Farah's parents died when she was 10. Her older brother had been looking after her, but he went out to get food one evening and never returned. It's been a few months since then, and she's been trying to find him while fending for herself.
She's very friendly and charismatic; she can get along with just about anyone, which is great when she needs to get free meals. Her improvisation skills are excellent, and she's good at talking or charming her way out of most sticky situations she finds herself in. (She's not above turning up the cute kid factor to take advantage of people's goodwill.) Although she's usually pretty good-natured, she's also very assertive and has little tolerance for verbal abuse. She can be painfully sassy if she feels the situation calls for it.
She is stubborn to a fault, and it's nearly impossible to get her to quit once she puts her mind to something. She thinks she can be successful at anything if she works hard enough, regardless of any factors out of her control. She generally regards people who aren't willing to go to this extreme as quitters. As a result, if things don't go her way, she's unreasonably hard on herself, even if it was entirely due to luck or unforeseen circumstances.
She's easily bored and has a variety of hobbies to keep her occupied. She loves to draw, play cards, and read books about bugs. A natural extrovert, she's been extremely lonely without her family. It's been near-impossible for her to make friends given how unstable her life has been, especially since her brother went missing. She hopes his return will bring back some normalcy.
Likes and dislikes
- Sweets
- Card games
- Superhero movies
- Being talked down to
- Mashed potatoes
- Getting up early
Symbolism
Color Burnt orange #c85618
Flowers Marigold (Calendula officialis), Orange hawkweed (Pilosella aurantiaca)
Instrument Marimba
Scent Damp soil
Stats
Trivia
- She has legitimate skills in most card games, but she's also very good at cheating without being caught.
- Her family is Egyptian.
- She can breathe underwater for short durations (longer than a human can, but she still needs to come up for air after about 10 minutes).
- Hell hath no fury like Farah when she sees you swatting at a bug.
Relationships
Farah wasn't particularly chummy with her brother until their parents died. They got along as well as siblings with a 5 year age difference could, but usually kept each other at arm's length. After the deaths of their parents, they got much more comfortable with each other out of necessity. Farah was devastated when he went missing, but she's convinced he's out there somewhere.
She doesn't buy into his tough guy gimmick and has no issues calling him out on his shit, but she also views him as her second brother. However, this will not stop her from headbutting him when he annoys her, which is often.
Design notes
- She has a cafe au lait birthmark across the right side of her face.
- When she gets angry or annoyed, her horns pop out of her head. The horns are orange.
- Most of her clothes are taken from her brother, so they're several sizes too big on her. She likes cute clothes, but replacing an entire wardrobe isn't exactly feasible for a 14 year old.
- She cuts her own hair and often forgets to brush it.
- She never takes her bracelets off because her brother made them. (I draw them extremely lazily most of the time, but they're those embroidery floss friendship bracelets.)
- She is roughly the size of a vintage Volkswagen Beetle.
- Her visual traits are based off of rosy woodlice (and other spiky isopods), while her ability to roll up into a ball comes from pillbugs.
- While her spikes aren't sharp enough to break skin just from touching them, they will hurt if they run into you at high speeds.
