An apprentice watchmaker. Eighteen year old HayWire would really like to come up with a new sort of viable battery technology, and explore using batteries to power watches again. If that can’t be done, then he is convinced that clockwork mechanisms can be made even more efficient by using different, or better materials.
At school he was brilliant at maths and science, and he was a complete disaster with nearly everything else. He left school two years ago and is now really happy to be working one on one with a master watchmaker, and not have to deal with big groups of people.
He chooses his friends carefully, and prefers small close knit communities of like minded people. Everyday life, being a bit of a melting pot, full of people with different ideas, is something he’s not yet ready for. He’s not sure he ever will be.
It takes HayWire time to get to know people. When he does, he is exceptionally sincere, honest, and loyal. His best friend is MaxChaos.
In Book 1 his adventures with explosives bring him to the attention of Constable Walker and Commander Crush.
“Samuel Clark. Also known as HayWire. He’s eighteen years old with no police record. His parents both work in the tanning industry. At school he was both brilliant and awful. Excelling in some subjects and bottom of the class in others. He graduated two years ago.”
“Brilliant at what?”
“Maths, physics, engineering, mechanics. He’s apprenticed to Harrison Time Pieces, and apparently he’s a quick learner.”
Fun Facts
| Favourite school subject: | Maths |
| Hobby: | Sub atomic particle physics |
| If you were an animal what animal would you be and why? | An eagle. In control of my own space, and I can focus on one thing. |
| Is most likely to say: | I don’t have enough spoons. |
| Is least likely to say: | More sugar please. |
| Outlook on life: | Never be defined by your past. It was just a lesson, not a life sentence. |
Inner Circle
| KristalClear | NutJob |
| CandiCrush | AngryBard |
| Kayt | Conning |
| MaxChaos | HayWire |
| AuntSylvie | OpenMike |
| NickTheKnacker | BarmyWaffle |