#muse:biography

[zacharygable]

(rome flynn, 25, cis male, he/him) The war is about to start ZACHARY GABLE. We see that you will be fighting for NEITHER family as a LYCAN. HE reminds me of NEAT WHISKEY, CLOUDY NIGHT SKIES, RIPPED JEANS and COMBAT BOOTS. We wish you luck. 

BASICS →

FULL NAME: Zachary Jeremiah Gable.

AGE: 25.

GENDER/PRONOUNS: cis male, he/him.

SPECIES: Lycan.

HEADCANONS →

Zachary lives out of a campervan, and has done since he left his last pack. He finds it easier to pack up and leave if everything is in the same place.

Zac blames himself for the death of his sister Aria, seeing it as his failure for not being able to protect her. Because of this, he becomes very protective of those he gets close to, though this doesn’t happen often.

He has a large scar down his left side from the fight with his old Alpha. He has yet to find a pack to accept him.

He spends his spare time writing poetry. He finds it keeps him connected to his deceased sister, who always wrote poetry when she was feeling down.

Zac has come to Cresthill having spoken to a few lycan who have passed through. He is sick of being lonely and is hoping to find a place to call home for longer than a couple of weeks.

The sound of Aria being attacked is still something that causes Zac nightmares, to which he often wakes up screaming. 

BIOGRAPHY →

Zachary is the youngest of two individuals born into the Gable family. His elder sibling was a sister by the name of Aria, who was four years his senior. His father was the alpha of their pack when he was born, and Zac grew up looking up to his father in the hopes of one day following in his footsteps.

When Zac was seven years old, a fight broke out within the pack, with his uncle challenging his father for the role of alpha. Zac wasn’t sure what went on at the time, as the gaps were only filled in for him when he was old enough to understand the seriousness of the situation. However, Zac’s father was killed in the fight and his uncle took over as the alpha.

Zac spent a long time after this confiding in his older sister, the two becoming increasingly close as they grew up. They had an interest in honoring their father’s legacy, and spent many a night working out how exactly they were going to take back the pack for themselves. There was a lot at stake, and their uncle held a great deal of power of them. But they were determined, and as soon as they both felt that they were able, they made plans with several of their close lycans within the pack to start the fight.

Zac knew he wanted to take down his uncle. It was his father who had been killed, and he felt it would only be right for him to avenge him in the only way he knew how. Unfortunately for Zac and Aria, there had been some traitors within their pack, and news of the upcoming rebellion had got back to the very same alpha that they were trying to take down. The fight lasted what felt like an age, and many of the pack members lost their lives.

Including Aria.

While Aria was losing her battle elsewhere, Zac was losing his own against his uncle. He almost lost his life, and to this day is unsure as to exactly why he had been spared when Aria hadn’t. He was expelled from the pack, a decision he gladly accepted having been unable to remove the alpha, and instead began a life alone. 

Since the fight four years ago, Zac has been travelling around in his campervan. He doesn’t pitch up for longer than a month usually, making a bit of money doing whatever he can around town for cash, before deciding it ultimately wasn’t for him and moving on. 

He has met Lycans along the way, more so during full moons elsewhere, who had warned him of Cresthilll. They told him tales of a war brewing under the surface, but of the Lycan population that piqued his interest. He wasn’t interested in war, not after the last fight, but the prospect of finding his people was enough to tempt him to arrive.  How long he will stay, he doesn’t know.

[mariesegal]

(sophia bush, 31, cis female, she/her) The war is about to start MARIE SÉGAL. We see that you will be fighting for the NEITHER family as a HUMAN. She reminds me of YELLOW CRIME SCENE TAPE, NAVY BOMBER JACKETS, AVIATOR SUNGLASSES and TEQUILA. We wish you luck.

BASICS →

FULL NAME: Marie Odette Ségal.

AGE: 31.

GENDER/PRONOUNS: cis female, she/her.

SPECIES: Human.

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Marie is more than aware of the supernatural in the town, as well as the war that is bubbling under the surface. She has ties to both families, and will play them off against one another to achieve her own agenda for the PD. She likes to think the Mayor is as much in her pocket, as she is hers.

Marie lives in Crestvilla Apartments, having only recently moved from Pinewood. She toyed with the idea of a townhouse, but being on her own the apartment was better suited.

Marie has a ginger cat named Gizmo, he’s 2.

She enjoys running, and will run through the woods to unwind after work. 

BIOGRAPHY →

Marie Odette Ségal wasborn on the 13th of March, in the year 1989, in the city of Paris, France. Her father was a local business man in the area, and her mother had been a young American traveller, visiting the region for the first time. Her parents had met in the autumn of ’87, and it hadn’t taken long for her mother to fall pregnant, and after the news the two promptly married and began to plan their lives together. It hadn’t been something that was on the cards for her mother, travelling and falling pregnant almost the minute she’d stepped foot in France. But alas, that was the way that life had worked out for them, and it didn’t stop them from raising their young daughter, Marie, to the best of their abilities.

Growing up, Marie had to try and learn two languages, with her mother not being able to speak very much French, and her friends not being able to speak very much English, she was torn between languages throughout the day. She often found herself getting a little bit confused with some of her words, knowing the French word for what she was trying to say, but not the English, or vice versa. The constant back and forth between languages was something that she learned to deal with, and as she grew up, she was able to distinguish the two languages further. One thing it did give her was an almost secret language between her and her father. While they would both talk English to her mother, the two of them were able to communicate in French, which lead to the two of them becoming very close, even when Marie was at a young age.

By the age of nine, Marie was practically fluent in both languages, however she tended to favour the English language over that of French (the crime shows that she liked were always better in English), except for when she was communicating with her father. Her father was her closest friend, and while she did have her friends outside of the home, her father was whom she confided in the most up until the age of thirteen. In the August of 2003, the worst thing happened to Marie, in her eyes. While travelling abroad for business, the plane that her father had been on had a fault, and as a result of this, the plane plummeted to the ground, and Marie was left without a father. While she and her mother did get along, it wasn’t the same kind of relationship that she had had with her father, and for several months after the accident, Marie suffered from depression, trying to cope with the loss of her father.

At fifteen, her mother made the decision for the two of them to make a move back to the USA. To her mother, it was the better move, being able to get closer to the side of the family Marie barely knew. For Marie, it was one of the hardest things she could have done. Speaking French was one of the things that made her feel connected to her father, and having that taken away from her lead the girl’s relationship to her mother become even more strained. By the end of the year, Marie and her mother were settled into a nice house in Portland, using the money that her father had left them and the sale of his business back in France to afford it. While the house was lovely, she didn’t feel as though it was really home. Not like the way Paris had always done. Marie didn’t like the countryside, she liked having people around her, and the hustle and bustle of the area.

One of the things that she had her father had really enjoyed together was watching television shows that involved crime, forensics and investigations. It had always appealed to Marie, and her father had always encouraged her to pursue the career that she felt passionate about, and to not be boxed in by other people who might tell her that it wasn’t for her. These memories, as well as the continuous watching of these shows after his death, lead her to become even more interested in criminology, despite the fact that her mother wanted her to pursue other careers. Marie disagreed, the voice of her father firmly in the back of her mind.

Graduating from college in 2012, Marie made the decision to not go home. She didn’t want to end up stuck in that house with her mother, when she had a path that she could follow. That and she knew that if she went home, her mother would be in her ear about the career that she had chosen the whole time, and that was something that she couldn’t bear to face. Marie spent that summer looking for both a job and an apartment, and as luck should have it, she managed to achieve both of her goals, landing a job at the Cresthill Police Department. 

Marie was a powerhouse, but being in a small town it didn’t take much for her to be climbing up the ranks. That, and the sudden death of the Sheriff helped. She was a shoo-in to replace him. Working as hard as she does, Marie doesn’t have a lot of time on her hands. She could be called at any time, since those kinds of incidents don’t just happen on a 9-5 basis, and therefore still only has a small network of close friends. She’s a known face around the town, but very few get to know Marie for who she really is. 

There are times when Marie wishes she can talk to her father, and the strain on her and her mother’s relationship has taken its toll, and the two very rarely speak, except on the odd occasion should one of them have news for the other. She’s not yet been back to Paris, but she plans on saving the money that she’s now earning for a trip of that nature, and maybe to travel around some of France while she’s there. It’s a culture that she has always adored and therefore longs to be back there as much as she can. She doesn’t talk in French as much as she would like to, although it does come out sometimes – when she’s angry and such. Most of the people that she meets don’t even know that she’s half French, since she doesn’t have an accent when she talks in English, and even those who do know can just about hear it on particular words. Other than that, she’s just trying to live her life the best that she can, and hopes to make her father proud of her.

[kennedybrook]

(brigette lundy-paine, 23, non binary, they/them) The war is about to start KENNEDY BROOK. We see that you will be fighting for the NEITHER family as a FRESHWATER MERFOLK. THEY reminds me of FAST MOVING RAPIDS, IRIDESCENT SCALES and EYES BENEATH WATER REEDS. We wish you luck. 

basics →

FULL NAME: Kennedy Brook.

AGE: 23.

GENDER/PRONOUNS: non-binary, they/them.

SPECIES: Merfolk - Freshwater.

headcanons →

Kennedy was a water baby. They started taking swimming lessons, partaking in water sports, and spending their spare time in the water.

Kennedy has a tattoo of a beluga whale on their upper left thigh -  it was a dare, and she never backs out of a dare. 

Kennedy knows there is a was but is disinterested in it more than anything. They don’t understand why it’s still going on with the heads of each family dead.

They are very thrifty - they will scrimp and save for the most part and never knowingly more for something than they need to. 

They are very conscious of climate change and the implications it can have. Kennedy tries to adopt a zero waste, vegan, lifestyle to try and contribute to the bettering of the problem. 

They go to Alaska nearly every year to monitor the whales up there, it is usually a 4 week trip.

Kennedy is the most clumsy person you might ever meet.

biography →

Kennedy is the only child to their parents Clifford and Louisa, born and raised in Cresthill. Kennedy struggled with their upbringing, often feeling neglected and left out by their parents who didn’t have the same interest in their child as other parents tended to have. Because of this, they spent a lot of time with their neighbours, both of which were lifeguards, and got Kennedy interested in the water from as early as they could take them out.

By the time they were fourteen, Kennedy had a deeper understanding of the world around them and the way that they had been treated by their parents. They had never been interested in them, never even met their grandparents. Because of this, Kennedy was quick to file for emancipation. They had no remorse with it and no regret, and the impression that their parents were almost as equally pleased with the arrangement.

Kennedy found the love and support they had needed from their neighbours, learning to swim, lifeguard, and spend enough time with them on their travels to become at one with the sea. An interest in marine life and their ecosystems had been sparked, and the freedom of being detached from their parents meant that they really had the opportunity to do whatever it was that they wanted without running the risk of them holding them back.

Kennedy studied hard during high school to get into the University of Tampa, with marine biology as their main focus. They enjoyed the university life in Florida, even if they didn’t enjoy the humidity that came with it. The resources and opportunities that came from studying there provided them with the chance to do and see things they wouldn’t have if they had remained in Cresthill. Upon graduation they moved back to Cresthill immediately, to help take care of the parental figures, their old neighbours, who had since become older and more elderly. 

One night, Kennedy was out exploring by Echo Lake. They had been assessing the impact of bioluminescent bacteria within the lake, and whether or not it could be sustained appropriately. This of course, meant that they were out in the middle of the night. Being as clumsy as they are, Kennedy unknowingly found themselves near the moon pool, wading in deeper and deeper as they thought they were making progress with their project. 

Kennedy isn’t entire sure what they are. They understand that they have a tail and scales, and that they need to be in the lake more often than they might like, but in true essence, they don’t understand. They have a very scientific brain, and are looking to understand the how and the why. It is since turning that they have become more aware of the other supernatural beings in the town, and don’t understand completely the war - and as such is just keeping their nose out of it, to avoid any unwanted trouble. 

[itscassandradiaz]

(diane guerrero, 29, cis female, she/her) The war is about to start CASSANDRA DÍAZ. We see that you will be fighting for NEITHER family as a SORCERESS. SHE reminds me of THE FAINT SMELL OF SMOKE, ROOMS LIT BY FAIRY LIGHTS, BOXES OF CRYSTALS and DRINKING AT SUNSET. We wish you luck.

basics →

FULL NAME: Cassandra Sophia Díaz.

AGE: 29.

GENDER/PRONOUNS: cis female, she/her.

SPECIES: Caster - Sorceress.

headcanons →

Cassandra’s love of flowers started as a young girl, and she couldn’t see herself doing anything else.

Cassie has several tiny tattoos across her body, most noticeably a crescent moon on the inside of her left index finger, and a Taurus constellation behind her right ear. 

Cassie is indifferent towards the war in her town - not choosing sides has allowed her business to thrive as she has provided flowers for a number of funerals in recent years.

She much prefers the ‘surprise me’ approach to her work - customers with very specific visions do not suit her style, she works best with creative freedom. 

She’s a vegetarian (for the most part), and her beverage of choice is usually an oat milk latte that she makes herself on a coffee machine she bought for the shop at a yard sale.

If she’s not in her shop, she can normally be found at Madam Rose’s Herb Emporium, or at The Cracked Teapot. Sometimes she is at home (Crown Townhomes), but she prefers the company of others and living alone doesn’t provide that.

She can be ditzy at times, but this shouldn’t be mistaken for a lack of intelligence.

biography →

Cassandra was born as the middle of three children in Colombia. She grew up fairly poor, she and her siblings taking jobs as soon as they good in order to help support their parents and make sure they all had a roof over their heads. Cassie wasn’t happy with their life, not understanding that why, as a family of casters, they couldn’t use their gifts to try and better their lives as much as they needed to. She wasn’t after luxury, but she was after something more.

At the age of six, her family moved to Cresthill, to be closer to some of Cassandra’s extended family who had planted their roots there, the hub of supernatural activity appealing to a family of casters. Her aunts had links to the Atwood coven, and while being so close to the coven wasn’t necessarily for her, she could understand why her family would want the potential protection that came from the coven.

Her childhood was, by all accounts, relatively normal. She got by in school enough to graduate with a decent GPA, and had a large circle of friends. She still couldn’t shake the feeling that she wanted so much more in her life, more than her parents had told her, more than they could offer. She’d always been drawn to horticulture, cultivating a small garden during her teen years, learning by heart flowers and which seasons were best for them to bloom. It was during these years that she spent more and more time in her Aunt’s florist, learning the ropes to ultimately take over from her when the time came.

Living in Cresthill, and so close to the Atwood’s, Cassie was very aware of the war brewing between the Marsh and Windham families. She was told to always stay out of it and keep her head down, which she tried to do as much as she could. She didn’t want to risk being caught in the crossfire, or mistaken for being on either side when really she was trying to stay neutral. 

Seven years ago Cassandra’s aunt passed away suddenly. Her body was found not far from Bloomin’ Marvelous, and the police came to the conclusion that someone had tried to rob the shop and she had been caught in the crossfire. Cassie however, couldn’t shake the feeling that there was something more to it than that, but with no ideas and no proof, she had to accept that she would never know what happened. She couldn’t start accusing the families of Cresthill with no evidence, in case she ended up the same way.

Taking over from Bloomin’ Marvelous has allowed Cassandra to become more independent, enjoying the time spent with the flowers and meeting more of the people in the town. She caters for all events, weddings, funerals, and anything in between, so call on her and she’ll be there. She has cultivated a social media presence for the store with her lavish window decorations, something she takes immense pride in, and enjoys seeing visitors to the town take photos of it when they come by.