Elias Tylott

RED Scout based on Mountainlab Elias Tylott is a bit of an enigma to others. Not in his personality, but in just what he exactly is. Arguably a cyborg, Elias lost a lot of his vision when fighting a BLU Spy. With the help of his team's Medic Josef Esser and Engineer Scott Palmer, they developed a little visor connected to cybernetics that would restore his vision to 100% perfection, though the visor can't be removed without hurting him anymore. Elias agreed to it, and the visor provides him excellent vision on the field and sensitivity to minute movements.

Biography
Elias Tylott hails from the crowded and busy New York City, where he was born and raised. As a New Yorker Elias lived under the shadow of many other people copeting with him in various aspects - academics, art, business, and more. Where he was shadowed in many fields, he did find one where he was the star, the one people would think of when the question, "Who is the best?" was raised - running. His mother often sent him on errands that she would need to get done urgently and like the filial and loving son he was, never failed her. His years of literally running errands built up his speed, and he joined the track and field team at his high school where he excelled and shone.

Being the dashing young man he was, earned a lot of favour with many girls who flocked to him once he became crowned as the top runner of the school. However, this kind of popularity not only got him positive attention, but negative attention too as jealous people realised he was the star and that they now lived in his shadow. Fuelled by jealousy, many older boys would bully him, all the way until he was out of high school. Having to defend himself on a day to day basis, Elias learned to fight, starting with street fighting, then taking proper mixed martial arts classes.

He got into trouble once he started fighting back, but his mother and father were always on his side and more often then not, he could justify it as self-defence as his bullies were the instigators. However, in hs final year of high school his mother passed away from health complications, and it left both Elias and his father in grief, sorrow, and agony. Elias's father, unable to cope, became violent and explosive, lashing out at Elias whenever his emotions got the better of him and in turn, Elias too reflected this beahviour. He would be the one starting fights at school as a way of unknwoingly taking out his frustration over his dad's toxic behaviour, and his grief over his mom's death.

His father no longer protected him and with the fights Elias was starting at school, the latter began spiraling into a depressed pit. No one reached out to help him, teachers reacting negatively to his emotions and only allowing them to fester further into hate and more anger. Elias did manage to scrape by and graduate high school, but his attitude nevr changed because no one was there to help him.

Fuelled by anger, Elias went on a spree of creating trouble wherever he went, no matter where he was or what he was doing. He got into fights, couldn't hold down a job, couldn't get accepted into university, and at onbe point, gotten trashed hard enough to land in the hospital. He only found help there, in the form of a nurse who had lost her own son to depression, and wanted to help him. She had a way with her words and was very good at handling people like Elias, and he started to make a recovery, both physically and mentally.

Still, even after he got out of the hospital he had nowhere to go. His father had turned completely abusive and reclusive so Elias refused to return home, and he couldn't find a job nor get into university or college. But he did know how to fight, and this is what got the attention of a certain administrative secretary for a company barely anyone knew about - Miss Pauling.

From police reports Miss Pauling had heard of Elias, and he seemed to be just what she needed. A person with an inclination to fight without hesitation, not the type to question or speculate. He was perfect for the job she had in mind and with that, she reached out to him with an offer of a lucrative and permanent job as a scout for a team of mercenaries. Elias did not hesitate, jumping at the offer and with that, he was on his way to Teufort, New Mexico.

Elias excelled at his new job but did not get along with the first team he had been placed with in Badwater Basin. Miss Pauling agreed to try and accomodate him and found him a new team located in Mountainlab, where she was sure he would be able to fit in well.

He made the switch and thanks to Miss Pauling, found the right team for him. The first friend he made with his new team was with the team's Sniper, a fairly reclusive yet interesting werewolf named Archer Garavon. Archer's lack of any predisposition to Elias allowed him to make friends, and from there Elias found the courage to try be someone different with the help of Archer to pull himself out of the pit he had dug for himself. Now, he is friends with his team, and would go so far as to call them brothers.

Elias's Eyes
Elias wears a visor permanently attached to him. It was cleverly crafted by his team's Medic and Engineer to restore his eyesight after he suffered serious injuries while fighting a BLU Spy. The visor was expected to restore up to 85% of his vision, but it reacted much better than expected and restored 100% of Elias's vision, and giving him a little advantage by increasing his visual sensitivity to small movements. The visor cannot be removed without surgery.

Personality
Elias is brash and his words cut. He still retains some of his abrasive personality from his troubled past, but his team is perfectly okay with it as long as he doesn't cross any lines. Quick to anger, and quick to defuse, Elias is easy to manage once his triggers for his explosive behaviour are recognised. The general cure-all for his episodes is to just leave him alone and check in with him after some time, and he always bounces back within a matter of hours.

Elias is very engaging with certain people and happy to talk about his interests, especially with his long-time friend Archer Garavon, the team's Sniper. He can be quite introspective at times, but only certain conversations with certain people brings out this side of his personality and very rarely.