Rufus Crosier Character Profile

Name: Rufus Crosier
    Nickname: Rue
    Date and place of birth: 1974, Portland
    Character Role: Failed Private Investigator

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION

    Age: 38
    Race: German-Irish
    Eye Color/glasses/contacts/etc: Bley, no glasses
    Hair Color/Style: Dark brown with premature graying, bearded
    Build (Height/Weight): 5 foot 10 inches, 200 pounds
    Physical Attributes (facial features, skin tone/complexion, etc): Dark skin
    Identifying marks (tattoos, scars, moles, etc): Several scars on hands

MANNERISMS & DIALOGUE SPECIFICS (hand gestures, ticks, etc): Gestures with palms downward, hands in pockets, mumbles, jumps from topic to topic without explaining. Knows all languages except Swedish
PERSONALITY TRAITS: Nice guy but is too outgoing, is crazy
BACKGROUND: Has tried his hand at many trades and has a lot of hobbies
INTERNAL CONFLICT: Fails at everything but is a genius
EXTERNAL CONFLICT: Unprepossessing
OCCUPATION/ EDUCATION: Private Investigator, Dropped out of highschool
MISCELLANEOUS NOTES: Smokes a pipe

He is terrible at noticing physical clues, likes puzzles and riddles and chess, and is awesome at seeing relationships between apparently unrelated things.
And has significant knowledge gaps.

Rufus Crosier, private detective. Five foot two, bearded, wears various clothes and cares little about them. Widower, age 31, a jack of all trades and a master of none. Has in time been a mediocre artist, a mediocre politician, and many other things, finally a mediocre and unsuccessful private investigator. His main flaw in detective work is his failure to notice physical clues. The mark of a heel in the mud, the smudge of ash on a windowsill or a faint and peculiar smell do not stand out for him as they did to the legendary Sherlock Holmes. Mr. Crosier is more like Dr. Watson. Tendency to be blunt and sometimes overly honest.