Editing Divine Strife:Colton Atkins (section)

=== Appearance and Background ===
'''Gender:''' Male<br/>
'''Age:''' 48 years<br/>
'''Appearance and Demeanor:''' Coltan carries himself as one who is used to having what he needs provided for him.  He is starting to get used to not having all of the luxuries in life, but he does sometimes miss it.  He still usually dresses in suits (a habit as much as anything else) but these suits may be slightly ill-fitting, as he obtains them from a charity shop.  He is meticulous about his appearance.<br/>
'''Background:''' Coltan used to be a very rich man.  He was a banker - one of that special breed that can take assets (companies, land, whatever) and figure out the optimal way to break them apart and sell the pieces to make a profit.  He told himself that he was making organisations more efficient, ensuring that people had good jobs instead of bad ones, optimising productivity - but he knew in reality that he was stripping apart things that others had put together, and taking a nice healthy profit for himself.  His work was his life - he had no time for a family, or for much in the way of friends, beyond the people that he worked with.  He spent every second in the pursuit of material wealth.  Over time, he became dissatisfied with this - there was something missing from his life, and he wasn't sure what it was.  He ignored this little voice in the back of his head, but it got louder, and eventually he realised he had to do something.<br/>
He looked for an answer - something to bring meaning to his life - without any success, until one day he overheard a story about a man who could grant wishes.  He went to see the Man in the Booth, and was told that he would have to relinquish his old life, and do it in such a way that he could never go back.  He was at that time involved in a big project that would have resulted in lots of people losing their jobs and lots of businesses failing.  He went to the press and told them all about it, and what his employers plans were - destroying the deal, and forever destroying his career.  He donated much of his money to charity, leaving enough for a modest retirement income.  He felt good for having left, but it still felt as if there was something missing - so he returned to the Man in the Booth, and was told that he too wished to retire.  Handing over his journal, he told Coltan to wait a day, and then read it.  When Coltan woke the next morning he had gained his spark, and started to read, realising that here was a power that could be used to affect mortal lives - improving them, or at least giving them what they thought they wanted, for a cost.  <br/>

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