This is an attempt to capture for reference a character paper snapshot of the character Derek Brown, a supporting character in the Multiverser novels who debuts in Old Verses New, continues his story in For Better or Verse, and returns...that would be telling.  This character sheet includes everything that is confirmed about him, plus a few extrapolations, in those two books, and thus represents him as he is in the final chapter of the latter.

The picture was dug up on the Internet as an approximate image of him; it's not perfect, but is reasonably close.

To assist the referee, some entries include at least one coded reference to a chapter or chapters in which the item is mentioned; thus by cross-referencing with the story you can determine the details.  The chapters are identified by which character's story is being told, and thus most of those here begin with "B" for Brown; this is followed by a three-digit number indicating the chapter number for that character, not the chapter number for the book.  Thus if you want to find the first reference to his name, you read here that it appears in B001, and on the index page for the novel you search for the text "Brown 1" and that will take you to the link for that chapter.  Obviously the chapters beginning "K" are Joe's story, and thus "Kondor", those beginning "H" are Lauren's story, "Hastings", and those beginning "S" are Bob's, "Slade".  The second novel begins with Hastings 44, Kondor 42, and Brown 1, ends with Hastings 95, Kondor 96, and Brown 55 and the third contains Hastings 96 through 136, Slade 43 through 92, and Brown 56 through 96.

Derek Jacob Brown

A.K.A.: Derek Brown, self identification upon meeting B002

A.K.A.: The Boy, by Qualick B022 B034 and others B035

A.K.A.: Derek, given as what to call him B039 B093

A.K.A.: Theian Toreinu Morach, spritish name, Morach or ‘Rach for short B060 B061 B062 B084 B089

A.K.A.: Little Bug, by Thalaoniri and the elves B080, in elfish Eh Vrek B081.

A.K.A.: Ferris Hoffman, self-chosen name for middle form, H130 B089

WEAKNESSES:
Out-of-shape adolescent B029 resolved as sprite B089

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION:
Height:  5' 0" After transformation Derek 5', Ferris 2'6", Morach 1'3" H130 B090
Weight:  170#?à140#? B024 Derek 140#, Ferris 24#, Morach 3#
Current Hair Style: 
Hair Color: 
Age:  Seventh grade B028 12 years old B029 H095 b.1988 d.2000 B040 K085 Looks 17, but young B090 H134 (carded when he tries to buy bubblegum)
Eye Color: 
Facial Hair:  None
Birthmarks, Tatoos, or other unusual markings:  None
Other Description:  six inches and thirty pounds smaller than out-of-shape teens three years older, a child about the age of Lauren’s middle child Tiffany.

SKILLS:

TECH

PSI

MAG

BOD

Equipment

Known Exclusions

Owns waders, did not bring them. B009
Not carrying food or water initially. B009
Knows very little about religion B014
Does not know the word “defibrillator” B015
Not athletic B018
Knows almost nothing about girls K087 but recognizes Raeph’s interest in Lauren B048
Knows little history, nothing about Mahatma Gandhi or Martin Luther King Jr., but that they succeeded at non-violent resistance somehow.
Cannot hover B076 B079

World List
Stage 1

1. NagaWorld: killed by coral bush B001
2. Cask of Amontilado B001 B003 shot three times B004
3. Haunted House B005 killed by poltergeist throwing him through window and stabbing with shards B008
4. Vampire swamp B009 apparently bitten in the neck B011
5. Slasher Summer Camp B011 stabbed with his own knife B018
6. Mutant World B019 killed by laser blaster B036
7. Terranova Habitat B037
8. Zygote Experience/Sprite World B055
9. Vampire Future H130

Identified Characteristics

Dislikes gym, sports, and outdoors stuff. His only real exercise is riding his bike to school. B029
Has seen many horror movies B001, knows that in horror films you can’t escape B002, thinks he should hope for the best but prepare for the worst B003.
Left-handed B004
Almost impossible to get him into the bath, nearly as difficult to get him out B011
His DNA has features which are unique in the Terranova universe B042
Is aware that he won’t age B042
Chooses to avoid intoxicants B043
Likes the idea of saving a world, even if no one knows B064
Does not care for tea, prefers orange juice with breakfast B090
Homesick for two different worlds B093
Learns to embrace the present as a place you love and the future as a place you seek, neither detracting from the other, both good, God good, and that enough to know for now B096.

Personal History

His first theory of the verse was that this was all nightmares of a comatose patient. B001 B009 B011 B039
Killed by a “Rapid Responder” video game controller which had been broken by Bobby Peterson. B001.
Considers possibility that he is a restless spirit from beyond the grave. B005
Explored suburban housing construction sites at home B005
Would not permit himself to recognize that he was in a “haunted house” B006
Misses father, mother, and one brother B009 B025
Is from Mahwah, somewhere upstate from Newark, state not specified B012
Reluctantly swam in a lake near his home B013
Watched David perform CPR B015
Meets Lauren in Mutant World H064
Watched horror movies to pretend he was brave, but after his experiences he is no longer afraid H065
Recognizes that Lauren’s idea that God sent him somewhere turns an accident into an adventure B022
Eventually forgets the nightmare B024
Considers that Lauren might be right about God B024
Meets Joe in Terranova B044
Has observed Lauren projecting a psi skill pattern B049 doing clairvoyance B050
Experience moving in zero gravity K092
Reborn child of Theian Orlina Lelach B059 named Theian Toreinu Morach B060

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