The Altar: Character Profile: Joseph Zerra

This is my way of working on the novel.

Name: Joseph Nathaniel Zerra (pronounced ZEHR-a, rhymes with Sarah)
Age: 41
Birthday: October 11, 2418
Race: 90% white, 10% Hispanic
Hair: black, very thin, cut short, balding prematurely.
Height: 6'3"
Weight: 223 pounds, much of it lean muscle.
Wears notably round glasses, and often bears red marks on his face from lab goggles. Well-tanned skin. No known health conditions. Left-handed. Respectably athletic.

Occupation: Department of Primitive Studies, Head Field Scientist (observes Primitives and reports on their activities).
Relationship Status: Married. Wife's name: Andrea Alden Zerra. No children.
Family: No siblings. Father: Alexander Zerra. Mother: Rebecca Mollen Zerra.
Closest friends:

Hobbies: playing guitar (classically trained), listening to prewar electronica (Animal Collective, !!!, Passion Pit) and prog (The Mars Volta, Between the Buried and Me), attending meetings of the Elite Society of Thought (a philosophy group of sorts), playing lacrosse and basketball with fellow Elites.

He enjoys his work immensely and is fully devoted to the Elite cause of repopulating Earth with the best and brightest. However he cares more for the Primitives than many of his fellow Elites. He believes some of the Primitives have just as much potential as the Elites. However he is forced to keep these thoughts to himself to avoid the watchful eye of the Genius.

As he is a bit of a Renaissance man, he is fairly popular with the opposite sex; however has been faithful to his wife for all fourteen years of their marriage.