Smoke's currently in the heel mindset since he is hunting for retribution after an unknown person had burned his apartment down. This hatred has since been further fueled thanks to the likes of Shane and another accomplice that's yet to be announced ;)

It's a very raYne-y thing to say, but Smoke is actually inspired by me. Obviously, being my first experience ever with e-fedding, I hadn't really gotten into the writing spirit when I showed up, so plenty of Smoke's base characteristics and general profile is based off of myself. However, he is not me, because since joining I have developed his character to a state of total independence, mainly formed by the many storylines and situations that have happened here. I basically wanted to start with a blank slate and then transform the character through time, rather than just pushing change. I think it's worked, or at least in the progress of working, obviously not quite finished :P

I would say 'EVERYTHING' but that's cliché, and fuck being cliché. I think my favourite thing is expanding his aforementioned 'evolution' as a character, as in writing stories and chapters rather than the trash talk, but trust me, I loves me some trash talk.

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