Planeteer Pt. 2: Character Profiles

[Nizhoni Asdza]

Forgive me for taking the liberty of making this thread, Yorkie C, but I imagine it'll be easier to keep up with our characters out of the way of the rest of the Planeteer chatter. Eventually we may even want to move this to Randomville.

So..hopefully with Yorkie C's blessing...the rest of the Planeteers can post their C information here. Here goes...

Name: Nizhoni Asdza

Age: 23

Sex: Female

Nationality: Native American- Mojave/Iroquois/Diné

Element: Water

Skills: Fishing, hunting, gardening, swimming, sandpainting, natural healing, weaving

Personality: Quiet and thoughtful from an early age, Nizhoni has always seemed much older than her years. An unquenchable desire to learn and endless curiosity made her a favorite of the tribe's Elders and she studied under them to attain skills used by both the men and the women of the Diné. Although she serves as a friend and confidant to nearly everyone in her adopted family (the Navajo/Diné), only her late father could claim to have known Nizhoni completely. She rarely- if ever- speaks of or displays her own emotions, though she carries a sadness with her that she cannot hide entirely. She has become even more withdrawn since the recent death of her father. As much as she enjoys the company of her tribe, Nizhoni is often drawn away from them on long, solitary walks through the woods and late night dips in local waterholes. Regardless of her occasional need for isolation, Nizhoni is fiercely loyal to her family and friends. She is observant and intuitive, often knowing what they need before they know it themselves. Short of anything happening to her loved ones, Nizhoni's faith in Fate makes her fearless and, in some cases, reckless. She is often accused of being too brave for her own good. Still, she will continue to live and do as she sees fit with only moderate concern for the danger in it.

History: Christened Oniatario, or 'sparkling water' in her native Oneidan, she was one of identical twins born to No-cha and Odatshedoh. When No-cha was shunned by her people, the Mojave, for betraying their customs and taking an Iroquois lover out of marriage, she and Odatshedoh left their home on the reservation in western Arizona to start a life together. Lacking trust for "white" doctors, No-cha does her best to care for herself and the babies growing inside her at home when she becomes pregnant shortly after their departure from her tribe. Unforeseen medical conditions, however, lead to problems during labor and Odatshedoh is forced to rush her to the nearest hospital. Although she manages to deliver both twins alive, No-cha dies of severe blood loss after holding them for the first time. With her death, No-cha's fears are realized. The hospital's staff refuse to release the recovering newborns to their father and, instead, call social services to seize custody. Drowning in grief and terrified that the rest of his family will be taken away, Odatshedoh manages to escape with the healthier of his two girls as she is kept in the nursery and not the intensive care unit, unlike her sister.

With nowhere to go and little money to get there, the heartbroken Iroquoian heads South until he finds himself in Diné Bikéyah (Navajo Country) where he and Oniatario are welcomed with open arms. They eventually settle in Tó Likan (Sweet Water), New Mexico on the Diné reservation. To thank the Navajo for their kind hospitality, Odatshedoh adopts their ways and teaches all he has learned of the Diné, as well as the Iroquois and the Mojave, to his daughter. He never gives up the search for little Onotah, who he could not rescue from the hospital, but after a number of trips to the area and despite help from his new tribe members, he turns up nothing on her whereabouts. To keep the memory of her late mother and missing twin alive, Odatshedoh speaks of them often so that Oniatario can know and miss them as he does.

At fifteen and considered a woman in both body and mind, Oniatario was given her new Navajo title of Nizhoni Asdza. Content with her life among the Diné, she too felt the loss of her twin and longed for the day when she could begin her own search for Onotah. It was for the simple fact that she promised her father that she started her two year degree at Diné College in Tóhní, New Mexico before setting out to find her. Just two months shy of her graduation, however, she received word that her father was dying of undiscovered cancer. Nizhoni returned home immediately and spent the next year at his side, caring for him until his death at 48. She would remain with her tribe for the seven months following his passing until her return to college. With a degree behind her and an unexplained need for blood-family, Nizhoni took on numerous part-time jobs to support herself while actively hunting for Onotah. She will continue the search until she can return to her people with her twin at her side.

[Talisen Phoenix]

Name: Aleksei Mischavitch

Age: 23

Sex: Male

Nationality: Russian

Element: Wind

Skills: Programming, Multimedia, Graphic Design, Art

Personality: Aleksei is a natural born leader, While he is quick to temper, he is generally calm and collected, very analytical, he was too young to be affected by the soviet collapse, his memory of life is Modern Moscow.

History: Aleksei for the most part, had a standard, uneventful life. Apart from growing up on the tough urban streets of Moscow, his family was always well off, living in the better areas of Moscow, even these districts had its fair share of crime however. Alek's father died of a heart attack when Alek was 14, he more or less raised his two brothers, taking care of him mother when he could. Things however turned south when Alek was 21, his mother took her two youngest boys to visit her sister who lived in Beslan, North Ossetia. She was a teacher working at the local School. Fate struck and the school was infamously sieged by Muslim extremist terrorist. Alek's Mother, Aunt and two brothers were murdered.

After years of depression, Alek finally overcome it and went to school to study Computing where he is currently a student.

[Moridanu]

Name: Emma Whitmore (Indian Name: Onotah (of the earth) )

Age:23

Sex: Female

Nationality: Native American- Mojave/Iroquois

Element: Earth

Skills: Extremely self sufficient, Emma is skilled in carpentry, gardening, cooking, sewing, and making shoes, meals and clothing from natural materials. Emma is also highly skilled with her kit of throwing knives she bought from a pawn shop for her eighteenth birthday.''

Personality: Shy and introverted, Emma prefers the company of plants and animals over humans, particularly white people and their culture. She has a deep hatred for people that she feels are abusing the planet with polloution. She has no friends and no family, though she is in fact a twin to a sister she does not know she has.


History:

*Emma knows nothing of her Native American culture as she was seized by the Department of Family and Childrens services while still a baby. Her first few months were fairly safe, as she was taken in by a kind woman who christened her Emma Whitmore. Unfortunately, Emma lost her surrogate mother a few months later, when she died of a stroke, causing Emma to get lost in the “system”. Raised by various white foster parents throughout her childhood, her first “foster family” comprised of a disgusting pig of a man, his timid wife and their bully of a son who made Emmas life a living hell whenever her “father” left her alone for long enough. As soon as she was old enough, he began to teach the young girl how to pleasure him, even though the act made her physically gag. Over time, she learned to step outside of her body whenever his dirty fingers found her young flesh, and she thought nothing of the fact that she could escape in her mind to a place of rolling green mountains and large open fields. While horrifying acts were performed upon her body, her spirit soared as she ran with a pack of wolves through a wooded hinterland. The only thing that saved her sanity during these dark years were the nearby woods that stood to the rear of the property. Although it comprised of barely thirty trees, to Emma it was a haven of greenery and she often hid amongst the foliage whenever she managed to escape from her “father” and “brother”.

Finally, at the age of ten, a routine visit by her social worker proved advantageous as her most recent bruises were still visible. Upon closer examination, her various wounds were discovered and the level of abuse she had had to endure was slowly revealed. The social worker removed her from her “family” and Emma thought her life would finally get better. If anything, it got worse. One by one, every white person that was given custody of her abused or exploited her in some way. The next eight years passed in a blur of pain, torture, sadness, and a deep sense of lonliness and longing. She continuously felt that half of her was missing, though she had no idea that she was in fact missing her twin sister.

As soon as she able, both physically as well as legally, Emma emancipated herself at the age of 17 and has been on her own ever since. Having had no further luck at associating with society, Emma has in fact shunned suburbia, preferring to live in a small cottage/shack she has built herself over the years. The cottage is located deep within the woods and is virtually hidden from anyone and everyone. With her own herbs, fruit and vegetables growing in her garden, Emma proved purely self sufficient, only venturing into town when she was running low on other supplies she could not grow on her land.

She lives as a hermit and as literally no human contact, which is just the way she prefers it to be.*



((Ill be adding more to this as I go.. but this is a good start I spose..))

[Mina Sylis Sunuki]

Name: Olivia Flores

Age: 23

Sex: Female

Nationality: Mexican

Element: Fire

Skills: Cooking, and plays the violin.

Personality: Olivia isn't much of a talker, but shy. She rather be a follower than a leader. She has a bit of a temper though, as in her latina background. She loves to argue when her point doesn't go across.

History: Olivia was born and raised in Merced, CA. She grew up on the getto side of Merced, and loves to travel. She cannot really stay in one spot for more than a couple of years once she turned 19. She's been all over the US by the time she turned 23. Her favorite place to go is Wyoming, where she can just sit and relax, and go camping in Custer, South Dekota.

Olivia grew up in a traditional Mexican family. Her mother taught her how to cook, usually she ends up cooking for her mother, step-father, and four brothers. She felt relieved when all of her brothers but one moved on and had a family of their own.

Olivia's father died when Olivia was three years old. Her mother hired a man, by the name of Ugene to take care of Olivia and her brother. That's another reason why Olivia cannot speak spanish, is because while Ugene raised the two, he only spoke english since whe was a white man.

Olivia began playin the vilion when she reached fifth grade. ANd she stuck to it till present time. However, her violin was destroyed by a little boy, and now Olivia is devistated at the fact that he destroyed it, and it cost lots of money to repair it, and she has no funds to do so since she's without a job and currently going to school working on her degree in Human Services.

Now, it so happens that Olivia and her boyfriend went to Santa Cruz for a little trip, and that's when everything started to happen. This is where she's at now, and this is where her life will change, and become a planeteer.

[The Joshness ™]

Name: Tyler Marx
Age: 19

Sex: Male

Nationality: American

Element: Heart

Skills: Skilled in nonlethal combat, psychology, and first aid.

Personality: He’s often angry, always commenting sarcastically about something to someone. He also doesn’t like apologies or letting too many things go. He is self-efficient in most way, in the ways he’s not it doesn’t bother him all that much. Due to his raising, he often says things with double if not triple meanings. Making it difficult to communicate with others.

History: Born and raised in Jacksonville, a city in Florida. He’s never been too much a team playe at anything all his life. He wasn’t accepted by most of his real fathers family because of the mysterious reason for him and his mom splitting up, so he was forced to deal with only his moms side. Which wasn’t pleasant at all. The family was in constant feud so he never found any peace on the good ole homestead, but lucky for him we took to the streets rather well. But some bad chemical exposure as a kid had always left him a little more…off than most people. He could find his way into any building, out of any situation and practically away from anything chasing him. But he couldn’t do math to save his life. By the time he hit his teens he was already a master at reading peoples emotions and nearly reading their minds, the constant war of family forced that on him. Otherwise he couldn’t have ever understood what anyone really meant.

He had all but dropped out of school, using it as an escape from his family for most of the day and then wandering the town seeing the nightlife when the sun went down. Him and a few of his friends had taken up Bokken fighting, a form of martial arts where instead of using real swords you used wooden trianing swords. They used this, HE used this as a major relief of inner struggles and pains. And as his mother surely wouldn’t provide him with any medical attention, he quickly learned how to reset broken bones, sprains, and sew up his own cuts. Not a bad thing, but what 14 year old should have to use a sewing needle and fishing string to give himself stitches for a cut get received from falling off the roof of a warehouse he was breaking into? Either way, he grew up fast and basically became a level headed stoner, and had been taking college courses in psychology, as he is utterly fascinated in the mental structure of the human race. In the last year or so, Tyler has been getting strangely inept at peoples problems, their emotions. Its starting to drive him up the wall.