Mage Hartfield

'NOTE: some characters mentioned do not belong to me. My human ocs sprouted from a role play with a friend; some people mentioned belong to them.'

Trigger warning: parental abuse/sexual assault/suicide/self harm

Mage Hartfield is an introverted yet sympathetic girl, who would do anything to protect the ones she loves. Having been born into an already dysfunctional family, she was oblivious to the abuse she faced as a child. Her mother divorced her father when she was only 4 and to many people's shock, her father got custody of her and her brother, Jax. Growing up with an abusive and strictly religious father took its toll as she grew older.

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After many excruciating months, Mage finally started feeling better, although the symptoms of her mental disorders worsened and her personality softened a little. She eventually took another boyfriend, Liam, who turned out to be extraordinarily understanding and caring, even treating her better than Damien had. It took awhile to get past her fears but once they did get into a relationship, she was much happier than before.

Appearance
She has a medium skin tone and pure hazel eyes with slight eye bags. Her hair is long, fairly wavy, and auburn in color, sometimes in a single braid or two. She is tall and has a taut build. Her clothing style consists of modern-grunge and indie fashions, usually avoiding showing much skin. She has a necklace with a wolf tooth hanging on it that Jax gave her when they were young; she started wearing it again after her second assault. Her face and upper body have freckles scattered across. There are two small scars to the side underneath her left eye, a scar on her lip, and a long, conspicuous scar down her left wrist/arm covered by a floral tattoo. There are other unnoticeable scars on her arms and hips, but many on her thighs, which she keeps hidden.

Personality
- empathetic, courageous, sweet, nurturing, adventurous, protective, unprejudiced

- vulnerable, repressed, self-destructive, fiery, paranoid, traumatized

As a child, Mage was quiet, guarded, sensitive and afraid. Due to having grown up in an abusive household she tended to keep to herself. She didn't know how to properly talk to people, which of course meant failing to make proper friends. The person she was open the most with was Jax. She was usually cheerful only around him as he was the one to have taken good care of her. She retained her distance during her preteen years which led to harassment from other students, further pushing her insecurities and reserved nature.

Fast forward to adolescence, where Mage's --- happened at 15. After Jax left a year later, Mage began to overcome what made her the insanely vulnerable person she was. She started to stand up to her father and other people who tried to harass her outside of her house. She became more fearless and slightly violent, but she did what she had to do to defend herself. That once quiet shell she was confined in broke; meeting new people became easier and she turned out to be quite the fun person to hang around.

Even though Mage was an insecure kid, she was also gentle, sweet and considerably understanding. These were her best traits that she kept when she grew older. She is extremely sweet to the majority of people, willing to help them out in certain situations. Since mental health is something she struggled with all her life, she is very passionate about the subject, wanting to help others with their own battles.

Mage possesses childlike traits and actions, as she still hangs onto some of the childhood she never seriously had. These traits include being entranced by things whether it be clouds, a nutrition label, someone’s voice or even carpet designs, and getting severely invested in activities like solving a rubix cube and rewinding mystery shows to decipher the crime. She additionally loves ice cream with toppings, mismatched socks, Disney movies, coloring, walking through the rain, singing songs and getting excited about birds hopping about.

After her her personality and behaviors altered in some ways. She became more self destructive and her depressive episodes were more often alongside having more triggers and nightmares with them both hitting her more severely. She has a tendency to cry when overwhelmed with any negative or positive emotion, like being elated or stressed or angry. It became harder to be social and it takes longer to warm up to new people. Defending herself is harder yet she still defends others. Being around any boys or men she doesn't know invoked anxiety in her. However, she has grown extraordinarily patient, sympathetic, and cautious, further than how she used to be.

Other traits
Smokes? Occasionally

Drinks? Yes

Talents: singing/performing, writing

Habits: humming songs in sleep and when awake, rescuing stray and injured animals, blaming herself, containing emotions, crying when happy or stressed

Peculiarities: cries a lot on her period, can learn fast rap songs

Most at ease when: relaxing at home drinking a mug of tea with Riley/Snuff or Liam or all of them

Most ill at ease when: surrounded by strangers in an unknown place

Greatest strength: selflessness

Greatest weakness: isolationism

Fears: death, drunkards, storms, abandonment, middle aged men

Health issues: depression, insomnia, PTSD, self-injury

Favourites
Color(s): grey, green, black

Food: Greek food, ice cream, mashed potatoes, candy (Babe Ruth), sushi, blueberries, pancakes

Animals: ravens, hawks, pit bulls, wolves, flamingos, cockatiels, bees

Music: alternative/indie/French

"The Neighborhood, Richie Woods, Keaton Henson, Damien Rice, dandelion hands, Post Malone, Daughter, Beach House, Two Door Cinema Club, Foster the People, RY X, Florence and the Machine, Conan Gray, Joji, Christine and the Queens, Stromae" T.V. Shows: Drama/mystery/crime

"American Horror Story, Law and Order, Bates Motel, Shameless, X-Files, Black Mirror, Westworld, Breaking Bad, Sons of Anarchy, Sherlock, Narcos" Movies: Horror

"Silence of the Lambs, Blair Witch Project, The Conjuring, The Strangers, The Shining, Hereditary" Hobbies: singing, playing the piano, adventuring in the forest

Misc. favourites: tea, autumn, night, forest, drinking, road trips, vintage things

Things that make them happy: long hugs, ice cream, animals, singing along to songs, playing the piano, hot Echinacea tea with honey, Liam, people singing to her instead, strolls through the forest, wearing Liam’s shirts/hoodies, being pantless and/or braless, watching Alfie draw, new music, Riley, Snuff, Disney movies

Comfort items: blankets, Disney movies, Liam’s shirts/hoodies, Riley and Snuff