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Name: Tyler Phoenix, nickname - Ty or Phoenix
Age: 19
Gender: Male

Appearance: Tyler is a rather ‘different’ person in appearance to what some would call the ‘average joe’. Standing at 5’11”, he has a very lean frame, only weighing in at 47kg. Although not very muscular, he holds himself with a strong stature and still shows physical strength in motion and action. He has a ghostly pale complexion and a dark grey eye colour that is contrasted by his deep crimson hair. With a small pointed nose and quite pointed ears, he usually gets an odd glance at first look. With his thin frame and slightly wide shoulders, Tyler’s clothes tend to hang off of him a bit from the odd proportion, being able to fit into a small/medium man’s top chest size, but no less than a large/extra-large due to his shoulders. His shoe size is a size 9 (UK Size) and his waist width is 28-30 inch. Tyler's hair is medium length and a spiky, with a small spiky fringe. His hair is very tufty and often looks like he has bedhead, but he isn't too bothered by it.

In terms of clothing, Tyler usually dons a black tee, with red highlighting in the shapes of the Digital Hazard symbol across one side of it, and he wears loose-fitting black three-quarter-length trousers, held in place by a black and white checkered belt. He normally also dons a pair of black, red and white converse trainers, with the Green Day logo emblazoned on the outer side of the shoe. On his left wrist, Tyler has assorted wristbands from various medias he likes, ranging from music and gaming to festival entry and expo bands. He usually wears black and grey striped fingerless arm-gloves too, extending to just below his elbow. He is also rarely seen without a medium-length pure white scarf which he usually wears so it blazes behind him in the wind. When still, it is a clear contrast of the red and black he dons as the majority. FInally, he wears a black bandana, which he hides beneath his spiky fringe.

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Personality: Tyler is at heart a geek and a little bit of a bookworm. An avid artist and musician, he doesn’t go far without his trusty harmonica or sketchbook, and is one to pause a game while playing on single-player for sake of taking a photo or doing a quick sketch of something that has caught his eye. He is passionate about music in general, creating his own music on some software he has, using the keyboard, harmonica and keyboard he has. He is a big fan of rock and punk music, but likes music in most genres here and there. He’s also one to get lost in a book and suddenly realise it’s almost morning and he’s been reading all night (often leading to a tired Tyler drinking excessive amounts of coffee or energy drinks in the morning). With his heart set on gaming, manga, reading and playing both his harmonica and acoustic guitar, Tyler is quite the introvert, preferring to spend time talking to friends online than the people around him, both out of fear and distraction of face to face contact and a general feeling of acceptance online, especially since he started playing Digimon. As a final note, Tyler takes martial arts as a way of trying to focus and grow in confidence – he has taken taekwondo since he was a young boy, and has taken ninjutsu in more recent years.

To the average person, Tyler is very shy, often tripping on his own words and fumbling sentences or stammering. His appearance, a kind-of cross between a gamer, ‘emo’ and ‘skater boy’ also often leads him to being jibed at, although he isn’t bothered by this particularly. It’s only in class where he finds himself distracted by comments, although university has been far kinder to him with his previous schools. Tyler does try and interact with people when he feels more confident or is around people with common interests, and does have a small friend group despite his introvertedness. However, as much as he is shy, Tyler is prone to streaks of anger and aggression, especially if someone pushes him when he isn’t in a good mood to begin with. He can be quite snappy, and is sarcastic and blunt to those who offend him, often further sparking the issue by provoking them back and retaliating. He isn’t afraid to defend himself, but he knows he pushes himself into situations where he has to when he gets too courageous or too overworked in defending his friends, himself or just stepping out of line and not knowing when to back down.

History: Tyler is a university student living in the LA area, who moved to study in America from the United Kingdom aged 14. Despite struggling to adapt with his family’s move, once he settled, he quickly picked up where he left off and got into college, studying Digital/Multimedia Art as his Major. Prior to his move to America, where his life has been relatively straightforward and incident-free (other than the death of a beloved pet dog, Sandy), Tyler’s life in the UK was tough. He grew up in a time of uncertainty, with a lot of riots in the area he lived, and a high crime rate meaning his young childhood wasn’t the greatest, with the streets a labyrinth of fear, gangs and graffiti. With his father almost constantly away in LA on business work, and his mother busy with her own work schedule, Tyler spent most of his time being looked after by his older brother. With a lifestyle that was less than desirable, being part of a gang and a regular drinker and drug abuser, Tyler’s older brother often left him to his own devices, hence he furthered his pursuit to play instruments well and paint well – he would often sneak out of the house during the day and busk in the town centre to make himself some money, which would then go on junk food, snacks, new art materials and video games. He would, on occasion, ‘help’ his brother acquire what he wanted for an easier life – although it meant being sneaky and very subtle in his movements and actions, he often succeeded. It was only his father’s decision to leave the UK and set up a long-term home in the USA that posed the question to Tyler’s family as to whether he should move to LA to live with his father on a permanent basis or remain under his brother’s care. Although Tyler was due to start his GCSE’s the next year, it was decided it would be beneficial for him to move for multiple reasons, one being that Tyler would be able to stay in one place of education through to college/university. With that, and a few complicated decisions on selling the house, goodbyes to friends and family, and a fair amount of persuasion from Tyler’s parents to convince him, the packed his bags and moved to live with his father in his small house in LA, where he settled in, and has since settled into his college dorm.

Crest: Courage – Although he is an introvert and a loner, Tyler has the Crest of Courage for three reasons. Firstly, he will always stand up for himself and those around him against any foe, be they another college student or an armed robber. Secondly, when he ends up in a situation where the odds are against him, he won’t give in; he will keep fighting. Thirdly, he has courage in that while he is introverted, he doesn’t allow being alone to sadden him, he has the bravery to keep on fighting for what he wants even if he has to do it all as a one-man show.

Digivice Colour: Black and grey, white highlights.


Digimon Partner

Digimon Species: BlackGuilmon

Nickname: Groot None as of yet

Evolution Line: Gigimon --> BlackGuilmon --> BlackGrowlmon --> BlackWarGrowlmon --> ChaosGallantmon