Post by adrianaknox on May 3, 2010 17:04:05 GMT -5
Adriana Estrella Knox
Dark, Beautiful, Fierce
Dark, Beautiful, Fierce
BACK TO BASICS ' '
Full Name: Adriana Estrella Knox
Significance of Name: Adriana means dark, Estrella is a variant of Asta which is greek for “star like”, and Knox is an obvious play on her Roman name Nox which literally translates to night.
Nickname(s): Anna, Knox
Age: 15
Gender: female
Orientation: straight
Grade:freshman
Celeb you're using: Asia Argento
Deity: god's name – Nyx Greek
Title of your deity: Goddess of the Night
STRIKE A POSE ' '
Physical Appearance:Adriana stands at a meager 5'3 yet has the type of presence that makes up for her small stature. Most would describe her as being thin, but she still somewhat curvy. She has skinny arms, skinny legs, and a flat stomach but she has a compartiviely big butt and medium sized breasts.
She likes to show off her figure, or at least that's what people assume. She often walks around in tiny dresses and shorts that threaten to break dress code, but it's not for attention. If she could, she would probably walk around naked. She has a certain carefree confidence when it comes to her body, and it shows in the way she carries herself. As she is required to wear clothing she usually prefers dresses, unless the situation calls for something more practical. Adriana almost exclusively wears black, white, and gray; although her style is not gothic by any means. In her mind those are the most beautiful colors. She likes silver jewelry and is usually wearing a pendant of some sort and a few bangles. As for shoes she prefers to dress for comfort often wearing flip flops, ballet flats, or comfortable boots.
She is beautiful, but it is beautiful in a natural earthy way not entirely in line with a society that worships plastic perfection. Her nose is slightly too large and her eyes are rather deep set and often have dark circles beneath them. Despite this oddness the overall look of her face is still quite stunning and sensuous. Her lips are lush and full. Her dark eyes always seem to have something dark and wild in them, daring you to find out more about her. Her skin tone shows an interesting compromise between her Italian heritage and her hatred of sunlight, she is somewhat pale but her olive skin tone still shows through. Her hair is black and falls just above her shoulders. She usually wears her hair down in artfully unruly manner.
LET'S GET TO KNOW YOU BETTER ' '
Personality Description: Adriana is unapologetically individualistic. She would rather be alone then spend one minute with a person she didn't like or with one person who didn't genuinely like her. She can be moody and unpredictable. You never quite know if she will take a liking to someone and look after them as if they were family, or if she will turn against them.Adriana enjoys challenging others, particularly those she does not like. If she likes you she will be a shoulder to cry on and a loyal friend. If she doesn't like you she will test you trying to get a reaction, purposely trying to freak you out or chase you away. Adriana has quite a temper and the fastest way to upset her is to hurt someone she loves.
Adriana can't stand being told what to do, if she feels pressured to do something she will usually do the opposite of what she has been told to do. Doesn't matter weather she is being told to do something by an individual, a group, or society as a whole she is determined to make her own way. The only things she will listen to is reason or an appeal to her greater sense of right and wrong.
Adriana often appears to be very serious, intense, and argumentative but there is more to her then that. She has a sense of humor, albeit a dry and often morbid sense of humor that others don't always get. She is a bit wild and unpredictable, but it's one of the qualities that makes her fun to be around.
Likes:
-taking long walks at night
-silence
-photography
-scaring away people who intend her harm
-taking care of the few people she actually she loves
Dislikes:
-fake people
-intolerance
-republicans
-sunburn
-being told what to do
Strength:
-Strong willed
-Never afraid to stand up for what she believes in
-intelligent
-focused
-extremely protective of the people she loves
Weaknesses:
-Has a quick temper
-Holds grudges
-Likes to start fights
-Tends to do the opposite of what she is told
- When she loves someone she does so with reckless abandon
Fears: claustrophobia, being taken advantage of, becoming just another face in the crowd
Goal: Learn more about her powers and take her rightful place as queen of the night.
Power/Ability: Umbrakinesis
WELCOME TO MY LIFE ' '
Origin: Sicily, Italy
History: You cannot tell Adriana's history without first understanding how her parents met. John Knox was a US naval specialist stationed in Italy, at Naval Air Station Sigonella to be exact. John thought it had been luck that landed him in Sicily. After all, he was half Italian and he had already learned bit's and pieces of the language from living in an Italian neighborhood in Philadelphia. Soon after arriving in Sicily john fell in love with a woman named Francesca who worked as a waitress in a local restaurant. Soon Francesca found out that she was pregnant and under pressure from her traditional family she got married to John.
For a while things went well. The couple were in love, they gave birth to a healthy little girl, and for the most part they were happy. Yet with a simple letter everything changed. After nearly six years of living in Italy John was reassigned to a naval base in Maryland. He had no choice but to follow orders, and his wife was less then happy about having to move away from their home.
Even at the young age of five Adriana could see the cracks forming in her parents relationship. Her mother resented John for making them move, and was deeply homesick. John did his best to appease Francesca but it was to no avail, it was almost like she was determined to make him suffer because of the move. Adriana for her part tried her best but found it difficult to thrive in a hostile home environment and a very different culture.
After two more years of tense living her parents finally got a divorce, and oddly enough Adriana was almost glad for it. She lived in America with her father for most of the year, and spent her summers in Italy with her mother. It was a good life albeit a divided one. Adriana began to realize that she wasn't like other children. For one thing she could never get her sleep schedule quite in line, always preferring night to morning. This inability to sleep at night was probably what led to her rebellious behavior at school, she was cranky and exhausted most of the time. Eventually she got used to taking naps during the day, and occasionally sleeping at night, but somehow the attitude stuck. She was more sophisticated and worldly then the other children at school, and she never quite fit in with all of their little games.
She had suspicions about a possible past life, even suspicions that she might be special, but it took a while for her to be fully convinced of her identity. One summer while Adriana was in an Italian airport waiting for her mother to pick her up a man attempted to steal her luggage. She yelled at him to stop and shadows lept from the ground to trip him. This was caught on security cameras. This video came to the attention of the staff at Pantheon academy, and Adriana was quickly recruited.
She has accepted her past life as a goddess with ease, however Adriana is still struggling with her current life as a high school student.
CONNECTION TO THE MYTH ' '
Like Nyx Adriana is; noted for her beauty, very maternal, dark but not necessarily evil, and a force to be reckoned with.
ROLEPLAYING SAMPLE ' '
How many times had Harlow read a book or seen a movie where someone finds out that their parents aren't really their parents. It had almost become a cliche and yet somehow it was all happening to her. She had grown up fantasizing that her parents weren't really her parents, that she was really the child of a famous movie star, or a member of royalty, or wizards like Harry Potter. It had finally happened and somehow it felt less real then the daydreams where her mysterious billionaire father would whisk her away on adventures.
Of all the possibilities Harlow had never considered that her father could be a God. It was odd to learn that your father was death. In some ways it made sense; why he had picked her mother, why Harlow seemed to naturally make some people uncomfortable, even that time she had made a monsters flesh rot just by touching it. Hell, it even explained why butterflies seemed to be attracted to her. For reasons Harlow couldn't quite understand the butterfly was one of Thanatos's symbols. Yet really that was besides the point. Harlow finally had a name for her father, no face yet but he had claimed her as his own and even gifted her with a sword.
Strangely none if it felt real yet, the truth had yet to sink in. All the same she still had plenty to be excited/anxious about. If nothing else camp looked like it would be a lot more interesting then the city. The novelty of seeing satyrs and nymphs running around had yet to wear off, she still looked at them with a bit of amazement half expecting to blink her eyes and have them disappear. The other campers all looked pretty normal, she didn't quite know what she had been expecting them to look like but normal seemed to cover it.
The satyr that had brought her here told her that he could give her a tour, but as usual Harlow was determined to search things out on her own. After she had safely stashed her stuff in her cabin she slowly walked around and looked at of the other buildings and activity areas.
She was sure that she would adventure further out later, but for right now she just needed a few moments to digest everything that had happened in the last few days. Harlow wore a simple gray dress and combat boots.
She couldn't help but wonder if she would fit in here better then she had fit in at her previous school. Not sure of what else to do Harlow found a spot on the sane and laid on the ground and looked up at the starry night sky, and listening to the waves. There was a lot to think about , and she probably would have ended up doing some serious thinking, had it not been for a person who looked like they were about to step on her.
It was at this point that Harlow realized that she was laying in a dark field wearing a dark color, it would probably be wise to announce her presence before she got stepped on.
"If you could avoid stepping on me, that would be appreciated." she said in a somewhat sarcastic tone.
BEHIND THE SCENE ' '
One of your ads
Your name: Ally
Age: 24
How long have you been RPing? 8 years or so
Where/How did you find us?
