[hider=Demi Woods][CENTER][h1][COLOR=00b395][b][i]D E M I  W O O D S[/i][/b][/COLOR][/h1][sub][COLOR=LIGHTGRAY][i]"A Magni? … Well, what’s my spell save DC then?"[/i][/COLOR][/sub][/CENTER]
[table][row][/row][row][cell][COLOR=2c2c2c][INDENT][B][SUP][SUB][H3]P L A C E H O L D E R[/H3][/SUB][/SUP][/B][/INDENT][/COLOR][center][hr][img]https://i.imgur.com/CklYsig.gif[/img][hr][sub]Demeter Angelina Woods
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August 4th   [color=gainsboro]|[/color]   16   [color=gainsboro]|[/color]   Mexican American
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Pansexual   [color=gainsboro]|[/color]   ♀   [color=gainsboro]|[/color]   Single
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Junior   [color=gainsboro]|[/color]   [url=https://i.imgur.com/LqJ46cE.gif]Silver Trinity Ring Necklace[/url]   [color=gainsboro]|[/color]   [url=https://i.imgur.com/4ELQIDn.jpg]Selune[/url][hr][/sub][/center][/cell][cell][COLOR=00b395][INDENT][B][SUP][SUB][H3]D E T A I L E D   A P P E A R A N C E:[/H3][/SUB][/SUP][/B][/INDENT][hr][/COLOR][INDENT][INDENT][i]Demi’s appearance is an unassuming one, standing at five foot three and weighing only one hundred thirteen pounds. She considers herself average in all ways: brown hair, brown eyes, the only thing that stands out in this new england backdrop is her tanned complexion. Her chestnut locks are parted straight down the middle and hang in long, loose, wavy curls that go just past her shoulder blades in the back. These curls are kept tamed with some mousse and a smoothing serum applied after she showers, which smells vaguely fruity. She wears no make up and, aside from her necklace, no jewelry. Her ears are not even pierced, though she is considering doing so soon. The only traditional feminine beauty routine that she subscribes to is getting her eyebrows waxed, because without this weekly maintenance, they would become one unsightly unibrow. All it took was a lot of middle school aged harassment for her to ask her parents to start doing this. As for fashion, Demeter dresses more for comfort and practicality than anything else. She likes sweaters and leggings and even wears dresses if they are flowy and easy to move around in. You won’t really catch her in jeans or other tight fitting clothing, as she finds them too uncomfortable. Demi has no notable scarring, tattoos, or birthmarks — she is just your average, quiet, high school nerd.[/i][/indent][/indent]
[COLOR=00b395][INDENT][B][SUP][SUB][H3]M O T I V A T I O N S   &   G O A L S:[/H3][/SUB][/SUP][/B][/INDENT][hr][/COLOR][INDENT][INDENT][i]I am interested in playing Demeter to see how much she can grow. She was adopted by a mundie family as an infant, so she has no idea that magic is real or that she can possess it. When the study group forms, this entire world is going to be new to her. It is going to scare her and challenge her, but in the end, she will be excited for it all. She grew up reading fantasy and playing role playing games and now suddenly, she will become like the protagonists that she has read about and played. I hope that this paranormal experience gives Demi the confidence that she needs to stop being a wallflower — to see her worth and that she is anything but average. But of course, the real treasure will be the friends she makes along the way.[/i][/indent][/indent][/cell][/row][/table][COLOR=00b395][INDENT][B][SUP][SUB][H3]C H A R A C T E R   C O N C E P T:[/H3][/SUB][/SUP][/B][/INDENT][hr][/COLOR][INDENT][INDENT][i]Demeter Woods was born as Angelina Rivera in northern Mexico. Her hexenbrut mother, or bruja as they are called there, fled across the border escaping from a magical predicament that she had gotten over her head in. Unfortunately for her, she could not outrun her demons, but she died with the peace of knowing that she had at least gotten her daughter to a safer place. Demeter doesn’t know this though, nor do her parents. All that she knows is that she was adopted by the Woods’ from an orphanage in Texas with nothing to identify her except for a piece of paper with her name written on it and a set of silver rings welded together in a trinity. Her adoptive parents, the Woods’, are just as nerdy as Demeter herself — so the proverbial apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. Nigel Woods, her father, works as an ancient history and mythology professor at the nearby university, with a special focus on Greek mythology — hence the names of his three adopted daughters: Hestia, Demeter, and Hera. Meredith Woods, her mother, works as a high school physics teacher. Demi grew up knowing the importance of knowledge in a home where they not only had family game nights, but they had weekly family dungeons and dragons night, with her dad as the dungeon master. Hestia always played pretty elves, Hera always played some kind of melee brute, and Demeter loved the casters — particularly druids. To this day, when faced with picking a class choice, Demi will gravitate towards natural magic and healing focuses. Her love of this fantasy lore is reflected in her real life, where she is an avid botanist and aspiring doctor. Demi’s room is full of plants, looking more like a lush conservatory than the bedroom of a high school girl — not a single boy band poster in sight. Demeter cares a lot about her studies and maintains straight A’s with the hopes of going to medical school to become a doctor. During the summer, Demi hopes to snag an internship or volunteer at a hospital to gain some medical experience. When Demi doesn’t have her nose buried in schoolbooks, she spends her time reading fantasy and sci fi novels or playing tabletop games, video games, and the flute for the school band.[/i][/indent][/indent]
[COLOR=00b395][INDENT][B][SUP][SUB][H3]C H A R A C T E R   N O T E S:[/H3][/SUB][/SUP][/B][/INDENT][hr][/COLOR][INDENT][INDENT][i]Demi is but an infant in the magical world, she has no idea that it is real or that she is part of it — all of this will be experienced for the first time in character. Her witch bloodline, although unknown, is established in the world of mexican brujería where magic is heavily dependent on forces of nature and the spontaneity of the spirits. Demeter’s birth mother dabbled in dark magic and paid the ultimate price for doing so, an unfortunate outcome that is regrettably common in Demeter’s ancestry. For whatever reason, their blood is drawn to the dark arts. Demi’s mother left her with a silver conduit that is a family heirloom that Demi keeps hung on a cord around her neck to this day. Demeter doesn’t know the power of the object, she simply holds it close because it is the only thing she has from her birth family. As for Demi’s familiar, that is currently also unknown to her. When her familiar, a white short haired cat, came into being… it was far closer to Mexico than it was to Demi’s current home in the northeast of the US. All is well though, for Demeter is not ready for her familiar yet. The cat will arrive at the perfect time and the perfect place, as is designed by fate. It will come as no surprise to Demi that her familiar is a cat, as she’s always been drawn to them, but her dad’s allergic so she could never get one as a pet.[/i][/indent][/indent][/hider]