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BASIC INFORMATION

full name: Aurora Pippin Forrest

nickname(s): Rory (she doesn’t go by this, but i imagine some friends and family call her it??) & Pippi (her dad)

age: Nineteen

date of birth: July 11th, 2002

hometown: Girdwood, Alaska

current location: San Diego, California

orientation: Bisexual, methinks?

religion: Alexa, play Losing My Religion. Basically, she was a big Christian girly until her teen years and that kinda went out the window and really hasn’t tried to get back into it.

occupation: Waitress @ Octavia

living arrangements: Lives at the Monarch Ave. Apartments with Calliope Fletcher

language(s) spoken: English and high school level Spanish

PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

faceclaim: Emily Alyn Lind

hair color: Blonde (Naturally dirty, but she dyes it more platnium)

eye color: Hazel

height: 5′4

FAMILY

father: John Forrest

mother: Jolene Forrest (estranged)

brother: Logan Forrest

PERSONALITY

sun/moon/rising: Cancer/Leo/Aquarius

label: The Baby

goals/desires: Win an Oscar by the time she’s thirty.

likes: acting, getting what she wants, social media, ketchup on nearly every food, journaling because her therapist says it’s good for her, first kisses, neutral colors, red lipstick, guessing people’s zodiac signs, alcohol, broadway musicals, & thumbprint cookies

dislikes: the color orange, extreme clutter (she’s a minimalist girly), beer, reality shows that are obviously scripted, camping (she did enough of it in alaska), dairy products, &action movies

positive traits: Sociable, creative, trendy, flirty, innocent, & charming

negative traits: Ditzy, impulsive, cruel, wild, jealous, & pessimistic

habits: holds grudges a little too much

CHARACTER INSPO

phoebe buffay (friends): phoebe is a ditzy, positive girl who’s had a lot of hardships in her life and is a pretty talented chick! aurora’s in that same boat, except she’s a bit less pessimistic and bitter about her upbringing.

manny santos (degrassi): it’s giving cute sweet girl turned total trainwreck, yanno?

amy march (little women): whiny younger sister </333

BIOGRAPHY

Yes, her actual name is Aurora Pippin Forrest and no two nutjobs didn’t just randomly name her that. Born during the beginning of July, the younger sister of Logan Forrest, both of her parents decided to give her an unconventionally meaningful name. Her mother had always adored the name Aurora after she had watched Sleeping Beauty as a child and when Aurora came out with little tufts of blonde hair and bright big eyes, it just seemed to click. Pippin came from one of her dad’s favorite books slash movies, Lord of the Rings. They were initially going to go with a more feminine name from the series, but Aurora Arwen or Aurora Galadriel just seemed a little too much for them. They even considered a wolf inspired name that went along with Aurora’s dad’s business, but they eventually settled on Pippin.

It was never a name Aurora really enjoyed, it seemed like some cruel fate that she was named after a princess and a Hobbit and that her parents thought that was a cute decision. Her name was just one of the first few things she would be to resent. As she got into school, she tried to make nicknames stick for herself, but they never did. The most she could get was a close friend calling her Rory, but nothing more.

Aurora had grown used to the hot and cold game that her mom would play throughout her childhood and while it wasn’t healthy for a child, it was the only motherly love she ever knew. It was another part of her life that Aurora resented. No one should have to go without an absentee mother, especially a young girl. Secretly, she was glad when her mom never came back. A weight had seemingly been lifted on her shoulders, but it didn’t get better for her. The only family Aurora really had was Logan, her dad, and her uncle. They did their best for Aurora, who naturally gravitated towards feminine hobbies and likes, but there was only so much they could do. Aurora honestly gave up with getting any motherly advice from any of them when she hit puberty and all anyone could direct her to were YouTube videos and books.

While Logan gravitated towards their father’s business and a love for animals, Aurora chose to resent this again. Something about Alaska itself just made her feel trapped in a place where she didn’t feel like she belonged. She spent most of her middle and high school years going out with friends, boys, or staying after school with the drama department. It was during that time that she found something that was hers. Being up on a stage never felt better. Aurora felt like there was no better feeling than playing the role of someone else.

When the time came for applying to college, Aurora chose only out of state schools, and denial after denial kept coming. Really, Aurora wasn’t a bright girl. She had immense talent running through her veins, but her studies didn’t match up with it. Somehow by grace, she was accepted into Monarch’s theatre program and by the time the leaves fell that fall, Aurora was in California.

Even though there was a lot that Aurora resented in Alaska, she never resented her family. Sure, there were things they’d just never understand from her perspective, but she was always the youngest and the only girl, so she was often babied fairly often. The last resentment in her life came when her brother’s daughter, Margot, was born. No longer was Aurora the youngest... or the only girl. She’d never resent Margot, because she loves her niece more than anything, but Aurora has been lashing out and acting far brattier than usual in her own way of jealousy.

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Robyn was born in Dublin, Ireland and raised by her grandparents following her mother’s death during child birth. She was given her mother’s name (Roisin) as her middle name in memory of her mum.

Her dad was never in the picture. He was a student from the US when he knocked up her mum and disappeared back to America before he could find out about the pregnancy.

Growing up, Robyn held a strong passion for dancing and ended up taking dance lesson and ending up loving ballroom among other dances.

Normally, Robyn has always been a very quiet girl (an introvert) but when she dances, she seems to just command a room and let every emotion move through her body. It a release for her.

In fact, Robyn has competed in ballroom competitions across Europe over the years and has held a couple of titles in the past for her ballroom skills.

Being the quiet shy kid, Robyn was bullied throughout school with a couple of close friends, some who ended up switching sides and leaving her behind making her small circle smaller. 

When deciding what she wanted to do about university, she ended up craving an adventure. She loves her home but she feels like she can’t grow if she stays at home which has led her to America.

Up to this point, Robyn has been pretty sheltered. She’s never had alcohol. She’s never been partying. She’s never had sex. Her life has always been around routine and being the good girl. There may be a chance she wants to be free of her former life and actually embrace this new found freedom. 

lily’s original biography can be found here if you want to know about her past.

lily left monarch in september for an amazing opportunity to study while working in a lab in new york so she packed her bags, took her daughter, aria, and went to new york

aria settled in to new york like a pro but lily struggled quite a bit. going through a heart break and then the stress of moving to somewhere completely new, lily struggled more than she’d ever say.

she struggled a lot with loneliness since she had no support system for looking after aria for her to spend time with people.

there were talks of the project funding being pulled in november which the course tried to appeal but were unsuccessful leading to all students going back to their respective unversities in december

this has led lily to coming back to monarch. lily on the surface would seem sad about it but at the same time, inside, she was happy to be going back somewhere where she felt supported.

one thing lily loved about being there was the independence away from her baby daddy’s parents house so when she knew she was moving back to california, she has got herself a little two bedroom apartment for her and aria.

she feels bad for aria having made friends in new york and now having to start at a new school but she is happy to be back.

name: Bryce Alexander Cortez

nicknames: Bry

nationality: american

ethnicity: cuban, puerto rican

birthday: august 19th, 1998

sign: leo

born in: brooklyn, new york

raised in: greenwich, connecticut

major: aviation sciences

o  bryce is the second youngest and the fourth child of five. his father was a famous prosecutor for both the states of connecticut and new york. his mom is a neurosurgeon. he’s very close with his siblings, his parents...not so much. 

o  his dad was murdered in front of his little sister in new york city in early july 2019 after his father put a notorious gang leader in jail for life without the possibility of parole. this death really shook the entire family, but it particularly shook bryce the most considering that they had just been attempting to rekindle their relationship with their dad. he never had a good relationship with his dad due to how hard he was on bryce, and this is something that bryce is starting to regret as he looks back on it.

o  He can be a sweet heart, but don’t let this fool you. He can also be a complete ass who will put you in your place when needed. He’s a firm believer of the whole “respect is earned” saying, so if you don’t give him any reason to respect you, he won’t.

o  he was diagnosed with ADHD when he was eight years old, so trying to remain focused and just school in general was always a struggle for him. However, he was able to get his ADHD under control when he did his time in the military, so he now doesn’t rely on the medication.

o before being with AJ, bryce hadn’t been in an actual relationshp since his senior year of high school. during the fall time of his senior year, his girlfriend of a year and a half died in a fatal car accident, in which he was the driver. The memory still haunts him to this day, and it’s something that he won’t talk about…not even to his sister. he never got to mourn her death, due to the fact that so many people blamed him (even though they had gotten t-boned). this is what caused him to join the military. he needed to get away from home and everyone that associated him with her death. basically, he ran away from everything that reminded him of her.

o  he dealt with his girlfriend’s death through drinks and girls (this is the way he deals with almost everything). he slept around a lot and made it a habit of drowning out his sorrows through the use of alcohol. he hasn’t been drinking as much as he did before, in fact he only drinks in social occasions. because he grew up in greenwich, he was only about an hour away from NYC. in order to escape his parents, siblings, and basically his life in general, he would often run away and drive up there, especially the weekends. 

o  bryce decided to join the air force when he was a senior in high school. along with trying to run away from his problems, he had realized that he wasn’t ready to move onto the big life that is college in that very moment, but he refused to just stay home and work a basic minimum wage job. joining the air force gave him opportunities and matured the boy more than anyone could’ve ever imagined. because he was in the air force, bryce has been traveling a lot the last couple of years. throughout this time, he managed to still get into trouble when it came to girls (he can be a bit of a player/jackass).

o  he hates when people try to get him to talk about his life, but he’s always the first to ask about theirs

o  he’s incredibly loving if you break through his wall, and he’s known for being an amazing friend (and an amazing party buddy)

o  he’s still pretty wild

o  he’s in love with art and likes to draw and paint during his free time

o  he’s a huge gym freak so he’s super fit and has worked as a personal trainer in the past. 

WHERE HE’S BEEN SINCE MONARCH

bryce got deployed to afghanistan mid to late june for both service and flight school. little did he know, shit would literally hit the fan in just a matter of a few months. when it was announced that american troops were exiting the country, things got suddenly hectic for bryce; he was working 24 hour shift, rushing to finish any last minute affairs/duties that still had to be fulfilled. unfortunately, a day before his duty end date, he was a casualty to an unfortunate attack against american troops. as a result, he sustained multiple injuries and was in the hospital for three weeks. he was stabilized in afghanistan, and then transferred over to a safer location.

after his breakup with amber-jade, he fell down the biggest hole he’s ever been in. he relapsed and began drinking heavily and sleeping around. he began skipping a lot of his duty shifts, in which people like audrey and other military friends had to cover for him. he’s still trying to emotionally recover from the breakup - because even though the breakup was amicable, amber-jade was the first person he’s given himself to fully after his high school girlfriend. 

MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE 

bryce suffers from severe ptsd, from both the car accident and the military. he’s been through two explosions now, many shootouts, sexual assault, amongst other brutal things. he has now developed a pretty bad case of insomnia after this last round of deployment. he’ll sleep, but only for a few hours at time. the man has since relapsed on drugs since his and AJ’s breakup. he doesn’t really abuse substances to have a good time, but more so to survive and escape his own mind. he was always taught that therapy was a bad thing as a kid, so he doesn’t part take in it now. 

- noel is the youngest of the callaghan siblings, younger than hannah by only 2 years

- she was only 3 when their mother died, she doesn’t remember much of anything about their mom considering she was so young

- as she grew up, she was always closer with hannah than her other siblings, though all of them were considerably close due to their father not being around much because of work ; the twins had each other and noel had hannah

- though she doesn’t even really know much about her mom, she absolutely idolizes her, her mother is a huge driving factor as to why noel is the way that she is today—she wants her mom to look down from heaven and be proud of the woman she’s growing into

- it was no secret that their father used his work as a huge way to cope with his grief, he practically buried himself into his job instead of really being present in their family and hannah was a huge contributor to noel’s care

- her older siblings were usually the ones picking her up from school, driving her to soccer practice, helping her with her homework and other things of that nature, which inevitably made sure all of them stayed close

- it did hurt her a bit that her dad seemingly always chose work over his family, but she never held it against him and took every single opportunity she could to be around him, which is why she’s closer to him than the other callaghan siblings

- that being said, hannah always held a bit of resentment for their father and the way that he dealt with the grief and often times when the two would fight noel would be the one who got between them and convinced them to stop

- it was like hell watching all of her siblings go off and move away to college before her, the two years that she had to spend with hannah in a different country than her were some of the hardest times of her life ; but it also brought she and her father closer especially considering that she was the last child in the house

- once noel graduated from her lower level education, she immediately applied to monarch

- she spent her first two years of school traveling abroad while completing her lower level classes in both france an italy, studying architecture there

- now that she’s in her upper division classes she has finally made it to san diego to be reunited with her sister and best friend

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- noel is notoriously the sweetest and easiest to get along with out of all the callaghan siblings and especially in comparison to hannah

- very lovable, very friendly, giving very much 💌 😽🦋💘 type of energy…take that as you wish

- she has a big brain inside of that pretty head of hers, she’s always been very academically inclined and puts a lot of pressure on herself in terms of her studies

- she absolutely loves architecture, which is her chosen field of study and she hopes to go into being a drafter / landscape architect

- a huge quality she picked up from her father is getting lost in her work, but it’s not because she’s trying to avoid feeling something, it’s mainly because she’s so passionate about what she’s doing that she sometimes forgets to take a breath of fresh air (and hannah has always been the one to remind her to)

- that being said, she LOVES to have a good time in every way, shape and form. she takes careful note of how important it is to get away from her studies and just have some fun sometimes

* Trigger Warnings - depression, suicide, familial death, teen pregnancy *

Daughter of a teen mum and dad - still in high school

Once she was born, her mum’s parents basically dropped her off at the dad’s house and then moved away from Houghton

Her grandparents and dad took her in and adored her. Despite no mum, Nora would describe herself as having an amazing childhood full of love and support

Her dad, however, had a lot of demons he hid from her to try and keep her happy. He was very depressed but had to keep going for Nora’s sake

She loves swimming and even thought about that being her career during school. She was the strongest swimming on her school swim team and won a lot of medals.

Her grandparents died within a couple years of each other from when she was twelve so it really was just her and her dad from that point on.

After she turned 18 and graduated from high school, that summer, her dad unfortunately couldn’t take it anymore. He took his hunting shotgun and shot himself in the head. Nora found him a couple of hours later.

Once she had basically organized the funeral with the help of her dad’s friends, she attended everything she had focused her energy in to and then came home. The silence was deafening. That night she packed two suitcase, got in her dad’s truck and started driving. No destination in mind, just driving.

She has spent just under two years driving around the united states - never staying in one place for more than a month. It was the one thing that could keep her mind off of everything and making her okay with feeling alone in the world.

Eleanor went back to her home when she decided she couldn’t keep running from everything forever. She wanted to understand and that’s when she read about Monarch University - some Alumni from her small town making it big or something in the paper.

She got accepted with her high school grades and has moved out to Monarch University to study psychology. She hopes to understand everything that happened more and eventually help those with depression. 

Only just arrived at Monarch so completely new and starting actual classes in September

There are few wanted connections under the link below but note that some are developing and not quite there as she is so new to the place.

https://noramercy.tumblr.com/wanted

Fun facts

scared of planes/flying but would love to see more of the world some day

still drives her dad’s truck everywhere, it’s her most prized possession

rarely goes by el/eleanor (el is what her dad called her) - mostly gets called nora or mercy if people choose to nickname her after her surname

loves thunderstorms, finds them oddly calming

about 

born & raised in california, jameson is the middle child of two kids (excluding himself) 

jameson has a younger sister and an older brother 

both of his other siblings are half siblings, but he basically refers to them as full blooded 

he technically has a couple other half siblings that he isn’t aware of due to the fact that he’s not really in contact with his father 

he’s very much a momma’s boy due to the fact that his mother raised him by herself and his siblings 

his dad was never in the picture due to the fact that he was already married and after jameson’s mom told him about the pregnancy, well he claimed he wanted to do nothing with the kid 

paid hush money to his mom to keep him a secret

around the age of 5, jameson’s father stopped sending money that he considered to be ‘child support’ 

but in fact it was only a couple $100 dollars despite the fact that his dad was loaded 

after his mom was ‘cut off’, his mom worked long shifts as a nurse to help pay the bills 

but even then they were barely making ends meat to survive 

jameson’s mom had a heart of gold & would do anything to make her children happy. 

she made sure that her kids didn’t feel like they were poor 

this is why he put all of his time and effort into making sure they had the best life.

growing up, jameson’s mom would always put on old school soul songs (i.e. motown music, marvin gaye, billie holiday, ray charles, etta james, etc), this caused him to follow in love with music 

he decided to pursue a career in music once his mother gave her blessing & kept it a secret due to the fact that she would disapproved. 

he came to monarch due to the fact they have a good music program 

plus, his best friend (quinn is here so why not?) 

personality 

doesn’t believe in love or relationship due to see his mother being broken over and over with different relationship 

very very charming & cocky 

is very much a smooth talker 

would bend over backwards for his friends & family 

especially his younger sister & older brother, would d word for them 

terrified of a relationship (like it’s one of his biggest fears) 

kinda relate to simon in bridgerton if that helps 

fun facts 

hates being called jameson & would rather be called anything but his legal name 

came to monarch on a basketball scholarship 

his favorite musicians are bruno mars, ne-yo, stevie wonder, & smokey robinson 

i also imagined him to be the love child of jd from heathers, simon from bridgerton, & killian jones (aka captian hook) from once upon a time. 

wanted connections