Charlize Johanssen

Char(Shar), occasionally Charlie, and Jo by Chase

Human

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Charlize stands just a little above average at 5'5" tall. As described by Chase, she has "Long blonde hair, short eyelashes, neat eyebrows, medium lips, nose a little on the pointy side, and big, big, blue eyes."

Charlize, or Johanssen as Chase prefers, has undergone very few personality changes since being taken under the werewolf's metaphorical wing, though the add-on traits she's drawn from Chase are noticeable to those who know her well. Her basic moral principles have all stayed the same, and continue to drive Johanssen to her goals today. Johanssen maintains the same sweet and loving personality she had before joining the force. She is a sympathetic kind of gal, who often tries to turn a blind eye to race in favor of offering her condolences to those who want it, and pitying those who need it. Johanssen is cautious, intelligent, and level-headed; always has been. However, time spent with Chase has changed her. As the werewolf detective as taken note of, Johassen has become more feisty, more confrontational. Still, she (and her bravery) have their limits. Unless you're Chase, family, or a beloved significant other, don't expect Johanssen to stick by your side if things get too rough. If you're worth less than them, she'll leave you in the dust, if she know she can't help you. She'll try her best, but once it seems futile, she's out. It seems to contradict her personality, but everyone has their limits and the intelligent woman knows when she reaches her.



Johanssen's mother is a vampire.

No biggie.

Really, it never has been.

Now, how'd she turn?

A gang attack. The Nyte Kyngs. About three months after Johanssen was born. Her mother managed to survive the attack

You can then understand why she tries her very best to be undiscriminating of race. For twelve years, Johanssen grew up in total innocence of her mother's vampirism. And while it surely put a strain on her parent's relationship (who got happily separated when Johanssen was twelve, the year her mother came out to her as a vampire) Johanssen lived a blissful life not knowing what her mother was.

Johanssen's proud to say her parents got along swimmingly in her childhood, affording her the most normal childhood life possible. Twelve years (when they divorced) and onward was rocky for a small while, but her parents kept in touch, and eventually things smoothed themselves out. Johanssen, who ended up living with her father, his sweet new wife, and a half-sibling or two, continued to feel relatively normal. Occasional visits with her mother and frequent phone calls kept their relationship alive and loving. Johanssen passed through all of this without ever batting an eye at the supernatural. Her mother's "condition" remained an undiscussed topic as she grew up, something subtly avoided. Johanssen continued to treat her normally, and big distinctions due to race never arose.

Its the reason she doens't emphasize race. Having a vampire for a biological mother never quite impacted her the way people would probably conventionally believe it would. Her parents ended things when they did at a great time, and their relationship with her stayed smooth, all in all resulting in adult woman with little bitterness to either parent, and little bitterness to the race which caused their seperation.

She tells very few people of her mother, and treats their reactions as blase as possible. Though few is not an exaggeration. Not even Chase knows, and they've become close.

Speaking of Chase.

Johanssen joined the force after college. A fresh undergrad graduate with a bachelor's degree in psychology, it became quickly obvious to Johanssen that she could not afford grad school.

The SSPD is sometimes short on staff. The cops around Santa Somabra aren't trusted, and lots of people end up not wanting to be cops either way. It's not worth the gang tussles. A shorthanded staff and a need for intelligent people lead Johanssen straight to the precinct. Physically fit and smart, her application as a detective was quickly accepted. Academy training was sometimes strenuous, having to earn her criminal justice credits and all, but passable. Soon, she found herself as Chase's junior detective.

It caused a bit of upset. There are other cops in the force who work hard with the intention of being granted the right to call themselves detectives. Johanssen's flashy degree, undergrad as it was, was still more than enough to have her fly by cops who had chosen to forgo college in favor of joining the force.

This should be the end of the bio, but her relationship with Chase is worth noting. They've spent nearly a year together, and have come to rely on one another heavily. While still not privy to every detail of each others' lives(vampire mother, Chase being a werewolf), their relationship is building at a steady and healthy pace and Johanssen considers him one of her closest friends. They really are turning into a dynamic duo of sorts, and help to keep each other in check.

Chase likes to compare their relationship to a father-daughter relationship (though sometimes corrects himself), but Johanssen thinks of them more as siblings. She knows somethings up with him, but everyone has their skeletons (the lord knows she does) and so she doesn't pester him about it. If things continue to go well between them, she's sure they'll be spilling secrets to each other soon.