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| Name | Prisoner Number 6 |
| Gender | Male |
| Age | 30 |
| Canon | The Prisoner(1967) |
| PB | Patrick McGoohan |
permissions
*If thread is dropped before 4 tags in, I will retcon it as not happening.
| Backtagging | Y* |
| Threadjacking | Y |
| Fourthwalling | N |
| Mind-reading | (Discuss) |
| Injury | (Discuss) |
| Death | (Discuss) |
preferences
Number 6 is heterosexual. He is old-fashioned in his romantic preferences and usually prefers to date and court a person properly before engaging sexually with them. Please be aware: he comes from a time period where homosexuality was still illegal and heavily frowned upon. He is not vehemently bigoted, but he is not especially open to or knowledgeable of LGBTQ issues, either. I play him as curious but unconsciously prejudiced-leaning to acceptance with learning. If this makes you uncomfortable in any way, please comment to this post to opt-out completely, or to request that I not touch on such issues in our threads. I will respect that, no questions asked.
about
Not much is known about Prisoner Number 6, not even his real name. In canon, it is left a mystery. That said, for normal encounters where he doesn't desire to give the number designation he was assigned by The Village, he will use the alias "Peter Smith." If your character has heard of him, it will usually be by that name. In my meta-text, however, I will always refer to him as "Number 6" for the sake of consistency.
What we do know of Number 6 is that he was an agent of the British Intelligence Agency, MI6 for a long stretch of time. He worked in the field on covert missions in and around the cold-war era. He very abruptly resigned his position without giving a formal reason, though his resignation letter was delivered with much anger. The question of "why did you resign?" would be a driving force for what happened next.
Just after delivering his resignation, he was gassed unconscious in his own home, captured, and taken to an unknown location named "The Village." The leader of The Village is a person who goes by the moniker "Number 2." The actual person who takes on that designation changes frequently, seemingly without the acknowledgment of anyone else in The Village.
Every person in The Village is either a prisoner or a warden, but no one is quite sure who is who. Names are not allowed, all villagers are assigned a number that serves as their formal identification. As the name suggests, The Village resembles a quaint resort village off the coast. There are recreational amenities, an infirmary, a labour exchange, a general store (where everything is paid for by "credits" the native village form of currency) and every villager has their own small cottage which is bizarrely designed to resemble the villager's real-life home down to the smallest detail.
Number 6 is not told who is in charge of The Village, and it is unclear what governing body has claim over it because there are people of every nationality imprisoned there all at once. He is told that this is a place where people who know too much are retired and kept for their and (and presumably their government's) safe-keeping. He is also told that he will be given a comfortable life if he simply conforms and also agrees to answer one simple question: why did he resign? Number 6 refuses to answer and instead engages in a cat-and-mouse game of trying to escape while his wardens attempt to wrest the answer out of him by any and every means imaginable. In the end, it is left up to debate if Number 6 ever really did manage to escape The Village, but one thing is very clear: they never broke him. He never told them the answer to their persistent question. Why he resigned remains a well-kept secret.
What we do know of Number 6 is that he was an agent of the British Intelligence Agency, MI6 for a long stretch of time. He worked in the field on covert missions in and around the cold-war era. He very abruptly resigned his position without giving a formal reason, though his resignation letter was delivered with much anger. The question of "why did you resign?" would be a driving force for what happened next.
Just after delivering his resignation, he was gassed unconscious in his own home, captured, and taken to an unknown location named "The Village." The leader of The Village is a person who goes by the moniker "Number 2." The actual person who takes on that designation changes frequently, seemingly without the acknowledgment of anyone else in The Village.
Every person in The Village is either a prisoner or a warden, but no one is quite sure who is who. Names are not allowed, all villagers are assigned a number that serves as their formal identification. As the name suggests, The Village resembles a quaint resort village off the coast. There are recreational amenities, an infirmary, a labour exchange, a general store (where everything is paid for by "credits" the native village form of currency) and every villager has their own small cottage which is bizarrely designed to resemble the villager's real-life home down to the smallest detail.
Number 6 is not told who is in charge of The Village, and it is unclear what governing body has claim over it because there are people of every nationality imprisoned there all at once. He is told that this is a place where people who know too much are retired and kept for their and (and presumably their government's) safe-keeping. He is also told that he will be given a comfortable life if he simply conforms and also agrees to answer one simple question: why did he resign? Number 6 refuses to answer and instead engages in a cat-and-mouse game of trying to escape while his wardens attempt to wrest the answer out of him by any and every means imaginable. In the end, it is left up to debate if Number 6 ever really did manage to escape The Village, but one thing is very clear: they never broke him. He never told them the answer to their persistent question. Why he resigned remains a well-kept secret.
personality
At first glance, Number 6 is the very model of a dapper gentleman. He is loyal, has a keen sense of morality, and holds himself to the very highest standard of social decorum. His presence in a room commands attention and inspires confidence and he seems, to the unskilled observer, to be always calm, collected and utterly in control of himself and his surroundings. Yet, underneath his mask of gentile propriety runs an undercurrent of stormy disquiet.
Number 6 is a hardened spy, used to operating covert missions behind the Iron Curtain, and other extremely hostile environments. In the course of his work, he has deceived, betrayed, and even killed many people. But he dislikes acts of violence, killing especially, and will only do so when absolutely necessary. Despite his resignation, he remains staunchly loyal to his country and cause. What he does, he does for the "greater good." But over time, the weight of these duties becomes heavy on his conscience. It's possible that his resignation came when he was called upon to do something that would have tipped the scales too far for even him to abide.
His incarceration in The Village, immediately following his resignation, took the seed of his conscientious objections and bloomed them into a seething pit of wrath against his captors and their cruel torturous deeds. He will live and die for his principles, and he refuses to let himself be twisted or forced to go against his strongly held morals.
As a way of coping with his new situation in The Village, Number 6 puts up a front of sarcastic wit as a shield. He is distant, standoffish, and unwilling to trust. He questions the motivation behind every word told to him, and he is careful with what he reveals about himself. But sometimes, if he's pushed too far, his temper flares with sudden force, and his cool demeanor is broken by sudden outbursts manifesting in loud shouts or savage insults. But even when he loses his temper, he never strikes another person in his anger unless they have provoked him first or are threatening to harm someone else in his presence. In fact, he is enraged most by acts of violence against innocent or helpless bystanders.
When the necessity does arise, he will fight mercilessly against any number of people who challenge him. And he will present a challenge. He maintains a stringent fitness routine and is well-versed in hand-to-hand combat as well as weaponry and marksmanship. Beyond that, he is an excellent tactician with quick wit when sparring both physically and verbally. As far as he is concerned, mental fitness is just as important to him as physical fitness. He abhors the general laziness and complacency of most of his fellow Villagers and becomes agitated very easily by a perceived lack of free thought or deep intellect.
He holds himself in high regard and is self-assured in the belief that his values are the correct ones in a way that borders on arrogant narcissism. It takes a strong argument to change his mind once he's made it up about something. He leaves very little room for gray areas in a question of morality. It is rare that he ever compromises. He views it as allowing his values to be compromised. This makes him very stubborn against change. That doesn't mean it's impossible; if he can be shown that his own values of justice, fairness, and kindness are in opposition to his currently held beliefs, he will look into himself and see the need to revise his opinions. At his core, he is seeking to do good and uphold the best in humanity, even in himself.
The Village's cruel treatment of him and others have wounded him and made him put up his shileds but true kindness can help him lower them again. The crux of it all, for Number 6, is trust or a lack of it. He can't help but be paranoid after all he's been through. Friendships feel like a luxury he cannot afford. Letting people get close to him is dangerous in his mind. But the desire for human connections is still there, as is the desire for that safety. Given enough time, he might be able to find a way to let go of his fear and anger and learn that real freedom is the freedom to be his true self uninhibited.
Number 6 is a hardened spy, used to operating covert missions behind the Iron Curtain, and other extremely hostile environments. In the course of his work, he has deceived, betrayed, and even killed many people. But he dislikes acts of violence, killing especially, and will only do so when absolutely necessary. Despite his resignation, he remains staunchly loyal to his country and cause. What he does, he does for the "greater good." But over time, the weight of these duties becomes heavy on his conscience. It's possible that his resignation came when he was called upon to do something that would have tipped the scales too far for even him to abide.
His incarceration in The Village, immediately following his resignation, took the seed of his conscientious objections and bloomed them into a seething pit of wrath against his captors and their cruel torturous deeds. He will live and die for his principles, and he refuses to let himself be twisted or forced to go against his strongly held morals.
As a way of coping with his new situation in The Village, Number 6 puts up a front of sarcastic wit as a shield. He is distant, standoffish, and unwilling to trust. He questions the motivation behind every word told to him, and he is careful with what he reveals about himself. But sometimes, if he's pushed too far, his temper flares with sudden force, and his cool demeanor is broken by sudden outbursts manifesting in loud shouts or savage insults. But even when he loses his temper, he never strikes another person in his anger unless they have provoked him first or are threatening to harm someone else in his presence. In fact, he is enraged most by acts of violence against innocent or helpless bystanders.
When the necessity does arise, he will fight mercilessly against any number of people who challenge him. And he will present a challenge. He maintains a stringent fitness routine and is well-versed in hand-to-hand combat as well as weaponry and marksmanship. Beyond that, he is an excellent tactician with quick wit when sparring both physically and verbally. As far as he is concerned, mental fitness is just as important to him as physical fitness. He abhors the general laziness and complacency of most of his fellow Villagers and becomes agitated very easily by a perceived lack of free thought or deep intellect.
He holds himself in high regard and is self-assured in the belief that his values are the correct ones in a way that borders on arrogant narcissism. It takes a strong argument to change his mind once he's made it up about something. He leaves very little room for gray areas in a question of morality. It is rare that he ever compromises. He views it as allowing his values to be compromised. This makes him very stubborn against change. That doesn't mean it's impossible; if he can be shown that his own values of justice, fairness, and kindness are in opposition to his currently held beliefs, he will look into himself and see the need to revise his opinions. At his core, he is seeking to do good and uphold the best in humanity, even in himself.
The Village's cruel treatment of him and others have wounded him and made him put up his shileds but true kindness can help him lower them again. The crux of it all, for Number 6, is trust or a lack of it. He can't help but be paranoid after all he's been through. Friendships feel like a luxury he cannot afford. Letting people get close to him is dangerous in his mind. But the desire for human connections is still there, as is the desire for that safety. Given enough time, he might be able to find a way to let go of his fear and anger and learn that real freedom is the freedom to be his true self uninhibited.
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