This roleplay is based off of a thriller novel I have written, entitled Starless Sky. It is not yet published, and the roleplay's plot only loosely follows the novel's.

A Secret Service agent and four FBI agents have been assigned to solve the case of the President's assassination. But they face several insurmountable obstacles, not the least of which is the fact that the President's three children, Brenton (16), Kimberly (22), and Soraya (14) are determined to find their father's killer first. Add to that the fact that the President had an unheard of approval rating of around 82%, and was just about to run for reelection...Then, the agents must face the fact that the fingerprints on the murder weapon belong to one of the world's most feared terrorists and most dangerous women...Treali Storm, the record-holder for longest occupant of the FBI's Ten Most Wanted List, and also, known to be a close, personal friend of Usama bin Ladin.

The agents face enormous pressure from Maynard's VP, now President, Abigail McKinley, a diehard conservative who wants to see the assassin die via lethal injection; Robert Edwards, the Director of the FBI; and the public in general. Add to that the ever-present media angle to the international frenzy. And the mysterious message from Al Jazeera that no one, not even the aide, had read...


Requirements:
You must be active--log on at least once every other day.
You must follow my rules. (below)

Characters/Roles
If you have a suggestion for another role, please let me know by posting below. If you want a Pre-Made Role, let me know, and I'll PM you the necessary background information, anything else you can pretty much make up. Sirius Melbourne is the really tricky one--that one is open only to an experienced roleplayer with lots of writing experience. The Totally Open roles, as the name says, are completely up to you for filling out.

Somewhat Pre-Made Roles
Treali Storm -- (This would be me; I would have typed in my username, but that would have looked stupid )
President Abigail McKinley (45-75)
Director Robert Edwards (45-65)
Sirius Melbourne/The Witness/The Informant (45-65)

Totally Open Roles
Brenton Maynard (16) -- mini_me
Kimberly Anne Maynard (22) -- .The-Literate-Angel.
Soraya Maynard (14) -- Mikaela
White House Aide (must be at least 30)
Secret Service Agent (28-58)
FBI Agent -- Proclaimer; character not yet posted
FBI Agent -- Kevah; April Jane Leslie
FBI Agent -- Mobpeace; Graylen Lee Fieldings
FBI Agent (28-57)
Journalist following the story -- .The-Literate-Angel. ; Sierra Lin Taylor
Detective -- Rion-OfTheHolySky; Detective Rion Leo Magee

Rules (not Roles with an O, Rules with a U)
1.) No god-moding. You're not God, so don't act like it.
2.) Each player can control only their own characters. Meaning I can't say your character goes somewhere, and likewise for you and my character.
3.) As this is realistic, keep events at least somewhat realistic. Nothing insane or insanely drastic. Reasonable. Of course, suspension of belief is totally allowed.
4.) People swear. Avoid it as much as possible, but very brief utterences of profane words are permitted. Words I consider profane (as this differs from person to person) are f***, s***, b****, and cunt. Bastard, whore, crap, and variations of dang, darn, are acceptable although not encouraged. Damn and hell are not considered swears in the proper context. Otherwise they are considered profane.
5.) Romance is encouraged, but keep it PG-13, which in my definition (see above) means no explicit descriptions of sex, whether brief or drawn out, whether "typical" or kinky, and no extended making out AND no descriptions of making out. Saying a character makes out with another is fine (as long as there is mutual consent). Kissing, embracing, and coddling are allowed.
6.) Use proper spelling, grammar, and punctuation to the best of your ability. No chatspeak (unless you're writing what someone said in an IM) or useless abbreviations, with some obvious and practical exceptions: i.e. FBI, USA, etc. This is for clarifcation and simplicity--so these common abbreviations are accepted, however many others will not be. Test for to use or not to use an abbreviation? If four out of five people recognize it and correctly identify it, it's usable. By the way, if you have actually read these rules, please answer the last question of your signup with the word "fascination". If you want to use a difficult/long/higher order/obscure word, by all means go ahead, and spelling mistakes on words like idiosyncrancy and Hippocratic will be tolerated. But spelling mistakes like disapear and scool won't. And "u like ppl b/c..." is also not acceptable. Neither is shorthand, if you actually happen to know it (which is cool, but I can't read it). You can also use short phrases in foreign languages, if they are commonly known OR explained, i.e. Allahu Akbar, gun dan, Shalom, Buenos Dias, etc. (However, these words MUST be written with the English/Latin alphabet) Sorry if this one seems strict, but proper English is a must if you ever want to succeed anwhere in life.
7.) Last one. When you post, be not only literate (as described above), but please also, bare minimum of three paragraphs, 150 words. Recommended minimum: five paragraphs, 300 words. Maximum--there is no real maximum, just use common sense. No more than 2500 words, please, unless absolutely necessary.

Signup Character Sheet

If you want a premade character, PM me first. If you want an open character, post the following profile. You may omit the second part, but not the first or third parts. Plot and character development can and will be discussed in this OOC thread. Once we have at least a few people interested, we will begin--I will start the IC thread.

Full Name:
Name at birth (if different):
Aliases (if any):
Title (military rank, Dr., clergy, etc.):
Preferred name (what do you like to be called, can be nickname):
Age/DOB (include both):
Gender:
Sexual Orientation:
Race/Ethnicity (for clarification only; white, black, Asian, Arab, Latino, etc.):
Skin Tone (select one): ebony dark, molasses, chocolate, olive, caramel, vanilla, ivory, malaria-pale
Height:
Weight:
Build (slim, linebacker, etc.):
Eyes:
Hair (include color, thickess, texture, style/length):
Clothes (style, color):
Appearance (more description, note things like glasses, braces, other physical attributes; a picture is encouraged, please please please no anime pictures this is realistic, please use a realistic picture):

Favorite Types of Music:
Favorite Types of Reading Material:
Favorite TV shows:
Favorite Movies:
Citizenship (where are you a citizen of):
Nationality (Italian, Arab, Cherokee, Uighur, Luo, etc.):
Born (city and state if USA, city and country if elsewhere):
Now lives:
Lives with (parents, pet, roommate, partner, spouse, self, etc.):
Relationship Status (select one and explain): single and looking, happily single, married, in a long term relationship, divorced and looking, divorced and not looking, divored and remarried, engaging in casual relationships, widowed and looking, widowed and remarried, widowed and not looking

Religion (atheism counts):
Political Affiliation (liberal, Republican, anarchist, etc.):
Education (some high school, PhD, etc.):
Languages spoken:
Weapons (if any):
Occupation (and history if prior):
Special Abilities/Skills (juggling, sniper, karate, singing, etc.):
Hobbies (reading, architecture, arson, etc.):
Interests (besides hobbies):
Serious Problems (addict, arrogant, schizophrenic, etc.):
Personality:
Background (history, family, life):
Other (important information like fame, richness, wantedness, etc.):
Did you read the rules?

Questions? Comments? Suggestions? Concerns?

Post them here, or drop me a private message.

Disclaimer
I, Ylanne Sorrows, the sole author and creator of this roleplay, do hereby declare that this roleplay in its entirety is fiction, and that any characters herein are products of either my or another participant's imagination, and are in no way intended to be representative of any actual person, whether living or dead; that this roleplay is not affiliated with any organisation, corporation, agency, or institution which may be mentioned herein; that this roleplay is not meant in any way, shape or form to libel or otherwise maliciously slander or misrepresent (except as permitted by creative license) any actual individual, organisation, corporation, agency, institution, event, or incident; that the events and incidents herein are not representative of any actual events or incidents, whether historical, current, or premeditated; that I as the author do not discriminate against participants on account of actual or perceived gender, age, sexual orientation, national origin, race/ethnicity, political beliefs, religious beliefs (or lack thereof), or any other such potentially discriminatory criterion; that I as the author am not to be held responsible or liable in any way for any damages which may be claimed at any later date by any participant, member of this website, or guest/visitor to these pages; that I am not affiliated in any way with Roleplaygateway.com, its staff, or its affiliates; and that by reading, participating, or otherwise joining this roleplay, you agree to this disclaimer and waiver of rights.

Sorry, but with some of the sensitive issues and other things brought up in this roleplay, I needed to include that.

Make sure you read the rules!
If you did not read the rules, I WILL know and you will NOT be accepted.

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Full Name: Julian Vincent.

Aliases (if any): "Jewels"

Title (military rank, Dr., clergy, etc.):Professor.

Preferred name (what do you like to be called, can be nickname): "Jewels"

Age/DOB (include both):39, 1969

Gender: Male

Orientation: Wait, you do mean where he's going? And if so, I don't know. He's just going to go with the flow of the story. If you mean where he is, then where everybody else is I presume.

Race/Ethnicity (for clarification only; white, black, Asian, Arab, Latino, etc.): Swiss

Skin Tone: Pale white.

Height: 5"3

Weight: 60kg.

Build (slim, linebacker, etc.): Gaunt and skinny.

Eyes: Hazel with a hint of blue.

Hair (include color, thickess, texture, style/length): Long, thin oiled blonde hair.

Clothes (style, color): Wears a white suit, with a white tie.

Appearance: Well, he is nothing else. Thin small guy in a suit, with oiled back long blonde hair.

Favorite Types of Music: 70's rock, classical, jazz, blues, 80's garage, Bob Marly.

Favorite Types of Reading Material: Science fiction, philosophical, crime, fantasy, war.

Favorite TV shows: Doesn't watch TV.

Favorite Movies: Forrest Gump.

Citizenship (where are you a citizen of): Geneva.

Nationality (Italian, Arab, Cherokee, Uighur, Luo, etc.): Swiss.

Born (city and state if USA, city and country if elsewhere): Lausanne, Switzerland.

Now lives: Washington D.C.
Lives with (parents, pet, roommate, partner, spouse, self, etc.): Cat.

Relationship Status (select one and explain): Happily Single.

Religion (atheism counts): Super Atheist.

Political Affiliation (liberal, Republican, anarchist, etc.): Communist, socialist.

Education (some high school, PhD, etc.): Went up and up, and eventually went to Harvard University.

Languages spoken: French, English.

Weapons (if any): Silenced Sig Sauer pistol, swiss pen knife. Lethal Injection.

Occupation (and history if prior): Researches things for employers, mostly to do with crime. Right now he is free, no job.

Special Abilities/Skills (juggling, sniper, karate, singing, etc.): Good aim with pistols, extremely high IQ.

Hobbies (reading, architecture, arson, etc.): Reading, shooting.

Personality: Very quiet. Very serious.

Background (history, family, life): Hey! To be revealed.....

Did you read the rules?: Yes.

I would like to be FBI. A bit busy and will edit this very post in the becoming hours.

Full Name: Rion Leo Magee

Name at birth (if different):

Aliases (if any): Light

Title (military rank, Dr., clergy, etc.): Detective

Preferred name (what do you like to be called, can be nickname): Leo

Age/DOB (include both): is 31 born in 12/14/1977

Gender: Male

Orientation:

Race/Ethnicity (for clarification only; white, black, Asian, Arab, Latino, etc.): African-American

Skin Tone (select one): Milk-Chocolate

Height: 5'8

Weight: 150 Pounds

Build (slim, linebacker, etc.): He has a nice build, but not nessicarily muscular

Eyes: Nice light brown eyes

Hair (include color, thickess, texture, style/length): His hair is short and is wavy similar to his family. Its well cut and the cut is nice and straight, giving him a nice look, despite the fact that his hair is wavy

Clothes / And Apperance (style, color): He wears a tight black shirt, and he wears a Black Roca-Wear jacket right over it with a 2 guns on both sides inside hoilsters that are strapped to his chest, the jacket is however not zipped but by the way he is wearing it, you cant see the guns. He wears plain light blue jeans, and on his feet he has a red pair of Tony Hawks, with black socks. He also wears a Rolex watch and has a scar right where is watch is set. He has a small scar right below his eye but he dosent have a rough apperance. He for some reason has this kid like, apperance to him, with some nice and long eye lashes wear he often gets his complements

Favorite Types of Music: He likes Rock-Music, some Hip-Hop, but mostly old 80's Music

Favorite Types of Reading Material: He likes to read old cases, and old mythology such as greek and roman mythology

Favorite TV shows: His favorite TV show is CSI

Favorite Movies: Dosent have one

Citizenship (where are you a citizen of):

Nationality (Italian, Arab, Cherokee, Uighur, Luo, etc.): Black

Born (city and state if USA, city and country if elsewhere):USA
Now lives: Texas

Lives with (parents, pet, roommate, partner, spouse, self, etc.):

Relationship Status (select one and explain):(Coming soon)

Religion (atheism counts): Secretly Atheist

Political Affiliation (liberal, Republican, anarchist, etc.): Democrat

Education (some high school, PhD, etc.): He went to school at Atascocita High then attended The School of Gifted Indiviuals and got a Master's Degree in the Field of being a Detective

Languages spoken: English, Spanish, Latin,

Weapons (if any): An Action Auto-Semimatic Pistol X2 and a medium long Dagger

Occupation (and history if prior): He is so far been a detective, thats all he has been in his life

Special Abilities/Skills (juggling, sniper, karate, singing, etc.): He is a Master in Judo, has all belts and a special Black belt, and currently almost a master in the Pressure Point Style

Hobbies (reading, architecture, arson, etc.): Reading, Studying, Practicing

Interests (besides hobbies): Hanging out with friends, Solving cases, Living the like

Serious Problems (addict, arrogant, schizophrenic, etc.): He has an anger managment problem, and is very arrogant, tends to be very stupid which costs life's at times. He also has this thing where he does his job at the last minute

Personality: (Coming soon)

Background (history, family, life):(Coming soon)

Other (important information like fame, richness, wantedness, etc.): (Coming soon)

Did you read the rules? Of course

Looks interesting, but more than I can commit to at this very moment.

Can somebody take up the job of the killer's accomplice?

Hmmm.....maybe. Can we talk about it over PM? And Roselite, this scenario is a group version of what we're doing in private.

Full Name: April Jane Leslie
Name at birth (if different): Same
Title (military rank, Dr., clergy, etc.): Detective
Preferred name (what do you like to be called, can be nickname): Detective Li.
Age/DOB (include both): 28; April 20, 1982
Gender: Female
Orientation: Pansexual
Race/Ethnicity (for clarification only): European-American
Skin Tone (select one): olive
Height: 5'8
Weight: 136
Build (slim, linebacker, etc.): Petite-Curvy
Eyes: Hazel
Hair (include color, thickess, texture, style/length): Medium, choppy/wavy with layers, brown.
Clothes (style, color): Chill, jeans and a tank; both light and dark colors.
Appearance (more description, note things like glasses, braces, other physical attributes): Needs glasses to read, captivating smile
Religion (atheism counts): Undecided
Political Affiliation (liberal, Republican, anarchist, etc.): Liberal
Education (some high school, PhD, etc.): College; PhD in Crimialistics and Forensic Science
Languages spoken: English, Spanish, Some Italian
Weapons (if any): 45 Cal gun, pocket knife.
Citizenship (where are you a citizen of): United States
Nationality : European
Born: Europe; Venice, Italy
Now lives: USA; San Diego, California
Lives with (parents, pet, roommate, partner, spouse, self, etc.): Room mate and puppy named Sundance.
Relationship Status (select one and explain): Single, could be looking
Occupation (and history if prior): Worked as a police officer, was promoted to work with top AS detective five years ago.
Special Abilities/Skills (juggling, sniper, karate, singing, etc.): Photographic memories, photography
Hobbies (reading, architecture, arson, etc.): Reading, photgraphy, writing, electronics, music, baking
Interests (besides hobbies): Piano.
Favorite Types of Music: Oldies, Alternative.
Favorite Types of Reading Material: Fiction
Favorite TV shows: Comedy and Drama; Family guy, House, Law and Order, CSI, Forensic Files, Ghost Hunters, Cold Case Files
Favorite Movies: The Covenant, Lion King, Zodiac, Shooter, Armegeddon
Serious Problems (addict, arrogant, schizophrenic, etc.): Used to smoke but stopped when she became an officer.
Personality: Kind and caring, since she started as a cop, April has been one of the nice guys, but always held up a shield to victimizers. When the going gets tough, April gets tough right back.
Background (history, family, life): In high school, April found out about a Forensic course and when she took it, fell it love with it.
From there, college led her to majoring in Criminalistics and Forensic Science. Coming out of College with a Masters Degree, she headed over to a police station and landed a job, starting already at the top of the bunch.
Ten years of hard work paid off when April found herself being lead detective in many cases following.
Other (important information like fame, richness, wantedness, etc.): Yes I read the rules.

Full Name: Sierra Lin Taylor
Name at birth (if different): Sierra Lin Fuller
Aliases (if any):
Title (military rank, Dr., clergy, etc.): Journalist
Preferred name (what do you like to be called, can be nickname): Sierra
Age/DOB (include both): 23; February 10th, 1987
Gender: Female
Sexual Orientation: Heterosexual
Race/Ethnicity (for clarification only; white, black, Asian, Arab, Latino, etc.): White
Skin Tone (select one): Ivory
Height: 5'9"
Weight: 126
Build (slim, linebacker, etc.): Curvy
Eyes: Blue
Hair (include color, thickess, texture, style/length): The color is ginger, falling past her shoulders by an inch with longer bangs. It is thick, but straight and silky.
Clothes (style, color): Sierra wears clothing that fits her situations, whether she has to attend a formal party or if she is in Iraq doing a special on women rights. She wears what allows her to blend in and also make a good impression. On casual outings, when she isn't working, she wears loose blue jeans with a comfortable sweater and outdoor slippers.
Appearance (more description, note things like glasses, braces, other physical attributes; a picture is encouraged, please please please no anime pictures : Sierra usually wears contacts, but when she is in a hurry or doesn't have them with her she has black, thin glasses with dark green trimming. On the right side of her collar bone is a birthmark. She has freckles dotting her cheeks and nose, though they are faint.

Favorite Types of Music: Sierra usually listens to calming music such as Enya, Pure moods and whatever else relaxes her. She also listens to a lot of classical, Mozart and Bach being her favorite.
Favorite Types of Reading Material: Sierra usually reads detective thrills and mysteries, but she has been known to pick up a romance novel here and there.
Favorite TV shows: CSI, Criminal Minds, Law and Order: all, and Scrubs.
Favorite Movies: V for Vendetta, Notebook, and Dark Knight
Citizenship (where are you a citizen of): USA
Nationality (Italian, Arab, Cherokee, Uighur, Luo, etc.): Scottish-American
Born (city and state if USA, city and country if elsewhere): New York, New York.
Now lives: New York, New York
Lives with (parents, pet, roommate, partner, spouse, self, etc.): Sierra lives with her cat and her two year old daughter, Jessica.
Relationship Status (select one and explain): Divorced and not looking. She has her daughter and is pretty much married to her job. If someone comes along then that's fine, but she isn't interested in long term anything or even casual.

Religion (atheism counts): Methodist Christian
Political Affiliation (liberal, Republican, anarchist, etc.): Democrat
Education (some high school, PhD, etc.): Bachelor
Languages spoken: Mainly English, but a little of Spanish, Arab, Japanese and Korean.
Weapons (if any): A small, licensed Walter P22 .22 Caliber Hand Pistol.
Occupation (and history if prior): A young Journalist who has been very successful and has risen quickly.
Special Abilities/Skills (juggling, sniper, karate, singing, etc.): Sierra is very good at reading people's emotions and has a beautiful singing voice.
Hobbies (reading, architecture, arson, etc.): Sierra's passion is being a journalist, but she also loves to draw and sing.
Interests (besides hobbies): She has a strong interest in the political world.
Serious Problems (addict, arrogant, schizophrenic, etc.): Sierra tends to stick her nose where it shouldn't be. Also she will push and push and push until either a person cracks and tries to punch her, or she gets her story.
Personality: Sierra, when she is with her child and friends, is a very kind person with an almost meek attitude. She is soft, quiet, forgiving and lovable. Yet when she is with business partners, fellow journalists, and those she is interviewing or interrogating she comes off as confident, pushy, efficient and almost cold. She is very work oriented, which ended her first marriage, and will risk her own life to get the job done and get the facts to the people.
Background (history, family, life): Sierra grew up with her father and mother in a small town house on the outskirts of New York. Her parents weren't rich, but they had enough money to get by. Her mother was a Scottish immigrant who her father married so she could stay in the country. They fell in love two years after their marriage and just after her visa was cleared. They had her three years later. She lived a peaceful, happy life and was always told to go for what she wanted. It didn't take her long to find out what that was. She went to college straight out of high school with ambitions to be a journalist. That's where she met her ex-husband.

They were in some classes together, he was at the top of their classes and she wasn't far behind. They met at a study group and hit it off. He asked her to marry him when she turned nineteen and she said yes. Her parents were wary, but said nothing about it. After a year they had a daughter, Jessica, and everything seemed great, until she got her job. He was an architect so was home a lot more than she was. She took long trips to places, always focused and driving ahead into the next case. She rarely took vacations and this separation killed her husband. He couldn't take it anymore so, while she was doing a report in Iraq, he left her, dropping their daughter off at her parents house. When she got home no one was there and a note was posted to the fridge. It said he wanted a divorce and that he was now staying with someone else, a woman he had been seeing for awhile. He said Jessica was at her parents house and they had no idea what was going on.

Sierra's been divorced for a year now and hasn't seen him since. She threw herself into her work even more vigorously, rising extremely quickly, getting a lot of contacts and getting a lot of choice stories. She makes time for her daughter and makes sure to talk to her every night.
Other (important information like fame, richness, wantedness, etc.): Sierra is a well known journalist with a fair amount of money and a steady income.
Did you read the rules?: Fascination

Kevah and Angel are accepted; so is Proclaimer (when you post your profile).

Rion and Jewels, I would really like you to be part of this roleplay: But I can tell you didn't read the rules. Read them again, then fix what you will then know needs to be fixed.

Full Name: Graylen Lee Feldings.
Name at birth: Kwasi. (Last name unknown.)
Aliases: None.
Title: Agent.
Preferred name: Graylen.
Age/DOB: 30. January 4th, 1978. (Estimated.)
Gender: Male.
Orientation: Heterosexual.
Race/Ethnicity: Ghanaian
Skin Tone: Ebony dark.
Height: 6'2''.
Weight: 200lbs.
Build: Very muscular.
Eyes: Brown.
Hair: Freshly-shaved bald.
Clothes: Graylen's wardrobe consists largely of jeans and t-shirts. The t-shirts come in a variety of colors, and sizes, though most are very big. He dresses very casually. When on-the-job, however, he dons a much more sophisticated form of attire. He wears, at his most formal, a full-blown tuxedo, and, at the least, a leisure suit. He also frequently wears an exaggerated, over-sized pair of sunglasses that more than conceal his eyes.
Appearance: Graylen is a very tall man. A solid amount of muscle evenly distributes itself across his long limbs and body. His skin is incredibly dark, and near-flawless, minus the occasional scar of everyday wear-and-tear. His eyes are massive, and a very dark brown. When he smiles, his teeth -- particularly in contrast with his skin -- seem unbelievably white and straight. He has an elongated, slightly flattened nose. It is crooked only slightly -- hinting to the fact that it has been broken once, though healed nicely.

Favorite Types of Music: Classic Rock.
Favorite Types of Reading Material: Non-fiction.
Favorite TV shows: The Simpsons, The Sopranos, ...
Favorite Movies: The Godfather Trilogy, Pulp Fiction, The Big Lebowski, ...
Citizenship: Ghanaian.
Nationality: Ghanaian.
Born: (Village unknown), Ghana.
Now lives: Near Washington, D.C.
Lives with: Himself.
Relationship Status: Single and Looking- After spending many of his adult years as a rather enthusiastic, in-and-out-of relationships bachelor, he has decided he may well be ready to settle down and start a family.

Religion: Agnostic.
Political Affiliation: Liberal.
Education: High-school drop-out, with G.E.D. Earned a Criminal Justice Degree online, and is looking at additional college- and university- options as an adult.
Languages spoken: English, very little Twi.
Weapons : Owns no personal weapons, uses what is provided by his employers.
Occupation: FBI Agent, former 'career criminal'. (Although he was never arrested, it is an undisputed fact that he was a self-proclaimed 'gangster' during his teenage years. Realistically, his criminal escapades never amounted to much more than petty vandalism and brawling.)
Special Abilities/Skills: Graylen is very accurate with small firearms, and is a top-notch driver. His large and usually friendly demeanor can also become rather intimidating, which makes him quite the interrogator.
Hobbies: Reading, Writing, and Computers.
Interests: Movies and History.
Serious Problems: Sober drug-addict and alcoholic.
Personality: Graylen is considerably shy, at first. An attribute which does little to match a man of his stature. He seems to fear more than just rejection from his peers, which causes something of an awkward social stature at the beginning of any relationship. From there on, however, is rather bright and cheerful -- frequently playing the role of optimist. He takes good care of his friends, though could easily be described as over-protective of those close to him.
Background: Graylen remembers very little of his early childhood. He and his father left Ghana, for America, when he was four years old. From there, they made way to Washington, D.C. His father became a mechanic, and stressed the importance of an education to Graylen. However, Graylen quickly fell in with the 'wrong crowd', and became a petty criminal. He grew distant from his father, leaving his home during his early teenage years -- at the same time as he dropped out of school. It took three days for the news to reach him of his father's eventually death, and, even then, it was second-hand gossip from a local junkie. Realizing the horrific turns his life had taken, Graylen did everything he could to escape the rut he had dug himself into. He studied hard, got his G.E.D., and a regular job at a fast-food restaurant. From there, he spent tireless days and nights working, to become the man he is today. In the awakening of his new self, he legally had his name changed to 'Graylen Lee Feldings', each individual piece of which having been a derivative of a name from someone who helped him on his spiritual- and mental- journey. He knows very little of his history and culture, because of the struggle and distance between himself and his father up until the old man's death. In essence, he lost almost all of his identity before his early-twenties. He has never quite gotten over the feeling of emptiness this causes, though, has developed an excellent means of ignoring and masking it to the common eye.
Other: Although not necessarily famous, Graylen has been considered a very positive force in many different cases and situations in his work with the FBI. This has gained him something of a recognizable standing with those in his own, local, community. He has a past that could be considered shady, however, the FBI overlooked this in hiring him, because of the lack of legal evidence, and the obvious role he could play as a beneficial member of their group.
Did you read the rules? Fascination. By which I mean, yes.

Full Name: Soraya Maynard
Name at birth (if different):
Aliases (if any):
Title (military rank, Dr., clergy, etc.):
Preferred name (what do you like to be called, can be nickname): Sory
Age/DOB (include both): 14; January 10, 1994
Gender: Female
Sexual Orientation: Heterosexual
Race/Ethnicity (for clarification only; white, black, Asian, Arab, Latino, etc.): White
Skin Tone (select one): ebony dark, molasses, chocolate, olive, caramel, vanilla, ivory, malaria-pale: Ivory
Height: 5'6"
Weight: 120
Build (slim, linebacker, etc.): Petite
Eyes: Blue
Hair (include color, thickess, texture, style/length): The color is choclate brown. It is thick and stright.
Clothes (style, color): Soraya wears clothes that other teens her age wear. She likes to wear stylish and flashy clothing.
Appearance (more description, note things like glasses, braces, other physical attributes; a picture is encouraged, please please please no anime pictures this is realistic, please use a realistic picture):

Favorite Types of Music: Pop, Rock, Hip-Hop and R&B
Favorite Types of Reading Material: Soraya likes to read mystery novels. As well as romantic and dramatic ones.
Favorite TV shows: One Tree Hill, Gossip Girls, The Office, 90210, Nip/Tuck, and CSI.
Favorite Movies: Transformers, Mean Girls, The Notebook, A Walk to Remember, I am Sam, Eagle Eye, Quartine, Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist.
Citizenship (where are you a citizen of): USA
Nationality (Italian, Arab, Cherokee, Uighur, Luo, etc.): White/European/Caucasian
Born (city and state if USA, city and country if elsewhere): Washington D.C.
Now lives:
Lives with (parents, pet, roommate, partner, spouse, self, etc.): Her two brother and mother.
Relationship Status (select one and explain): single and looking, happily single, married, in a long term relationship, divorced and looking, divorced and not looking, divored and remarried, engaging in casual relationships, widowed and looking, widowed and remarried, widowed and not looking: Single

Religion (atheism counts): Atheist
Political Affiliation (liberal, Republican, anarchist, etc.):
Education (some high school, PhD, etc.): High School
Languages spoken: English
Weapons (if any):
Occupation (and history if prior):
Special Abilities/Skills (juggling, sniper, karate, singing, etc.): Soraya can dance.
Hobbies (reading, architecture, arson, etc.): Dancing,shopping, talking on the phone with friends and hanging out with her brother and sister.
Interests (besides hobbies): Journalism and photgraphy
Serious Problems (addict, arrogant, schizophrenic, etc.): Soraya has a bit of an attitude problem and believe she could grow up with no ones help.
Personality: Soraya is a very outgoing girl. She is a wild child but she knows where to draw the line. Never one to be outdone Soraya makes sure she outshines her brother and sister at almost everything she does.
Background (history, family, life): Soraya was born on January 10, 1994. She is the baby of the family. When she was ten years old her father decided to run for the president and won. She moved into the White House immediately and lived in the spotlight as "The President's little Angel."
Other (important information like fame, richness, wantedness, etc.):
Did you read the rules? Fascination

Full Name: Kimberly Anne Maynard
Name at birth (if different):
Aliases (if any):
Title (military rank, Dr., clergy, etc.): Fashion designer
Preferred name (what do you like to be called, can be nickname): Kim
Age/DOB (include both): 22; May 21st 1988
Gender: Female
Sexual Orientation: Heterosexual
Race/Ethnicity (for clarification only; white, black, Asian, Arab, Latino, etc.): White/European/Caucasian
Skin Tone (select one): Ivory
Height: 5'9"
Weight: 123
Build (slim, linebacker, etc.): Slim
Eyes: Green
Hair (include color, thickess, texture, style/length): Deep brown, about shoulder length with layers. It is thin and straight. She usually styles it in a fashionable manner, different styles for different occasions, but she usually leaves it down with a little bit of product in it.
Clothes (style, color): Kimberly always has on the latest in designer fashion and even some of her own clothing line. She never dresses down and always looks her best, even for funerals.
Appearance (more description, note things like glasses, braces, other physical attributes; a picture is encouraged, please please please no anime pictures this is realistic, please use a realistic picture): Kimberly has a small scar on the small of back from a horse riding accident.

Favorite Types of Music: Alternative rock, Heavy Metal, Techno, Pop, Hip-Hop, and Rap.
Favorite Types of Reading Material: Gossip Magazines and romance novels.
Favorite TV shows: Heroes, Any reality show and Fringe
Favorite Movies: Legally Blonde I and II, Eagle Eye, and Knocked Up
Citizenship (where are you a citizen of): USA
Nationality (Italian, Arab, Cherokee, Uighur, Luo, etc.):American, a part of the melting pot.
Born (city and state if USA, city and country if elsewhere): Washington D.C.
Now lives: Paris, France
Lives with (parents, pet, roommate, partner, spouse, self, etc.): Herself.
Relationship Status (select one and explain): Single and looking. She likes to date a lot of guys and anyone who will boost her chances of getting farther into the fashion industry. She also secretly wants to settle down, but she doesn't see that happening for a very long time.

Religion (atheism counts): Christian.
Political Affiliation (liberal, Republican, anarchist, etc.): Her father.
Education (some high school, PhD, etc.): She got a Bachelor majoring in Fashion.
Languages spoken: English and French
Weapons (if any): None
Occupation (and history if prior): While she was going to college she worked for a woman who would buy clothes for celebrities and other famous figures. Now she is promoting her clothing line and working for a modeling agency as a model.
Special Abilities/Skills (juggling, sniper, karate, singing, etc.): Kimberly is surprisingly skilled with guns and is an excellent sniper. She is also good at posing for pictures.
Hobbies (reading, architecture, arson, etc.): She loves to sketch down ideas for cloth designs.
Interests (besides hobbies): Anything to do with fashion.
Serious Problems (addict, arrogant, schizophrenic, etc.): Kimberly used to have a bad problem with bulimia, but has dealt with it and is perfectly healthy now.
Personality: Kimberly is a very easygoing, fun loving person. She is very friendly and easy to get along with. She has never had a problem with friends and drama isn't a part of her life. She was close to her dad and used to talk to him every night before going to bed. She also has close relations with her mother and two younger siblings, though her sister tries to out shine her. She doesn't get jealous easily and always strives to get far in her life. She believes if you think you can get something than you can. She doesn't think things fall into peoples laps either, but that people should strive towards their dreams.
Background (history, family, life): Kimberly lived with her family for most of her life, leaving for college when she turned eighteen. She was sad to go, but easily adapted to life in college. She had a lot of friends and was one of those popular people, but she never let herself embarrass her father and his campaign and would often appear with him while he was on tour. After he won the election she still stayed on the straight and narrow, for the most part.

When she was sixteen was when the drama in her life happened. Kimberly had some friends who would make fun of her for her natural curves, though she wasn't fat in the slightest. She became self-conscious and, in an effort to make herself thin, she turned to bulimia. She tried to hide it from her family, but her father noticed and made her go to a clinic that helped her through it. Now she is healthy and never wants to go back to that girl who weighed 96 pounds. She still has some trouble gaining weight, but she has gotten to a healthy weight.

She moved to France shortly after she graduated from college, but she visits often and since her father's death she has halted everything to come back and solve his murder. She will stop at nothing and with the help of her siblings she hopes to find the criminal and deal with them accordingly.
Other (important information like fame, richness, wantedness, etc.):
Did you read the rules?: Fascination

Mikaela, I just wanted to point out that I do not live with the family, which I know you didn't know, but just in case I'm letting you know.

Also regarding my journalist character, Sierra, I would like her to have an acquaintance or contact within the FBI or anyone connected with President assassination. I would make it Kimberly, but where is the fun in that? So anyone interested just say so. Thanks.

Oh....more information I just realized all of you should have. Here is a profile for the dead President (Ha, ha, I JUST, literally, legitimate, JUST realized those of you playing the President's family need this information):

Full Name: Carl Antonius Maynard IV
Title: President
Preferred name: Carl (if familiar), Mr. President or President Maynard (if not familiar, or if formal)
Age/DOB (at death): 72, 18 July 1936
Gender: Male
Sexual Orientation: Heterosexual
Race/Ethnicity: White/European/Caucasian
Skin Tone: Vanilla
Height: 5'8"
Weight: 164 lbs.
Build: Average build, almost kind of stocky
Eyes: Dark green
Hair: Almost a cross between dirty blonde and light brown, neatly combed around his face to disguise a rapidly receding hairline
Clothes: Designer suits when anywhere near the public or a camera or in an important meeting, otherwise wears sweatshirts and jeans
Appearance: President Maynard had a distinctive face. He was shorter than many men, but at the eye level of many women. He seemed somehow athletic and distinguished all at once. His winning smile was used in many campaign photos.

Religion: Lutheran Christian
Political Affiliation: Democrat; fairly liberal. (Since he was President, I'm going to elaborate for your all's reference. Don't correct the grammar on that sentence.) Maynard supported abortion in the first term as a woman's choice, was against the death penalty except for mass murderers and terrorists, planned to close down Guantanamo (never quite got around to it), introduced progressive social policies in welfare and medecine, was a staunch supporter of gun control, opposed euthanasia, supported animal rights, passed a bill with Congress to increase the annual budget of the EPA, placed stricter restrictions on the food and pharmaceutical industries....Then for foreign affairs and foreign policy: Maynard wanted to establish diplomatic relations with any nation with which we did not already, he wanted to maintain said relations unless/until the other nation declared war or otherwise attacked America, in which situation he stated he would be willing to go to war, but only after carefully calculating the costs. He wanted to decrease American dependence on Saudi Arabian oil.
Education: He received a PhD in Yale in political science, and had briefly studied environmental science, sociology, and international relations at different times.
Languages spoken: English, French, Italian, Arabic, Chinese, Spanish
Weapons: He doesn't carry/own one. The Secret Service take care of that.
Occupation: President of the United States (duh). He had been in office for almost four whole years, and was beginning to campaign for reelection when he was shot. Prior to that he was a Senator for Rhode Island for two terms, and before that, he was a Professor of Political Science at Brown University.
Special Abilities/Skills: He was fluent in six languages. Maynard could also lick his elbow, a fact known only among his families. He had a way of relating to people, and making them feel at ease, and comforting them, sometimes without even saying a word.
Hobbies: Reading, collecting Star Wars posters
Interests: The Environment, Theology, his job (duh), Disney movies
Serious Problems: Far-sightedness, not in his vision, but in his life and job. Maynard always looked for the long term and never at the short term. He never judged a decision or action based on a short term effect, but always on the long term. Also, unbeknownst to the public, he had a touch of bipolar disorder, and sometimes, at home, would be observed switching, almost at random, from a state of happy exuberance to melancholy depression, or raging fury.
Personality: Maynard is generally an easy-going person except when attacked by a mood swing. He is somewhat pleasing to the eye, and a voter magnet. He likes to talk about subjects he knows a lot about for a long period of time, and so, during his Presidency, was often invited to lecture at various universities (he accepted some of these invitations). Often, though, he fails to notice problems within his own family until it is too late.
Background: Maynard was brought up in a wealthy family, the kind of family known as the "old rich", in that he was "old money". Maynard was an only child. He went to boarding prep schools his whole life, and being accepted to Yale was no surprise. His father wanted him to be aware of human suffering, and during high school, sent him for a year long trip to Haiti. He studied languages early on in order to be able to communicate with people around the world; however, his father, Carl Antonius Maynard III, was somewhat disappointed when he did not take over the family's banking business. When Maynard III died, President Maynard inherited over eight hundred million dollars. Through his own carefully placed investments, Maynard had over three billion dollars in his estate when he passed away.
Other: He was President of the United States?

Citizenship: American
Nationality: German American
Born: Providence, Rhode Island
Now lives: White House

Mikaela is accepted, and so is Literate Angel for Kimberly.

Should I change my characters profile so it mostly matches what Kimberly's fathers or is it alright the way it is?

Angel,I'm not sure what you mean. Perhaps you could expostulate a bit more?

Ha ha. What I mean is should I alter her ethnicity, faith, where Kimberly was born, etc. to match more with the presidents ethnicity, faith, etc.?

I say alter her ethnicity. She could have been born anywhere, and her faith doesn't have to be the same as her father's. But her ethnicity does.