"You have to accept what you've got. I've got you, and that's all that I need."
Full Name:
"Isn't Ellie enough?"
Elline Grace Matthews
Nicknames:
"Call me Ginger and you'll die."
Ellie is fine for her - as long as you're her friend || Ginger - if you have a death wish, that is.
Age:
"Oh, sure, I'm 17. Yeah."
17 years old
Gender:
"Isn't it obvious?"
Female
Birthdate:
"It's not too long now until I'm 18, believe it or not."
20th of December, 1997
Birthplace:
"Born and bred in France, grew up in England."
Elline was born in France, and grew up in England.
Breed:
"What else could I be apart from the obvious?"
Human
Status:
"Yay. School."
Student
Height:
"Call me a midget all you like, I don't care."
She is small, at about 5 ft 5 inches.
Weight:
"I'm a healthy weight, thank you very much!"
She weighs 8 stone and 3 pounds.
Build:
"My mother used to say that I looked like a willow tree."[/color]
Ellie is slim and slender, with a little bit of muscle on her.
Hair Color:
"I am NOT ginger. It's auburn!"
Her hair is auburn in most light - although, if in direct sunlight, it looks ginger-y.
Eye Color:
"My eyes look like melted chocolate. At least, I think so."
Her eyes are a deep chocolate brown.
Scars or Markings:
"Well, I do have a few scars..."
Ellie has a scar from the top of her left shoulder down her arm, about halfway. She also has a scar just above her right eyebrow that is about half an inch wide and half a millimetre long. She also has a V shaped scar on her neck.
Brief Written Description:
"Can't you see already?"
Elline is often seen as looking a lot younger than she actually is, due to her size and ability to look rather innocent. Don't let that fool you. She's made of muscle and could probably beat you into the floor. She's also very flexible and acrobatic, and her ability to dodge is rather remarkable. She can often be seen doing gymnastics or in the splits doing her homework.
Elline's hair is naturally wavy, and is auburn in colour. In some lights, her hair can look ginger, but don't get caught saying that, because Ellie will make it personal. She wears her hair down, most of the time, unless she's working out, which is the only time she will pull back her hair into a high ponytail. Her hair is down to her bellybutton at least, something she loves. She sometimes wears a black woolen hat, because she thinks it looks cute.
Ellie's face is just as small as her. She has quite small features, except her eyes and lips, which are large and overfull. She has a sprinkling of dark freckles across her nose, and her eyebrows arch over her eyes, framing them. Her eyelashes are dark, bringing out her eyes even more than they already stand out.
Ellie normally wears large jumpers and leggings, along with converse or ballet pumps. Occasionally she wears dresses but that's rarely. When she's practicing martial arts, she wears tight fitting tops and leggings again, but makes sure that those leggings are a lot thinner. She also owns a leotard or two, so that she is able to move comfortably when practicing gymnastics.
Quirks and Faults
Ellie is very reckless and often gets herself into trouble - or danger - if she's not careful. Which is not very often.
Ellie frequently has nightmares and often runs on little to no sleep because of that.
Ellie has an extreme fear of blood. She can't bear the sight or smell of the stuff and often gets sick if she sees it, or faints. She also has a fear of intimacy, and even has trouble reading romance novels or watching romantic movies because she feels a fear of getting it wrong herself.
Likes
Blueberries || Being outside || Gymnastics || Daggers (Don't ask) || Wolves || Boys || Angels || Being high up || Climbing || Adrenaline || Video Games || Martial Arts ||
Dislikes
Nosferat || Anything intimate || Raspberries || Strong coffee || Blood || Embarrassing herself || Conflict ||
Dreams
Ellie dreams that the nosferat will one day be destroyed.
Ellie also dreams that she will have her own family to take care of and look after.
Fears
Ellie fears two things. Blood and intimacy.
Strengths
She's strong and acrobatic, and is good at defending herself, primarily with daggers or martial arts.
Weaknesses
Ellie is very small, so she can be overpowered quite easily.
Ellie also freaks out at blood, so if any is present, she will immediately get sick with fear.
Ellie also runs on little to no sleep most of the time, so she has very little energy a lot of the time, even though she hides it.
Personality
{Sarcastic, Affectionate, Friendly, Bubbly, Hotheaded, Rebellious}
Ellie can be quite sweet and (fun!) loving if you can get past the sarcastic, rebellious side of herself. She likes firing off witty comments about the stupidity of others, or climbing the roof of the school. Or climbing anything, for that matter. If she's not climbing, she's practicing martial arts in the gym - something she works incredibly hard on mastering - or doing gymnastics on the grass. It doesn't matter what - handstands, flips, or splits, she could be doing it. Once you get past the acquaintance stage of her, Elline is extremely fun to be around. She'll take you on adventures through the trees (Always careful, though, she'll stick within a 5 mile radius of another Angel) and, always reckless, often climbing something. She loves to have a good time and will often work hard for an adrenaline rush - in every way but one, and that's a total secret.
Elline is also very friendly and bubbly - often she can't sit still, and will join in with a lot of conversations. She seems fearless in most aspects, unless she sees blood of course, but nobody talks about that really. She's confident and tries to help out in as many ways as she can. When the excitement is over, she'll be trying to sleep, except she knows that won't happen for long. When she has a nightmare, she can deal with it herself - but the best thing for it is hugs, even if they are uncomfortable and embarrassing.
History
Elline was born to Marlene and Andrew Matthews on the 20th December, 1997. Her and her parents lived with their guardian angels, and for the most part, their lives were peaceful. Up until the point when Elline was 6 years old. As the youngest in the family, Elline could not defend herself properly, especially not against the nosferat. So when they attacked her family's manor in England, it was all they could do to smuggle Elline and her mother out of the house. Even today, Elline has horrible nightmares that haunt her about the attack to this day, where she can't get her family's screams out of her mind. The battle was so bad, even her mother's Guardian Angel was lost to the nosferat. Elline never found out whether any of her family survived, even as nosferat.
After that, Elline and her mother lived rogue for a time. They were constantly on the move - they knew that if they weren't found they would be dead, but if they were, they'd be pitied, and Marlene was not one for pity, so much so that she stayed away from civilization to avoid it. They even snuck onto a boat across the pacific, stealing the tiniest amounts of food from the hold so that they wouldn't be discovered. Her mother taught her a little of what she knew, and they cried together, mourning their losses. Elline couldn't understand quite what her mother felt for her husband, Angel, and the loss of her children, because she was too young. But it plagued her nightmares, even 11 years later.
Several years went past, and Elline began to suspect that her mother was taking her somewhere safer, as they began to draw towards cities and towns much more than they used to. It got them more food, shelter, but it also gave Elline suspicions. She knew her mother was not well mentally - the losses had taken its toll on her mother's mind, and it worried Elline. She suspected they were nearing the place when they were again attacked by nosferat in the area.
It was not a good battle, for them. They were outnumbered 3 to 1, and they were tired and starving. Elline knew her mother would lay down her life to get Elline to safety, and perhaps, rejoin her loved ones. It was this battle that earned Elline her scars. They were captured easily, and tied up, obviously to entertain some sadist bunch of nosferat. They decided to start with Elline, where the nosferat in question cut along her arm, from the shoulder to about halfway along her arm, when the dagger buried itself in the nosferatu's back. Elline's mother was then overwhelmed, but not before she saw her daughter get bitten by the nosferatu. Elline, distraught with grief, managed to kick the nosferatu off before it could take any blood, or even turn her, and grabbed the dagger out of the dead nosferatu's back, before plunging it into the other nosferatu's eye socket. She left her mother there, knowing she was already dead and joining her loved ones as she watched. As tears flooded from her eyes, Elline stumbled onto the school grounds.
Elline works hard for her mother's sake. She knew that her mother would want her to train hard, for her brothers and sisters and her father. So that's what she does. She tries to train herself to kill nosferat - she feels it was what she was born to do, and why her parents sacrificed themselves. It might be a silly thought, but it's Elline's mind - and she will try for them.
OOC
How often do you get online?:
I should be on every day, but because I live in England, timezones will be different, so a post should be waiting in the morning. Also, from the 1st of August to the 8th of August I will be in France - so expect shorter posts with more errors as my phone cannot cope with much more. Hope this is okay.
How often can I expect you to be able to post?:
At least once a day, and depending on who is on and if I get replies, more than once.
Password:
As I said in my reserve, I say 'dude' and 'like what' a lot, normally in response to video games. And you should never say goodbye at a funeral, for you may again see them someday.
Also, I think it might be a bad idea if you say 'My bad', I mean, that's not gonna go down well. :l[/center]