Name: Aran Urskine
Gender: Male
Age: 18
Appearance: A somewhat but not overly pale young man with a seemingly normal build, Aran stands at a mere 5'4", but that sure doesn't stop his rapid facial growth. He will arrive at the island clean-shaven, but that won't last long. His beard will match his hair - a dirty orange and also cut down, from a reasonably long mane to a mere couple inches spiked up to prepare for the coming challenges. His sunk-in eyes are a dark yellow-green-brown and surrounded by the grey rims of small rectangular glasses, as he is nearsighted. Clothes? Loose clothing like sweaters and sweats, typically, though in this case he dons cargo pants for some, er, utility, supposedly.
Personality: Aran's pretty consistent in his actions across various circumstances: neutral, pragmatic, and generally upfront with whatever's appropriate and reserved with what isn't (in his mind, anyway). However, during particularly intense times in one way or another he may slip up and succumb emotionally to whatever's happening. Nevertheless, context generally doesn't dictate his behavior, and as such it is more prone to sway from internal forces unrelated to the present situation. Formalities are a chore he ignores or is oblivious to, so he's kind of dumb in that aspect.
Reason for Competing: Let's just say his, uh, network(s) persuaded him to do this on the basis of gaining experience or doing something 'productive', though he bets that they were at least partly influenced by the fact that he said he'd split the prize money if he won the thing, or maybe he's being tested. He feels pretty out of place in reality television, a genre that garnered some head scratching from him in the past, but he does admit that it could be, like, a character-building experience, or something.
Personal Life/Job/Hobbies: Aran left school years ago and has been working full-time for a relatively small, mostly non-profit organization for raising awareness and acting upon various issues in society, although he and others have been recently questioning the legitimacy of the 'non-profit' bit due to questionable activity, potentially illegal or even criminal. His hobbies include listening to music, surfing the web, tennis, and playing chess with his pokemon team (he always loses to those who know how to play).
Favorite Pokémon: Although never any members of his team, Aran is quite fond of Barboach and Whiscash from vivid childhood memories.