Name: Raleigh Pryce WyndhamNickname: Leigh
Age: 16
Birthday: January 22
Sign: Aquarius
Gemstone: Hematite
Blood Type: A-
Fav. Food: Mocha walnut ice cream
Hated Food: Oreos
School: Azure Valley Academy
Hobbies:
Running: Leigh could be a high school level champion, if he cared enough to compete. He participates in just about any charity or fitness run he can get to, and practices on his own every morning by running three or four miles. Leigh has run marathons in a little over three and a half hours and 10,000 meters in about half an hour. Like his siblings, he displays an admirable dedication to his craft. Also like his siblings, he regards his craft as a solitary endeavor, and doesn't much appreciate interruption.
Flute: Like his siblings, he had to pick up an instrument. Unlike Paul and Chenoeh, who took to their instruments like fish to water, Leigh didn't so much take to his instrument as sort of flail at it. He genuinely wants to be good at music, but he's so used to being good at everything he does without really trying that the amount of practice musicality requires irks him. On occasion, he bothers to practice his flute playing, but mostly it's for four or five minutes until he gets too frustrated and gives up.
Snacking: For his sixteenth birthday, he got a subscription to graze. He likes protein bars--clif bars, luna bars, yogurt bars--and energy drinks. And he hates, hates, hates sitting down to eat full meals, so you can bet that he's got trail mix or something on him to eat at all times. If you get hungry, he can pull a protein bar out of nowhere, he's so on that.
Virtues:
Dork - Leigh is pretty cheerful. He's alarmingly unselfconscious, and spreads this over the people around him like an umbrella. Are you bad at dancing? He’s got you covered. For the person who has everything except cool moves, Leigh is there to make you feel better about yourself. He can talk about nothing at all for about an entire year. He's generous with his time and with his snacks and with his running prowess.
Also, the soothing sound of his uhms and you knows will help you sleep at night.
Optimistic - Leigh hasn't exactly had it easy, which is kind of silly to say when describing a young white cis male in an upper class family, but he hasn't. There was the whole issue with his dad ollying out, his older brother having little to no time for him, his mother and grandparents being overly obsessed with Med School Paul and Cello Prodigy Chenoeh and having little to no time for him.
But he doesn’t back down when the going gets tough. He knows there are moments, small and private, like little stars glittering in the vast cosmic darkness, that make it all worthwhile. He holds onto those moments. He remembers good things and wants the people around him to remember those good things, too.
Principled - He’s not afraid to stand up for what he thinks is right. It's part of being completely without a sense of decorum or self-consciousness; he's not going to sit by and let bad things happen if he doesn't have to. (And you'd be surprised at the situations in which Leigh thinks there's a preventable injustice going on.) Nor he isn’t too proud to stand down or re-evaluate his beliefs when new information is presented to him. He's the guy who will be all for something and, when someone proves him wrong, apologize and change his viewpoints. He's not married to ideas as much as he's married to the idea of things being good for people.
Flaws:
Dork - He's really unselfconscious, which can result in a lot of oversharing. A lot of oversharing. He will tell you exactly where he got snow or sand, and he likes making common ground with people, which means he can ask a lot of really invasive questions without meaning to be as invasive as he is. Hey, if he doesn't have shame, why should anyone else? He likes to get into people's personal bubbles so he can make sure they're getting involved in things and making friends.
Incapable of Dropping It - He's got really firm ideas for what's right and wrong. As far as Leigh is concerned, laws and rules are just a really crappy (but well-meaning!) attempt to enforce morality on people. So if he breaks a couple rules to make things right, then that's okay, isn't it? He's the guy who will bully a bully and then never forgive them for what they did; and then when he gets in trouble for that, he'll argue with a teacher until he turns that first detention into three. And if someone doesn't actually physically stop him, he will probably turn those detentions into a suspension.
Space Case - Leigh genuinely believes the world is a fair and righteous place. He believes that karma is gonna even everything up in the end and that if he explains things the right way, people will come around to his point of view. There is not a single person that he believes in genuinely evil; everyone, he knows, is good at their heart. And nothing anyone says can convince him otherwise.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Eyes: Mahogany brown, like his brother
Hair: Long, black, usually worn in two braids.
Face: A diamond face, clear complexion, pale skin.
Clothes: Azure Valley uniform
