[CHAR] Welcome to Drumvar: A Slice of Life RP (Always Accepting)

Character Roster

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Kayla Johnston | Fraser Zorić | Thomas Argyll

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Ivonne Anderson | Dana St. Martin | Annest Williams

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Important NPCs

Will be added as and when they become relevant.

[Lasrever]

Kayla Johnston

Name:

Kayla Johnston

Age:

23

Appearance:

Fairly slim and standing at a decent 5'5", Kayla isn't too far from average in stature. She's always got her head held high, usually accompanied by a slight smile or full-on friendly grin. Between the short bright-blonde hair, the piercings, and most strikingly the intricate tattoo on the side of her neck, she tends to stand out in most crowds - though definitely not all of them. Despite this, she doesn't go out of her way to attract attention, and if anything tries to avoid it - preferring to dress in muted colours and plain old jeans, t-shirts and worn-down trainers rather than anything particularly fancy.

It's obvious that she tries to take good care of herself, though; she's rarely dishevelled and almost always well put together. Even when she's working and dressed a little more smartly, though, she's always pretty relaxed. In general, she gives the impression of someone that wants to look good, but doesn't really care whether anyone's paying attention.

Family:

• Callum Johnston | Father | Accountant | 54
• Isla Johnston | Mother | Social Worker | 51
• Max | British Shorthair | 4

Occupation:

Bartender at the Bull's Head and aspiring journalist - by which I mean she runs a blog and takes it way too seriously.

Personality:

Easygoing, self-confident, and a little detached, Kayla's good at getting people talking, but never seems to genuinely care. She does mean well most of the time, but tends to over-analyse and jump to conclusions instead of letting people speak for themselves, along with an irritating tendency to eavesdrop and stick her nose in where it isn't wanted. This passion for information doesn't go both ways, either; any personal questions sent her way will be quickly deflected. There's a certain focus on control in her attitude that becomes evident the more you talk to her, but it's understandable - the girl's been through more than most.

When she's working, of course, she'll always make an effort to get along with her customers, and carries that attitude with her most of the time as she jokes and flirts her way through life - though she never really expects anyone to take her teasing seriously, and is quick to shut down those that get the wrong idea. Once she actually cares, though, she's a lot more easily flustered than you'd expect. In fact, despite her image, the girl's a lot more straight-laced, caring, and generally sensible than she lets on. Not that she won't pout at you if you ever bring that up.

At the core, she's a drifter with no specific goal in life; one of those people who just rolls with the punches and takes things as they come. Even when things are going wrong, it's tough to stress her out; like she says with annoying regularity, "things could always be a whole lot worse."

History:

Born and raised in Glasgow, Kayla's early life was fairly unremarkable. Her father was an accountant, well-meaning if slightly strict, while her mother, a social worker, was much the same. They generally did a pretty good job on the whole parenting business, if never seeming to take more than token levels of interest in most things she did. It was perhaps this lack of interest that kept them from noticing the way she fell in with the wrong crowd at the beginning of secondary school - at least, until she started coming home at 3AM, stealing money to pay for any number of drugs, and attending school just enough to avoid anyone causing an issue.

Of course they worried once they caught on, but they had no clue how to deal with it. Argument after argument didn't change a thing, instead just driving her away more often than not. But hey; who cared, right? She was having fun. It was her life, and she wasn't hurting anyone. Sure, she'd heard the horror stories about addiction, all that fun stuff, but she was young, strong, and felt invincible - and that could never happen to her, right? She'd try anything once. Then again. And again.

By eighteen, she'd developed a cocaine habit, and didn't know how to stop. She's not proud of that time in her life, and prefers not to remember the lengths she'd go to to fund her addiction.

At twenty-one, with support from her parents, she was checked into a private rehab facility. It would be a hell of an understatement to say the process was difficult, but six months later she was released - clean and planning to stay that way. Hoping to distance herself from her old life, she moved to Drumvar only a few months later, offered the bar-tending job by the owner, a family friend who'd heard all about everything she'd been through. Even now, the guy tends to be pretty protective of her in an almost fatherly way.

With the help of her job, her blog, a newly-developed love of the outdoors and the pet cat she adopted three months after moving in, she's managed to keep things turned around so far. And looking at how things stand, she's always been able to keep a pretty positive attitude going. After all, things have been a whole lot worse.

Other:

• While she runs her blog anonymously, she's secretly really proud of it, and will never admit it's not going to change the world no matter how convincing your argument is to the contrary.
• Despite having an average singing voice, she absolutely loves karaoke - and swears she makes up for it with enthusiasm.
• Understandably, she doesn't drink and definitely doesn't do drugs - bringing up the idea will get you a hard, hard, 'no'. Trying to pressure her after that is one of the few ways to get her seriously angry.

[Snagglepuss89]

Painfully Average Nobody

Fraser Zorić

Name:

Fraser Zorić

Age:

34

Appearance:

At 193cm (6'4") and with a build to match it, Fraser tends to tower over most people, and rarely has to suffer somebody trying to pick a fight with him as a result. His hair can vary anywhere towards buzzcut short and medium-long, but usually tends to stray towards the latter. It's rarely kempt, and while he doesn't grow a beard his face seems to never be clean shaven, both of which are a constant annoyance for his boss. Other than this, he doesn't seem to possess any tattoos or piercings, and other than small scars that seem to litter his exposed skin ("Bad scrape on some gravel, watch your kids when they're out biking!") he's remarkably unblemished.

It seems as if he's always dressed for work, even on the weekends. Button down shirts, dress pants, a heavy coat in the winter, a laptop bag, and a newspaper tucked under his arm. This is the image of Fraser that most people will encounter on most days, even when all he intends to do is drink and relax at a pub. He even always carries a cellphone intended only for work with him- and if it weren't for his otherwise relaxed attitude it'd be easy to accuse him of being a workaholic. A strange combination to be sure, but there were far stranger sights in Drumvar.

Family:

• Heather Zorić (née Murray) - Mother, 59
• Petar Zorić - Father, 65
• Only child, no pets, and not particularly close to family outside of his parents.

Occupation:

Administrative Assistant at the Burn's Bank of Drumvar

Personality:

Laid back, quiet, and almost so unremarkable that he's hard to notice, Fraser is the kind of person who can mesh with anybody but will never make the effort to interact on his own. Asocial more than antisocial, once you get him talking he's as good a companion as anybody else, but is content to sit in a corner and pass the day away by himself. Usually watching or reading the news- almost to an obsessive degree. Most people, as it is, ignore him. And he's happy to do the same in return.

Whenever he is engaged in conversation he's the perfect listener, much more interested in hearing about his partner's life than discussing his own. Mostly because, as he puts it, there's not a whole lot to tell. He goes to work, pays his bills, goes home, and occasionally frequents a local pub or café to avoid going stir crazy. He can also frequently be seen jogging around the local parks in a clear effort to try and remain fit. This health consciousness is counterbalanced by a complete lack of cleanliness- at least in regards to his home. It's constantly in such a state of mess that he can almost never allow visitors over without advanced warning- and it's amazing that rats haven't already found it a suitable place to nest.

History:

Fraser was actually born in Dumvar, though he spent much of his childhood outside of it. While "Lifers" of the area might find his extensive travels as a kid exotic, they honestly didn't end up changing much in his life. His mother traveled through much of Eastern Europe for work with his father, and they got sick of it almost two decades ago, traveled back to Drumvar, and Fraser has been a local ever since.

Aside from that, his life had been crushingly boring. He worked a few entry level jobs here and there- sometimes moving a couple town over for work, mostly staying in Drumvar though- and eventually going to school for business in order to find himself a better paying job. He'd only just recently graduated actually- though not from Drumvar University- before landing his current job at Burn's Bank. It was a life of accomplishments that would make few proud, but he didn't seem to mind. Fraser was one of those who seemed happy to just drift through life.

Other:

• Although he doesn't seem to smoke often at all, Fraser always carries a pack of a cigarettes and lighter on him.
• A quick google search reveals that his last name is Serbian. This is not surprising, given his father is Serbian.
• He always carries a spare pair of glasses on him. "Better to be prepared than blind!"

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Thomas Argyll (Knight)

Name:

Thomas Argyll (Knight)

Age:

35

Appearance:

Thomas is a big man, even amongst the rest of the Highlanders. At 6'4 and getting up near 220 pounds, he is impossible to miss. Blue eyes are frame by a red beard and collar length hair of the same colour. Having spent the majority of his life outside he looks a bit weather worn and certainly comes across as a rugged mountain man, which is exactly what he is. He tends to dress the part as well, wearing well known outdoor brands like Arc-Teryx, Patagonia and others.

He certainly gives the impression of someone who is confident in his abilities when it comes to being outdoors and enjoys talking to others. Though he rarely cracks a smile, and tends to speak in the same tone of voice much of the time, he is not unpleasant to converse with and is certainly nice to look at.

Family:

• Spencer Knight (Father : TV Producer : Canada)
• Margaret Argyll (Mother : Distillery Owner : Scotland)
• John Knight (Brother : Professional Free Style Skier : USA)
• Lauren Knight (Sister : Brewery Owner : Canada)

Occupation:

Thomas used to be a Mountain Guide for Canadian Mountain Holidays, a Heli-ski Company based out of Banff, Canada. However, about three months ago, he won Lotto 649, an estimated $63.4 Million, the largest jackpot in Canadian history. He became distressed by the number of "friends" who suddenly appeared in his life, the media attention, and unending solicitations from unwanted businesses, scam artists, etc. In an effort to escape he has moved closer to home and temporality adopted his mothers maiden name of Argyll. She lives not far down the coast in Oban.

Personality:

Thomas is a very guarded person, more so since his lottery win, and tends to not share much information about himself until he gets to know a person, and be absolutely does not talk about his sudden wealth. That said though, he is kind to his friends and all animals, avoids children like the plague, and is an excellent man to have at your back. He loves to be outdoors at all times if he can manage it and is a technological disaster in motion. He still uses a flip phone, no longer has an email address, and only uses his computer for working on photos, one of his many hobbies.

Thomas is often sarcastic, without using it as a tool to hurt other people. He hates the media, advertising, television, and wants very little to do with anyone who wants to talk politics. A friend once accused him of burying his head in the sand to which he had simply replied "And it's so quiet in here".

He is currently struggling with his new wealth and sudden isolation from everyone he used to know, except another Canadian ex-pat friend who lives in Bristol and immediate family. While willing to talk to anyone, about most things, Thomas is shying away from serious friendships and relationships due to his new wealth and being unsure how it will make him appear to others. With women he is always polite, is not opposed to light flirting, and will happily pay for the odd coffee or lunch out.

History:

Thomas is the oldest of three children born to a Canadian father and Scottish mother. When he was ten his parents decided to go their separate ways. His father, Spencer, was rising in the North American television world as the creative director of the Amazing Race, and his mother, Margaret, wanted to return home to Scotland. They separated just before Thomas's eleventh birthday. The kids, dual citizens, spent the school year with their Dad and flew to Scotland for the summers to spend time with their mother.

During this time Thomas indulged his love for the outdoors in both places, equally beautiful in their own way. In Banff he engaged in hiking, skiing of various sorts, rock climbing, and more. In Oban he continued to hike but added sailing to his skillset. By the time he was eighteen and leaving home he was already considered a "rogue" or "adventurer" by his friends.

On his eighteenth birthday his father met him at the bottom of the stairs with a backpack and an envelope. "You'd better start packing, your plane leaves in 24 hours." In that moment Thomas's life was changed forever. The plane ticket took him to Argentina where he lived with a friend of his fathers for a few weeks before back packing across the continent. He took every opportunity he could to explore and outdoors and live as locally as possible. In the year he was gone he learned to speak Spanish fluently and when he returned home to Canada he continued to converse with several penpals he had met on his journey.

Now nineteen, he worked his butt off to become an accredited mountain guide. As the Canadian certification was recognized worldwide he began to travel again and work on expeditions wherever he could, from Africa, to Europe and into Asia. In Nepal he climbed Mount Everest and was turned back a thousand feet from the summit by storms. Deep in Africa he summited Mount Kilimanjaro, and back in South America he conquered Aconcagua. In the middle of it all he took three years to sail the world on the tallship Eye of the Wind where he earned his sailing master ticket.

In 2011 he finally returned to Banff with stories that few others could appreciate. He began to guide heli-hiking for Canadian Mountain Holidays and spending some time with his father who he had seen rarely in the proceeding eleven years. His siblings, who had also taken strongly to the outdoors, were still visiting regularly and he began to enjoy seeing them, and their kids again.

Then, in 2013, he bought his first, and only, lottery ticket while fuelling up a work truck. Four days later he wont the largest jackpot in Canadian history. In an instant his life was turned upside down. For someone who had lived on couches, slept on mountain sides, and enjoyed the hospitality of the poorest people on the planet, it was a complete shock. Never comfortable with undue attention he was suddenly inundated with visits from people he had met one time, con-artists looking to cash in, and life became unbearable.

Desperate to get out of town he packed up his rented one room apartment, bought an economy class airline ticket, told only his family where he was going, and left town. Now, not far from his mother and her family he is looking to try and settle his nerves, slow things down a bit, and decide what to do next.

Other:

Thomas is currently living under his mothers maiden name of Argyll.
Thomas speaks English, Spanish, French, and Gaelic.
Thomas can play the guitar.

[MissCapnCrunch]

Ivonne Anderson

Name:

Ivonne Anderson

Age:

Twenty Five

Appearance:

When Ivonne was in third grade the blackboard became a little more harder to read. It took an optometrist visit to learn that the young girl was near sighted and that she would need glasses from here on out. Besides that one fact about herself- Ivonne feels fairly comfortable in her body. She is petite at five foot even and weighs a little over one hundred and five pounds. Both her hair and eyes are a sandy brown, remnants of both her parents and their parents before them. Fashion and being well manicured comes second to comfort in Ivonne's life but she does enjoy getting pampered here and there. Grunge. She is often found in over-sized sweaters and skinny jeans. During the warmer months in Drumvar she can be found in jean shorts and various tops- if not just her bathing suit. She always wears her hair up, always. Her glasses style has changed several times through out her life but the ones she is sporting now are wood toned and big framed. She has tried contacts in the past and she couldn't get used to placing the lens into her eye. She wants to save up for lasik but knows that it is going to be a long journey, and she's just now starting to get used to wearing glasses anyways.

Family:

• Jack Anderson : Step-Father : Mechanic : 50
• Amanda (Davis) Anderson : Mother : Receptionist : 42
• Ida Anderson : Half-Sister : Student : 10
• Candy Anderson : Pomeranian : 5

Occupation:

Student mostly, but working as a hostess at the nightclub: Venus as well.

Personality:

Fun. Messy. Outgoing. Irresponsible. Exaggerator.

Ivonne is someone that would see you eating lunch by yourself and not hesitate to walk over and keep you company. Granted, she might sit down and end up eating half of your sandwich while she explains to you why she thinks it'd be a good idea for you to go to the movies with her to see some new slasher flick- but she means well. She is not dumb, but can often appear air-headed and aloof based on her social activities and her tendency to go off on a tangent of something that she is passionate about or something that didn't really happen (ie: don't ask about her Morgan Freeman story). Ivonne wants the best for everyone and herself, she just doesn't know how to go about it just yet.

Ivonne can come off as an odd one. She is a natural night owl, both working at Venus and doing multiple overnights for school has made her able to stay up late and keep going. She doesn't know how to ride a bike, or drive a car. She chews her nails when she is nervous. Always has someone else's lighter in her pockets. She swears she made out with Morgan Freeman once while she was traveling to the United States for a summer holiday.

The young girl likes: pretty drinks with long names, spending time with her friends, dancing until her legs ache, taking naps during all times of the day, and sending photos on Snapchat of her random body parts. She dislikes: carrying a purse or backpack, hangovers that can't be cured with french fries and guys who don't text or call the next day.

History:

Ivonne was conceived in Las Vegas, Nevada. Her parents had both been on their own honeymoons with their spouses and ended up banging each other's brains out behind Caesar's Palace, or was it a Little Caesar's pizza? Either way, the two lovebirds had put their last relationships in the past and began the whirlwind that was Ian and Amanda. A couple years had gone by but as soon as the big P word slipped from the doctor's mouth, Ivonne's father had said he had other places to be- and thanks for the good time, it was fun. He even left a "Get well soon" card on the dresser, with about twelve dollars in singles.

Amanda now was dumbfounded, pregnant, and all alone. She decided to leave sin city and go back to her ancestor's roots. A new turned over leaf to try to find a better life in another country. Scotland to be exact. She didn't find any greener grass, but when Ivonne was born she did find out what happiness was again. The two lived in a small trailer park, growing up together and experiencing what life had to offer without many material goods. Though Ivonne didn't live a glamorous life, she learned early on how much value there was in a strong family, true friends, and a good time.

As Ivonne grew into the age where teenagers start to experiment with smoking, drinking, and other questionable activities Amanda felt that her daughter needed an authoritative father figure in her life. Soon after getting a job at the automotive repair shop- her mother would meet Jack. The two would be pregnant with Ivonne's younger sister not much later, proving the family's strong fertility genes. Jack was a much better father than Ivonne's real father was but the two had some head bumps here and there, and still continue to argue now and again.

Now that Ivonne is a bit older she is living in an apartment in Drumvar, going to school and working trying to make a good life for herself to make her parent's and little sister proud. She is going to school for business and someday plans to get her family up to living and working in Drumvar soon.

Other:

Favorite drink is a simple rum and coke. If you remember this she will love you forever.

[Hippo]

Dana St. Martin

Name:

Dana St. Martin

Age:

27

Appearance:

Quite well built in frame and about 5'10 in height, Dana looks more like the type to pursue a career in modelling than a Masters in History and Archaeology. Her long dark brown hair neatly rests down to her mid back, at times either tied up or neatly brushed to the side. Her dark skin, remained a virgin to tattoos, scars or any discernible blemishes save for a few moles here and there. At times she dresses herself smart and casually, buttoned shirts and skirts or jeans. Though normally, she has a preference for comfortable clothing, her outfit usually composed of plain tank tops over grey hoodies and jackets, well fitted jeans and a nifty leather strapped watch on her right wrist. Dana is self conscious about her physical well being, and would regularly keep in shape by taking long jogs early in the morning or hitting the gym.

Family:

• Benjamin St. Martin | Father | Lawyer | 62
• Elena St. Martin (née Chaundry) | Mother | Professor at ULCA | 58
• Lord Prickchard Thornton | Plant | Cactus | 2

Occupation:

Full time University Student, Does some private tutoring here and there

Personality:

Dana pretty much likes to keep herself busy and active, both in her academics and free time. It's a habit she's quite known for although, to her its more of an impulse rather than just any other everyday routine. It's not so unusual to catch her early the same day hitting the books at a local cafe just right after taking a quick jog around town. The reason she moved to Drumvar, other than completing her Master's Degree, is because of her interest and unwavering passion for history. Often times she does some hiking and exploring at Drumvar Castle just to bask in the view and vestige of it's history. She can be a bit of a perfectionist, being raised that way by her parents with high expectations for their only child. This only brought her more stress than satisfaction or a good sense of achievement.

When you pass her by the university hallways, she gives off a stern and studious impression, and at times may come off as bland, or even intimidating to others. Despite seemingly appearing to be serious and pragmatic all the time, deep inside Dana is in fact, quite the opposite. She's well mannered, approachable and is an over all genuine person. The last years of graduate school tend to rob much of her remaining social life, and recently you'd find her alone immersed in a book or a laptop. She gets along with most people because of her supportive and even conforming attitude towards their thoughts and beliefs, no matter if she feels a tiny bit of disagreement with what they think. At times she finds it hard to speak her mind boldly and is always overly concerned about hurting people's feelings that she'd rather not say anything that might upset them. At most she'll make an effort to politely talk some sense into them, preferring to play as a mediator in an argument.

History:

Dana was born and raised in London, living under a well to do household, with a somewhat distant father and a demanding mother. Her childhood was a fairly good one, in a sense that her parents didn't get any sort of trouble or acts of rebellion from a young Dana, though that didn't mean she was a relatively fine with how her parents ran her life. As a child they would shelter her excessively, and everything in her life is meticulously monitored and scheduled between school, sports and club meetings. She hadn't got rid of a their personal chauffeur right until she moved out and took her graduate school.

When she moved out of boarding school and onto college, she had a good taste of independence, although small and limited as her parents would still check upon her in between the school terms. On her first few years she allowed to let herself loose, made quite a lot friends, earned a lover or two, challenging herself to embrace the goodness of life without falling into the dangers of it. Though partying and drinking has its appeal, Dana has both her heart and mind set in her studies. So much that she took a masters degree after, planning on following it up with a PhD.

Dana moved to Drumvar solely for her Masters, and generally for the towns rich cultural and historical heritage. She brought a small apartment within a close distance to the University, her mother would drop by to come check on her every few months or so, at least until she finishes her last year of grad school then she would be free of her.

Other:

-Aside from a camera, she has a journal she keeps around at all times, for taking notes and sketching people/landmarks during her trips and adventures around town.
-Can masterfully chug a beer in one gulp, despite being a lightweight drinker.

[mercenarius]

Annest Williams

Name:

Annest Williams
(Annie, if she likes you)

Age:

26

Appearance:

Standing at 5’8 and weighing just over 8 stone, Annest is thinner than most. She is physically weak, almost appearing fragile, something she resents but doesn’t truly care enough to do anything about. What she wears out depends heavily on who she is with and what she is doing: if she is alone, she wears whatever clean garments are most comfortable, mostly opting toward loose shirts and baggy pants (a holdover from her time spent travelling); if she is with her family (especially her nephews or grandfather), she appears more presentable, often wearing dresses or fashionable tops and bottoms. If she is working, she will dress the part: full formal for weddings, business casual for portraits, whatever-she-would-have-worn-anyway for local business events.

Family:

• Donald Paterson | grandfather | 83 | retired
• Seth Williams | brother | 31 | police officer
• Megan Williams | sister-in-law | 30 | secondary school teacher
• Jackie Williams | nephew | 5 | P1 student
• Noah Williams | nephew | 3 | adorable

Occupation:

Annest is a freelance photographer based out of her family home, specializing in portraiture and wedding photography. She advertises mostly through word of mouth, business cards, and flyers posted in public spaces, as well as a professional website. She also offers a free service for local businesses, taking candid photos during events and making them available to the host at no charge.

Outside of her business, she spends much of her time taking care of her elderly grandfather and young nephews.

Personality:

Annest is, for the most part, bubbly and light-spirited. Most people would describe her as “fun to be around”, and she has never had trouble making friends. She is easy to work with, easy to talk to and generally a very easy-going person. She is also very good with kids, and, since moving into the family home, has spent a great deal of time taking care of her two young nephews - not because she has to, but because she wants to.

Despite her comfort in a crowd, she often has trouble keeping close friends, mostly for lack of trying: Annest finds it easier to keep track of relationships when they are indiscriminately kept at arm's length, and she rarely thinks it worth the effort to maintain a close friendship any longer than she feels she has to. There are exceptions, of course; but for the most part, the people who call her friend are not the same people she would lean on in times of need.

Annest is also very impulsive. This is clearly evident in her refusal to take the time to think out major life decisions, but also shows in smaller, everyday actions, occasionally getting her into trouble. In spite of this (or perhaps because of it) she has yet to truly experience regret.

History:

Annest was born in London, the second child of a Scottish mother and an English father. She spent most of her formative years in the city, spending summers with her maternal grandparents in their large Drumvar home. She loved these trips, and Drumvar was, for a long time, tinted rose in her mind because of them.

She first took an interest in photography while playing with her father’s old polaroid camera: what started as a fun game to play with her friends quickly turned into a full-blown hobby as she spent more and more time obsessing over how she could take better photos, playing with lighting and other techniques as well as reading books and magazines dedicated to photography. She purchased her own camera when she was twelve after having saved for nearly a year, and she spent every moment she could taking photos of herself, her family, their house, the city, anything that struck her.

Two days after her eighteenth birthday, Annest left London without a word. For six years after, she travelled the British Isles and then Europe, living mostly out of hostiles and occasionally sleeping on a friendly couch. To finance her trip, she began freelancing photography, specializing in portraiture and working under the table, often accepting food and lodging for her work. Although it wasn’t always easy, Annest loved every moment of her travels.

Her adventure ended when her camera was stolen in Berlin. Without a steady source of income, Annest decided that her best course of action was to head back to the UK. After finding a phone and someone with whom she could properly communicate, she called her childhood home - to find out that her maternal grandmother passed in her absence, and that her brother was taking care of her elderly and sick grandfather. Devastated, she made her way to Drumvar, arriving three months later.

Her family was overjoyed to welcome her home, and she quickly moved into the family home in Drumvar, setting up a legitimate business and caring for her grandfather and young nephews. Two years later, she has more or less established herself as part of the community; although she still feels somewhat like an outsider in a town that doesn’t quite resemble her childhood memories.

Other:

Although she has a passing familiarity with several languages due to her travel, Annest only speaks English and French fluently.

[Raylah]

Katarina Novakova

Name:

Katarina Novakova

Age:

28

Appearance:

Katarina is tall and lean, standing at 176 cm (5’9). She has long brown wavy hair, very unruly and disobedient, which she usually wears in a messy bun or a ponytail. She rarely cares about what she is wearing, as long as it is something soft and comfortable, like her hundred times washed denim jacket. She doesn’t even own many clothes, because she moves around the world a lot.

Family:

• Anna Novakova (53) - mother
• Libor Novak (56) - father
• Nela Novakova (23) – sister
• (all of her family lives in Czech republic)
• Lexie (2) – border collie that Katarina adopted shortly after arriving to Drumvar

Occupation:

Software and web developer

Personality:

Kat is usually a loner, she prefers peace and quiet and is very shy and socially awkward in general. But you should see her after she had a few drinks – you can’t find a more talkative person. She only has one or two close friends, she doesn’t like to make shallow acquaintances. But if she deems you worthy and you manage to get closer to her, she would do anything for you.

She enjoys reading and watching movies and TV shows (anything fantasy or science fiction) – her idea of a perfect evening is sitting in a comfy armchair wrapped in a warm blanket, holding a cup of hot chocolate and a great book. Since she adopted Lexie she also started jogging (very lightly) and hitchhiking in the beautiful nature around the city.

History:

Kat was born and raised in Czech Republic, in central Europe. She was always a very smart child – learning to read and write long before she even went to school and reading every book she could get her hands on. Unfortunately, that always made her sort of an outsider amongst the other children. Most of her friends from that time were imaginary.

Being very good with technology, she decided to university and study programming. There were only few girls amongst dozens of boys in her classes, but she didn’t mind – she did much better in male collective than with other women. During her studies she worked part time for a software development company and once she finished her master’s degree she already had a career lined up in front of her.

But she didn’t feel like being tied to one spot at such a young age. Despite being afraid of new things and places, the desire to see the world has won and Kat moved to Barcelona – her job allowing her to work from anywhere with a decent internet connection. She lived there for a few weeks, but decided that big city life isn’t for her and she moved to a smaller town in the countryside instead. Since then, she had changed the scenery a couple of times, she lived in Sweden, Italy, even on Bali for a short time, always settling in a small town and exploring the lesser known sights of the country.

She arrived to Drumvar a few weeks ago, and wasn’t really planning on staying long, the weather being too cold and rainy for her taste, but then she walked past a local animal shelter and immediately fell in love with Lexie. Kat adopted her and before she knew it, she fell in love with the city and decided to stay longer.

[FifthHouse]

Ellen Nancy

Name:

Ellen Nancy

Age:

33

Appearance:

Ellen's a right-out understated bohemian type, often wearing throwback-influenced clothes as a form of self-expression. Her chestnut-brown hair is long and more on the auburn side at times. Occasionally she wears horn-rimmed glasses, but lately wears contact lenses more frequently

Family:

n/a

Occupation:

Graduate Art Teaching Assistant, Drumvar University / Musician (psychedelic rock guitarist/drummer)

Personality:

Ellen is a vibrant human being. While being extremely intelligent, she’s rather ruled by her emotional nature. While the quality is a terrific asset in her approach to art, it can color her social interactions somewhat unpredictably. She might react hastily to a situation that she wasn’t prepared for, or lose her temper easily if too frustrated too quickly under just the right conditions. She’s old enough by now that she’s developed enough self-control to mitigate most potential disasters of such nature, but it doesn’t prevent her from having an incessantly busy and taciturn inner monologue during such instances. Ultimately, though, she’s got good intentions. When not in conflict, Ellen can be charming despite also being rather absent-minded, eccentric, and occasionally clumsy by way of both body and speech.

History:

Ellen grew up as the oldest daughter of an American infantryman, moving frequently around the world until she graduated from high school and double-majored in both Journalism and Art History at the University of North Carolina. After graduating, she worked on and off as a producer in various newsrooms before tiring of the conflict-heavy environments and then began work as a graphic designer at a small firm in Austin, Texas, then in New York City. All the while, she developed her abilities as a songwriter and musician, taking influence from mostly U.K. acts such as The Beatles, T Rex, and David Bowie. After a great deal of encouragement from friends, she applied at the age of 32 to pursue further studies in art at NYU and was shocked to be accepted. A year into her studies, she was offered an opportunity to do a graduate student exchange at the University of Drumvar, with a chance to earn experience as a teaching assistant. Not at all one to spare an opportunity to not visit the homeland of another musical hero of hers, Donovan Leitch, Ellen enthusiastically went. She's been in Drumvar for approximately five months, and while she still has yet to truly carve out her social network in town, she dreads the idea of leaving. Life in Drumvar has been rather peaceful but also pleasant and exciting; teaching has been going smoothly, gigs aren't hard to get, and people are generally very friendly.

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[FifthHouse]

Ellen Nancy

Name:

Ellen Nancy

Age:

33

Appearance:

Ellen's a right-out understated bohemian type, often wearing throwback-influenced clothes as a form of self-expression. Her chestnut-brown hair is long and more on the auburn side at times. Occasionally she wears horn-rimmed glasses, but lately wears contact lenses more frequently

Family:

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Occupation:

Graduate Art Teaching Assistant, Drumvar University / Musician (psychedelic rock guitarist/drummer)

Personality:

Ellen is a vibrant human being. While being extremely intelligent, she’s rather ruled by her emotional nature. While the quality is a terrific asset in her approach to art, it can color her social interactions somewhat unpredictably. She might react hastily to a situation that she wasn’t prepared for, or lose her temper easily if too frustrated too quickly under just the right conditions. She’s old enough by now that she’s developed enough self-control to mitigate most potential disasters of such nature, but it doesn’t prevent her from having an incessantly busy and taciturn inner monologue during such instances. Ultimately, though, she’s got good intentions. When not in conflict, Ellen can be charming despite also being rather absent-minded, eccentric, and occasionally clumsy by way of both body and speech.

History:

Ellen grew up as the oldest daughter of an American infantryman, moving frequently around the world until she graduated from high school and double-majored in both Journalism and Art History at the University of North Carolina. After graduating, she worked on and off as a producer in various newsrooms before tiring of the conflict-heavy environments and then began work as a graphic designer at a small firm in Austin, Texas, then in New York City. All the while, she developed her abilities as a songwriter and musician, taking influence from mostly U.K. acts such as The Beatles, T Rex, and David Bowie. After a great deal of encouragement from friends, she applied at the age of 32 to pursue further studies in art at NYU and was shocked to be accepted. A year into her studies, she was offered an opportunity to do a graduate student exchange at the University of Drumvar, with a chance to earn experience as a teaching assistant. Not at all one to spare an opportunity to not visit the homeland of another musical hero of hers, Donovan Leitch, Ellen enthusiastically went. She's been in Drumvar for approximately five months, and while she still has yet to truly carve out her social network in town, she dreads the idea of leaving. Life in Drumvar has been rather peaceful but also pleasant and exciting; teaching has been going smoothly, gigs aren't hard to get, and people are generally very friendly.

Other:

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