Post by Amber on Feb 1, 2010 17:57:14 GMT -5
Name: Lilli Klein
Country of Origin: Principality of Liechtenstein
Age: 15
Affiliation: Citizen
Expertise:
Lilli makes clothes for her parents’ tailor shop and she enjoys making pretty dresses the most.
Personality:
Lilli is a sweet girl, despite having spent her childhood in war torn Europe. Usually, she always has something to smile about and she finds many things in life that bring her happiness. She is always kind to whomever she meets, even if they look scary. Lilli likes to believe in the good in people, but when someone scares her or shows cruelty, she becomes easily afraid. Mature for her age, Lilli always states her opinion, but she refuses to become involved in conflicts, even if it is to defend something she believes it because of her abhorrence to fighting.
Appearance:
Lilli likes to wear pink as much as possible and she has quite the collection of pink dresses. Frills are something she adores. She wears her blonde hair in two long braids, but lately she’s been thinking about cutting it. She’s a petite girl and she wants to grow taller but she hasn’t hit a growth period in awhile. Her height is 5 feet and 2 inches.
Strengths/Weaknesses:
~Strengths~
- Her cute appearance and happy demeanor make it easy for people to talk to her.
- Strong-willed and determined, finishing whatever projects she starts. Even if she gets distracted, she always come back to it.
- Fluent in both English and German which is helps bring in more customers to her parents’ shop.
~Weaknesses~
- Too naïve at times, so sometimes she might end up trusting the wrong people.
- Because Lilli is so petite, she’s also physically frail and can become ill easily.
- Young, so she has to depend on others to provide and care for her.
Likes/Dislikes/Quirks/Phobias:
~Likes~
- Cute things
- Sweets
- Animals
- Making friends
- Sewing and making new clothes
~Dislikes~
- Rude/mean people
- Violence
- Death
- War
~Quirks~
- In any argument, she never likes to take sides, preferring to stay neutral and not get involved and make things worse.
- Sometimes prefers to wear boy’s clothing, if she needs to move around with more ease. Dresses are still her favorite, though.
- If she finds something cute, she’ll stop whatever she’s doing to focus on it.
~Phobias~
- The smell and sight of blood
- Losing everyone she cares for
- Fire
History:
Lilli was born in the Principality of Liechtenstein, a tiny nation bordered by Austria and Switzerland. The first years of her life were pleasant, living on the small farm with both of her parents. She never had any brothers or sisters, but she had always wanted to have some. But despite that, she was happy with her little family.
When World War I broke out, Liechtenstein began to suffer from economic hardships. Lilli’s parents took her and a few possessions and fled the country, making it all the way to France before the war got too bad. The little family escaped to New York City and Lilli’s parents found a small school run by a German, who was helping Germanic immigrant children learn English. Lilli adored her teacher and learned English quickly at that school. But the war was still raging in Europe and an angry man burned down the little school, claiming that he was doing good by ridding the world of the German people.
Managing to escape, Lilli ran all the way home, the smell of burnt flesh and the cries of her friends still fresh in her mind. After that, Lilli never returned to school, instead choosing to stay home and help her parents run a tailor shop. Finding that she enjoyed making clothes, Lilli helped out often, teaching her parents English as they worked. Her parents would always ask her if she wanted to talk about what had happened but every time, Lilli told them that everything was alright.
So for the past couple years, Lilli has worked diligently at making clothing for all sorts of people. She also runs errands for her parents, such as getting food, buying more fabric or getting more thread and needles. Having gotten to know the neighborhood she lives in, Lilli likes to take walks, trying to find the hidden beauty in this concrete jungle filled with a mix of people and crime.
Sample/Character Introduction:
Lilli was out for a walk like usual, enjoying the cool air, even though Mutti had made her bundle up in warm clothing. The wind rushed through the alleys and streets between the buildings that only seemed to get taller and taller the further downtown she went. Seeing these buildings made her long for home, where she remembered there little farm and wide open spaces and beautiful mountains. Oh, how she loved seeing the pretty mountains covered in snow during the winter.
But Mutti und Vati said that America was their home now and that they would have to be happy here. Once they had enough money, they could move out west and get a farm, just like back home. But Lilli knew that the farm would be nothing like home, because this was a different country. There wouldn’t be the beautiful Alps surrounding the new farm and besides, by the time her parents had earned enough money, she would be old enough to marry. She just hoped that she would meet a nice boy here in America.
Pausing from her walk, Lilli noticed a small flower growing through the cracks in the sidewalk. She hurried over to it and knelt down, smiling at the little flower. “Sehr hübsch, meine Kleine!” At her excitement, the girl slipped back into German, her small hand reaching out the flower petals gently. Lilli wanted to take the flower home and plant it in tiny garden behind her house and shop but she new that if she tried to pull it out from between the sidewalk cracks, it would die. There was no way for her to get to the roots and this saddened her but all she could do is pray that the little flower managed to live.
Country of Origin: Principality of Liechtenstein
Age: 15
Affiliation: Citizen
Expertise:
Lilli makes clothes for her parents’ tailor shop and she enjoys making pretty dresses the most.
Personality:
Lilli is a sweet girl, despite having spent her childhood in war torn Europe. Usually, she always has something to smile about and she finds many things in life that bring her happiness. She is always kind to whomever she meets, even if they look scary. Lilli likes to believe in the good in people, but when someone scares her or shows cruelty, she becomes easily afraid. Mature for her age, Lilli always states her opinion, but she refuses to become involved in conflicts, even if it is to defend something she believes it because of her abhorrence to fighting.
Appearance:
Lilli likes to wear pink as much as possible and she has quite the collection of pink dresses. Frills are something she adores. She wears her blonde hair in two long braids, but lately she’s been thinking about cutting it. She’s a petite girl and she wants to grow taller but she hasn’t hit a growth period in awhile. Her height is 5 feet and 2 inches.
Strengths/Weaknesses:
~Strengths~
- Her cute appearance and happy demeanor make it easy for people to talk to her.
- Strong-willed and determined, finishing whatever projects she starts. Even if she gets distracted, she always come back to it.
- Fluent in both English and German which is helps bring in more customers to her parents’ shop.
~Weaknesses~
- Too naïve at times, so sometimes she might end up trusting the wrong people.
- Because Lilli is so petite, she’s also physically frail and can become ill easily.
- Young, so she has to depend on others to provide and care for her.
Likes/Dislikes/Quirks/Phobias:
~Likes~
- Cute things
- Sweets
- Animals
- Making friends
- Sewing and making new clothes
~Dislikes~
- Rude/mean people
- Violence
- Death
- War
~Quirks~
- In any argument, she never likes to take sides, preferring to stay neutral and not get involved and make things worse.
- Sometimes prefers to wear boy’s clothing, if she needs to move around with more ease. Dresses are still her favorite, though.
- If she finds something cute, she’ll stop whatever she’s doing to focus on it.
~Phobias~
- The smell and sight of blood
- Losing everyone she cares for
- Fire
History:
Lilli was born in the Principality of Liechtenstein, a tiny nation bordered by Austria and Switzerland. The first years of her life were pleasant, living on the small farm with both of her parents. She never had any brothers or sisters, but she had always wanted to have some. But despite that, she was happy with her little family.
When World War I broke out, Liechtenstein began to suffer from economic hardships. Lilli’s parents took her and a few possessions and fled the country, making it all the way to France before the war got too bad. The little family escaped to New York City and Lilli’s parents found a small school run by a German, who was helping Germanic immigrant children learn English. Lilli adored her teacher and learned English quickly at that school. But the war was still raging in Europe and an angry man burned down the little school, claiming that he was doing good by ridding the world of the German people.
Managing to escape, Lilli ran all the way home, the smell of burnt flesh and the cries of her friends still fresh in her mind. After that, Lilli never returned to school, instead choosing to stay home and help her parents run a tailor shop. Finding that she enjoyed making clothes, Lilli helped out often, teaching her parents English as they worked. Her parents would always ask her if she wanted to talk about what had happened but every time, Lilli told them that everything was alright.
So for the past couple years, Lilli has worked diligently at making clothing for all sorts of people. She also runs errands for her parents, such as getting food, buying more fabric or getting more thread and needles. Having gotten to know the neighborhood she lives in, Lilli likes to take walks, trying to find the hidden beauty in this concrete jungle filled with a mix of people and crime.
Sample/Character Introduction:
Lilli was out for a walk like usual, enjoying the cool air, even though Mutti had made her bundle up in warm clothing. The wind rushed through the alleys and streets between the buildings that only seemed to get taller and taller the further downtown she went. Seeing these buildings made her long for home, where she remembered there little farm and wide open spaces and beautiful mountains. Oh, how she loved seeing the pretty mountains covered in snow during the winter.
But Mutti und Vati said that America was their home now and that they would have to be happy here. Once they had enough money, they could move out west and get a farm, just like back home. But Lilli knew that the farm would be nothing like home, because this was a different country. There wouldn’t be the beautiful Alps surrounding the new farm and besides, by the time her parents had earned enough money, she would be old enough to marry. She just hoped that she would meet a nice boy here in America.
Pausing from her walk, Lilli noticed a small flower growing through the cracks in the sidewalk. She hurried over to it and knelt down, smiling at the little flower. “Sehr hübsch, meine Kleine!” At her excitement, the girl slipped back into German, her small hand reaching out the flower petals gently. Lilli wanted to take the flower home and plant it in tiny garden behind her house and shop but she new that if she tried to pull it out from between the sidewalk cracks, it would die. There was no way for her to get to the roots and this saddened her but all she could do is pray that the little flower managed to live.
