ɪɴᴛʀᴏᴅᴜᴄɪɴɢ… 𝕊𝕒𝕨𝕪𝕖𝕣 𝕊𝕪𝕝𝕧𝕖𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕣
Walking through the picturesque streets of Cardinal Hill, you find Sawyer Sylvester, the 25 year old delivery girl for Cardinal Hill Farms, originally from Kalamazoo, Michigan. Living alongside them in such a small town, you know that they're free-spirited and independent, but what you might not know is that they are a witch, and that they’re hiding something…
Whatever family she has out there, she’s never known. For as long as she can remember, there’s only been orphanages and foster homes. As a child growing up in the system, Sawyer was known to challenge authority. Whether it was in school or at home, she had no fear of pushing the limits of people as well as herself. A notorious runaway that would often be dragged back to the home she hated and suffer the consequences of her actions. The back of a hand or a 4x4 to the behind wasn’t unusual for her, but she didn’t pay that kind of reaction any mind. If all they wanted to do was cause a little pain, they wouldn’t get a tear out of her, and she made sure they knew it.
Sawyer had a tendency to do that: stand up for those who couldn’t do it themselves. It often got her in trouble when she couldn’t stop herself from arguing on behalf of a fellow foster treated unfairly or clocking a kid in the nose for calling a girl ugly. Even when she was younger, she was a firecracker, a flame unable to be tamed no matter who tried. That only came back to bite her at the last foster home she ever lived in.
Sawyer knew at eleven that she was a witch. Uncertain of her bloodline or even if there was one in the first place, just that she was different. Her powers were typically used to her advantage. Maybe it was messing with the teacher by erasing the blackboard when their back was turned, sometimes making the water spray when a foster mother did dishes, anything she could to amuse herself. Sawyer liked being different, one of the many secrets that only she knew. Most of what happened in the fake homes she went through was never uttered again. The last thing she wanted was to give them more power.
Then one night she took it all back.
After seeing the woman raise a hand at a fellow foster for the umpteenth time, something in the girl snapped. Without even thinking, she used her powers to send a paint can flying off the shelf and onto the woman’s head. And just like that, there was silence. Sawyer knew she’d been found out, but the two swore secrecy about what truly occurred that night.
That’s when she took off. Sixteen was old enough for Sawyer to start getting around alone without too many brow raises and make a home for herself, one without anyone else in it. She went to Costa Rica first, a place she had only seen through photos scattered across her walls, but for many years after, she called it home. That’s where she learned to surf and took a job at a local surf shack while saving money for her next destination. Then the girl was off to Fiji, then Maui, before landing back inland.
It took a few tries before stumbling into Cardinal Hill, but once she did, Sawyer knew that's where she'd be calling home next. Now she's doing a lot of the same in her new town and doing what she can to start setting up a future for herself. Not to mention, learn more about the powers she's been trying to hone for decades.
madison bailey . bisexual . cis female. she/her
learning more about horticulture in the hopes she can one day work for the farm. wants to provide for those unfortunate to her and wants to open up a non-profit to feed people (and animals) in need.
grows her own marijuana, but it isn't very good. she's hoping to get better and often goes to monte for advice.
sawyers familiar is a maine coon named panini 'nini' houdini, for his escape artist skills and gentle giant nature. he is her closest confidant.
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