gideon adlon / female — ᴡᴇʟᴄᴏᴍᴇ ᴛᴏ ʜᴀɪʟ, ruth chambers. i am sure she is eager to return to their home in paradise park. the 19 year old waitress will be certain to shake things up.
background
ruth is one of many who came from “the wrong side of the tracks” before hail burned to the ground. her parents were neglectful ( and sometimes abusive ) alcoholics who didn’t notice that ruth had trouble hearing. her older brother, simon, was the one who noticed. because he was older and already working, he helped get her hearing aids and sign language classes. before the fire, ruth stuck by his side none the wiser that simon was just her half brother and the man she called father was just her step father. it wasn’t until after the fire that she learned the truth -- her father was a wealthier man in town that had been one of her mother’s clients. he seemingly never knew the truth and since ruth was still a minor at the time, she was sent to live with him. when she turned eighteen she left in the middle of the night and returned to hail to help with reconstruction in anyway possible. she ended up working in the food industry as a waitress who often delivered food to workers. her passion? cooking and baking.
important information
ruth is ashkenazi jewish on her mother’s side though she never attended church or lessons when she was younger. she’s white from her biological father’s side.
simon would call her ruthie. it’s a name she doesn’t like others using for her these days.
ruth excels at cooking and baking, having to use whatever she and her brother had scrounged up for food growing up. her dream is to open a restaurant some day.
ruth is trying to make an effort to talk to others but struggles with social anxiety and interacting.
people she lost:
her brother simon -- even though they weren’t twins and were years apart, simon was her other half. she doubts she’d be half of what she is today without him. he taught her to be hardworking and appreciate the little things she has. she never imagined a day he wouldn’t be in her life and his death hit her the hardest.
her mother -- her mother was soft when she was younger. simon once told her that for a few years after her birth, her mother had been sober and the sweetest woman you’d ever meet. ruth doesn’t know what changed or pushed her back to the bottle but her step-father always blamed ruth and simon for it. he said it made their mother boring and weak. THEY made her weak.
her step-father -- can you loath someone as much as ruth loathes her step-father? his abuse was always verbal and mental. there were sometimes in which it would cross to physical but simon always stood between the two. the truth? she hates the man and she’s glad he’s dead.
connections?
WANTED CONNECTION / RUTH’S BIOLOGICAL FATHER: because ruth’s biological father lived in hail and was more well known, i’m sure he would’ve moved back -- and figured out where ruth moved to in the process. it’s been almost two years since she snuck out the window and left him behind despite the fact that he took her in and probably tried to help her out. ruth for the most part never trusted him. in some way, ruth thought he took her in because it would help his image. she can’t imagine the possibility that he did it because he cares. if interested, we could plot this out. even more interesting, he could have other kids as well.
ruth lives in paradise park. i’d love to have a roommate for her. maybe someone she connected with while in hail for the rebuild? maybe an old classmate who ruth has let in on the life she lived before the fire and the abuse she endured?
because her parents were drunks and involved in shadier business in hail, i could see one of their old business partners coming to either collect or perhaps recruit ruth for something since she’s a.) blood and b.) has really sweet / innocent quality to her that most wouldn’t suspect.
an older figure for ruth to bond with since she doesn’t really put a lot of weight to older figures. maybe an older teach, someone who worked with her brother and knew of their struggles, etc.
neighbors in paradise park. she has a lot anxiety towards people she’s not on friendly terms with but i’d imagine she gives her neighbors cookies and other treats.
people she went to school with. maybe someone who picked on her, tried to help her and she mistook it, etc.
??? others??? all the connections!
