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[center][h1]Miriam Holdstead[/h1]
| [i]Books[/i] | [b]Darkness[/b] | [i]Snow[/i] | [b]Being alone[/b] |[/center]


[i]Physical Description[/i]: Miriam is light-skinned, about 5'4" tall, and weighs 120 lbs. Her hair runs down her back in an elegant brown curtain, and her eyes are hazel in tone. Her usual clothing includes fairly decorative shirts, stretchy jeans, and most of the time a thick puffy pink coat, especially with the decreasing temperature of the town.

[i]Age[/i]: 23

[i]Relationship with Hildon[/i]: Miriam is an out-of-towner, somebody who heard about Hildon's quiet, unassuming atmosphere, and visited the town to gain inspiration for her next book, for she is...

[i]Occupation[/i]: A writer! More specifically, she is a semi-professional novellist with the one book under her belt to date: [i]Holding Down the Light[/i], an adventure novel about a woman gathering allies from across the lands to deal with a great threat, and in turn making those allies into unexpected friends. She hopes Hildon will help her gather more insight into small-town life, and thus grant an idea of how to base a tale within the borders of a similar town in her writing.

[i]Useful Supplies[/i]: -Pepper spray, for self-defense
-Bersa Thunder 380CC, a concealed carry pistol with a magazine loaded and one spare, for when the pepper spray doesn't work or is simply unavailable
-Big puffy pink coat, kind of a personal effect she enjoys, but perhaps the only thing keeping her from freezing in current temperatures

[i]Backstory[/i]: Miriam's life has been fairly plain - no overly-destructive family members or anything, but born in an area with a lot of interesting stories to tell. Her home city of San Francisco was highly multi-cultural, especially for the United States, and simply by looking around, one could find all sorts of people to talk with about all kinds of things! One of her favourite people was a homeless man named Joshua, who had tried and failed to write several books, falling on hard times until he was living under bridges. A tragedy, but Miriam made firm friends with him as a teenage girl, and with her help over many years managed to get him back into an apartment and back into writing, be it for himself or for an audience.

This proved something to her: anyone could succeed with the right support, and anyone could be brought back to their feet in the same way. Inspired to become a writer, both by her experiences with the populace and by Joshua's tale specifically, she authored her first book at 22, an adventure novel called [i]Holding Down the Light[/i], to reasonable enough success. Seeking further inspiration, she has come to the small town of Hildon to see what might inspire her next... the inspiration in question is probably not the sort she was expecting, however.
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