Nickname: N/A
Gender/Pronoun: Cisgender Woman - She/Her/Hers
Age: 22
Birthday: March 4, 2002
Sign: Pisces
Gemstone: Aquamarine
Blood Type: AB+
Fav. Food: Watermelon feta salad, raspberry tarts
Hated Food: Salami, she finds the smell and texture nauseating
School/Occupation: Destiny City University Senior, Music BA Program/ string quartet violinist on weekends and barista on weekdays. She intends to pursue an MA in music following the completion of her BA.
Hobbies:
Music -- Music is Rowan's greatest passion, she has been playing the violin since she was five years old and the harp since she was ten, though the violin remains her primary focus. She enjoys playing with others, but her shyness makes it difficult to do so outside of a professional or academic setting. She enjoys going to quiet natural settings to play her violin in solitude and draw inspiration from nature. Her music has been a source of great comfort for her in her darker periods, sometimes serving as a lifeline when she was unable or unwilling to share her personal struggles with others.
Drawing -- Rowan enjoys producing pastel and charcoal art and is fairly decent at doing so. She isn't confident enough to attempt to sell any of her work, but she spends a lot of her free time with a pad of paper and sticks of pastel or charcoal. She likes to draw from life, particularly enjoying portraying everyday people and scenes in an ethereal, whimsical light. If she feels comfortable with someone, she will show them her work and sometimes even give them individual pieces as gifts.
Gardening -- Rowan loves plants, a passion sparked in part by having a botanist mother, and even though living in an apartment prevents her from gardening on the scale she would like, she fills her rooms with potted flowers, herbs, and succulents. Her nurturing nature causes her to fuss over her plants almost to the same degree as people fuss over pets. She researches each of her plants thoroughly to make sure that she's giving them the best care she possibly can.
Swimming -- Rowan swims as a way to unwind and stay in shape. She has a membership at a local swimming pool and swims laps on any evening that she can find the time. It is her primary de-stresser. She enjoys swimming pretty much anywhere she can (as long as it's not infested with anything particularly disgusting or horrible). She loves cold mountain lakes, warm tropical bays, and everything in between. She is a strong enough swimmer that as a teenager, she worked summers as a lifeguard at her neighborhood pool and retains the knowledge she acquired on that job.
Virtues:
Compassionate -- Rowan is a deeply compassionate and empathetic person, which drives her to do everything she can to help others. She always has a sympathetic ear and a shoulder to lean on for whoever needs it and a percentage of each paycheck goes to charity. She is gentle and softly spoken, with a tendency to avoid confrontation unless it is absolutely necessary and would much rather attempt to mediate a fight than participate in one. Rowan has a deep seated need to nurture others that often comes out in the form of an intense need to tend to the people she loves. She's known to provide flowers and cards to let them know they're loved when they're feeling down, care packages when they're sick, and a mother hen trying to take care of them if they come to her in a bad physical or emotional state. An unfortunate side effect of her compassionate nature is that Rowan has a tendency to take on the emotional burdens of others that can take a toll on her own mental health and a tendency to fall short when it comes to being compassionate to herself and her own needs and is reluctant to let others take care of her.
Driven -- Rowan is very passionate about her interests and wants to be the best she can be in everything she tries. She throws herself entirely into her work because anything less than 100% is unacceptable. This can manifest in an obsessive focus on trying to perfect and complete a project, though she almost always falls short of her own expectations. She has a tendency to work on her current focus with an almost fanatical devotion until she completes it or at the very least reaches a significant milestone. Aside from the people who manage to get close to her, her work and the pursuit of perfection are her greatest loves. This drive has led to academic success and recognition as a skilled musician, but at the cost of a regular sleep schedule and a wider social life.
Loyal -- Rowan is fiercely loyal to the people she loves and will stand by them through just about anything. She loves her family and friends unconditionally and does everything within her power to support them. Rowan makes a serious effort to be there for her friends whenever they may need her, regardless of the time, place, or the inconvenience to her. She is good at keeping secrets of the non life-threatening variety, though if she was to encounter a secret that would put someone in immediate danger, she would likely consider the more loyal option to be getting them help, this being one of the few situations that would cut through her innate and intense fear of rejection in not doing what they might want. She can sometimes be loyal to a fault, neglecting to cut people out of her life when it might be best for her to do so or looking the other way when someone she loves does something less than admirable.
Flaws:
Vain -- Rowan is very concerned about her appearance, both in terms of her looks and in projecting an image of poise and achievement. She spends a lot of time making sure she looks just so before leaving the house and never goes without a supply of makeup and grooming supplies in her purse in case something goes awry with her hair, makeup, or anything else that ties into her public image. She tries not to be judgmental of people who don't put in the same amount of time in personal maintenance, but at times she can't help herself, even if she doesn't have the heart to say it out loud. It's easy to interpret her vanity as rooted solely in arrogance, but it stems in large part from a fear of what others may think of her if she shows anything less than a purely attractive, accomplished public persona. Indulging her vanity can sometimes come at the cost of making less than ideal financial decisions to buy items to feed it.
Reckless -- Rowan loves an adrenaline rush, which can contribute to risky and impulsive behavior. Whether it's running across a busy street rather than waiting for the signal or swimming in choppy waters, she frequently doesn't think about the potential consequences for herself until after the fact. This is one of the only areas contributing to her sense of self in which she doesn't pursue complete control of her situation, instead choosing to let whatever happens happen. Despite this behavior, she would be entirely unwilling to intentionally put someone else in danger with her actions and would likely engage in risky behavior to prevent them from coming to harm, especially if she blamed herself for their predicament. Rowan's recklessness has been a source of both frustration and worry for her family for years and resulted in multiple broken bones on top of more scrapes and bruises than anyone can count.
People Pleaser -- Rowan has a difficult time saying no and setting firm boundaries with people, often to the point that she feels guilty if she does so. Her people pleasing tendencies stem in part from an intense fear of rejection and in part from the fact that she hates seeing others sad or disappointed. Tying in with that is an extreme difficulty allowing others to see when she is in a bad mental or emotional state, fearing that she will be a burden to them or cause them distress. It's a struggle for her to put her own wants and needs ahead of those of others, especially her friends and it can lead her into less than desirable situations if left unchecked; she got in trouble at least once in high school for hiding a friend's contraband for them and could possibly get herself into worse situations should they arise before she manages to establish firmer boundaries for herself.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Eyes: Grey (AFAFAF), round
Hair: Thick, hip-length red (941C3B) wavy hair
Face: The shape is like this, with a nose similar to this, she has bow-shaped lips. Her ears are proportional to her head and have attached earlobes. Her ears are pierced on the lobes and she frequently wears a pair of small gold butterfly stud earrings.
Skin Tone: Rowan has very fair skin that burns easily.
Body Type: She is 5'3" with a bottom hourglass body shape and an average bust size.
Clothes: (Please see avatar reference) She almost always wears a small gold ring with a daffodil on her right ring finger. (I don't expect such a small detail in any art, I just wanted to make a note of it)
