Marion Barnes

[Marion]

Name: Marion Barnes
Nicknames: Rhi (to those she’s closest to – Cole calls her this.)
Race: Human
Occupation: Criminal Lawyer
Gender: Female
Skin Color: Caucasian
Age: 29
Clothing: In the courtroom, she favours tailored suits in dark colours or pin stripes. Her casual wear is simple and usually elegant – she’s rarely seen in anything resembling real casual wear – her tastes in clothing run expensive.
Height: 5’6”
Weight: 118
Tattoos: N/A
Piercings: Ears
Jewellery: She wears a variety of jewelry, from chains to pendants, always coordinating with her outfits.
Body Modifications: N/A

Hair
Length: Just past her shoulders
Style: Very flyaway, the waves tend to make it a bit unruly, so she tends to just let it hang, or put it up carefully.
Color: Blonde

Facial Hair
Length: N/A
Style: N/A

Eyes
Color: Brown
Oddities: N/A
Personality: Meticulous and organized, Marion is almost a stereotypical lawyer. She’s probably borderline obsessive compulsive, but not one person would dare to tell her that. Fiery in the courtroom and mellow without, no one’s really certain what she’s like. Very blunt, but very kind, Marion can come across as a bit of a bitch – but she maintains that those who know her know that she’s really just a teddy bear.

Weaknesses: Chocolate. Seriously. When Marion is on a case, she gets tunnel vision – to the point where she might step out infront of a truck. Thankfully her overworked assistant aids her like a champion. Mortality.

Abilities: While not supernatural, Marion is uncannily charismatic. She can spin words like no other, and has in the past – when speaking in a court room she can have all eyes on her after her opening paragraph.

Weapons: She’s the lawyer for a pack of werewolves. Does she NEED one?

Prized Possessions: Her Italian leather briefcase she bought when she passed the bar at an unprecedented age of 24. A man’s Calvin Klein trenchcoat that belonged to her father.


Home(s): She has a loft apartment just outside Woodland Hills – close enough to get to Cole in a hurry if necessary, and far enough out of the city to be comfortable.

History: Marion was born outside of LA to human parents – one summer on a trip to Yosemite her father was bitten by a werewolf while protecting herself and her mother. When he turned at the full moon, he left to insure his family’s safety, finding the most remote area. When his boss followed him out, certain that the “sickness” was nothing to be concerned about, he left the man in critical condition. He nearly died, and her father was jailed despite the fact that he’d done all he could and it was the other man’s fault. When he came out of jail, he was nearly feral from being kept in solitary. Cole stepped in and helped him to master his wolf and had been looking after the family. Rhi was consumed by the unjust treatment of her father and put herself through law school faster than anyone could believe. When she graduated, her first case was a werewolf of Cole’s who had been shot at – the hunters were suing *him* for damages. She won the case, and he put her on a fat retainer to aid him and his pack. She has a small law practice, but Cole comes first. At his insistence, she took on an assistant 2 years ago in the eager Andrew Grant. The two are a surprising pair, but frighteningly effective. Rhi cares for Cole very much, and feels that she will never repay him for helping her father, and is good friends with Heidi.