Gilles Raptis

Born 1981 in an area know as Glen Cove, Maine. The Raptis family was a quiet one, Gilles' father working as a fisherman and mother as a homemaker. Gilles had one older brother and found no difficulty in school. Yet, while his brother Gawain preferred dreams of inheriting their father's ship and continuing the physical labor of running such a vessel, Gilles found the idea akin to giving up on life. His dreams soared higher to work in a large city, of giant buildings and bigger people. Eventually he found what he was looking for, but in several different way.

Attending college and majoring in criminal justice, Gilles moved to New York City when the chance presented itself. However, having to pay off loans for school, he soon found himself in debt and unable to obtain the sort of work he desired. In the end, Mr. Raptis settled for a more simple living working at JFK airport, forced to take on something lower to pay for the mounting interest on his various school loans. Slowly working his way up from station to station, the failure of working as an airport security guard over being a police office continued to haunt him. Sheet