Topic: OOC Character information thread

Erinalle Dunbridge

Date: 2006-11-05 14:27 EST
Name: Erinalle Victoria Dunbridge deVernon
Former names: Erinalle Dunbridge, Erinalle Whitiker, The Grand Duchess Erinalle Victoria of Albian
Nicknames: Erin, E, Skirts, Eri, Ewrie
Race: Human
Age: 20
Date of Birth: May 21, 1986
Height: 5'0
Weight: Usually somewhere between 90 and 100 pounds
Eyes: Hazel, almost green
Hair: Brown bordering on black, lighter at the roots in the summer from the sun.
Employment: Co-Founder of A Stitch in Time, Tender at the RDI and Reporter for the Oracle. Also will stop by friends offices and buisinesses and act as the filing fairy.

Appearance: Erin is somehow always a dignified mess. She rarely bothers to comb her hair or match her clothes to her shoes, but somehow... she always looks somewhat presentable. Erin is thin, though not sickly so. All of her weight collects around her tummy, and she has a cute roll of pudge there. Though, it is barely noticeable, really, in what she wears. She's not completely lacking curves, but she's also not well endowed and if she wanted could pass for a boy. Androgynous is a good word for the figure and hips are sorely lacking. She tends to wear dresses that pull in at the natural waist and are an A line from there. Her shoes are always maryjanes--flats not heels. Her hair is black, though in certain light it is clear that it is just a dark dark brown and is cut to her chin. She can pull it back into messy pigtails, and often does, with the shorter pieces

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Personality: Erin has many faces, that is the only thing that is consistent about her. She is loud and rambunctious, flirty and funny, strange and quirky. She drinks. A lot. Often to hide some sort of insecurity or personal pain. In fact, the drinking, often, is to hide the anger which she wears like a badge. She is easily angered and often violent. Throwing things, smashing mirrors and glasses and on occasion she has threatened to shoot someone. Erin takes unnecessary risks often because she is wont to action not thought. Though, the girl isn't entirely vacant upstairs either. She spends much of her time thinking and brooding and working herself into a mental frenzy that often borders on insanity. She is very introverted, even if she is one of the friendliest people at the pub. She can talk about feelings and philosophy in the abstract, but rarely speaks about her own experiences. Things such as her infertility, miscarriages, and time in a mental institution are never uttered aloud save to few. Erin is an insomniac like no other, and often only sleeps two or three hours a night. Her chain smoking is often to hide a bad mood, but also to celebrate a good one. She uses the smoke as a place to divert her attention. She fills the time by knitting, reading, Once the prim and proper Princess, Erin shed all that with glee once she got to Rhydin taking up her role as the permanent rebel. Really, if it's authority, she'll rebel.

Relatives

(PCs)

Sebastian deVernon- ex-husband. Married in a perhaps an ill-concieved b ought of impulsivity, Erin and Sebastian are the definition of "the course of love never did run true." Full of arguments and misunderstandings, the two were held together by a shared past and vision of a common future. Their passion in arguments is held over into their good moments and at times it seemed there is nothing that could tear them apart. Except, perhaps, Rhydin itself. After a particularly nasty fight, followed by a seperation, Erin cheated on Sebastian and they were divorced-- sorta.

Lydia Loran- adopted sister. Adopted as a sister during a trying time, the girl has come to mean more to Erin than anyone ever had. They are as close as two people can be(well, in Erin's eyes) and are now working on a business endeavor together. They also can be very -messy- when together and around cake. Or soda.

Cassandra Ravenlock- cousin through marriage, closest thing to a "sister in law" as of yet. Erin and Cassie, while previously competing for the affection of a certain well dressed man, now seem to be nursing a friendship. Cassie is Erin's view into her boarding school days and reminds her of an old friend Becca who would drink and smoke and talk loudly about sex with her.

Charolette and Dakota Steele and family- though not by blood and even stranger through marriage, Erin has come to think of this family as part of her family through her marriage to Sebastian and treats them as such. Elena is one of Erin's favorite little girls, and Charolette is thought of as almost a mother figure and certainly one to look up to.

(NPCs)

Elizabeth Whitiker- Mother. Erin and her mother once had a very close relationship and are now estranged from each other. In actuality, they are quite alike and just can't stand each other's company. Though, recently, they have been talking again and seem to have made up.

Thomas Whitiker- Father. A very stern man, quiet and reserved, he spends his time reading and working at the many factories he still owns. Though business has been tight. He is a kind man, and loves his daughter, though he cannot understand her choices. Rather than confront her, he would choose to ignore her alltogether. He did take an immediate liking to Sebastian however, as he reminded him of himself.

Grandma Thompson- Erin's maternal Grandmother. She is part Irish and a closeted Catholic. Erin is very close to her and that is where she got her more catholic leanings. It was her grandmother that taught her the Bible and about God and taught her to see God as the love in other people. Erin asks herself what her Grandmother would do and that's how she gets her generous streak.

Richard Dunbridge- ex-husband. Erin and Richard met in society and were married soon after. They had an intense infatuation with each other, and despite his being ten years older than her, married. Their marriage went along fine until Erin's first miscarriage and subsequent mental illness. The two slowly drifted apart and split amicably in the end. Their mutual feeling of capture by the press brought them together before Erin left for good and they admitted their deep love for one another that just couldn't survive romantically.


Erin also has two uncles and one aunt. Their collective marriages yielded six cousins, however Erin's mother was the youngest and her father an only child, so these cousins had reached adulthood before Erin was born and rarely if ever were a part of her life.

Home: Erin now lives in Rhydin at Isis Manor with Storm, Avery and sometimes Cricket. Erin and Cricket picked the manor because it was in disarray and had an old world charm they could both appreciate. The pair renovated it and moved in together just before Cricket became more and more scarce. Lydia has her own room there, though the somewhat grand estate is mostly inhabited by just Erin and Storm and Avery. It's decorated quite strangely in what looks like a Victorian novel run amuck. The house is kept up by Ivy the housekeeper and cook, who has become a very good friend to Erin. It has two main floors, an attic and a finished basement.

Erin and Storm also have a "weekend house" up by Riverwalk. They were living there after Erin's divorce and now use it when one or the other just needs to get away.

Erin is from Earth, England in the 21st century. She was raised in the British upper class, attended a Swiss boarding school for British girls and then a finishing school in the same area. She was married to the heir apparent to the British throne and served as princess and socialite for three years when her mental disabilities and constant bad luck with the press caused her to go into seclusion, an institution and eventually leave Earth all together. She found Rhydin through a nexus portal that is now closed and can only travel between lands using Sebastian's portal and help.

Known Powers/Abilities: Erin is a human and will forever be a human. There is no extraordinary power in her, for the most part. She was an archery champion in school and therefore has pretty darn good aim. After some minor training, she has learned to transfer that to a blaster and a gun and is a pretty damned good shot. She also can do some basic hand combat learned in various self defense courses. Erin is a skilled dancer, winning a few waltz contests in her day and also knows various other forms of dance, making it her specialty in finishing school. She can play piano, sing(quite well in fact), and do needlepoint as instructed, as well. Erin's other training included manners, throwing parties and other social activities. She learned to knit during her married life and has grown quite skilled at it. She also can do some basic beadwork and has learned skills in ceramics. Her sewing leaves some to be desired, but she can put together an outfit from a pattern. She loves to write and fancies herself at least proficient, though she knows she doesn't have the next best selling novel in her.

Interesting tidbits: Erin had her growth stunted at the age of 15 because of an accident that shattered her right leg. While she healed without incident, her growth plate was damaged and in order to prevent one leg growing longer than the other, her growth was mostly stopped. This is why she is much smaller than average in terms of height. If one looks carefully they would see that her right leg is slightly longer than her left, though only by a fraction of an inch and she often files down one of her heels to make up the difference.

The girl needs reading glasses and will often don them if writing or reading at length. However, she is a tad embarrassed of them and will try to get away with them if she can. This can be a problem when she's signing contracts or something else with small print.

Erin has been diagnosed and is treating herself for bipolar 1 disorder. She takes a single pill per day to keep her symptoms somewhat at bay, though she hides this even from her husband. Once in Rhydin she started picking up her medication on the black market at StarsEnd and will visit there monthly in search of her supply.

Erin has never been treated for alcoholism, though it runs in her family and she shows tendencies towards it, if not the disease itself. Her alcoholic preferences change with her mood and while wine is her normal drink of choice(usually a red), she has been known to go for whiskey when particularly agitated(usually angry).

Erin and her mother both have a genetic mutation that limits their fertility. While Erin's mother was able to carry her to term, Erin has never held a pregnancy its full length. Her second miscarriage at 6 months resulted in the death of her baby girl, and damaged her uterus beyond repair. While she can get pregnant, there is no way for her to carry the pregnancy past the first trimester. She has been pregnant, unknown to her, once since this event and wrote the bleeding off as a heavy period. It was, in fact, in the first few weeks of a pregnancy and did not cause a major medical problem.

This format was stolen from L who stole it from N who doesnt' remember where he stole it from.

As usual you read it here, but you don't know it IC.

GrveyrdGrl

Date: 2007-02-06 02:06 EST


Then

Birth Name: Renee' LaZoozie. Cricket came out of her peculiar straddle of a velvet chair when entertaining the rich amongst the Carnival Allura crowd.
Married Name: Yet to be known. Though she truly hopes 'Mortis' will be inserted in there!
Rhydin Name/title: Oh Trouble Maker
Age: 18, in appearance at least and when she feels like enchanting some naughty older gentleman.
Birthday: The date she was Embraced was 1891 at Boot Hill, or Paris, she never can remember.
Height: 5'8
Weight: She's slender. Eh.
Hair color: Currently it is black with blood red streaks.
Eye color: Indigo blue
Style: Sophisticated and demure in black stockings, ankle length skirts, turtle necks, again, all in black, always opting for black cotton and sometimes her old faithfuls, Leather pants. Grungey flair to her getups always, its in her walk and talk. :P
Habits: Smokes like a chimney, is prone to being saturnine and acerbic, mordant and macabre, but it's her and what she genuinely delights in. She doesn't keep the one bed and has many partners, though her heart will always belong to her employer. Has a wicked sense of humour, hard to digest for most.


then

and now

Cricket has matured, refined, grown up in all sorts of ways. Less uncouth and reckless she sees and behaves in calculation. She is not arbitrary in her actions and thoughts and is taking steps to become all she can, Vampiress and Pianist.

Sebastian

Date: 2007-02-20 11:36 EST
Sebastian de Vernon

Race: Human

DOB: 04/02/84

Height: 6ft 1in

Weight:198lbs

Eyes: Stormy blue

Hair : Blonde/Coppery ? short and usually brushed

Scars: None

Tattoos: None?yet

Personality: Sebastian is a quiet and not exactly social person. He?d much rather sit in his music room and drown himself in Pinot Chardonnay and a good book. He?s usually cordial, diplomatic, and obsequious?but certain things have contributed to his newest personal trait: Anger. He?s got a difficult time controlling it lately, which is probably why he tends to stay away from the inn.

Known Relatives:

Wife: Erinalle de Vernon

Children: N/A

Sister(s): Cara Elizabeth and Sarah Renee ? both 13

Brother(s): Jonathan David de Vernon, who is nearly 20 and engaged to a gorgeous woman named Lane McLeod and Charles Verdell de Vernon who is 16

Cousins: He?s come to know, recently, that he?s got a lot of cousins. The only one he?s close to, however, is Cassandra de Vernon.

Nieces: Elena Steele (Though, not a blood relative)

Nephews: Thomas and Aiden Steele (Again, not blood relatives)

Magicks: He?s not necessarily sure he can call it magic, but Sebastian was injected with a serum that speeds up the molecules in his body to aid with rapid healing.

Factoids: Sebastian de Vernon could be described as lanky and scrawny, though his muscles are wiry enough to sustain him as a sailor/longshoreman. As the eldest son of a ranking Englishman, Bastian is well cultured in the areas of life that mattered; to his father anyways. He?s a song writer, violinist, pianist, and poetry writer. He enjoys times of quiet as well as rowdy gatherings aboard the ships he manages for Dave?s Shipping Co.

Homes:

Current Home: Isis Manor with his wife and their baby, Snowflake/snowball/damn cat?

Villa de Vernon: Large Villa in the south of France.

He also still has a room at his parents? home in London in case he should ever wish to return.

Bastian's History:

He grew up in a wealthy home, surrounded by the finest in all of society. Things were expected from the young, soon-to-be-titled Marquis, but Sebastian, by the time he was 19, found the privileged life lacking excitement. At the age of 20, he met the girl he assumed he would marry: Gwendolyn ?Truly? Castlereigh. Sure, she was only 15 at the time, but Sebastian was stunned by her radiant beauty and obvious attraction to him. It was, more-so than not, an arranged marriage and they were simply lucky that the chemistry was there. That first year with Truly was one of the best Sebastian could ever recall, and that was why he actually popped the question even though it was known that they would eventually marry. But it all changed when Truly turned 16 and she received status within Society. She changed, literally, right before his eyes. She was no longer the carefree, free-spirited, and loving person that he had initially fallen in love with, but had become a society conscious, stuck-up, brat. She felt the need to grow up and felt that she could treat Sebastian as her escort more than a fianc?. She pushed him to change as well; to overstep boundaries and morals. Things became progressively worse and Sebastian knew where their relationship would end up. He needed a vacation.

Sebastian initially visited to RhyDin to pester his cousin to relinquish her inheritance from their Great Aunt Bess ? who favored Cassandra more-so than the other children ? but also to get away and have some time to think. That didn?t work out so well and Sebastian ended up making a couple enemies. During his second trip back, Sebastian left Cassandra alone and actually wandered the town a bit. It was all a bit frightening to the cultured boy from London, but it seemed like decent enough of a town. The issue with Truly hadn?t gotten any better. In fact, it had gotten worse. Time was running out for the ?perfect? relationship of Sebastian and Truly. The truth was, Sebastian wasn?t even sure he loved her anymore. She wasn?t the same person he?d met 2 years earlier. Finally, in an act of desperation, Sebastian decided to get away from her altogether and ended the relationship so he could move to Rhydin and start over. He didn?t want his title. He didn?t want the money. He didn?t want anything except a chance at a new life. Who knew he?d meet that new life so soon after moving?

At a certain Lydia Loran?s birthday party, Sebastian met the woman he knew, without a shadow of a doubt, that he would marry someday. She was the sister of the Birthday Girl and Bastian was immediately taken with her. By the end of that night, Sebastian had made up his mind that he would do whatever it took to get to know her better. It took some doing and a bit of relaxation on his part, but in the end, Sebastian became the luckiest man in the whole realm. They were married shortly after they began dating and kept it a secret from everyone until it could no longer be hidden. No one but Lydia seemed at all shocked ? this being a common occurrence in Rhydin.


Employment:

Co-Owner of Dave?s Shipping Co.



Recently & Currently: Life?s not exactly a bed of Roses in Isis Manor, but the de Vernon couple are seeming to make a bit of headway in their marriage. The rough patches have been vast in their expansions, but it?s never been too harsh ? enough to make them want to quit. Bastian is so much in love with his wife and only wants to be as close to her as possible. He?s recently found out that she feels the same way. It?s safe to say that Sebastian is breathing easier now.

There is really only one person that Sebastian butts heads with, but thankfully, the little soul stealing coward hasn?t been around that much. Gideon would more than likely be able to kill Sebastian quicker than you can snap your fingers, but Sebastian would readily welcome a fight anytime that bastard felt like bothering Erin again.

The biggest thing that?s going on right now is Storm?s Death and it?s impact on Erin. He?s doing the best he can, but sometimes a man can only do so much when he?s kept in the dark. Luckily, that?s beginning to change. Who knows how things will turn out?

Storm Divine

Date: 2007-03-31 21:48 EST
Name: Storm Divine

Nicknames: The Windy One

Race: Air Elemental

Age: According to Rhy'Din time, she is roughly 40 years old. But, the Air Realm is quite different, and she would appear to be in her early twenties. She is not foolish though, some of her words reflect her longer time of existence.

Birth Date: August 1st

Height: 5'2

Weight: Roughly 115 pounds of solid muscle

Eyes: Grey

Hair: Light Brown

Appearance: The first thing noticed, when in Rhy'Din, is her modesty. Usually never shows more than her face, hands, and feet. Arms perhaps during the summer. Next is her height, on the shorter side, though average in her home Realm. Her short, light brown hair is an interesting mix of curls and crunches, though it frames her oval face well. Her grey eyes are usually filled with light of humor, or they glow grey whenever accessing her Element, for reasons good or bad. She smiles easily, and laughs as well. Her skin is bronzed, not a usual color for humans, or any other race. Her clothing, once usually only grey and blue, have now expanded to a variety of colors. Usually it is nothing flashy or eccentric, but at least the variety of colors compliment her skin, or her personality. For the cooler weather, she is usually in long breeches, and a turtleneck/long sleeved shirt. And now, she is always always, with a pair of boots, alternating between a dark brown and black.

Personality: Storm is an odd combination of personality types A & B. She is usually easy going, not outgoing, but she can make friends with ease, and share a joke or two with anyone. But, she has a temper of something wicked, and is protective, sometimes past a heathly point. In this stage, emotion rules reason, and her powers fuels it. This side is usually not seen though on a regular night at the Inn. She is usually spotted chattering away easily with a friend or two!

The other interesting mix about Storm is her morals and profession. The Air Realm being the only one taught of honor and morals, she is polite and hardly steps boundaries. Any type of love interest is done through courtship, a hard concept to those in Rhy'Din. But on the same token, she's not the usual quiet girl that is grown to these rules. When she meets other ladies with her morals, they are mousy, reserved, and quiet. So, Storm being really none of those things, she has a hard time connecting to those ladies, and feels that she will not find a man with her philosophies in life that accepts her personality. So, for now she is just establishing herself as an individual, but... she takes whatever is given to her. Which currently, is a courtship with Ewan Corinsson.

Living Relatives:

Cornelious - Father

Ryn Sarion - 'Adopted' Brother

Deceased Relatives:

Since Elementals, pure ones like Storm, are not born in the sense like humans are, she has no blood relatives, so all 'relatives' are adopted, or created equally.

Home: Between Rhy'Din and the Air Realm. In the Air Realm, she retains her Air Guardian of the Sky, and lives in the Temple. In Rhy'Din, she lives with Erin in the cabin along the shore, and owns a Hostel which holds a handful of patrons frequently. She is usually staying at Rhy'Din overnight, but is in the Air Realm for most of the day.

Magic: Magic isn't a 'thing' for Storm, it is her being. Being a pure Divine Elemental, the flesh is only a shell, she can easily become one with the air, and does it frequently when stressed in order to relax. She is Guardian of the Sky, so that is her major domain. Clouds appear or leave within a whim, as does rain, hurricanes, and anything else created by the weather.

Known Powers/Abilities: As stated above, she can control anything about the sky and the weather. She also can control the air within itself, from either making air platforms, or manipulate the elements and chemistry within. The density, oxygen, anything about it. She also can use her Element to work with others, like help a snow storm, or kill fire. She is also learning to create things with other elements by separating her own in between them. Because she is the Divine, her power almost has no limits, it is just a matter of discovery.


Fighting Disciplines and Techniques: She usually will try and give warnings before going into a full-blown battle. An air platform can be dense enough to knock one off their feet can usually send the right message. Or a lightning bolt can do the job too. She does fight, though she tries to not bring it up regularly. She will use her elemental techniques, but she is also trained without them. She favors hand-to-hand combat, favoring a kick-boxing style and using speed as her advantage. Being of the smaller type, she learned to use momentum to gain her the advantage of the situation, or her agility to tire her opponent. A strong believer in endurance, she can last for much longer than your average human. She never wanted to be without her Elements and not survive, so she has given much of her time to mastering other techniques for a matter of surprise.


Favored Weapon: She never is visibly carrying any weapons, but a dagger is hidden somewhere beneath all of her clothing. She is clever with it, using her element to add to its speed, making her motions almost uncatchable to the untrained eye. She also can call upon a katana, the classic weapon the Airs. Again, her style is through endurance, agility and speed. She would never win with trying to use her brute strength. No, if anything, she uses her opponents strength against them, tiring them quickly before making her moves.

Ivy Forester

Date: 2007-07-10 13:53 EST
Name: Ivy Forester

Race: Human

Age: 24

Birth Date: June 25th

Height: 5'6

Weight: 140 lbs

Eyes: Brown

Hair: Brown

Appearance: Ivy is tall and thin without being skinny. She has curves, sure, but she's 'plain' and therefore isn't precisely curvy. Her face is starting to get lines, but that is only because she is often smiling. She wears simple, dressy clothes. Grey dresses, button ups and skirts.

Personality: Ivy is sweet. Too sweet. And quiet. She does what needs to be done without complaint, she is always nice to customers and Lydia. She is Erin's more mature half and can keep the girl under control like no one else. Some say she would have been better suited as a nanny than a house keeper and seamstress, but big secret is? Ivy hates kids.

Occupation: Sometimes housekeeper, sometimes cook, sometimes worker at the Stitch.

Aretha

Date: 2007-12-09 18:18 EST
Aretha Violet

Race: Human

DOB: 08/10/1984

Height: 5'6

Weight: Who knows. She's curvy, but not plump, is quite limber from her fondness for walking everywhere she has to get to.

Eyes: Sea-blue, kind of like the colour of the surf, a bit misty.

Hair : Dyed a golden blonde, naturally it is an ash brown tone.

Scars: None to remark

Tattoos: Hates them so never got one

Personality: A vivacious, engaging girl when she is with people she knows, and often this way only at home or alone with friends.
At first sight she appears fairly quiet, and perhaps aloof. This isn't disinterest, it is plain old shyness.
Her best traits: reliable, punctual, responsible, compassionate, not self serving she has a genuine attitude in respect to others, very warm and natural.

Known Relatives: Her brother and sister live somewhere in the Americas. She doesn't care for their details.

Marital Status: Single. Her last boyfriend left her for a life on the road, and she doesn't much miss him.

Children: None

Family:One Sister called Berta, and her Brother is called Julian.







Magicks: Is actually a very mortal, very unmagical human girl. She has not experienced any sort of magick at all, though the Occult, due to her line of her work, she has encountered numerous times, but doesn't find it particularly appealing.

Factoids: For all her normality, a blonde haired, blue eyed, sweet smiling, well dressed girl, her life has always been something of an adventure. She carries a lot of experience in that she is street smart and well aware of the world, is cultured and something of a sophisticate. Her interests are mature, from old records to museums and her bags are mostly books. She has had to live alone for a lot of her life so is largely an independent person now by nature.
Also, her introduction into the funerary industry was something of an accident and she's kind of just along for the ride. She's got the stomach and the brains for the job and so has taken it on board as her vocation.
She's also quite a singer, but keeps that to the shower or her room, for the moment.




Current Home: Isis Manor




Aretha's History: This I will document in future, rushed at the moment.

Employment:

Working for Dr. Rictor Mortis at the funeral parlour. She prepares the flower processions, organises music, does note taking and client entry into their system, maintains the office appearance, organises business for Rictor and on the odd occassion has done the pancake makeup of a dead Rhydinite.



Recently & Currently:
On her own two feet