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| - Harold Brown was a Los Angeles councilman.
- Harold Fraser "Hal" Brown (born September 14, 1920) is a former Canadian ice hockey right winger. He played in the NHL for the New York Rangers. He was born in Brandon, Manitoba.
- After getting a degree in English Literature Harold Brown wanted to peruse his master’s. Unfortunately for him, his Brother Richard decided otherwise. Richard was a drummer with no job and no prospects so signing up to some crazy island sounded like a good idea. Free food? SWEET. Harold was eventually talked into going on this adventure, but mostly to keep an eye on his dumb older brother. The Brown brothers settle well in Step City. Harold finds work in a little book shop; he mostly keeps to himself apart from the occasional chats to customers about favourite works. The other brother, who is much more outgoing and fun quickly finds a band to jam with then meets the girl of his dreams, a singer called Dot. Richard, concerned about Harold’s self isolation, begs Harold to liven the fuck up and do something other than reading all the time. Harold is initially insulted by His brother’s accusations. He did go to the opera and the ballet after all, surely that counts as social time right? Richard argues that he’s not taking anyone to them so it totes doesn’t count. After a few days of bickering, Harold starts to go to evening classes but only if his brother stops teasing him for his interests. The dancing lessons really helped Harold open up to people. He did pretty well considering the only he had only danced by himself when no one was around. Harold started joining his Richard and his sister in law at their after show parties, meeting all sorts of colourful characters. The parties didn’t stop even when Dot got pregnant, just less alcohol and a bit shorter. The frequency boost from the experiment helped his talent grow but he would still need to be coaxed with alcohol if you wanted to cut the rug with him. V’day was a traumatic for Harold. The brothers had argued and ended up in a bit of a scuffle, there were broken noses and bruises but more importantly words were said that can never be taken back. Richard was trampled to death during the chaos of V’day. Harold feels responsible for his death and feels a huge amount of guilt. If he hadn’t said those things Richard wouldn’t have stormed out of the apartment. When Harold found out his brother was dead he was in a state of shock. His newly acquired vibe power cloaked him for days, he couldn't control it and was practically dead to the world. It was only by chance he managed to snap out of it. The book shop that Harold worked in had been destroyed. It went up like a tinderbox and Harold’s boss was never seen again. Desperate, he ends up taking dodgy jobs because of his invaluable vibe power. He keeps his distance with everyone he was once close to, to prevent them from getting mixed in with the dark side of Step City. However he sends creds to his sister in law and niece because he still cares. He starts off doing small scale jobs and slowly building up a reputation as being efficient, stone cold professional. During these years he learnt the limitations of his vibe and dedicated it purely to stealth, sure he learnt some interesting tricks but if he couldn't use them for practical purposes he disregarded them. In the war of 99’ Harold saw some action but mostly served as recon. Dot is killed in crossfire. He feels ashamed for protecting Funk Mafia as a whole instead of protecting whats left of his family. He tries to be closer to Lucy since she’s all that he’s got left but finds it difficult to open up. Instead he concentrates on helping her to become independent, opening her eyes just enough to see the dark side of the city.
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