[b][color=MediumOrchid]Recollections, Magnanimous[/color][/b] [indent][hider=Tuyen Thị Đoàn][CENTER][img] https://i.imgur.com/P12Dh1X.png [/img] [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwQqCEAGr6U[/youtube][/CENTER] [i]“I’m moving forward so one day I can leave the shadow following me behind.”[/i] [table][row][/row][row][cell] [center][img]https://i.imgur.com/yvS8b7e.png[/img] [sup]_______________________________________________[/sup] [sub]Đoàn Thị Tuyen [sup]_______________________________________________[/sup] She/her [b]|[/b] 19 [b]|[/b] South Korean & Vietnamese [b]|[/b] 5’2” [b]|[/b] 114lb [sup]_______________________________________________[/sup] Uncertainty [sup]_______________________________________________[/sup] [color=MediumOrchid]Skills & Talents[/color][/sub] [i]"I’ve got some experience in this stuff, even if I never wanted it."[/i] [sup]___________________________________[/sup][/center][hider=] [sub][color=MediumOrchid][b]Supernatural Experience ⫻[/b][/color] While she’s definitely no expert, Tuyen was among the group that helped beat the Glutton - and through it she gained a good amount of experience about the supernatural. Certainly puts her above most normal people. [color=MediumOrchid][b]Writing ⫻[/b][/color] Tuyen is good at writing, both fictional and non-fictional (like essays). Her main strength does come in fictional writing and novels. [color=MediumOrchid][b]Imagination ⫻[/b][/color] Tuyen’s imagination is quite something – you could say it was overactive. She gets ideas pretty easily, especially for stories. If it’s for something non-fictional, however, don’t expect something sensible. This is a double edged sword due to her abstraction’s tendency to show her things that don’t exist. [color=MediumOrchid][b]Languages ⫻[/b][/color] Due to her parents, Tuyen is fluent in Korean and Vietnamese. She speaks Korean better than Vietnamese but makes sure to keep them both up, though they’re secondary to English. [/sub][/hider] [/cell][cell][sub][color=MediumOrchid][b] Appearance[/b][/color][/sub] [sub][sup]▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔[/sup][/sub] [i]"I don’t hate looking in the mirror as much as I used to.”[/i] [indent]Tuyen is on the shorter side in general, even if she’s rather average for women in her family. She has a fairly stocky build, but has very little weight on her after the period of time spent fighting the glutton - though there is some lean muscle from trying to keep up a certain amount of fitness. The combination of the aftereffects and the shadow that still haunts her has led to more difficulty in eating, and sleeping. This is visible in a darkness beneath her eyes and thinness she didn’t have before. However she holds herself with more confidence than she once did, often found with a smile to offset any exhaustion (even if it’s not always genuine). She has begun to wear a small amount of makeup on occasion, both to hide the tiredness and to enhance the looks she believes in slightly more. Tuyen’s hair is a black, with brown tones in warmer lights. She’s let it continue to grow out (getting it cut is expensive) so that it falls long past her shoulders. Since she often finds the length annoying she normally ties it back to keep it out of the way. Thankfully it’s naturally straight and doesn’t require much upkeep so when she leaves it loose. It frames a round face with a relatively soft nose and undefined lips. Her eyes are a dark brown, almost black, and fairly large. This makes her appear younger than she is, if also cute and somewhat nervous looking. Her skin is a medium golden-brown, inherited from her Vietnamese father – as many of her features are. She has very little of her mother in her aside from her hair. Tuyen doesn’t have a particular style of clothing anymore, per say, beyond nice clothes that she feels suits her. While she still likes to wear skirts with plain tops, she has much more variety and is often found in more practical clothing or dresses when she’s feeling especially nice. She tends to prefer shades of purple, blue and pink but she isn’t very fussy when it comes to colours. Tuyen has two sigils. One is located on her chest right above her right breast. It's a featureless silhouette-like figure of herself that's all black, but it's in a poised stance with a hand in the air, ready to stab. Instead of the knife being in the sigil's hand, it's in the silhouette's chest. The second is [url=https://p.kindpng.com/picc/s/40-409329_lotus-flower-black-and-white-hd-png-download.png]a black and white lotus flower on her wrist.[/url] [/indent] [/cell][/row][/table][sub][color=MediumOrchid][b] Psychology[/b][/color][/sub] [sub][sup]▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔[/sup][/sub] [i]"Right back to being just as happy as I was before. And by that, I mean hiding all my insecurities and pretending to be okay."[/i] [INDENT][color=MediumOrchid][b]MAIN GOAL ⫻[/b][/color] To live for herself. Tuyen wants to rediscover herself and to see the world outside of the small town she spent all her life in. She’s no longer going to live in the shadow of others. Her short term goal is to help the Vanburen family get rid of their curse along with Justin. Maybe along the way she’ll be able to improve her self confidence and figure out what she wants to do with her life. [color=MediumOrchid][b]PHILOSOPHY ⫻[/b][/color] Tuyen believes in helping others - especially with all the supernatural shit that she’s been through. She strongly believes that she, as someone who’s got experience in it, has to be there to try and help with other problems that might come up. She still believes in putting on a brave face and smile, even if it’s just an illusion, because you shouldn’t worry other people over personal matters. Who would she even talk to anyway? She believes that being positive around others is important and will almost always put others’ feelings, and happiness, above her own. [color=MediumOrchid][b]SEXUALITY ⫻[/b][/color] Tuyen is gay, though this is something she’s only recently accepted about herself. She spent a long time in denial, telling herself her lack of attraction to men was because she wasn’t good enough. She’s finally admitted to herself that she’s gay, but she’s not open about it. She doesn’t have time for romance right now anyway. [color=MediumOrchid][b]FEARS ⫻[/b][/color] Tuyen still fears failure, but in a different way to before. She’s free from the judgement of her family and instead fears that she will never get anywhere in life. She still feels just as worthless if she always did before. What if she is never truly able to be herself, or never discovers what she wants to do with her life? There’s always a fear in the back of her mind that she’ll never escape her insecurities, and the shadow that haunts her along with them. She wants it gone but fears it never will be. After the fight with the glutton she fears what might be next, what other supernatural threats there are out there especially as more people begin to obtain abstractions. [color=MediumOrchid][b]REPUTATION ⫻[/b][/color] None, Tuyen’s a newcomer to Araminta. [color=MediumOrchid][b]FLAWS ⫻[/b][/color] As much as she’s improved a bit, Tuyen’s lack of self confidence is still one of her biggest flaws. She’s no longer the girl to take all criticism without questioning it and she doesn’t hate herself as much as she did before. However she is still plagued with self doubts and her insecurities. She may have come to accept some things she previously couldn’t, such as her sexuality, there are still many things about herself she dislikes. This is not helped by the presence of her Shadow - which may not torment her in such a dramatic fashion anymore, but is still always bringing up deep feelings of dread in an effort to stop her from ever truly accepting herself. Still, she’s taking steps forward in accepting herself even with the massive setback that it is. Along with this she is very private about her problems, unlikely to tell anyone when she has a hard time. She likes to put on a brave face until she can’t anymore. There are times when she should prioritise herself or let it out, but she always refuses to do so. She also has some trust issues after everything that happened - there are very few people she’d trust (most fellow survivors of the glutton group), and even fewer that she’d talk to about her problems. This is added to by her not always trusting that something is real, having gotten too used to seeing illusions created by the shadow in her everyday life. [/INDENT] [sub][color=MediumOrchid][b] Backstory[/b][/color][/sub] [sub][sup]▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔[/sup][/sub] [i]"I won’t let my family control me anymore."[/i] [indent]Tuyen was an accident. Her mother was a farmer hill native, with parents who moved over from South Korea to set up a business. Her father, on the other hand, was a postgraduate student who had moved over from Vietnam to study. The two hit it off and hooked up after a little too much to drink, resulting in Tuyen. It was safe to say her mother’s parents weren’t too happy about the child out of wedlock. Things didn’t get much better after her birth – her mother had always been poorly and the pregnancy took its toll on her, meaning she passed away when Tuyen was only a few months old. Her father did everything to try and raise her himself – including submitting to the whims of her mother’s family. Tuyen doesn’t have many memories of this time, but what she has are happy ones. Tuyen was only four when her father disappeared without a trace. His name was added to the list of people in Farmer Hill who had just gone missing and everyone went on without saying anything. Tuyen was taken in by her mother’s brother and his wife, since they had a son just a bit older than her. After this her life wasn’t anything spectacular. She got on very well with her cousin, Min-Jun, even as they became very different as the years proceeded. She was always in his shadow – she couldn’t live up to her aunt and uncle’s expectations. She couldn’t be as smart as Min or as perfect as Min. She pretended she didn’t care, especially to him, but deep down it slowly chipped away at her self confidence. It didn’t help that they disapproved of what she was good at. Still, Tuyen pursued her dreams and managed to get a place to study English Literature and Creative Writing at the college. Here she’s managed to get out of her cousin’s shadow just a little bit, easily making friends in different circles from him. After murders that happened during a camping trip Tuyen was haunted by her shadow and constant hallucinations. Still, she joined a group of fellow students in investigating – discovering that this was some kind abstraction she had. During the fight with Scott her shadow manifested physically – allowing her to help finish him for good. But like all the others she wasn’t prepared for what was to follow and barely made it out alive. Things continued to go more and more downhill as they tried their best to defeat the Glutton. Eventually through working together, though not without losses, they managed to defeat it. Through ascending Tuyen got to speak with her father again and gained some semblance of confidence in herself, accepting parts of who she was. After it was defeated Tuyen made the decision to strike off on her own, refusing to move with her Aunt and Uncle. She ended up offering to help Justin with his next “adventure”, and surprisingly he accepted, so she set off with him to Araminta. [/indent] [sub][color=MediumOrchid][b] Abstraction[/b][/color][/sub] [sub][sup]▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔[/sup][/sub] [i]"Your shadow doesn’t have its own free will? Well, that must be nice..."[/i] [indent][hider=The Shadow - Tuyen’s Abstraction] [color=MediumOrchid][b]TYPE ⫻[/b][/color] Awakened [color=MediumOrchid][b]ABSTRACTION ⫻[/b][/color] The Shadow, the ability to create a shadow-like entity spawned from negative thoughts and emotions that otherwise tortures her. [color=MediumOrchid][b]ABSTRACTION DESCRIPTION ⫻[/b][/color] Linked directly to her negativity, and other such dark thoughts, Tuyen has her own doppelganger that takes the shape of a shadow. This Shadow is a sentient being that near constantly taunts her, and tortures her with the deep down feelings of dread and insecurity that she has inside of herself. It has two states; inactive and active. In its inactive state, nobody but Tuyen is able to see it (Not even the Awakened can see it without certain abilities), and it actively protects her from psychic intrusion by filling the intruder's mind with screams. It can cloud Tuyen's vision by creating illusions, and fooling her into believing things that are not there, or hiding things. With enough focus, Tuyen is able to ward off the Shadow for a period of time, and get some peace - but it'll always return. While active on the other hand... it manifests in the physical world. It's [i]default[/i] appearance is of a black, inky, version of herself, but one of the basest abilities of the shadow is the ability to manipulate its own shape with the only limit being that it cannot get larger than twelve feet. It can either keep its form as a shadow of Tuyen, or it can become some horrific monster, whatever is spawned from her imagination. The Shadow is capable of interacting with reality, from reaching over and grabbing objects, to attacking. It's fairly strong, too - it's strong enough to throw a fully grown man around like it's nothing, and flip over a car with sheer brute strength. The Shadow will either manifest on it's own, or if Tuyen is able to plead with it. Normally, the being is only interested with tormenting Tuyen, and will do as it pleases, but if she is able to convince it, maybe it'll assist her. It has some semblance of self preservation and will protect her if necessary. [color=MediumOrchid][b]LIMITS ⫻[/b][/color] Tuyen's shadow, first and foremost, cannot move away from her. It's effectively clung to her body, and is as mobile as she is. This also means that she's effectively it's weak spot. Again, as stated in the description it can get up to ten feet tall, strong enough to pose a threat, and is able to near-limitlessly change its shape. Tuyen cannot control the Shadow - unless she learns to get over her insecurities, and her fear of failure. Otherwise, it'll do as it pleases. At the moment, Tuyen’s control over the Shadow wildly varies due to steps taken to accept herself. On good days where she feels confident about herself she can dispel and ignore its tormenting, allowing her to control it [i]mostly[/i]. On average days she can sometimes control it or convince it to help and on the bad days, well, it won’t listen at all - and instead the tormenting is worse. It is more focused on its tormenting now due to Tuyen’s work to get over her insecurities. Along with this it now will often allow Tuyen to think that she can control it due to her self improvements… only to take the control away. [color=MediumOrchid][b]WEAKNESSES ⫻[/b][/color] As stated before, the shadow is her own worst enemy, and only wishes to torture Tuyen. It's as much of a detriment (possibly even more) as a strength, and will do anything in its power to keep her from knowing her worth. Tuyen will have to conquer her inner-doubts in order to defeat it, and control it. The two of them are linked together, and both receive the same damage. If the Shadow gets injured, the same wound will appear on Tuyen (Wherever the location of it's anatomical equivalent is). It's possible for the Shadow to receive damage that'll kill Tuyen, or be disabled. Also, the Shadow merely manifesting is a drain on Tuyen, and will cause her to feel more and more exhausted the longer it's out. Until she can't take it anymore, and the Shadow will go inactive. [/hider] [hider=Self-Healing - Madeleine’s Abstraction] [color=MediumOrchid][b]TYPE ⫻[/b][/color] Awakened [color=MediumOrchid][b]ABSTRACTION ⫻[/b][/color] Self-Healing, an abstraction that Tuyen got from Madeleine (born from her thoughts of coming back to life) - this repairs all her wounds and “resets” her to a certain point. [color=MediumOrchid][b]ABSTRACTION DESCRIPTION ⫻[/b][/color] An abstraction that reflected Madeline’s thoughts that she came back to life, which Tuyen has learned to use through her own thoughts that she escaped what she assumed was an inevitable death at the hands of the Glutton. It gives her the ability to heal at an accelerated rate and heals any injuries she gets, even as small as a paper cut, by engulfing them in a blue light until it is healed. The amount of time taken depends on how severe the wound is. Since it is not Tuyen’s abstraction, and she still doesn’t entirely understand it (refusing to look at the girl’s memories where possible), this subconscious healing takes longer than it did for Madeleine. A stab wound would take around twenty minutes to heal, while a broken leg would take hours. Very small wounds don’t take long to regenerate, up to at most a few minutes. Unless a wound will kill Tuyen she will probably be able to heal from it. The abstraction also heals attacks to the mind or emotions, but this is rarely a problem due to Tuyen’s own abstraction protecting her from mental attacks. [color=MediumOrchid][b]LIMITS ⫻[/b][/color] Obstruction is the biggest limit to her self-healing. If there was an object in the way, then Tuyen can’t heal it until the object is removed. Speed is also the other limit; there wasn’t a limit to how much Madeline could heal at a time, but only how quickly she could do it. This is extra limiting for Tuyen, since she heals at a slower rate. In addition, Tuyen can still be knocked out, suffocated, etc. [color=MediumOrchid][b]WEAKNESSES ⫻[/b][/color] Fire is a big weakness, as it also disrupted her healing ability. When in the presence of fire, her healing slows down - and if it's an injury caused by fire, she actively can’t heal it any faster than any other wound. The process of healing is also a painful one, that makes her feel twice the amount of pain as she heals.[/hider] [/INDENT] [sup][color=MediumOrchid][b] Other[/b][/color][/sup] [sub][sup]▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔[/sup][/sub] [i]"I sure hope whatever we find isn’t as bad as the Glutton."[/i] [indent][/INDENT] [/hider][/indent] [hr] [color=MediumOrchid][b]Previous: Vivid Recollections[/b][/color] [indent][color=MediumOrchid]Season 1[/color] [hider=Tuyen Thị Đoàn][center][img] http://txt-dynamic.cdn.1001fonts.net/txt/b3RmLjk2LmNmNWNmZi5WSFY1Wlc0Z3hKQnZ3NkJ1LjAA/otterly-adorable.regular.png [/img] [i]( Đoàn Thị Tuyen)[/i] [img]https://orig00.deviantart.net/d78d/f/2011/323/5/e/bong_12_by_mrs_honeycookie-d4gpywx.jpg [/img] [h1][color=MediumOrchid]╚══════════════╝[/color][/h1] [i]"It’s pretty easy to think positive when you try."[/i] [color=MediumOrchid][h3][ [b]19[/b] | [b]5’2”[/b] | [b]South Korean / Vietnamese[/b] | [b]She/Her [/b] | [b]121 lb[/b] ][/h3] [h1][i][Insecurity][/i][/h1][/color] [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7PoHzgeZxs[/youtube][/center] [color=MediumOrchid][h3][u][b] APPEARANCE [/b][/u][/h3][/color] [i]"I’m pretty average, really, nothing special."[/i] [indent][indent] Tuyen is a bit on the shorter side, but not that small in the grand scheme of things. Her mother was smaller. She has a quite stocky build – a little bit wider than most her height. Along with this she is quite flat. Not enough so that she’d be mistaken for a guy, but there isn’t really that much there. She has a little bit of weight to her too which mostly goes to her legs. There isn’t much but it’s enough that she has to watch what she eats. Tuyen’s hair is a dark brown-black, more brown in warmer lights. It falls down just past her shoulders and keeps relatively straight without much work. It frames a round face with a relatively soft nose and undefined lips. Her eyes are a very dark brown and a little bit bigger than normal. Her skin is golden-brown, inherited from her Vietnamese father – as many of her features are. She has very little of her mother in her aside from her hair. Because she lacks in more feminine curves Tuyen tends to dress in nice tops and skirts, having a wide variety of combinations. She doesn’t often wear just a dress, finding it a bit stuffy, but is rarely found in something that isn’t a skirt. She does wear practical clothes when out and about around nature. She tends to prefer shades of purple, blue and pink though she isn’t very fussy when it comes to colours. [/indent][/indent] [color=MediumOrchid][h3][u][b] PSYCHOLOGY [/b][/u][/h3][/color] [i]"I’m mostly as happy as I look."[/i] [indent][indent][indent] [color=MediumOrchid][b]MAIN GOAL ⫻[/b][/color] Tuyen hopes to becoming a properly published author in the future, making money off her books while having money to travel the world and see exotic places. [color=MediumOrchid][b]PHILOSOPHY ⫻[/b][/color] Tuyen believes in pretending to be okay and to keep up a positive outlook. However she also believes you should always lend a listening ear to friends and will always offer her help (even if she will never seek it out from others). [color=MediumOrchid][b]SECRETS ⫻[/b][/color] Just how much she lacks in confident about her own abilities and her constant fear of failure. How much she needs validation from others. Not to mention her sexuality, which she’s been question for a long time. [color=MediumOrchid][b]DESIRES ⫻[/b][/color] To be as happy as she pretends to be and to be free of the pressure of her family. She also wants to visit Vietnam in the hope she can find some of her father's family. [color=MediumOrchid][b]SEXUALITY ⫻[/b][/color] Gay, but in denial. [color=MediumOrchid][b]FEARS ⫻[/b][/color] Forever being second best and never living up to expectations. [color=MediumOrchid][b]REPUTATION ⫻[/b][/color] In the wider community of Farmer Hills Tuyen’s reputation is of the younger cousin of the intelligent Min. Among those at college she is seen as a happy go lucky, if absent minded, and friendly girl. [color=MediumOrchid][b]PET PEEVES ⫻[/b][/color] People who constantly talk about their troubles and are always mopey, bring down the conversation. Also people who put themselves down (somewhat ironically). [color=MediumOrchid][b]QUIRKS ⫻[/b][/color] Tuyen often hums or whistles to herself, and will just zone out at random times. [/indent][/indent][/indent] [color=MediumOrchid][h3][u][b] BACKSTORY [/b][/u][/h3][/color] [i]"It would’ve been nice to know my parents, I guess."[/i] [indent][indent] [/indent] Tuyen was a bit of an accident. Her mother was a farmer hill native, with parents who moved over from South Korea to set up business. Her father, on the other hand, was a post graduate student who had moved over from Vietnam to study. The two hit it off and hooked up after a little too much to drink, resulting in Tuyen. It was safe to say her mother’s parents weren’t too happy about the child out of wedlock. Things didn’t get much better after her birth – her mother had always been poorly and the pregnancy took its toll on her, meaning she passed away when Tuyen was only a few months old. Her father did everything to try and raise her himself – including submitting to the whims of her mother’s family. Tuyen doesn’t have many memories of this time, but what she has are happy ones. Tuyen was only four when her father disappeared without a trace. His name was added to the list of people in Farmer Hill who had just gone missing and everyone went on without saying anything. Tuyen was taken in by her mother’s brother and his wife, since they had a son just a bit older than her. After this her life wasn’t anything spectacular. She got on very well with her cousin, Min-Jun, even as they became very different as the years proceeded. She was always in his shadow – she couldn’t live up to her aunt and uncle’s expectations. She couldn’t be as smart as Min or as perfect as Min. She pretending she didn’t care, especially to him, but deep down it slowly chipped away at her self confidence. It didn’t help that they disapproved of what she was good at. Still, Tuyen pursued her dreams and managed to get a place to study English Literature and Creative Writing at the college. Here she’s managed to get out of her cousin’s shadow just a little bit, easily making friends in different circles from him. After the murders during a camping trip Tuyen was haunted by her shadow and constant hallucinations. Still, she joined the rest of the group in investigating – discovering that this was some kind abstraction she had. During the fight with Scott her shadow manifested physically – allowing her to help finish him for good. But like all the others she wasn’t prepared for what was to follow and barely made it out alive. [/indent] [color=MediumOrchid][h3][u][b] SKILLS & TALENTS [/b][/u][/h3][/color] [i]"I’ve written a few stories, what can I say."[/i] [indent][indent][indent] [color=MediumOrchid][b]Writing ⫻[/b][/color] Tuyen is good at writing, both fictional and non-fictional (like essays). Her main strength does come in fictional writing and novels. [color=MediumOrchid][b]Animal Identification / Knowledge ⫻[/b][/color] Due to her strange fascination and love for nature Tuyen has accumulated all sorts of useless knowledge about animals. If you ever need to know the exact subspecies of an animal or a random fact she’s the girl to go to. [color=MediumOrchid][b]Imagination ⫻[/b][/color] Tuyen’s imagination is quite something – you could say it was overactive. She gets ideas pretty easily, especially for stories. If it’s for something non-fictional, however, don’t expect something sensible. [color=MediumOrchid][b]Languages ⫻[/b][/color] Due to her parents, Tuyen is fluent in Korean and Vietnamese. She speaks Korean better due to her Aunt and Uncle using it around the house a lot but has made sure to retain her knowledge of Vietnamese (though she doesn't have anyone to speak it with). [/indent][/indent][/indent] [color=MediumOrchid][h3][u][b] ABSTRACTION [/b][/u][/h3][/color] [i]"It’s a shadow constantly clinging to me, and I wish it would just go away."[/i] [indent][indent] [color=MediumOrchid][b]SIGIL & LOCATION ⫻[/b][/color] Tuyen's sigil is located on her chest right above her right breast. It's a featureless silhouette-like figure of herself that's all black, but it's in a poised stance with a hand in the air, ready to stab. Instead of the knife being in the sigil's hand, it's in the silhouette's chest. [color=MediumOrchid][b]ABSTRACTION ⫻[/b][/color] The Shadow, the ability to create a shadow-like entity spawned from negative thoughts and emotions that otherwise tortures her. [color=MediumOrchid][b]ABSTRACTION DESCRIPTION ⫻[/b][/color] Linked directly to her negativity, and other such dark thoughts, Tuyen has her own doppelganger that takes the shape of a shadow. This Shadow is a sentient being that near constantly taunts her, and tortures her with the deep down feelings of dread and insecurity that she has inside of herself. It has two states; inactive and active. In its inactive state, nobody but Tuyen is able to see it (Not even the Awakened can see it without certain abilities), and it actively protects her from psychic intrusion by filling the intruder's mind with screams. It can cloud Tuyen's vision by creating illusions, and fooling her into believing things that are not there, or hiding things. With enough focus, Tuyen is able to ward off the Shadow for a period of time, and get some peace - but it'll always return. While active on the other hand... it manifests in the physical world. It's [i]default[/i] appearance is of a black, inky, version of herself, but one of the basest abilities of the shadow is the ability to manipulate its own shape with the only limit being that it cannot get larger than twelve feet. It can either keep its form as a shadow of Tuyen, or it can become some horrific monster, whatever is spawned from her imagination. The Shadow is capable of interacting with reality, from reaching over and grabbing objects, to attacking. It's fairly strong, too - it's strong enough to throw a fully grown man around like it's nothing, and flip over a car with sheer brute strength. The Shadow will either manifest on it's own, or if Tuyen is able to plead with it. Normally, the being is only interested with tormenting Tuyen, and will do as it pleases, but if she is able to convince it, maybe it'll assist her. It has some semblance of self preservation and will protect her if necessary. [color=MediumOrchid][b]IN THE PRESENCE OF THE MOUNTAIN ⫻[/b][/color] While in the mountain's graces, it's strength doubles, and is able to lift up a minivan (albeit with much strain on itself and Tuyen). It's able to grow up to twenty-five feet in height, and mixed with its strength, it's incredibly dangerous. Able to compete with some of the strongest Awakened and extra-normal beings. [color=MediumOrchid][b]LIMITS ⫻[/b][/color] Tuyen's shadow, first and foremost, cannot move away from her. It's effectively clung to her body, and is as mobile as she is. This also means that she's effectively it's weak spot. Again, as stated in the description it can get up to ten feet tall, strong enough to pose a threat, and is able to near-limitlessly change its shape. Tuyen cannot control the Shadow - unless she learns to get over her insecurities, and her fear of failure. Otherwise, it'll do as it pleases. [color=MediumOrchid][b]WEAKNESSES ⫻[/b][/color] As stated before, the shadow is her own worst enemy, and only wishes to torture Tuyen. It's as much of a detriment (possibly even more) as a strength, and will do anything in its power to keep her from knowing her worth. Tuyen will have to conquer her inner-doubts in other to defeat it, and control it. The two of them are linked together, and both receive the same damage. If the Shadow gets injured, the same wound will appear on Tuyen (Where ever the location of it's anatomical equivalent is). It's possible for the Shadow to receive damage that'll kill Tuyen, or be disabled. Also, the Shadow merely manifesting is a drain on Tuyen, and will cause her to feel more and more exhausted the longer it's out. Until she can't take it anymore, and the Shadow will go inactive. [/indent][/indent] [color=MediumOrchid][h3][u][b] OTHER [/b][/u][/h3][/color] [i]"That’s all there is to me."[/i] [indent][indent]Nope [/indent][/indent][/hider] [color=MediumOrchid]Season 2[/color] [hider=Tuyen Thị Đoàn][center][img] http://txt-dynamic.cdn.1001fonts.net/txt/b3RmLjk2LmNmNWNmZi5WSFY1Wlc0Z3hKQnZ3NkJ1LjAA/otterly-adorable.regular.png [/img] [i]( Đoàn Thị Tuyen)[/i] [img]https://orig00.deviantart.net/d78d/f/2011/323/5/e/bong_12_by_mrs_honeycookie-d4gpywx.jpg [/img] [h1][color=MediumOrchid]╚══════════════╝[/color][/h1] [i]"How are we meant to surprise? I can't stay positive anymore, not when there's nothing to be positive about."[/i] [color=MediumOrchid][h3][ [b]19[/b] | [b]5’2”[/b] | [b]South Korean / Vietnamese[/b] | [b]She/Her [/b] | [b]121 lb[/b] ][/h3] [h1][i][Insecurity][/i][/h1][/color] [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzE18_cHlR8[/youtube] [hider=Old Songs] [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GWPzBXNY2g[/youtube] [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7PoHzgeZxs[/youtube][/hider][/center] [color=MediumOrchid][h3][u][b] APPEARANCE [/b][/u][/h3][/color] [i]"I’m pretty average, really, nothing special."[/i] [indent][indent] Tuyen is a bit on the shorter side, but not that small in the grand scheme of things. Her mother was smaller. She has a quite stocky build – a little bit wider than most her height. Along with this she is quite flat. Not enough so that she’d be mistaken for a guy, but there isn’t really that much there. She has a little bit of weight to her too which mostly goes to her legs. There isn’t much but it’s enough that she has to watch what she eats. Tuyen’s hair is a dark brown-black, more brown in warmer lights. It falls down just past her shoulders and keeps relatively straight without much work. It frames a round face with a relatively soft nose and undefined lips. Her eyes are a very dark brown and a little bit bigger than normal. Her skin is golden-brown, inherited from her Vietnamese father – as many of her features are. She has very little of her mother in her aside from her hair. Because she lacks in more feminine curves Tuyen tends to dress in nice tops and skirts, having a wide variety of combinations. She doesn’t often wear just a dress, finding it a bit stuffy, but is rarely found in something that isn’t a skirt. She does wear practical clothes when out and about around nature. She tends to prefer shades of purple, blue and pink though she isn’t very fussy when it comes to colours. [/indent][/indent] [color=MediumOrchid][h3][u][b] PSYCHOLOGY [/b][/u][/h3][/color] [i]"It's getting harder and harder to pretend I'm okay..."[/i] [indent][indent][indent] [color=MediumOrchid][b]MAIN GOAL ⫻[/b][/color] Tuyen hopes to becoming a properly published author in the future, making money off her books while having money to travel the world and see exotic places. Now she just wants to survive. [color=MediumOrchid][b]PHILOSOPHY ⫻[/b][/color] Tuyen believes in pretending to be okay and to keep up a positive outlook. However she also believes you should always lend a listening ear to friends and will always offer her help (even if she will never seek it out from others). [color=MediumOrchid][b]SECRETS ⫻[/b][/color] Just how much she lacks in confident about her own abilities and her constant fear of failure. How much she needs validation from others. Not to mention her sexuality, which she’s been questioning for a long time. Her abstraction itself is a secret, at least exactly what it does to her. [color=MediumOrchid][b]DESIRES ⫻[/b][/color] To be as happy as she pretends to be and to be free of the pressure of her family. She also wants to visit Vietnam in the hope she can find some of her father's family. [color=MediumOrchid][b]SEXUALITY ⫻[/b][/color] Gay, but in denial. [color=MediumOrchid][b]FEARS ⫻[/b][/color] Forever being second best and never living up to expectations. [color=MediumOrchid][b]REPUTATION ⫻[/b][/color] In the wider community of Farmer Hills Tuyen’s reputation is of the younger cousin of the intelligent Min. Among those at college she is seen as a happy go lucky, if absent minded, and friendly girl. [color=MediumOrchid][b]PET PEEVES ⫻[/b][/color] People who constantly talk about their troubles and are always mopey, bring down the conversation. Also people who put themselves down (somewhat ironically). [color=MediumOrchid][b]QUIRKS ⫻[/b][/color] Tuyen often hums or whistles to herself, and will just zone out at random times. [/indent][/indent][/indent] [color=MediumOrchid][h3][u][b] BACKSTORY [/b][/u][/h3][/color] [i]"At least I won't be missed by my family when I'm gone."[/i] [indent][indent] [/indent] Tuyen was a bit of an accident. Her mother was a farmer hill native, with parents who moved over from South Korea to set up business. Her father, on the other hand, was a post graduate student who had moved over from Vietnam to study. The two hit it off and hooked up after a little too much to drink, resulting in Tuyen. It was safe to say her mother’s parents weren’t too happy about the child out of wedlock. Things didn’t get much better after her birth – her mother had always been poorly and the pregnancy took its toll on her, meaning she passed away when Tuyen was only a few months old. Her father did everything to try and raise her himself – including submitting to the whims of her mother’s family. Tuyen doesn’t have many memories of this time, but what she has are happy ones. Tuyen was only four when her father disappeared without a trace. His name was added to the list of people in Farmer Hill who had just gone missing and everyone went on without saying anything. Tuyen was taken in by her mother’s brother and his wife, since they had a son just a bit older than her. After this her life wasn’t anything spectacular. She got on very well with her cousin, Min-Jun, even as they became very different as the years proceeded. She was always in his shadow – she couldn’t live up to her aunt and uncle’s expectations. She couldn’t be as smart as Min or as perfect as Min. She pretending she didn’t care, especially to him, but deep down it slowly chipped away at her self confidence. It didn’t help that they disapproved of what she was good at. Still, Tuyen pursued her dreams and managed to get a place to study English Literature and Creative Writing at the college. Here she’s managed to get out of her cousin’s shadow just a little bit, easily making friends in different circles from him. After the murders during a camping trip Tuyen was haunted by her shadow and constant hallucinations. Still, she joined the rest of the group in investigating – discovering that this was some kind abstraction she had. During the fight with Scott her shadow manifested physically – allowing her to help finish him for good. But like all the others she wasn’t prepared for what was to follow and barely made it out alive. [/indent] [color=MediumOrchid][h3][u][b] SKILLS & TALENTS [/b][/u][/h3][/color] [i]"I feel like my skills are useless."[/i] [indent][indent][indent] [color=MediumOrchid][b]Writing ⫻[/b][/color] Tuyen is good at writing, both fictional and non-fictional (like essays). Her main strength does come in fictional writing and novels. [color=MediumOrchid][b]Animal Identification / Knowledge ⫻[/b][/color] Due to her strange fascination and love for nature Tuyen has accumulated all sorts of useless knowledge about animals. If you ever need to know the exact subspecies of an animal or a random fact she’s the girl to go to. [color=MediumOrchid][b]Imagination ⫻[/b][/color] Tuyen’s imagination is quite something – you could say it was overactive. She gets ideas pretty easily, especially for stories. If it’s for something non-fictional, however, don’t expect something sensible. [color=MediumOrchid][b]Languages ⫻[/b][/color] Due to her parents, Tuyen is fluent in Korean and Vietnamese. She speaks Korean better due to her Aunt and Uncle using it around the house a lot but has made sure to retain her knowledge of Vietnamese (though she doesn't have anyone to speak it with). [/indent][/indent][/indent] [color=MediumOrchid][h3][u][b] ABSTRACTION [/b][/u][/h3][/color] [i]"It’s a shadow constantly clinging to me and I wish it would just go away. One day it will get me killed, I'm sure of that."[/i] [indent][indent] [color=MediumOrchid][b]SIGIL & LOCATION ⫻[/b][/color] Tuyen's sigil is located on her chest right above her right breast. It's a featureless silhouette-like figure of herself that's all black, but it's in a poised stance with a hand in the air, ready to stab. Instead of the knife being in the sigil's hand, it's in the silhouette's chest. [color=MediumOrchid][b]ABSTRACTION ⫻[/b][/color] The Shadow, the ability to create a shadow-like entity spawned from negative thoughts and emotions that otherwise tortures her. [color=MediumOrchid][b]ABSTRACTION DESCRIPTION ⫻[/b][/color] Linked directly to her negativity, and other such dark thoughts, Tuyen has her own doppelganger that takes the shape of a shadow. This Shadow is a sentient being that near constantly taunts her, and tortures her with the deep down feelings of dread and insecurity that she has inside of herself. It has two states; inactive and active. In its inactive state, nobody but Tuyen is able to see it (Not even the Awakened can see it without certain abilities), and it actively protects her from psychic intrusion by filling the intruder's mind with screams. It can cloud Tuyen's vision by creating illusions, and fooling her into believing things that are not there, or hiding things. With enough focus, Tuyen is able to ward off the Shadow for a period of time, and get some peace - but it'll always return. While active on the other hand... it manifests in the physical world. It's [i]default[/i] appearance is of a black, inky, version of herself, but one of the basest abilities of the shadow is the ability to manipulate its own shape with the only limit being that it cannot get larger than twelve feet. It can either keep its form as a shadow of Tuyen, or it can become some horrific monster, whatever is spawned from her imagination. The Shadow is capable of interacting with reality, from reaching over and grabbing objects, to attacking. It's fairly strong, too - it's strong enough to throw a fully grown man around like it's nothing, and flip over a car with sheer brute strength. The Shadow will either manifest on it's own, or if Tuyen is able to plead with it. Normally, the being is only interested with tormenting Tuyen, and will do as it pleases, but if she is able to convince it, maybe it'll assist her. It has some semblance of self preservation and will protect her if necessary. [color=MediumOrchid][b]IN THE PRESENCE OF THE MOUNTAIN ⫻[/b][/color] While in the mountain's graces, it's strength doubles, and is able to lift up a minivan (albeit with much strain on itself and Tuyen). It's able to grow up to twenty-five feet in height, and mixed with its strength, it's incredibly dangerous. Able to compete with some of the strongest Awakened and extra-normal beings. [color=MediumOrchid][b]LIMITS ⫻[/b][/color] Tuyen's shadow, first and foremost, cannot move away from her. It's effectively clung to her body, and is as mobile as she is. This also means that she's effectively it's weak spot. Again, as stated in the description it can get up to ten feet tall, strong enough to pose a threat, and is able to near-limitlessly change its shape. Tuyen cannot control the Shadow - unless she learns to get over her insecurities, and her fear of failure. Otherwise, it'll do as it pleases. [color=MediumOrchid][b]WEAKNESSES ⫻[/b][/color] As stated before, the shadow is her own worst enemy, and only wishes to torture Tuyen. It's as much of a detriment (possibly even more) as a strength, and will do anything in its power to keep her from knowing her worth. Tuyen will have to conquer her inner-doubts in other to defeat it, and control it. The two of them are linked together, and both receive the same damage. If the Shadow gets injured, the same wound will appear on Tuyen (Where ever the location of it's anatomical equivalent is). It's possible for the Shadow to receive damage that'll kill Tuyen, or be disabled. Also, the Shadow merely manifesting is a drain on Tuyen, and will cause her to feel more and more exhausted the longer it's out. Until she can't take it anymore, and the Shadow will go inactive. [color=MediumOrchid][u][b] MADELINE'S ABSTRACTION [/b][/u][/color] [i]"I have no idea what her abstraction does."[/i] [color=MediumOrchid][b]SIGIL & LOCATION ⫻[/b][/color] [url=http://www.talkidentity.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/simple-drawing-designs-lotus-flower-tattoo-drawings-coloring-pages.jpg]A black and white lotus flower on her wrist.[/url] [color=MediumOrchid][b]ABSTRACTION ⫻[/b][/color] Self-Healing, a restorative energy flows through Tuyen that repairs all of her wounds, and resets her to a certain point. [color=MediumOrchid][b]ABSTRACTION DESCRIPTION ⫻[/b][/color] To reflect her thoughts of coming back to life, Madeline's abstraction gifted her the ability to heal at an accelerated rate using the same mystical force that flows through all the Awakened. Whenever she gets an injury, no matter how minor, it'll begin to glow with a mystical blue light that'll engulf it. After a few moments the light will fade, and the wound is healed. Depending on how severe the wound, the longer it'll take to heal. A stab wound would require, at most, ten minutes, while a broken leg would need an hour of healing. Anything smaller than that would either instantly regenerate, or take only a few moments. Any of Tuyen's physical injuries can be healed (except for one type of injury). Long as she can survive it, she can effectively heal from anything. In addition, she can also heal from attacks dealt to the mind, or her emotions. [color=MediumOrchid][b]IN THE PRESENCE OF THE MOUNTAIN ⫻[/b][/color] When in the mountain's grace, her healing rate doubles. A stab wound takes five minutes, while a broken limb requires half an hour. Again, she'll near-instantly heal from anything smaller than that. In addition, she can pass on her healing energy to other people, and heal their wounds (albeit at a much slower rate). [color=MediumOrchid][b]LIMITS ⫻[/b][/color] Obstruction is the biggest limit to her self-healing. If there is an object in the way, then Tuyen cannot heal it until the object is removed from her being. Speed is also the other limit; there isn't a limit to how much Tuyen can heal at a time, but only how quickly she can do it. In addition, Tuyen can still be knocked out, suffocated, etc. [color=MediumOrchid][b]WEAKNESSES ⫻[/b][/color] Fire is a big weakness, as it also disrupts her healing ability. When in the presence of fire, her healing slows down - and if it's an injury caused by fire, she actively cannot heal it any faster than any other wound. The process of healing is also a painful one, that'll make her feel twice the amount of pain as she heals. [/indent][/indent] [color=MediumOrchid][h3][u][b] OTHER [/b][/u][/h3][/color] [i]"I just wish everything would stop."[/i] [indent][indent]Nope [/indent][/indent][/hider][/indent]