#narigim

full biography / background

triggering / sensitive content warning: death, car accident.

Nari Gim, known as Little Lily to her parents, and just plain old Nari to everyone else, was born in Daegu, but doesn’t remember much of her life there. Her parents decided to make the move to Merrock at the advice of family friends who loved the little town by the sea. Childhood was pretty sweet for the girl, she was bright and friendly, quickly forming a social circle for herself. Nari had cute boyfriends, was friends with cute girls, cheered for the football team, got to wear a crown for one of her winter formals, and loved to make extremely elaborate designs for home economics when it came time to learn how to sew (something she attributed to her mother, who worked as a seamstress). She loved to spend her free time arranging elaborate bouquets of wild flowers to put on the dinner table every night.

After high school, Nari decided to pursue that love of designing, chasing after her dream of fashion as she headed to New York City (with her mother and father in tow), and studied at a design school. It was there that she truly flourished, making a whole new set of friends, dating different people, and really beginning to come into herself. She was at the top of her class, and it was really no surprise when she landed herself an internship at a well-known, prestigious design firm in London, which led to Nari packing her bags and making a huge move all over again as she traveled overseas and settled into a brand new life. (This time without mom and dad.)

Not long after the move, Nari found herself slowly and then very quickly falling for one of the lead designers at the firm, Morgan. The two dated for a little while, until keeping things secret became too hard, and they just decided to come out with it, announcing not just their relationship but also the fact that they were getting married. Inviting only his family and hers, they tied the knot in a gorgeous botanical garden, and settled into living the perfect life together. They had grand ideas of the future: having children, building a beautiful house in the countryside, growing their own fashion label together… but it all came to a screeching halt after Morgan tragically passed in an accident, leaving Nari alone in London and wondering what there really was left for her in the life they had been trying to build together.

But she was never one to stay down, and soon decided to pick herself back up, moving ‘home’ to Merrock. She found the little house her family loved still unoccupied, and bought it, fixing everything up to her taste and began to pick up where her mother left off, converting the upstairs space into a makeshift studio where she could design and work on clothes for fellow Merrockites in town. Not long after, she accepted a job as a pilates and yoga instructor at Breathe In, where she had been taking classes every day, and soon after that, decided to help out at Lavender Lane for their spring flower season, which turned into a full-time position.

WANTED CONNECTION: cousin or blood relative.

FOR CHARACTER(s): Nari Gim (Jamie Chung).

REQUIREMENTS: all that I ask is the face claim be Korean! since this connection could be through marriage, they don't need to be full Korean. open to lots of ages and any gender!

SUGGESTED FCS: John Cho, Jenna Ushkowitz, Arden Cho, Steven Yeun, Justin H. Min, Gong Yoo, Bae Suzy.

WANTED DETAILS: Nari was born in South Korea, but moved to Merrock at a very young age. Her parents wanted to start a new life in the States to give their little girl everything she wanted. They could have moved to Merrock to be around this family (if you wanted your character to be local!), or your character could have eventually moved to Merrock! I'm down for any kind of dynamic, and even happy to have them live with her if that would interest you. Could be a cousin, or even an aunt or uncle, depending on the family tree.

CONTACT: @cagenewman ; not needed!

BACKGROUND / BIO

TRIGGERING / SENSITIVE CONTENT: death.

Nari Gim, known as Little Lily to her parents, and just plain old Nari to everyone else, was born in Daegu, but doesn’t remember much of her life there. Her parents decided to make the move to Merrock at the advice of family friends who loved the little town by the sea. Childhood was pretty sweet for the girl, she was bright and friendly, quickly forming a social circle for herself. Nari had cute boyfriends, was friends with cute girls, cheered for the football team, got to wear a crown for one of her winter formals, and loved to make extremely elaborate designs for home economics when it came time to learn how to sew (something she attributed to her mother, who worked as a seamstress). She loved to spend her free time arranging elaborate bouquets of wild flowers to put on the dinner table every night.

After high school, Nari decided to pursue that love of designing, chasing after her dream of fashion as she headed to New York City (with her mother and father in tow), and studied at a design school. It was there that she truly flourished, making a whole new set of friends, dating different people, and really beginning to come into herself. She was at the top of her class, and it was really no surprise when she landed herself an internship at a well-known, prestigious design firm in London, which led to Nari packing her bags and making a huge move all over again as she traveled overseas and settled into a brand new life. (This time without mom and dad.)

Not long after the move, Nari found herself slowly and then very quickly falling for one of the lead designers at the firm, Morgan. The two dated for a little while, until keeping things secret became too hard, and they just decided to come out with it, announcing not just their relationship but also the fact that they were getting married. Inviting only his family and hers, they tied the knot in a gorgeous botanical garden, and settled into living the perfect life together. They had grand ideas of the future: having children, building a beautiful house in the countryside, growing their own fashion label together… but it all came to a screeching halt after Morgan tragically passed in an accident, leaving Nari alone in London and wondering what there really was left for her in the life they had been trying to build together.