**MY CHARACTERS** - Appearance: ![](http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k133/mary_anne_shipp_yo/Wynston1_zps8be0b52c.jpg "enter image title here") - Name: Samson Rivers - Age: 17 - Year: 4 - Normal or Supernatural (as in, what are you?): Werewolf. Although he only changes once a month, he has somewhat enhanced senses and abilities, meaning he heals quickly, has better hearing, sigh, and smell. He was bitten by someone in their werewolf form when he was eleven-years-old, and has lived with the curse ever since then. When he first started transforming, he couldn’t remember anything from being in that state. But over the years, he was able to train himself to control himself in werewolf form. He is able to remember most of his full moon nights and can function almost normally as a werewolf. He is still, however, a threat to normal people as a werewolf. - Personality: Sam would prefer to always be alone. He’s not mean, he’s not antisocial, and he’s not cold-hearted. But he likes to keep his distance from pretty much everyone. Before he first transformed, Sam was an outgoing, friendly, and bubbly boy. But once he was cursed with the life of a werewolf, he began to do all he could to hide himself from the world. Sam is quiet and reserved and makes it a goal to stay away from potential friends or companions. It’s not something he wants to do, but something he feels he has to do to protect himself. - Bio: He was born to a single mother. Before he even knew his wife was pregnant, Sam’s father abandoned her and their unborn child. Because of this, Sam never knew his dad and he’s honestly never cared too much to find out. His mother is the only family he’s ever needed. He has kept his true identity from everyone, even his mother. This was a hard task to accomplish due to the fact that he grew up in a small and cramped apartment with just his mother. Lucky for him, she would often work such long hours that when she came home, she almost always went straight to bed. Sam would escape to the woods nearby to live out his transformations. When he was 13, he received a formal invitation to the Northwood Academy of Excellence. A personal letter from the dean of the school, Madame Géroux, explained that he could attend on a fully-paid scholarship as long as he could complete his schooling with the correct according to the right academic standards. Although he was incredibly baffled by the letter, Sam didn’t hesitate to snatch the chance to get out of his mom’s hair. If he could go to a nice school that his mother didn’t have to pay for, then she wouldn’t have to work as hard to support them. Since he began attending the school, Sam has somehow kept his werewolf life a secret from everyone. He just has to hang on for one more year. - How you came to the school: Invitation, full-ride with a special scholarship granted by Madame Géroux. - Dorm: Wells -------------------------------------------- - Appearance: ![enter image description here](http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k133/mary_anne_shipp_yo/Tavi2_zps31bf4ecd.jpg "enter image title here") - Name: Martha Jacobs - Age: 15 - Year: 2 - Normal or Supernatural (as in, what are you?): Martha is a clairvoyant. She has the ability to touch an object and feel/see every memory and emotion it has witnessed. The stronger the emotion or memory, the clearer the image. She also has a sort of premonition ability, meaning she can sense death that has occurred or is going to occur. She has been aware of her special “talents” ever since she was a little girl and she still has trouble controlling them. - Personality: Very straightforward, opinionated, and unafraid. She’s seen a lot of terrible things and is aware of the both the bad and the good things people can do. Normally, Martha is very kind but playful and is mostly friendly. She’s also witty, clever, and intelligent. Lately, because of things that have happened in her personal life, Martha has been somewhat bitter and sarcastic and has strayed from the social aspect of her life. - Bio: Growing up in a wealthy family, Martha has never had to worry about much. Instead of turning into an unbearable and spoiled brat Martha’s parents always taught her to be humble and remember that not everyone is as lucky as them. Her mother’s parents would often babysit her when she was a child and so her toys were usually the old dolls of her mothers and aunts. As she played with these dolls, she began to see distorted images of a different time and place. Sometimes she would play with her grandmother’s jewelry, look into the mirror, and see glimpses of a completely different person staring back at her. The images and feelings she experienced from these objects scared her at first until she became used to them. As a result, Martha started to experiment with her newly discovered ability and learned quite a lot from it. Old toys, jewelry, buildings, and other miscellaneous objects held stories just waiting to be discovered by her. It was exciting, but it was scary. How would she know when a bad memory was going to present itself to her? Martha would always remember the days before her mother passed away much clearer than the day she actually received the news: a car accident had killed the only woman she had ever called “mom.” She had a constant yearning to check up on her mother every hour, along with a fever that came and went until finally her mother walked out the door and never came back through. Ever since then, Martha has accepted the fact that she is very different and has tried to research whatever sort of phenomena she experiences. Just five years after his wife’s death, Martha’s father remarried. Although she has no real reason to hate her, Martha despises her stepmother and stepbrothers. The main reason she was sent away was because she simply could not get along with her family, and so her father decided it would be best for her to not only get a good education, but giver her space and time to adjust to the idea of living with a new woman in her life. So when the invitation and acceptance letters to Northwood came she had no choice in the matter as her father has already made up his mind. - How you came to the school: Transfer, year 2. - Dorm: Dorsey