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Original Characters: Student Council




Name: Rachel Magda Metz
Position: Treasurer
Physical Description: On the tall side (5'10); good legs, buxom. She's been approached to model, but turned it down.
Age: 16
Personality: Rachel is confident, determined, intelligent, a shoot-from-the-hip personality. She likes to get things done; this doesn't mean she's not willing to discuss ideas and tactics, but after a while she tires of the constant talking heads. While she's a good friend, Rachel can run roughshod over people. She doesn't quite understand that not everyone can decide they need to make a change in their lives and then simply do it. Quick-witted, she can hurt people without meaning to... and doesn''t always apologize even when she''s realized it later on.
Intelligence and grades: Mostly Bs; As in the classes she really enjoys
Birthdate: January 8
Duel Rose: Classic red rose
Skills: Organization, research, fencing, swimming, needlepoint. Can speak French, but is rusty.




Character Name: Issac Scranton
Position: President
Physical Description: Tall, rather handsome. He has short, red-brown hair that always looks slightly tousled, and dark green eyes. He has a medium build, and has slender, expressive hands.
Age: 17
Sex: Male
Personality: Issac is charming, courteous, and polite. He is especially polite towards the young ladies, but doesn't necessarily go the chivalrous route. He is glib, and has the sort of personality that draws others towards him. He finds it easy to converse with all varieties of people, and has friends in nearly every social circle.

Issac is also a manipulative, behind-the-scenes string puller who finds it easy to use and discard people as he sees fit. He started out as being a ruthless, practically amoral power-seeker, but events in the school year have begun to make him question his own sense of morality.

Intelligence And Grades: Issac isn't much of a hard worker when it comes to schoolwork, he's quite easy going about it, and tends to procrastinate. He has mostly A's and B's, despite that.
Birthdate: August 15th
Skills: Social activities, track, wrestling, self-defense moves, swimming, puzzle-solving. He was classically taught, and can fluently speak English and Latin. (Has learned other languages, but isn't casually fluent yet.) He also has a fine singing voice. He has learned a style of swordplay under a private instructor.


Name: Maarten Hoffman
Position: Secretary
Physical Description: Pale blonde hair that sometimes looks white in the right lighting. Tall and very well built muscularly, with long legs. Has a bit of a tan to his pale skin from spending so much time outdoors. Eye color is dark blue eyes, close to looking black.
Age: 17
Personality: Formerly arrogant and snide, Maarten has recently been brought down a few pegs through a combination of accidents and targeted bullying as a consequence to previous 'utter b*****d' activity. Maarten is oddly nationalistic for the Netherlands, and tends to be extremely prejudice against anyone resembling a Middle-Easterner. Abusive and abrasive in both actions and words, he can throw his weight around and acts the part of an intelligent bully.

He cannot tolerate weakness in any form, and has a natual tendency to speak his mind, though this has been curbed as a result of his appointment to the Student Council for political reasons. Suspicious of most things, he likes to think something completely through before commiting himself to anything, and will only really do things that will somehow benefit himself. Homophobic.
Intelligence: Straight A's in all classes.
Birthdate: May 7th
Skills: Soccer, academics, physically strong, vicious determination. Soccer takes up most of his time and is the thing he pours himself most deeply into. It is the ONLY sport where he'll show any inclination towards teamwork.


Name: Grietje Smit
Position: Vice President
Physical Description: Razor straight, shining black hair just barely avoids brushing her shoulders. It falls from a center part. She has dark blue eyes that are set a little far back, making her eyes appear even darker at times. Her nose is thin, but her lips are from it, appearing incongrous with the rest of her face. She stands at 5'3" and is otherwise average in her weight and proportions.
Age: 16
Sex: Female
Personality: Greets people with a polite smile that will usually turn warm given a few minutes of a conversation. Can be ambitious for what she feels she deserves and will work hard for it. A self-designed go-getter after her own fashion, this girl all the same likes time to herself and can be seen in the back of the library often reading anything from Greek Tragedies to science fiction to history. She believes very firmly in being well-rounded. While she doesn't talk to everyone, she is polite to most people when not staying out of the way.
Intelligence And Grades: Pretty good. A's and B's. Good in math.
Birthdate: May 14
Skills: Mathematics, logical puzzle games, French, decent at fencing.


Name: Francisca Basilica (formerly known as Adrian Derrick)
Position: Event Planner
Physical Description: Unusually tall, Francisca stands a head above most girls at school and even some guys. Her formerly lanky build has taken on some lean muscle, giving her more strength and endurance than one might assume. Her straight, raven black hair is usually let down, falling to her mid-back. Once a startling icy blue, her eyes have taken on a more desaturated, grayish-blue tone, but when excited, her eyes seem to brighten. Francisca's expression is usually observant and subdued, with a melancholy air that seems to follow her wherever she does. Occasionally she has the strange habit of staring into space at nothing at all, seemingly deep in thought. Now that she's no longer binding her chest, she has (in her opinion) painfully obvious c-cup measurements.
Age: 16
Sex: Female
Personality: A ghost of her former self, Francisca is mostly seen but not heard. She is choosy about her company and feels uncomfortable in groups, particularly when she is the center of attention. Francisca can be authoritative or social when necessary, but the stress leaves her feeling drained and she will usually seek solitude soon afterward. Despite her soft-spoken nature, she is not always as agreeable or mild-mannered as people assume. With increased interaction she may open up and reveal her other side. There are a small handful of people she feels comfortable enough to talk to freely, but for the most part she is overly careful and self-conscious around others. Although a rare smile will sometimes appear on her lips, getting her to laugh aloud may be impossible.
Intelligence And Grades: Straight A's. Her art teacher is pleased that Francisca is has a perfect attendance record, unlike her "cousin," although their grotesque subject matter is strangely similar.
Birthdate: October 31
Duel Rose: Mint Green
Skills: Drawing and Sketching, Carpentry and general handyman work, using mechanical things, planning small structures and reading architectural plans, IT skills, Mathematics, fast reflexes, and women's self defense moves, including some basic karate holds. Has been improving her fencing and working out in her spare time.

Original Characters: Normal Students


Name: Gregor Vissen
Physical Description: Thin and awkward-looking with a medium build, on the shorter side of average height. He has dark brown hair that tends to stick up in places, pale skin, hazel eyes, and a sensitive, angular face.
Age: 14
Sex: Male
Personality: Gregor is reserved and a loner, and feels uncomfortable around other people, especially with women. He's also a little misogynistic. He's very fastidious and quite fussy about his clothing, and works hard to keep his things neat and organized. He's also something of a prude: he finds jokes and discussion about sex to be vulgar. He blushes easily. He's blunt and lacks social skills, and takes himself far too seriously. He doesn't have much of a sense of humor.
Intelligence And Grades: Gregor is very intelligent, but only does the minimum of work to get an A. He barely scrapes by in Physical Education.
Birthdate: September 13th
Skills: He can read very quickly and retain all the information. He also has an extremely good memory, although he's not too good at observing things he finds unimportant.


Name: Dorian Grey
Physical Description: 5'6, thin athletic build, elbow-length dark navy blue hair, drab grey eyes, pale complexion, a lip and several ear piercings, wears a lot of heavy silver jewelry and dark eye make-up.
Age: 17
Sex: Female
Personality: The slightly eccentric Dorian Grey has a flair for the dramatics and her malicious nature leads her to playing pranks around the school. She possesses a lot of street smarts and has an intuitive, cunning, quick witted, open and clever mind. Dorian is perverse when it comes to her comments and jokes among classmates and though she is charming, she prefers to keep people at arms length, granting her with many acquaintances, yet very few friends. She's a cynical realist who is generally unmotivated and apathetic, but when it comes to something she's passionate about - she strives for it with determination.
Intelligence And Grades: Dorian slacks off when it comes to her academics and barely manages passing grades in textbook-heavy courses like math and science. She enjoys the arts and excels in drama, english, music and history. Unless the class interests her, she rarely puts effort into it (or shows up) and receives poor marks as a result. Her grade average often ranges from a C+ to a B+.
Birthdate: October 18th
Duel Rose: N/A
Skills: fencing, insight, theater acting, observant, cunning.




Character Name: Piet Hoekstra
Physical Description: Pink hair, just touching neck. Purple eyes. 5’10; slim build, but strong. People don’t realize how strong until it’s too late.
Age: 16
Sex: Male
Personality: Gregarious, friendly, vengeful. He can “smile and smile and play the villain.” Believes in getting even. Plots can take a long time—sometimes years – to come about.
Intelligence And Grades: Quite intelligent; doesn’t downplay it but doesn’t boast about it either. B student without trying.
Birthdate: November 9
Duel Rose: None
Skills: People skills. Social planning and activities. Soccer. Judo. Painting.


Name: Adelaide Van Heemstra
Physical Description: Curled, brown-violet hair falls down to her waist. It would be called 'beautiful' by some (her parents, actually) if not for the lack of care it receives. Split and broken ends form a light brown haze around Adelaide's head from her crown all the way down to the strangled ends at her waist. Sometimes the dull main is braided back, but more often than not a simple pony tail suffices. She has an oval face with a slightly oversized nose. Her eyes are almond shaped and bright green--like WOAH-bright-can-you-turn-it-down-please? green. She has a wide mouth--used often for grinning. While not overweight for her build (how could she be, with all the exercise?), structurally Adelaide stands at 5'9" and is built, more or less, like a Viking. Thick bones, anyone?
Age: 15
Sex: Female
Personality: Gung-ho for anything having to do with a shooting range, this somehow carried over into everyday life. Direct and too the point usually, Adelaide is nevertheless friendly to most people and will give a hearty "Hoe gaat het?" (How are you?) to people she knows. While in Dutch society yelling across great expanses is considered impolite, Adelaide never really remembers (or conveniently forgets) this rule and does it anyway with a great wave of her hand. Of course, like most people Adelaide *can* lose her temper.. but usually only what she construes as know-it-all behavior in others is likely to bring it out.
Intelligence And Grades: While not interested in math, she is nevertheless rather adept at it and gets A's without even trying. PE, however, is a personal favorite--another A. Languages, eh, not so hot. C's reign there. But everywhere else she is an average to decent student, with B's usually. But please, don't even think of handing her a paintbrush.
Birthdate: April 3
Skills: Shooting, mainly, due to her love of the shooting range back home and in town. She also is good at endurance sports and has quite a bit of natural strength on her. (Some of it from hauling heavy packages for the local post office over the summer--120 kilos in brown paper, anyone?)


Character Name: Charlotte Keese
Physical Description: Medium length strawberry blonde hair that flips outwards at the tips. Her bangs are straight-cut and come down to just above her eyebrows. She wears thin-framed diamond-shaped glasses (sort of the type a secretary would wear, but smaller). She would look very graceful and refined if not for the lecherous smile that crosses her lips all too often. She also has a tendency to do the typical "haughty laugh"... you know, the one where she flings her hand up to her chin and goes "Oooohohohohohoho!!"
Age: 14
Sex: Female
Personality: A pervert whose preferred targets are cute girls, Charlie is usually seen with one or more of her latest targets. She's not easily discouraged, in fact she loves the thrill of the chase and is very persistent. She has absolutely no sense of embarrassment (or decency, apparently) and often blurts out whatever happens to be on her perverted mind. She's surprised when people are shocked or offended by this. She's not totally insensitive however; just as she s usually the first to offend girls with her blatant perversion, she also jumps at the chance to impress with her chivalry. Also, she has a tendency to become overly possessive is she senses that someone is trying to steal "her girl."
Intelligence And Grades: She's an average student in all classes, and very good at French and English.
Birthdate: August 4th.
Skills: Has a 6th sense for tracking down cute girls. Stalking, Stealing, speaking fluent French and English.


Character Name: Cori Van Rycke
Physical Description: Golden blond hair, straight, usually worn partially loose with braids at her temples pulled back; falls to rib cage. Brown eyes, thick lashes. Porcelain skin -- the kind that never seems to get acne. Willowy build. 5'11"
Age: 16
Sex: Female
Personality: The Lady of All She Surveys -- at least as far as she's concerned. The head of the 'beautiful people' clique at Ohtori. Selfish, cynical and self-centered in the way people who've had most things in their lives come easily can be. Can be casually demeaning to "losers", but most times ignores them. Indulges in legal Better Living Through Chemistry, has toyed with the illegal stuff. Known for her parties. Doesn't know how Rachel got on the Student Council; kicks herself for not running. Models for the extra money, cache and goodies (of all kinds) it gets her.
Intelligence And Grades: Fairly smart, but can't be bothered to apply herself. Bs and Cs, with the rare A
Birthdate: November 1
Skills: Dancing, chess, cards, modeling, social contacts -- known to and by a lot of people


Character Name: Camilla Gillis
Physical Description: She's of average height, and has a ?soft?, rounded body shape. She's got some baby fat, and she's a late bloomer when it comes to her chest. (Still wears training bras and hates it.) Her hair is very light brown, and she keeps it in two messy braids. Her eyes are large, soft honey-brown, and what some people would call 'doe eyes'.
Age: 15
Sex: Female
Personality: Camilla has a sharp tongue and bitter, cynical wit. She doesn't often speak to people, but when she does to adults she is taciturn, using as few words as possible to make a point. She has the tendency to chatter on and on with her peers. She is highly jealous of successful or attractive people, and will waste no time insulting them. (Obviously not to their faces.) She is interested in the occult, reads many mythology books, and draws runes. Her results vary from spot-on to not even hitting the mark.
Intelligence And Grades: Above average in certain respects, below average in others. Camilla is excellent in History, average in writing skills, science, and math, but abysmal at artistic endeavors and shape-related mathematics. (Geometry, Trigonometry, etc.) She's very good at puns and language riddles.
Birthdate: November 5th
Skills: Rune-drawing, mythology, quick and effective research, parody writing, climbing, agility, and slightly proficient in carpentry.

Name: Ivan Vassiliyitch Dobrovsky
Physical Description: Pale blue hair and wine-red eyes. Hair is short, messy and unkempt - usually suffering from a 'bad hair day' unless he has the time to slick it back with gel. He has a fair complexion and soft skin but usually has dark circles under his eyes from lack of sleep. Average build (a little on the thin side) standing 5'9. Has piercings in his left eyebrow, right ear and nasal septum.
Age: 16
Sex: Male
Personality: A fast thinker and more verbally adept than most. An knack for witty comments and shares many inside jokes within his circle of friends. He's funny, dramatic and a little zany, making Ivan the 'quirky' one of the group. Sometimes his jokes and pranks are taken a little too far and can sometimes be annoying. He's also a little bit clumsy. Ivan is generally good hearted, stead-fast and always there for his friends when needed. He avoids high school drama, politics and bullshit as much as possible but always finds himself drawn to it which tends to stress him out. His greatest pet peeve are people who are fake. Overall, Ivan is a very mellow and laid-back kind of guy who enjoys partaking in over-the-top plots and pranks. He is one of Dorian's close friends and personal 'droogs.' He takes his interest in writing very, very seriously. He has a rather sensitive stomach so he can only eat certain foods.
Intelligence And Grades: Ivan is an intellectual with a sharp mind and quick wit but he rarely applies himself in school. Horrible at math, science, computers, technology, business - anything boring and number related. Enjoys the arts, sports, music and does exceptionally well in literature and writing heavy classes. He is almost always failing or is close to failing his courses yet somehow manages to pull up his mark and achieve a passing grade. Overall average ranges from C to B.
Birthdate: July 7th
Skills: Acting, wit, intellect, problem solving, good sense of humor, charismatic, plays the cello, very skilled in writing.



Name: Sofie Thorn
Physical Description: Very small even for her age, Sofie stands a little over 4 and a half feet tall. She doesn't weight very much, for she is neither overweight nor muscular; it would be easy for an older student to pick her up under one arm. Her light and wispy pale blonde hair is kept in ringlets, which she usually pulls back in a Victorian-style pigtail, but occasionally lets fall loose about her slim shoulders. Because she is blind, Sofie hides her eyes with long straight bangs that reach the middle of her nose, but when uncovered her eyes are a hazy grey-blue, with no visible pupil. She keeps her eyes covered mainly because others are sometimes frightened by this. Sofie has fair skin, but it is not extremely pale, merely the type that sunburns easily.
Age: 14
Sex: Female
Personality: A pampered, only child from a rich family, Sophie is a sweet girl who enjoys meeting people and trying new things. Her father's side of the family has English origin, which is why some of her features seem foreign. Her maturity and intelligence are often underestimated because of her young and naive appearance, but she occasionally says meaningful things.. For the most part she is optimistic and cheerful, but on very rare occasions she seems bitter about being unable to do things that sighted people enjoy. Aside from being blind, the only noticeable quirk about her is that she has an almost obsessive-compulsive disorder when it comes to cleanliness; always taking precautions to make sure everything in her room stays sterile and in order, and avoiding using public utilities for fear that they might be "contaminated."
Intelligence And Grades: Straight A's.
Birthdate: Jan. 1
Skills: She enjoys singing and writing music for herself, but her favorite pastime is playing the flute, a talent which has won her several awards. She is a good, unbiased listener. She remembers things that are said to her easily, is able to repeat entire conversations from memory. She is fluent in Dutch (her mothertongue), English, Italian, and some German and French. (She picks up languages easily, and belonging to a high-status family put her in contact with many ambassadors)


Character Name: Kaatje Sleeper
Physical Description: He is about 5'4" tall. His hair is a light indigo and ends at her lower back. He usually keeps it pulled up while in classes. His body is a slim feminine build. His skin is a nice healthy chocolate color.
Age: 15
Sex: Male
Personality: He is a quiet boy but doesn't always keeps to himself. But when things get heated he tends to clam up. Because up the way he dresses, he tends to be on the defence. Always believing someone is out to hurt or play tricks on him. But once soemone gains his trust, he is the best friend anyone could ever have.
Intelligence And Grades: His grade stay in the A and B range. No one sees him to any extra studying.
Birthdate: 10/25/1976
Skills: Archery, cooking, some art.

Name: Larz Ryker
Physical Description: 6 feet tall, fit, short dark red hair, yellow rimmed glasses, focused blue eyes, long athletic legs, great smile.
Age: 17
Sex: Male
Personality: Well rounded. Matter-of-fact. Keeps to himself most of the time writing plays, or gathering rumours and events happening around him. Rarely cares to acknowledge the existence of those who approach and speak to him. He’s not afraid to warm up to those who have juicy rumour details, which he uses for his comic strip.
Intelligence: Grade A student. Best classes are Psychology, Drama, and Math. Constantly teaches himself new things.
Duel Rose: N/A
Skills: Writing. Personal Finance. Turn of phrase. The Arts.

Character Name: Felicia Hampton
Physical Description: Felicia is tall and very curvy for her age, with black hair in elaborate braids and medium-brown skin. She has full lips and heavy-lidded dark eyes, and is typically wearing perfectly applied make up. She tends to have a dramatic flair in her outfits when she can choose them, and accessorizes her school uniform in various ways to make it 'unique'.
Age: 17
Sex: Female
Personality: She is spoiled rotten, pampered, and suffering from an acute case of 'only child syndrome'. The world tends to revolve around her, in her opinion, and quite deservedly so. She tends to have superficial relationships only with boys, and though is capable of having actual friendships with girls, typically chooses not to. She has a short attention span and flies from project to project like, well, a social butterfly. Despite her personality, she isn't typically the type to keep grudges and doesn't usually bear anyone ill will aside from superficial annoyance. She'll have temper tantrums and ignore them, or have some short revenge attempt, but won't dedicate her entire life to making people pay. She just changes her mind and moves on. She's absentmindedly friendly towards people while focusing on herself. She can often be tactless or unexpectedly cruel without actually meaning it, but mainly tries to be friendly to everyone.
Intelligence: Average grades, average intelligence. She's not a moron, but she'll never be a rocket scientist, either. She knows what she knows, and only pays attention to what she has interest in.
Duel Rose: N/A
Skills: Fashion design, organization, color-coordination, small scale networking, shopping guru. She can make her own clothes and sometimes does, but typically just draws up patterns.

Name: Claudia Vanderbilt
Physical Description: Pale blond hair with a gentle curl, blue eyes, thin figure. Claudia is model thin with a prided flat stomach. Unfortunately her lithe physique is accompanied by a rather small chest as well. 5'8" but wishes she were taller. Her lips are always pursed while she surveys all she sees with a critical eye. She is very pretty and wears a fair amount of make-up.
Age: 16
Sex: Female
Personality: Daddy's little princess. Believes she deserves the best that life can offer. If she wants it - she will have it - and no one can tell her otherwise. Holds herself high and pities those less fortunate than her. Claudia doesn't understand how some people are even allowed into Ohtori Academy, but outwardly shows acceptance to all with open arms. She is very agreeable in conversation with strangers. Among friends she speaks her mind and openly vocalizes her complaints. She flaunts her stuff, keeps up with changing trends and likes to have the best of the best.
Intelligence: Sometimes Claudia just "doesn't get it" or wants to put the effort into getting it. She'd rather have someone do it for her. She will half-a** her work but complain that the "teacher hates her" when she doesn't get the mark she deserves. Claudia will cry, beg and lie to the teacher if she's failing a course to pull her mark up. For social reasons and appearances, she'll try to maintain at least a B in all classes by whatever means necessary. She loves talking and is often reprimanded for it in class.
Birthdate: February 21
Skills: In the social-know, easy to talk to, approachable, polite, and assertive.

Ta daaa! Nani Naze 'Gossip Committee!'

Gossip Comittee: Along with 'gossip mill', a term jokingly used by the students to describe the 'small town' gossipping habits of the students of Ohtori.

The actual Gossip Committe is a small and unobtrusive group made of a few students who are not in with any crowd, not well-known, and definitely not popular. The board itself functions as a way for them to mock the shortcomings of the 'higher-ups', as well as stimulate the gossip in the school. No one in the gossip committee has been a target on the board out of an unspoken code of honor. The committee has sevral underclassmen to do the grunt work, such as actually putting up papers, but the underclassmen don't know where their 'headquarters' are.

As for the ones who are heading the Gossip Committee...there's a VERY good reason why they never show up on the board. wink