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Lyle Tiberius Rourke | |
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| Commander Rourke Dickhead (by Wenert Lützelschwab) | |
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Home universe: |
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Date of birth: |
40 BXC (1220 NE) |
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Date of death: |
14 AXC (1274 NE) |
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Species: |
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Gender: |
Male |
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Hair color: |
Gray and balding |
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Eye color: |
Dark |
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Skin color: |
Olive |
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Rank: |
Artillery Sgt. |
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Occupation(s): |
Expedition Commander |
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Status: |
Deceased |
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Killed by: |
Killed in battle |
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Father: |
Lt. Colonel Jackson Rourke |
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Mother: |
Rachel Lee Rourke |
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Marital status: |
Divorced |
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Spouse(s): |
Unnamed Ex-Wife |
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Commander Lyle Tiberius Rourke was a male human from the Malica Universe. He was the part of a previous mission to Iceland where he assisted Milo Thatch's grandfather, Thaddeus, in locating the Shepherd's Journal, which would be the key tool for the expedition to find the lost continent of Atlantis. He initially could be described as a very reliable and praiseworthy commander able to lead his men through perils, but as the expedition progressed, he turned out to be a highly greedy, manipulative, ruthless and sadistic mercenary who was only in it to capture the Heart of Atlantis and make money off of it.
Biography[]
Early Life[]
Born the son of a Cavalry Officer, Lyle T. Rourke learned the transitory life of a military man at an early age. Rourke Sr. was killed at Battle of Spotsylvania, leaving behind his wife and only son, Lyle. After repeated expulsions from boarding school (fighting), Rourke determined to follow in his father's footsteps, joined the Military at the age of 15 by lying to his induction officer about his age. Due to being expelled from boarding school numerous times at the age of 15, he possesses a strong sense of anti-intellectualism as he believed that intellectualism prevented people from 'playing dirty' in order to become successful in life.
Rourke exhibited a remarkable talent for leadership, owing to his analytical mind and charisma. He was married in June XXX AXC (1XXX NE), but his wife left him after only 4 months of marriage.
Rourke later retired in XXX AXC (1XXX NE) and became under the employment of millionaire Preston B. Whitmore, whose closest friend Thaddeus Thatch is known for his claims about the existence of Atlantis. Upon hearing that Thaddeus is intending to find an ancient manuscript called the Shepherd's Journal that will detail the location of Atlantis, Whitmore sends over Rourke and his team of seven experts (Rourke's second-in-command Helga Katrina Sinclair, demolitions expert Vincenzo "Vinny" Santorini, geologist Gaetan "Mole" Molière, medical officer Joshua Sweet, chief mechanic Audrey Rocio Ramirez, cook Jebidiah Allerdyce "Cookie" Farnsworth, and cynical communications expert Wilhelmina Packard) to help Thaddeus search for the lost book.
Eventually, Thaddeus was able to find the Shepherd's Journal located in Iceland, declaring the mission to be a success, much to the surprise and delight of Rourke and his team. Unfortunately, the Smithsonian board refused to accept this and jeered Thaddeus, who died of a broken heart, much to Preston and the team's distraught. However, Rourke was secretly unconcerned by the loss of Thaddeus, and found out within the Shepherd's Journal a certain page that details a certain energy source: a powerful crystal known as the 'Heart of Atlantis' that would make him extremely rich. Despite taking the page for himself, Rourke was unable to read and translate the Atlantean language, so he decided that he needed to have a linguistics expert to help him translate the text.
Personality and Traits[]
Rourke first started out appearing as a respectable, pragmatic and a reasonable figure of authority. Seemingly taking meticulous notion of the safety of his team during the expedition and mourning over the casualties as the expedition continues. In truth, he was extremely manipulative, scheming, cruel and violent, having no qualms against harming or threatening others to get what he wanted, as he planned to steal the Heart of Atlantis to sell for a high price and didn't even care if the Atlanteans would die as a result.
He also has no loyalty to his own men, even betraying his right-hand woman Helga during the final battle, though this horribly backfired on him. Rourke also displayed a strong sense of anti-intellectualism because he believed that prevents people from "playing dirty" in order to succeed in life and considers idealism as a weakness, as seen when his crew blamed him for all the wrong he has done, he was completely surprised and mocked them for letting a conscience growing up.
Rourke is also shown to be an authoritative and intelligent pragmatist (both personally and professionally) who tends to make his own rules, take what he needs, and discards anything that he considers "useless baggage". Rourke is also partially argumentative and has quite a bit of control over his temper, as he tells Milo and sarcastically congratulates him for setting it off. Even then, he remains mostly calm despite his clear annoyance. However, following the thwarting of his plot, Rourke completely lost his calm attitude as he sadistically attempts to kill off Milo in revenge. Even then, he did not completely lose his mind. He is also tough-minded and enduring, going after Milo even after his painful transformation.
Overall, Rourke was a madman with no regard for anyone but himself. Worse, he clearly enjoyed causing suffering as he committed many crimes out of sadism instead of greed, for example when he punched Milo in the face and stepped on his grandfather's picture just to be cruel, and never shows the slightest bit of remorse for his heinous deeds despite knowing he was endangering hundreds of lives. There have been indications he was considering selling the Heart of Atlantis to the Heartless Empire with no regards of them using it as a weapon so long as he gets what he wanted.
Trivia[]
- the year he was born from the source was 1860 but yet to determined the actual year in the Malica verse.