per aspera ad astra

b a s i c s. full name. rafael isidro alonzo. nicknames. raf, rafi. age. thirty four. date of birth. february 24th. place of birth. ashwick valley. star placements. pisces sun. species. human. gender & pronouns. cisman, he/his. sexuality. straight. profession. sports broadcaster in his daily life, but while he's back in ashwick he is working as a freelance journalist.

r e l a t i o n s h i p s. parents. mr & mrs alonzo. siblings. none. marital status. single. children. not applicable.

e x t r a s. traits. loyal. self-isolating. perceptive. fixated. resilient. guilt-driven. empathetic. untrusting. charismatic. conflicted. character song. panic by movements. aesthetics. nostalgia’s ever-lasting grip around your heart, connecting red strings between thumbtacks on the wall, the horripilation of dread down your spine when returning to your hometown.

p e r s o n a l i t y. he's fiercely loyal to the people that he cares about, though he ran away from ashwick once he graduated high school and left many of his closest friends behind. he has exceptional communication skills, a strong understanding of journalism, and the charisma needed to be a compelling on-air personality. raf really has a talent for reading between the lines so he notices what people don't say, not just what they do. he tends to carry burdens alone and doesn't like to bother others with his pain, which definitely led to emotional distance between himself and anyone who knew him except for his dad when his mother died, because the only other person he felt could understand his pain was his father. he sort of still feels defined by the loss of his football career after the accident, and while he’s good with people, he has a hard time letting his guard down.

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CAUSE MY HEART'S SO HEAVY, IT'S READY TO FALL OUT TWICE stained glass, madison beer.

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𝟶𝟷. rafael alonzo was born in ashwick valley, and unlike most who are born there, he hightailed out of town once he graduated from high school. his parents were so well known and loved to all in town, with his father being the face of ashwick daily news and his mother being an english teacher, but it was no wonder why he ran. it begins with his father's adoration for american football being shared with rafael at a young age. the two would pass a ball back and forth in their backyard and never missed an nfl game on cable, them and his mother squeezed in on the couch with an assortment of snacks on their coffee table. it was no surprise when he was signed on to play in a pee wee team by his parents, and eventually he would take the position of quarterback in his middle school team and all throughout high school... but no one's life can be that perfect without running into a bump in the road.

𝟶𝟸. car crash and death tw to follow. nearing the end of his sophomore year, not long after his team had won playoffs for their school, he and his mother got into a crash attempting to avoid what they assumed was a deer sprinting across the road. he'd broken both collarbones and had glass from impact cause vision loss, which essentially ruined his promising football career raf had been dreaming about since he could remember, but the worst of all was losing his mother. the impact had only broken one of her legs, which she could've lived through, but the heart attack took her before the ambulance could even arrive. in a way, rafael is grateful that he didn't have to see his mother die, but he still never fully recovered from feeling her grip on his hand go limp.

𝟶𝟹. just before the crash, rafael had the perfect life. college scouts had his name at the top of their rosters, he had the most supportive and doting parents anyone could imagine, his teammates were his closest friends and he was certain he'd go on to marry his high school sweetheart. the only thing that remained was the closeness with his father, which only deepened with the loss of the only other closest person in their lives. he isolated from his friends and separated from his girlfriend, finished his senior year in solitary and learned to live with a third of his vision blurred.

𝟶𝟺. once graduated, rafael skips town and goes to major in communications with a minor in journalism at UOW, eventually joining the rainy dawg radio, a student-run online radio station hosting a sports show for the university of washington huskies. he stays in seattle after graduating from university and interns at the seattle times sports desk, as well as king 5 where he eventually takes over as the main sports broadcaster on the largest news channel in seattle. during his time at university he would visit his father every other weekend, but in growing older he would only return every few months. he's got quite the comfortable life in seattle, and he feels grateful that he's been able to make a career out of watching his favorite sport.

𝟶𝟻. no one would have ever expected raf to come back to ashwick, but when he begins receiving texts and facebook messages from his father's friends and acquaintances inquiring about his father's whereabouts, he felt drawn to look into it. it wasn't uncommon for he and his father to go a day or two without communicating, they got busy at times, but it was more of a shock that he wasn't showing up to ashwick daily for his morning broadcasts. he's been reported missing, but rafael has a sinking feeling that something worse has happened... how is it that no one knows anything in a town where everyone knows his father's face?

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b a s i c s. full name. jemma emilie barclay. nicknames. jem. age. twenty three. date of birth. april 3rd. place of birth. ashwick valley. star placements. aries sun, scorpio moon, libra rising. species. human (untriggered werewolf). gender & pronouns. ciswoman, she/her. sexuality. pansexual. profession. bartender at bare essentials.

r e l a t i o n s h i p s. parents. mr & mrs barclay. siblings. the barclay siblings (currently june and esther). marital status. single. children. not applicable.

e x t r a s. traits. temperamental. charismatic. flighty. dynamic. stubborn. resourceful. reckless. witty. cunning. loyal. paranoid. character song. self sabotage by maggie lindemann. aesthetics. eyes narrowed and shining in resilience and fierce determination. blinding moonlight reflecting onto the ocean below, the moon dancing with the rippling water. counting the seconds between lightning strikes and the crack of thunder to come after.

p e r s o n a l i t y. extremely protective of those she considers friends and would defend them to the ends of the earth if she thought they deserved it, but would still put herself first. as a result of her reckless and impulsive nature, she’s often getting herself into sticky situations that she somehow manages to talk herself out of due to her suave and persuasive charm, all while still taking full responsibility for her words and/or actions. she has a hard time keeping her thoughts where they should be, in her mind instead of out of her mouth. while she used to be the quietest barclay as a child, she’s now gotten a reputation for being short tempered, sarcastic, and outspoken. although it’s hard to get close to her due to her attitude, those who manage to worm their way into her heart are in for a hell of a ride.

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BETTER OFF DEAD, SO I RECKON I'M HEADED TO HELL INSTEAD bells of santa fe, halsey.

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𝟶𝟷. jemma barclay was born as a last ditch effort to keep her parents together after her father’s affair that led to her older sister, june.  and while that wasn’t every day knowledge, she would be viewed as the hopeful solution to that problem throughout her entire childhood.  so much rested on her shoulders, and how she reacted would set the mood or tone for the day..  it was just seen surface level by everyone else as her being the youngest (at the time), but she felt more like the shiniest tool in the toolbox that was never even picked up-  they expected her to fix the issue without lifting a single finger themselves.

𝟶𝟸. from a young age, jemma learned to conceal her true feelings for fear of setting off her reactionary environment.  in a way it taught her to manipulate her environment, and through that she somehow managed to actually mend her parents relationship.  it should have never been her responsibility, but she’d taken it on regardless.  the pack was better off if everyone was on good terms, anyway, as well as the entirety of the barclay family.. including jemma’s other siblings she’d come to feel slight resentment towards, especially once they were all triggered and welcomed into the arms of the pack as true members.  while jemma knew that she would always be one of them, it didn’t help that she felt out of place being the only untriggered barclay.

𝟶𝟹. over time, that resentment festered within jemma and became the source of many outbursts of anger.. no longer was she the calm, collected child that’d been forced into her role as a peacemaker for the family.  as young as she was, just about fourteen years old, she had all of the telltale signs of an untriggered werewolf trying to keep a clawing, snarling animal inside of her at bay.  she had no other option than to turn to whatever she could to get out this anger and frustration in a less violent way, and found herself running around with a certain crowd by the time she was a senior in high school– a group of troublemakers that only encouraged her actions.

𝟶𝟺. though by then she wasn’t just limiting herself to picking locks, or stealthily breaking into ashwick valley homes to help herself to whatever she could take without it being overtly noticeable.  she never found out if the families ever discovered the money missing from their wallets and purses alike, or the significant amount of pills gone from the bottles they attempted to keep well hidden.  jemma never took them, no, but she did sell them for far more than she could’ve gotten from pick pocketing.  now she was hot-wiring cars, taking safes with hundreds of thousands of dollars.. and having vampires in her little group of misfits helped with any wandering eyes, or listening for those little clicks in a safe’s lock to get it open.

𝟶𝟻. jemma’s been at it for years, now, at the heavy disapproval of her parents for the crowd she ran around with.  they were unaware of her extracurricular activities with them, but they had a sinking feeling that she wasn’t exactly hanging around them for their outstanding personalities.  at twenty three, she’s living in her own home near to her family with the group also staying with her, to the pack’s dismay.  her day job used to be working as a barista at mocha valley, where she enjoyed her job far more than she thought she would until she got fired.. now, she just heads to the bare essentials once night falls where she’s a bartender who thoroughly enjoys pocketing all of the money she can con out of the skeevy individuals that land themselves there.  really, she just needs things to occupy her time and keep her intrusive thoughts at bay that remind her she could feel like one of the pack again if she just triggered her curse.

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w a n t e d. pack members that she’s on rocky ground with, especially ones that might be privy to her habit of bad deeds. group of misfits that she’s been running around with, i’d especially love to see a mix of vampires, humans, and werewolves! there are some that are living in her house, too, so that will also be fun. regulars at mocha valley, the coffee shop she was fired from, that maybe see her out and strike up conversation because they miss her serving them at their favorite coffee shop (could strike up a friendship, or they could find out they're more different than they thought, etc). vampires that are wary of her from how she seems to have loyalty to her pack but still has a good reputation amongst vampires. good influences, maybe someone who’s found out what she’s been doing for the past couple of years and try to talk sense into her about how it’s leading her down a dangerous path that’ll only get her killed. wolves that dislike her because she’s a bit friendly with vampires. honestly anything else, platonic or romantic! there is also the possibility down the line of her accidentally being the cause of someone’s death, so if you’d like an npc close to your character to die pls hit me up.