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'Cause I have walked five thousand miles. I have killed one thousand men. Now I'm tired and I want to go home, but I don't know the way...

CAMDEN LAHEY AGE 19 | 08.11.1990 - 11.27.2009 HOMETOWN Beacon Hills, California SPECIES Human FAMILY Isaac Lahey LANGUAGE English, very little but some Arabic OCCUPATION U.S. Army Private specialized in combat RELATIONSHIPS ISAAC LAHEY younger brother.

Camden Lahey was born and raised in Beacon Hills, California with his mother, father, and younger brother, Isaac. As a child, he was precocious and a little rambunctious, but all in all, he was happy. In high school, Camden swam for Beacon Hills High School under his father's coaching and earned himself a letter jacket for his trouble right before he graduated. Never particularly inclined toward academics, Camden scraped by with grades high enough to keep from losing his place on the swim team and, in his sophomore year, the lacrosse team. He's very athletic and he was good when he played lacrosse, but he always favored the swim team and only spent one year on the lacrosse team. As he grew older, he became semi-interested in politics and very interested in current events. After their mother passed and when Camden turned eighteen in the summer of 2008, he enlisted in the Army, eager to join the efforts overseas to fight terrorism. At the time, the war was still raging on in Iraq and Afghanistan and after bootcamp, Camden was immediately sent overseas on tour to fight. It was there when Camden was killed accidentally in friendly fire while doubling back to retrieve a fallen comrade's body in the midst of battle, feeling it important that his fellow soldier's family deserved the closure that would come with a proper burial back home. Prior to his death, Camden was always close with his younger brother, Isaac, being the protective older brother that he was. He promised that when he came home from his first tour, things would be better and Isaac could come live with him on the Fort Meyer base in Arlington, where he was stationed, if he wanted to. Camden put extensive amounts of effort into keeping in as close contact with his brother while he was overseas as he could, making sure that he always found his way to a laptop or a cellphone during what little downtime he had, even if it was just to leave a Facebook message to say that he missed him and he hoped he'd be home soon. The last contact Camden had with Isaac was the day before he died, on November 26, 2009 to wish him a Happy Thanksgiving and to let him know that he'd gotten news that he was going to be sent home on leave for a month, and would be departing to head home by that following Monday, December 1, so he would be home for Christmas that year. He woke up in the streets of New York City, suddenly, in a pocket universe where anything was possible: there were two iterations of his younger brother there, but he'd grown to nearly an adult. Werewolves were real; his brothers were werewolves. While struggling a little with his PTSD — and then more than a little — Camden settled into a life in the free apartments for the displaced in Manhattan. Eventually, he took a job as a stripper at Lydia Martin's establishment, Beacons and did what he could to help the Isaac he lived with open an orphanage. STRENGTHS LEADERSHIP Camden has always been something of a leader and this did not end when he joined the Army; he intended to work hard to rise up the ranks and was always something of an unofficial second in command, if other privates had been able to elect one, that was. LOYALTY If you're a friend of Camden, he will always, always have your back. PATIENCE Oddly enough, contrary to what his temper would suggest, Camden actually has the patience of a saint. WEAKNESSES FORGETFUL Camden's short term memory is, in a word, shit. You might have to tell him something a few times before it sticks, with the exception of names. He's pretty good with names. HERO COMPLEX The eldest Lahey son died in combat because he couldn't stop himself from playing the hero. He's always the first to throw himself into the fray to protect someone else; it's why he joined the military to begin with: to take the steps toward creating a better life for himself and, by proxy, his younger brother. STUBBORNNESS It's Camden's way or the highway, no ifs, ands, or buts. He's stubborn as a damn mule. PERSONALITY TRAITS ANGER Something that lay latent in Camden until he ended up in combat overseas was an anger issue he didn't realize he had. It takes a lot to make Camden angry, but once he's there, watch out. Something his little brother hasn't seen, yet — because of Camden being on his tour in Afghanistan when it finally manifested itself — is his tendency to punch walls or trees or, really, anything that is solid and not a person when he's frustrated or angry. He has the mouth of a sailor these days, and if he realized that it was something beyond "what happens when you're a soldier," he'd want to seek out professional help. Unfortunately, he currently does not see this as a sign that he could end up following in his father's footsteps if he isn't careful. CHARISMA But, if you're on his good side, he will charm the shit out of you. LOYALTY If you're a friend of Camden, he will always, always have your back. PATRIOTIC Like...hardcore. Don't complain about the state of America, you'll piss him off. A lot. PTSD Camden suffers moderate PTSD, meaning that he will occassionally have flashbacks prompted by especially loud noises like the sound of a car backfiring and his anger is another manifestation of this. The symptoms come and go; sometimes Camden will appear to be just fine and he'll feel it, as well, and other times, he'll be lethargic and lost in his own head...back on the battlefield...for hours or days at a time.

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