Post by Shannon Hawthorne on Dec 26, 2012 20:06:37 GMT -5
| [atrb=width,500,btable][cs=2] SHANNON HAWTHORNE needle in a haystack | |
RANK. rank E AGE. twenty three DOB. april twenty-first ETHNICITY. ¾ caucasian ¼ asian OCCUPATION. freelance computer programmer RESIDENCE. downtown manhattan | [atrb=width,100] |
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Despite her notable skills and traits, Shannon, unlike most individuals, prefers to maintain a low profile. Like a chameleon she blends into the crowd and fades into the background, being very much the needle in a haystack that no one can find but knows is there somewhere. She absolutely loathes attention or being put in the spotlight and thus purposefully keeps her head down and pretends to be mundane. But by no means is she a shy person. Rather, Shannon is a cynical, grumpy, misanthrope who doesn’t like to mingle with others of the human species (or any other species). On the rare occasion that she engages in conversation she is known to be foul mouthed, verbally abusive, and insulting with all her words. Therefore she prefers to lay low and avoid conversation altogether.
Living her life is almost total isolation, she only engages with other individuals for purely business purposes. In other words, she maintains professional relationships. In that sense, Shannon has a very logical mind. She can easily be labeled as cunning, conniving, and a trickster of sorts. She plays her cards carefully and tactically so that she may reap the most benefits possible and abandons anything and everything that will not bring reward. Conversation and human interaction have been categorized as the latter. Every action she takes, or doesn’t take, has a reason. Because of that she also has very little sense of morals, and usually will not aid someone unless there is some benefit for her involved.
As one would imagine, her crude personality played a significant role in her very awkward childhood. Born into a family of Waker’s who barely practiced magic anymore as the linage faded, Shannon grew up on myths, stories, and fairytales, but hardly the real deal. It was perhaps the fault of her bedtime stories that skewed her personality, because before long she found her ordinary life to be mundane, boring, and without purpose, and desired for something more. So she sought out the truth behind those stories and dug up her dead ancestry. From there she plunged into the world of the supernatural.
In attempt to be freed from her boring life, Shannon became a very curious and studious individual. Knowledge, information, and the unknown soon became the only interesting part in her life, the only things to keep her going, and the only things she was truly devoted to. She flipped through every page and poked at every mystery. Her consumption of knowledge was literally her life. But her pursuit of knowledge was not limited to magic, but expanded to the ordinary human realm as well. Particularly computers and technology, as (sadly so) her laptop would eventually became her one and only companion. Keeping to her standard of keeping a low profile, she never stood out despite her intelligence. Not in school, not in sports, not in anything. She was completely and entirely anonymous, and kept her life that way.
Her façade served as a disguise to cover the more rebellious side of her life. When things got too boring, Shannon would occasionally slip into the dangers of the world just to add more spark to things. At some point or another she sampled gang life, street fighting, and the underworld. Nothing stuck, of course. All she took were tactical samples, testing the waters to see what she liked and frighteningly enough, she liked the darkness of the world more than the light. But nonetheless to appear normal, she lived in the light.
As she attended and graduated from Syracuse University as a Computer Science major, she was average in her class and had an average GPA despite her abilities. She neglected attending graduate school and moved on to become an average citizen of New York City, moving from Syracuse to Manhattan. She picked up work as a brilliant freelance computer programmer, working under an alias to stay true to her ideals of going unnoticed. On occasion she plays stocks, although more for entertainment then for profit (despite some hefty earnings). But most of all, she spends her days consuming knowledge as rapidly as she can, and continues to seek out the secrets of the world.
[/td][/tr]Living her life is almost total isolation, she only engages with other individuals for purely business purposes. In other words, she maintains professional relationships. In that sense, Shannon has a very logical mind. She can easily be labeled as cunning, conniving, and a trickster of sorts. She plays her cards carefully and tactically so that she may reap the most benefits possible and abandons anything and everything that will not bring reward. Conversation and human interaction have been categorized as the latter. Every action she takes, or doesn’t take, has a reason. Because of that she also has very little sense of morals, and usually will not aid someone unless there is some benefit for her involved.
As one would imagine, her crude personality played a significant role in her very awkward childhood. Born into a family of Waker’s who barely practiced magic anymore as the linage faded, Shannon grew up on myths, stories, and fairytales, but hardly the real deal. It was perhaps the fault of her bedtime stories that skewed her personality, because before long she found her ordinary life to be mundane, boring, and without purpose, and desired for something more. So she sought out the truth behind those stories and dug up her dead ancestry. From there she plunged into the world of the supernatural.
In attempt to be freed from her boring life, Shannon became a very curious and studious individual. Knowledge, information, and the unknown soon became the only interesting part in her life, the only things to keep her going, and the only things she was truly devoted to. She flipped through every page and poked at every mystery. Her consumption of knowledge was literally her life. But her pursuit of knowledge was not limited to magic, but expanded to the ordinary human realm as well. Particularly computers and technology, as (sadly so) her laptop would eventually became her one and only companion. Keeping to her standard of keeping a low profile, she never stood out despite her intelligence. Not in school, not in sports, not in anything. She was completely and entirely anonymous, and kept her life that way.
Her façade served as a disguise to cover the more rebellious side of her life. When things got too boring, Shannon would occasionally slip into the dangers of the world just to add more spark to things. At some point or another she sampled gang life, street fighting, and the underworld. Nothing stuck, of course. All she took were tactical samples, testing the waters to see what she liked and frighteningly enough, she liked the darkness of the world more than the light. But nonetheless to appear normal, she lived in the light.
As she attended and graduated from Syracuse University as a Computer Science major, she was average in her class and had an average GPA despite her abilities. She neglected attending graduate school and moved on to become an average citizen of New York City, moving from Syracuse to Manhattan. She picked up work as a brilliant freelance computer programmer, working under an alias to stay true to her ideals of going unnoticed. On occasion she plays stocks, although more for entertainment then for profit (despite some hefty earnings). But most of all, she spends her days consuming knowledge as rapidly as she can, and continues to seek out the secrets of the world.
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- TECHNOKINESIS. Technokinesis, otherwise known as the ability to control and manipulate technology, could not possibly suit Shannon better. With the rise of modern technology and a computer chip in practically every appliance, it’s like the digital world is at her fingertips. Shannon is able to manipulate technology to her liking, making it turn on, off, and do with it as she wishes. Physical contact is required for her to manipulate more complex systems or give more complex commands, but simple commands and simple systems can be manipulated from a distance with thought rather than touch. “Technology” is defined as anything digital or powered by electricity.
- ENHANCED IQ. Even without pulling any magical strings, as a human being Shannon was born with an IQ of 173. Her raw level of intelligence can be attributed to her desire to learn and acquire more knowledge, and also explains how she can consume it so quickly and retain it so well. It also explains why she finds the rest of the world to be boring. She can easily be classified as a genius and with the power of her mind, has acquired a near mastery over technology and numbers. All in all, she is a very intelligent individual.
- WARDING MAGIC. Shannon isn’t all brains and no brawl, but she prefers intelligence over raw strength and therefore chose the study of warding magic to protect herself due to her still-developing combat abilities. She particularly practices the negation of other spells as a self defense mechanism.
- LIBRARY I. Shannon’s mind is practically a library in of itself. Having devoted her entire life to the consumption of knowledge, one would imagine that she’s learned a thing or two by now. Particularly from her ancestry and their collection of worn out books. Of course, aside from a mental library, a hefty section of her apartment is devoted to books and various other resources. As it is the digital age, though, Shannon prefers to keep digital copies of all of her resources.
- WEALTH I. Playing the stock market and being good at it has its benefits. Aside from her decent job as a freelance programmer, Shannon plays stocks on the side as extra earnings. Having a very logical and business orientated mind, she is quite proficient in the art of buying and selling stock, but does suffer the occasional loss. Nonetheless she makes enough to call it profitable.
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