Ned Havighurst

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Name: Ned Havighurst
Gender: Male
Age: 18
Grade: 12
School: George Hunter High
Hobbies and Interests: Nu metal, working out, reading books, music festivals

Appearance: Ned is 6'0" tall and weighs 184 pounds. The results of his exercising is visible in his toned muscles. In school his facial expression is often grumpy or cold, but when he is happy enough to show some teeth with a big wide smile, they are slightly yellow. He has a swimmer's build.

While his muscular arms would normally be relatively hairy, he tries to shave them weekly to appear better. He also has his red-brown, square goatee, he maintains every third day. Because of the beard he also appears older. His naturally red hair is cut to a buzz cut. He has brown eyes and bushy eyebrows, his skin is light and his face is diamond-shaped. He also regularly wears his black classic wayframe glasses.

He also has a mole on the back of his head that is sometimes visible through his hair. He usually wears henleys or flannel shirts with jeans. On the day of abduction he wore a red flannel shirt with light-blue jeans. Underneath it he wears a white tank top. His left arm is full of festival bracelets.

Biography: Ned was born to Eddie Havighurst and his wife Adriana in Chattanooga. Eddie is a carpenter who was born in Macon but moved to Chattanooga for his apprenticeship, Adriana is a Chattanooga-born cashier. They met each other through a dating website. Both worked enough together to make ends meet and could afford having a child. They are a loving family and take care of Ned. Their relationship is good.

In elementary Ned was a lonely kid, often playing by himself in the breaks. The teachers, having noticed, said he appeared to be alone all of the time and encouraged him to interact more with his classmates. Ned listened to the teachers and began to play more with his classmates. He enjoyed playing sports with the other kids and in the course of his school career he tried out different kind of sports and enjoys most of them.

A big part of his family is also his dog, Joey, who he has owned since he was twelve. Ned loved dogs since his childhood and loved to visit Eddie's mother Josephine, who owned a dog too. Ned wanted his parents to have a dog too, and eventually his parents decided to give him a dog as a birthday present that also would give the young Ned more responsibility. Ned enjoys taking care of Joey and Joey makes Ned happy; Ned considers their companionship as a friendship.

Ned grew up with Iron Maiden as both Eddie and Adriana have been big fans of the band and metal in general. In his early teenage years he also was introduced to Linkin Park whose style of music he really enjoyed because of the songs filled with energy but also with emotional lyrics. He soon discovered more nu metal bands like for example Limp Bizkit and would regularly visit Off The Record to discover more metal or rock records. His current favourite band is System of a Down, as he enjoys the sound of their albums and also because he loves the political messages they have since his political views are identical to theirs. He specifically likes their criticism on US politics, he himself is not a big fan of, specifically the politics of Canon and McAllister. He wants to have a fair world and wants to protect and support the weak. In his daily life he wants to act accordingly.

His enjoyment of physical activity holds on to this day as in his free time Ned likes to work out. He regularly visits the gym, three to four times a week, mainly working out in row machines and weights. He likes to burn off his energy and it makes him feel better about himself. In the gym he also got closer with some classmates he knows from school. Ned only has a close group of friends he regularly sees, as he is still someone who prefers to be alone in his free time, as sometimes social interaction feels exhausting to him.

Ned is proud of his body and sometimes posts selfies of himself on instagram to boost his ego - most of the pictures being without his glasses as he does not like wearing them.

When Ned has enough money he loves to go to festivals and concerts to watch his favourite bands perform live. He has a collection of all of his festival bracelets and proudly wears them. During festivals he likes to meet new people and talk to them as he is having a good time there. He also likes to drink alcoholic drinks there that he gets from friends who are older than him. He enjoys being drunk as he is most often more happy and talkative and finds it more easy to talk to strangers.

Ned is not exactly shy, but is very careful of his words and values politeness. He is a rather relaxed person who likes to do things on his own and do things his way. In school he is not a talkative fellow as he is very thoughtful and careful of his words, though he is not afraid to speak up if a weaker student is threatened. Some kids respect him for committing himself for others, especially for weaker students who cannot verbally defend themselves, when there is either a debate going on or when there is bullying involved.

There is no school subject he struggles with as he is a very focused student. Aside from PE, Ned favours English classes as he loves literature in general. He is reading a lot of books in his free time - ranging from classic novels to books about how to train your body to entertaining books like thrillers. He also likes poetry and recently discovered different forms of performance poetry such as slam poetry or dub poetry. His favourite poet is Benjamin Zephaniah and he is a fan of him as person and his views on various subjects as well.

After high school Ned aspires to become a social worker as he wants to have a job that can help people in need.

Advantages: Ned is an athletic fellow who is strong and may appear threatening. He also is a confident and careful person who would be able to lead a group.
Disadvantages: He only has a selected group of people he would trust and is nearsighted.