Mara Harper

[Mara]

Name: Mara Harper
Nickname: N/A
Race: Werewolf – recently bitten
Occupation: Photographer/Martial Artist 2nd Dan Black Belt in Taekwondo
Gender: Female
Skin Colour: Light for her ethnic background.
Age: 24
Clothing: Jeans, t-shirts, hiking boots/sneakers. Usually casual/comfortable is the favour of Mara. When training she wears her white dobok (uniform) and her belt.
Height: 5’11.5”
Weight: 178
Tattoos: None
Piercings: None
Jewellery: Chain with a golden ring her former boyfriend wore on it, and a white gold ring that belonged to her grandfather that she wears on the middle finger of her right hand.

The ring on her finger:


The ring on the chain:

Wolf Form

Build: Larger than her human form, not a huge werewolf but powerfully built. She can move on two legs in her wolf form – her lethal advantage is the ability to move as a human in her wolf shape. From her first shift, she has been able to move on all fours or on two legs.
Height: 7’1”
Weight: 325
Hair: Black
Eyes: Gold
Defining Marks: A streak of silver fur in a half moon shape on her left collarbone – mark from her first shift. Long wolf’s tail.

Pack
Pack: To be determined
Position: Member

Hair
Length: Past shoulders
Style: Curly, usually pulled back simply to keep it out of her eyes.
Color: Dark brown

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

Eyes
Color: Deep brown
Oddities: Large pupils, when dilated, her eyes seem black. As she progresses, when the new moon gets closer her eyes fleck gold. She is faster to anger then, and the eyes will go entirely gold when her emotions are high.

Personality: Mara likes open places – she got her first camera when she was 12, and loves to be in open areas taking pictures. She’d rather observe than interact. Before she was bitten, she was heavily involved with her boyfriend’s martial arts club in San Francisco, having leadership roles, keeping the books and running the business side of it. She used to be very friendly and open, but since being bitten has heavy trust issues, since it was her boyfriend who made her a werewolf and he’d hidden that from her for their entire relationship. She also curses herself for not being more careful when she first shifted – her first shift occurred when she was hiking, and she nearly killed a nearby family. She’d love to go back to being easy going and happy, but she feels very alone in the world. Her sense of humor is dry and sarcastic, but when no one is looking she’s a hopeless romantic. She is so very young in the world of were that she gets frustrated very easily among her “peers”, but is envious of the knowledge they all possess and how easily they seem to carry the wolf within.

As a fighter, she’s quick and dirty. Get in, get it done. Her martial arts background makes her lethal, but the same art gives her a certain amount of control as well.

Weaknesses: She gets lost in her emotions sometimes – in wolf form her rage can sometimes overwhelm her to the point of savagery – especially when something she cares for is threatened. As a human, she suffered low blood sugar – if she forgot to eat before a fight, she felt weak and ill. As a werewolf, this is exacerbated 10 fold. If she goes too long in wolf form without food, or neglects to take care of herself as a human, she gets weak very fast. She keeps herself tightly controlled, and very rarely tells people when she’s ill or needs food – a very proud trait that does her very little good.

Abilities: Mara is a mild empathic – when she became a lycanthrope the ability increased. She can sense others’ emotions and uses it in battle to undermine confidence. She’s a very, very young werewolf, so while she’s gaining the tolerance and other abilities (healing, etc.) there are aspects to her new form that even she hasn’t sorted out yet. She’s not learned that silver is her weakness, nor is she aware of everything she can do – she has much to learn.

Weapons: As a human, she uses a bo staff – mostly for practice, but it’s heavy length makes it useful to keep things at a distance. As a werewolf, she needs only herself and her claws.

Prized Possessions: Her 65 year old Nikon camera from her father, her dark room materials, her new digital Nikon, and her lenses. Her bo staff is handmade and very dear to her, it’s hardwood – 6ft long with a carry case. A large leather-bound copy of Shakespeare’s works is her other prize possession.
The bo case.
Closeup of Mara's bo.

The book.
The beat up camera bag that she carries her cameras in.

Home(s): At the moment, she is looking for work, so is staying in a cheap hotel in Los Angeles called The Silver Sands. She is from Australia originally, and her family is still there. She hasn’t seen them for 3 years – she’s ashamed to go back since the change.

History: 8 years of training in martial arts and 15 years of camera work are her chief history. She has only been a werewolf for a year or so. Before her bite, she was with her boyfriend, Greg. They had a small apartment in San Francisco, her successful photographs bringing in a portion of the rent. It was a serious relationship, so she’s nursing a broken heart as well. When Greg bit her and drew blood, it was during a sparring match. He’d broken control. When he suddenly stopped fighting, with a white face – she learned what would inevitably happen. Her anger at his hidden secret was the issue more than what he was – and the relationship was shattered when she found she could not trust him – and in the way of the wolves, her loyalty was gone. She left for Los Angeles, knowing of a buyer of her work that wanted to set her up in a gallery. After setting up a show and making quite a lot of money, she was involved in a bar fight on the Hollywood strip that left her sent to jail with a near murder conviction. A mystery person posted her bail and she was sent a strong lawyer who got her acquitted of the crime. The only clue she received was about The Hyperion.