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Name: Ethan Chandler – Real name: Ethan Lawrence Talbot Fandom/'s: Penny Dreadful Face Claim: Gender: Male DOB: 1857 Current Age: 39 Eye Color: Brown Hair Color: Blondish brown Height: 6' 3” Build: Athletic Marital Status: Not married Born: In America Parents: Jared Talbot (father)  Sara Talbot Siblings: Paul Talbot (brother) Mary Talbot (sister) Species: Werewolf Occupation: Sharpshooter, ex-cavalry Powers:

As a human:

Marksmanship: Ethan is an incredibly accurate marksman, and had a job working as a sharpshooter in a wild west show. His skills are exceptional and allow him to wield pistols effectively in either hand.

Hand-To-Hand-Combat: Ethan is a capable fighter, and manages to hold his own in brawls against infected vampires. He can also handle regular people quite well, except for when outnumbered by too many.

Theology: Despite proclaiming himself to be an Atheist, Ethan has some knowledge of Catholicism and is fluent in Latin, able to say saint Jude's prayer in complete Latin (he claims he was raised on Latin). This comes in handy as it allowed him to exorcise the demon possessing Vanessa.

Canine Affinity: Ethan exhibits a unique understanding of wolves, and has caused a wolf pack's alpha male to turn and lead an otherwise hostile pack away. It isn't clear whether this is an extension of him being a werewolf himself, or results from his confident personality.

Multilingual: As well as English and Latin, Ethan is fluent in Apache.

As a werewolf: Shapeshifting: Ethan changes into a hybrid of both wolf and man when the moon is full.

Enhanced Strength: Ethan exhibits greatly increased strength when in his transformed state. He can casually kill grown men like they were nothing.

Enhanced Agility: Ethan was shown to be able to kill and maim a large number of humans in rapid succession before they could react.

Enhanced Resistance: It has been implied that werewolves are tough and that trauma from a silver weapon might be one of the few ways to kill one.

Wolf Physiology: In his wolf form, Ethan gains claws sharp enough to tear through living flesh and gains sharp canine fangs.

Lycanthropy: As a werewolf, Ethan can turn the others into werewolves. Personality: A charming American who finds himself trapped in the darkest corners of Victorian London, Ethan's charm and brash ways draw to the ladies. However, the persona of the dashing, careless gunslinger of the circus that he displays to the world is all just an act. Underneath, he is a more kind and thoughtful man, possessing a stronger sense of morality than most of the other characters, taking little pleasure in the suffering or manipulation of others. He has the air of an older man, one who has experienced many hardships.

His sense of moral outrage in difficult circumstances make him prone to angry and violent outbursts. He has sometimes expressed deep mistrust, even dislike, towards characters such as Sir Malcolm Murray and Victor Frankenstein, whom he believes are comparatively callous and amoral. He does later develop something of a friendship with Victor, however, as the two of them bond when he is teaching Frankenstein how to shoot. He continues to aid Sir Malcolm to the end, despite his distrust of the man. Backstory: Ethan was born in 1857 to a wealthy family. At some point in his life, he served as a cavalry soldier fighting in the American Indian Wars and was involved in a brutal massacre where the troops eradicated an entire native village. Ethan later fled America after he had killed a senator's son, and joined a circus in Europe where he used his skills as a gunslinger to entertain small crowds.

In 1891, Chandler's Wildwest Show visited London, where he was met in a bar by Vanessa Ives who offered him a job as an armed escort that very night. After she deduced that he had told his audience a lie about his involvement in a particular war, he smiled and agreed to help. Ives gave him an address for their meeting and left immediately, leaving him to finish his drink.