Name: Orah GowanNickname: None in particular
Age: 16 17 18
Birthday: Feb. 16th (1996)
Sign: Aquarius
Gemstone: Amethyst (luvulite is her gem of choice)
Blood Type: AB
Fav. Food: Chocolate and/or Strawberries
Hated Food: Meat (she's vegetarian)
School: Meadoview High School
Hobbies:
~ Flower arrangement - Orah loves to practice the art of flower arrangement and is quite fluent in the language of flowers. Not surprising, considering her father is a florist. While she no longer makes these professionally, she finds the work soothing and the results worth the effort.
~ Personal Enrichment - With Orah's 'no regrets' philosophy on life, she spends her free time trying new things, learning new skills, and in general just experiencing the many things life has available. There is no reason to be afraid of the unknown... its better to try something and decide you don't care for it than to forever wonder what might have been. You will never know if you can if you never try.
~ Making friends - Not really a hobby, but there is nothing Orah loves more than friends. She'll talk to anyone, anytime, and can usually find something in common with just about everyone to base a friendship on. Most of her relationships tend to stay casual though. She loves to volunteer for things like social events and charity work, but life in general makes it hard to find the time.
Virtues:
~ Kind/Nurturing - Orah is naturally a kind person. She finds fulfillment in making others happy and its the driving force behind pretty much everything she does. Her normal approach to any person or situation is with an open and honest expression, coupled with a desire to help them find their fulfillment. Mentoring falls into this, as does her work as a nurse. Its never about her, its always about how she can make someone else's life better.
~ Hard-working/Duty Driven - Orah tries very hard to live up to what she thinks others expect of her, even going above and beyond what is needed. Go the extra mile, give 110%. Growing up without a mother and having a family to take care of has taught her that if you don't do it, no one else will. A sort of 'lead by example' mindset. She feels a strong sense of duty to be strong support for her faction as an eternal senshi and its one of the biggest drives in her life. She's becoming a nurse not because she wants a career path, but because she feels she will be of more benefit to her faction than she would be as a florist. She will do whatever it takes, give everything she is and has, to help Order in the war effort.
~ No Regrets - After coming to some sobering conclusions, Orah has decided that there is no reason to put off to tomorrow what you can accomplish today. She lives for today, filling every moment with the things that are truly important... appreciating life, making others happy, and doing her duty as a senshi. Superfluous things no longer hold any attraction for her. If something is of no benefit, she doesn't waste her time on it and she moves on to things that are a better use of her time and energy. Always, she strives to live so that when she dies she will have no regrets for what she did or didn't do. She loves freely, knowing her time with that person could be short.
Flaws:~ Self-evasing/Low self esteem - Orah doesn't think much of herself. Despite evidence to the contrary, she never feels that what she does is good enough, and because of that, she can neglect her own feelings because she subconsciously feels she's not worth it. For those who see the good she does, it can be irritating to have someone around who can't seem to take a compliment or won't put themselves forward for the praise they deserve. This also creates an opening for those with less scruples or empathy to take advantage of her, such as taking credit for something she did or over look the fact that they should be rewarding her for her hard work. She craves praise and rewards, but has a hard time actually accepting them because there is always that little voice in the back of her mind saying 'you know you really don't deserve that'.
~ Fatalistic - Orah's 'no regrets' philosophy stems from her belief that she will die young. She is firmly convinced that there is no reason to plan anything long term because she will never get to fulfill it. She will never have a normal life, so she no longer strives for one. Deeper relationships can be hard for her to form because of this. There is also something sort of hopeless about this view of things and it subconsciously permeates everything.
~ Inflexible - Her time as a senshi has firmed her views as to what is 'right' and what is 'wrong' and it has gotten very hard for her to see and accept the shades of grey that other people live in. She often has a hard time relating to different world views or understanding why a person who seems upstanding would act in a questionable way. While she is not incapable of changing how she thinks about things, she can be very put off when faced with something that goes against her own views and have a lot of trouble dealing with it.
Height: 5'4"
Body type: Petite and moderately curved. She's not athletic, but doesn't have much excess weight. Most of her clothes don't really show off her figure.
Eyes: Dark brown with a hint of honey. A couple shades lighter than her hair.
Hair: Dark brown with big waves, falls to mid back. Bangs are short and cut straight across, the rest of her hair framing her face.
Face: Rounded face shape. Think middle-eastern. Dusky skin tone.
Clothes: She tends towards feminine clothes. Themes run towards vintage, lace, hippie, girl-next-door. She usually has some sort of heeled shoe on, be it a slim dress shoe or a pair of ankle boots. She loves earrings and bracelets in gold and purple, and has a hear-shaped pendant of subilite on a gold chain around her neck. It was a gift from her mother, so its rather precious to her.
Sample Outfits:
Vintage day out - Bohemian Everyday - Outfit Collection - Orah's Sari Ideas - Summer Outfits - Summer Dresses - Winter Outfits
Tattoo:Orah has a tattoo of a celtic knot in the center of her chest that's about 2"x2". (smaller than palm size) It sits below her collar bone, but above her cleavage.
Those who know the symbolism behind celtic knots might know that a four cornered one is a symbol of protection. Its not located over her heart, as the average person might expect, but over the location of her starseed.
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