Skyler Langdon - Character Sketch

Skyler Langdon
24 • NWU and Anoka, MN
Born 1985

Role in Story
Kerri’s Roommate, Best Friend
Backstory - Recruited at 16 out of foster system.  Trained for 2 years in Krav Maga and specialized weapons. 2 years older than Kerri, She was a freshman when Kerri was almost done with her undergraduate degree.  
Graduates with a degree in Business. 

Goal
To protect and help Kerri. Unknown to Kerri is she was assigned to her as body guard by the Annui council.  Kerri thinks Skylers Parents were rich, but the funds come from the council.  
Physical Description
5’9” 120 lbs. Bleached hair, cork screw style
Personality
Almost always laughing
Extremely intelligent and able to judge character and intent swiftly. Completely loyal to Kerri.
Occupation
Student
Secret Body Guard

Habits/Mannerisms
Tossing her hair
Shaking her head
Smirking
Touches her finger to her lips when she is assessing someone.

Background
Grew up in Chicago. Orphan recruited by the Annui to guard Kerri at night and monitor Kerri’s mental state. Unknown to the Annui council, Skyler has psychic abilities to change what someone else is seeing. 

Internal Conflicts
Suffers from wanting to tell Kerri the truth about their friendship.

External Conflicts
Dismissed as inconsequential by her appearance, but she is a weapons and martial arts master.

Notes
Skyler has taken on a bigger role than just best friend to Kerri.  She was in the foster system, and selected to befriend and protect Kerri.  She pretends that her parents left her lots of money, but in fact her funds come from the Annui council.  Rick is instructed to keep an eye on her but does not know why. Its turning out that the council is not as unanimous as first thought. There are factions within the council that disagree with how the council is doing things, such as Maude, when she realized that Bryan had powers, though she didn’t understand where they came from (from killing Ruth), She worked to awaken the powers within Bryan, not realizing that he stumbled into the Nemracki and they were using him.

Back to Skyler, she is a free spirit.  She is kinda like a ying-yang with her dark skin and bleached hair.  She is not strictly heterosexual and not gay.  She prefers the person rather than the gender.  Her pronouns are she, but doesn’t judge when/if someone gets it wrong. She is a chameleon; she can look very much like a girl, stuff her hair under a hat, change her clothes, the way she walks, and she is a boy.  She also has a very flexible voice, medium range, but can raise and lower it like a talented musician.

Her super power is her ability to go unnoticed or take all the notice, which ever she prefers. She is a rare individual who does not care what others think of her, because its all under her control anyway.  She will eventually be revealed to have the psychic ability to affect what people are perceiving.

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