Charity Townsend

[chey]

Player

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Alias: Chey
Gender: Female
Contact: [e-mail]
Location/Time Zone: USA

Character

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Name: Charity Marie Townsend
Gender: Female
Age: 18
City: Corus
Status: ? (help with this please)

Personality
Charity is a strong young woman, not only physically but mentally and emotionally. She will stand up for friends when need be, but tries not to resolve to violence. She will, however, stand up for what's right and can fight when needs be. She has a level head when frightened and has learned to think on her feet. She would lend a hand to anyone in need and some call her too nice. Although she can be generous and helpful, she can also be very stubborn at times and has a heard time admitting when she's wrong. Over the years she has learned to be thrifty and can live on little without complaint.

Charity can be quiet when you first meet her, but once she gets to know you, she is quite a chatterbox. She is rather uncomfortable around the opposite sex and is not really much of a flirt. When she does flirt, however, it is usually natural and consists of lots of laughing. Most people, unless they are close, can't tell when she is flirting and sometimes even she can't. Charity can be sociable, but would rather be alone or with those she knows when it comes to socials and dances She is not usually the one to make the first step in a relationship of any kind, but once it develops, she is loyal to the end.

-Personality Flaw: Charity has a hard time expressing her emotions to others, and in turn is hard to get close too. Charity can also be very self-conscious when it comes to her looks and many take that as her being shy. Even though others say she is beautiful, she refuses to believe them.

Appearance
Charity has long, light brown, hair that comes down past her shoulders in untidy waves. Being very thick, it often annoys Charity, and she usually wears it up in a loose bun that never seems to stay put. Charity has big brown eyes and high cheekbones. Moving down to her body, she is medium built and has a considerably small chest, but she is fine with that, as it keeps the eyes away. She is rather short for her age, standing at about 5' 3", but she doesn't mind the height as much. Her skin is a light complexion, and her fingers are long and delicate... At least her right hand... Which leads us to the next part.

-Appearance Flaw: Charity fell and broke her left wrist a few years ago, causing her wrist to swell permanently. This fact has annoyed Charity ever since and it does cause her pain every once-in-a-while. Charity also hates that fact that her eyebrows are quote: "boyish and thick". She has tried not to mess with them too much, as at one point she plucked them too much and for a month left her mortified until they grew back (much to her relief).

History
Charity was born in a village in Tortall to her mother and father, William and Maria Townsend. Her family included her two older brothers, James and Gillian, and her two older sisters, Hope and Grace. Charity was the youngest. Growing up in a small village, Charity's family was never rich, and most of the time, they struggled to pay for the children's school, which they considered a must. Most of Charity's childhood was spent helping around the house and family shop, but when she could, she'd sneak out and make her way to the outskirts of the village and sit in the woods near the brook. Charity had a huge imagination and was accused of daydreaming in school quite often. Charity loved all of her siblings, but grew very close to her older sister Grace, as well as her older brother James.

After she turned 17, things started to happen in sequence. One night, the family's shop burnt to the ground, almost taking the house, which was attached, with it. Luckily, her family made it out unscaved, but the shop had been their only source of income, and her father was growing frail. James, who was 24, decided to move to Port Caynn ((OOC: Is that right?)) in order to find work and support the family. Charity wanted to go along as well, but her mother refused to permit it. Sadly, Charity said goodbye to her brother, and continued her studies diligently, determined to help out when she was older.

When she turned 18 a disease swept through the village in which they lived and her father, her mother, and her sister Hope all fell ill. They did not have enough money to pay a healer, and a few weeks later her father and Hope passed away. Charity was devastated. Once James heard word of his father and sister's passing, he quit his job in Port Caynn and made his way back to Tortall immediately. Charity's mother was weakened, but looked as if she would survive. Once her mother was strong enough, Charity, James, Gillian, Grace, and their mother Maria all moved to Corus in hopes of starting a new life...

Family
Father - William Townsend - deceased
Mother - Maria Townsend - 50
Brother - James Townsend - 26
Brother - Gillian Townsend - 23
Sister - Hope Townsend - deceased
Sister - Grace Townsend - 20
Charity Townsend - 18

[Aislin of Port Legann]

Okie-doke, let's see here.

I think the physical flaw is an interesting one, but I'm not sure that it would work out that way, medically speaking, If you want her wrist to be her flaw, a more plausible explanation would be that she broke her wrist and the bones were not set correctly, leaving the joint disfigured and probably her hand fairly useless.

Also, is she right handed, and if so, how has her handicap affected her ability to preform daily tasks? Has she become ambidextrous as a result of her accident?

Of course, I am a Biotechnology major, not pre-med, so that could all be completely wrong. Seems possible to me, though.

Alright, Personality now.

You say that she is level-headed when frightened, but buckles under pressure. This seems to be a sort of contradiction, as pressure usually leads to anxiety, which is a sort of fear, in my opinion. Once again, though, I could be completely wrong, so if someone else says differently, I will be fine with it.

Basically, the idea of her personality I'm getting is courteous and shy with strangers, but stubborn and outgoing with close friends. Correct me if I'm wrong.

I'm not quite sure where the whole generousity bit fits in, though. It seems she grew up with relatively limited means, so one would think she would be fairly thrifty. I'm not saying that she cannot be kind, but comepletely charitable with her coin seems a bit off.

Hmm, that's it for now, I think. Roy or Ruth or Shell or Lille or someone else will probably look at it and make a few points as well.

[chey]

Thank you so much!

I see what you mean about... Everything! lol. The reason I used the wrist thing is because it has actually happened to me... Although I doubt it is permanent, my wrist has been swollen for like 3 weeks now... lol. Anyway, I will try and change some things.

Also, you are completely correct on her personality - courteous and shy with strangers, but stubborn and outgoing with close friends. That's exactly right!

And yes, she should be a bit more thrifty... Maybe she should just be generous by means of helpfulness, not necessarily with money.

I will change somethings now, thank you so much!!

[chey]

Okay, I have made some changes, please feel free to tell me what you think. Thanks again! You've been very helpful.

[Queen Amedessa of Conté]

Thanks Laura for making some excellent observations here.

Okay. The one main problem I have with this application is that her family is in Maren. Long story short, I think it would be best if you instead have her family reside in a village in Tortall. It's slightly more logical, especially if her father were to travel all the way to Port Caynn for work.

Her stubbornness I think would be a trait that carries through even between strangers and friends. I don't think she would necessarily be shy with strangers, just courteous and polite with them––and then obviously more outgoing and honest with her friends. I think that's what you mean. So I think the personality will be alright as is.

Is there anything more you can write about Charity in her history to give us more of an idea of not only just her past, about herself as a person/character?

[chey]

I've changed it to a village in Tortall, thank you! I couldn't think of anyhting to add you her history though... Any suggestions? Sorry, but my muse must be down... *sighs*