Dahlia Character Sheet

Character's Name - Dahlia


     -Nickname- None


Gender - Female


Sexual Orientation - Heterosexual

Age - 20 at time of death. Having been blessed by a guardian spirit at birth, she was somewhat "reborn" after being murdered, but the prevailing bubbly, outgoing part of her personality died and was replaced with the withdrawn, fearful, and untrusting parts of her sub-personality.

Marital/Relationship Status - Single, never married.

Education Level - Low to moderate. She can read and write some, and she is good with money, but she is not particularly educated on history or literature.

Appearance -

     Height - 5'5"

     Weight - 97 lbs

     Figure/Build - Slender. She has the capability to be curvy, but she has been underfed for quite some time and is suffering because of it. Her hips and ribs are very noticeable, but her too-large clothing hides it.

     Hair - Long and black. It falls to about her mid-back and curls naturally at the ends. She usually styles it to enhance these curls and typically wears the top layer in ponytails, with the rest down.

     Eyes - A dark reddish-purple. Could be described as "wine colored". Her body originally possessed the rich brown eyes of her father, but when she was murdered and "reborn", they changed.

     Skin - Both of her parents were light-skinned Europeans, but enduring a childhood hidden away from the outside and an adolescence locked in workhouses, the lack of sun exaggerated her light complexion. Now that she is no longer truly human, her skin does not function normally and she is as pale as the night she died.

     Tattoos/Piercings - None

     Scars - A particularly jagged one on her left side from when she was stabbed

     Preferred Clothing - Flattering clothes that still protect her modesty. Though her occupation puts her in low necklines and brightly patterned skirts to attract patrons to her booth, she tries to wear shawls or short jackets over her circus uniform whenever she can.

     Significant Jewelry - none

     Addictions - none

     Allergies - None, but being shut away from the world for most of her childhood leaves her susceptible to many illnesses

     Physical ailments/illnesses/deformities - She has been on very hard times and is underfed. Nothing critical yet, but she is getting there.

What they sound like - Soft and low

Family background & ethnicity - Her father was a wealthy owner of a diamond mine and her mother was his mistress. Both white Europeans, though Dahlia inherited her father's dark hair and eyes over her mother's light ones. He was a married man when he hired Dahlia's mother to accompany him on his five-year trip to Africa to check on his existing mines and look into purchasing a few more. It was during this time that Dahlia was conceived. Her father was extremely unhappy at the prospect of an illegitimate child and his mistress being out of commission for any length of time. Around the date she was due, a drought was plauging the villiage. The villiagers were parying to any guardian spirit that would listen to please bring life back to the area. The labor was difficult, and when Dahlia was born, she wasn't breathing. The midwife was at a loss and as she was turning to tell the mother the sad news, a great wind swept through the villiage bringing with it life giving rain. A chill settled in the air and the nurse felt the baby shudder and let out a low wail. Dahlia was then handed over to a wet nurse and nannies who raised her in seclusion until her parent's return trip to England, where her father quickly abandoned her and her mother and has not been heard from since. Her mother, who made her living with her body, was distressed by the thought of caring for a toddler while trying to "peddle her wares" and treated her child as a burden and with cold disdain.

Residence - She travels with the circus and sleeps in the corner of one of the circus's few living quarter wagons at night.

Occupation - Trinket and sundry seller for the circus

Possessions - There is not much room in the wagons for unnecessary items, so just a few items of clothing.

Hobbies - She never had a chance to get into any hobbies what with the grueling schedules of the workhouses and all.

Politics/Beliefs - That there has to be\is something out there that watches over and protects people, and that everything has a purpose.

Personality -

     Likes - Flowers, music boxes, Kivuli's stories of Africa

     Dislikes - People and most of her coworkers

     Phobias - an irrational fear of malice by others

     Favorite color - blue

     Taste in music - anything played by a music box

Relationships with others - Strained and awkward. She has difficulty getting close to anyone or opening herself up to them. Even though she only remembers her past in brief snatches, she has an overwhelming fear that others are out to get her and a feeling that she will never be good enough to win anyone's affections.

Character Strengths - If she could ever find someone she could genuinely trust, she would be extremely loyal and giving to said person

Character Flaws - She has avoidant personality disorder

Desires - Someone in her life that truly cares about her and that she can trust never to leave her. Someone to love.

Disgusted by - Piggish men, women of ill repute, and the town's ever growing drug habits

Feels guilty about - All that Kivuli has done for her that she feels she can never repay

Can't live without - The protection and structure of the circus

Would finish, "I've never told anyone this, but..." with - "I am in love with someone..."