Michael Bloom

Michael Desmond Abernathy Bloom, known by the Aryan Brotherhood as Miststück ("Bitch"), is one of the four primary protagonists of Monotheists, and the first one that the reader is introduced to in the series.

Early Life
Michael Desmond Abernathy Bloom was born on March 18, 1993, in the suburbs of Jonesboro, Arkansas. His father, Matthew Bloom, was an accomplished civil engineer, while his mother, Moletta Abernathy, was a a legal analyst employed at Daivon and Associates.

As a child, Bloom was raised Roman Catholic, and attended a twelve-year Catholic Preparatory School called St. Peter's Academy. He was very bright student and graduated at the top of his class, applying and being accepted to Stanford University in 2012.

However, during a graduation trip to Las Vegas, Michael was exposed to crack cocaine, which he quickly became addicted to. There was a cocaine dealer located two miles from Stanford's campus that Michael would often pay visits too. One night, however, he forgot to hide his drugs, and the dorm's residential assistant discovered his stash. He was subsequently expelled from the university.

After returning home, he was sent to a rehab clinic in eastern Memphis, Tennessee. At the clinic, Michael met a man named Kristian Müller, who, unbeknownst to Michael, was the older cousin of Morgan Müller, the leader of the Aryan Brotherhood Chapter that ran the vagrant camp that Michael would later live in. Kristian provided many of the clinic's patients, including Michael, with non-prescribed doses of narcotics such as Vicodin.

One night, while Michael was under the influence of Vicodin, he assaulted an orderly named Oscar Marchioni, and was kicked out of the program. After this, his parents refused to let him come back home, and he ended up on the streets of Memphis, eventually finding his way to the vagrant camp.