[B]Name:[/B] Wade Cartwright
[B]Gender:[/B]Male
[B]Age:[/B]17
[B]Grade:[/B] 11
[B]School:[/B] Cochise High
[B]Hobbies and Interests:[/B] Webcomics, RTS/TBS/city building/simulator games, silhouette shooting, running, action movies (good or bad)

[B]Appearance:[/B] Wade is a pale, tall young man, measured standing at 5'11 and weighing 155 pounds. His build is generally unremarkable, but a slight hunch and a paunch somewhat mar his appearance. His hair is naturally messy and curly, but he tends to trim this to a near-crew cut. He has a unibrow and very prolific facial hair for someone his age, having prominent sideburns, a mustache, soulpatch, even a short, unusually dark beard, though he will sometimes shave this.
 He has a square-jawed, oval appearance, and generally wears no jewelry; his eyes are dark brown and otherwise unremarkable for their exceptionally black hue.
He generally wears simple T-shirts and standard jeans to school, paired with his standard, brown shoes and a jacket. On rare occasions, the T-shirt will be merch from some favorite webcomic or another, prominently displaying its image. At the time of the abduction, he's wearing an extremely rare (REDACTED) print which is not in production, with a synthetic black-blue jacket, slightly damaged jeans (somewhat faded due to use), and two brown casuals/sneakers. His teeth have a slightly chipped, yellowish-white appearance to them.

[B]Biography:[/B]Wade is an only child, born to Mira and Alfred Cartwright - Miami residents - on January 15, 1998. Due to the methods employed by his parents, Wade displayed somewhat more advanced cognitive function for his age since about 2. Feeling that the standard public school curriculum wouldn't suit his needs, they turned to a fairly advanced homeschool regimen instead. This proved to be a challenging task, as Mira was a hematology technician at a major hospital and a certified nurse, while Alfred was an Army major-turned-engineer, who had previously served in the Gulf War.

Wade's parents did their best to employ this regimen, broadly instructing him in topics from history to biology from his early years. During this early period, he simply idly enjoyed himself apart from schoolwork, immersing himself in the television or computer whenever he had an opportunity, as he had virtually no social life. In public, he generally came across as a bright, if naïve, young child. His parents were members of a camping association, and he frequently went on trips with them into the Floridian countryside on many occasions. However, other than appearing publicly a few times on behalf of his parents' homeschooling association, and impressing a few somewhat-notable individuals, Wade didn't really achieve much in this period, aside from discovering Internet games and webcomics - much to the chagrin of his parents, who wanted him to avoid procrastination and remain focused on his studies. He started displaying significant cognitive aptitude beyond the norm for his age, obtaining ham radio licenses, passing aptitude tests, even scoring a passing grade on an ASVAB variant.

The state of affairs at home was always laid-back, however. Wade spent much of his time engaging in computer activities and browsing the Web, soaking in all the information he could find. His parents didn't do much to stop this aside from scolding him on his laziness a couple times. He did begin to take an interest in more technical subjects from this point forward, however. Mira went back to college, hoping to enter a career in biomedical research. Alfred, in the meantime, became busier and more involved with his job. Wade, correspondingly, spent more and more time on the Internet, and he became involved in several online communities during this time, playing multiplayer games with his newly-discovered set of online acquaintances.

He also immersed himself in various online roleplaying communities, finding himself rather enchanted by the broad spectrum of storytelling opportunities it presented to him. He also became interested in writing around this time.

Meanwhile, the first SOTF versions occurred during this period. Wade's parents, naturally, forbade him from watching the show on television, although he would occasionally follow its events through other means. He would see some silly action movies or cartoons instead. Towards the end of the 2000s, however, they began to take him to more sporting activities, got a license, purchased a gun, and started taking him to firing ranges on occasion to test his marksmanship. Feeling they had reached the end of their educational abilities, they moved to the small town of Kingsman, AZ, seeking employment opportunities there. Feeling they had reached the end of their educational capabilities, Wade's parents had him start taking high school entry exams in 2011. At last, Wade was enrolled in Cochise for Fall 2012.

Although he adjusted fairly rapidly to school life, Wade doesn't really bother much with cultivating his friendship. This is at least in part because he doesn't care all that much and in part because he's somewhat socially inept.

[B]Advantages:[/B] He's developed some marksmanship abilities with the Glock 26 from all the time he spent on the range. (This wasn't all that much.)
[B]Disadvantages:[/B] His lack of connections and introverted nature leave him rather open to mental attack and manipulation by the more socially knowledgeable.