Get To Know My Characters: Charlie Doherty

Learn more about Charlie Doherty from my NY Crime series.

CATEGORY#1: BASIC STATS 

Name: Charlie Doherty

Sex: Male

Gender: Male

Age: Late thirties

Race: Caucasion

Ethnicity: Irish American

Culture: American

Height: 5”7

Body type: Wiry and thin

Appearance: Gray flat-top, shaved at the sides. Gray coat and fedora. Tired eyes that had seen too much. Teeth yellowed from too many cigarettes and not enough protein. 

Where is he from?: The Inwood section of Manhattan

CATEGORY #2: RELATIONSHIPS 

Family: Married (THE WANDERING MAN), Separated (SLOW BURN, THE FAIRFAX INCIDENT)

Friends: Floyd Loomis, Jim Halloran, Andrew Carmichael, Terry Quinn, Jack Johnson

Colleagues: Floyd Loomis, Jim Halloran, Andrew Carmichael

CATEGORY #3: THE SEXY STUFF 

Sexual orientation: Straight

What is he attracted to?: Flawed women 

Romantic experience: Sufficient

CATEGORY #4: SKILLS 

Skills: Tammany Hall bag man, investigation, .38 pistol, efficient use of a sap, combat training from WWI

Occupation/schooling: NYPD Academy, USMC boot camp during WWI

Hobbies: Cigarettes, insomnia, brooding.

CATEGORY #5: PERSONALITY & CHARACTER 

Introvert or extrovert?: Introvert

Strengths: Tenacity, toughness, insight, reluctant compassion, blind loyalty

Weaknesses: Jaded, corruption, cynicism 

Aspirations: To make as much money as he can in a crooked system for himself and his family. To protect Chief Carmichael from scandal.

Beliefs/affiliations: Tammany Hall, NYPD, USMC, himself.

Fears: Failure, ruin, scandal and disgrace

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