The Spine



"'I am a diamond.' -The Spine"

The Spine is one of the founding current robot members of the band of Steam Powered Giraffe.

Bio
The Spine was created like the other robots in the group, in 1896 for to be featured at a convention in the scientific community of the Cavalcadium. He was named The Spine as, originally, his spine was made with smokestacks similar to a locomotive.

In 1955, with US government funding, The Spine was upgraded with a titanium alloy spine, as well as a number of weapons and a reprogramming in order to act more like a human and serve the US in special ops missions in the major wars following that date. After the war in Vietnam all of the robots including The Spine were over powered, thus causing them the download a vow of peace to never use their weapons again.

And this is how he got to the present day, where he currently performs in the band Steam Powered Giraffe.

Personality
The Spine is well-known as being the "straight man" of the group, being described as being indifferent or even cold. His movements are far more static than his other robot counter-parts, who he is commonly settling deputes for, or keeping in line.

He seems to however have a hidden flare and sweetness about him.

Appearance
Generally, The Spine's appearance is very consistent and has minor changes.

The Spine's face is silver in appearance, with black markings around his mouth and chin, eyes and eyebrows, on his cheekbones and all the way down his neck. His hands are the same silver as his face, broken into moveable joints.

He is seen wearing a black fedora, boots, pants, and an undershirt accompanied by a striped zipper vest with red components such as buttons, a pocket square, and a tie. He uses Double Windsor and Eldrich for the tie knots. He currently has a synthetic silver looking spine made up of six paired vertebrae that stick out from his vest. In the past old vests and a long coat have had representations of silver spines stuck to the back. LED lights can sometime be seen as a strip down his new spine, or around his vest.

Links

 * Official Tumblr of The Spine