Post by phoenixphoebe on May 28, 2017 19:46:34 GMT
Basics
Name: Eliza Sarlos
Nickname/Alias: Sometimes her close friends call her Eli.
Age: 24
Gender: Female
Race: Human
Build: Eliza is slim in physic, with a petite structure and a fast metabolism.
Hair: Her hair is black, and is short and afro-textured; she often wears extensions or braids that run down her back, or a bun of sorts.
Eyes: A deep brown, that tend to light up when she’s excited or happy in some way.
Skin: Her skin is dark in colour, and pretty much smooth and even save for rough skin upon her neck.
Tattoos/Scars: Behind her ear, she has a very simple semi-colon, and other than that she often has little cuts upon her hands because she often cuts them creating clothing.
Distinguishing Features: The few moles blemishing her skin, and her even features.
Traits or Blessings: N/A
Character Flaws: Eliza can tend to come across as cold or overly-sarcastic, not holding a lot of trust and not letting many into her close circle of friends. In addition, she tends to be rather stubborn.
Character Qualities: Eliza is gifted in the sense that she has a creative mind, and excels in subjects such as creative writing and art, but shows a particular interest in tailoring and fashion. If you do become a friend of Elizas, she’ll become fiercely loyal and defend you in times of need.
Clothes: Eliza experiments often with clothing, yet she opts to wear a crop top of sorts, often a red or deep purple in colour, and flared trousers, usually white, that are high waisted and a pair of simple black boots. She accompanies her petite face with large gold hoop earrings, and most of the time her hair runs down her back in neat french braids. She also loves to wear a variety of dresses, ranging from simple to extravagant, but again either red or a deep purple.
Hygiene: Eliza is as hygiene as she can be, washing her hands before every meal and taking a shower practically every day.
Voice: Her voice is a little low for her gender, and runs in a smooth and melodic fashion.
Object(s) owned of sentimental value: She has a silver necklace with a small songbird upon it, and she usually wears it discretely underneath her item of clothing.
Disabilities/Illnesses: N/A
Intelligence Level: She’s very intelligent regarding words, art, fashion, so in a creative way, but struggles with more logical subjects like maths and science.
Sexuality: Bisexual
Marital Status: Single
Personality: Eliza certainly isn’t the quiet one sat in the corner, cowering over a book and afraid to speak up, but she’s not the one standing on tables and shouting so the world can hear her either; what she is is sarcastic, not afraid to speak up when someone is being ridiculous and not afraid to cock an eyebrow at the most inconvenient of times. She’s not one for knights in shining armour or fairytale stories where princesses are swept away by handsome men, and is a feminist in every aspect. At times, Eliza may come off as cold or rude, but warms up and once you know her can be passionately loyal and caring. However, Eliza can be very stubborn; if she has her mind set on something, it's very unlikely you'll change her mind.
Fears/Insecurities/Phobias: As a lot of others, she dislikes insects, be that spiders or large beetles. Instead of being afraid of small spaces, Eliza is afraid of quite the opposite; large spaces, when she’s by herself. Who knows what could be hiding behind the thick draped curtains or the vast carpet. In small spaces, she feels much safer.
Short Term Goals: None of yet
Long Term Goals: None of yet
Alignment: TN (True Neutral)
Profession: She has none yet
Current Home(s): None of yet
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Favourites:
Colour: Either a deep purple or red
Food/drinks: She loves drinking peach tea, especially in the cute hand pottered mug she found at a flea market once. To accompany the peach tea, she loves to eat dates and apricots, both being her favourite fruits.
Animal: She loves small monkeys.
Activity: Either being with children or making clothes.
Person: Her best friend from art school, Conan.
Least Favourites:
Colour: A very dark green; army green is fine.
Food/drinks: She hates to eat salmon and broccoli, and hates orange juice.
Animal: Bugs, especially shield beetles or spiders.
Activity: Laboriously repeating chores that she often forgets to do anyway.
Person: Too many to count.
Backstory:
Eliza Sarlos was born to Roger and Claire Sarlos, and they were the closest of families when they were together; which they were often. They weren't rich, but money was never highly valued in their family anyway, and Eliza would often try to spend time with other children that lived in their community; a lot were older, as she lived there from the age of 1-5, so would try her best to impress them. But they took no care in a child so young, so she eventually gave up and just did whatever she cared to do. And then, at the age of 5, her parents went missing on October 13th, only a day after her birthday. No reason. No explanation. No apparent cause. Just a confused 5 year old dumped into the hands of the social services, who didn't wish for the extra strain, so searched for her older sister who was 18 at the time and hadn't contacted the family and dumped the responsibility upon her. She was living in a very small flat that could barely sustain her, and she struggled greatly looking after the small and needy 5 year old. Elizas sister was young. She wanted to be out, having fun, drinking, enjoying life, so Eliza spent a lot of time in the cooped up flat with chipped wallpaper or the creaky and usually abandoned park nearby their block, and she became very independent as a result. When Eliza was about 14 or so, she became very good friends with another girl around her age who lived nearby; at this stage, Eliza had built up a very defensive side and was rather cold, and it was quite the surprise she managed to make friends with her. Natasha, the girl who Eliza was friends with, always seemed to have something admirable about her. So, Eliza admired her in most aspects, even after the fights with Natasha, her moving away, and the eventual loss of connection altogether.
At the ripe old age of 18, Eliza moved away from home, after she realised she wasn't wanted because her sister was busy with her young child and boyfriend. Of course, she was never invited back. But she had somewhere to go; she had managed to win a scholarship to a high ranking art college in her locality and developed there as much as she could, thoroughly enjoyed the learning and the good food they provided. She didn't have such a good relationship with the people, however. As per usual, she was sarcastic, and people clearly couldn't take her humour or nature, so just backed away and ignored her completely. There was one guy, though; Conan, who is still her friend to this day. During her time at the college she discovered her passion for fashion and tailoring, alongside realising how important it was to help children without parents or support to be given a better life and living conditions, so joined multiple rallies and donated to multiple charities helping the cause.