Ethan Griffiths

"Well, it's not my real name. I've gotta keep that a secret. Never know who could be listening. All you need to know, is that I'm not the bad guy.. but, I'm not really a good guy either. My name is Ethan Griffiths: I'm help" - Ethan when speaking to Harriet for the first time.

General Background
"Ethan Griffiths" was the code-name adopted by Time Agent, Swindler and smuggler, Kole Abbott; a man with genius-level intellect, and a major versatility in hand-to-hand combat. Kole first heard of the Doctor through Torchwood; an organisation founded in 1879 to protect the British Empire (later Great Britain) from extraterrestrial threat, to capture the Doctor (whom Queen Victoria regarded as one such threat) and to secure alien technology for Britain.

Early Life
Kole was born on 23rd August 1998 in Warwick, Birmingham, to Maria Abbott and his father Liam Abbott. At an early age, Kole's mind was pointed at the stars. His cynical mother worked in Marks & Spencer's, and his father was an alcoholic. Kole would often tell people that his mother was, in fact, a retail store, in order to fool their perspective, into making them think he was more fortunate than he really was.

Kole's relationship with his father was far more difficult than he initially made out. For instance, his father would initially push Kole to extreme violent lengths, and occasionally, Kole would be abused by his father. Where his mother was unable to defend him, this drove Kole down a dark path, becoming friends with the wrong people, and intern, he was eventually attacked in a hit and run attempt.

Luckily, Kole fought back bravely, and was able to escape moderately unharmed, but spent three weeks in hospital, recovering from a near fatal knife wound to the abdomen. It was after this time that Kole finally realised how alone he was in the universe, and intern, began saving up money to travel. He began working in the steelworks or fixing cars and taught himself how to pick locks, after his recovery. He had no criminal record apart from one minor conviction for shoplifting in his teens. An able but not exceptionally-gifted student, Kole Griffiths took a series of temporary jobs.

A New Life
Eventually, now eighteen years old, Kole would make his way to London, after making enough money. He told those that asked that he had originally moved to London "because his father disagreed with certain life choices of his", which was found to be true. It was during this time that he began noticing many strange events that encircled London; normally being hidden by strange black vans. But, this did not deter him.

Kole rented 32 Bargail Cove for himself, and lived here with a boring, yet moderate existence for a short time. It was during this time, that Ethan found himself roaming during the night, simple for peace and quiet from his loud neighbours. But, instead, found himself encountering more of these strange sightings of black vans; he pursued them.

The following day, Kole's friend Ian went missing, and Kole found him attacked by what he described as "a crooked-faced man"; on the same night, he tracked down and fought off "the crooked-faced man" until finally, he met the owners of the black vans - Torchwood - for the first time. At first, they simply ignored himand treat him like ordinary folk. But, Kole followed them to Canary Wharf, disguising himself as an undercover volunteer, after stealing Identification papers and even an ID Card. He made his way into Canary Wharf, and found the remains of Torchwood One.

From here, he met Da'vante Pope, a fifty three year old male, now in charge of "clearing up" the old Torchwood facility. Impressed with Kole's abilities to enter the area undetected, Pope offered Kole a job, and together they began his new life in Torchwood.

Torchwood Eleven | Day One
Pope took Kole down to the inner hidden base of Torchwood Eleven, a base underneath the Birmingham Town Hall. While down at the workplace, he was introduced to the crew he would work, train and become family with. Having already met the director of the Torchwood Institute - Da'vante Pope - He was introduced to the division's chief activist, Louis Darling, their medical expert Doctor April Maynes, their software specialist, Andrew Fox, and their information holder, Chen Li.

Here Kole would take on the name Ethan Griffiths, and take on many missions to stop the aliens that roamed Birmingham's streets and making a brilliant reputation for himself, learning off his Torchwood family, learning and even teaching himself.

The Destruction of Torchwood Eleven
After spending two years within Torchwood Eleven, Ethan had learned all he had to about how Torchwood operated. his intelligence, performance and physical fitness had increased, and he was a match for any that stood in his fierce and dangerous path. He had become a master hacker, boxer and a master with fire-arms.

On what he would later call the worst day of his life, finally, one day, Torchwood Eleven was infiltrated by a shape-shifting being known as Androvax. Androvax murdered two members of the Torchwood team before attacking the Director. During a duel with Androvax, a duel that ended in Pope's death, unfortunately, Ethan was attacked by Androvax, who used an ancient, alien, Godly Corvayne, artefact on Ethan that cemented itself within his sternum, and intern, he would be left with the glowing triangle stone cemented within his chest forever.

Ethan would later be informed by his surviving team mates that this artefact meant he was damned to purgatory. it was a near unknown object, aside from what it had done, only being able to be removed on the day of his death. Although, this came with a few perks, in order to "prepare his soul" Ethan was given a slowed life-span; superhuman intelligence and agility. It was also later during this time, that Ethan discovered a letter from Pope that deemed him with a Vortex Manipulator; fully cementing him as a time traveller. Although the origins of this Vortex Manipulator, were lost to the ages. Too scared to defy him, his team mates and he, decided that Ethan would receive the mantel of Torchwood Director.

Meeting the Doctor
Kole Griffiths would, from time-to-time, encounter the Doctor, and after hearing of him through Torchwood, knew exactly who he was.

Personality
Kole was brought up to never speak ill of the dead.