Character Sheet - Marcela (Calavera) Guerrero Manzanares
Species:
Human / Spanish.
Primordial Blooded.
Sex:
Female
Age:
12
Height:
1.4 m / 4' 7.1"
It is very likely that, by adult age, she'll be far over 2 m / 6' 6.7" when fully grown. (In fact she'll be 2.22 m / 7' 3")
Hair:
Very dark hair that usually covers most of her eyes and runs down her back near her buttocks.
Keeps extreme good care of it and makes sure it is never too short or too long for her tastes.
Eyes:
Almost pitch black. You can still see some color there, but don't count on it.
Skin:
Very pale, almost bone white thanks to a skin condition.
Particularities:
She is a rather inexpressive teenager unless she is with someone she trusts or something surprises her a lot.
Idolizes her brother, both as a good friend and moral support as her particularly unstable mind is easy to stress when he is not around or if she doesn't keep tabs on him.
Loves the occult perhaps too much, and has a clear love for the macabre to the point of having tried to collect human bones in the past. Being in Hell is likely to make this fixation worse.
Seems to have rolled unlucky genetically, as she is overdeveloping fast. Hates it with a passion, as well as the idea of looking like a dumb, tall, sexy bimbo (or gothic chick in this case) at any point in the future. Maybe the only thing that makes her outright angry in a casual setting.
She never takes her hair out of her face unless required, and seems to always be in the shadows, carrying a dark umbrella if necessary to hide from natural light. Seems to delight in the attention this brings her.
Interests:
Bones of various types. Her monicker of 'Calavera', Skull, has to do with many things, but her fixation with the human cranium is beyond worrying for most normal people.
Dark, dreary history and stories alike. Be it myth, be it real, Marcela has a penchant for learning dark secrets of all kinds and keep them all well and truly hidden within her mind.
Painting, writing, acting, general drawing and so on. Marcela was at one time extremely creative and artistic driven, and she may be once more. Sadly, her descent into her current dark and brooding persona has largely snuffed this out.
General macabre settings, but not necessarily in the dark sense like the real stories and myths she loves. She is a massive fan of The Adams family, Beetlejuice and other such fantasy worlds where the 'weird and spooky' also exist without it necessarily being driven by horror and pain..
Magic Affinity (If Applicable):
Darkness and Water.
Mainly teleportation focused (From shadow to shadow).
Attire:
Black, gothic and full of what no twelve year old should wear.
Doesn't like makeup much, but loves the gothic appearance too much to care, so she uses it. Generally this means mascara and lipstick, but can include more if the mood strikes.
Heels or other classy shoes are mandatory, and long flowing dresses are also a must. Think Morticia Adams, because she tries to pull it off with all her will.
Has her ears pierced, usually wears pendants and rings among her most general trinkets. While she is not a fan of bugs she likes jewelry that depicts spiders or other dangerous and venomous creatures, specially snakes, but has a fondness for bats and rats as more 'general' animals and motifs in whatever she has.
Loves to touch up her dresses to add the option for cowls and other addons that could make it more bearable to have them on when too cold or too hot.
Physical:
Tall for her age, lean and shapely far too early for her to have them curves, Marcela is clearly unusual in her growth and has the appearance of a young, upcoming woman with dark mystique to her. Her extremely pale skin and dark clothes makes her appear ethereal, and her dresses makes her look as if she is floating, something she practices constantly to imitate one of her idols. If she isn't wearing gloves her nails are also painted black, similar to the mascara and lipstick she uses.
Personality:
Fatalistic, gray and generally inexpressive unless with trusted people, left alone for too long or she becomes unaware of her brother's location. If pressed, her personality may take a change for the pessimistic and fatalistic or devolve into erratic and violence prone.
Generally silent, soft spoken and dreary, Marcela is a fan of the forbidden, which colors her interactions greatly. She prefers dark spots, music that makes you shiver and being alone, ready to jump on someone with words and sounds that'd make them nearly crap their pants. Usually not that petty, bored, or interested in interactions with strangers, she tends to do this to her family, only leaving her parents, and sometimes her brother, out of her 'general shit-canery' that she pulls on everyone else.
A much gentler child before her mother's mental downfall, though many of her present qualities were there before, Marcela had been a truly gentle and open kid before his personality took a dark turn. She was still largely inexpressive, but her voice was much more animated and she was, as her brother would put it 'a ton less edgy'. Previously Marcela loved acting, writing, painting by hand, digital art and almost anything that could be considered artistic and imaginative. A quality still present nowadays, she tends to hide it whenever she can, only bringing it up when something catches her attention… which usually means something grotesque as of late.
She is enamored with her brother in a 'big brother is the best' kind of way. Marcela is similarly attached to most of her elder cousins this way in one form or another, but the fact that her brother has been there for everything, more so than her parents after the 'event' that led to her change, has made her develop a very nasty codependent streak. While she is usually perfectly fine when her brother is not around, so long as she knows what is going on, the moment something unexpected happens and he is in an unknown location Marcela tends to lose her mind. Usually this means a very depressing and very dreary young girl, but she can as easily go frantic, manic, or perhaps even become very aggressive. Luckily for all involved, the most she has done for now has been moping around or becoming very nervous whenever this happens.
As of late she has been leaning much more into her 'darker' persona. She is a fan of collecting grizzly and dark trophies, generally bones, as she prefers to be far cleaner than many with such dark tendencies. This also pairs well with her desire to collect occult books and information. However, unlike what many may think, her first and foremost interest is that of helping her family: Forbidden knowledge is usually so because it is dangerous, but many spells and old arts were taken away by fear, not risks or harmful effects. With her thirst for knowledge and desire to learn of all creatures and myths, Marcela collects anything from old remains to ancient rumors with a focused desire on arts that can shield her family from misfortune, sickness and general harm. This, of course, because she is who she is, usually tends to end up creepier than absolutely necessary… and she gets to laugh a lot when anyone finds out what she was doing, even if she has to flee the scene and then ask for forgiveness a few times.
A particular problem with her development seems to be that she has lost the notion of what is dangerous in a sense. Whether this means she has a different perception or something else, that is unknown.
What song or music would fit her:
Path to Darkness fits her well: A constant bleak, dark and gothic ambient song with chilling winds in the background. A perfectly fine sense of isolation and loneliness that may bring a nasty surprise if you were to look behind you or at a particular dark spot.
Visual Aid (if any):
None yet!