Amelia Fischer

[Tonyksin]

Name: Amelia Fischer
Gender: Female
Age: 18
Grade: 12th
School: George Hunter High School
Hobbies and Interests: Astrology, Astronomy, Tarot Cards, Aliens and the Supernatural, Drawing

Appearance: Amelia is, in most respects, a traditionally good looking girl. She stands at a height of 5’6” and weighs 115 lbs, being a very lanky and thin girl. Her hair is straight and black, hanging around shoulder-length when let down, but she usually keeps it tied up in a messy bun. Her eyes are wide-set and a very dark brown, so dark that from a distance they can be mistaken for black, with long eyelashes. She has naturally thin brows, so she tends to thicken them a bit with makeup. Her eyes always have a droopy, far-off look to them, as if she’s lost in a daydream constantly. She has a small, Germanic nose and full pouty lips that she usually covers with a dark purple shade of lipstick. Her ears suit her face proportionally, and are adorned with silver moon-shaped earrings. The only other jewelry Amelia wears is a simple silver chain with a gold star charm, and a brown woven rope bracelet around her left wrist that her grandmother made her. Her nails are kept short and painted black, with a star design on the thumb of each hand. She is rather pale, and it stands out all the more with her dark hair and wardrobe. She has a style all her own, usually wearing outfits that can be considered unstylish and bland. On the day of the abduction, Amelia is wearing a simple overly long white button-down blouse with a collar, with an oversized black sweater with a Van Gogh’s starry night theme over it. On her legs she wears black leggings, and has black combat boots on her feet.

Biography: Amelia was born on February 21st, 2000, to Harmony Fischer in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Harmony was left by Amelia’s unnamed father when she became pregnant while living in Chicago when she was 27. According to Harmony, the two were only acquaintances who made a mistake one drunken night, and when she approached him about her pregnancy, he refused to take responsibility and avoided all contact with her. Knowing that she would be hard pressed to raise a child she hardly wanted on her own, Harmony reluctantly moved back to Chattanooga so that her parents could help her during her pregnancy, and help take care of Amelia after she was born. Harmony and her parents were estranged before this, as Karl and Maggie Fischer were flower children of the 70s, and were hard pressed to leave the decade behind. Harmony on the other hand was studious and cold, doing her best to escape what she viewed as a torturous youth by taking the first chance she had to escape the duo when she was younger. Harmony went to school for political science, and while in Chicago was working under the political campaign of the current governor. Her pregnancy and need to move home stalled her career briefly, but only a few years after Amelia was born, she was contacted by an old co-worker and offered a position on the staff of a member of the US Consulate in France. Desperate for the opportunity to once again escape her parents, and to escape the role of motherhood that she never wanted, she immediately accepted the job, abandoning Amelia to live in her parents’ care indefinitely, making her parents Amelia’s legal guardians before leaving for France. Since her departure, Harmony has had no contact with her daughter or her parents, leaving all three to wonder what became of her.

Amelia was only three years old when her mother left, so she has hardly any memories of the woman. Instead her grandparents served the role of raising the child, but where her mother felt tortured by her parents’ Wiccan lifestyle and morals, Amelia felt very connected to the spirituality and message of the culture. Karl and Maggie came from German and English roots respectively, but even they were never told who Amelia’s father was, so the rest of her lineage is a mystery. As far as work was concerned, Amelia’s grandparents owned a small Wicca-based shop in the city called Harmony’s Hearth, where they sold all kinds of spiritual paraphernalia like therapy crystals, incense, and hemp accessories. Maggie also teaches a hot yoga class on the side three days a week. Even being in their late 60s when Amelia entered high school, the two had the energy and looks of folks 15-20 years younger. Amelia and her grandparents are very close, and they completely support Amelia, and were instrumental in fostering her curiosity and imagination. Her grandfather was also the one to spark the flame of her obsession with space and astrology.

When Amelia was 7 years old, Karl began to take her out late at night to look at the stars through his telescope. He taught Amelia all about the constellations and the planets, and showed her that there was more to world around her than just what she could see around her. Over the years, the two would study star signs and astrology together, and as she grew, Karl made sure to not only teach her about the universe, but to also give it a spiritual significance. Amelia became very interested in studying the star and moon signs, and used it as a way to study the people around her as well, believing that she could know the core of a person based on astrology alone. Her interest in space and the universe only served to grow as she aged, and when she began to wonder about life outside of earth, her grandparents instilled their own beliefs in her, that we couldn’t possibly be alone in the universe, if only because it was so vast. Amelia’s own interests began to divulge from purely astrology, and in her spare time found herself studying texts on astronomy and becoming more invested in the more factual aspects of space, especially finding herself drawn to star charts. When Karl learned her interests had developed, he began to teach her what he knew of the subject as well, and the two continued to find common ground and bond over the stars. As Amelia had never known either of her parents really (and her grandparents made up many excuses as to why her mother had never made contact with them again), Amelia began to convince herself that perhaps her mother had been taken by alien lifeforms. Not only that, but she began to swear up and down that because of this, it could possibly mean that her father, who no one had any information on whatsoever, may potentially have been abducted by aliens himself. When she was young, her grandparents found her imaginative delusion to be better than the harsh reality, and allowed their grandchild to live in the fantasy. As Amelia got older, these thoughts and rationales only got stronger, and by the time she was in high school, she believed it to be an undisputed fact. Sadly, by this time, Karl and Maggie had lost control of the situation, and simply would hush their granddaughter when she brought up her claims, especially when they were in public, laughing them off as an overactive imagination.

While Karl gave Amelia a passion for the universe, Maggie gave her a passion for their Wiccan culture. Maggie is a firm believer in the supernatural and psychic abilities, both her and her husband being Wiccan practitioners. When Amelia was thirteen years old she went through a rite of passage within her grandparents’ coven in order to be indoctrinated into the faith. During this ceremony, she was bestowed a Craft name, to be used within her coven and as a protection against outsiders. Due to her love of the stars and universe, Amelia was granted the craft name of Nebula. Said coven was a small congregation, with only twenty-four members besides the Fischers themselves, with a range of ages from Amelia’s age to her grandparents’ age. The closest members of the coven age-wise to Amelia were a pair of twins, two boys named Rowan and Aiden, a few years older than her whose parents were close friends to the Fischers, so whenever the coven would meet for important holidays or services, she often found herself spending the most time with the twins. Many of the other families in the coven lived outside the city limits, so often Amelia and her Grandparents would take day trips out to other congregants’ homes for enjoyable social visits. In a way, Amelia felt as if every member of the coven was like family. However, being located in the middle of Tennessee, Wiccan practices were heavily looked down upon, and as such, the coven did its best to keep itself self-contained and secretive as a means of protection.

Not only did Amelia find herself very at home spiritually with her culture, but found herself drawn to other elements of the supernatural, like Tarot card reading. In their shop, her grandmother would offer psychic readings with her cards every Tuesday, and Amelia found herself fascinated by the art. As she grew, her grandmother would give her lessons on the Tarot, and teach her how to read the messages the cards gave. On her sixteenth birthday, because of her growing spirituality (in her grandmother’s words), Maggie gifted her granddaughter with her own personal Tarot set, each card hand-painted by a member of their coven to reflect Amelia’s spirit and love of outer space. This deck is one of Amelia’s most treasured possessions, and she keeps it on her person at all times. Amelia enjoys giving her close friends free readings to help her keep up with her craft. She often does this during lunchtime at school, or when her friends come to visit her at her grandparents’ shop, where she helps out some days after school.

As far as school is concerned, Amelia isn’t exactly in the top percentile of her class. She tends to daydream a lot, and is more concerned with doodling aliens in her notebooks than actually paying attention in class or studying. Therefore, Amelia’s grades are on the lower end of the spectrum, mostly falling in the C- to C+ range, with the occasional D, to her grandparents’ woe. The only class that she finds herself extraordinarily focused and comfortable in is her art class, where she unfortunately still retains a steady C+. It would be an A, according to her teacher, but she consistently draws whatever she feels like instead of following the prompt or assignment. If it wasn’t for how stunning her art turned out, Mr. Clarke would have failed her on every assignment, as he’s made clear to her on many occasion. Amelia found her niche in her paintings, especially when using oils and charcoal. As for her social life, Amelia doesn’t have too many close friends, being able to count on one hand the people she feels closest to. Amelia tends to be a bit odd, which tends to keep most people away from her. Even those who would normally bully a girl like her tend to lose interest eventually, because Amelia is quite unconcerned that they are making fun of her, and instead happily relays insight into what she’s doing or thinking. Amelia has a tendency for naivety, and is the kind of person to not really look past the surface of other’s actions, and taking people at face value, which has led to her being a prime target for some of the crueler George Hunter High students. Thankfully, she surrounds herself with people much better at picking up on malicious intent, and is protected from the full consequences of her nature. Because of her oddities, she highly unpopular and looked at as a complete weirdo, and if you were to ask Amelia herself, she would completely agree with that sentiment, proud to be strange and someone who walks her own path.

After high school, Amelia has no concrete plans. She applied to the local community college, but mostly plans to help her grandparents at their shop and eventually take it over from them when they can no longer work.

Advantages: Amelia is quite non-threatening, and even being as odd as she is, she should still be able to find herself a group to ally herself with. She also is able to direct herself by reading the stars, so it would be easy for her to navigate the island even without a map.
Disadvantages: Should she fail to find a group, it is highly unlikely that Amelia would be able to defend herself against students willing to play the game on her own. Amelia is also extraordinarily easy to manipulate, as she is quite naive and trusting. Amelia may not be able to accept being trapped on the island, and her delusions and imagination may run wild in an effort to cope.

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Hey Tony! I'll be critiquing Amelia today. She is temporarily DENIED pending some editing and expansion.

First off, let's change "Aliens/Supernatural" to "Aliens and the supernatural" in her list of interests for clarity; "Supernatural" on its own makes me think she's into the TV show rather than generally being interested in otherworldly stuff. I'm also not entirely clear on whether she's into astrology (that is, zodiac signs and their affect on someone's life) or astronomy (the study of space). It seems that it could go either way or even be both, so I'd like to see more detail on that within the biography.

Has Harmony had no contact at all with her parents or daughter since she took her job overseas? Did Amelia's grandparents gain legal custody of her?

How do Amelia's grandparents feel about her convincing herself that her mother was abducted by aliens? It's a pretty out-there belief even for someone who lives an unconventional lifestyle, and it's the kind of thing that people outside her family are likely to call out or challenge if she expresses it, especially her peers. In general Amelia and her grandparents follow beliefs and a lifestyle that are very much outside the norm for Chattanooga, which is located in a predominantly conservative and Christian area; has this caused any issue for them?

Who does the "coven" consist of? Neighbors, family friends, etc.? Are they akin to a church or spiritual group who get together to have services, or do they spend time together more casually? Are there any kids Amelia's age?

How does Amelia remain unaware that she is being picked on? If you'll forgive the pun, she's pretty spacey, but it seems like it'd take a serious lack of emotional intelligence to make it all the way through high school without ever noticing that someone is treating her badly.

What kind of art does Amelia prefer to do, and where does her talent in it lie? Even if she's really good, it'd be hard to actually excel in art class if she consistently does not follow instructions. Do her grandparents care about how bad her grades are?

Amelia's first advantage is worded oddly; as-is, it sounds like she'd be able to find a group of allies because of her reputation rather than in spite of it. The second advantage needs more explanation within the bio, tying back to the comment I made up top about the astrology/astronomy thing.

Her disadvantages also need elaboration. Her personality in general could use some expansion within the bio, and I'm really not sold on the idea that a teenager who knows anything about current events wouldn't understand why they're in an SOTF scenario unless there's something going on mentally that would prevent them from doing so. I'd accept that she may fall into denial to cope or something along those lines, but having no idea why she's there when SOTF is an ongoing and prominent issue in this universe doesn't work.

Spelling and grammar issues:

She has a small, Germanic nose

and while in Chicago was working under the political campaign of the current governor.

Amelia’s grandparents owned a small Wicca-based shop

As Amelia had never known either of her parents

Make those edits and post in here once you're done, and I'll give Amelia another look! Feel free to PM me if you have any questions or concerns.

[Tonyksin]

I think I hit on every point. Let me know if anything needs more expansion.

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Looking better! We still need some minor tweaks with her disadvantages and some grammar issues.

Specifically regarding Amelia being easy to manipulate or overly trusting, I still don't see an explanation of that in the bio. Is it due to her personality and social habits, or perhaps because she's been sheltered in her grandparents' lifestyle? Has it been an issue before? Just a bit of explanation on where this disadvantage comes from will do the trick here.

Spelling and grammar things:

Amelia’s own interests began to divulge from purely Astrology,

The names of subjects such as astrology, astronomy, and art don't need to be capitalized. (Tarot does, however, so good on getting that.)

within her grandparents' coven

the coven did it’s best

Remove the apostrophe here.

I think that should take care of it! Post in here again when you're done with that and Amelia might be ready to go!

[Tonyksin]

Fixed!

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