Topic: Family Tradition - Meet The Daniels

Jackie Sullivan

Date: 2012-04-29 21:00 EST
It's easy to get members of The Daniels Family confused. There are a lot of them and each one is just a lil' more lit than the last. Sometimes we're not even sure they know who the hell they are. In light of that, here are the family members you need to know! Or... might want to try and avoid.

Summer Daniels

Date: 2012-04-29 21:08 EST
Name: Summer Rose Daniels
Birthdate: August 24, 1990
Age: 21
Race: Human
Sex: All female
Height: 5?7?
Weight: 130lbs
Hair: Blonde
Eyes: Blue

Piercings: Both ears have three piercings each, two on the lobe and one on the tragus.

Tattoo(s): She has a tattoo on her back. In some dresses you might be able to see it and then you'll know what lies there.

Parents: Jeremiah Caleb Daniels, Kylie Autumn Daniels
Siblings: Jayden (24), Luke (26) (NPCs at present)
Relationship: Single - and not really looking to change that. Daniels women ain't nothing but trouble.

Occupation: Contractor, currently working for the Haverick Corporation.

Personality: Friendly, and outgoing she tends to play up her Southern accent in order to play down her intelligence. Doesn?t listen to gossip and will eventually think less of anyone that tries to shove such things down her throat. She?s a person that believes what she can prove, an intellectual type through and through? except when it comes to her family and then it doesn?t matter what evidence there is or isn?t, she?ll stick up for them.

Talents & Abilities: She?s only good at a few things but those things she?s REALLY good at. She?s won several national Pool championships, she hasn?t met a computer she couldn?t crack. Nominally good at darts, and drinking men under the table, she also has the basic knowledge required to run a farm, because she had to help her parents growing up.

Strengths: Can learn just about anything that deals with pure brain power if she sets her sights on it. Has learned several new languages since coming to Rhydin, mostly so she could understand some of the files she was hacking. Tends to have a cool head in nearly any situation, this trait alone is worth gold in her family.

Faults: Although usually an affable and friendly person she has a vindictive streak, spark that in her and you?re likely going to find out how good she is at what she does.

Brief Bio: Early on she figured out she had a gift for science and computers. As prone to mischief as many of her cousins her form of reveling in that aspect of her personality was to hack into the computers of big name companies and private networks of reclusive millionaires.

That went on for a few years until she hacked into the wrong computer at the age of seventeen and found herself in a heap of hot water. The gentleman she she hacked was a business man that did the majority of his work in Rhydin and when he had her brought in to 'discuss' her activities he found her attitude and aptitude refreshing and offered her a job.

She's been traveling back and forth from Rhydin to Georgia to a few other adjacent planes for five years now. Her family thinks she has a security job in the government and is living in D.C... up until now that cover story worked like a charm.

List Additional Information:
*Summer did most of her brothers science and math homework for them growing up, she traded chores which they were more than happy to do.
* Was teased growing up for both her geeky nature and the fact she tended toward the heavier side, she?s pretty sensitive about both topics and has a hard time taking compliments.
* Since arriving in Rhydin she?s had acquired several cybernetic implants. She is very careful about not doing anything that would tip people off to this fact, secretive doesn?t even come close to covering how closed-mouth she is about the topic. **In other words this is completely OOC knowledge, please don't, in any manner, "discover" this fact about Summer. Thanks!

Dylan Preston

Date: 2012-04-30 00:09 EST
Name: Dylan Dixie Daniels or "Dee Dee" (but she doesn't really like being called Dee Dee anymore, but won't tell her family that.)
Birthdate: November 10th, 1987
Age: Twenty Four
Race: Human (this can always change, right?)
Sex: Female
Height: 5'6 but usually wears five to six inch red patent leather stilettos
Weight: 115 to 125 lbs. She fluctuates a lot.
Hair: Dark brown naturally, but right now it's so dark it's almost black and red streaks
Eyes: Blue

Parents: Patricia "Sissy" and Grady Daniels

Siblings: An only child

Relationship: Single and ready to mingle!

Occupation: She wanted to go to school to become a nurse, but felt like her family was less than encouraging when she brought it up. Instead of going with her heart, she instead went with something she was good at; Cosmetology. Even though she has a talent for it, her heart isn't in it and therefore she hasn't even tried to find a job in that field. Instead she's continued to work as a waitress in retro diners. Right now she works at "The Capones: Dinermite!"

*Update* As of 5/1/12 Dylan is now the main receptionist at the Town Hall and quit her job at Dinermite.

*Update* As of 8/2012 Dylan has moved on to be the personal assistant for Imp.

Personality: Very friendly and usually outgoing, although she tends to find strength in numbers and therefore can be a little reserved when she's without her cousins. Dylan loves to sing for fun and line dance and has been known to break into song and dance in the middle of the Inn or other places, usually because she's being silly and trying to embarrass one of her cousins, like Austin. At times she can be a bit of a flake or a little naive and overly trusting. She tries to be helpful and take care of others, but she's a bit clumsy which sometimes causes others to insist she not help them. Easily distracted thanks to her A.D.D.

Talents & Abilities: A wonderful ability to see the beauty in just about everything and everyone and she adores bringing this out in people. Anytime she saw a mousey girl back home or someone who was getting bullied, she'd take them under her wing and help them transform. This though is a hobby she enjoys and not something she wants to do for work. She also turned out to be quite a pinup model, but she hasn't further explored this yet since the scandal back home. She's very empathetic, almost to the point of it being strange at times. Because she can pick up on people's emotions so easily, she sometimes tends to then reflect those emotions or moods herself because she is so affected by what she feels for others.

Strengths: Loving, Loyal, Ms. Fix It, Caring, Helpful, and able to see the good in most people.

Faults: Naive and overly trusting, overly helpful at times, clumsy, has a hard time standing up for herself and putting her foot down, occasionally selfish in the sense that she doesn't always stop think how her actions will affect others but instead flies by the seat of her pants. Tries to find the good in everyone, even when it means she becomes a bit of a doormat. At times she doesn't understand personal space and has a habit of getting a little too close.



Dylan is adopted. She doesn't know this, but has always wondered about some things in her life that didn't quite make sense, like the fact that she really doesn't resemble her cousins and there are very few baby pictures of her. One or two of the cousins may know the truth. At some point it will come out.

In Thomaston, Dave (the guy who revealed the semi-nude pictures) blackmailed her and she did indeed try to buy his silence, something she didn't tell anyone. Despite saying he wouldn't tell anyone, he kept on after Dylan for more and more, continuing to blackmail her. When she refused, he went public with the pictures. She has yet to tell anyone what she did or gave Dave in order to keep the pictures private. This also may come to light at some point. Jackie is the only one who has any idea that something happened, thanks to forcing it out of Dylan at the Inn one night.

Austin Daniels

Date: 2012-05-03 18:34 EST
Name: Austin Honey Daniels
Birthdate: 1984
Age: 28
Race: Human
Sex: Female
Height: 5?5?
Weight: 135lbs ?not a stick figure with boobs
Hair: Blonde with some dark streaks
Eyes: Faded denim blue, like comfy jeans
Piercings: One in each ear, favors smaller earrings
Tattoo(s): None, but has been contemplating getting one for a long, long time
Parents: Clem and Alma
Siblings: Older Brother ? Dakota; Baby Sister - Cheyenne
Relationship: Single

Occupation: Unemployed at the moment, but formerly an executive assistant to the Vice President of OnBoard Records, NYC.

Personality: Compared to much of her family, Austin is quiet and reserved. This can probably be attributed to her love of Opera. She likes a good party as much as the next Daniels, but she?ll usually sit back and watch from a distance. She?s not a very good drinker, usually sticking to wine or beer. If she starts shooting the hard stuff, something?s on her mind that she doesn?t want there.

Talents & Abilities: Austin can sing quite well. Her experiences in NY left her a little shy about doing it in public anymore, though she was, at one time, semi-well known in the south; singing at a number of private functions and public events, albeit at smaller, localized venues.

While her vocal abilities have always had a way of holding an audience enraptured, in her short time in Rhydin she?s found that some people seem to have stronger reactions than she was used to previously. There does not seem to be rhyme or reason to who is affected or how they'll be affected.

Strengths: Singing, obviously. She?s also quite the memo taker (inside joke). She can usually disguise her accent almost completely. She will lose the disguise when angry, very comfortable and relaxed, or drunk. Once someone knows her, they can learn gauge what level she is at by how much of her Georgia accent is slipping through. She can hold her own in verbal battles and she?s pretty damned good with a shotgun too.

Faults: She?s pretty hard on herself over failing to get anywhere in the Opera world. She can cook well enough to feed herself, but the only meal she?d ever cook for anyone else is a big southern breakfast. Any other meal would be an enormous embarrassment. She has a huge weakness for desserts and a good bottle of wine.

Brief Bio: Austin dresses conservatively, preferring a business casual look. She?ll wear jeans if she?s working or they are otherwise called for. If she?s wearing a dress, it is either Sunday or a special occasion. She?s had a few relationships, but is rather conservative in that arena too. She plays her cards close to the vest and will keep a lot of things under wraps and to herself. She has a tendency to downplay her own feelings and emotions. She?s got a good listening ear for her family and never judges them, though her baby sister gets a little over-protected at times. Someone once described Austin as a Lonely Island .


List Additional Information: Still introduces herself as Arianna when meeting new people, though her family usually blows it for her. Cheyenne tends to call her ?Austy? as a throw-back to a time when a little Chey had trouble with ?N?s.

Her two most beloved possessions are a stuffed penguin named Remo and a sound system that could burst people?s eardrums.

Colt Daniels

Date: 2012-05-03 19:37 EST
Name: Colton "Colt" Nash Daniels
Birthdate: June 14, 1987
Age: 25
Race: Human
Sex: Male
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 230
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Hazel
Tattoos: The face of his first dog, King, on his right bicep. His mama nearly had a fit.

Parents: Lula Anne Daniels, a bartender. Beau Elliot Daniels, a mechanic.
Siblings: An older brother, Rhett; a young brother, Ford; a younger sister, Jackie
Relationship: Dating Tenacity Casely

Occupation: He plays semi-pro football (middle linebacker for the Seaside Sharks) and he co-owns Annie-Love Wilderness Expeditions

Personality: There are a lot of bird dog-like quirks to Colt's personality. Even those who don't know his more supernatural talents tend to refer to him as a 'bird dog' or 'hound'. For one, he's highly suggestible. If told to sit, like a dog, his first instinct is to plant his butt in a chair. He's curious and easy-going but can also be overly sensitive and his feelings can be easily hurt. He's got quite a bit of middle child syndrome. He feels over looked a lot, particularly when compared to Rhett. That need for attention turned him into the town womanizer.

Talents & Abilities: Colt has a heightened sense of smell and the ability to see "energy trails" that people leave in their wake which makes him incredibly good at tracking people and animals.

Strengths: Similarly to the bird dogs he resembles, he's fiercely loyal and can be quite protective. Yet, he also firmly believes in the Daniels girls ability to protect themselves. He's got a strong sense of justice and feels that he's the bearer of it for anyone daring to mess with a Daniels girl. His easy-going personality and charm win him a lot of friends. Even when he's up to no good, people tend to roll their eyes and dismiss it as Colt just being Colt.

Faults: That protectiveness can cross the line into bullying. He's a big, broad guy, enjoys fighting, and has no problem going after guys smaller than him if he feels they deserve it (which often they don't). Because of his need to be wanted and loved, his feelings are easily hurt which leads to him getting sullen and gruff. He's also been a major flake over the years. A passing scent can send him wandering off for days, weeks and he'll leave everything behind -- family, plans made, jobs, football -- without a second thought or a goodbye. He'd show back up in town after a week or two without an explanation of where he's been.

Brief Bio: It was simply expected that upon graduating high school Colton Daniels would go on to play football for an SEC school and try to prove that he was worthy of a chance at the NFL. His family just couldn't understand when a fear of failure and his constant disappearing acts led him to opt out of attending college. He did bounce around Arena football for a while but the Arena League floundered when the economy turned and Colt still couldn't stay in one place for very long.

Secretly, he was hired by the Rhovniks for his abilities. A dozen to two dozen times a year he would be called on to track targets for an elimination team. After an act of rebellion destroyed his relationship with them, he went back to Thomaston intent on causing trouble for a full year before figuring out what to do with his life. About halfway through that year is when Jackie went missing. At his mother's behest (and to get him out of some trouble with local law enforcement) Colt tracked her through the portal and into RhyDin.

List Additional Information:

* Of all his siblings, Colt is closest with Jackie. While he loves his brothers, he doesn't share the close bond that Rhett and Ford do. Colt gets along better with Ford than with Rhett who never misses an opportunity to harass Colt.

* Growing up, Jackie always had a lot of girlfriends coming around the house and staying the night for sleepovers. Colt, ever the charmer, had a habit of sleeping with a lot of Jackie's friends. Jackie's friends are referred to by Colton as 'The Buffet'.

* He's got a chocolate Labrador Retriever named Molly who is horribly spoiled and often at Colt's side.

Cheyenne Daniels

Date: 2012-05-06 16:20 EST
Name: Cheyenne Mae (with an ?e?!) Daniels
Birthdate: July 13th, 1991
Age: Twenty
Race: Human
Sex: Female
Height: 5'5"
Weight: 105 lbs
Hair: Dark brown
Eyes: Pale blue-gray

Parents: Alma Jean and Clem Daniels
Siblings: Older siblings Austin Honey and Dakota
Relationship: Single

Occupation: Cheyenne?s first and (thus far) only job in Georgia has been working at the Thomaston Roller Rink. Mostly behind the snack bar, but she also helps with skate rentals, cleaning up and the like.

Personality: An old soul at heart, even though she is the youngest of all the Daniels ?kids?. Usually even-tempered and sweet, she?s always willing to lend a hand or ear to anyone who needs it. Cheyenne is outgoing and friendly, having a smile for practically anyone, but she does have a temper if it?s brought out (although it takes a lot for this to happen!) Her family really are some of her favorite people, and she?ll go to just about any length to help them out. She has a special affection for her closest cousin, Jackie, as well as Austin and Dakota, which is clear in the way she interacts with them.

Talents & Abilities: Cheyenne is well known for her insight and ability to deliver helpful advice. Her most loyal ?follower? would be Jackie, who often comes to Chey in the middle of night to work through problems. Chey also doles out this advice at the skating rink snack bar to friends and strangers alike. She can also weld!

Strengths: She is extremely easy to get along with, almost always animated and talkative. She makes friends easily, is open and easy to talk to. At heart she is a peacekeeper and is adept at talking through problems instead of throwing punches (although she can do this and isn?t half bad, either!) Chey is kindhearted and considerate of others.

Faults: Being the ?baby?, Cheyenne is often looked after by most of her relations. An independent girl, she dislikes having people fuss over her. Thusly, she sometimes has trouble asking for help and can try and take care of things by herself that she should really have some assistance on. It can make her disregard the danger in things in favor of proving she can do it on her own. She sometimes doubts herself and tends to think she?s not as smart or talented as Austin or Dakota (especially Austin.) Chey can also be overly trusting of people she has just met, sometimes forgetting that not everyone is a decent person.

Brief Bio: If someone would ask her, Cheyenne would say there wasn?t much to tell. At seven years younger than Austin and nine younger than Dakota, she was a ?surprise? baby and left at home when the other two had moved on to other things. She has always gotten along well with her parents and although there is plenty of love, with her being a much younger child and unexpected, Alma and Clem Daniels gave her a little more leniency to run wild. She didn?t do much with this except start drinking a little earlier and falling in love with the outdoors.

Cheyenne has always had much love and extreme respect for her older siblings. Austin for her beautiful voice and poise, and Dakota for his service with the armed forces and his laid back ease in almost all aspects of life. She sees them both as role models and truly tries to make them proud of herself.

Cheyenne has worked at the skating rink since she was fifteen and truly enjoys the work and the people. She has a secret desire to go to nursing school and become a trauma nurse, so that she can help others, but is hesitant that she?s not smart enough. (Note- this is not something that she has ever spoken to anyone about, so any similarities between other family members is pure coincidence.)

She was never one who had a huge desire to leave Thomaston. She wanted to travel, but never saw it as something she would accomplish. Her siblings and many of her cousins started leaving town and Chey found herself envious, although she didn?t really think about following. Jackie?s showing up at her house in the middle of a night seeking advice is what brought her out of Georgia and into RhyDin, a very strange place that nonetheless is starting to fit her.

Additional Information:
* Whenever Jackie comes to Chey for advice, she?ll afterward get Chey a small bauble or trinket as a way of saying thanks. These are affectionately called Cracker Jackies and the cache has grown to a large number over the years. Cheyenne knows exactly when and why each one was given. She has recorded them all in a dog eared notebook that she keeps in a safe place.
* Rifles and shotguns were staples in her house and Chey has been handling and using those since she was a little girl. Jackie was responsible for teaching her what she knows about handguns.
* Although she?d never admit it, her self esteem is not exactly where it could be. She feels like she has a lot to live up to, even though no one else has ever given her a reason to feel this way.
* Learned how to weld by herself and is pretty decent at it. Also makes the very best pies in the universe, and if anyone tells you differently, they?re lying.

Rhett Daniels

Date: 2012-06-06 16:54 EST
Name: Rhett Benning Daniels
Birthdate: May 13th, 1985
Age: 27
Race: Human
Sex: Male
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 210
Hair: Auburn
Eyes: Hazel
Tattoos: Semper Paratus ("Always Ready") on his right shoulderblade, and his regiment's coat of arms on his left bicep

Parents: Lula Anne Daniels, bartender; Beau Elliot Daniels, mechanic
Siblings: Two younger brothers, Colt and Ford; a younger sister, Jackie
Relationship: Single

Occupation: Bouncer. Was a decorated sergeant in the U.S. Army until he was other-than-honorably discharged for an alleged assault.

Personality: You wouldn't call Rhett cool-headed unless you compared him to most of the other Daniels boys. He's just as loyal, quick to defend his family or drag them (sometimes bodily) out of trouble; if he sees a wrong he'll right it with his fists if he has to, but his first warning is always verbal. He's reserved insofar as he's often thinking and not always quick to speak what he's thinking, but he can still raise hell (and his glass) with the best of them. Deep down he realizes he runs a little cooler than most of his kin, so sometimes he'll push their buttons just to get a rise out of them - especially Colt. Close friends with his brother Ford.

Talents & Abilities: He can see much better than the average human thanks to retractable second eyelids that act like extra lenses, but no one else (except maybe Grandpa Daniels, God rest his soul) seems to know that, just that Rhett Daniels is a very good shot. He knows his way around more than a few weapons, and even without them he's handy in a fight.

Strengths: In spite of what his other-than-honorable discharge would have you believe, Rhett starts few fights and is much better at stepping in and ending them. He will assess a situation, figure out what needs to be done to finish it: words, pins and punches are all fair game in his book, but almost always in that order. He can apply that critical eye to an awful lot more than breaking up bar fights...

Faults: Unfortunately that same critical eye is a mixed blessing when it comes to other people. He has the same knack for figuring out what's going wrong and taking a good guess at what's to be done about it, but telling someone "use your goddamned common sense!" will only get you so far. And getting so involved in other people's fights and arguments is liable to land you in a heap of trouble sooner or later...

Brief Bio: Rhett was the first child in his family, and by extension the first of them to face Beau Elliot Daniels and all the problems he brought with him: as a result Rhett toughened up fast, far less sensitive than Colt or even Ford. He loves his family but he wanted to serve his country and sure didn't mind a break from Thomaston, and enlisted in the U.S. Army as soon as he graduated.

From 2003 to 2008 he served with distinction, earning a Purple Heart on his first tour in Iraq. During his second he earned a Silver Star for "gallantry in action against an enemy of the United States," using his keen eyes to save his squad from a potentially disastrous ambush. He made the rank of Sergeant quicker than most, and was on the fast track to another promotion and reassignment to a "special unit" when things went south.

During a background investigation the Army took an unusually keen interest in his family, and in Rhett's sudden fascination with firearms at age fourteen (when his second eyelids finally developed). Not long after Rhett was at a bar when he heard a woman screaming out back. He found a man on top of her and pulled him off, and while they fought she calmly walked away.

There were no security cameras, no sign of this woman, no DNA or foreign fibers on the man, and no witnesses. Rhett was charged with assault and public drunkenness, and almost immediately given an other-than-honorable discharge by the Army; later, the charges were mysteriously dropped but the damage had been done.

Rhett crawled into a bottle for a few years until his brother Ford finally managed to pull him back out of it. Recently he's been working as a bouncer, and wondering where his family's gone off to. Turns out he's not the only one curious about them...

Additional Information:

* Rhett and Ford are like two peas in a pod. When they get in trouble it's usually together, and when the sh*t hits the fan Ford's the first one Rhett calls, but this time he's hoping to keep his kid brother out of this mess...

* Rhett doesn't hold the impressive record of broken hearts that Colt can claim, and all of them by accident, through negligence. He can be pretty focused, and his friendships and relationships alike tend to suffer for it.

* He's highly susceptible to migraines, especially if exposed to bright or flashing lights for too long.

Ford Daniels

Date: 2012-10-26 18:01 EST
Name: Ford William Graham Daniels
Birthdate: October 27, 1988
Age: 24
Race: Human
Sex: Male
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 198
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Brown
Tattoos: Why mar perfection?

Parents: Lula Anne Daniels, a bartender. Beau Elliot Daniels, a mechanic.
Siblings: Two older brothers, Rhett and Colt; a younger sister, Jackie
Relationship: Single

Occupation: When he can, he?s a substitute teacher for Upson County School District. Recently graduated from Gordon State College with a B.S in Biology (with a Secondary Teaching certification), Associate degree in Health and Physical Education.

When he?s not teaching, which is most of the time, he works on a maintenance crew for the Upson County Road Department.

Personality: The third and youngest of the Daniels boys, Ford claims that his parents kept at it until they got it right and then had Jackie because there was no point in another boy after that. Not that he believes it, but it?s a way to get under his brothers? skins. He manages to pull off with a good natured grin that leaves them forgetting why they were mad at him five seconds later. He?s also the most studious of his siblings, with a serious, bookish side that he rarely lets people see. Why spoil the illusion?

Talents & Abilities: Ford has an innate charm that puts most people at ease. He?s adept at reading emotions and reactions, and smart enough to adapt. That easy charm and ready smile make him popular, socially. Conversely, it?s easy for him to melt into the background of things and go unnoticed, a trick he finds extremely useful at times.

Strengths: Despite, or maybe because he had to deal with the ?Daniels Boys? reputation his brothers earned, Ford?s developed a thick skin. He lets insults rolls off his back, and is more like Rhett than Colt in that he won?t step into a brawl when there?s an alternative that ends without a trip to the walk-in clinic.

Like his brothers and sister, he knows his way around outdoors ? camping, hunting, fishing, swimming, four-wheeling (and tailgating). He?s a natural teacher, outdoors or in the classroom.

Faults: It?s possible to be too easy-going, and popularity comes with a price. He?s most comfortable on the periphery of things, rather than having the spotlight focused on him. He also lets things that bother him slide until he can?t stand it anymore. When he blows up, he blows up big.

Brief Bio: Ford idolized his older brothers growing up, particularly Rhett, whose heels he hounded daily. As the youngest of Beau and Lula Anne?s boys, however, he also found himself constantly compared to both Rhett and Colt, both a blessing and a curse. As a result, he avoided some activities they were particularly successful with. When Colt excelled in football, Ford dropped it and poured his energy into track and field. Since Rhett joined the Army, Ford avoided ROTC.

It has always looked like Ford didn?t have to work hard to get what he wanted, but in reality, he did. While he always had good grades in school, he preferred to downplay his accomplishments and struggles. He told everyone he used Pell Grants and a small track scholarship to pay for college. In reality, an academic scholarship and a series of part-time jobs paid for his school.

He graduated with honors in May 2012 and returned home to Thomaston, hoping to get on at the middle or high school teaching science and coaching track. When no job for the new school year materialized, he put himself on the substitute call list and went back to work full-time with the road crew, a job he held every summer since he was sixteen. Lately, he?s been thinking about getting on with the state park service, but hasn?t acted on it.

List Additional Information:

* Ford loves his family, and is closest to Rhett of all of his siblings, though they lost some of that tightness during his high school years when military life took Rhett away from Thomaston.

* Despite popular myth, Ford sampled from ?the Buffet? infrequently. This was partly because the reputation Colt developed with them (and the girls? parents) grew to include all of Beau Daniels?s boys, and partly because he saw how hurt Jackie looked each time it happened, even though she pretended she didn?t care.

* The recent rumor that Ford was dating a stripper from Macon was false, though he encouraged it. He?s close-lipped about what he was doing all those nights he claimed to be driving out that way.