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Katy's Profile
CHARACTER INFORMATION Real Name: Katheryn Wilson Nicknames/Aliases: Katy, Kitty(hates that name) Species: Lycanthrope Gender: female Age: 25 Physical Description: Katy has medium length brown hair, not too long, but definitely long enough to pull back in a pony tail. She has alert hazel eyes that change color with the colors of the clothes she wears. She has a thin body build and stands at about five feet and seven inches. She weighs at about 135 lbs. She also looks younger than her age of a quarter of a century, but she is certainly more knowledgeable than her assumed age. Unique Features: She had a number of freckles sprinkled on her body. She also always wears her mother's wedding ring around her neck on a chain of stainless steal (originally the ring was made of silver, but her father had the diamond reset in white gold so it wouldn't be poisonous anymore before she went to college). Date of Birth: May 30, 1982 Birth Location: San Diego, California Blood Family: Father: Charles (Charlie) Wilson; Mother: Isabella Álvarez (deceased); older brother: Aarón Wilson. Residence: Helicharis Residing With: no one yet Profession(s) Held: none Employment: none Physical Strengths: She is certainly stronger than most people would assume because of her smaller frame and build thanks to the were in her. She can also run very fast. She basically has all the extra physical upgrades that come with being infected with the were-virus. Physical Weaknesses: She obviously can't handle silver and is highly allergic to it. She is also weakened by most things that would hurt any other human, but it's to a lesser scale. Magical Abilities: None really to speak of aside from her ability to turn into a werewolf. Personal Skills & Training: Since having been turned, she's learned to partially control the wolf within her. She's balanced the wild other self within her with years of practice. She can remain concious over decisions made when the wolf takes over as long as she doesn't feel threatened. Otherwise she might fall to complete instinct. Also during her college years, she took various forms of martial arts such as Taekwondo in attempts to wear the agression of the wolf in her down. She also learned meditation techniques like Taichi and Yoga. Personal Weaknesses: She's very emotional when she sees mother-daughter situations. She's very sensitive to that because of the loss of her own mother at a very young age. She can also be pretty short tempered. She's also scared of losing those close to her as she has no idea what happened to her family. Personality: Katy's personality ranges from being eccentric about what she wears, to being overly protective of those she's come to care about. She can have a pretty harsh temper that can leave her at a loss for what to say. She tries to be friendly, but living alone with two men (her father and brother) for most of her life has left her with the tendency to play devil's advocate. She's also pretty competitive and likes to win. Her brother used to say to her that she was more like a boy than she was a girl. Needless to say that used to cause fights. Katy also loves trying different styles in clothes. She's played with different subculture's fashions since she was a teenager, and she doesn't really see the need to stop now. She loves sweet things like pastries and candy. She has always had a warm heart, it's just that she kind of needs to get to know the person and understand their intentions before she can feel justified into letting them into her world.  History: Katy Wilson was born on a sunny morning in San Diego, California to her parents Isabella and Charles. Her father, who normally went by Charlie, was overjoyed to have a little baby girl and was protective of her the second she was born. Her mother Isabella was happy to have her second child and was quite glad it was over with. She truly just wanted to go back home with her family, but due to complications this time, she was required to remain in the hospital for a week afterward. At the age of five, Katy's older brother Aarón was not as happy as his parents to see to the new addition to the family, and it took him a lot longer to warm up to what he thought was an intruder. The story of this family reached over two continents. Charlie had actually been a traveling photographer before he had met the woman who was destined to be his wife. While on an extended assignment in Argentina, he found himself wandering through the hot streets of Buenos Aries trying to document what he could of the war torn country without being detained by the military police himself. He was very wary, as it was 1975, and about the time that people who didn't agree with the government started to disappear... He was walking through the streets blending in, which was easier in Argentina than in some other Spanish speaking countries, and it helped that he spoke the language. He stopped when he heard music that seemed to thrive and grow in the impossible heat of the night, and he made his way toward the small bar of it's origin. He walked in the establishment, his hair matted on his neck, and found not relief from the heat as it seemed to be even warmer within. Then he saw her. Her dark hair was swept up from her back and she wore a dress that seemed to sizzle as she moved through the sensual dance she performed with her partner. Charlie couldn't take his eyes off of her and moved toward the bar ordering a cold beer. He watched as the couple danced on the wooden floor and drank the beer in an attempt to cool his feverish body. The girl was pressed against her partner, whom Charlie barely gave any notice, and suddenly her eyes left those with whom she danced to stare back into Charlie's wide amazed eyes. After that night they had become practically inseparable. Her name was Isabella and she told him of the military coups, and what was starting to happen to people in her country, and she told him of the tango, the dance she had been performing the night they had met. After that Charlie took pictures of her dancing, annoyed that he just couldn't capture the image he recalled from that first night. Things in Argentina went from bad to worse as more an more people were being abducted. Isabella was in danger because her family was decidedly against the government's actions toward the people. Before anything could happen to her or him for that matter, Charlie and Isabella decided to leave and go to America. They miraculously made it out and got to California. They were married and settled in San Diego. In 1977 Aarón was born to the happy couple and they fell into routine of normal American life. Charlie started to work taking pictures for newspapers and to a lesser extent some paparazzi-like jobs. Isabella started to teach people dancing from her homeland, and encouraged Aar n's creativity. Everything was fairly normal, 5 years later Katy was born to the family, and for another four years the growing family was living their version of the American dream. But all good things eventually come to an end, or a stand still at least. When Katy was about four a horrible accident happened. Isabella was involved in a hit and run accident while walking to the day care where Aarón waited after school with little Katy for their mother to come pick them up and take them to the market to buy food for dinner that night. She was hit by a car that was being chased by the police and was rushed to the hospital where they did the best they could to save her. Charlie was pacing frantically in the waiting room with the children when the doctor came out to tell him that his wife wouldn't make it. The family was devastated, but as time wore on, they eventually moved on in sorts. Aarón who was a very sensitive boy went through various stages as a teenager: punk, goth ,player, etc. He eventually found acting as an outlet for his feelings and he continued with it. Katy, who had always adored her older brother, especially after their mother's death, tried her best to become a little carbon copy of her brother. When Katy turned was about to turn fourteen, her father dropped a bomb on the family. They would be moving to Colorado. Aarón who was in full swing of his later rebellious teenaged years was dead set against it, and the news had hit Katy with a wave of apathy. Their father had turned back toward the art side of his work, and had grown tired of the place that constantly reminded him of the woman he had lost. He told them he wanted to take pictures of nature, and it had never been in him to stay in one place for very long before he met their mother anyways. Inevitably, even thought they fought over it every night, the family was packed up and moved to the mountainous state. Their father had bought a small ranch about five miles from the nearest town and life changed dramatically for them once again. Katy became used to the long quiet walks and climate change, and Aarón left for school. Their father captured beautiful images that he sent back to his agent in California who would then put the collection in galleries. It was during the holidays of Katy's 17th year that another big change hit the family. Since Halloween there had been growing rumors a giant wolf in the area. There had certainly been large amount of animal carcases found close to where people lived. Most logical thinking people thought it must be a bear getting too close to human habitats, but by the time Halloween had come and left with no bear sightings some superstitious people were whispering werewolves. It didn't help quiet the whispers that at certain times during month, such as when the moon was waxing close to full, one could sometimes hear the howl of what must have been a large wolf. Aarón had come home that holiday from school, sporting a mohawk this time, and while their father was in town, Katy and her bother decided to take a walk through the woods near their property. It was evening and they were both wearing thick jackets to protect against the cold and Katy had taken a torch just in case it got too dark. The moon had come out as they walked and that was when they came across what looked like a fresh kill. Katy covered her nose and mouth trying to protect against the smell, whereas Aarón became curious and moved closer to the ripped up carcass. The hidden predator saw Aarón's growing interest in it's kill, and it snarled. It wouldn't allow either of these intruders to take it's food. In a flash of power and fur, the monster leaped from the shadows and landed on Aarón, biting his arm through the thermal layers of his coat, skin, and tissue. Katy screamed removing the monster's attention from her brother on to her. The animal looked like a giant wolf, but it was getting up, and standing up right. Katy's eyes widened in shock and fear. Her next movements were complete instinct. Get far away from the threat, as far as she could. She ran. Bolting through the woods, trying to dodge branches and roots that seemed to seek to want to slow her down. She could hear the wolf-thing panting behind her. Her mind didn't want to make the connection of a werewolf. Those things didn't exist and this much just be a horrible nightmare. This certainly brought knew meaning to the song "Hungry Like the Wolf" her hysteric brain thought. She almost wanted to laugh. There was no way Katy could out run the monster behind her, and she and Aarón had walked for a few miles away from their home. The animal-like thing grabbed her back by the hood of her jacket and pulled her back, making her fall on to the hard ground. It dragged her toward it, picked her up, and bit into her shoulder. Katy just knew she was going to die then as the pain blackened the edges of her vision, when the sound of a gun shot was heard near by. The monster dropped her into a heap on the ground and bolted. Katy barely heard the second shot as it rang through the air above her. She could feel the blood making the tattered bits of her coat sticky and it felt cold as it seeped into the cloth. She felt so sleepy, and it hurt so much, and she just shut her eyes as she heard someone calling out...something. When Katy woke up she was in her room. She sat up slowly because just opening her eyes had made her feel dizzy. She got out of bed and started to put on her soft green bathrobe on, when she looked in the mirror. On her right shoulder were bandages, bloody bandages. She had hoped that it was just a nightmare. But if it wasn't a nightmare, then what had happened to Aarón? She burst out of her room calling for her dad and stopped short when she noticed a her father, brother (who wore a bandage that covered his whole forearm), and a woman she had never seen before sitting at their dinning room table. The woman had a shot gun strapped to her back, and Katy soon learned that this woman was what was called preternatural and had been tracking what was apparently a manic werewolf, or lycanthrope as she had called it. She explained to the Wilson family what had happened to them, and what might happened to Katy and Aarón by the next full moon. Charlie was a little skeptical, but he couldn't deny something had attacked his kids. So they would have to wait till the next month to see what would happen. But life went on for that month and the family stayed really close to each other, not going into town for much aside from food and other necessary things. As the time for the full moon came closer and closer, Katy started to feel incredibly anxious. She could see it in her brother too. And when it happened, it was violent, and scary. Katy was terrified after the first time the wolf took over her. She was unconscious of what was happening, but unable to recall her actions from that night at all. She just remembered a lot of pain and screaming before her memory went black. The woman had stayed in town and had come back to help Charlie keep his children under control assuming they changed. She promised she wouldn't kill them, unless she was forced to. Katy and Aarón were enclosed in a very sturdy barn that had been built on the ranch with the doors re-enforced to keep them inside. When the night was over and the kids were back to normal, a decision was made. Katy was pulled out of school and her last year of high school was done at home. With much difficulty, Charlie was able to get Aarón to take the next semester off from school, which he never ended up going back to finish. Katy didn't want to have so much loss of control happen to her again once every month for the rest of her life. The woman had introduced Katy and her brother to an older were who lived deeper in the woods after their initial change and he helped them learn techniques to control their inner beasts. He became a mentor to two new lycans and encouraged them to not look at it as a handicap, but instead as something unique about them now. Even with much dedication, it took Katy around three years to begin to acquire some say over the wolf inside of her. She also graduated from high school then, and decided she wanted to go to college. Her father was concerned, but she convinced him she had in under control and would stay fairly near home. She also continued balancing mental exercise to control her wolf and school work. She had little time for a social life, but she did find some time to take classes that focused on centering the mind, like martial arts, Yoga, and Taichi. For her brother it was harder to maintain any sort of control for long periods. His mind wandered easily and he didn't seem up to the task. He still had little control over his wolf. Katy went to the University of Colorado at Boulder and majored in journalism and minored in photography. She wanted to follow in her father's footsteps and after college she left home to travel the world for a few years. She didn't quite make it through seeing the whole world, or at least all of the countries she wanted to see. She was stuck in Greece when the virus and the wars broke out. Katy hasn't been able to get in contact with her father or brother since the world ended so to speak, but the last time she spoke to them was when she had got into her hotel in Greece, so they knew the last place she was. But there must have been some luck about being in the Mediterranean during the outbreak, because she was able to find out about the haven called Elysium. |  twittermyspacelayoutprofile codes | |||||||||