Name: Amarantha Marie Canicus
Nickname: Amara, 'Rantha
Age: 19
Birthday: November 13th
Sign: Libra
Gemstone: Topaz
Blood Type: AB+
Fav. Food: Strawberries, most fruits, baked sweets.
Hated Food: Anything overly spicy, most veggies, most meats.
School: Destiny City University
Hobbies: Singing: Amarantha loves to sing and has done so pretty much since she could talk. Be it a song she loves or one she just happens to know the words to, there is very little that will stop her from singing. She's been in chorus classes most of her life and would have it no other way. It is, perhaps, the one thing she prides herself in above all else.
Studying languages/ancient languages/cultures: Amarantha has a love of languages, probably stemming from her love of singing, and that extends to all languages. Especially if it's a dead language that might just help her learn more about ancient cultures. When it comes right down to it, her second passion is the study of ancient cultures and their languages. There's so much one could learn about the past and it's culture just by learning the language.
Dead and ancient languages aren't the only ones Amarantha loves to study. Any and all languages at her disposal are good enough for her and she's all ready on her way to becoming trilingual. As her mother spoke Venezuelan Spanish, so does Amarantha (though she has been learning other forms of Spanish as well). She's currently decent in the speaking of Cantonese Chinese, as it's the language of the other half of her genetics. One day she hopes to be able to speak most, if not all, the languages out there.
Reading Romance Novels: Not really good in the romance department, not that she's tried too hard, Amarantha spends a lot of time with her nose in a book. And more often then not it's a romance book. There's just something about the genre that appeals to the romantic in her and she can never seem to put them down. Her guilty pleasure is what she often calls them.
She has several series, many of them unfinished as she keeps picking up new ones, but her favourite is a paranormal-romance dealing with humans, changelings and a race called the Psy. When no other books catch her attention she always returns back to that series.
Virtues: Forgiveness: Amarantha is a very forgiving soul and tends to not think twice about forgiving some one for any number of reasons. Have they hurt her in anyway? Managed to piss her off to no end in some way? Really, please don't worry about it. She's all ready forgiven you and would like it if you left her well enough alone now. She hates holding grudges or ill feelings towards others, it never sits well with her and she'd rather just forgive them then continue to dwell on the matter.
Self Relient: While her mother had done her best to raise Amarantha despite her busy job, during big projects and busy ordering months (usually about the time plays are starting to be put together) she didn't always manage. And having been a single mother meant that Amarantha had to learn to take care of herself. From making her own food, to packing her own lunches for school, she simply got used to having to do things for herself.
Even now she keeps that same mentality, of relying on herself to get things done, and doesn't often ask for help if she can help it. Bills are paid on time, home work is done and never slacked on, and chorus classes and concerts are always well prepared for. She doesn't need help, she can get this. That doesn't mean she won't accept help if given to her, but she doesn't really go and do the asking.
Curious: Curiosity killed the cat, but that hasn't stopped Amarantha from finding out the answers. If it sparks her interest she's all ready making plans to get to the library or search the web for all the information she can find about it. In her favourite classes at school she's chapters ahead, reading ahead at home when she finds the time. Or she's got her nose in the latest book of a series she's reading and she just can't seem to put it down.
This doesn't just relate to school work, or even the latest book in a series she's picked up, but also the world around her. Because she's quiet and tends to keep more to herself, she has a tendency to observe what goes on around her exactly and it's quite useful for gathering information. In fact, she's quite the resevour of information, if you can get her to open up to you.
Flaws: Others First: Amarantha tends puts all others before herself, be it their health or happiness. All of her problems, her sadness or her health pale in comparison to when others need her. Why worry about her own problems when others need her more? She'd been known to make her own self sick trying to help out around the house/shop whenever Lan g0ts sick and still keep up with her homework.
All negative emotions are hidden deep inside and she's constantly checking (in private of course) for cracks in her flawless mask. And if some one should ask? Yea, she's totally fine. You didn't see a thing.
Closed Off: Never really a people person to begin with, she became less of one with her mother's death. She's closed herself off and refuses to open back up for most people. She doesn't talk about herself or her life, and she's happy to spend her time silent and away from others. If she doesn't have to deal with others she'd prefer not to and it's difficult to get her to answer if she doesn't know or like you. Over all she can be a rather difficult person to deal with if you don't know how to get her to open up.
How to get her to open up is different for each person, as in there's no real way to get her to do so you just have to keep at it, but once she's no longer closed off to a person it's almost like she's a different person. Almost. Really she's just showing you the person she truly is.
Inferiority Complex: To put it simply Amarantha has none of her mother's ego. Or her good looks... brains... talent... sparkling personality... Okay, so the younger Canicus held a high flame to her mother. So high a flame that she finds herself in her mother's shadow though she doesn't quite realize she's put herself there.
Amarantha doesn't think much of herself and can constantly be seen berating herself over the littlest thing. From lower test scores then she had hoped for, to even her failed attempts at romance, she is constantly degrading herself. And while this did spawn from the love and adoration she holds for her mother, it hasn't stopped at the image she has of her mom from when she was alive.
In fact Amarantha can often be found comparing herself to just about any one on the street. From the beauty of women to the confidence of men, the good will of those around her and the callousness of even the cold hearted person... If she can compare what she lacks she's never good enough.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Eyes: Ice blue in color, slightly narrowed and almond shaped. Tilted sligthly to show her Asian heritage.
Hair: Pale pink fading to an almost sunset color of orange,
cut short and layered nicely.Face: Heart shaped face, very baby faced. Skin color is a creamed coffee sort of tan. She shows more of her Chinese heritage then her Venezuelan heritage as her father is full Chinese and her mother is half Chinese and half Venezuelan.
Clothes: Short shorts, khaki, with black ankle length hiking boots and a black tank top. Over the tank top is a sleeveless hoodie always kept unzipped colored a soft neon blue. Several hoop piercings, all gold, in each ear (number is up to artist) and a thin chain with a phoenix curled around a
dragon's breath opal.
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