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Mad Scarlet - Afina Talon - Monster (Phoenix) - President of Night Garden knighthawk - Leo Oromake - Monster (Were-Cat) - Vice President of Night Garden Teddiplier - Artemis Midstark - Monster (Midstark) - Treasurer of Night Garden Mr Pink - Bryan Hadley - Human - Secretary of Night Garden Skai - Maria Elia - Human ravenDivinity - Odell Dunkirk - Monster (Wizard) Levythelevy - Tyler Devonwood - Human MajorUrsa - Aram Pollux - Monster (Gluttony Demon) Skai - Thomas Strangelove - Monster (Vampire)
Non-Player Characters / Story Characters ||| To be Introduced
Mad Scarlet - Xavier Malyce - Monster (Unknown) - Current Status: Unknown. glitchykins - "Nana" - Monster (Witch) - Current Status: Bound by the Ministry
Appearance: Bryan stands at a comfortable 5 foot 10 and has a rather skinny physique. His hair is a strange shade of brown that could be considered a hue of red to some eyes. Speaking of eyes, his are brown matching with his hair. Bryan's skin tone is slightly pale, but not enough to be commented on really. He can often be seen wearing baggy clothes on his upper half, but skinnier clothes on his bottom, a testament to his laziness.
Behavior: Bryan's mother would say that his favourite hobby is procrastinating. While this is not entirely true he does do it for most things other than things he's interested in. To call him lazy would be an insult to the truth, he's perfectly fine going about doing his business and can be downright industrious when the situation asks for it.
Overall, Bryan is rather laid back, and it's quite hard to get him excited or worried. However, don't take his easy-going attitude for the personality of a stoic man. He will often show happiness or sadness when the situation calls for it, it's just harder to get him to go to the extremes of these two emotions.
Bryan had quite a traditional upbringing, and his view of women matches this. Of course, he does not bear the stigma of women being weaker or worse in any way than men, but he dislikes seeing women in skimpy clothing and can often be seen getting embarrassed around those who dress this way. In fact, one of the sure fire ways to get him to blush is to even talk to him in any skimpy outfits, to which he will promptly try to hide his face as quickly as possible to avoid further embarrassment. However, with this downside comes a downright courageous side to his personality.
A Bit About Yourself: Bryan was born in Corner Brook, Canada. While most of his life has been normal so far, the one thing that differs from this normality was his early life. His father, who worked on oil rigs, died while at sea and his mother died during childbirth. But fear not, dear reader, this is not the tale of a cockney orphan having to fight through hardships, but quite the opposite. Almost immediately his aunt and uncle took on the 'burden' of Bryan. Neither his aunt or uncle could have children and had been considering adoption for a while so Bryan's recent orphanage was practically a sign from god.
However, there was one thing that made Bryan stick out from his new parents. They were not officially connected by blood, and his uncle had been adopted as his blood fathers brother. This may not sound like it would make him stick out, but it makes more sense when you realize that his auntie and uncle were both black. This fact did not occur to the absent minded, Bryan until his early teenage years, and even then it didn't bother him in the slightest.
His new parents were very religious, and gave Bryan a rather traditional and sheltered upbringing. Be assured though, this upbringing was still filled with an abnormal amount of love and Bryan never felt at a disadvantage for his sheltered upbringing. His childhood was filled with his father singing and dancing to old Motown records and teaching Bryan how to play guitar, while his mother filled the role of cooking and bass guitar teacher.
His family made the decision to move to America during Bryan's early teens and as a result of the move, Bryan was exposed to a lot more of the outside world than he was in Canada. He also came out of his shell in a huge way, and discovered a passion for reading and writing things other than bible passages. High school life was normal for, Bryan. He never really fell into any clique and generally just interacted with anyone he happened to be around.
After finishing high school, he was at a loss for what to do with his life. He ended up getting a job at a local grocery store for a few years while just generally drifting about in life. Finally his mother took control though, and threatened to chuck him out of the house unless he went to college and made something of his life. He decided upon English and enrolled at Hallesdale.
Hobbies/Other:
Obsessed with one day owning a Toyota Trueno
Plays both the guitar and the bass guitar
Video games - Mostly racing ones
Old music - Mostly Motown
Cooking, although he keeps this one a secret to most people
Age: Appears to be around 21; Actual age forgotten (hundreds of centuries old)
Gender: Female; in this lifetime
Species: Phoenix
Major: English for New Media; minoring in Digital Arts and Design.
Appearance:
Behavior: Afina is a very kind and knowledgeable soul, but seemingly lacks a humor due to her ever-decreasing interest in "jokes" and "pranks". She is very passionate about those she feels she can trust as well as the things that can manage to keep her interest for longer than a brief moment. Despite her normally straight-to-the-point behavior, she is willing to go out of her way to help someone laugh or smile if they are lacking one. If one manages to break her trust or does not return the loyalty that she has shown them, her temperament is one that is rarely seen nor would anyone wish to see it. When she is aggravated or distressed, she will be the last person one would want to be around.
A Bit About Yourself: Afina has been around since the dawn of time and has even been offered to join the Ministry on multiple occasions--though she immediately declines. She has lived millions of lifetimes, but because of her heritage, she cannot truly die; but simply take on a new form. Due to her affiliation with human students, she is under strict regulations that even she dares not challenge. As of late, she has been dealing a lot with the Ministry, as they are asking for her to join them once more. She refuses to give them a straight answer, especially with the new changes that the club must seek in order to prevent he club from being removed from campus.
Some say that she has multiple ties to many of the Ministry Council members and that she is to be both feared and loved for her dedication to them.
Hobbies/Other: Afina is a co-owner of a small bookstore in the downtown area of Hallesdale called "Quills and Quivers", which mainly sells fantasy novels and helps to inspire love and fascination in humans about the "unknown". Whenever she is not on campus, she is either in the small studio apartment above it or running the shop itself.
The store's backroom also sells magical equipment for those that request the backroom by giving the proper password. If they fail to give it or sneak into the back... they are never seen again.
Behavior: Maria is generally a very kind, spirited young woman. An ambivert, Maria shows the hypersensitivity of an introvert, but also the domineering attitude of extroverts. She thrives in social situations, but doesn’t mind being alone for a while. After an especially long day of interactions, Maria loves to sit in her room, play music, and relax as she goes over her pictures for the day.
As a photographer, she is always looking around for the next perfect shot. She has her head in the clouds and an adventurous spirit. She is good company, if the company loves road trips and enjoying the little things in life.
Maria’s kind-natured spirit is reflected by her sensitivity to others. She’s empathetic and very protective of those she cares for. While bullies or potential threats may scare her, she will stand up against those threats in order to protect her friends and family. This said, she often forgets to consider her own safety.
When it comes to meeting new people, Maria likes to rely on the vibes that people give off as a way of judging their character. So, she won’t be too quick to judge someone by what they’ve done. She’ll normally just hope for the best in them, no matter how scary they might be. The only exception for this would be if they gave off a strong vibe that emanates the potential evil within them. Overall, though, Maria is an accepting and genuine human being.
A Bit About Yourself: Maria is passionate about photography. It is rare that she will be seen without a camera on her somewhere. She particularly loves to photograph nature, and people in their rarest forms. Maria lives a block or two away from the college, in a townhouse with a few roommates. Her apartment is open and welcoming, with a great view of the a little garden park below. She is originally from Colorado, so she is a ways from home.
Hobbies/Other: Maria runs a popular Instragram, with a few thousand followers. She also is in love with astronomy. She loves to capture long exposure images of the stars. Maria even owns a nice computerized telescope to help her viewing.
Species: Werecat. He is of the Zoanthrope community, his change is to that of a feline. The common term is 'were-cat' but there is a lot more to go into at a later time.
Major: Biology Minor: Modern dance
Appearance: This could be complicated. By dress he prefers loose hanging clothes at least a size larger than he needs, always wearing suspenders and never a belt. He can wear a button up t-shirt and shorts in the snow and seem to be fine most of the time. He keeps a longcoat/trench when it rains. He keeps a pair of silver class rings of on his left hand, one on the ring and one on the index finger. He is excellently built, walking the line from 'solid athlete' to 'brick shithouse' seeming from day-to-day. His light brown beard seems stuck at stubble and so light a shade its more felt than seen. He keeps the top of his head athletically short but not military cut, just something that wont get in the way, an inch or so at most. With light brown hair comes bright green eyes and an almost almond up-sweep from his japanese dad.
When he is at home, things take a change. like most youths, he is more comfortable in a more powerful but unkempt form where he has the anatomy of a full anthro.
Behavior: A driven individual. He isn't faced with a duality of nature like many other shifters are. nor is he a one dimensional 'monster'. He braids his nature with his demeanor to make himself stronger than either aspect by itself.
A Bit About Yourself: Son of a cop and his area's alpha. He's expected to take over some day in both capacities and he is using college right now as an excuse to forestall the inevitable. While his dad is always pushing him to be the president of the club or be Quarterback, his mom is a bit more even-tempered. She was infected by his dad and the reason they got married, so she understood how jarring it can be to have such high expectations set for you.
Hobbies/Other: He was varsity football in highschool and his dad considers pro ball a viable future for his son to avoid a life as a police officer. As it is, he's the tight end receiver for the "Hallesdale Horrors". He loves food, of no surprise given his high energy lifestyle and magical nature. He savors the food as much as he can for $50 steak, but can also wolf down fifty $1 cheeseburgers.[/hider]
Nana, just Nana, for when you're as old as I, last names are easily forgotten.
Age:
Appears to be around 75 - 80 years old.
Gender:
Female
Species:
Witch
Major:
Doesn't apply.
Appearance:
4ft 9in, a little on the heafty side, long gray hair, with salt and pepper patches, that she keeps braided and pinned up on her head.
Behavior:
Kind, loving, gentle. She's a baker, a nurse, and an all around sweet, little old lady.
A Bit About Yourself:
Perhaps I'm sweet but my cookies are even more so, or at least that's what people tell me~. I love to bake and I love spending time with my family. I've opened a haven for folk who are shamed from society for being different or odd. No matter to me, as long as you're loyal and generous to others, there will always be a place for you in my house.
Also, one of the founding members of the Ministry. I've been around for a very long time, dearie.
Hobbies/Other:
Reading, knitting, dabbling in magic, baking, cooking, caring for others, and lets not forget, gardening. Oh how I love my garden!
Arte can be very quirky and fun most of the time, and a little competitive. She is actually quite a child. But when things get serious, so does she. Her behavior changes quite a bit. Time to study for midterms? She won't be found messing around. Time for some capture the flag? Game on! It's almost as if she changes based on the situation....
A Bit About Yourself
Arte has the powers of invulnerability, although she can feel pain, and creativity. She wishes to write tons of books; all fiction of course! Arte is the Treasurer of the Night Garden Club.
When she was little, she thought she was a human before her mother had to explain to her kin to her. She lived with as far back as four generations of her family. She lived to be with her fifth generation grandmother as she died, and was given her necklace. Arte wears it, like all other Midstarks, to show her loyalty to her kin.
As a child, Arte carried on and participated in Midstarkian traditions and was a great part of their culture. She has also always been fascinated with humans and human culture, especially Christmas.
Arte left her family to go to college and pursue her dream of creating fantastical worlds and characters through inscriptions on paper. Although she stays in contact with them pretty often.
Hobbies/Other
Writing, reading, and video games. She's quite the nerdy fangirl.
Other than what we talked about in the PM's, I shall accept the character. ALAS---I have made one of my friends IRL the Vice-President as well as the co-moderator (jus tso she can keep an eye on things while I'm out and about).
I would like to offer her the position of Treasurer or possibly another Club Rep?
Odell is an amiable, intellectual fellow of an extroverted disposition, and he, a competitive person, loves to impress other people or have their attention using his speaking ability, candor, and natural charms. He relies on his stellar intuition in decision-making, and it's that acuity that allows Odell to make good, level-headed judgments, especially in social situations and critical thought. His actions are spontaneous and passionate, and he could hardly be dubbed inactive in his sanguine disposition. He tries to put himself at the helm of groups and often finds himself in a leadership position to his hyperactive delight. Odell's opinions are surprisingly firm and developed for someone as wild as he, and his rugged independence leads him to more uncommon but sensible viewpoints. However, damaging his self-esteem and breaking his heart is fairly easy with his level of sensitivity. If he could assign himself a personality type, he would say he was an ENFP.
BACKGROUND
There's something fresh about a change in scenery to a youth consumed by wanderlust. Born in some heartland suburb in the South, Odell Dunkirk found himself in Hallesdale for college, with a thirst for adventure burning on his chest and a high of independence romping in his mind. Before Dunkirk abandoned the Great Plains for a place to breathe, he had lived an almost mundane existence in Texas, the only home he'd ever known where he laid his roots. He was born, naturally, to magically empowered parents, a white father who descended from Evangeline Dunkirk, a more notable witch who died in the Salem witch trials, and a second-generation Japanese mother who came from a line of Eastern witches and wizards.
Like many parents of millennials, Odell's divorced when he was only a boy in elementary school who had nary a clue of what went on around him, and they alternated in his care and reared him to be a generally docile child. It was his hostile milieu that shattered his spirits and his innocence. Odell put himself to blame for the bad things that happened to him, and the conservative environment in which he lived tormented his soul with identity crises and adolescent angst. Two main events ultimately shaped him, and they were his suicide attempt in middle school and his self-realization as a wizard in high school. After that, Odell opened up more to others. He became open about his sexuality at school, he became open about his opinions with people, and he, for the first time in ages, could recall palpable emotion.
Each positive development has its downsides, as all know, and things fall apart. Though Odell could encounter heightened felicity, he would also come to terms with depression and anger. Outspokenness and obstinance are always met in kind, and the shedding of repression and oppression finds itself a new predicament in scarcity. Loves, for Odell, were few and far between, and each more heartbreaking than the last. He came increasingly into conflict with his parents and their views, and as many young people do, Odell became disillusioned with the complacency and confinement of small towns. His taste for the sciences and his love for life's experiences led him to Hallesdale, and there, his journey began.
HOBBIES
- Reading and writing fantasy and science fiction. - Listening to a variety of music, sometimes in German. - Playing multiplayer games like RPGs, MOBAs, and shooters. - Studying language, science, and psychology, hence his major and minor. - Cooking, baking, and gardening. - Taking long walks, going on drives, and traveling.
Major: Political Sciences with a minor in Psychology
Appearance:
Behavior: Tyler is a very serious student without much in the way of humor. Rather quiet, he tends to observe the actions around him without too much comment. However, he is extremely diligent in what he does, always completing things to the best of his ability. He does not enjoy physical contact either, and gets rather shifty when someone invades his personal space. Despite this, around strangers or acquaintances, he can put up an air of affability and friendliness so he is known around campus as a fairly nice guy. He lives a very frugal lifestyle.
A Bit About Yourself:
Tyler was born into an extremely wealthy family with extremely strict parents who regimented almost all of his time. Tyler bore it all and achieved much in school as well as in sports. His decision to attend Halles College of Arts and Sciences took many of his teachers and acquaintances by surprise as it was widely believed that he would be able to attend any Ivy League school that he wanted. Even without his own accomplishments, his family's connections would have been able to get anywhere. It was said after he had made his decision, his parents had not bothered to attend his graduation or see him off to school. Now, Tyler is living on his own and does not seem particularly interested in discussing anything about his past outside of general information.
Hobbies/Other: Running- Member of the Track and Field Team Cleaning Studying Playing Piano
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Full Name: Aram Pollux
Age: 200+ (Young), looks to be in his late twenties
Gender: Male
Species: (Formerly a Lust, currently a Gluttony) Demon
Major: Culinary Arts
Appearance: Highly attractive, quite a few inches over six feet tall. Hair is black, eyes are a dark grey. Shrunken, dulled horns hidden somewhere under that hair, a barbed tail that can be hidden at will.
Behaviour: Just very much chill, and disinterested in anything non-work or non-class related…or non-sweet related.
A Bit About Yourself: From just one of the younger generations of incubus…before tasting a slice of cake that changed his life, and becoming addicted. And so, his religion is now sweets, ‘nuff said. His parents and peers didn’t approve of his life style changes, so he ditched the sexiest demons of all time in order to roll with the fat human bakers and chocolatiers…not a bad trade off, not at all. He ended up going to the college to properly gain a degree in Culinary Arts.
Hobbies/Other: Producing sweets, consuming sweets, changing the recipes, conjuring them at will, giving candy to strangers. When not attending to his class and assignments, the man works at a small bakery in town.
Behavior: Thomas is pretty much the typical stereotype for a frat boy. The one thing is, he’s a vampire. After spending almost a thousand years on Earth, Thomas has learned many things about humans. Mostly things that have driven him to be carefree and cynical about life.
Thomas generally gives off a laid back, snarky, yet charming attitude. He enjoys sitting back and watching drama unfold, but only after he’s caused a little drama himself. He thrives on social atmospheres and gossip, finding it much more entertaining than the boring regular issues like taxes and such. He’s a huge flirt, as well, and finds it easy to get any human girl into bed.
Overall, Thomas is a trouble maker, cocky, confident, and mysterious.
A Bit About Yourself: Thomas enjoys parties, nightlife, and sleeping in until 1. He is part of the college’s oldest frat, which has been around since before the ages of the Night Garden. The frat stays away from the club, but this year they decided that one of their members should join to be in the inner circle of what is going on with other monsters. Thomas volunteered, so here he is.
As an almost adult, Thomas only feeds three times a year, but that doesn’t stop him from having little snacks. His hunger is worse than usual.
Hobbies/Other: Thomas doesn’t do much, other than the frat. He does like causing trouble on campus. His main hobby is figuring out how to manipulate people. He’s gotten much better at it since he was a human teenager, but these new generations are hard to get under his thumb, with all of the technology available. Oh, and he doesn’t sparkle in the sun, but often wears clothes that cover his body to keep the sun from burning him. (This doesn’t stop him from being social, though. Just... no pool parties until the sun goes down.)
