isaac poplawski

Jamie's Notes:

Isaac is a fan character for my favourite video game, Dishonored. However, I do enjoy writing him and my other characters in different alternate universes, specifically a 1996 AU both in a sleepy town in upstate New York, and NYC.

In some minor instances, these two versions Isaac blend together, like on his playlist page. It's all still him, just different versions of him. Although I will always see him in the world of Dishonored, first and foremost.

In the World of Dishonored

Isaac was born in Tamarak, Tyvia, a port city south-east in the northern-most isle. An only child, he was raised by his father, Felix, and, up until he was eight years old, his mother, Maria, who left the family abruptly one morning and was never seen again.

Isaac's early childhood was a quiet and lonely one. There was little to do aside from schoolwork, reading, and helping his father occasionally with the family business — an antique shop that resides right below their home. Well behaved and well mannered, he rarely if ever outwardly expressed his emotions — his sadness and disconent — even if it were made apparent by his apathy and indifference to most things and people, and his isolation. Culturally, Tyvians are just like him, quiet and introverted. So, no one questioned it. Though, Isaac did have his moments where he wished someone did. That someone would say something about it. Even his father, who was more sensitive and open of the two, couldn't seem to do that despite his efforts to show Isaac that he was there, and that he cared.

Isaac was often left to his own devices in terms of things to do to stimulate and entertain himself. He learned quickly, by the time he entered his teens, that his favourite method of this was running and climbing, seeing how high he could get and not end up slipping and snapping his neck. In a large city like Tamarak, there are more buildings than there are trees, so his hands grew calloused getting used to stone and metal versus tree bark and sharp branches.

general info

character sheet

  • Character’s full name: Isaac Davor Poplawski
  • Reason or meaning of name: can't remember why i chose his first name.
    his last name took more effort because i knew i wanted it to have a russian/polish/eastern europe background, because of where Isaac is from in the world of Dishonored.
  • Character’s nickname: n/a
  • Reason for nickname: n/a
  • Birth date: 8th Day, Month of Earth, 1816 (Dishonored)
    May 8th, 1977 (90's AU)
  • Physical appearance
    • Age: Dishonored — 21 (1837); 36 (1852); 1990s AU — 19 (1996)
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