Pakpao Metharom
Basic Information
Birth Name: Pakpao Metharom
Aliases: Dragon
Place of Birth: Sattahip, Thailand (It was Siam when she was born)
Age:(real and apparent) She was born in 1742, that makes her 263. But she looks 24 or so
Male/Female: Female
Current Occupation: Network analyst
Past Occupation: farmer, prostitute, librarian
Appearance
Hair Color: black
Length and Style: waist length, most often pulled back in a pony tail or braid but if she is feeling inspired the style can get quite elaborate
Eye Color: very light blue
Skin Color: fair, but with a golden tone to it
Height: 5 ft 4in
Weight: 117
Nationality: Siamese... well technically it would be Thai now but just try and get her to admit that
Race: (I.E. Vampire, human etc.) Vampire
Body Type: athletic
Description (if an NPC) or name of your creator(if a PC): (NPC) dark stocky male, claiming to be related to some neighbors. The neighbors later turned up dead. Pakpao never got his name.
Personal Questions
1. Describe your character's personality: Pakpao (Pak or Pow as she is most often called) is, for lack of a better word, a geek. She is smart, thinks way too much and has a broad range of interests. She is also borderline manic depressive which leads to her having an extreamly nasty, nearly violent temper on occasion and in some instances leaves her locked in a room alone denying the existence of the outside world and on the other end of things can leave her out partying like there was no tomorrow or doing random things just because they entertain her at the time.
2. Describe how your character would appear to a stranger (I.E. typical dress, way they carry themselves etc.) Pow embodies business casual, jeans kakis etc. She comes off, a majority of the time, as a very approachable even likable person. Her manic stages can make her appear extreamly wild or frivolous and her depressive stages can make her come off as quite angry or intimidating
3.What does your character like? Being right, being around people (esp. when she doesn't have to do the talking), Monty Python, cloves, gambling (think table games Black Jack, Roulette, Craps etc.)
4. Dislike? Country music, stupid people, snakes
5. (For humans) Describe what abilities you see your character having if they were turned.
6. What are your fears? Being helpless, losing control of her emotions permanently
7. What is your character's strengths and weaknesses? Pak is very close to (in fact she probably is) manic-depressive, which can seriously mess with her concentration, people skills and just about every other aspect of life. On the other hand she is extreamly analytical and creative. She is willing to take risks and look for answers where other people wouldn't.
Hobbies & Skills Major reader, if he holds still she'll read it, jigsaw puzzle and origami freak, amateur astronomer, speaks Thai
Abilities :
Sending
Subterfuge
Telekinesis
Flaws:
Afraid of lightening, thunder doesn't bother her but lightening make her tense up. If it gets close enough or bright enough she won't go outside, near window etc.
Hears voices
Cosmetic Traits(These must be minor, see the rules)
Quirks and Habits worthy of mention prefers Dewy Decimal to Library of congress, mentally catalogs books before reading them, smokes (a lot), always swears in Siamese (Thai)
Personal History Pakpao was born the 2nd girl and 5th child of a farming couple. The village (which is now a very large city) was one of the large and busier villages with a thriving market. Pakpao was often sent to the market to sell the excess and negotiate for supplies, she had a knack for getting a good deal. She learned how to grow things and manage a house. At 16 she was married to a local boy, not a great love match but he helped pay the bills. Life pretty much continued as normal, things grew, she managed the house and sold crops in the market. Pakpao also became a mother, giving birth three times, one was a stillborn girl, of the two surviving there was one boy and one girl.
She was bitten when she was in her early twenties, but did not immediately understand what had happened. It took nearly two days for her husband, who was a rather suppositious sort, to figure it out. Once he was convinced of what Pakpao now was he chased her from their home threatening to kill her if she ever came back for the children. To this day Pakpao wonders what happened to her children and if she has any descendants.
Chased from her home she drifted aimlessly winding up in what is today Bangkok. The trouble was other than farming and selling she had no real skills, so she used what she had and became a prostitute. Her blue eyes set her apart, and with a little luck she began entertaining in one of the better brothels in the area and commanding a rather healthy sum for her services. Even after the brothel owner took his share Pakpao was able to start saving money. This allowed her to start taking lessons, learning to read, write and learn I in general.
Not being the sort that ages she did have to move around, changing houses every now and again and eventually claiming to be her own daughter. After many years, however, she was finally able to give up prostitution and exist on her saving and some careful investments.
Watching other Asian countries fall to colonization Pakpao left Siam just after her 115th birthday. She was determined not to be subject to the rule of some petty European tyrant. Hindsight being 20/20 and knowing that Siam did not fall prey to colonization she wishes she hadn't left. However, she also has not been back, although from time to time she talks about it.
Leaving Siam Pakpao traveled quite a bit, through the rest of Asia, bits of Africa, the Middle East and Europe before wandering into America. For the past 75 years she's hung around trying to keep herself entertained (no mean feat). She did a brief stint (10 years) as a librarian up in Seattle, which led her to computers. Her investments have allowed Pakpao to explore this growing interest in technology which means she's spent loads of time in Silicon Valley and the Pacific Northwest resulting in her being rather a jack of all
trades with computers but networking is what she does, that and harbor a certain resentment/loathing for Bill Gates whom she wishes would get a decent hair cut.
Odd Questions(To help define your character)
1. A stranger at a bar offers your character a drink, what is a typical response? If it's a good drink (aka one she likes) they get a smile and a short nod inviting them over, if it sucks they get 'the look' and the drink sent back (this is assuming she is in a normal frame of mind)
2. Your character finds a lost child alone on the streets. What do they do? Looks around for a reasonably responsible looking/non-sicko adult to pawn the kid off on, failing that she'll take the kid to the cops
3. A bar fight erupts in the nightclub your character is in, what do they do? Kick back and watch while protecting her drink/smoke, no point ruing her fun for theirs, making the occasional witty comment to whomever she is sitting next to.
4.What animal does your character most identify with?
OOC Info:
Player name (online is fine) Michelle (or Mike whatever)
Other Characters you play none
How you came to SA (Other board, friend, etc) Rae