Characters World of Darkness: The Academy - [Bastest - Bahgrasha] Sylvia Dorn (Teacher)

[Sylvia Dorn]

Concept: Social Studies Teacher

Name: Sylvia Dorn, PhD (Anthropology, History)
DoB: 12 Apr 1973
H/W: 5'5"/122#
H/E: Dark Brown/Green

Appearance: If someone with fashion-sense and a bit of self-esteem could get her hands on Sylvia's slender body, she could be anywhere from pretty to almost exotic. As it is, the body is in Sylvia's hands, and that means that she looks somewhere between schoolmarmish and downright mousy. Dark brown hair is generally pulled back in a severe bun or left to fall straight and unstyled, glasses to correct her 20/50 vision are kept in place with a cord, and her choice in clothing screams "librarian!" Still, the green eyes that peer out from behind those lenses aren't entirely listless; the realities of life have failed to entirely remove a glint of emerald wildness that has sparkled there since childhood....

Background: Randolph Dorn forced a smile when his beautiful baby girl was held before him for the first time. She was a perfect little thing, hair the colour of dark chocolate already toping her little head as she looked up at the blonde man to be listed on her birth certificate as "Father". Margaret Dorn, heavily drugged to get through the rigors of childbirth, was too far from the really-real world to see the anguish writ across her husband's face. A gentleman to the end, Randolph would never once voice question over what had really happened during her research trip to the Amazon not quite a year before. And Margaret never breathed a word beyond the script.

As little Sylvia grew, she did so in the shadow of ancient cultures. Margaret was well-established in the anthropology community, her work renown amongst her peers. And as Randolph was a somewhat emotionally-distant father, the girl followed close in her mother's footsteps. Unfortunately, emotional distance wasn't physical distance; while Randolph never breathed a word of doubt to his wife, he poured his derision with stern and disparaging words upon his daughter (at least, what derision he could spare from John, her painfully gay brother). A girl who wanted nothing more than to please Daddy found that nothing was ever good enough... and eventually that she was simply not worthy of his love. For lack of warmth, she dove into academia.

By age 22, Sylvia had her Masters in Anthropology. A Doctorate followed the next year, even as she began to work on a Masters in History. By 26, she was a dual-Doctorate, and set out into an associate professorship at Colorado State. And that is where she stagnated. Tenure passed her by again and again in the small and deeply entrenched department, and finally budget cuts brought on by an economic downturn saw her dismissed in early 2004.

After a frantic search found that her name had somehow been quietly blackballed through the university network, Sylvia settled for a position as a Social Studies teacher at the Trevor Dalton Academy in Estes Park. Overqualified, it was all she could do to convince the board that she wouldn't jump at the first chance to leave. She even agreed to be a House Mother, hoping that final demeaning step would prove her lack of external ambitions. It was enough, and "Miss Dorn" has been a fixture on the campus ever since.

She's the quiet one, the precise and correct teacher who doesn't go out for drinks with the other faculty, who doesn't joke with the students, who makes sure the rules are followed and the lights are out on time. But when those lights go out and stillness falls over the dormatory - and if you look just right - there's a tiny glint of green fire in those eyes.

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Name:    Sylvia Dorn
Player:  Jessica Orsini
Virtue:  Fortitude
Vice:    Wrath
Accord:  Den-Warden
Breed:   Bastest
Species: Bagrasha
Concept: Change of Life
 
                ***ATTRIBUTES***
  Mental              Physical         Social
4 Intelligence      3 Strength       2 Presence
3 Wits              4 Dexterity      2 Manipulation
3 Resolve           2 Stamina        3 Composure
 
                  ***SKILLS***
  Mental              Physical         Social
4 Academics         1 Athletics      1 Animal Ken
 Spc: History       2 Brawl          1 Empathy
 Spc: Anthropology  1 Drive          3 Expression
1 Computer          1 Stealth         Spc: Teaching
1 Crafts            1 Survival       1 Intimidation
1 Investigation                      1 Persuasion
1 Medicine                           1 Socialize
1 Occult
2 Science
 
***MERITS***        ********OTHER TRAITS*********
2 Eidetic Memory    7 Health         5 Size
1 Language (Greek)  6 Willpower     12 Running Speed
2 Resources         1 Primal Heart   3 Defense
                   10 Essence Pool   0 Armor
                    8 Harmony        5 Initiative Modifier
                                     7 Perception
 
***FAVORS***        ***ASPECTS***
1 Keen Sense (All)  1 Alarming Alacrity
2 Fang & Claws (L)  3 Durga's Blessing
                    2 Earthbond
                    1 Leap
 
***FORM BONUSES***
War-Beast:  +3 Strength, +5 Dexterity, +3 Stamina, 7 Size,
            +5 Health, +8 Speed (Species factor 5), +1 Perception
Primal Beast:  +2 Strength, +3 Dexterity, +2 Stamina, 5 Size, 
               +2 Health, +8 Speed (Species factor 8), +2 Perception 
 
***CREATION LOG***
Attributes (5/4/3)
  Primary Mental:  3 Intelligence, 2 Wits
  Secondary Physical:  1 Strength, 2 Dexterity, 1 Stamina
  Tertiary Social:  1 Presence, 1 Manipulation, 1 Composure
Skills (11/7/4)
  Primary Mental:  4 Academics, 1 Computer, 1 Crafts, 1 Investigation, 1 Medicine, 1 Occult, 2 Science
  Secondary Social:  1 Animal Ken, 1 Empathy, 3 Expression, 1 Persuasion, 1 Socialize
  Tertiary Physical:  1 Athletics, 1 Drive, 1 Stealth, 1 Survival
Specializations (3)
  Academics (History), Academics (Anthropology), Expression (Teaching)
Merits (7)
  4 Beast-Kin, 2 Eidetic Memory, 1 Language (Greek)
 
***XP LOG***
Date         Trait/Exp. Type          Rank   Gain/Cost  Balance
03 May 2009  Creation Points             -      20         20
03 May 2009  Skill: Intimidation         1      -3         17
03 May 2009  Attribute: Resolve          2     -10          7
03 May 2009  Merit: Resources            2      -6          1
20 May 2009  Award for 1A/1B             -      +2          3
20 May 2009  Apotheosis                  1     free         3
30 Jun 2009  Award for 2B                -      +3          6
16 Aug 2009  Shift from Apotheosis to Primal Heart
16 Aug 2009  Shift from Humanity to Harmony
16 Aug 2009  Keen Sense (Olfactory)      1  free (partial template)
16 Aug 2009  Award for 3A                -      +5         11
26 Sep 2009  Forum Award, 1000 posts     -      +5         16
29 Oct 2009  Pulling it Together         -      +5         21
20 Feb 2010  Award for 4                 -      +3         24
**NOTE:  RECONSTRUCTED FROM THIS POINT ON 24 JUL 2013
20 Feb 2010  Favor: Keen Sense (All)     1     free via template
20 Feb 2010  Favor: Fang & Claw          1     free via template
20 Feb 2010  Aspect: Alarming Alacrity   1     free via template
20 Feb 2010  Aspect: Durga's Blessing    3     free via template
20 Feb 2010  Aspect: Earthbond           2     free via template
20 Feb 2010  Aspect: Leap                1     free via template
???          Award - Tearing it Apart    -      +3         27
???          Award for 5                 -      +5         32
???          Award for 6                 -     +10         42
???          Award for 7                 -      +7         49
???          Award for 8                 -      +5         54
???          Award for 9                 -      +7         61
???          Award for 10                -      +7         68
???          Award for 11                -      +5         73
???          Award for 12                -      +5         78 
???          Award - Summer at Dalton    -      +1         79
???          Attribute: Strength         3     -15         64
???          Attribute: Dexterity        4     -20         44
???          Skill: Brawl               1,2     -9         35
???          Attribute: Resolve          3     -15         20
???          Attribute: Composure        3     -15          5