Welcome to Gaia! ::

AMITYVILLE ACADEMY ENROLLMENT FORM

Name: Wylfenne Gethoht, my lady of Gerytaina
Nicknames: Wyllie, Wylfenne, Fennie (or, despicably, that Fae)
Gender: genderfluid (has both male and female forms)
Age: Mentally about 17, but faes do not always keep track of their years, you know.. ))

Faction: Demon - Fae
Race: Unseelie

Natural Ability: Gender-shifting. Wylfenne has both male and female forms.

Personality: S/he is haughty and arrogant, but icily polite. Won't talk, unless addressed to; in conversation uses somewhat more archaic forms of language and honorifics, but you can feel s/he is mocking you though her real intentions are unfathomable. Wylfenne's face is often cracked with a mirthless smile, one with no sympathy nor kindness, but at the same time it leaves you with an awkward feeling that this glacial though somewhat apathetic contempt is fragile and insecure.

Trained to forget all about personal feelings and emotions, s/he strongly believes in the law of order and the honour of her family, and is ready to sacrifice anything to that honour, though this eagerness of hers has never been put to real test.

Even if s/he's deeply conflicted, s/he won't easily give way to her real emotions pretending to act calmly and regally as expected from a high-ranking fae. Though as a teenager she might from time to time succumb to her temper and quite unexpectedly can show sparkles of impatience (s/he hates people being late, or not knowing the answer, or not conforming to the rules) and quite a sadistic humour which manifests itself in cruel pranks and ability to mortally wound her opponent with a couple of non significant words. Her best weapon is her ability to assess strong and weak points of her opponent, and so far she has been quite perceptive to earn a good reputation even among her mischievous and unpredictable kin.

Due to the wealth and social position of the family, Wylfenne had a predictably unhappy childhood. "Remember, you are not quite real in the eyes of those around you," her father often said to her while securing it was quite a painful memory. "You are a mirror in which people, especially those inferior to you, should see their fears. That is the only way to be strong; that is the only way to succeed in the world". So now s/he is used to hiding his/her fears and insecurity under the armour of impermeable pride. It is quite ironic though that her family feeds on social fears, including that of appearing clumsy or unworthy or not being up to the situation - the same fears that actually haunt Wylfenne (though s/he will never accept it). A more than perceptive person can guess that his/her cruel temper sprouts from masochistic questioning of personal abilities. But don't you ever dare to question it yourself!

S/he does not feel lonely - s/he is quite sure she does not and will never need anyone around, but she seeks for powerful allies and useful connections for her family. Thus s/he is prepared to serve you as a loyal friend/ally herself - at least, as long as your existence is deemed necessary by her family.

Depending on the mood, Wylfenne can present oneself as female or male, usually contrary to what is expected at the very moment.

Why are they enrolled in Amityville Academy? Wylfenne is from a high-ranking, though quite isolated unseelie family which have decided to mingle more with other clans and families of the Halloween, and thus sent their offspring to the Academy in a futile hope that it will allow wielding new powerful alliances and securing a prominent place in the Halloween society. As a creature (despite all its natural aversion to emotional bonds) blindly loyal to family honour the offspring could not even imagine disputing the decision of the family.

FEAR Ability: Wylfenne creates a small tornado of a limited power that makes an illusion of distorting reality so that the opponent looses perception of temporal and spacial reality, and skips its turn. (TYPE: Headlights)

Physical Description:

Eye Colour: Blue-grey with sparkles of silver and steel.
Hair Colour/Style: Long and dark.
Skin Colour: Translucent snowy-white.
Clothing Style/Colours:
FEMALE FORM: Slightly outdated long black or white flowing robes (bearing a slight resemblance to willow branches under the wind).
MALE FORM: Encaparisoned in black spiky armour resembling black thistle.
Extra: Strong, almost metallic claws (as due to her kind); JUST SLIGHTLY pointed ears, sharp features; face as a carved ritual mask, seems to glow with a light of its own; fae wings, black as that of a raven, but usually kept hidden.
References: male/female, male, male, female.

Crit, as requested! C: A few things-

For the natural ability, what you have is fine - just keep in mind that HP damage outside of a battle situation will never happen. You could use the natural ability for flavor in battle, though! (Also, I'm not sure but the gender-shifting might have to be a natural ability - I'd ask in the Q&A thread to be sure!)

For her/his personality - I will admit this is a little bit difficult to read since you're not using very many pronouns! XD; I would recommend either using a genderless pronoun or having the pronoun shift depending on which gender s/he is presenting as at that time, or just always use her/his! (I play a non-traditionally-gendered student myself, so I'm somewhat familiar with how it goes.)

Anyway, reading aside - I see her/his personality sketched out here, and there's definitely a foundation there, but what I'm missing is detail. The outline is there, but it's not colored in so to speak! I do think that RPing her in the metaplot will help you expand on her/his character a great deal, but if you want to work on it before then... think about her/him beyond what you've already written.

How was her/his childhood unhappy? There are so many different ways a person could be unhappy, unfortunately, all of which will shape a person in different ways. You say that s/he questions her/his personal abilities - maybe s/he was always made to feel inferior or not good enough?

How is s/he perceptive, specifically? Is s/he good at reading others? Good at knowing (but not fixing) his/her own flaws?

How does her/his cruel humor manifest - pranks? Nasty jokes? Tearing other people down? Getting in fights?

S/he seems very distant: is s/he lonely? How would s/he react to classmates and potential friends?

Why does s/he have an aversion to emotional bonds?


For the FEAR ability: Actually distorting reality is way overpowered - however, a wave of disorientation or dizziness could work! Headlights mechanic is just fine. smile

I hope this was helpful, and that it gives you some things to consider!

I'm new to the shop (but not RP) so take my crits with a grain of salt biggrin

So if I had to sum all of this up, to make sure I got it right, the gist of the concept is "Haughty aristocrat who covers up insecurity by being cold and occasionally sadistic"? Definitely a good place to start, although the whole personality section feels a little "one note" to me -- like you reiterate a lot of the same information in different ways without delving much deeper into his/her personality.

I do like some of the details, like the things s/he is afraid of/is covering up, and there's plenty of potential inner turmoil to mine for drama in RP. I also think your FEAR ability works well with the game mechanics and character biggrin

I am curious about the role of gender changing, though. Since it's a natural ability I'm assuming it's a trait common to all of her kind and family. I'm curious how s/he self-identifies, though, and how the gender-switching effects his/her life. Is it going to cause any strife or confusion when s/he gets to school? Does s/he have a preferred form? Does s/he have any gender quirks one way or another (like acting feminine/manly in a traditional sense) or is the entire notion of gender totally fluid for him/her?

I think exploring a little bit of the gender thing would help round out the character and give an extra dimension for RP. And utilize the racial passive as something integral to the character instead of just some flavor text, y'know?

Just my two cents. I've got a quest for the meta as well, so maybe we'll get to play together biggrin That would be fun. Good luck!