Vorainne Stranton (Human)

Basic Information

Birth Name: Vorainne Stranton
Aliases: Vorstra
Place of Birth: Victoria, BC, Canada
Age:(real) 27; November 13, 1978
Male/Female: female
Current Occupation: Police Investigator
Past Occupation: (If different from above) N/A

Appearance

Hair Color: Black
Length and Style: straight layered lengths down past her shoulder to about mid back
Eye Color: Dark gray
Skin Color: Ivory
Height: 5'8"
Weight: about 136 pounds
Nationality: Canadian
Race: Human
Body Type: light build, well toned muscle

Description (if an NPC) or name of your creator(if a PC) ( Please be as specific as possible, who your creator was, why he chose to change you, where is he/she now?): N/A

Personal Questions

1. Describe your character's personality:
A pleasant woman with an easy going attitude; little fazes her much these days, and to draw out her anger is a difficult task though if such was to occur then one would find her temper most formidable. She is easy with a smile and is oftentimes told she is too kind for her own good with those she considers friends and family. Her rather sarcastic sense of humour tends to get her in trouble sometimes as many find it hard to tell if she is serious or not. She is very open minded and accepting of new comers she meets, often taking them at initial face value until they have proven themselves unworthy of her faith in them. She is by no means gullible or naive though, very able to tell what in her mind is a bad seed from a good one, though if you treat her with respect then she will reciprocate the offer. However beneath this rather pragmatic agreeable surface is a deeper layer filled with darker thoughts, wants and needs. In her personal space, her mind often treads a fine line between the law she upholds and the crimes she investigates, finding herself frequently twisting the stories into fantasies of her own .. Ones she worries she might just act upon someday.

2. Describe how your character would appear to a stranger(I.E. typical dress, way they carry themselves etc.):
A long lean woman commonly found garbed in casual style clothing of pants and shirt, favouring the more earthy tones of copper, black, gray and dark greens. She wears a pair of small gold hoop earrings, a silver necklace with a small plain ankh and no other jewelry. She dons a black woolen wrap when travelling out of doors, but never a hat or scarf and occassionally a pair of black leather gloves if cold outside. Her feet are most commonly encased in a pair of black lace-up Doc Marten 14-hole boots, usually hidden beneath the fall of her pantlegs. A pleasant featured face, with very expressive gray eyes that tend to vary slightly in hue with her moods from pale almost silvery to dark stormy gray. Her hair hangs loose down her back to about the bottom of her shoulder blades, the thick tresses cut in layers to help frame her face and take some of the weight off leaving it of a lovely silken quality. Her skin is pure ivory, few blemishes rarely daring to erupt over it except for the frequent occurence of a line of freckles over the bridge of her nose when she spends too much time in the sunshine or becomes stressed. Her figure is well proportioned but definitely on the lean side, nearing almost willowy defying the inherent strength her many physical hobbies have left her with as well as being quite naturally flexible and agile. Although by no extent is she considered a great beauty, the woman is easy to look upon and carries an inate sense of sensual grace in her movements. Many could find themselves attracted to her simply because she appears easily approachable.

3. What does your character like?:
Water, plants, hiking, history books, mythology, weapons (ancient/medieval), collecting old coins, her cat Malkin, and elderly people often top the list.

4. Dislike?:
Children, biting insects such as wasps or mosquitoes, beets, basketball and uncleanliness, plus a few other things I am sure I forgot to mention.

5. Describe what abilities you see your character having if they were turned (For humans).: ethereal, glamour, agility, coat of arms

6. What are your fears? (please choose and explain 3 minimum):

Pyrophobia: Fear of fire or in Vorstra's case more the fear of being burned by fire. She is able to sit next to a campfire or fireplace without incident, it is in such events of uncontrolled fires or if someone threatens her with fire that her fear will arise. Her common reactions are avoidance, shallow swift breathing and dizziness if forced to stay in the fire's vicinity. If exposure is prolonged she will eventually break down into childlike behaviour, crying or begging for the fire's removal.

Pharmacophobia: Fear of medicine or having to consume it; this is more a strong dislike then an outright phobia in Vorstra. She commonly throws away prescriptions or never fills them until absolutely necessary, would never buy over-the-counter drugs for consumption, her thought is to simply grin and bear it ... If ignored long enough, the symptoms will go away. The very idea of Vorstra buying street drugs is laughable, unless it was for her job in an investigation. She'd definitely never take them knowingly and would become angry if they were forced on her.

Aichmophobia: the fear of Needles ... Nothing like trying to stick a needle into one of Vorstra's veins to get a reaction out of the girl. The intial response would be to remove the object from her, generally with a rather animalistic growl of distaste, followed by the backhanding of whomever is trying to stick her with it. Of course if this all failed due to her not having any mobility or her realizing violence is not a prudent option then she would be reduced to whining and crying about being stuck with a needle. She is able to handle needles herself though, so passing someone a syringe with a capped needle on it will not cause her any discomfort, it is only when they are used on her.

Pnigerophobia: The fear of being smothered or choked ... Vorstra has from a young age disliked having others touch her face or neck, particularly those she has not known for a long time. It does not seem to matter if the touch is forceful or kind, she will flinch and back away from the offender. This reaction is so ingrained, she is not even aware of doing it anymore. The reason is she is afraid of being choked or unable to breathe from an occurence in her childhood with the school bully that left her hospitalised over night. If any was to try and grab her by the throat and successfully caught her, her reaction would be blind panic and the urge to get whomever was holding her, off her as soon as possible. The same would apply to any attempts to smother her.

7. What is your character's strengths and weaknesses? (please pick 3 minimum of each and explain in detail how and why this affects your character)

Weaknesses:
1) She can be quite stubborn in most regards, trying to convince her otherwise on something she has made her mind up on is near impossible unless one is able to back up their words with proof. This can make her hard to get along with sometimes, though she does tend to be fair in her treatment of people. Just never tell her she's wrong about something ...

2) This trait is her darkest secret, one she never shares and does her best to contain. She is of a sadistic nature, her enjoyment of the macabre runs deep within her. She enjoys observing others in pain, whether it be physical, mental or emotional and raises her curiousity to the extreme. She has so far been able to keep this strictly to her personal thoughts and fantasies, not yet having acted outright on any urges she has gotten. Her job fortunately feeds this like well enough in permitting her to see some of the most gruesome of crimes and then investigate them.

3) Her curiousity has gotten the best of her a few times and can lead her into tight situations if she finds she can not get control of it in time. If she comes across something of intrigue to her, she will often follow along after the source until her curiousity has been satisfied.

Strengths:
1) She has a fairly strong will, easily able to judge things for herself and not be taken in by falsehoods or illusons as easily as the avergae human. It enables her to avoid temptations and keep her own more questionable desires in check.

2) Her ability to stay calm and composed in the face of emergencies, fears or pressure is a direct result of her occupation, though it is almost to the point where she worries she has become overly desenstitized to the atrocities she often finds herself investigating.

3) She is often single minded when it comes to completing tasks, once her mind is set on something she will always see it through to the end, no matter what the results may be.

Hobbies & Skills:
She very much enjoys learning weapon skills, has gun use and baton from her police training as well as hand to hand fighting but has learned rapier, sais and whips as well in her spare time, simply because it interested her. While proficient in the last three she is by no means an expert but continues to practice and take classes, when she can, to improve on all her skills. Her training also included horseback riding as the RCMP do still tend to be mounted under certain circumstances. She is a self proclaimed poet, mostly into writing limericks, though her ability at this is of course in the eye of the beholder. She does it as she believes it entertaining. She also tries to garden, a few plants (which some may call weeds) have opted to go along with her on this venture. As a youth she did a number of years of gymnastics, increasing her ability with such things as balance, tumbling and acrobatics. She is able to swim well, and knows some life saving techniques including CPR and minor first aide. Her father was a major outdoorsman, teaching her basic wilderness survival techniques as well as some tracking. She can operate computers and most commonly found electronics, drive (obviously well, the police do train them in driving), knowledgable about law and criminology and has a personal interest in history, occult and myth. Her years on the street as a plain clothes officer has allowed her to pick up on a few other things such as being able to lip read, shadow another person, fast talk her way into and out of things and has left her fairly streetwise. Other then those, she can be found with her nose in a book, lounging in pretty much any warm body of water, adventuring through some plot of wilderness or simply doing nothing as she rarely finds the chance to do this.

Abilities: N/A

Flaws: N/A

Cosmetic Traits (Distinct, character defining physical attributes. These should be minor and offer no real power other than to make your character appear more interesting.):
The re-occurring speckling of freckles over nose, her right ear has an odd little bump on the tip of it making it look as though its pointed and she has a long scar along the inside of her right arm running from wrist to just an inch shy of her elbow.

Quirks and Habits worthy of mention:
She will always try to avoid sitting with her back to the door when in public places, perferring to keep her back to a wall where she can easily view those coming and going, she does tend to people watch when the time permits. A common response out of her is "Excellent" and when ever her often unseen nerves or shyness might pop up (like around that cute, currently inexistent, guy she likes) she will fiddle with her hair or clothes. She has the bad habit of always double checking she locked the door behind her and that she turned the stove off before leaving her home, this being almost a compulsive trait as well as forgetting the small things like feeding the cat or where she last put her keys.

Personal History 3rd person (1st is acceptable) but please be as detailed as possible, this can/will affect your rp with other players:
She is the second eldest of four siblings to a middle classed family residing in Victoria, her childhood being relatively blissful compared to many. Her father was a homicide detective with the local RCMP and an avid outdoorsman, often taking the family on vacations up a mountainside and back down again without a trail. Her mother was initially a stay at home mom but as the kids grew older, she went back to work as a librarian at the local public library part time. It was from her mom, Vorstra gained her love of books and learning and from her dad, she gained her enjoyment of physical activity. Her elder sister was a straight laced dour girl as far as Vorstre could tell, never doing a thing out of line and always kissing up to their parents, while her two younger twin brothers were hell on wheels. Stuck between these two extremes, Vorstra tended to be almost forgotten, not that she ever minded as she was more then able to take care of herself and easily found things to entertain herself with. She developed an interest in her father's cases from work at around the age of ten, often sneaking into his den at home to read whatever she could find. She particularly enjoyed the frequent snapshots of the grisly crimes, spending many hours looking at them and wondering what had happened to cause such things. She went through childhood with mostly minor scrapes and events except for the singular incident with an older boy at school when she was around twelve. She had been alone on the lower field, a few other children darting about nearby engaged in a game of chase or some such thing while Vorstra had simply been lying on her back staring up at the clouds lost in her own thoughts. She didn't recall hearing anyone approach her, but the sky suddenly blacked out as something was tossed over her head, her struggles squashed by the appliance of a heavier frame over hers and pinning her to the ground. She never did remember much else of what happened, just the muffled voices, the wandering fingers and finally the squeeze of hands at her throat ... She woke up the next day in hospital to the terrified face of her Mom and the enraged face of her Dad. She never asked questions nor was she allowed to return to public schools. She completed her education in a private school, her mind seeming to blank out the entire experience within a year or so of its occurence, the only reprecussion being her aversion to others touching her neck or face. She applied to the RCMP shortly after graduation intent on following in her dad's footsteps, was accepted and moved to Saskatchewan to do her training. After completion, she returned to BC, landing a posting in Vancouver where she served as a plain clothes investigator for over seven years. She collected a few scrapes and bruises along the way, one being the lengthy scar along her arm caused when she had been forced to break a window with her club, the shattered glass having cut along the inside of her limb. Although she easily made new friends, she never married, nor settled into any lengthy relationship of any note, often finding she grew bored as time progressed. Growing frustrated with the dead end her life seemed to be becoming, Vorstra veritably leapt at the oppurtunity to take part in the work exchange that was posted at her precinct. She quickly applied, much to her family's dismay, and was soon assigned to her new post in Nachton, hoping she would find something new to fill the boredom.

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