OOC Information
Preferred Form of Address on A&A: Ashlyn
Contact Information: E-mail: differentfree_wdjd[at]yahoo[dot]com
Other Characters on A&A: N/A
How You Found A&A: RPGC

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IC Information
Name: Ashlyn Kent

Avatar: Amy Adams

Occupation: Unemployed/Beggar/Currently Looking

Age: 24

Gender: Female

Appearance: Ashlyn has a very 'fairy'-like look to her. She has pale skin that only burns in the sun and can't seem to tan. She has a very open, heart-shaped face with grayish-blue eyes that betray her every emotion. She has a long but small nose and small lips. Her hair is very red and normally tangled up somehow. It falls in length to a little below her shoulder blades, though when it gets wet it scrunches up into messy curls. She is average height, standing somewhere around 5 feet and 5 inches. She has a weak, slender frame with a very feminine look to her body, though she has only managed to remain slender from her limited diet of little to no food (which is common among the poorest of citizens).

Though Ashlyn likes to imagine what she would wear if she was wealthy and care-free, she doesn't get much freedom to experience fashion and can be found wearing the same ragged, faded blue dress that was once her mothers. A dirt-stained, white apron tied around her waist adds extra warmth. She also has a small purse in which she puts the few pennies she finds and the few keepsakes she has. Her only other element of clothing is a much used, old, ragged, olive green shaw.

Personality: Ashlyn has gracefully accepted her circumstances, but in accepting her current life, she has also given in and let it steal more than just money and a roof from her. She has become apathetic to any sort of rudeness or disdain towards her. She has become complacent, all her hope has been drained away and she is left with nothing else. The despair that over take some of the poor has not taken her, but instead she has been conquered by its brother: deadly humility. Ashlyn feels almost unworthy of anything more than she now is, such is the result of years of disappointment and dreadful remarks.

She refused to let any spark of hope glow, feeling she must stomp it out before it grows uncontrollable and she is left even worse off before because she is dreaming of what once could have been but never came to be. Ashlyn never expects charity or kindness from those around her and is astounded when some is offered towards her. But she can never smile in return. Perhaps she has forgotten to smile. But she is afraid to learn once more. Though she has been searching for a job if only to provide a daily meal or, dare she think, a roof over her head. But she has had no fruit from her interviews and never expects to gain a job when she goes for one, which is a main reason she has not received one.

Ashlyn has lost all confidence. She has forgotten how to hope. She has forgotten how to dream.

History: Ashlyn's family was never wealthy, but they never had any reason to think they would live on the streets. She was born into an average sized family: a mother, a father and 2 brothers. She was the youngest. Her father was a cobbler and her mother helped around town whenever help was needed. Ashlyn and her brothers went to a local school. Each until they reached the age of twelve.

It broke Ashlyn's entire family when her mother took ill. She was a kind woman. She didn't deserve to die so young. Ashlyn herself had only just begun her fifth year. The death shook the family. Her father became harsh; he became an unfeeling man; he became a tyrant. Her oldest brother wished to just forget their family. He left a mere year later and they never heard from him again, though a neighbor did once mention that he had married a nice girl in Wales. Her other brother tried as hard as she did to please their father, but never of them did very good.

Though Ashlyn and her remaining brother became close, neither of them wanted to stay with their father. But only he had the choice to leave. Which he also did. Though he settled not far from town, his visits were rare and unexpected. Often times, Ashlyn did not know he was there for her father constantly sent her away to run his errands.

She didn't know whether she was relieved or grief-stricken when he father caught an illness not much different from her mothers. His cruel, stone-heart was finally giving up on him. And he was giving up on it. Though Ashlyn wished him to live if only to support herself, she somehow thought things may improve if he was gone.

They didn't.

He died when she was 17 and soon the rent piled up too high. Soon she could not find anyways to pay it off. Soon she was out of the street. But she doesn't think she will return to a home anytime soon.

Strengths:
-Cautious
-Resourceful
-Lovely singing voice [she often sings herself to sleep]
-Quick feet
-Flexible

Weaknesses:
-Complacent/Apathetic
-No emotion
-Hopeless
-Has no faith in people
-Untrusting
-'Deadly humility'
-Feels unworthy

Weapons: N/A

Picture:

I just want to mention that I will look at this and I am not neglecting you out of spite or any mean-spirited impulse, but at the moment I am absolutely swamped with things that I need to do for graduate school and Kris (the admin) is flying out to Canada and will not be online for a bit.

I'll try to have checked her over by tomorrow, but it may be Saturday. *huggles* We are happy to have you here and hope you understand the delay. Thanks in advance for your patience. :wub:

No Problem ;)

Welcome to the board! (officially and all :) )

I’m still swamped, but I squeezed her in. ;) Lovely work, I only have a few questions.

How did she get a French surname? I only ask because we have a moratorium on French characters, and in my peculiar worldview of characters, one drop maketh a whole new Frenchwoman, and the sins of the fathers shall be visited on the children, yea, unto the third and fourth generation.

As she’s a street person, I will let this through. However, be aware that without a head covering she will be assumed to be a hooker. Please enumerate what valuables she has, if they would be considered as valuables by the rest of the population (e.g. silver necklaces or suchlike). If they’re just keepsakes and valuable only to her, then you don’t need to specify what they are unless you want to.

The history is fine, except for a couple of questions. I’m assuming that the town mentioned is the city of Lindebo? And when did her father die—that is, how long has she been on the streets?

Of your strengths, I have questions about these three. For the first one, I was sort of getting the impression from the personality section that she didn’t really have emotions, that she’s kind of a shell of a woman. No confidence, no hope, no dreams. Is this a result of control, then, or absence of emotion?

It’s fine if she has a lovely singing voice, but I assume that she’s not trained in singing, yes? Also, when does she sing? Who for?

The attentive strength conflicts with the complacent/apathetic weakness, since apathy is a particular lack of interest and concern.

And then, as a final question, since it is not mentioned specifically anywhere; what is the status of her education?

Oh, and your siggy does not conform to the rules. ;)

But good work and she should be in play in no time. :wub: Can I have dibs on the first thread you do?

Thanks for that criticism...LOL, I will fix it ASAP

Sure! I let you grab dibs, tehe

About the last name...arg, didn't realize it was French XP I'll change it to Ashlyn Kent...but if someone could change my username thing that would be cool ;)

Done and done. :) It won't appear as Ashlyn Kent in this thread, because it was started as Ashlyn DeBord, but all future threads will read as Ashlyn Kent, and that's your new login. :D

Because the thread isn't updated as you edit, post to let me know when you're done. :)

Sorry, haha...I did edit it though, I hope it checks out!

Helløu there! Merry Christmas, and welcome to the board! This is nice work.

Those two last sentences seem sort of taken out of context. I realize you're talking about their mother, but maybe you should make it a little more clear or possibly move it to the next paragraph where you first mention her taking ill.

I assume you mean her father. A little fixie there too, to make it easier for later readers, perhaps?

Other than that I think she looks good. You signature image is still too tall though. It cannot be more than 150 pixels in height, and right now it's 200. Your entire signature (with text and all) can be no taller than 200 pixels. Sorry, but I'm annoyingly picky about that particular thing. ;)

All updated!

Good! Nice work.

:banana: Approved.

Now you only have to wait for Liz (Mjinga).

Sorry about the wait. :( I was ill.

I'ma go with Kris' opinion. :) The char is cool.

:mjinga:

You're listed, and can post anywhere now, and I'ma be waiting for the first thread... ;)