Zenobia Wynters

[Zenobia Wynters]

Zenobia Roxanna Wynters

....the mask

Your Name: Grim.
Where did you find us?: RPG-Directory.
How long have you been roleplaying?: About ten years.
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...basic character information

Birth Name: Zenobia Roxanna Wynters
Nickname: Zen or Roxie. But people usually just call her Zenobia.
Gender: Female.
Age: 18.
Grade: 11.
Birth date: October 31.
Program: Bachelor of Commerce.
Major: Economics.
Major Explanation: Zenobia is into Economics because Economics is the social science that is concerned with the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. Which, in turn, leads to money. Zenobia is very much into money. This ties into her animal counterpart, the raven, because it results in money, and money (especially coins) is a major attraction to Ravens. Coins mostly, because of the shininess. It attracts her.
Animal Identity: Zenobia shifts into the common Raven, Corvus corax.

...personality

Likes:(at least 10)

• Playing practical jokes.
  
• Laughter.
  
• Deception.
  
• Black.
  
• Halloween.
  
• Shiny objects.
  
• Money.
  
• Her coin collection.
  
• Mud pudding.
  
• Stealing.
  
• Flying.
  

Dislikes: (at least 10)

• Being caught thieving.
  
• When a practical joke fails.
  
• When her shiny objects become dull.
  
• Pink.
  
• People killing spiders.
  
• Prissy girls.
  
• Nosy people.
  
• Being lied to (though it doesn't bother her in the slightest when she herself lies).
  
• Yellow.
  
• People who borrow, yet never return...or return in a really CRAPPY condition.
  
• Her blind spot.
  
• Feline shifters.
  

Fears: (At least 3)

• Claustrophobic.
  
• Agoraphobia.
  
• Being jailed.
  
• Feline shifters.
  

Strengths: (At least 3)

• Her cunning and smarts.
  
• Her wit.
  
• Her sensuality.
  

Weaknesses: (At least 3)

• Her kleptomania.
  
• Her lack of trust.
  
• Her greed.
  

Overall: [400 words minimum]
Zenobia loves to talk. It's not just idle chatter with her either. The driving force behind Zenobia's conversation is her mind. Zenobia is intellectually inclined, forever probing people and places in search of information. Dalliances with her are always enjoyable, since she is bright, quick-witted and the proverbial life of the party. Even though her mind can rationalize forever and a day, she also has a surplus of imagination waiting to be tapped. Zenobia can also easily see both sides of an issue, a wonderfully practical quality.

Zenobia also can be wishy-washy, too, changing her mood on a simple whim. Zenobia is flexible and goes with the flow. Further, she is adaptable and dexterous and can tackle many things at once.The downside of such a curious mind, however, can be a lack of follow-through. Although she may talk a great game, she also loves to listen and learn. Hoever, unless Zenobia finds herself in interesting company, she is likely to get bored and start fidgeting. Any social setting is a good one for her, however, since she is charming, congenial and loved to share herself with her friends.It's that ample energy that may also paint Zenobia as scatterbrained and unfocused, but behind all that zipping around, she is busily filing all that good data away.

Zenobia being a convincing talker, combined with her youthful nature can present a character of considerable appeal to most men. It is more than likely then, that this female will have many boyfriends before she gets married. She loves travel, parties and entertainment and possesses a fun-loving outlook on life so, with such outlook it may be unwise that she refrains from settling down too early in life. She will pursue a man who interests her while a challenge exists, however, the relationship staying power of Zenobia is generally not record breaking and she will often lose interest if she becomes bored and move on in search of new conquests. A relationship with Zenobia can be very exciting, stimulating, and full of variety, however, there can be a tendency for it to be devoid of true emotional intensity.

Zenobia keeps an open mind and is always anxious to learn new things. She is often an analytical person. She is a person who enjoys making use of her intellect. She is governed more by her mind than by her emotions. Zenobia is a person who is not confined to one view; she can often understand both sides to a problem or question. She knows how to reason; how to make rapid decisions if need be. Zenobia is an adaptable person and can make herself at home almost anywhere. There are all kinds of situations she can adapt to. She is a person who seldom doubts herself; she is sure of her talents and her ability to think and reason.

Sometimes Zenobia tries to do too many things at one time-and as a result, winds up finishing nothing. She is easily distracted and may find it rather difficult to concentrate on one thing for too long a time. Sometimes she gives in to trifling fancies and finds it rather boring to become too serious about anything. Although she often appears to be well-versed on many subjects, this is sometimes just a veneer. Her knowledge may be only superficial, but because she speaks so well she gives people the impression of erudition. Sometimes she may be too sharp-tongued and inconsiderate; thinking only of herself and her own pleasure.

Zenobia does not incline to deep relationships. She is rather impersonal, and her devotion to abstract intellectuality robs her of the taste for intimate human relationships. She can become very enthusiastic over a mental concept, or factors in a problem, but the spiritual urge toward high human relationships is rather weak in her, though almost always she is a very pleasant person to know as an acquaintance. But she is too humorously critical for the deeply sentimental, and may even laugh at herself when she approaches any of the noble passions. Actually, she looks down upon her own emotions, and is apt to class all emotion as sentimentality, and consequently a weakness.

Zenobia has to be in a power position. She tends to easily gather wealth, she makes very wise business decisions and she is very conservative about spending her money. She is known for making money and hiding it, she will not announce it due a to fear that others will take the same route and become a possible competitor, or worse try to use Zenobia to their advantage to use her for their money.

Zenobia is extremely ambitious, persistent and determined which is shown through her power hungry, controlling attitude. Not in a stubborn sense however, because she will work for what she wants and controls. This is obvious to any onlooker. She never gives up, she is so determined to reach her goal. The key to this success is Zenobia's flexibility. She is able to re-survey a situation and take a different approach if necessary. This makes her very adaptable and versatile. Zenobia is a fierce competitor, combined with her powers of observation and her excellent memory, she will recall facts and when necessary, bring them to the table at the time of need. She will win justly, with proper facts and arguments to support her thoughts and opinions. Zenobia is excellent at restoring order to a chaotic situation and she is just as capable of manipulating for her own greed and benefit. The un-evolved Zenobia is a very dangerous person because she will use her powers to benefit only herself and step on other people in order to satisfy her own greed.

Zenobia can be very weary about trusting anyone, a person needs to gain her trust and this gets built up over time and once all the 'trust tests' have been passed, sheloves deeply and intensely. Underneath the cool exterior, energies and emotions are constantly flowing but Zenobia deals with this by channeling this into useful activities, hobbies, relationships or a career. This is never apparent to the outside observer but knowing this fact explains why she is so passionate about whatever it is that she is undertaking. Zenobia has powerful instincts and she trusts her own gut feeling which is another reason why she seldom fails.

Zenobia can be very emotional, very demanding and very demonstrative. She is full of flair and intrigue, a fascinating woman that the strong A-type personality male will adore, for she presents the right amount of challenge with the right amount of rewards. Zenobia is the ultimate seductive, flirtatious woman. She won't give a man her heart very easily because she is weary of trusting another person. The man will have to go through a series of 'mental tests' in order for the relationship to get solid and close. She may not show it, but she wants a close committed relationship. In order for this, the man has to be trusted, has to be affectionate and never try to control her. She is very possessive but Zenobia is so full of mystery, sensuality and passion that most men do not mind being possessed by her.

...appearance

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Celebrity Play By:Cristina Scabbia
Appearance: [400 words minimum]
In human form, Zenobia Roxanna Wynters stands at the modest height of five feet, two inches, with a weight of one hundred and ten pounds. Zenobia has naturally curly or wavy hair. It is midnight black, and in some kinds of lighting may look like it has a hint of blue. She wears it long, and usually down. On occasion she may even braid it. It really depends on Zenobia's mood as to whether or not she chooses to straighten her hair for the day. The dark color of her hair accentuates the fairness of her skin. People have likened her skin color to that of ivory, and sometimes her father would refer to Zenobia as "his darling porcelain doll".

Her eyes are a steely grey which flash when angry and sparkle when happy. However, if someone were to look closely, they'd see that Zenobia's right eye is actually fake, and the flash or sparkle they see in her left eye is really only represented by a glare of light on her right eye. Further inspection would also prove that she has the faintest scar that cuts through her eyelid and goes a few centimeters down below the eye itself. Usually, this scar is hidden by make up, and is rather faint to begin with, so it is not immediately apparent that the eye is fake. Nor does Zenobia advertise this fact.

As for her style, Zenobia may be stereotyped as "gothic". She does not identify herself as such, but she does not deny that she likes the style. Zenobia usually takes the time to "gussy up". Only in extreme cases does she venture out without make up. However, even in the rare cases she does not wear make up, her natural beauty allows her to not be, well...ugly, so to speak. Meaning, although she usually prefers to wear make up, she has natural beauty and does not necessarily need it. Her common looks when it comes to make up are usually black eyeshadow with everything else in neutral tones (most common look for her), black eyeliner with neutral tones (not as heavy on the eyes as is the black eyeshadow), white eyeshadow and black eyeliner with neutral tones, red eyeshadow or other eyes designs done in red (rare, usually for special occasions), and as for lipstick, usually she keeps it to a neutral tone, but if she decides to make her lips pop she downplays her eyes with only the black eyeliner as opposed to the black eyeshadow.

Clothingwise, Zenobia will wear almost anything in the case of style. However, she mostly tends to wear black, and if she is not wearing black, you can find her in red or white. Zenobia mostly sticks to black though. As for the clothing styles, when it comes to shirts, Zenobia is a big fan of tanktops, collared button-down shirts, corsets, and vests. On occasion she can be found wearing turtlenecks. Zenobia usually likes to wear a type of pants called "Tripps", characterized by baggyness, chains, and spikes. On occasion she can be found wearing black jeans, capris, or camouflage pants. It is very rare that she wears shorts, however. She is a big fan of jackets, including coats, sweaters, and hoodies. Zenobia can also be seen in the occasional dress. She enjoys playing up her feminine side on occasion, and is willing to play up the sex appeal with a low cut mini or a gorgeous full-length gown. If she wants to play up her feminine side, but not be too dressy, Zenobia is also seen wearing skirts. Zenobia's footwear of choice are black leather boots, thigh-high, knee high, ankle-high, she wears them all! If boots are not appropriate she resigns herself to a pair of simple black sneakers. Sometimes when wearing dresses she will choose to wear strappy, black sandals, as they may seem more appropriate with the style of the dress.

Zenobia is also into jewelery and other accessories. She loves earrings, gaudy necklaces, big bangle bracelets, charm bracelets, and fancy rings. The more expensive the jewelery, the better. Although she very much prefers to wear silver or platinum and diamonds, Zenobia is no stranger to gold or mother of pearl either. She also likes all kinds of hats; baseball hats, skullcaps, beanies, cowboy hats, and fedoras. Zenobia tends to wear armwarmers, armbands, or gloves as well. Zenobia is also known for accessorizing with scarves or ties, studded belts, glasses, sunglasses, and the occasional purse or clutch bag.

Zenobia may also be distinguished, while in human form, by her tattoos and piercings. On her right shoulderblade, Zenobia has a large tattoo of an angel. She also has the initials "LC" tattooed on the back of her neck. Her piercings include two piercings in each lobe, cartilage piercings in both ears, a nose piercing on her left nostril, and a piercing in her bellybutton.

Zenobia shifts into Corvus corax, also known as the common raven. When in her animal form, Zenobia is about as small as the ravens go. She is about twenty-two inches in length, has a wingspan of approximately forty-five inches, and weighs in at only about one and a half pounds. As with the natural common ravens, in animal form, Zenobia has a large, slightly-curved bill. Her tail is longish, slightly graduated, and wedge-shaped. Her plumage is mostly an iridescent black, when in the sunlight, it may seem to have a blue or purple tint. The elongated and pointed throat feathers as well as the feathers at the base of her neck are a pale, brownish-grey.

Her natural eye color is also transformed, taking on the dark brown of a raven's iris. Zenobia's fake eye is more apparent when in her shifted form. This is because she cannot wear a fake eye when in this form. She had also lost the eye while in her raven form, so the scar is larger and more apparent, cutting through her feathers so that the scar it formed is bald, and her eye is always closed, because there would be no point in bearing the hideous empty socket to others. The scar cuts through the soft tissue of her eyelid.

When speaking, Zenobia has a very unique voice. It can be described as smoky, or wispy. It is pure yet has a very slight raspy sound that gives it a nice twang. In her raven form, her vocals are usually deep and resonant, her calls can be described as a prruk-prruk-prruk. She is not limited to the prruk-prukk-prukk and can also make vocalizations such as a high, knocking toc-toc-toc, or a dry, grating kraa. She can also produce a low guttural rattle and some calls of a seemingly musical nature. To anyone but a fellow Raven, these sounds may not be easily distinguishable from other birds, however. When she flies, Zenobia's feathers may produce a sound that has been likened to that of rustling silk.
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...history

Parents:Iris (human) and Grayden (Loggerhead Turtle Shifter) Wynters.
Siblings: Duncan (human), thirty, half sibling, and Ezra (chimpanzee shifter), thirteen, full-blooded sibling.
[400 words minimum]
Grayden Wynters was not a stranger to keeping his ability to shift into a loggerhead turtle a secret. Although he came from a long line of shifters and his first wife was a shifter, the shifting gene somehow missed his first son, Duncan. After Grayden and his first wife divorced (she got custody of Duncan), he soon married Zenobia's mother, a human named Iris. He loved Iris and was cofident he could keep his shifting a secret because of his experiences with Duncan. When Zenobia was five, her brother Ezra was born. Neither of them had a very eventful birth. Both were born normally in the hospital, both healthy babies. Grayden couldn't help but wonder if he was raising himself some new shifters. Part of him was afraid that it was he that caused Duncan to miss the gene and so his new children would miss out on these experiences as well, but the other part of him hoped that they would miss out on the gene as Duncan had and could lead normal lives.

When Zenobia was five, she met her best friend in the whole wide world, her new next door neighbor, Ilyana Gilbreth. Ilyana was a year older than Zenobia, but they became fast friends. Zenobia and Ilyana really bonded when Ezra was born, the Gilbreths babysat Zenobia while Iris and Grayden were at the hospital. Ilyana was told to keep Zenobia busy and the two just clicked. It was Ilyana who had first gotten Zenobia into the "five finger discount". They were shopping with Mrs. Gilbreth and Ilyana demonstrated to Zenobia how she could get a free candybar. Soon, Zenobia was hooked. She became a kleptomaniac.

Because she was thirteen before Zenobia, Ilyana transformed first. She was a shifter, and shifted into a common housecat. Of course, she hid this from Zenobia, and Zenobia became discouraged when Ilyana starteed to keep this secret from her. She didn't know what was up, but she knew Ilyana was keeping something from her and they never kept things from eachother. What Zenobia didn't know, was that when she finally figured out what Ilyana's secret was, it'd nearly cost her her life, and it did cost her an eye.

When Zenobia turned thirteen she celebrated alone with her father. Iris and Ezra were out of town for some school function for Ezra. Grayden watched his daughter closely, half hoping for signs that his daughter was a shifter. He was elated to find out she was. When Zenobia first transformed her father embraced her, and thankfully, there were no mishaps. Zenobia delighted at her newfound abilities. After a few weeks, she thought she would put these abilities to a test and spy on Ilyana to find out her secret. It was a big mistake.

One night, Zenobia watched as Ilyana slipped out of her house and into the woods. Zenobia transformed silently into her raven form, and flew out her window, keeping Ilyana in sight. Suddenly, Ilyana stopped in a clearing and Zenobia lighted herself on a a branch. She watched as Ilyana transformed into the cat. She watched, feeling betrayed that Ilyana didn't share this ability with her, as Ilyana romped happily around the clearing. Having fun without Zenobia. Zenobia was furious. When Ilyana shifted back into human form, Zenobia swooped down and transformed back into a human in front of her friend. She confronted her. Yelling at her for keeping this from her.

Then it got ugly.

Ilyana turned the tables. She began by explaining that she came from a long line of feline shifters. And that their greatest enemies were the bird shifters. She told Zenobia that since Zenobia revealed to her that she was a bird shifter, she had to kill her. They transformed at the same time. But Ilyana was more experienced and quicker. She pounced on Zenobia before she could take flight. Zenobia couldn't remember what happened next. Just that she woke up in the hospital. Her right eye had been slashed through...her dad sent her to Shifter Academy a year late...sympathizing for his daughter. Ilyana never really knew how her dad explained her loss of an eye to her mother.
Five years later, Zenobia and Grayden learn that Ezra is also a shifter. Zenobia hadn't heard from Ilyana since the fight.

...connecting human to animal

[One Paragraph Minimum (Can be point form)]

• Zenobia's black hair and usual choice of black clothing is reminiscent of the black plumage of a raven.
  
• Zenobia also has the same fascination for shiny objects and hoarding them as does a raven.
  
• Ravens have been known to be very playful birds, Zenobia, too, is known for her playful personality.
  
• Ravens are viewed as very intelligent and cunning birds, even as far as being thought to have real intelligence as far as being able to solve puzzles that they are faced with, also, Zenobia is known for her cunning, intelligence, and problem solving skills.
  
• Ravens are creatures of flight, meant to be free. Zenobia is a free person and hates not having a means of escape. She has agoraphobia and claustrophobia, meaning she does not like to be confined in any means let alone in small, confined spaces.
  

...literacy

RP Sample[/i]
It was a bad day overall. He knew that if he wished to die peacefully it would never happen. Why? Because with his luck, he'd die a tragic death, or he'd spontaneously combust or something right when he was scoring with anyone. The only thing Mallory ever did right was that he was able to talk himself out of any trouble he got into, but even then only with mother, never with the people who decided to beat the shit out of him on a daily basis.

And what was with his parents naming him Mallory? He remembered when he once looked it up, it meant unlucky, were they trying to jinx him? Not to mention how many times he's been teased because his name was used mostly for girls. Seriously, people were ignorant not knowing Mallory to be a unisex name, but what did he do about it? He just sat back and took it, because with his luck he'd be beaten up even worse than normally.

Tick, tock. He could hear his life ticking away. No wait, that was just his wall clock. The damn thing's tick broke into his thoughts. As if the pain wasn't enough. He really had to think of a way to talk himself out of this latest one. He'd need an excuse as to why his lip was split and why his wrist had been bound tightly by the school nurse. Then there was the matter of the letter his therapist told him he was sending home to his mother. The one that had the suspicions of physical abuse by his peers. Like he didn't have a hard enough time keeping it secret from his mother.

Today the old bat was supposed to return from her honeymoon with his new stepfather. It didn't matter that his father only died eight months ago. It was expected of his mother though, she always seemed to rush into things without any regard for others. Also, today was the day his new stepfather was scheduled to officially move in now that they were married.

How lame was that anyway? His mother was so old-fashioned she wouldn't have sex with anyone until after marriage, not to mention move in with them. She was strict with those kind of ideals. Mallory didn't know what she'd do if she knew he was bisexual. He'd probably get the living shit beaten out of him and then he'd be strung up by his thumbs in the attic until he died of thirst or of an asthma attack due to the dust, whichever came first.

Finally, Mallory heard the car drive up,and he could see out the window that the moving van wasn't far behind. He got up from his favorite spot, the alcove, and nervously pushed his honey blonde hair out of muddy, brown eyes. He was shortish for his age of seventeen, he wasn't any taller than 5'4", and he was rather scrawny. His looks on top of his excessive knowledge of random and useless things as well as being a genius when it came to playing the keyboard are usually what landed him in dumpsters on a daily basis. He was starting to get rather tired of it.

Finally, he got up his nerve and went to meet up with his mother at the door. It seemed that his new step-family was still in the car, this would only be his second time meeting them. Of course, they were introduced at the wedding, but Mallory had been off in his own little world. He hugged his mother, cutting her off when it looked like she was about to say something about his beat up appearance. At least the hug was enough to shut her up.

"Welcome back." He said, his voice rather melodic and sweet. He wasn't an ugly kid, in fact, he was rather attractive, but his scrawniness generally screwed him up in the whole "getting any" department. Also, he was a total klutz on top of getting beat up and half the time his injuries were due to falling down stairs or getting his fall broken by landing on the girl or guy he was currently hitting on. Yep, that was Mallory Caiden Jones alright.[/b][/i][/size]