Name: Mercy Haynes
Nickname: Her father often calls her “Oh Mercy Me,” as a joke on her name
Age: 11
Birthday: April 2nd
Sign: Aries
Gemstone: Diamond
Blood Type: O+
Fav. Food: Pop-rocks and soda (she likes the tingly feeling)
Hated Food: Boiled Spinach
School: Knightside Elementary
Hobbies:
Tea-Parties: While some might consider 11 a bit old to be throwing tea-parties with any sort of consistency, Mercy has never given them up. She sees no reason why Sir Fuzzington and Lady Floppymuffin can't sit at the table and share a cup of tea with her. Granted, now she's upgraded to actual tea, and is absolutely thrilled when she can rope legitimate people into her soirees (like her brothers or her father).
Collecting Unicorns: Mercy -LOVES- unicorns. If it has a unicorn on it, she will buy it – or make her father buy it. She will barter, beg and bargain to attempt to get a new unicorn for her collection. It doesn't matter if it's a stuffed animal or a ceramic show-piece. If it's a horse with a horn on its head – she wants it NOW.
Reading: Mercy is well-read, and spends a lot of time in her room reading stories. Her favorite are fairy-tails and fantasy stories about brave knights and princesses. In fact, often times her tea-parties become impromptu book-discussions, granted Sir Fuzzington only reads the latest military novel and Lady Floppymuffin isn't fond of anything but romance, so they really aren't the best conversationalists when it comes to books that Mercy likes.
Virtues:
Optimistic: Mercy often looks on the bright side of life. She would rather look at the up-side of things than dwell on how things may not be going according to plan. She tends to view mistakes and failures as learning experiences, and tends to file them away for later. That's not to say she doesn't have her low points. A really big failure, or a very long string of bad things happening – can easily deflate her optimism for a bit. A big factor for her "always-look-on the-bright-side-of-life" attitude comes in no small part from her father and mother spoiling her rotten. Her view is colored to expect good things to happen, and to think otherwise is silly.
Compassionate: Much like her name states – Mercy has a lot of... well... Mercy when it comes to people – and it tends to show in the form of compassion. She will very often go out of her way to make people feel better, even if it means giving up her own time or things to do so. There are limits to this – she won't be pawning her EXTENSIVE collection of unicorns any time soon. But she is inclined to take care of others, and feels bad when a situation doesn't allow her to do so.
Polite: Mercy tries to be polite and well mannered as much as she can. That's not to say she doesn't slip up – especially at home around her brothers. But otherwise, she tries her best to say please and thank you and the other social niceties. She may not always succeed – and its usually a good sign that's she's really comfortable around you if she forgets to be super-polite, but she still tries anyway.
Flaws:
Saccharine: Mercy is sweet – perhaps, too, sweet. She tends to think that the best way to make friends is to be super-sweet and kind and energetic with everyone, often not taking into account that this can come off as really, really annoying or super grating on the nerves. She also tends to abuse this with her father and other authority figures to try and get her way.
Spoiled: Mercy rarely doesn't get what she wants, especially from her father and mother – most of the Haynes children are spoiled, but of them Mercy is the worst. Not that she tends to go overboard with her requests – like asking for a pony for her birthday or something equally ridiculous – but a good portion of her more expensive unicorn pieces are the results of badgering daddy and mommy into buying them for her, since she'd never afford them on her allowance. She is used to getting her way, and can throw a fit sometimes if she can't get her way.
Impressionable: When Mercy latches onto a role-model she wants to be JUST LIKE THEM. She's easily impressionable, and will follow their actions and advice almost to the letter most times. That's not to say that she doesn't think for herself when she's “adopted” a mentor – just that her thinking is clouded by what she thinks they would do.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Eyes: Grey, round.
Hair: Rust-red, usually kept in a ponytail.
Face: Heart-shaped face, no freckles, small ears.
Skin: Mocha-brown, with a hint of lighter tones.
