In this universe, Yamato Ishida is born as Matthew Durand. No one ever calls him Matthew, usually it's Matt. He is a werewolf who shares his spirit with a white wolf. He first discovered he was a were at age 15. As of event start, he's 18, currently having just started his final year of high school, and is currently involved in his own high school amateur rock band as an extracurricular.
His parents are French immigrants who have sort of come to terms with the fact that their son kind of changes into a wolf-beast on occasion, but to their credit, they really try to be supportive parents because they have no idea what the hell is going on. The first time Matt changed, it was in the middle of a fight when he was trying to defend an elementary school student from bullies. Thankfully, he was spotted by a teacher who had ties to The Pack and he found a mentor and stability (also learning how to control the changes and instinct), which also resulted in him being a slightly more functioning teenager with less angst and self loathing. Being introduced to The Pack also means that now he feels a responsibility for trying to spot younger weres in school that may have slipped through the net, so to speak.
In terms of connections, Matt lives in the apartment next to Greg's with his parents and occasionally pops over to say hi with gifts from his mum. He's also working a part time job doing odd jobs and things at the Sanctuary House under Helen Magnus, having started from volunteering there a year ago. He also does have an NPC girlfriend in this AU who enjoys spending time at Lambert's cat cafe, so usually he can be found there Suffering because his girlfriend is a cat person and he's a wolf.
Even if your character hasn't met him in person yet, you probably know of his online Reddit-equivalent username, which is knifeofdaybecause I'm a loser and it's funny - he's a teenager which means he's on his phone 90% of the time and chatting is a thing also, so is lurking on supernatural-related forums/discussion threads, apparently ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
YAMATO ISHIDA (MATTHEW DURAND)
His parents are French immigrants who have sort of come to terms with the fact that their son kind of changes into a wolf-beast on occasion, but to their credit, they really try to be supportive parents because they have no idea what the hell is going on. The first time Matt changed, it was in the middle of a fight when he was trying to defend an elementary school student from bullies. Thankfully, he was spotted by a teacher who had ties to The Pack and he found a mentor and stability (also learning how to control the changes and instinct), which also resulted in him being a slightly more functioning teenager with less angst and self loathing. Being introduced to The Pack also means that now he feels a responsibility for trying to spot younger weres in school that may have slipped through the net, so to speak.
In terms of connections, Matt lives in the apartment next to Greg's with his parents and occasionally pops over to say hi with gifts from his mum. He's also working a part time job doing odd jobs and things at the Sanctuary House under Helen Magnus, having started from volunteering there a year ago. He also does have an NPC girlfriend in this AU who enjoys spending time at Lambert's cat cafe, so usually he can be found there Suffering because his girlfriend is a cat person and he's a wolf.
Even if your character hasn't met him in person yet, you probably know of his online Reddit-equivalent username, which is knifeofday
because I'm a loser and it's funny- he's a teenager which means he's on his phone 90% of the time and chatting is a thing also, so is lurking on supernatural-related forums/discussion threads, apparently ¯\_(ツ)_/¯