something.It keeps his family worried but Liam's a headstrong guy, there's little they can do about convincing him to stay home. He stays in a single story cabin some distance outside of town, it's a rustic place, furnished with lumber furniture, a fireplace, kitchen, bedroom, shower and a backyard garden, having all basic necessities with little decorations spread about to keep it from feeling dreary like the bear totem that hangs above his bed, made by his neafue a decent work it is. Liam choose to stay sar from the city to one, reduce cost since he has a shop and car to pay for and even with both his savings and earnings he still fears the biils will take it's toll one day. Second, being close to nature helps Liam to relax, it's therapeutic, eases him when life gets dreary or when depressing news reaches online. It's like living seperate from the gloom of the world or close to it. The outdoors it gives Liam a space of his own to which he can lay calm for when thongs go awray horribly.
Liam works at his gun shop, there he sells guns , does custom service , restoration, repair, just about what you can think of coming from a gunsmith. But on occasion he works at his friends diner or other places through his friends connection from time to time to earn extra bucks. Liam is a minamalist so he doesn't spen on much besides the baisc necessities, he only ever spends more when it is for those he cares about. He stockpiles on food and supplies when winter is bound, nut on the occasions he spends money for leisure is when he spends time with his friends it's usually to go for skiing or airsoft with the on the rare occasion of hunting and exploration.
Liam wants change, for it to ebb and flow cross humanity's future and present but his aimlessness has him deviate from endeavouring in his desires. He tried going to college, specialising in hardware engineering, afterwards the army and then gunsmithing. All in effort to make change or find something but he was never satisfied, he's family had finacially and emotionally supported him through and through but he still didn't know what was missing, he knew he wanted change but he just didn't know what change he wanted. So he quit his job, moved away from home to take time to reflect in Alaska. Trying to find a direction for his craven want for change, trying to find the unknown thing amiss in his heart. Trying something.
It was years after college graduation, he moved from his home state to another for a computer job for a medium tech company, an aspiring one though. He had worked there for over a decade but eventually he realised that he wasn't satisfied, he thought to himself " why am i not happy, i got my dream job, a good workplace, great co-workers, good position but why aren't i happy". He decided to quit a few months after, to the shock of his co-workers and family, when asked he couldn't answer, told them it was not the fault of anybody for his resignation but himself. Then for the sake of direction he enrolled in the army, trying to see if he could find purpose in serving his country and later to provide his skills to it's military, only to later find himself in the same state of mind as he did long ago. After he finsihed his tours Liam uptook gunsmithing out of curiosity and excelled , applied to a firearms company in Alabama for a few years then resigned again. Years of aimlessness left Liam lethargic, so he used his savings to set up shop in Alaska for god knows how long. As of now things just don't make sense for him.
Diane Forest, Liam's sister. She was there for him when he was young, thought how to defend himself, be indiependant and a gentlemen, teachings that can mold him into a man. Whenever Liam was lost she would be there to give her insights, to guide him but now she could do little to sway his mind, back then she could read him like a book and provide a solution but nowadays Liam is so closed off that it's getting harder and harder to read him, trying to make sense of his trajectory , his reasons if he has any, his emotions they are all starting to blurr. Even so she tried her damndest to emotionall support him, even taking trips with her family to Alasaka just to see how he is doing. Letting him know he is still loved, he is welcomed back with open arms.
His Uncle Thomas is a people and family man, always trying to brighten the mood and damn well good at it too. He would bring Liam and his siblings to many a fun place, spoiling them much to their parents discontent. As they grow he would teach them of what he knows, guns, animals, fighting, bikes, people, the old man had bountiful well of knowledge to lend his neafew and necises . It was due to one of his uncle's talks and demonstrations that got Liam interested into structure and design as well as guns, these moments they shared help to cement Liam's desire to make.
Andrea Lockheart, a endearing friend who helped to liven up Liam's dreary days. She was energetic, always tring to get her friends to try something st almost every chance she gets. She was also the one to bring Liam out of his lonely cabin for most hangouts, convincing him to spend time interacting with people and interact with society even when he was most reluctant at times. She was the only one that warmed his heart in a long, long time. Made him feel joy, love, kinship and more, it made him feel alive again. reinvigorating his drive for purpose and change. At least that was until she died of cancer.