Synopsis
Let's go on an adventure!
Description
Name: Lauren Afay Dari
Age: 13
Birthday: September 4th
Gender: Female
Species: fay/witch
Ethnicity: 3/7 English, 2/7 Nigerian, 1/7 Italian, 1/7 Egyptian. Her family gets around.
Birthplace: Nomitine village
Hometown Nomintine village
Current Residence Grandure City
Physical Description:
Lauren
is a girl with rather unassuming looks. She stands at a rather stout
5’2 and weighs somewhere between 105 and 110lbs, weight shifting
randomly.She tends to gain the most around holidays. Her hair is a
rather dark chocolate brown and, in the shade, can at times be mistaken
for black. Her eyes are a contrasting jade green that are often hidden
behind large, round frame glasses.
Her skin is a dark tanned
brown, a little beyond caramel but not quite coco. She tends to tan over
the summer but by late winter or early spring the tan has usual faded
and left a small crop of barely noticeable freckles across the bridge of
her nose.
She has several small scars on her arms and legs and a
few on her back. Most are from outdoor mishaps, the most noticeable
being a slightly longer, thin scar going from the top of her shoulder to
about one inch down. She got it after she fell out of a tree in her
yard and hit a particularly sharp branch on the way down.
She has yet to get her fay wings.
Note: She
wears most of her shirts two or so sizes too big, has an extensive
collection of scarves that she wears throughout the year, and has one of
her father’s coats for particularly cold off days.
Personality
Lauren is a curious one. Always seeking out new knowledge she's
known to fall into trouble or overhear important, but usually private,
conversations. Intuitive and creative she thinks outside of the box and
is always up to looking for new ways of doing things. While she's not
loud or overly social she never seems to turn down the offer of a
conversation, especially if it will be an informative, educational, and
intellectual one. She's no genius by any standards though, no over
achiever in her work. She simply learns because she wants to know and
actually has a bad habit of slacking off on subjects she has little to
no interest in.
She can be rather
mature for her age but at the same time she’s a child at heart and can
often be found goofing off. She’s also a bit spacey at times and it’s
not uncommon to spot her talking to herself or staring off into the
distance. Her emotions range from giddy to gloomy but she usually stays
on the upbeat and cheery side, it’s rare that you’ll see her angry. She
is a tolerant girl, never taught to hate anything but evil, and very
easy to get along with if you don't mind a little chatter box or
continuous questioning every now and again. She is kind to those who are
kind to her, avoids people who treat her badly, and is a good friend.
She
can, at times be intrusive, just a tad nosey, but only when trying to
learn something she finds interesting or when talking to someone she
perceives as a friend. At times she can forget the limit of boundaries
and will ask a question she shouldn’t. Once she’s aware she will quickly
become withdrawn and apologetic, apologizing over and over again. A
long standing bad habit of hers actually, and something her father
constantly comments on, is the fact that she will often apologize for
things she has not done or for things that do not warrant apology.
She
can be overly cautious at times, in regards to people’s feelings
anyway, and the worst thing she feels she can do is upset someone. She
strives to never do that, and tries her hardest to avoid confrontation.
Mostly because it terrifies her.
Equipment / Abilities
Equipment
- Her blanket, never goes anywhere without it
- Messenger bag full of assorted stuffs
- Note pad to write down interesting things
- Sketch pad to sketch interesting things
- Lap harp, to be kept in her room
- General possessions (clothes, toothbrush, pillow etc.)
- Picture of family
- Several books on several topics
- Pencils
- Pens
- Color pencils
- Bags of butterscotch candy
Abilities
- Will-o-wisps
- Low level fire magic
- Low level earth magic
- Mild invisibility
History
Lauren’s life has always been a fairly basic one. She was born in Nomintine Village, a small forested settlement made strictly for those of the magical and otherworldly type, to her exceedingly proud parents Fiona and Maxus Dari, Fiona a fay and Maxus as wizard, and lived there, comfortable and well provided for in their cozy home.
Her
parents, unsure of who's traits she would hold most strongly, made sure to immerse her in both. Being
raised this way she attended schooling for both fay and wizards, amassing a great bit of knowledge in her youth. She was often thought odd
by her classmates and teachers though, mostly because she stuck to her books, refusing to socialize
with children her age, and usually hung around by herself or stuck
close to the teachers, conversing with them or not at all. This behavior
also continued at home as she spoke only with her parents, their
elderly neighbors, and two older cousins, Mikhail and Regis, who lived
down the street.
Despite this oddity though, she still grew as a
normal, adventurous, curious child who had a bad habit of eavesdropping
and repeating what she had heard at a later date. Her parents were
quick to try and squash this habit but it still persists, though she’s
less likely to repeat things nowadays.
She was well traveled
when she was small, taking trips often to the normal world to visit the bulk of
her father’s family; they assimilated quite well into the general populous. She
traveled to Cairo and Italy to visit her mother’s family, also assimilated, and amassed a
rather nice collection of mundane knickknacks and stuffed toys not to
mention books, always on the area, the animals, or popular places to
visit. She was a very well read child.
Her life continued on at a normal and rather uneventful pace, though her family moved away to Grandure City, a largely magic populated place, for her fathers work when she was ten. There she continued schooling until now. After receiving her invitation to Andromeda she packed her bags and got ready for an adventure.
Her parents sent her off to school with smiles and a bit of worry, they think she'll be okay and are hopeful that her powers will define themselves more.
Extra
Likes:
Candy, especially sugar quills and saltwater taffy
reading/books
writing
animals
plants
music
playing the harp
attempting to play the lyre
singing
watching her father work on charms or potions
exploring the outdoors
video games, huge Zelda nerd
listening to violin and hurdy-gurdy music
traveling
the color purple
Dislikes:
Being without her blanket
rude people
overly loud places
being bored
being alone for extended periods of time
being alone at night
cold weather
zombies
shitake mushrooms
long silences outside of class and the library
Fears:
Death
her parents dying
she’s not really a fan of the dark
thunder makes her uneasy but it’s not exactly a fear
the zombie apocalypse (hugely irrational fear and she knows it)
the attic at the library where her mother works. (something not right is up there she's sure)
being completely alone
everyone hating her
also she has an odd tendency to cry when people yell out of anger, even if it’s not directed at her.
