Wanderlust

SYLVIA BLAIRE MARPOLE

"Books and doors are the same thing. You open them, and you go through into another world.” – Jeanette Winterson

Archetype — The Orphan

Birthday — March 1, 1998

Zodiac Sign — Pisces

MBTI — INTJ

Enneagram — 1 The Reformer

Temperament — Melancholic

Moral Alignment — Lawful Good

Primary Vice — Envy

Primary Virtue — Diligence

Element — Water

Overview:

Mother — Mary Anne Marpole

Father — Richard Marpole

Mother’s Occupation — Cleaner at the Hospital 

Father’s Occupation — Power Company worker

Family Finances — poor

Birth Order — eldest

Brothers —  Miles Marpole (2006)

Sisters — Lucy Marpole (2004)

Other Close Family — a few aunts and uncles, grandparents on her mother’s side

Best Friend — her siblings

Other Friends — Some school friends that try to keep in touch

Enemies — None

Pets — many. Cats and dogs all throughout her childhood.

Home Life During Childhood — Eldest daughter trauma. Arguments with stubborn parents, fights with younger siblings. Sylvia was the black sheep, but she still loves them. It’s complicated.

Town or City Name(s) — Outside Roanoke, VA. She lived rurally 

What Did His or Her Bedroom Look Like — has shared a room with her sister most of her life, messy girl room, half covered in pink half covered in books

Any Sports or Clubs — casual horseback riding

Favorite Toy or Game — D&D, escape rooms

Schooling — BA of English/Literature from UVA,  Masters of Library and Information Science from ODU

Favorite Subject — English

Popular or Loner — Loner

Important Experiences or Events — leaving home, going to university, fighting with her family, moving to England

Nationality — American

Culture — Appalachian

Religion and beliefs — Raised Baptist, but left the church and is agnostic

Physical Appearance

Face Claim —  Elizabeth Lail

Complexion — Warm

Hair Colour — Dirty Blonde

Eye Colour — Hazel/Green

Height — 5’8”

Build — Medium

Tattoos — None

Piercings — Ears

Common Hairstyle — Down and naturally wavy or in a claw clip or low bun

Clothing Style — Light to Dark Academia, casual librarian

Mannerisms — She fidgets with her rings and necklaces a lot, will stick out her tongue when she if focusing and bite her cheek when she thinks

Usual Expression — resting sad girl face tbh

Health

Overall (do they get sick easily)? — Pretty strong immune system 

Physical Ailments — None

Neurological Conditions — Probable depression/anxiety

Allergies —  None

Grooming Habits — She tries to do skincare and special hair masks, but she forgets them quite often and the habits don’t stick.

Sleeping Habits — She is a chronic insomniac, but now she sleeps when she isn’t using her free time to ‘read’

Eating Habits — She follows her whims, often forgets to eat or snacks constantly

Exercise Habits —  She doesn’t typically run or lift or exercise… but she is very active in her books!

Emotional Stability — Quite level headed until the spirals begin. 

Body Temperature — Always a little cold, she carries sweaters even in the summer.

Sociability — Friendly, but introverted. Prefers to stay in or get dinner over drinks and dancing.

Addictions — None

Drug Use — Smokes weed on occasion, will do drugs in books. 

Alcohol Use — Occasional, socially, kind of a light weight.

Your Character’s Character: 

Bad Habits — Maladaptive daydreaming…

Good Habits — picks up after herself, doesn’t intrude

Best Characteristic — loyal

Worst Characteristic — stubborn 

Worst Memory — the fight she had with her family when she left home

Best Memory — the first time she used the bookmark intentionally

Proud of — her education and her move and her job

Embarrassed by — her roots

Driving Style — hasn’t driven since she moved to England, but kind of a mess lol

Strong Points — intelligent, determined, tidy

Temperament — easy going, but can be worked up

Attitude — generally positive outwardly, generally negative inwardly

Weakness — she feels like she has something to prove

Fears — Appalachian spookies, disappointing people, heights

Phobias — heights, clowns, the wide open ocean

Secrets — she has a bookmark that lets her enter books at will lol

Regrets — Leaving her family the way she did

Feels Vulnerable When — someone can read her too well

Pet Peeves — when people don’t take care of their books, when they don’t even TRY to put them back correctly

Conflicts — family dynamics, detrimental forms of escapism

Motivation — escape to somewhere she belongs

Short Term Goals and Hopes — get through her TBR and get the library to tip top shape!

Long Term Goals and Hopes — write her book and get it published, 

Sexuality — Demisexual

Exercise Routine  — She does a lot… in her books.

Day or Night Person — Day person

Introvert or Extrovert — Introvert

Optimist or Pessimist — Realist (Pessimist)

Greatest Want — to feel like she’s done enough.