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Non-player character list (with relevant info; more will be added as more is learned about each):

This is for characters (generally played by Julie) who are more minor parts of the story.

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Raymond (RY)
Played by Julie Bihn (GM) IM: Yarnkittymon
Full name/real name: Raymond Marshall
Age: (as of March 3, 1928):34
Birthday: April 27, 1893

Physical description:
Hair: Dark brown, slicked back
Eyes: Hazel
Height: 5'5
Clothing: Usually wears tan pants and a button-up pastel-colored shirt, with a bright bow tie and suspenders. Also wears brightly-colored suspenders (usually red)
Accessories: Carries a comb (and his wallet) in his pocket.
Ethnicity: Probably Irish and German, but his grandparents on both sides were born in the United States
Longer physical description: Raymond is fairly large, and not short for the time period, either. He has a small and well-tended mustache. He smiles a lot.

Character traits:
Powers and talents: None
Character type: Strength
Likes: Pretty young women; gambling and games of chance; cats
Dislikes: Dogs; traveling
Faults/Weaknesses: A bit afraid of unfamiliar places. Dislikes leaving Coney Island, or even his arcade, though he does so when necessary, or to visit the library.
Strengths: Very friendly, and pretty smart
Quirks: Has several cats, and is usually looking for people to adopt their litters
Secrets: Has quite a crush on Erin
Originally from: Vermont
Occupation: Runs an arcade on Coney Island, year 'round
Any information about his/her past that anyone wants to share: Raymond moved to the city when he was 15 and loved it. He got a summer job working at a small arcade on Coney Island, making fair money, though he had a hard time finding other occupation out of season. He stayed with the arcade-owner for several years, and the owner gave the arcade to Raymond when he retired from the business.

Other:
Favorite color: Green
Favorite food: Chinese food
Favorite leisure-time activities: Getting really good at his high-tech grabber machine.

Charlie (CH)
Played by Julie Bihn (GM) IM: Yarnkittymon
Full name/real name: Charles Freedman
Age: (as of March 3, 1928):23
Birthday: November 10, 1904

Physical description:
Hair: Black, kind of straggly, usually under a newsboy-type hat
Eyes: Brown
Height: 5'2
Clothing: Old but clean clothes--a simple collared shirt and unfashionable pants (both handsewn) and tattered boots, and the newsboy-type hat
Accessories: None
Ethnicity: African-American
Longer physical description: Charlie is fairly thin.

Character traits:
Powers and talents: Can heal when he touches a variant and uses their energy (draining the variant). (Can also do any magic spell, provided he has the hand symbols right, concentrates, and has a variant touching him, without using the words.)
Character type: Average
Likes: Food; animals
Dislikes: Shops
Faults/Weaknesses: Very shy of white people, and doesn't talk properly
Strengths: Pretty kind
Quirks: Wanders around New York whenever he can spare the money for the subway
Secrets: None
Originally from: Upstate New York
Occupation: Works in a factory
Any information about his/her past that anyone wants to share: Charlie and his sister share an apartment in New York. His sister is a variant.

Other:
Favorite color: None
Favorite food: Chicken fried steak
Favorite leisure-time activities: Helping others

Stella (SA)
Played by Cleo IM: CleoDominic
Full name/real name: Estella Patricks (now McHenry)
Age: (as of March 3, 1928): 21
Birthday: May 7, 1907

Physical description:
Hair: short red, and very curly.
Eyes: Green
Height: 5'6
Clothing: usually red skirts suits.
Accessories:a gold star bracelett
Ethnicity: Irish
Longer physical description: She real tiny. Her hair is very curly, and to her shoulder. She always wears skirts.
Character traits: She acts real snotty and stuck up, and seems to love money more than anything. She always look down upon people.

Character traits: She acts real snotty and stuck up, and seems to love money more than anything. She always look down upon people.
Powers and talents: None
Character type:
Likes: Money
Dislikes: Her father
Faults/Weaknesses: she tries to kill the child within her.
Strengths: Alex
Quirks:
Secrets: That she really loves Alex.
Originally from: Ireland
Occupation: worked her way up from a telephone sales position to be in charge of a group of young women
Any information about his/her past that anyone wants to share: When she was
dating Alex, her father disapproved, and kicked her out, with only half her
heir.

Favorite color: Red
Favorite food: Fish
Favorite leisure-time activities: going to broard way shows.

Hugo (HU)
Played by Julie Bihn (GM) IM: Yarnkittymon
Full name/real name: Hugo McHenry
Age: (as of March 3, 1928): 28
Birthday: September 25, 1899

Physical description:
Hair: Dark brown
Eyes: Green
Height: 5'6
Clothing: Never underdressed for an occasion, he generally wears a suit and tie.
Accessories: Always carries his wallet, and currently keeps a pistol in a shoulder holster.
Ethnicity: Probably Scottish.
Longer physical description: Hugo is a mildly attractive man. He's usually very serious; his rare smiles are reserved almost exclusively for Stella, and occasionally his sister, Michelle.

Character traits:
Powers and talents: None, although he is quite rich.
Character type: Normal
Likes: Beauty
Dislikes: Jokes
Faults/Weaknesses: Is hard to get close to; doesn't seem to like many people, not even his mother.
Strengths: Once he likes someone, he'll defend them as best he can.
Quirks: Will never negotiate with someone who has a hostage, no matter who that is.
Secrets: Used to have several family secrets (including that Michelle was the product of his mother's adultery), but most of those are quickly coming to light. The only secret he still has is that he was helping Mrs. Madison with a terrible plan...
Originally from: America
Occupation: Businessman dealing in imports and production of most types of department store goods
Any information about his/her past that anyone wants to share:

Favorite color: Brown
Favorite food: Broccoli
Favorite leisure-time activities: Attending shows, watching films, listening to radio dramas; driving

Michelle (MI)
Played by Julie Bihn (GM) IM: Yarnkittymon
Full name/real name: Michelle McHenry
Age: (as of March 3, 1928): 13
Birthday: June 15, 1914

Physical description:
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Green
Height: 4'11
Clothing: Wears knee-length dresses most of the time, only wearing pants if she's gardening, riding horseback, or doing some other task that a dress would hinder.
Accessories: None.
Ethnicity: Probably Scottish.
Longer physical description: Michelle carries herself like a tomboy, so she doesn't exactly look dignified in her dresses. She never wears a hat, except to church. Her skin is rather darker than Hugo's.

Character traits:
Powers and talents: If she kisses someone on the lips, she can switch bodies with them.
Character type: Speed
Likes: Traveling; her father; Alex
Dislikes: Rain
Faults/Weaknesses: Is more than a little pushy and presumptuous
Strengths: Is generally good-hearted, and cute as a button, so she can get away with a lot.
Quirks: While Michelle is a tomboy of sorts, she's also very set on becoming President when she grows up. As such, she fears to do anything truly scandalous, though she still has a lot of fun.
Secrets: She is the product of her mother's adultery--something she only recently discovered, and something the whole city is going to learn soon enough.
Originally from: America
Occupation: Student
Any information about his/her past that anyone wants to share:

Other:
Favorite color: Bright blue
Favorite food: Tomato soup; candy corn
Favorite leisure-time activities: Riding; traveling; any athletic activity

Mrs. Madison (MG)
Played by Julie Bihn (GM) IM: Yarnkittymon
Full name/real name: Margaret Madison
Age: (as of March 3, 1928): 56
Birthday: February 24, 1872

Physical description:
Hair: White, usually hidden under a cloche hat
Eyes: Blue
Height: 4'9
Clothing: Wears long and stately dresses that are still vaguely in fashion
Accessories: Carries a pair of thick-rimmed glasses that she wears occasionally
Ethnicity: British, technically, but she's of an old family that can be traced back to the Revolutionary War
Longer physical description: Margaret is an elderly woman, very skinny, and partially bent-over with age.

Character traits:
Powers and talents: None
Character type: Average
Likes: Jewelry, and is interested in magic
Dislikes: Crowds; "new money"
Faults/Weaknesses: Is physically very weak.
Strengths: Is quite rich, and has a way of being listened-to.
Quirks: Very strongly does not want to die.
Secrets: Had an affair with her butler
Originally from: New York
Occupation: None
Any information about his/her past that anyone wants to share: Margaret is definitely "old money," and very wealthy. She and Libby are acquaintenced with one another. Margaret had three sons, all of whom are irresponsible womanizers. Her husband is dead. Margaret does not know what to do with the family fortune when she passes on. But perhaps she doesn't have to pass on...

Favorite color: Gold
Favorite food: Veal
Favorite leisure-time activities: Sitting by a fire

Donald (DL)
Played by Julie Bihn (GM) IM: Yarnkittymon
Full name/real name: Donald Quinn
Age: (as of March 3, 1928): 24
Birthday: August 15, 1904

Physical description:
Hair: A very dark blonde, slicked back
Eyes: Brown
Height: 5'8
Clothing: Fashionable suits
Accessories:
Ethnicity: Unknown
Longer physical description: Donald is not particularly handsome, but he has an athletic body, and looks kind of pleasant.

Character traits:
Powers and talents: None
Character type: Normal
Likes: Carnivals; making friends, people who are strong; physically or emotionally
Dislikes: Hot weather; working on his car
Faults/Weaknesses: While he promises everything to everyone, and has vague intentions of delivering, he's really only self-interested.
Strengths: Is usually polite and friendly.
Quirks: Loves to nickname everyone (especially folks in the freak show)
Secrets: Works for Mrs. Madison.
Originally from: Was born in England but brought to America when he was still a baby.
Occupation: Producer of a few radio shows
Any information about his/her past that anyone wants to share:

Other:
Favorite color: Navy blue
Favorite food: Chicken, roasted or fried
Favorite leisure-time activities: Is too driven to spend much time in actions that won't lead to an eventual profit, though he does enjoy tinkering with radios.

Orion (OR)
Played by Cheryl Morris IM: SquirtLaWort
Full name/real name: Orion Hanson
Age: (as of February 10, 1928): 32
Birthday: June 30, 1895

Physical description:
Hair: Gray
Eyes: Gray
Height: 5'10
Clothing: Just button-up shirts and pants and the like; boring stuff.
Accessories: Carries a notebook with a pencil.
Ethnicitiy: Mostly of Irish descent, but he's been in the country so long he hardly knows.
Longer physical description: Orion is a rather handsome man, despite his gray hair. He has a very fetching smile.

Character traits:
Powers and talents: Can put words into other people's minds, if he's reading them.
Character type: Average
Likes: Acting and writing
Dislikes: Water
Faults/Weaknesses: Can be a bit overbearing at times.
Quirks: Is rather supersitious.
Secrets:
Originally from: Chicago
Any information about his/her past that anyone wants to share: Orion has always loved writing and reading and play-acting, and now he does them all...

Charity (CY)
Played by Julie Bihn (GM) IM: Yarnkittymon
Full name/real name: Charity Grimwold
Age: (as of February 10, 1928): 19
Birthday: August 9, 1908

Physical description:
Hair: Gray
Eyes: Hazel
Height: 5'6
Clothing: Usually wears knickers and long-sleeved, button-up shirts, and tall boots.
Accessories: Never wears a hat but usually wears a pair of aviator goggles.
Ethnicitiy: A mix of several ethnicities.
Longer physical description: Charity is quite thin, and a little pretty, though her wild, short gray hair makes most people see her as odd...

Character traits:
Powers and talents: Can control the wind.
Character type: Speed
Likes: Flying; men
Dislikes: Sexism
Faults/Weaknesses: Pretty stuck-up
Quirks: Is oddly attached to a piece-of-junk plane she assembled herself.
Secrets: Has a long-lost brother
Originally from: San Francisco
Any information about his/her past that anyone wants to share: Charity's father taught her to perform in air shows, and she's quite good (though they are currently illegal, of course)...

Patrick (PK)
Played by Julie Bihn (GM) IM: Yarnkittymon (originated by Maggie?)
Full name/real name: Patrick John Reyes
Age: (as of February 10, 1928 ):45
Birthday: October 31, 1883

Physical description:

Hair: Brown
Eyes: Blue
Height: 6'
Clothing: Mostly wears suites, his favorite: a dark navy colored.
Accessories: He owns a pocket watch that he is quite fond of.
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Longer physical description: Tall lanky frame, not at all athletic. He has a long face, big nose, and little eyes that are a little to close together. He also has thin lips so he gives a kind if tight lipped smile.

Character traits:

Powers and talents:  He travels in the shadows
Character type:  Strength
Likes: Money, and lots of it.
Dislikes: His daughter and poor people.
Faults/Weaknesses: His greed and the love of his wife.
Strengths: Smart
Quirks: Seen as childish by others.
Secrets: 

Originally from: Upstate New York.
Occupation: He is a business man--or so they call him. Maybe a shady business man.
Any information about his/her past that anyone wants to share: He was very much in love with his wife Monica and when she died in child birth he was more then devastated. He swore that he would never love again and blamed her death on his one and only child, his daughter Serena. Serena looked exactly like her mother, with raven black hair and silver eyes that sparkled. He sent her away at the age of nine when he figured out that the older she got the more money and time she required. He couldn't stand to look at her because she reminded him of his wife.

Favorite color: Black
Favorite food: Baked potatoes.  steak and mashed potatoes.
Favorite leisure-time activities: plotting out new business deals and finding ways to make new money since he is on the verge of bankruptcy.
Friends/Relatives: His daughter Serena who was married to Alex Indigo.

Banrak (BN)
Played by Julie Bihn (GM) IM: Yarnkittymon
Full name/real name: Banrak Farinton
Age: (as of February 10, 1931): 17
Birthday: May 30, 1913

Physical description:
Hair: A deep auburn color
Eyes: Blue
Height: 5'8
Clothing: Wears a light tunic with leather pants underneath.
Accessories: Carries an ornate jeweled dagger
Ethnicity: Looks quite Irish, though it's really hard to say what he is
Longer physical description: Banrak is a gutsy-looking young man, thin as a rail, and fairly covered in freckles.

Character traits:
Powers and talents: Can take sickness or injury from one person and halve it, though he has to give the remaining half to someone else
Character type: Strength
Likes: Southern-style music; chocolate
Dislikes: His father; the wilderness
Faults/Weaknesses: Is more than a touch gulliable, and doesn't actually say much
Strengths: Kind-hearted
Quirks: Plays the banjo
Secrets: He'll explain as much as he remembers, which isn't much; he doesn't even know he's from the sorcerer clan.
Originally from: The clan of sorcerers on the island, but his father left, taking him, when he was only about 2
Occupation: None
Any information about his/her past that anyone wants to share: Banrak has tried to leave his father; as a result, the young man is kept frozen most of the time, and is too weak to escape the rest

Favorite color: Orange
Favorite food: Steak
Favorite leisure-time activities: Playing his banjo; trying to escape

Friends/Relatives: Father, Michael Farinton; sisters, Ciama and Edusa Farinton

Michael Farinton (MI)
Played by Julie Bihn (GM) IM: Yarnkittymon
Full name/real name: Michael Farinton
Age: (as of February 10, 1931): 56
Birthday: September 28, 1875

Hair: Rather gray, long, and wild, with a beard to match
Eyes: Blue
Height: 5'6
Clothing: Wears huge robes with a leather hat and leather pants underneath.
Accessories: A shining crystal necklace at his throat.
Ethnicity: His people think of themselves as native to the island, though they're a blend of German (I believe) and Korean (!).
Longer physical description: Michael is a wrinkled man with more than a little fire left inside him.

Powers and talents: Knows magic, though he has to drain people to do it; instead of just taking their powers, he makes them ill. He can gain more power easily, because the sicknesses he gives transmit from person to person with relative ease.
Character type: Normal
Likes: Classical music; animals
Dislikes: "Newcomers," his clan, technology
Faults/Weaknesses: He's pretty evil, abusive, and doesn't care at all about anyone outside his own family (nor does he care all that much about his family)
Strengths: Is smart and powerful, and stands up for what he believes in
Quirks: Likes to gamble
Secrets: He keeps his whole past a secret; he likes to pretend he's better than everyone else, not an outcast...
Originally from: The clan of sorcerers on the island
Occupation: None
Any information about his/her past that anyone wants to share: Michael has always done magic, not by draining people, exactly, but by making them ill. He has little control over who he drains when they get sick, and he wound up draining several members of his clan of sorcerers, and even killing one of them. He and his son were dishonored and banished, yet through healing he got his thumbs back and is now an overall menace...

Favorite color: Green
Favorite food: Oatmeal
Favorite leisure-time activities: Experimenting

Friends/Relatives: Son, Banrak Farinton; daughters, Edusa and Ciama Farinton

Ciama (CI)
Played by Maggie IM: SP00KY One or Maeve Owens (profile by Julie)
Full name/real name: Ciama Farinton
Age: (as of February 10, 1931): 18
Birthday: November 30, 1912

Physical description:
Hair: Thick and black
Eyes: Gray
Height: 5'5
Clothing: Wears a long flowing dress that drags the ground.
ccessories: Carries an ornate jeweled dagger.
*Ethnicity: Looks a bit Asian, though she's quite a mixture
Longer physical description: Ciama is slim and serene-looking. If she was in a play cast solely by appearances, she'd most likely be the princess.

Character traits:
Powers and talents: Can see bits of the future--or, rather, what will happen if current trends hold; it's not set in stone.
Character type: Speed
Likes: Chocolate; piano; shopping; animals
Dislikes: Rain; snakes
Faults/Weaknesses: She's still fond of her father and somewhat loyal to him, whatever he does.
Strengths: Pretty determined, and even she can tell what her father is doing is wrong, so she could be convinced to work against him....
Quirks: Owns four pairs of heels and several pairs of stockings
Secrets: She's seen some pretty terrible things about the future (such as the fate of Marquis after Pearl Harbor), but won't tell them all.
Originally from: The clan of sorcerers on the island, but her father left, taking her, when she was only about 3
Occupation: None
Any information about his/her past that anyone wants to share: Ciama is kept frozen like her brother most the time, used as a spy, but unlike her siblings, she thinks this is for the best.

Favorite color: Blue
Favorite food: Venison
Favorite leisure-time activities: Reading

Friends/Relatives: Father, Michael Farinton; sister, Edusa; brother, Banrak Farinton

Edusa (ED)
Played by Caroline Smith IM: Quantum Catz (profile by Julie)
Full name/real name: Edusa Farinton
Age: (as of February 10, 1931): 17
Birthday: February 3, 1914

Hair: Long, brown hair, slightly curly, and tied up in a sensible style
Eyes: Blue
Height: 5'7
Clothing: Wears a sensible 1930s style dress
Accessories: Carries an ornate jeweled dagger.
Ethnicity: Doesn't look like much of any ethnicity, and she's actually such a mixture it'd be hard to break it down.
Longer physical description: Edusa is a sturdy-looking young woman with a scar on her forehead, under her bangs.

Powers and talents: Can project thoughts to other people, especially when they're asleep
Character type: Normal
Likes: Chocolate; soccer; drinking
Dislikes: Swimming
Faults/Weaknesses: A bit brash and loudmouthed
Strengths: Kindhearted; gentle with children and the infirm
Quirks: Wears make-up when she can get it past her father
Secrets: She can see a bit into people's minds when she projects images to them, but she hasn't even told her siblings that
Originally from: The clan of sorcerers on the island, but her father left, taking her, when she was only a baby
Occupation: None
Any information about his/her past that anyone wants to share: Ciama is kept frozen like her siblings, and used as a spy. She deeply resents this, and tries to escape when she can.

Favorite color: Yellow
Favorite food: Sausage
Favorite leisure-time activities: Soccer

Friends/Relatives: Father, Michael Farinton; sister, Edusa; brother, Banrak Farinton

Guy (GU)
Played by Julie Bihn (GM) IM: Yarnkittymon
Full name/real name: Guy Stowe
Age: (as of March 10, 1931): 24
Birthday: October 26, 1906

Physical description:
Hair: Dark hair, shining because it's greased back, medium-length for a man
Eyes: Deep blue
Height: 5'10
Clothing: Wears a fedora and a tan trenchcoat, with a pressed shirt and pants underneath, along with a belt with a silver buckle
Accessories: Carries a crossbow
Ethnicity: Probably has some blood from India, as his skin is a dark brown color, his eyebrows thick and black. He's a fine-featured man with just the vaguest trace of a British accent.
Longer physical description: Guy is a handsome young man, well-muscled and well-proportioned.

Powers and talents: Can sense where any one person is at any time, no matter where in the world he or she is. Can make people look and feel dead for a time.
Character type: Strength
Likes: Dogs, cigars, sports
Dislikes: Cats
Faults/Weaknesses: Stubborn and not particularly kind
Strengths: Goes after what he wants
Quirks: Keeps his first-wife's ring on a string as a necklace, under his clothes
Secrets: While he'd never go all the way with a woman he wasn't seriously dating, he'd do anything but...
Originally from: Born in India, but came to Kitar Island when he was three
Occupation: Detective
Any information about his/her past that anyone wants to share: Guy spent most of his life on Kitar Island, growing up in a small farming town, and fell in love with a beautiful woman when he was 17. They married but she died in childbirth two years later, mostly because they couldn't bring a real doctor in time. Now Guy spends all his time in towns, though he doesn't dare leave the island

Favorite color: Blue
Favorite food: Macaroni
Favorite leisure-time activities: Target practice

Friends/Relatives:

Lulu (LU)
Played by Maggie IM: SP00KY One or Maeve Owens (profile by Julie)
Full name/real name: Lulu Dessey
Age: (as of February 10, 1931): 19
Birthday: April 30, 1911

Physical description:
Hair: Silver, slightly curly, short
Eyes: Green
Height: 5'0
Clothing: Nearly always wears pants--capris or knickers--and form-fitting blouses, without a hat. She likes dark and deep, warm colors, like reds and browns.
Accessories: Usually wears a hair-barrette
Ethnicity: Half Indian (now called "Native-American"), the rest mixed white
Longer physical description: Lu is very pretty, well-proportioned, with a small waist and an hourglass figure. She carries herself with confidence, a little masculine. She has fairly dark skin.

Powers and talents: Lulu never bleeds, and is highly resistant to sickness. That said, she really doesn't like to be around sick people and will generally only do so if she's forced into it by the circumstances, or if it's someone she cares about.
Character type: Speed
Likes: Jazz music; gardening; cats
Dislikes: Sick people; small dogs; natives
Faults/Weaknesses: Can be very manipulative to get what she wants, and constantly has a fear of rejection. Doesn't particularly have a sense of honor, and is prone to lying.
Strengths: Is physically strong, and rather determined.
Quirks: Likes to gamble
Secrets: She knows she's half-Indian, but won't tell anyone.
Originally from: A farm outside Arcadia outside Yarnia on Kitar Island
Occupation: Stablehand
Any information about his/her past that anyone wants to share: Lulu was raised by an adoptive family, an older, childless couple, on Kitar Island, and grew up never knowing who her parents were, though she was always well taken care of, and her adoptive parents always seemed to have plenty of money for her. Her adoptive father recently passed away, leaving her shaken.

Favorite color: Red
Favorite food: Spinach
Favorite leisure-time activities: Horse racing

Friends/Relatives: Hasn't made any lasting friendships since she moved to Redberry

Floyd (FM)
Played by Maggie IM: SP00KY One or Maeve Owens (profile by Julie)
Full name/real name: Floyd Manners
Age: (as of March 10, 1931): 27
Birthday: July 24, 1903

Hair: Medium-length blonde hair, only slicked back by water, so it sticks up in a couple places
Eyes: Brown
Height: 5'6
Clothing: Wears a white coat and a collared shirt, with plain dress pants and loafers.
Accessories: Usually carries around a book, and almost always has his stethescope around his neck
Ethnicity: Grandparents are Swedish, though their children married other ethnicities, so he's a mutt.
Longer physical description: Floyd is usually serious, though he has a sense of humor. He has a nice body though he doesn't exercise much.

Powers and talents: Can take himself exactly 70 years forward in time for a few hours at a time, but only to visit one of his desendants--and he forgets anything he learns about history when he comes back to the "past"
Character type: Average
Likes: Soda pop; rugby; girls
Dislikes: The elderly
Faults/Weaknesses: Occasionally scatterbrained and a touch egotistical
Strengths: Fairly kind-hearted, and will work for free if necessary
Quirks: Got hooked on video games in his brief visits to the future
Secrets: Is afraid of bees
Originally from: The small town of Willis on Kitar Island
Occupation: Doctor
Any information about his/her past that anyone wants to share: Floyd can move forward in time to visit his descendants, and has made pretty good friends with his grandson Evan, who, coincidentally, is in medical school studying to be a doctor. Floyd has learned a lot from borrowing textbooks, though many of the techniques are impractical in a rural area stuck in the past.

Favorite color: Blue-green
Favorite food: Steak
Favorite leisure-time activities: Reading; drinking

Friends/Relatives: Evan Manners, his grandson who he visits in the future

Natalie (NT)
Played by Julie Bihn (GM) IM: Yarnkittymon
Full name/real name: Wisaffiff
Age: (as of February 10, 1932): 20
Birthday: August 10, 1912

Physical description:
Hair: Dark gray fur all over her body
Eyes: Blue
Height: 5'3
Clothing: Clothed in a black robe to hide her features as best she can
Accessories:
Ethnicity: Shuhuh
Longer physical description: Natalie is a strong-looking Shuhuh with a fierce expression and bright eyes.

Character traits:
Powers and talents: None, aside from knowing the Shuhuh language and English, both rather fluently
Character type: Normal
Likes: Fish; having her stomach scratched; picture books
Dislikes: Humans
Faults/Weaknesses: Doesn't hesitate to lie to get her way
Strengths: Very protective of her people
Quirks: Has a sweet tooth, not for fruit, but for candy
Secrets:
Originally from: Was born in the Shuhuh lands, but was kidnapped as a kitten and taken to mainland America. Returned at the age of 7.
Occupation: Huntress
Any information about his/her past that anyone wants to share:
Other:
Favorite color: Blue
Favorite food: Candy
Favorite leisure-time activities: Playing with kittens

Friends/Relatives: Thiwas, her kitten

Thiwas (TW)
Played by Maggie IM: SP00KY One or Maeve Owens (profile by Julie)
Full name/real name: Thiwas
Age: (as of February 10, 1932): 4
Birthday: October 1, 1927

Physical description:
Hair: Short black fur
Eyes: Yellow-green
Height: 3'3 if standing on his hind legs (which he's not too good at)
Clothing: Wears a collar and leash as though he belongs to his mother
Accessories:
Ethnicity: Shuhuh
Longer physical description: Thiwas is a skittish kitten, very close to his mother.

Character traits:
Powers and talents: None, aside from knowing the Shuhuh language and English, both rather fluently
Character type: Normal
Likes: Fish; having his stomach scratched; gnawing on things
Dislikes: Water
Faults/Weaknesses: A fearful creature, distrustful of anything human, and some of his own people as well
Strengths: Generally obedient, and pretty bright
Quirks: Gets a little sick at the sight of blood
Secrets:
Originally from: Was born in the Shuhuh lands.
Occupation: Kitten
Any information about his/her past that anyone wants to share:
Other:
Favorite color: Green
Favorite food: Fish
Favorite leisure-time activities: Playing; sleeping

Friends/Relatives: Natalie/Wisaffiff, his mother

Clayton (CY)
Played by Maggie IM: SP00KY One or Maeve Owens (profile by Julie)
Full name/real name: Clayton Dovers
Age: (as of June 2006): 24
Birthday: March 8, 1982

Physical description:
Hair: Short and a salt-and-pepper color with very little black, mostly dark and light grays
Eyes: Blue
Height: 5'8
Clothing: Is wearing jeans and a T-shirt, and socks. Usually not shoes, but if he's wearing them they're unlaced, unless Christa laced them for him.
Accessories: None
Ethnicity: His mother and father were of predominantly Spanish and Irish descent, respectively, but he's a mutt with rather pale skin.
Longer physical description: Clayton used to be a rather good-looking and strong young man, but thanks to the labs he's just about covered in scars, mostly deep, though the ones on his face are a bit superficial. He's all skin and bones at this point, and something looks off about his expression.

Character traits:
Powers and talents: Can do quite a bit with electricity, using it to shock people to death, or just to stun them, or even to power applicances.
Character type: Speed
Likes: Music; paint-by-numbers
Dislikes: All doctors; hot weather
Faults/Weaknesses: Has more or less lost his mind from all the tortures he was subjected to in the labs.
Strengths: Has occasional moments of recollection, and whatever happens remains quite gentle with Christa
Quirks: Sometimes in his ramblings he'll speak of he and Christa's aborted daughter Samantha as though she's still alive, and occasionally talk to her like she's a 5-year-old, as she should've been. Is still a vegetarian.
Secrets: He can't really keep any in his condition
Originally from: Oklahoma
Occupation: None
Any information about his/her past that anyone wants to share: Clayton was kidnapped and thrown in the laboratories when he was 10 years old, and he met Christa there, and fell in love with her. The two somehow managed to escape once, but when Clayton went back to his parents they called the police on him and he was sent back. Since then, he's been a pretty bitter person.

In the year 2000 (give or take) he and Christa were going to have a child, but the doctors in the lab thought it would be easier to perform a partial birth abortion rather than deal with what its powers might be. Clayton never forgave them for that, and when, a couple years later, Toby helped he and Christa escape, Clayton finally chose to stay behind, choosing to kill the doctors rather than be free himself. He thought that was the only way to protect his friends, and fully expected to be killed. But instead of dying, Clayton was incapacitated and used as a punching bag for variants to try their powers out on. He slowly went mad going through experiments bad enough to turn his hair grey, but retained moments of lucidity, and he and another variant planned a time when everyone would get together at once and fight to escape. Clayton relayed the message to everyone who was sent in to hurt him in the next couple months, and when the time came, 19 variants escaped in the fighting (though many more were killed in the attempt). Clayton was just blindly killing doctors but he managed to make it out and was considered a hero to all the other variants who escaped. They fled to Kitar Island, and in one of his more lucid moments heard Clayton say Christa's name. They determined to bring him to her, and so he and Christa are reunited and living with Christa's mother in Ash River.

Other:
Favorite color: Yellow
Favorite food: Tomato juice
Favorite leisure-time activities: Playing "Go Fish"

Friends/Relatives: Christa still considers herself his wife, though they never had a real ceremony

Christa (CR)
Played by Julie Bihn (GM) IM: Yarnkittymon
Full name/real name: Christa Friar (though she sometimes goes by Christa Dovers)
Age: (as of June 2006): 24
Birthday: May 17, 1982

Physical description:
Hair: Blonde, a little longer than chin-length
Eyes: Brown
Height: 5'4
Clothing: Wears cute one-piece dresses or jeans most of the time
Accessories: A small gold wedding band she bought herself as soon as Clayton came back
Ethnicity: Definitely a mixture
Longer physical description: Christa is rather cute and has a good complexion, though she's on the heavy side

Character traits:
Powers and talents: Her doctors called her a human voodoo doll--she can reflect any harm or touch done on her onto anyone else, with more intensity than it was done to her. If she were to scratch around her leg with a pin, she could reflect that injury to make someone else's leg come clean off.
Character type: Normal
Likes: Flowers; the ocean; sweets
Dislikes: Most doctors
Faults/Weaknesses: Is a bit prone to hysterics, though living with her mother again has helped her a lot with that problem.
Strengths: Is kindhearted and very sweet
Quirks:
Secrets:
Originally from: Cleveland
Occupation: None
Any information about his/her past that anyone wants to share: Christa was kidnapped and thrown in the laboratories when she was 12 years old. She met Clayton in the labs and fell in love with him. The two somehow managed to escape once, but when Christa went back home her parents hid her and tried to fight off the police that came to take her back. Her father was shot and killed, and Christa was heartbroken; she's been a rather nervous person ever since, and is only now starting to recover.

In the year 2000 (give or take) Christa was going to have a child, but the doctors in the lab thought it would be easier to perform a partial birth abortion rather than deal with what its powers might be. Christa went mostly mad then, though she eventually recovered. Toby helped her and Clayton escape, and Clayton stayed behind to fight. Toby and Christa continued on, but Toby loved Christa, and Christa could only love Clayton, who she considered herself to be married to. So they went their separate ways. Christa eventually was kidnapped by a man who hoped to use her to assassinate people, but she managed to get in touch with Toby through her power, never mind that he was over 70 years in the past. Becky rescued Christa and took her to Kitar Island. Once there, Christa sent a letter to her mother, who quickly came to join her daughter. Christa got too nervous in Gate Town, so they moved to Ash River, a small settlement on the other side of the island.

A few months ago, several variants came to Ash River, with Clayton, who they all claimed had helped them escape, and who was now mostly out of his mind, from all the experiments he'd been subjected to. Despite all this, Christa was overjoyed to have her husband back, and is currently caring for him, with her mother's help.

Other:
Favorite color: Purple
Favorite food: Cake; olives
Favorite leisure-time activities: Knitting

Friends/Relatives: Her mother, and she considers Clayton to be her husband, still

Fiona (FI)
Played by Julie Bihn (GM) IM: Yarnkittymon (profile by Caroline)
Full name/real name: Fiona
Age: 26
Birthday:
Physical description:
Hair: Blonde, reaches to about her shoulders
Eyes: pale blue
Height: 5'7
Clothing: Tends to wear jeans and shirts or t-shirts
Accessories:
Ethnicitiy: Was born in the labs
Longer physical description: Fiona's a quite pretty young woman, whose expression is generally one of kind-haearted friendliness. Her hair tends to be a bit messy as she has a tendacy to sweep it back from her face

Character traits: Rather soft-hearted although more practical and realistic these days than she used to be
Powers and talents: Fiona's a telepath and she was trained in the labs to have quite good control over her powers as well. She will never read a person's thoughts without their permission and rarely asks although she has a good enough understanding of people and their behaviour that she can sometimes guess their thoughts well enough that people think she is reading their minds. When thoughts are particularly strong she sometimes can't prevent herself from hearing them, especially if it's someone she cares about
Character type: Normal

Any information about his/her past that anyone wants to share: Fiona grew up in the labs with her only friends, or real family, being Dominick and Becky. Becky had a bad tendancy to freeze them out though, afraid that having the doctors know that they cared for each other would get them hurt. Fiona, unfortunately, could never block out becky's pain when becky was tested and she always cried when becky was hurt because it was the only response she had for something that upset her so much and took over her thoughts so much. The last thing becky said to her before the lab was destroyed was that she wished that fiona didn't exist because it was too much hassle having someone who wasn't smart enough to protect her friends from the extra torture of being used as collateral. She never held this against becky though, since she always knew deep down that she didn't really mean it and it tore becky apart to see fiona suffer. After the labs were destroyed fiona went with dominick to america, looking for the island that she had heard of where she could be safe, but she found when she lived there that she wanted to do more to help the variants who were suffering or in trouble in the mainland. So she moved to a ranch near a small town and not much else and now provides a home for a small number of variants who need somewhere to stay - ranging from children who've escaped labs to adults who're in hiding. Most of the time these people either move on to somewhere else or the island after a while. Most of them tend to hear of her through word of mouth, just like with the island although Dominick worries that one day normal people will find out about it and she'll be in trouble, but she tells him that she doesn't care - as long as she's helping someone - although she understands how much dominick worries about her.

Harry (HR)
Played by Julie Bihn (GM) IM: Yarnkittymon (profile by Maggie)
Full name/real name: Harry Reed Chalmers
Age: (as of February 10, 1928): 28
Birthday: January 6, 1904
Physical description:
Hair: jet black hair
Eyes: blue eyes
Height: 5'11
Clothing: tries to dress to impress but is also mindful of what is easy to move in. Mostly wears simple shirts with dark colored slacks.
Accessories: His lock pick, a knife and if he can, a gun.
Ethnicity: All american
Longer physical description: He is a very attractive man with a good build and a killer smile.

Character traits:
Powers and talents: he didn't have any.
Character type: (Average, Strength, or Speed; see the fight section for descriptions).
Likes: women, money, and stealing
Dislikes: filthy people, double crossers (although if it benefited him he wouldn't think twice about doing it to someone else)
Faults/Weaknesses: Will do anything it takes to get what he wants.
Strengths: He's smart, witty and can charm just about anyone.
Quirks: He'll kill to get what he wants, but he wont kill for unnecessary reasons. Downplays the fact that he has a soft spot for those in need.
Secrets:
Originally from: the slums of Chicago.
Occupation: thief
Any information about his/her past that anyone wants to share:

When Harry was five his father walked out, leaving him and his mother with no means of support. His mother tried to get work and she did but it wouldn't last for long. She slowly drank herself into oblivion and died five years later. He spent another three years being juggled from one disgruntled family member to the next. None wanted the responsibility of a rebellious child. At 13 he was dumped with one of his Uncles who took an interest in the boy. He was a man who had made a living stealing other people's things. The man passed to Harry the only life he had ever known.

Maeve had first caught his eye when she accidentally burnt down a newspaper stand while attempting to get her powers to work, (which didn't happen until she got angry or frustrated) in order to make money like the rest of the freaks standing on street corners in Atlantic City. Her fiery spirit amused him.

((there was a story I started: http://geocities.com/steeleobsessed/thepath.html and it does have an ending but I was going to change it but maybe I wont I don't know. Hmmm, at any rate it wouldn't change what has happened so far))

The next time Harry saw her a drunk had decided that she must have some money on her, even though she looked twice as poor as him, because he had her pinned to the ground searching for change. Harry didn't have time for a drawn out battle, he had just come from a heist gone bad and the cops were on his tail. So he shot the guy, (one less drunk on the streets anyway) pulled him off of her, took her by the hand and dragged her back to his place. After losing the police of course. The girl was a little too shell shocked to protest.

Maeve did get a little skittish once inside his apartment but once faced with staying on the streets she quickly accepted his offer. She used his shower and then went to sleep in his bedroom, alone. He didn't get much out of her concerning her past at first, it came slowly from many night listening to her nightmares.

Harry wasn't about to take in an orphan and not get anything out of it, regardless of how much she needed his generosity. His last heist had left him shaken and if he could mold this girl into a good partner she might be a good distraction, and not just from the police. ;) Once cleaned up she was pretty nice to look at. And being a little lonely himself. Yeah well he could use the extra "fire" power.

She lived with him for over a year and he was at laying on the guilt, getting her to stay and do what he wanted. He had done quite a lot for her: a room in his apartment, clothes, foodtaught her how to survive the streets. He saw it well within his rights to ask for more. Then she simply disappeared. She left him stuck inside a house with no diversion. He was arrested, thrown in jail and when he got out his "insurance money" was gone, along with Maeve.

Other:
Favorite color: black
Favorite food: steak
Favorite leisure-time activities: stealing, manipulating, and stealing some more.
Friends/Relatives: Maeve and Jack. :F

Louise (LR)
Played by Julie Bihn (GM) IM: Yarnkittymon (profile by Caroline)
Full name/real name: Louise Richards
Age: (as of April 1931): 56
Birthday: January 9, 1875
Hair: Light brown
Eyes: Hazel
Height: 5'3"
Clothing: Tends to wear whatever she can afford.
Ethnicity: Was born in New York although her family have Irish links.
Longer physical description: Is a small woman who doesn't like attention being thrown at her. Tends to look down when people look at her and scrunch her shoulders in a vague attempt to hide from their attentions.
Character traits: All of the treatment from her husband has led to her being a rather submissive woman. She has a tendency to accept what people tell her if they say it in a controlling enough voice although she has a strength when it comes to Jack, who she sees as protecting her from her old life in some ways, and was desperate to be able to make it to his wedding.
Powers and talents: None.
Character type: Average.
Likes: Has always loved Jack for his looking after her and her daughters against her husband, David. In some ways he's her favourite child as he paved the way for a trouble free life for her daughters.
Dislikes: Men who hurt women
Faults/Weaknesses: Can get rather nervous around men.
Quirks:
Secrets:
Originally from: New York
Any information about his/her past that anyone wants to share: Used to be breaten up by her husband until her son Jack began to take the brunt of his anger. Jack then got a job and gave money to her and her daughters to ensure that they never had to do anything that would harm them in any way in order to make money.
Other:
Favorite color: Purple
Favorite food: Roast dinner
Favorite leisure-time activities: Knitting.
Friends/Relatives: Nancy, Anne Jack, Nicole (children).

Nicole (NR)
Played by Maggie IM: SP00KY One or Maeve Owens (profile by Caroline)
Full name/real name: Nicole Richards
Age: (as of April 1931): 18
Birthday: October 24, 1912
Hair: Light brown, kept quite short
Eyes: Brown
Height: 5'5"
Clothing: Tends to wear simple and cheap dresses, according to what she and her mother can afford.
Ethnicity: Both of his parents were born in a rather rough part of New York though his family have both English and Irish links.
Longer physical description: Nicole's a young looking adult who could easily pass for a teenager. She has a wild outgoing side as she, being the youngest, didn't really have to experience her father's anger.
Character traits: Is a rather outgoing girl once she's convinced to start talking. She's a bit uncertain around strangers but the uncertainty soon passes if someone she's familiar with is around to make her feel relaxed.
Powers and talents: None.
Character type: Speed
Likes: Spending time with people who're fun and open to trying new things.
Dislikes: Spending time with people who she finds boring.
Faults/Weaknesses: She can get rather nervous about being alone.
Quirks:
Secrets:
Originally from: New York
Any information about his/her past that anyone wants to share: Was brought up on the illegal money that Jack made and, since he was arrested and moved away, she has been working in a store but the money he had given them has made her life before marriage quite comfortable. Is engaged to a young man working towards owning a café in the future, called Richard.
Other:
Favorite color: Red
Favorite food: Ice-cream
Favorite leisure-time activities: Watching the ocean on the pier when she has the chance.
Friends/Relatives: Nancy, Anne (older sisters), Jack (older brother), Lousie (mother).

Graeme (GW)
Played by Maggie IM: SP00KY One or Maeve Owens (profile by Caroline)
Full name/real name: Graeme Watson
Age: 38
Birthday: January 10th 1983
Physical description:
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Brown
Height: 5'6"
Clothing: Tends to wear whatever's the cheapest in the most available shop unless there's an occasion where Glory wants him to appear more upperclass.
Accessories:
Ethnicity: New York
Longer physical description: He was never meant to be the leader of the pack and had learned to take orders from others to the letter - perhaps why he and Glory get on so well.
Character traits: Knows how to show his disapproval of things, although he never would in front of Glory.
Powers and talents: None.
Character type: Speed.
Likes: Enjoys spending time in the pub with his mates.
Dislikes: People who show off about things.
Faults/Weaknesses: Is too forgiving of Glory over things.
Strengths: When things don't involve Glory, he would die to protect his honour and he still cares for Jack as a friend and is deeply regretful for taking her from him.
Quirks:
Secrets:
Originally from: New York
Occupation: Smuggling
Any information about his/her past that anyone wants to share: Has known Jack since he was 20 years old and looked up to him as an honourable and trustworthy friend. When Glory wanted to go out with him after Jack went to prison, he was deeply worried that Jack would be upset about it, even though he knew that Jack wasn't the kind of man to hold grudges. It was Glory's idea to come to the wedding when she heard of it from his sister Nicole.
Other:
Favorite color: Anything dark
Favorite food: Steak
Favorite leisure-time activities: Just hanging out with his mates.
Friends/Relatives: His parents died when he was young and he has no siblings.

Glory (GL)
Played by Julie Bihn (GM) IM: Yarnkittymon (profile by Caroline)
Full name/real name: Gloria
Age: (as of April 1931): 37
Birthday: September 23, 1893
Physical description:
Hair: Deep brown
Eyes: Hazel
Height: 5'5"
Clothing: Tends to wear what's most fashionable at the time, according to what she (or her husband Graeme, can afford).
Accessories: A gold necklace which Graeme bought for her when he proposed.
Ethnicity: Was born in New York and her parents were New Yorkers.
Longer physical description: She has rather short brown hair, it's rather wavy when it's allowed to grow and you can see the controlling attitude in her eyes.
Character traits: She can be rather domineering when she wants to be. She likes to get her way over things, although she's learnt through the Depression that sometimes that doesn't happen and it's only through Graeme's unlawful actions that they've managed to stay afloat.
Powers and talents: None.
Character type: Average
Likes: Admires people who will stand up to her.
Dislikes: People who ignore her views.
Faults/Weaknesses: She tends to give up on things rather easily if they begin to appear too complicated.
Strengths: She has stood by her husband through all of the economic problems of the time, and even accepts the means in which he has managed to keep them, despite the fact that she wasn't able to accept that with Jack.
Quirks: Is afraid of being alone.
Secrets: Still loves Jack in some ways for being the first man she truly opened up to about her true character.
Originally from: New York
Occupation: None.
Any information about his/her past that anyone wants to share: Started going out with Jack when she was 23 and tried to get him to go straight in order to make sure that he would always be there for her. When he couldn't turn away from his family and their needs, she began to resent him and turned to his best friend Graeme for comfort. She ended up falling in love with him and so him as less of a leap of faith as Jack as he took less chances in his line of work than Jack did. It was her idea to visit Jack for his wedding because she wanted to clear the air between them, even though she was sure that he would hold no hard feelings towards her.
Other:
Favorite color: Orange
Favorite food:
Favorite leisure-time activities:

Ezra (EZ)
Played by Julie Bihn (GM) IM: Yarnkittymon (profile by Caroline)
Full name/real name: Ezra Alden
Age: (as of June 1932): 25
Birthday: February 4, 1907

Physical description:
Hair: Short, curly, and magenta
Eyes: Turquoise
Height: 5'7
Clothing: Since Kizzie left him to go to the mainland, he's dressed nicer, and wears trousers and dress shirts, often with a necktie, and, if it's not too warm, often a suit jacket, even when he's not at a funeral.
Accessories: None
Ethnicity: African-American
Longer physical description: Ezra is a skinny man, light-skinned, and a bit funny-looking.

Character traits:
Powers and talents: Can generate a loud noise to hurt the ears of others.
Character type: Normal
Likes: Children and people in trouble; beautiful things
Dislikes: Mosquitoes; watermelon
Faults/Weaknesses: Is often unhappy with himself, and doesn't think he's a very good person, though his opinion of himself has improved greatly since
Strengths: Is rather kind, and will do anything in his power to make anyone unhappy feel better, though a lot of people have trouble taking him seriously.
Quirks: Many people find him somewhat creepy.
Secrets: Doesn't like to tell anyone exactly how he got his mansion in the first place.
Originally from: Lanshire, fishing and shipping village southwest of Seinegald
Occupation: Undertaker
Any information about his/her past that anyone wants to share: Ezra was born to loving parents, an undertaker perhaps even stranger-looking than him, and a pretty, sweet, smart Negro lady, in the town of Lanshire. Ezra learned the family business and took great pride and joy in embalming the dead. He moved to Kenston when there was an opening for an undertaker in the town, and he did good work there, though he wasn't particularly respected, or even liked; most people saw him as creepy. About a year after he'd been there, the richest man in town brought him in secretly, and explained that he was deathly ill, and in constant pain, and that he was going to end his own suffering. Ezra saw the pain in the man's eyes and promised not to tell anyone, and when the man died, Ezra did him up without saying a word about the self-inflicted wounds he had. The man left Ezra the mansion he'd died in, and Ezra took up residence there, and kept Mrs. Kent, the man's maidservant, in his hire.

Ezra met Kizzie, a young woman with powers tied to trees and plants, in 1928. He fell completely in love with her, and helped her learn not to be overwhelmed by her talent, but when her father died, he accompanied her back to her hometown in America, and she fell in with her family and her old boyfriend. He went back to Kenston brokenhearted, and soon after, prodded by his own guilt and something Kizzie's sister Katherine told him, he donated his mansion to become an orphanage. He moved on to other towns, and met Zori, a woman he thought was every bit as pretty as Kizzie, and who needed him just as much. He loved her unfailingly, and when she came to truly love him back, they married. He took her daughter as his own, and they adopted a child, and recently had one of their own.

Other:
Favorite color: Green
Favorite food: Strawberries
Favorite leisure-time activities: Any sort of outdoor game; watching grown-ups work

Friends/Relatives: Wife, Zoraida Alden; stepdaughter, Gerda Alden; adopted daughter, Blanche Jakovich; infant son, Reid Alden

Zori (ZO)
Played by Maggie IM: SP00KY One or Maeve Owens (profile by Julie)
Full name/real name: Zoraida Alden
Age: (as of June 1932): 25
Birthday: May 8, 1907

Physical description:
Hair: Curly, about shoulder-length, and blonde
Eyes: Brown
Height: 5'7
Clothing: Wears pretty, modern clothes, usually fairly simple, print dresses, flattering to her form.
Accessories: Wedding and engagement ring, and usually wears earrings
Ethnicity: Her family has been on Kitar Island for 3 or 4 generations.
Longer physical description: Zori is a shapely young woman who often looks anxious or even sad. She has light green spots in patterns like a dalmatian's, over about 1/4 of her skin, so many people don't appreciate her beauty properly.

Character traits:
Powers and talents: Can see for superhuman distances.
Character type: Normal
Likes: Animals and the wilds
Dislikes: Strangers, and she distrusts many people, though the people of Everettburg have been nothing but kind to her, and she's fairly comfortable there
Faults/Weaknesses: Is quite ashamed of her looks, and as a result, doesn't leave her house all that often; she's also insecure because of this.
Strengths: Is fiercely loyal to her family, and will generally defend them, even at the cost of her own reputation.
Quirks: Has six cats and two dogs. Is much more comfortable at night than the daytime.
Secrets: Still claims to be a widow, though she was found out in Marquette.
Originally from: The tiny town of Highgrove on Kitar Island
Occupation: Housewife
Any information about his/her past that anyone wants to share: When Zori was born, her parents, and most of the people in town, didn't think anything bad about the numerous green birthmarks that covered her skin, but as she grew up, the other children in the small town teased her, and a few well-meaning old women told her what a shame it was that her looks were spoiled. So Zori grew up thinking herself hideously ugly, and when a man in town several years her senior came on to her when she was just 18, she was rather powerless to resist. He didn't marry her, even when she gave birth to a speckled daughter, and she was so ashamed, she moved far away, to the larger town of Marquette, hoping to remain anonymous. She was never at all comfortable there, but she managed to get a job in a general store and supported her baby.

When the owner of the store died suddenly of a heart attack, a very funny-looking man served as undertaker. Ezra Alden was black, with magenta-colored hair, but he was so serious and gentle, Zori didn't think twice about his appearance. He came to visit her several times after the funeral, and Zori grew to trust him, and eventually, to like him.

The store owner's wife suspected Zori of having an affair with her husband, and she eventually tracked down records proving Zori wasn't a widow, but an unwed mother. Zori was mortified, but Ezra quickly stepped forward and proposed to her--just asking that they wait a month, so that she'll be sure she's not making a mistake. They left Marquette and moved to a tiny farming town, living on Ezra's savings, and Zori realized she loved Ezra. They were married soon afterwards, adopted a girl who made close friends with Ezra in the town of Stromberg, and are currenlty living in Everettburg, a small town surrounded by beautiful forest, because Zori missed being near the trees.

Ezra and Zori had a child together, a son named Reid Alden, who's still a baby. He looks just slightly black, with brown hair, and doesn't have a bit of green on his body. Zori cried for two days straight after he was born.

Other:
Favorite color: Red
Favorite food: Pasta
Favorite leisure-time activities: Playing board games

Friends/Relatives: Husband, Ezra Alden; natural daughter, Gerda Alden; adopted daughter, Blanche Jakovich; infant son, Reid Alden

Gerdie (GR)
Played by Caroline Smith IM: Quantum Catz (profile by Julie)
Full name/real name: Gerda Allen
Age: (as of June 1932): 7
Birthday: February 14, 1925

Physical description:
Hair: Curly, light brown, kept fairly short and tied with a colorful ribbon
Eyes: Blue
Height: 3'5
Clothing: Wears pretty, girlish dresses.
Accessories: Always wears a bead bracelet that Ezra bought her
Ethnicity: Her family has been on Kitar Island for 4 or 5 generations.
Longer physical description: Gerdie is a cute enough girl, although she's fairly covered with light green freckles. In dim light she looks normal, but in the sunlight, she looks strange.

Character traits:
Powers and talents: Can put people to sleep, or, with more effort, keep them (or herself) awake and alert when they're tired.
Character type: Speed
Likes: Animals; lacy dresses
Dislikes: Big towns; boys (though men are fine)
Faults/Weaknesses: Thinks she's ugly--she's not quite old enough to mind it as deeply as her mother, though she can't bring herself to laugh at her appearance. She doesn't like most boys because they're the ones most likely to make fun of her; the girls in Everettburg have been told not to.
Strengths: Tries her best to cheer up her mother.
Quirks: While Ezra's occupation scares her a little, she's kind of curious about it too.
Secrets: None
Originally from: The tiny town of Highgrove on Kitar Island
Occupation: Student
Any information about his/her past that anyone wants to share: Gerdie was born out of wedlock in the small town of Highgrove, and her mother quickly fled to the much larger town of Marquette. When her mother met an undertaker, Ezra Alden, she was frightened by his strange appearance, but through his unfailing kindness and a few presents, she grew to like him. She never even knew who her father was, let alone met the man, so she was thrilled when her mother finally got married and she had a father figure in her life. She also made fast friends with Blanche, an orphan who as much as adopted Ezra in Stromberg, and now they're living in Everettburg.

Other:
Favorite color: Yellow
Favorite food: Rice
Favorite leisure-time activities: Playing outside; drawing

Friends/Relatives: Mother, Zoraida Alden; stepfather, Ezra Alden; adopted sister, Blanche Jakovich; baby brother, Reid Alden

Blanche (BL)
Played by Julie Bihn (GM) IM: Yarnkittymon
Character abbreviation: BL
Full name/real name: Blanche Jakovich
Age: (as of June 1932): 9
Birthday: April 27, 1923

Physical description:
Hair: Dark and very curly
Eyes: Brown
Height: 4'1
Clothing: Wears clothes like her sister Gerda's, though she's not particularly concerned with fashion.
Accessories: None; in fact, she'll go barefoot when she's allowed
Ethnicity: African-American
Longer physical description: Blanche has very white teeth, and she's almost always smiling.

Character traits:
Powers and talents: Can always tell how truthful someone is, in any particular instance, or in general
Character type: Normal
Likes: Trees; science
Dislikes: Rainy days, and she's not too fond of big cities
Faults/Weaknesses: Since she can tell when people are lying, she always tells the truth, and she's sometimes a bit blunt about it
Strengths: Almost always cheerful, even when things look bad; she's also infinitely curious about anything adults do, and will watch someone work for hours without growing bored
Quirks: Is very interested in Ezra's occupation, and very well might take up the family business
Secrets: None
Originally from: First record of her is in Stromburg
Occupation: Student
Any information about his/her past that anyone wants to share: Blanche showed up on the doorstep of a young couple in Stromburg when she was two years old, with nothing but a card with her name on it. They cared for her for a couple years, but the wife of the couple suddenly passed away, and the husband was overwhelmed, so she was passed around from family to family. Despite this, Blanche was always sure she'd be taken care of. When Ezra Alden came to town with his new family, she snuck into his house and silently watched Ezra do much of his job. Unlike almost any child her age (and almost any adult), Blanche was simply fascinated with the whole process, and she loved Ezra because he was so honest. Though Zori was a bit hesitant to take her into their household, Ezra quietly and firmly insisted, and since then the whole family has grown to love her.

Other:
Favorite color: Green
Favorite food: Strawberries
Favorite leisure-time activities: Any sort of outdoor game; watching grown-ups work

Friends/Relatives: Adopted mother, Zoraida Alden; adopted father, Ezra Alden; adopted sister, Gerda Alden; adopted baby brother, Reid Alden

Lexie (LX)
Played by Caroline Smith IM: Quantum Catz
Full name/real name: Alexandra Hamilton
Age: 22
Birthday: March 27th
Physical description:
Hair: Dark curly hair which she keeps at about shoulder length
Eyes: Hazel
Height: 5'6
Clothing: Tends to wear loose jeans and dark t-shirts
Accessories: An Eye of Horus pendant ñ the symbol is said to protect the bearer from evil and confer wisdom. Black gloves that go up to her elbow.
Ethnicity: American
Longer physical description: Lexie is a thin girl although her face can look quite tired at times. She has a limp from damaging her knee when she was 18 and uses a crutch when she needs to though she mostly refuses it. She always wears her gloves as she doesn't like using her power and she particularly hates being surprised by it, which has happened a few times in her childhood.
Character traits:
Powers and talents: Can see a person's past if she touches their skin with her hands.
Character type: Average
Likes: Going to music concerts and bars with her friends
Dislikes: Her mother's ìpsycho-babbleî as she calls it. People who pretend to be something they're not.
Faults/Weaknesses: Can be rather adament about her beliefs to the point that she can be a bit inflexible
Strengths: Is an honest person and would do anything for her friends.
Quirks: Though she's generally more serious about life than she used to be, she can be convinced to do more out-going or spontaneous things by people like Toby or Maeve who are more out-going themselves.
Secrets: The reason that she was chased was that she was convinced to use her powers by a friend she had confided in and in the process revealed a secret in her friend's family about their father's abuse. The attack was a response by the girl's brother over the things she had said, though she assumes that her friend must have calmed him down afterwards, though she's never spoken to the girl again.
Originally from: Boston
Occupation: Psychology student
Any information about his/her past that anyone wants to share: Lexie was rather subdued after Toby was taken to the labs though she was always adament that one day he would be let out and be able to come home to them. Her mother's insistence that she should accept that Toby wasn't going to come back in order to find some closure and try to get on with her life only tended to make her more upset. Toby had always been her favourite brother and she had looked up to him a lot when she was younger, though she wasn't adverse to telling him off when he got himself into trouble. She knew it was a bad idea for him to sneak off to see Millie that night he was arrested but when Toby asked her if she was going to be like Phoebus and tell their parents, she just made a face at him and told him that of course she wasn't. Probably part of her belief that he would one day come back was due to her guilt over the fact that she'd let him go in the first place even though she was sure that he'd have found a way out that night even if she did tell their parents.

She rebelled quite a bit against her parents, particularly her mother, as she was growing up ñ mostly because she felt they were betraying Toby by giving up on him. In some ways she was worse than him as a teenager though she started wearing gloves when she was 14 to make sure that the same thing never happened to her. She stayed out late at night and hung out with crowds that her parents wouldn't have ever allowed her near if they had ever known. She calmed down a bit though when she was older and started to realise that it was only her parents' way of coping with what happened. It was only really coming to terms with that that gave her the time and the inclination to focus on her studies and decide to go into psychology (though the subject decision was more to do with being interested in memory because of her power than through her mother's career.)

When she was 18, just before she went to university, she was chased by a group of men and eventually fell down a steep incline in the nearby Blue Hills Reservation (where she thought she could hide from them), severly damaging her knee. She's never told anyone why they chased her except to admit that it had something to do with her powers and nor would she tell her parents who it was. Aside from this one incident, the men didn't seem to bother her any more than that but her parents still decided to move to another town, taking her with them, since she had to take a year out from her studies for her broken bones to heal and for the physiotherapy that came afterwards. She's still occasionally pressured by her parents and Phoebus to talk about what happened though she generally refuses.

When Becky turns up, claiming to know where he is, she's so hopeful, even after all those years, that he might still be alive, that she quickly offers to read Becky's past to prove to her family that she's telling the truth ñ even though she rather dislikes using her powers.

Other:
Favorite color: Blue
Favorite food: Ice-cream
Favorite leisure-time activities: She used to like playing tennis, even as a child, but now she can't really move fast enough to play properly.
Friends/Relatives: Mother, Shannon; Father, Tom; Older brothers, Toby and Phoebus

Phoebus (PH)
Played by Maggie IM: SP00KY One or Maeve Owens (profile by Julie)
Full name/real name: Dr. Phoebus Hamilton
Age: (as of 2006): 29
Birthday: August 4, 1977

Physical description:
Hair: Dark blonde, straight, and kept rather short
Eyes: Hazel
Height: 5'10
Clothing: He generally wears button-up shirts and Dockers, but on a day when he's not working, he'll wear jeans and a T-shirt
Accessories: Has a battery-powered wristwatch
Ethnicity: American
Longer physical description: Phoebus is a fairly handsome man, in good shape, with a very confident air about him.

Character traits:
Powers and talents: His muscles--including his brain--are naturally strong and resilient. He can play football for hours without growing tired, and he can remember almost everything he reads.
Character type: Strength
Likes: All (men's) sports; dramatic films and novels; having a beer with friends
Dislikes: Strong drinks; insects
Faults/Weaknesses: Can grow impatient with people who aren't as bright as he is, and is a little hypocritical, always insisting his siblings keep their powers hidden, while using his to make quite a name for himself
Strengths: Is very smart and also fairly generous with money and his time
Quirks: Will bet money on games of miniature golf
Secrets: He's only reluctantly told his parents and Lexie that his powers helped him get through school so well, and he'll never tell anyone else, though he's feeling guilty about not letting Toby know, so he might tell him...
Originally from: Boston
Occupation: Family practice doctor
Any information about his/her past that anyone wants to share: Phoebus is the eldest of three children, and he's always been very driven to succeed. He was good at absolutely everything he tried, causing his parents to be rather strict on his other siblings, hoping they'd exhibit the same tendancies. Phoebus was in all honors classes, got straight A's, made the football and basketball teams, and so on.

Toby started to play with his powers at a rather young age, and Feeb always warned him that that would get him into trouble, going so far as to hit him whenever he used them. Toby still played quite a few pranks on his older brother, and their fights escalated. Feeb went to Harvard when Toby was 14, but he lived at home...luckily, he was too busy studying to fight with his brother much, and Toby prefered spending time with his own friends.

Feeb had been in school for two years (though he was already a Junior) when Toby was arrested and then just disappeared off the face of the earth. Feeb was rather upset that his brother didn't seem to even get a trial (the government just claiming a trial took place and mailing them the results), and he almost considered becoming a lawyer--but he couldn't give up his lifelong dream of medicine. He and his whole family couldn't track down any information about Toby, except that he'd been declared guilty.

The family worked hard to convince themselves that Toby's still all right somewhere--their father actually went to a "psychic" to try to determine this--but Feeb couldn't keep up hope. Eventually he stumbled across a couple webpages for the variant rights movement, offering little advice, but outlining the process a variant who's caught goes through. Though he never said anything to his family, he was sure Toby was put in a lab, and fairly sure his brother was dead. He thought they'd be better off declaring Toby dead and holding a memorial service for him, but he never suggested it to his parents, knowing his father and Lexie aren't ready to give him up yet. Feeb isn't superstitious, but he had to go into Toby's bedroom and say goodbye to him before he could move on with his life.

Feeb's little sister, Lexie, had a traumatic experience when she was 18, and their parents knew it had to do with their powers, so they saw fit to move to a different state, to protect her. Feeb couldn't leave his medical residency, which had a year to go, and he stayed behind in Boston. He's just made full doctor now, and he has a job at a clinic; it doesn't pay all that well, but he enjoys helping people. He's still thinking about moving out to be with his family, though. Once or twice he had a fleeting fancy to become a doctor in a variant lab, trying to bring them down from the inside, but he's too sensible to actually try it.

Feeb has dated a couple dozen women and was serious about three of them. He dated his most recent girlfriend for over a year before she started to get on his nerves (she was rather scatterbrained), and he broke up with her. He's been single for about four months now, though he's starting to look for a woman he'd like to spend his life with.

Other:
Favorite color: Blue
Favorite food: Chicken
Favorite leisure-time activities: Playing and watching sports

Friends/Relatives: Mother, Shannon Hamilton; Father, Tom Hamilton; siblings Alexandra (Lexie) Hamilton and Tobias (Toby) Hamilton

Tom (TH)
Played by Julie Bihn (GM) IM: Yarnkittymon
Full name/real name: Thomas Hamilton
Age: (as of 2006): 51
Birthday: December 14, 1954

Physical description:
Hair: Dark brown, and thinning in the back
Eyes: Hazel
Height: 5'10
Clothing: He wears a suit and tie to work, and still wears button-up shirts in most of his off-time, unless he's out jogging.
Accessories: Wears his late grandfather's wind-up wristwatch, and always carries at least $100 in cash in his wallet
Ethnicity: American
Longer physical description: Tom was rather handsome in his younger days, though he's put on his weight and his eyebrows have grown bushier since. He has the beginnings of crow's feet, but there's something about his face that even now suggests he's suffered something he can't put out of his mind.

Character traits:
Powers and talents: His father seemed to be awfully strong, but perhaps not freakishly so, and Tom didn't inherit any of it.
Character type: Normal
Likes: Jogging; action films; "cahs"
Dislikes: Snakes; novels
Faults/Weaknesses: Has been known to get into arguments just for the sake of arguing, and he's not very ambitious
Strengths: Is every bit as smart as more educated people, and works hard for the sake of his family
Quirks: Loves women in glasses
Secrets: He still suffers from feelings of guilt over not teaching Toby to use his powers responsibly and not somehow breaking him out of the labs. He can't bear the thought of Toby being dead, and even when the family moved he and Lexie teamed up against Shannon to take a few boxes of Toby's important things, while she wanted to get rid of everything.
Originally from: Boston
Occupation: Works for the US Census
Any information about his/her past that anyone wants to share: Tom was born and raised in Boston, and still has a bit of the accent. He had a factory job but was laid off a few years after Lexie was born, and the family had a couple rough years while Tom worked his way through school so he could get a new job. He finally got a job with the Census bureau, and makes pretty good money.

He's always been a bit of an old-fashioned man, not one to talk about his feelings, but when Toby was arrested and then went missing, everything he had inside could be read clearly on his face, a haunted look that hasn't yet fully left him. While his wife insisted he talk through his feelings, he never would, instead clinging to hope that Toby must still be alive somewhere, and even consulting a psychic in the hopes she'd be able to help him find Toby. The psychic said that Toby was alive, and Tom called her a couple times a year, though his wife repeatedly told him to stop. When Lexie broke her leg, Tom got a bit wrapped up in the present, and it was months afterwards, once they were settled down in Philadelphia, when he finally called the psychic again. She told him she couldn't pick up any readings on Toby, and Tom nearly broke down. He was only able to keep himself going by convincing himself that she didn't know what she was talking about, and that was little comfort, since he'd before counted on her testimony to reassure him that Toby was, in fact, alive and well.

When Toby got locked up Tom continued going to church for a month or so, but he couldn't draw any comfort from it, so he stopped. He still has a strong spiritual side, and he's been trying any other avenues he can think of, to try to find meaning in his loss.

Tom has searched the public census records for Toby's name, just out of boredom and desperation, but he never found anything, which just further depressed him.

Other:
Favorite color: Red
Favorite food: Sausage pizza
Favorite leisure-time activities: Watching American football or baseball, or action-adventure TV shows; bowling

Friends/Relatives: Wife, Shannon Hamilton; sons, Phoebus (Feeb) Hamilton and Tobias (Toby) Hamilton; daughter Alexandra (Lexie) Hamilton

Ella (EW)
Played by Julie Bihn (GM) IM: Yarnkittymon
Full name/real name: Ella Wagner
Age: (as of May 10, 1933): 16
Birthday: May 16, 1916

Physical description:
Hair: Dark green and shaggy, almost feathery; sticks up quite a bit at whatever length she keeps it, so it's generally short
Eyes: Dark brown
Height: 5'6
Clothing: Wears fairly formal dresses reaching just below the knee, with clunky boots
Accessories: Wears a rubber headband
Ethnicity: Completely impossible to tell by looking, but she's mostly German
Longer physical description: Ella is completely covered in two-inch long green fur, longer on her head. She smiles more often than you'd expect, her teeth looking strange in her green face.

Character traits:
Powers and talents: Her mind sometimes wanders and she picks up other people's thoughts, words, and actions before they even happen; she winds up acting them out when she does this
Character type: Normal
Likes: Practical jokes; running
Dislikes: Dances; water
Faults/Weaknesses: Too playful and self-assured, and has a knack for getting into trouble
Strengths: Is brave and treats kids nicely
Quirks: Dogs universally adore her
Secrets: Voted in the election that made her brother mayor of Marquis
Originally from: Goldenhill, a small mountain town on Kitar Island
Occupation: Student
Any information about his/her past that anyone wants to share: Ella was born to a poor mother, the illegitimate son of the richest man in her tiny town. She had an older brother, Clarence, and was well-taken care of, having, despite her appearance, a not-unpleasant childhood. Her power started to manifest itself when she was still a baby, but her family stood by her, even though they thought she was going mad. As she grew older, they realized what it was, and tried their best to control it.

Clarence took the family away from Goldenhill when Ella was just 3, and she had a happy time in Winesburg, with her brother and mother working full-time in the general store to provide for her. She was even happier in Campwarren, a tiny town her brother became mayor of in 1924. She had a good teacher there, and learned to poke fun at her own appearance when necessary.

Clarence left them to persue other mayorships in bigger towns, sending them money so they could live happily. Their mother took ill and died rather suddenly in September 1931, and Clarence came back to Campwarren for the funeral, then insisted Ella come back to Marquis with him. She insisted on staying in the orphanage there, so she wouldn't bother her brother, or hamper his career. And she's been there ever since.

Other:
Favorite color: Violet
Favorite food: Jerky
Favorite leisure-time activities: Swimming

Friends/Relatives: Clarence; older brother (and mayor of Marquis)

Ann (AN)
Played by Julie Bihn (GM) IM: Yarnkittymon
Full name/real name: Angela Barry
Age: (as of February 10, 1933): 20
Birthday: September 17, 1913

Physical description:
Hair: Past shoulder-length, raven black, and curly
Eyes: Blue
Height: 5'4
Clothing: Wears a sensible and rather simple dress that flatters her figure very well
Accessories: Purse.
Ethnicity: Grandparents on both sides were Russian
Longer physical description: Ann is a very pretty woman, nearly as pretty as Maeve. She has a small frame but fills out a dress nicely.

Character traits:
Powers and talents: Can make any part of her body glow...when she does this, it heals any superficial cuts and bruises she might have, though it can't affect other people at all
Character type: Speed
Likes: Sports; Italian food
Dislikes: Accounting
Faults/Weaknesses: Cannot track money to save her life; is a bit melodramatic
Strengths: Is usually cheerful and has a good sense of humor
Quirks: Will play almost any sport with men, when they'll let her
Secrets: Impersonated a man once to play in a small golf tourney on the island
Originally from: Nordstrom on Kitar Island
Occupation: Traveling saleswoman
Any information about his/her past that anyone wants to share: Ann married at 17 and had a son before her husband died of the influenza. She's had to do what she can do to get by since.

Other:
Favorite color: Baby blue
Favorite food: Venison
Favorite leisure-time activities: Golf

Friends/Relatives: Brother, Teddy Barry

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