Alex Molina
Background
A graduate of the New Mexico Institute of Technology, Molina was the very first student ever to pass through Endron’s EEPS internship program. Already the recipient of an Endron-sponsored National Merit Scholarship, Molina was thrilled to be offered a summer position in the field with the company. The possibility of employment after graduation was dangled as well, and Molina was eager to sign on.
Making things even better, the assignment was in Texas, near Molina’s home. Everything looked perfect. Unfortunately, due to a clerical error Molina got himself assigned to one of the special EEPS units - one assigned to dealing strictly with supernatural occurrences. A halfmile off shore, an Endron drilling platform had found something odd.
The EEPS was called in, just in time to watch something greenish and viscous slither its way up the drill and start dissolving members of the platform crew. Molina saw this before anyone realized that he simply didn’t belong there. He watched the horror of it all, and, rather than screaming or fleeing, stood there and took it all in. This, he realized, was what he wanted to do with his life.
This was what he really wanted to find. This was his calling. He took a step closer to the entity, eager to see what it was. Then the rest of the team came to their senses and hustled him off the platform. However, Endron knew by this that it had a keeper.
and put him to work on an EEPS immediately. The deal has paid dividends undreamed of for Endron, and for Molina himself as well. While in the field, he’s uncovered a remarkable range of caerns, mystical artifacts, ancient ruins and, of course, oil deposits, and he has done so with flair, panache and a remarkable facility for bringing his entire team home in one piece.
Now he leads Endron’s most experienced, most talented EEPS, and does so extremely well. Of course, there’s a price to be paid for this sort of success. Whatever’s gotten into Molina is aging him at a tremendous rate, and while he’s barely 35, he looks almost 60. He wouldn’t have it any other way, however. The things he’s seen and touched make it all worthwhile.
Lately, Molina has started talking about death. Associates (for he has no close friends) say that he seems oddly cheery about mortality. Indeed, he’s seemed almost religious in his discussions of the subject, talking about “what’s waiting for him on the other side.” In light of what Molina has seen and where he’s gone, what that might be can only be imagined.
Character Description
Alex Molina looks like a hale, hearty man of 60 years of age. He’s got a remarkably deep tan and shows all the hallmarks of having worked in the sun for decades. His hands are a working man’s hands, callused by years of work in the field, but his movements are very precise, particularly for a man of his apparent age. Molina’s hair is white, though he still has most of it, and his eyes are dark brown. He’s nearly six feet tall, with a distance runner’s build and a narrow, angular face, but most of the time he’s smiling.