Agent Frank Silverman

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Personality:

 * Frank sees the world in terms of good and evil. He's a perfectionist, judgmental and jealous. At this unhealthy level, he believes he is good and most everything else is evil. He alone knows the truth - everyone else is wrong. Frank has completely dissociated true feelings, becoming a "loner" with a plan, willing to go to extremes for what he believes is right. The problem is that the idea of what's right may be utterly wrong. He has a very definite plan for ridding the world (and himself) of perceived evil and believes it's all up to him. Frank is unwilling to listen to anyone, becoming punitive, cruel and furiously angry, but doesn't understand what emotional destruction he leaves in his wake. This sub-type is less people oriented which makes him misanthropic, disliking all people as evil.

Flaws:

 * Frank's character flaw is based on the incorrect belief that he and whatever situation he's involved with can be perfect if everyone acts correctly. He obsesses with avoiding making mistakes or losing self-control.


 * When he's under pressure, he gets angry, feeling misunderstood and alone. In those rare moments when he's relaxed and secure, he becomes less controlled by rules, living more in the moment.

Childhood:

 * Frank is a product of an extremely unstable childhood, especially regarding the protective father figure. He saw both parents as undependable and too incompetent to be his parents, making him react by having to choose what's right and wrong and learning that it's up to him to make everything all right. He aligned himself with the rules to contain his anxiety. Somehow, things got a little off track. The emotions he needs to contain are somehow unbearably painful, possibly because the father figure or another authority figure did him wrong. Somehow he learned humans aren't any good, but he can make it right.

Education:

 * Having had a lot of education may give Frank a condescending calmness about what’s right and what’s correct. He may also be involved in more esoteric interests which appear to him to be more important than other interests.

Work:

 * At work as an Agent for The Tower, Frank can be self-righteous, judgmental and perfectionistic. Anger directed at those he feels are screwing up is apparent only to his closest coworkers until he finally has an outburst. He’s attracted to a job that he feels is good for the world.

Arc:

 * Frank moves from being somewhat unhealthy to being extremely unhealthy. This usually means that he goes from hating people and what they do to including himself. Self-hate, sexual deviancy, self-mutilation are all possible. He comes under the spell of his own mental functions, becoming self-conscious and disliking what he finds out about himself. If he really hits bottom, he may finally see his actions in the light of day and think, "What have I done?" right before the end. Suicide is a very real possibility.

Psychological Report:

 * Frank suffers from Personality Disorders->Narcissistic Personality Disorder. A person with this disorder has a grandiose sense of self-importance, exaggerates achievements and talents and expects to be recognized as superior without commensurate achievements. He or she is preoccupied with fantasies of unlimited success, power, brilliance, beauty or ideal love and has a sense of entitlement - unreasonable expectations of especially favorable treatment or automatic compliance with his or her expectations. This character takes advantage of others to achieve his or her own ends, is unwilling to recognize or identify with the feelings and needs of others and is often envious of others or believes that others are envious of him or her.