Thomas Striker

Tom was born and grew up in the south-east of England. He joined the police force in his early twenties, spurred forward after the death of his younger sister. Sadly though, after a few years of service, he lost his leg from below the knee on the job.
The accident was a huge blow on everything Tom had trained for during his youth, an achievement that he was very proud of when he was finally taken into the force and passed with flying colours especially on his psysicle training. With the news of loosing his leg, he knew his days in the force were numbered, and he felt at a loss with what he had trained so hard for. He never fully could accept what has happened to him, he felt everything he worked for and lived for was wasted and felt he was useless in his current state.
He did however eventually manage to pull himself together and think of what he could actually do. He started to turn his focus towards private investigation, being his own boss which then, didn't matter about anyone elses opinion of what they think him capable of. In turn, Tom was able to carry on his drive to better help people who been may have been through a similar experience as him with loss, grief and the need for answers. He took up more courses where he could and studied hard, then, sadly, after his mum passed away he made the decision to move to America where he felt there was more of a calling for private investigators and managed to get his own business up and running.
Over the years he started to get more of a name for himself. Instead of going on steak-outs to catch a potential unfaithful lovers and other such scandals, he was getting actual serious cases, helping people find missing loved ones, to finding out the truth behind a death of a loved one. Despite having a good name for himself now, financially things are still tight as being a soft touch, he quite often doesn't charge enough as he should for his services, which in turn was a sore topic in his recent past relationship. Of said relationship, he had previously been engaged, living with his fiancè, Rachel and her child from a previous relationship, Lucy, who Tom had grown to love an adore like his own daughter. Sadly however, as much as Tom would have loved to keep this family unit to be a part of, the relationship had far deteriorated and separation was simply for the best for them both. Tom not being the biological father of Lucy has made the seperation even more heart wrenching for him as it takes away any rights for Tom being able to have contact if Rachel doesn't want it. The break up hasn't been particularly smooth sailing and still being worked through.
Tom is currently 'living' above his office since the break-up, and has just settled with his own life and routine around that now.
Tom has been getting really worn thin over the years and really could do with an assistant to help keep on top of his work, but finding someone with a decent work ethic and morals for work such as this is hard to come by it seems. But working alone is what Tom has grown accustomed to anyway.