Character Approval/Sydney Sketchers

Lexi-WIP

1) Describe your character's backstory. Who are their parents? Did they grow up with Nobility, or were they of lower class? The character's backstory must be at least 2 paragraphs long. Victoria grew up in a not-so-peaceful home, with a mother that’s a Talentless AND a twin, and a father whose status was dragged down the moment he married his wife. Her life was constantly looked down on by many elves, and kids often teased, or sometimes even bullied her for her. Majority of everyone she met disrespected her, but no one ever directly pointed the fact out. Victoria was always the weird one, the outcast, the negative one. No matter how hard she tried to impress the eyes of society, it wouldn’t change their mind. She was the infamous Victoria Hollander, the daughter of a Bad Match.

 When Victoria manifested as a Phaser, it seemed that a bit of prejudice was lifted off of her shoulders. People treated her better than her parents, and few of her peers had even started talking to her. Her mother, who had gone through even more prejudice than her, was extremely delighted. Her wish for her daughter to manifest had came true! Her father’s parents accepted her more than her mother, and Victoria hated to admit, her newfound popularity made her more comfortable with herself.  

It wasn’t too far into her fame when her new image got to her head. She knew she should’ve been ashamed of herself, but after 13 years of being snickered and pointed at, it was oddly satisfying to step out of her lame zone and hang out with the popular ones. She snorted and pointed at the elves that once did the same to her, and vengeance felt like taking a bite out of the forbidden fruit and she bathed in its glory.

Victoria Hollander was changing, but people weren’t sure whether it was for the good or for the bad.

 She soon graduated Foxfire with top marks and succeeded in becoming an emissary. She instantly became popular and she enjoyed it. She had everything she ever asked for.

But then the news broke out: Her sister Gloria Hollander, was a Talentless. She had been kicked out of Foxfire and was forbidden from taking the Elite levels.

Victoria didn’t know what to feel and what to do. She wanted to rush home and comfort her sister, but she wasn’t sure if her sister was open to her comfortings after so many years of being……..separated. And she also had her Emissary side which strongly opposed of her sister’s new status and she was sure that comforting her wasn’t something the society would agree is the right choice. So in the end…..she chose to side with the society, and turn her back on her sister.''' '''

It tore her into pieces every time she insulted Gloria. She felt tortured every time she spoke badly of her, but it was too late for her to act like she never insulted her, and the suppression of other Emissaries’ glares made her a coward and she carried on with calling her own sister horrible names that made her want to collapse to the floor and never wake up again.

It made her feel a bit better when she visited her family’s house to “visit” her father, when it was just an excuse for her to see her sister again. Her sister didn’t look angry or excited for her visit; just neutral, and Victoria masked herself with a poker face as well, while her insides were filled with guilt but happiness when she saw her sister.

But it didn’t meant she was totally okay with bashing her sister just because she look unaffected. She still felt like being stabbed in the guts every time she heard others tossing slurs at Gloria.

Years went by, and everything was the same. Eventually the rumors and insults decreased on Gloria and time seemed to buried the past...or it seemed like it.''' '''

A new wave of negative rumors soon filled the atmosphere of the Lost Cities, and it was targeted towards Gloria, once again.

Rumors told that Gloria had married a man who was a twin, and it was confirmed to be true. Victoria was devastated. She desperately wished for her sister to stop getting in trouble, but she couldn’t blame her for it. Love could not be prevented, no matter what the consequences would be. Once again, Victoria was indirectly pressured into insulting her sister. This time, it grew worse. She had to bring up the topic of her being a Talentless, AND bash about her marriage. And when another Emissary suggested she should choose stronger words to “describe” how utterly “disgusted” and “disappointed” she was with her sister in a conversation, Victoria had enough. Enough of pretending. Enough of the pressure. Enough of being an Emissary. She didn’t even end the conversation on a good note and light leaped to Gloria’s house….only to be greeted with nothing but pure silence.

Victoria felt crushed. Her world became bitter and cold as she searched around the house to find any traces of her long gone sister. After hours of searching, she gave up. Despair won over her, and tears stained her cheeks as she was overwhelmed with grief.

The next day she visited Gloria’s house again. She searched again, but thought more logically. She searched her bedroom, and miraculously found a diary with bunch of bookmarked pages. She read the diary, but had to stop halfway from the amount of tears threatening to fall.

 

The diary was dated all the back to Gloria’s 6th birthday, where Victoria was gifted a pink, small diary she could write blogs in. Ever since then Gloria had wrote down everything she witnessed, felt, and did on that tiny notebook. Some dates were skipped, and eventually the diary entries got shorter….shorter….and shorter.''' '''

Victoria read through the bookmarked pages…...

''Vicky promised she’ll stick up for me wherever we go, and I promised her the same thing! We’ll stick together through thick and thin and will be BBFFS! Bestest Best Friends Forever!''

''A kid laughed at me in Special Ability Focus Session. He told me I was a loser and I would never manifest. Vicky says that he’s wrong. And I……….don’t know. Am I really a loser?''

 

''I’m a failure. I’m a Talentless. Today I got expelled from Foxfire…..I can already smell the air being polluted by bad rumors…...about me. I can’t wait until I can see Vicky again. I can’t wait until I see Vicky defending me. BBFFs stick up for each other, right?''' '

''Vicky-no, Victoria. Victoria bashed me. Called me a failure. A disgrace. An imbecile elf that deserves all the negative remarks. Turns out she didn’t keep her promise...after all.''' '

''Victoria visited father today. Heck she doesn’t look a slightest bit apologetic. Being an upper-class Emissary really got to her head.''

The entries grew shorter, and Victoria could already tell the diary entry was on pause for years. There was no useful information that told her where Gloria was, and all she was left was in a mess of tears and misery. She returned towards her home and slowly.....she grew insane. She began to throw objects at the wall……..and failed to recognize her own parents and loved ones. Her mind was constantly on danger mode, and before she came to her senses, she fainted. Her father immediately called for a medic, but the medic failed to wake her up, so he called a trained Telepath to see what was wrong, and to his despair, Victoria’s mind was broken. Her mind failed to handle the amount of grief and guilt she was going through, and it broke.

Days later it was revealed that Gloria returned. She was in a vacation house to relax herself from the undergoing insults that’d been targeted at her. When she came back, her father called for her, and saw an unconscious Victoria lying on a bed as if she was dead. Her father failed to properly cushion the blow and Gloria was struck with grief when she was told her sister’s mind was broken by guilt.

Everyone grieved for Victoria, but Gloria grieved the most. She felt horrible realizing Victoria felt guilty and terrified each time she mocked her. Gloria knew it wasn’t technically her fault, but her heart wouldn’t allow her to believe that.

Year passed, and Victoria’s mind was still as broken as ever. Gloria visited her sister every single day and hoped for her to be healed. Telepaths were sent to Victoria every day to attempt to heal her mind, but all failed.

 One day, one Telepath barely, but managed to succeed. Victoria’s eyes fluttered open and her eyes weren’t the same glazed, but her eyes were focused and sharp. Victoria Hollander was back.

Victoria cried in joy when she saw her sister again, and Gloria did the same. The two talked everything out and spilled everything they wanted to tell each other, and soon the two were back to being good friends and sisters. Victoria retired from being an Emissary, but was sent on missions time to time.

2) What is your character's personality like? Are they respectable, or rude? The character's personality must be a paragraph long.

She was formerly very arrogant and haughty, but became much more quieter after her sister was labeled as a Talentless. She would constantly be exhausted and heartbroken when she learned her sister married a twin, and after she was healed from her mind break, she become a lot more open-minded and wise.

3) What does your character look like? Do you have a model in mind for them? (if you do, you only need to say who it is)

Yuna(ITZY)

4) Describe your character's skill set. What they are good at? What do they want to be good at? What are they not good at?

Is your character Talentless? If yes, skip the ability quiz and manifest question. A) Yes, they are Talentless. B) No, they are not Talentless (if you answered this, answer the manifest question)

Has your character manifested? If yes, skip the ability quiz. A) Yes, they have manifested. B) No, they have not manifested. (if you answered this, do the ability quiz)

the ability quiz

What fascinates your character the most? A) Mastery of the Elements B) The Mental Arts C) Empowerment D) Ghost Tricks E) Physical Effects F) Self-enhancement

Please choose 3-7 of the given options that your character is interested in: • See what's going on inside another's head • Tap into one's mind to remove memories • Heal a mind that might have been broken by guilt • Have a silver tongue like none other • Sweet talk your way into finding out what you want to know • Be the ultimate flirt; after all, your crush should be with you, not your friend • Make another do as you command • Daze someone into making a fool of themselves; a fun way to get even, eh? • Trance someone and make them change their mind; they never meant what they said, after all • Feel others' emotions as if they were your own • Detect lies by sensing guilt; not all liars enjoy lying • Be able to sense if your best friend is feeling down; friends matter, don't they? • Sense another's potential; after all, some might be destined for great things • Be able to tell someone that they'll be a hero in this life • See a worthy person and know it before anyone else • Make others feel happiness or perhaps make others feel pain • Ease someone when they are being overwhelmed by their emotions • Make someone feel hurt without ever actually hurting them • Give others the strength they may or may not need • Make someone stronger than they actually are • Help someone do things they never even knew they could do • Walk through anything solid as if it wasn't there • Survive a sword and still appear flawless as ever • Enter a room without so much of a sound; after all, no one needs to know you're late, right? • Become invisible... then reappear again as if by magic • Be the ultimate prankster; no one can catch you if they don't see you • Give others the scare by disappearing partially, keeping only what you want other to see visible • Put things into the void and pull them out whenever's clever • Make something appear in your hands whenever you wish; after all, you did not forget your imparter, did you? • Keep secrets with whom they belong; secrets are only meant for that person • Create forcefields around anything, maybe even themself • Create a shield to block someone from doing anything • Break shields, if you can and want to • Tweak the density of anything; after all, that brick doesn't need to be that heavy, does it? • Make something a lot lighter than it actually appears • Create realistic illusions, by making anything that appears light to be heavy, and vice versa • Speak any language that their heart desires; even those that might sound off-putting • Mimic another's voice with ease • Speak a language that you might have never heard before • Make themselves heard, even by those in the back of that one classroom • Annoy someone by raising your voice more than they'd like • Grab that one sleeping student's attention; that loud voice will definitely do it • Dance with fire like no one is ever watching • Resist fire better than the average elf • Start a fire; yes, start a fire • Walk on water; yes, actually walk on water • Hide using the very mist in the air • Make a splash, even in the absence of a body of water • Create snowflakes, even in the actual lack of real snow • Freeze yourself; it can make a decent disguise • Start a snowball fight whenever you wish • Become one with their shadow; after all, a shadow can be one's best friend • Make your shadow into your messenger • See if someone could be a dark elf • Make fireworks seem like child's play and put on a real light show • Use light to see things that others might not • Blind someone with light; see the light, eh? • Become a living tesla coil, quite literally • Give your friends a spark; they'll only feel a twitch • Throw lightning from your hands and look natural doing it • Did someone say tornado? • Lift someone into the air... then set them down again • Create waves by shifting the winds in the direction of desire • Become the next Lady Iskra • Talk to machines as if they're sentient • Understand technology far better than your average elf

If your character is a Polyglot, what is their secondary ability? (do not answer this if it's any talent other than Polyglot.)

If your character has not manifested, what talent would you (the user) like them to manifest with? (do not answer this if the character has manifested)