How did he get here? Well, the story around the campfire is he had to get a huge sum of money. It had something to do with a woman. Miguel will only say something about "that bitch leaving me out to dry." In any case, he essentially made himself an indentured servant to a syndicate to get the money. In return he ended up smuggling whatever they asked him to smuggle, breaking whatever needed to be broken, and even killing whoever needed killing. While working for them he was something of a jack-of-all-trades, although he truly excelled on the market, getting rare items for a fraction of the cost anyone else seemed to get. The syndicate bosses saw this and moved him over to "acquisitions."

The time came, and he was free of the syndicate, but in order to do what he needed to do for them (or be shot) he ended up (stupidly) making promises to other people or otherwise becoming indebted to others. Unfortunately, his parents raised him to honor his promises, and the lesson stuck. Has also rubbed people the wrong way from time to time. Being a triggerman will do that. You can’t last very long without making some enemies.

In order to make a living, pay off his new debts, and try to put as many people between himself and those who would like to wipe him from the face of the earth, he began to offer his services to VIPs he met while in the syndicate’s employ. He quickly learned that what people most want is the power to destroy their enemies and make the cares of the world melt away. Hence, the guns and the drugs. With each new job, favors are traded, money changes hands, and he seems to get absolutely nowhere as far as finally being free of his lifestyle.

So what’s he like as a person? Well, his loyalty can be bought, but when you buy his loyalty, it's yours until the contract is up. He’s generally very friendly and affable to his sources/friends; insolently obedient to the people he’s working for, and decidedly neutral to everyone else. He’s nobody’s fool, he knows when he’s getting played, and takes measures against being burned. Those don’t always succeed though. He’s smart, not infallible. Weakness? Oh, that’s easy. He has two big ones. One is drugs. Yes, he forgot the age-old law of the dealer: "never use your own stuff." The word on the street is he doesn’t have natural body chemistry anymore. He self regulates using all manner of drugs. I don’t buy it. He doesn’t act twitchy enough. I know he hits the sauce pretty damn hard, though. An oldie but goodie.

The other weakness is women. A woman comes to him asking for help, be it money, a gun, or a fix, and the chances of him saying no are damn near zero. You’d think he’d have learned his lesson. Though anyone who screws him over, man or woman, will find themselves in a very bad position. He’s very creative when it comes to revenge.

--Juan Muñoz