Halyn+Coalscale

The Questions
Date this form was created: 2/9/12 (This is a rough idea of what she looks like on land. I created it on a website called Azaleasdolls.com)  Full name of Character: Halyn Coalscale

 Reason, meaning or purpose behind the name: I liked the name Halyn.

 Nickname: Lyn

 Reason for nickname: Last three letters.

 Race: Mermaid

 Occupation/class: Nurse

 Social class: Middle class

Physical Appearance:
Age: 23

 How old they appear: 20.

 Eye Color: Purple.

 Glasses or contacts? None.

 Hair color length and style: Long, black hair.

 Weight and height: 5'10, 150 pounds (as a human)

<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"> Type of body (build): Slim

<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"> Skin tone and type (i.e., harry, slimy, scaly, oily, fair, burns easily):Very lightly tanned.

<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"> Shape of face: Heart shaped

<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"> Distinguishing marks (dimples, moles, scars, birthmarks, etc.):

<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"> Predominant feature: Her eyes

<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"> Is s/he healthy? Yes.

<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"> If not, why not? Or why are they healthy? She's a nurse.

<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"> Do they look healthy? Why/why not? Yes.

<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;">Favorites:
<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;">Char’s favorite color: Yellow

<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"> Least favorite, why? Blue. She sees too much of it.

<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"> Music? Taps

<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"> Least favorite music, why? None

<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"> Food: Chicken

<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"> Literature: Books don't belong underwater.

<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"> Expressions:

<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"> Expletives (curse): "Sticky coral!"

<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"> Mode of transport: She rides her seahorse, Pip.

<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"> Hobbies: She has no time for hobbies.

<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"> How do they spend a rainy day? It doesn't effect her.

<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;">Personality:
<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;">Are they a daredevil or cautious? Cautious

<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"> Do they act the same alone as when with someone? No

<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"> Habits: She curls her hair.

<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"> Drinks: Wine, which she can only get on land.

<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"> How much: ALL the wine!

<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"> Greatest Strength: Healing

<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"> Greatest Weakness: Fire.

<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"> Soft spot: Children

<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"> Is their soft spot obvious, why/why not: Only if there's a child around.

<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"> If not, how do they hide it: She doesn't go around children.

<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"> Biggest Vulnerability: Her own child.

<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;">Background:
<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;">Hometown: Ectro Salvi

<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"> Type of childhood: A good one

<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"> First Memory: Going underwater for the first time. Mermaids have to know how to move immediately, in order to get home, which means they have to (at least somewhat) think for themselves.

<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"> Most important child hood event that still effects him/her:

<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"> Why?

<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"> Education: Educated specially for healing.

<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"> Religion: Hintherun

<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"> Finances:

<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;">Family:
<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;">Mother: Syrita Pearlfrey

<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"> Relationship with her: Syrita died giving birth to Halyn and her sister.

<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"> Father: Tab Pearlfrey

<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"> Relationship with him: A strong one. She loves her father.

<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"> Siblings, How many, relationship with each: Izel, her twin, who is very close to her.

<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"> Children of siblings: Izel has a daughter named Lucine

<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"> Other extended family: Mermaids are only allowed to get pregnant once.

<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"> Close? Why or why not:

<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;">Attitude:
<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;">Most at ease when: At home with her husband and child.

<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"> Most ill at ease when: She's on land, helping deliver a child.

<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"> Priorities: Her family.

<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"> Philosophies: Nobody can be changed, but everybody can be improved.

<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"> How they feel about themselves: She likes herself well enough.

<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"> Past failure they would be embarrassed to admit: She neglected all of her patients to heal the religious leader of Ectro Salvi and three of them did not make it for that reason.

<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"> Why? She had never lost that many patients before.

<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"> If granted one wish what would it be, why?

<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;">Traits:
<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;">Optimist or pessimist? Why? Optimist, because pessimistic nurses are the worst.

<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"> Introvert or extrovert? Why? Extrovert. She likes to talk to her patients.

<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"> Drives and motives: She always strives to improve upon her skills as a healer and a mother.

<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"> Talents: Story telling.

<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"> Extremely skilled at: Healing.

<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"> Extremely unskilled at: Fire magic.

<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"> Good characteristics: When she cares about something, it's with her full being.

<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"> Character flaws: Sometimes she picks the wrong cause.

<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;">Mannerisms: When on land, and not actively moving, she sways.

<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"> Peculiarities:

<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"> Biggest regret: Halyn secretly regrets not taking time to travel the world at large.

<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"> Minor regrets: She regrets it every time she eats sushi.

<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"> Biggest accomplishment: Curing the city's religious leader of his once deadly disease.

<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;">Minor accomplishments: Each birthing party she takes that has no fatalities.

<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"> Darkest secret: She was pregnant once before her son but the baby didn't make it.

<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"> Does anyone know? Only her husband.

<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"> How did they find out: She told him

<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;">Self-perception:
<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;">One word they would use to describe themselves: Busy

<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"> One paragraph of how they would describe themselves:

<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"> What do they consider their best physical characteristic and why: She loves her eyes.

<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"> The worst one? Why? Her hair. She thinks it's too dark.

<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"> Are they realistic assessments? That's an opinion based issue.

<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"> If not, why not?

<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"> How they think others preserve them: Everyone tells her she's pretty. She disagrees.

<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"> What four things would they most like to change about themselves: Skin color, hair color, and that's all.

<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"> Why? Most mermaids are very tan, but her genesis (Alexandria's genesis) causes her to have lighter skin and much darker hair, which she feels doesn't accurately convey her personality.

<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"> If they were changed would they be the same person, why/why not: People would probably not consider her as special.

<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"> Would changing of number 1 make them more happy? Why/why not: She thinks it would, but it wouldn't.

<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;">Interaction with other people:
<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;">How do they relate to others: She's generally very relatable.

<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"> How are they perceived by strangers: Kind and relaxed.

<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"> Friends: Collected.

<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"> Wife/husband/lover: Inhumanly capable (the mermaid version)

<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"> The Hero/Heroin: She is the heroine.

<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"> How do they view the Hero/Heroine: ^

<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"> First impression of the char: ^

<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"> why? ^

<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"> What happens to change this perception: ^

<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"> What do people like most about this char: Her easy personality. She's not hard to get along with.

<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"> What do they dislike most about them: Some fellow nurses are jealous of how well liked she is.

<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;">Goals:
<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;">Immediate:

<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"> Long term:

<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"> How do they plan to accomplish them:

<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"> How will others be effected by this:

<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;">Problems/Crisis:
<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;">How do they react in a crisis: She does what she's supposed to.

<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"> How do they face problems: Rationally.

<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"> Kind of problems they usually run into: Dying mermaids.

<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"> How they react to new problems: Rationally.

<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"> How they react to change: With an inner freakout.

<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;">General:
<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;">Favorite clothing, why: The dress she made to use on land.

<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"> Least favorite, why: She doesn't own enough clothing to hate any.

<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"> Jewelry: Her aquamarine ring, passed down from her mother.

<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"> Other accessories: None.

<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"> Drives: Her seahorse, Pip.

<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"> Where do they live: Ectro Salvi

<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"> Where do they want to live: She wants to say there.

<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"> Spending habits, why: She's a careful spender.

<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"> What do they do too much of, why: She always gets conned into working overtime.

<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"> Most prized possession, why: The aquamarine ring her mother left to her. Izel also has one from her mother.

<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"> People they secretly admire, why: Everyone she admires, she openly admires.

<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"> Person they are most influenced by, why: Her father and sister, because they've always influenced her.

<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"> Most important person in their life before story starts, why: Izel, her sister, who falls ill and sends her to the gate.

<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"> How do they spend the week just before the story starts:

How she met Reynaldo: Halyn and Reynaldo met on land in Cvetonia. Halyn was in the middle of a migration to land to help a woman give birth, when a giant dragonfish started pursuing the party. She managed to get everyone to land with no fatalities, but the creature was bent on having mermaid for dinner. It remained just offshore for the duration of the birthing process, which was heightened stress, causing the mother to die (merbirth is high stress as it is, and there's a great risk of fatality). The rest of the party was at an impasse with the dragonfish because they needed to get the baby and its mother back to Saqui Salvi to perform the rituals necessary. When they had almost lost hope, Reynaldo appeared and offered to vanquish the dragonfish in exchange for semi-frequent reports on the region. An agreement was made that Halyn would write the reports, and Reynaldo succeeded in his part, killing the dragonfish and allowing the rest of the birthing party to get home safely.

Her biography: Halyn Coalscale was born of Syrita and Tab Pearlfrey twenty three years ago, only a few years after the reign of Vladimir the Treacherous was ended by Tab himself. Ever since then, the Pearlfrey family has been royalty.

When Halyn’s mother went ashore to give birth, it was discovered that she was pregnant with twins. This meant that she was the first woman in over five hundred years to have more than one child, as multiple births were highly unlikely and mermaids were only allowed to become pregnant once in their lifetimes (this was to combat over population, as the merperson lifespan is incredibly lengthy).

Unfortunately, since nobody was prepared for twins, the natural level of stress upon the birthing party was greatly elevated. The stress was too much for Syrita Pearlfrey, and she died soon after Halyn’s younger sister, Izel, was born.

Syrita seemed to know that she would perish the day her daughters were born. Merpeople who witnessed it believe so, because she is quoted as saying, “My daughters will be worth far more to you all than my life. I am wearing two rings. One was meant for my child and one was meant for me. I would like both of my daughters to have them.”

As she had said, Syrita was wearing two deep blue bands, each with an aquamarine stone in the center. They had belonged to King Naolin and Queen Revana, who were close friends with Syrita’s parents, and who had bequeathed them to Syrita herself.

Tab took the rings off of his wife’s cold fingers just before the death ceremony and locked them away for twenty years before finally letting his daughters have them.

As children, Halyn and Izel had heard the story of the rings many times, but the rings were too big for them to wear, and they were much too immature to keep the rings safe anyway.

To this day, Halyn still looks down at her ring and thinks of what she knows about her mother, and the words that have been repeated to her thousands of times. “My daughters will be worth far more to you all than my life.” Halyn was determined to try and prove her right.