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CecyliaAnwenMcQuillen
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Name:
{{ Cecylia Anwen McQuillen }}
Role:
{{ Porcupine }}
Age:
{{ 18 }}
Blood Type:
{{ AB- }}
Birth date:
{{ July 8th, 1993 }}
Personality:
{{Cecylia is an individual of peace. Peace is always the answer for Cecylia. She does not like arguing with others, unless she is trying to prove a point. Cecylia despises violence, though she gas learned that in times of crisis defense is nesscessary. Therefor violence is always a last resort for her. She treats others with respect, in order to ensure that peace is maintained. Her peaceful nature also marks her as a caring individual. She is quite friendly, and finds it easy to make acquaintances with others. Despite the fact that she is usually the shy individual sitting next to the window, she is not afraid to converse with other shy individuals. She tries to bring them out of their shells, instead of focusing on her own lack of social skills. Cecylia is not as outgoing as other individuals, but she does enjoy going outside. She helps those in need, even putting their interests before her own. The disadvantage of her kind nature is that she allows others to push her around.
On the surface she appears shy and quiet due to she always feel uncomfortable when around strangers or people she does not know very well. She does not give herself away easily and is sometimes mistaken to be cold on the surface. It is difficult for her to open up and have a close emotionally fulfilled relationship with someone because she is so closed off emotionally to the world. This is driven by her fear of trust; Cecylia has a difficult time trusting people. This causes built up anger and resentment inside, she can have a negative outlook on life, thinking that life is just too hard and miserable. She becomes skeptical of people and her surroundings. Yet, she is full of shocks and surprises and will hardly let you know what her motives are. She doesn't trust people easily, not until she has scrutinized each and every aspect of their personality. In fact, she is constantly criticizing everything and everyone around her, even her friends. She's probably more harsh than necessary in most cases, but if they won't shape up, then they'll never improve as people or so she says. This attitude she claims is being 'realistic', but 'pessimistic' is more accurate. To be fair, her blunt, judgmental approach has helped avoid plenty of dangerous situations. However, once she trusts you and makes you her friend, nobody in this world can sway her against you.
Beneath the detached, quiet exterior lies a kind-hearted friend that will go out of her way to help another although she is seemingly Bipolar switching from one mood to the next. She is very unusual and is always full of excitement. Though Cecylia has her bouts of solitude, she will soon be back to her normal self again. Just remember not to disturb her when she wants to be alone. Ignore her and she will come back again, all happy and cheerful. Rarely is she ever not compassionate towards her loved ones, although at times she is willing to give them anything they want without a question. But Cecylia is extremely loyal to those who appreciate and support her; she is a nurturer and will protect and cherish the person for a long time. These people can lean on and depend on Cecylia; she will listen to people's problems and help them, if she's in the mood to. However she will rarely express her own deep feelings to anyone. People who want to share deep emotional thoughts and opinions with her might feel that the scales are tipped on one side, for she will rarely reveal her true, deep feelings. She dislikes commitments of any kind for the most part. However, once she has made it, she will stick to it fully. She gives her opinion very frankly and will stand by it, but never ever try to force them upon anyone unless she feels like she should. But in return, don't every dictate how she should live her life. Once Cecylia has made up her mind, it is difficult to move her.
She is quite an intelligent girl. She spends most of her school days studying. She also possesses high grades in all of her classes. Cecylia is quite paranoid when it comes to school work: she must achieve higher than 95 on her tests. She is a perfectionist. This proves to be a negative trait, since Cecylia tends to stress out when studying. She is not just intelligent when it comes to school work: she is excellent at strategy as well. She tries to persuade her friends to make the right decisions, even if it means not fighting the enemy. However, she tends to incorporate her desire for peace in all of her advice. If fighting is necessary, then she will by all means fight. At times, her decisions do not agree with the decisions of others. This makes her feel quite insecure and paranoid. However, she is learning to trust herself and her own decisions, instead of worrying about what others think. Of course, she will follow whatever her friends decide, but she will repeatedly advise them on any dangers they might face. One can say that Cecylia is quite gullible and easily submits to the will of others, depending on the situation. yet, she has an extremely good concentration power. Even though it looks as if she is not even listening to you, she can repeat each and every word you said. She doesn't have a good memory, but she seems to know everything that is to be remembered including her surroundings. Not to mention her observational skills which have helped time and time again. She will strategize and will think through most actions and, though hot-blooded by nature, she will hold herself back if she sees that it's not advantageous for her. Though she appears to be courageous and logic defying in some cases, it's more likely that she's seen an approach that hasn't been acknowledged. Being able to deduce things and apply what information she gets is one of her greatest strengths; though there are times when she really does ignore the logic in order to follow after her frustrations yet there's always a reason behind it. Since it makes seeing things clearer for her. Although it's not hard to tell that she has a lot of emotional issues to deal with but once she overcomes this large hump of shyness and insecurity, there is practically nothing she can't do. She also dislikes interference by others, however helpfully intended, and will accept it only on her own terms. However, once she has found someone who she feels is worthy enough of her love and friendship, she becomes a very loyal friend to have and even ready to sacrifice everything for her loved ones and she will be faithful to them for life. However, she is sometimes disappointed emotionally because of her own high personal ideals causes her to demand more of others than is reasonable. But once you have managed to befriend her, she becomes more comfortable around you and open, revealing more of her personality.
A major negative attribute of Cecylia's personality is her paranoid and insecure nature. Cecylia always worries about the safety of others and herself. She constantly thinks of pointless scenarios that may result if she makes the wrong decisions. Cecylia is also quite insecure: she is shy at times when it comes to social life. She is also quite scared that she would lose her harmony and become two-faced. In a nutshell she is complex, fragile, unpredictable and moody. Secretly she needs to be needed. Even when all needs are satisfied, she can be irritable and cranky. Another side of her is that she can be very childish, having wild mood swings and possible temper tantrums. She can become easily offended and will sulk and wallow in self pity for a long time when she gets hurt. It can be difficult to know just how sensitive to criticism she is, simply because she hides it so well! When her character or behavior has been criticized, she tends to dig in her heels and keep right on doing it. She fully expects others to accept her exactly as she is, or she doesn’t have much use for them in her life. Senri is also a bit of a daydreamer and not always in touch with reality, often having her head in the clouds as she is thinking about something or other, mostly during classes or when she is bored. Because of this she can become quite clumsy, sometimes falling over her own two feet or bumping into people or object and is accident-prone when she isn’t paying close attention. She is also quite indecisive, and always agrees with others. This may lead to conflict, since she can never side with one idea. One can say that Cecylia always resorts to the 'middle ground'. She may do this just to seek approval. This proves to be detrimental to her relationship with others, however. Cecylia will eventually have to learn to trust her friends, and allow them to assist her on her journey in finding her true self.}}
Theme Song:
{{link song title and artist here}}
Powers/Abilities:
{{ Shape shifting into a porcupine (comes with the senses and instincts), agility/speed, tree growth/summon and communicate trees and tree spirits, can detect lies, and needle projection. }}
Likes
{{Sweets}}
{{Music}}
{{Nature}}
{{Peircings}}
{{Painting}}
Dislikes
{{Meat}}
{{The sight and smell of blood}}
{{Loud noises}}
{{Heights}}
{{Arrogance}}
Worst fear:
{{ Ceraunophobia - fear of thunder and lightning. }}
Back story:
{{On a cold July evening, the cries of a young baby girl filled a local hospital. Andras McQuillen, a pureblooded man from England, and Elain Bateman, a pureblooded Welsh woman, smiled at their daughter. The couple, despite their difference in nationality, were glad to have been blessed with such a beautiful daughter. After not much thought, they decided to name her Cecylia. The name suited her well.
Life had been both sweet and bitter for Andras and Elain before Cecylia's birth. The two had met in Wales. Andras had been on a business trip for a popular manufacturing company that he worked for. Elain lived in Wales, and owned a flower shop. It seemed as if fate had brought them together: one day, Elain was sent to deliver a bouquet of flowers to the building Andras had been working in. It is quite obvious what occurred next: the two met, and it was love at first sight. The two then began to see each other. There was one negative aspect of their relationship: many individuals did not approve of an English man dating a Welsh woman. It was quite an odd pair: this led to stares from other people. Though this bothered the couple at first, they learned to ignore it. Eventually, Andras proposed to Elain, and the two got married in London. Soon after, Andras persuaded Elain to return to his hometown in Bristol. After this, the two began a quiet yet joyful life together, soon before Cecylia's birth.
Cecylia's childhood was quite pleasurable. She grew up in a middle-class family. Cecylia's home was located at the heart of Bristol, near the marketplace. Her mother sold flowers in the marketplace, while her father worked as a manager in London, which had been opened recently. Cecylia grew and developed the same manner in which most toddlers developed. Cecylia grew up in a bilingual household, and learned to speak both Welsh and English when she began learning how to speak. As a child, she could not decide which culture she liked better: both were so interesting! She was well known in Bristol for being both British and Welsh: a strange combination. However, this blessed her with great beauty: she possessed bright, brown European eyes, as well as a soft, beautiful complexion. She was well known for her soft blonde: a trait obtained from her mother.
Once Cecylia began school, she started off as a girl with average intelligence. As the years progressed, she began to grow even more intelligent. Her parents taught their daughter the importance of reading and learning. It was this lecture that triggered Cecylia's intelligence. She began to exceed the expectations of her teachers in school. Cecylia was not considered to be a genius or anything along those lines: she was just extremely devout and well rounded for her age.
As Cecylia's childhood years passed, she developed a fascination for the ancient Romans. This fascination began once she read a book about ancient Rome (excluding the violent aspects of the civilization, of course). Cecylia began to play 'Gladiator' by herself in the backyard, and also began to read more and more books about Roman culture. Cecylia's favorite book was a book about the various gods and goddesses of the ancient Roman culture. Her favorite goddess was perhaps Flora, the goddess of flowers. After all, Cecylia also had a fascination for flowers: a fascination obtained from her mother.
At age eleven, Cecylia began to immerse herself in various sporting activities. After all, it was imperative to have a mens sana in corpore sano, or a healthy mind in a healthy body! Cecylia learned archery, a sport that appealed to her as she watched the Olympics one day. Cecylia also immersed herself in swimming: Cecylia was located next to a beach, after all! While practicing these sports, Cecylia also began to learn ancient Latin. Her mother found it strange that her daughter loved Latin more than any other language she knew. After listening to years of Cecylia's lectures about the wonders of Ancient Rome, her parents finally agreed to bring her to Italy. At age twelve, Cecylia visited Italy with her parents. The ancient Coliseum, as well as the ancient Roman villas fascinated her. Cecylia wished that she had lived during the time of the Romans! And while she was there she visited the zoo and saw many wondrous creatures but the one that interested her the most was the porcupine. The small, spiky creature had been all alone in its glass enclosure and no one was visiting him. Cecylia took it upon herself to walk over and kneel down in front of the small animal and meet it eye-to-eye and in that moment something in her sparked as if she understood how it was feeling. After all these years she hasn't forgotten that event.
With all of these blissful events, Cecylia hardly realized that her teenage years were quickly approaching. Cecylia had transitioned from Elementary School to High School and in that time she moved to the States.
Cecylia's first years at High School proved to be quite rough. She had a hard time transitioning from the sheltered environment of her previous school, to the reality of high school and an American one at that. She was well known in the school for her nationality, though no one dared to mention it. At times, random students would question her on her nationality. Cecylia got sick of the questions once in a while. She noticed that she was treated differently at times because of her strange nationality. Many of the students began to spread rumors, all but one boy. He was in her English Class and he was the first person to ever talk to her like she was an actual human being. At first she didn't understand why he was being so nice to her until he introduced him as Josh Cassidy. He even said for her to ignore the rumors and that she seemed pretty cool, ever since then the two have become rather good friends. But apparently, judging from the rumors they believed that Cecylia probably wasn't Welsh at all, in which Josh shook his head at. Several months passed, as the rumors began to circulate. Cecylia had no way to fight these rumors. Instead, she decided to simply become outgoing, and act in a manner that pleased others. Perhaps if she gained popularity (despite the fact that Cecylia dislikes popularity), the rumors would stop.
This tactic worked.
Cecylia first signed up for the swim team, and became an avid member of the team. She became well known for her speed. Also, the students began to somewhat admire her mixed appearance. They soon began to forget that Cecylia was not fully Welsh. Eventually, Cecylia even created a club: the Latin club. She might as well enjoy herself while attempting to gain popularity, right? Cecylia began to enjoy herself at school for once, despite the fact that she was acting quite two-faced. She began to speak with the people she disliked, and followed them around like a puppy. At the end of her first year, Cecylia was even more well known throughout the school.
It was during the break before the start of her second year, that Cecylia realized she was no longer harmonious. Prior to her year at high school, her opinions and decisions complemented her actions. She acted the way she wanted to, not the way others wanted her to act. Little by little, Cecylia began to regain her harmony. She promised herself that she would act like herself once school started once more. After all, everyone would love her true self, right?
She was greatly mistaken.
In order to stay true to her promise, Cecylia had refused to do the dirty work for her "friends". Cecylia had also avoided the mean students, and focused on befriending kind students. Although Cecylia had finally regained her harmony, her popularity was diminishing. At first, she did not mind this, until a popular student addressed her one day.
"You mutt! You've done my homework last year, can't you do it again?!" A blonde-haired student snarled at Cecylia.
"B-But you're good at math...I'm pretty sure that you can do it yourself..." Cecylia replied, with a sad tone.
"Pfft, are you kidding me? I have a date tonight! I can't be wasting my time on homework!" The student replied, with a growl.
Cecylia then sighed. To survive in the school, she would have to resort to a superficial personality.
"Heh, I was just teasing you! Of course I'll do it!" Cecylia replied, with a false smile.
As the weeks passed, Cecylia began to lose sight of her true self. She began to despise others. Actually, Cecylia no longer cared for herself: this bothered her greatly. She was haunted by malicious thoughts. Why should she care for others? They just treated her like garbage! As years went on she began pushing away from others, all except for one person. Her friend Josh Cassidy. He was the only one who really spoke out for her when others started to pick on her at school. Toward the start of senior year the rumors then fell away and the students went on to find a new target making Cecylia old news, which she was fine with. It left her to work more on her studies till she graduated with all As and several scholarships. After graduation Josh came up to her and invited her to go on a trip with him and some other kids from their school, to some Indian Reservation. Not wanting to pass up on the opportunity she agreed to go. Upon arriving they went to participate in a totem ceremony and were each handed a leather totem. At first she laughed, peering at the totem that she was handed. It was a porcupine. Wondering if it was just irony she couldn't help but relate the small creature to her last name... or that time at the zoo. Brushing away the thoughts she continued to stare at the totem for a while before clasping her hand over it. It was just a necklace right?
Although, she could never prepare for the events that were about to unfold before her.}}
I'm controlled by:
{{doeeyeddarling}}
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