Age: Nineteen
Personality: Magdalene is a very laid-back individual. Despite her rather traumatic upbringing, she seems to be quite comfortable with herself. Mag is quite a friendly individual who does her best to get along with her colleagues, and rarely seems to be effected by the sort of things she runs into.
Mag has a pretty liberal attitude to things, and it's rare to find anything that offends her. She enjoys disorder, and tends to see little wrong with parties and the like. This does tend to be underpinned however with a sense of self-sufficiency and practicality, this compels her to draw the line at anything seriously self-destructive, and as a result she'd always been quite repelled by drug abuse.
All that Magdalene does is driven by a certain anarchistic undercurrent to her personality. She loves to take on authority, and it seems to be something she takes on in her career with great enthusiasm. The more powerful the target, the greater the satisfaction she gets from dealing with them. Mag loves to stand up for the underdog, having been one herself. This sort of anti-establishment streak sends to set her at odds with academic education, something she never really excelled in. She is quite intelligent, even knowledgeable at times, but her grades in school were always pretty bad, and she dropped out.
Understandably, this tendency towards disorder can sometimes get Mag into trouble. She can sometimes push her luck a little too much with those above her.. She is a notoriously terrible timekeeper and seems to be at least half an hour late for anything she is called to unless literally dragged there. Disorganization tends to plague her life, and often gets in the way of her otherwise good intentions.
Likes:
- Banksy Mag is a massive fan of the artist Banksy, who inspired her to take up art....unfortunately that art was all over one wall of her school building initially. She likes the idea that art should have a social message.
- V for Vendetta: A comic book and film which Mag feels changed her view of the world and fuelled her ideals of anti-establishment and anarchy.
-Ferrets: Mag adores the animals and would like to keep them, but fears she wouldn't have the organizational skills to take care of a pet.
Dislikes:
- Dogs. Mag was bitten by a dog at a very early age and from their gained a crippling fear of the animals that she cannot seem to shake. Mag freezes up when faced with an angry dog.
- Authority. Having spent much of her childhood comparatively powerless in the face of the domestic nightmare she and her brother underwent, Mag grew up with an unrelenting desire to rage against the machine. She cannot stand arbitrary rules, and struggles with any overly structured or formal setting.
- Self-destructive/Self-indulgent behaviour. Despite her rather liberal attitude to most things, when people start harming themselves or those around them, Mag draws a distinct line in the sand. Possibly due to her own experience it serves as something of a 'button' for Mag, and is likely to set her off more than other things. She thinks of it as selfish and repellent. It's partly because of this that she shunned contact with her brother for so long.
Hobbies:
- Art: Mag is a very keen artist. She got into graffiti-style art in her teenage period, and developed it over the past few years. From there, despite her lack of formal training, she managed to make a reasonable amount of money as a freelance illustrator.
- Film: Mag is very into movies and knows a great deal of trivia. Tarantino movies are some of her favourite.
- Krav Maga: She learned the self-defense technique a few years before, and practises it regularly.
- Music: Mag loves music, though her lack or organization has prevented her from taking her interest anywhere.
Mag has a lip piercing, though no tattoos.
Backstory:
Magdalena is Orael's half sister, born a few years later to the same father by another partner. Her mother had had a considerable problem with alcohol and had left her at a fairly young age. The result was that Mag grew up in similarly terrible circumstances. She learned early on to try and avoid harm as best as possible, and spent most of her childhood trying to keep to herself and avoid attracting unwarranted attention from her father. At that point, she had a great deal of affection for her brother Orael, and looked up to him. This changed however when he began taking drugs. Magdalena was horrified not only that he was doing such a thing, but also how much it changed him. Her relationship with him soured. After he left, feeling abandoned, Mag disappeared completely. It was unknown where she had gone. It was thought entirely possible that she might've fallen into the trap of drugs, prostitution, or some other sordid business.
As it turned out however, what Mag did find was considerably more positive. After drifting around for a couple of weeks, the teenager had managed to track down her mother. The woman had since gotten over her problems with drink, and had been trying to put her life back together. Their interactions had been initially rather strained, but they grew to have a half decent relationship. Magdalene grew up a lot...and her feelings of bitterness towards her older brother began to diminish. With her twentieth birthday approaching, Mag decided to return to try and find her brother...and to try and stop him destroying his life.