Persona Sheet ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ --- Player Information Name (or alias): Jen E-mail Address: amiboshi_chan located at host yahoo.com Age: 22 Gender: Female ICQ/AIM/Yahoo Pager! (etc): 41758616 Other notes: None --- Character Quick Reference (Keep these fields short.) **Name: Elena Thorton (Alias: Elise Whitman) **Age: 25 **Occupation: Book Store Clerk **General Appearance: Small and trim, with short blonde hair she usually wears tucked behind her ear. She can be found as of late in comfortable clothing that matches the weather. **Personality: Elena can be a bit outspoken and rash, but she is friendly once she gets to know you and a loyal ally until something drastic happens to dislodge her trust. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Character Information ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -Name: Elena Thorton (Alias: Elise Whitman) -Age: 25 -Race: Human -Birthday: June 5th -Gender: Female -Height: 5'4" -Weight: 110 -Hair (color and style): Short, all one length, and pale blonde; usually tucked behind her ears. This style basically serves as a functional, no-fuss alternative to the waist length hair she cut off in rebellion just before defying her parents to attempt to join the Turks. -Eyes: Brown -Complexion: Tanned from all her time spent in Cost del Sol -Voice: It has a soft edge unless she is angered, in which case, it becomes sharp and cool. -Build: Elena is petite, having small proportions, including a tiny waist and delicate frame. She does, however, jog regularly and lift weights twice a week. This gives her muscle tone that makes up for her lack of stature. -Facial Features: Elena's features are delicate and gentle, reminding one of a porcelain doll. -Identifying Marks: She has a mole just behind her left ear, and a tattoo of a dragon on her right hip, just above the bone. -Dress/Clothing/Jewelry: Costa del Sol weather has caused her to abandon any pants other than light weight, pastel or white colored ones. She can usually be found in shorts or dress outfits of pale colors so as not to draw overly much attention to herself. -General Appearance: Put altogether, Elena does not look like much of a threat and men are more likely to hit on her than they are to be frightened of her. Because of that, she has made up for her lack of physical appearance with regards to strength by developing a strong personality. She looks like any other young native to Costa del Sol with no other aspirations but to earn a few gil for a living to support her lifestyle, and it suits her just fine that way. ~~ -Occupation: Book Store Clerk -Secondary Skills: Elena knows basic self defense, and is an excellent markswomen, having spent a great deal of time in the public shooting range. -Extra abilities: None -Hobbies: Reading, swimming, sunbathing, and just hanging out. ~~ -Personality: Brash, and a bit reckless, she says what is on her mind and pulls no punches. Her temper is as quick to burn as it is to fizzle out, and as a result, she generally does not hold grudges for very long. Since she suffers from a bit of a self-esteem problem, the quickest way to get on her bad side is to insult her personally in some way. She has been fighting hard for a long time to prove herself as a person separate from her family name, and hates being labeled because of it. Though friendly, she can be a bit reserved when first meeting someone and despite all her efforts to do so, she has not completely erased all of the manners finishing school bestowed upon her. Once loyal, her trust and the lengths she is willing to go to, to defend the object of her loyalty borders on fanaticism. Lately, she has been keeping to herself and battling the feelings of restlessness sifting through her at her lack of activity. ~~ -Background: Elena grew up in a privileged family, where much was expected of her from an early age. She was given piano, violin, and ballroom dancing lessons, and sent to finishing school. Her entire youth revolved around pleasing her parents and becoming the perfect little hostess. She was always dressed properly, could not go out and play with others, and was not allowed to even go near any dirt. As she grew into a young woman, she became to rebel. It started out as small rebellions, like her refusal to go to one of her lessons, or deliberately using slang and talking back to her parents. In an effort to pull even further away from them, she took a self defense class and began teaching herself how to shoot. Anything that they forbid her to do, she did. This included getting tattoo on her hip, trying cigarettes, drinking alcohol, and generally hanging out with the wrong crowd. When she neared the age to enter college, she matured some and her rebellion became less severe and foolish. Her parents wanted her to go into business, so that she could one day take over her father's publishing company, as they were only able to conceive one child. Elena hated the thought of getting a business degree both because she found the field boring and because it was what was expected of her. Despite that, having nothing else to do, she dutifully went into college at age 18 and got her business degree four years later. Now, 22, she saw what her future held. Endless, boring meetings and decisions she had no desire to make. In a symbolically fitting way to cut herself off from her parents, she went into a salon and had her hair cut short. She then informed her parents she was not working for them. Further shocking them, she said she wanted to try out for Shinra Inc. as a Turk. Furious, her parents disinherited her until she came to her senses, saying that she was not cut out for the work and would not make it. Having nothing now, and no where to turn, everything was riding on her getting the job. When she was refused, her world fell apart. Unable to bear the thought of going back to her parents and telling them that they were right, begging them for help, she decided to end her life. A man by the name of Tyr Signus stopped her, however, and took her into his home when he found she had no other place to go. >From then on, Elena found herself growing close to him and her depression waning to be replaced with happiness. At the death of a Turk, she was given her coveted place in the Turks and continued to grow close to Tyr. They eventually became lovers, and when the Revolution broke out she refused to defend Rufus as was her job, and along with Rude, went with Lars to help him pull his father out of the building while Tseng disappeared with Rufus. Everything thereafter basically fell apart, leaving Elena and Tyr feeling disillusioned. Under assumed names, they fled to Costa del Sol to get out of the spotlight. Elena thrived, but Tyr grew restless. When ex-SOLDIERs came to ask him to help assemble a anti-terrorist team called STRIKE, she refused to go with him. Tyr left, while Elena stayed behind in Costa del Sol where she got a job at the local bookstore and for the past year has lived a quiet, modest life. Lately, however, she has been contemplating returning to the one place she never wanted to go back to. Partly because she misses her few friends there, and partly because she wonders if she could help... ~~ -Affiliation/Organization: None, at the moment -Reputation with various groups: Elena is known as the quiet newcomer who came to Costa del Sol to escape some past with her lover, only to have him leave her. She took a job at the local book store selling paperbacks, tourist books on local history, and other odds and ends. To Shinra, she is probably a traitor. ~~ -Mother: Maria Thorton -Father: James Charles Thorton the III -Siblings: None -Mate: Elena left Midgar behind to make a place for herself in Cost del Sol with Tyr Signus. However, while she was happy there having no involvement in the scramble for power, he seemed to be restless. When former SOLDIERs came asking him to join a anti-terrorist group called STRIKE, she refused to go with him. He left, and since, she has stayed in Costa del Sol, keeping to herself and keeping her alias. She thinks about him still, and sometimes wonders how different things would have been had she went with him. -Children: None -Pets: None -Birthplace: Midgar -Current Residence: Costa del Sol ~~ -Weapons: Pistol; fingerless gloves with metal plating over each knuckle. -Armour: Bulletproof vest she used to wear beneath her Turk uniform -Materia: Level 1 Ice, Level 1 Lightening, Level 1 Fire -Other items: Armlet ~~ -Other notes: None