[ Personality ] : Shirley is a character who had to live up to the pressure of being the Merines and because of that, it left a huge impact on her.
Since she's the Merines, she has to be a figure of the one who would lead the Ferines to their salvation. Due to this, she was raised to be self scarficing and to put others before herself. It wouldn't be surprising to hear how it was her destiny to save her people and how she had little choice in the process. The problem was that Shirley wasn't a very vengeful person since being the Merines meant killing all of the Orerines. In addition, she was going to die. Still, since it was her destiny, what else could she do? Besides, she has no real attachment to both the Ferines and the Orerines. Most of her family was gone and she didn't have any friends so there was no real harm. While her only living family member was her sister, Stella, she figured that with the Orerines gone, she can have a better life and she no longer needed to take care of her. However, the changed when Senel arrived. Shirley realized that she was selfish. It was clear that she was in love with Senel but, since she had to be selfless, she let Stella have him because there wasn't much of a choice. Plus, her sister was a bit of a jerk but she still put up with it.
The point of the main quest for her was her to figure out certain issues because she had a lot to deal with. After her village was destroyed, she was now living with Senel for a couple of years and ,once again, being codependent. She needs someone to help her or else she wouldn't know what to do. Since their god rejected her, she has no power. What else could she do? It should be noted that even after Senel adopts Shirley, she said to Fenimore that she never had a friend before. It imples that she has some trust issues since it felt like her sister 'betrayed' her in some manner and that she was living with the Orerines. Of course, she would be nervous and scared. When she ended up in the Legacy, she found herself debating the major theme of her character development; should she be selfish or selfless?
With pressures of being the Merines, everyone was out to use her for their own profit. The first half of the main quest was pretty much her getting kidnap repeatedly. With each capture, she was slowly realizing that she was useless and it would come back to haunt her later. Despite the fact that the Orerines were torturing her people, she still had high hopes for them. She had high hopes for Senel and perhaps his friends too even though she was nervous talking to them. Near the end of the first half of the quest, Stella scarficed herself to save the Orienes. She did was Shirley was suppose to do. Once again, Shirley found herself helpless that she couldn't protect her sister and why she was just so useless.
Another issue that Shirley has is how low her self confidence is. Up to certain point, Shirley always believed that Nerifes rejected her simply because she couldn't live up to the title of the Merines. In addition, she choose to live with Senel so the Ferines would quickly call her a traitor. To top it off, she couldn't do a thing. What self worth does she have left?
During the second half of the main quest, Shirley's self confidence took another huge blow when she found out that Senel choose Stella. Despite that, Shirley was determined enough keep moving forward with a ceremony since she was still the Merines. Once again, there were some people who wanted to use her for their own good. With the death of Fenimore, Shirley found herself having the power of the Merines because she didn't want to be helpless anymore. She wanted to protect those who she cared about. However, she remembered the very reason why she failed to become a Merines. It was to protect Senel. It was too late by that point. With great power comes great responsbility. Now that she got what she wanted, she had to follow up with what she was meant to do; kill all the Orerines.
It should be noted that Shirley has an extremely strong will. As mentioned before, she is determined once she puts her mind to something (such as pushing herself forward). She was fighting with Nerifes and stalling for quite a while because she didn't want to kill. There was still time to protect Senel, the only person left that she cared about. Still, her trust and self confidence issues win out. With the reveal of how Stella knew who Senel really was, it felt like that Senel didn't even trust her in her mind. Was Stella that much better than her? Exactly what was wrong with her? Why was it always Stella Eventually, she does manage to figure out a balance in the end thanks to him.
Now that she figured out a way to bring peace between the Orerines and the Ferines, now what? While she is still the Merines, her titles no longer has a bigger impact than it did before. Now that Shirley has more time to spent with Senel, her character development grows even further. It's her learning how to find herself and figuring out how to revolve those issues of hers.
For the most part, Shirley is kind of shy and awkward around the rest of the party. She knew that her friends wouldn't really like her after what she did (aka almost destroying the world) but she still accepted them with open arms. She just wasn't sure how to approach them. At the beginning of the character quest, when Moses tries to say something to Shirley, she was pretty quiet. However, it becomes apparent that once she gets to know people, she opens up pretty easily to the point of having no filter. When Chloe was about to leave the Legacy, she slapped her across the face to prove to that she doesn't want her to leave because she cares. Another example would be when Jay was facing against Solon, she even flat out told him that the otters had more courage than him. I'm guessing it's her way of saying, "Jay, you need to be a man and face your fears!" In addition, she finally talks to Chloe about her feelings for Senel. With that, she is slowly starting to trust others again.
As mentioned before, Shirley is extremely codependent but she's learning bit by bit. She no longer lives with Senel and ,while she's still living with someone else, she's learning how to take care of herself more. However, she's starting to become really close to Chloe, so it's questionable. On that note, she gets jealous to those who are close to Senel and maybe to anyone who is close to her. When Norma wanted to spend the night with him, Shirley was willing to cast a spell on her. When she saw Grune sleeping on the same bed as him, she was in complete shock. As stated, she's starting to grow less dependent on him and maybe her jealously died down. She knows that Chloe likes him and is willing to give her a chance instead of forcing all her anger on her.
Once again, she is extremely stubborn as well. It's probably though her stubbornness alone that made her try so hard to bridge the gap between the Ferines and the Orerines. Even though Senel still likes Stella, she was stubborn enough to believe that he would fall for her one day. When Grune was missing, she wanted to ask Nerfies to help knowing full well that she could turn into the Merines again. Even though Senel thought it would be dangerous, she still insisted on it.
Plus, Shirley has gotten a habit of teasing other people. She even gave Norma a nickname as a sign of their friendship and when they asked what Jay wrote on his leaf for the Star Festival, she simply replied, "Oh, let's see. To tell or not, what shall I ever do?"
For the most part, most of her character development happened in the main quest. Her role in the character quest is to help and perhaps advise her friends. After the fight with her 'darker' self, she has come to terms with her all doubts and fears. She knows that she still has a lot of grow but has accepted herself.
Overall, Shirley knows that she has a lot of flaws. There are still some self confidence issues that will never go away and knows that she's extremely codependent. She use to have to deal with a lot of issues by herself because she wasn't sure who to trust. Now, she knows that she isn't alone anymore and that she can definitely go forward if she wants to.
[ Strengths/Weaknesses ] : -Codependent; but she's working on it -Self confidence issues -Some trust issues too +Loyality +Detemined +Willing to be honest with herself +/- Desire to protect; she is willing to kill herself for the sake of protecting others [ Other Important Facts ] : Shirley is a Ferines, so it means that she is able to read the language of her people very easily. Although since she's living with her friends, finding things with her language is pretty rare. When something does show up with the Ferines language, then she'll read it.
Shirley is a crystal eren, so it means that she is mostly a spell caster. She can heal, protect, help, and is able to do heavy damage with her spells with her quil. Yes, she uses a quil. It should be noted that most, if not all, her spells are usually pink.
[ Sample ] : It was rather odd that Shirley found herself in some strange underwater city. She was certain that right before waking up, she was screaming “CHARGE!” at the top of her lungs before she passed out. Just what was going on? At first, she thought that Norma or Moses might be pulling a prank on her but she doubts that they could pull off something this...elaborate. Was this another kidnapping? Perhaps, she thought to herself, but there weren't any guards around nor were there any dungeons? Might this be a trap for the others to follow through? It could be but why an underwater place?
As Shirley thought some more, she knew that she couldn't stay in place for long. She felt a sneeze coming and she couldn't sit around for the others to rescue her. If she could rescue herself, then the others won't have to get hurt. As she continued to look around, another thought came up. Was this another Ferines village? That was certainly a possiblity but it was certainly something she never seen before. Besides, something...felt off. If this were a village, then why would there be builings similar to the ones she saw at Wertis Beacon. There were so many questions to ask and she wasn't sure where to start. However, now that she finally figured out a couple of things, maybe she can get out of this place and find Senel before he gets himself in trouble.
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[As the feed turns on, Shirley begins talking with a smile]
Um, excuse me, would anyone here mind a spar with me? I don't want to hurt anyone but ...I think it's been a while since I last fought someone. I'm a Crystal Eren so that means I'm not a physical fighter...
[After a couple of seconds, Shirley thought about it some more]
Actually, I want to ask, would anyone mind teaching me how to fight using a sword or your fists? I think I might need some help training a bit.
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Shirley Fennes | Tales of Legendia | Not reserved
[ Personal DW ] :
[ Age ] : 21
[ Timezone ] : EST
[ Other Characters ] : Chitose Cxarma and Bianca
[ Character's Name ] : Shirley Fennes
[ Character's Age ] : 16
[ Series ] : Tales of Legendia
[ Canon Point ] : Post Canon
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Wiki and if you don't mind LJ...there's this cracky thing I wrote ages ago
[ Personality ] :
Shirley is a character who had to live up to the pressure of being the Merines and because of that, it left a huge impact on her.
Since she's the Merines, she has to be a figure of the one who would lead the Ferines to their salvation. Due to this, she was raised to be self scarficing and to put others before herself. It wouldn't be surprising to hear how it was her destiny to save her people and how she had little choice in the process. The problem was that Shirley wasn't a very vengeful person since being the Merines meant killing all of the Orerines. In addition, she was going to die. Still, since it was her destiny, what else could she do? Besides, she has no real attachment to both the Ferines and the Orerines. Most of her family was gone and she didn't have any friends so there was no real harm. While her only living family member was her sister, Stella, she figured that with the Orerines gone, she can have a better life and she no longer needed to take care of her. However, the changed when Senel arrived. Shirley realized that she was selfish. It was clear that she was in love with Senel but, since she had to be selfless, she let Stella have him because there wasn't much of a choice. Plus, her sister was a bit of a jerk but she still put up with it.
The point of the main quest for her was her to figure out certain issues because she had a lot to deal with. After her village was destroyed, she was now living with Senel for a couple of years and ,once again, being codependent. She needs someone to help her or else she wouldn't know what to do. Since their god rejected her, she has no power. What else could she do? It should be noted that even after Senel adopts Shirley, she said to Fenimore that she never had a friend before. It imples that she has some trust issues since it felt like her sister 'betrayed' her in some manner and that she was living with the Orerines. Of course, she would be nervous and scared. When she ended up in the Legacy, she found herself debating the major theme of her character development; should she be selfish or selfless?
With pressures of being the Merines, everyone was out to use her for their own profit. The first half of the main quest was pretty much her getting kidnap repeatedly. With each capture, she was slowly realizing that she was useless and it would come back to haunt her later. Despite the fact that the Orerines were torturing her people, she still had high hopes for them. She had high hopes for Senel and perhaps his friends too even though she was nervous talking to them. Near the end of the first half of the quest, Stella scarficed herself to save the Orienes. She did was Shirley was suppose to do. Once again, Shirley found herself helpless that she couldn't protect her sister and why she was just so useless.
Another issue that Shirley has is how low her self confidence is. Up to certain point, Shirley always believed that Nerifes rejected her simply because she couldn't live up to the title of the Merines. In addition, she choose to live with Senel so the Ferines would quickly call her a traitor. To top it off, she couldn't do a thing. What self worth does she have left?
During the second half of the main quest, Shirley's self confidence took another huge blow when she found out that Senel choose Stella. Despite that, Shirley was determined enough keep moving forward with a ceremony since she was still the Merines. Once again, there were some people who wanted to use her for their own good. With the death of Fenimore, Shirley found herself having the power of the Merines because she didn't want to be helpless anymore. She wanted to protect those who she cared about. However, she remembered the very reason why she failed to become a Merines. It was to protect Senel. It was too late by that point. With great power comes great responsbility. Now that she got what she wanted, she had to follow up with what she was meant to do; kill all the Orerines.
It should be noted that Shirley has an extremely strong will. As mentioned before, she is determined once she puts her mind to something (such as pushing herself forward). She was fighting with Nerifes and stalling for quite a while because she didn't want to kill. There was still time to protect Senel, the only person left that she cared about. Still, her trust and self confidence issues win out. With the reveal of how Stella knew who Senel really was, it felt like that Senel didn't even trust her in her mind. Was Stella that much better than her? Exactly what was wrong with her? Why was it always Stella Eventually, she does manage to figure out a balance in the end thanks to him.
Now that she figured out a way to bring peace between the Orerines and the Ferines, now what? While she is still the Merines, her titles no longer has a bigger impact than it did before. Now that Shirley has more time to spent with Senel, her character development grows even further. It's her learning how to find herself and figuring out how to revolve those issues of hers.
For the most part, Shirley is kind of shy and awkward around the rest of the party. She knew that her friends wouldn't really like her after what she did (aka almost destroying the world) but she still accepted them with open arms. She just wasn't sure how to approach them. At the beginning of the character quest, when Moses tries to say something to Shirley, she was pretty quiet. However, it becomes apparent that once she gets to know people, she opens up pretty easily to the point of having no filter. When Chloe was about to leave the Legacy, she slapped her across the face to prove to that she doesn't want her to leave because she cares. Another example would be when Jay was facing against Solon, she even flat out told him that the otters had more courage than him. I'm guessing it's her way of saying, "Jay, you need to be a man and face your fears!" In addition, she finally talks to Chloe about her feelings for Senel. With that, she is slowly starting to trust others again.
As mentioned before, Shirley is extremely codependent but she's learning bit by bit. She no longer lives with Senel and ,while she's still living with someone else, she's learning how to take care of herself more. However, she's starting to become really close to Chloe, so it's questionable. On that note, she gets jealous to those who are close to Senel and maybe to anyone who is close to her. When Norma wanted to spend the night with him, Shirley was willing to cast a spell on her. When she saw Grune sleeping on the same bed as him, she was in complete shock. As stated, she's starting to grow less dependent on him and maybe her jealously died down. She knows that Chloe likes him and is willing to give her a chance instead of forcing all her anger on her.
Once again, she is extremely stubborn as well. It's probably though her stubbornness alone that made her try so hard to bridge the gap between the Ferines and the Orerines. Even though Senel still likes Stella, she was stubborn enough to believe that he would fall for her one day. When Grune was missing, she wanted to ask Nerfies to help knowing full well that she could turn into the Merines again. Even though Senel thought it would be dangerous, she still insisted on it.
Plus, Shirley has gotten a habit of teasing other people. She even gave Norma a nickname as a sign of their friendship and when they asked what Jay wrote on his leaf for the Star Festival, she simply replied, "Oh, let's see. To tell or not, what shall I ever do?"
For the most part, most of her character development happened in the main quest. Her role in the character quest is to help and perhaps advise her friends. After the fight with her 'darker' self, she has come to terms with her all doubts and fears. She knows that she still has a lot of grow but has accepted herself.
Overall, Shirley knows that she has a lot of flaws. There are still some self confidence issues that will never go away and knows that she's extremely codependent. She use to have to deal with a lot of issues by herself because she wasn't sure who to trust. Now, she knows that she isn't alone anymore and that she can definitely go forward if she wants to.
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[ Strengths/Weaknesses ] :
-Codependent; but she's working on it
-Self confidence issues
-Some trust issues too
+Loyality
+Detemined
+Willing to be honest with herself
+/- Desire to protect; she is willing to kill herself for the sake of protecting others
[ Other Important Facts ] :
Shirley is a Ferines, so it means that she is able to read the language of her people very easily. Although since she's living with her friends, finding things with her language is pretty rare. When something does show up with the Ferines language, then she'll read it.
Shirley is a crystal eren, so it means that she is mostly a spell caster. She can heal, protect, help, and is able to do heavy damage with her spells with her quil. Yes, she uses a quil. It should be noted that most, if not all, her spells are usually pink.
Here are a list of her artes
[ Sample ] :
It was rather odd that Shirley found herself in some strange underwater city. She was certain that right before waking up, she was screaming “CHARGE!” at the top of her lungs before she passed out. Just what was going on? At first, she thought that Norma or Moses might be pulling a prank on her but she doubts that they could pull off something this...elaborate. Was this another kidnapping? Perhaps, she thought to herself, but there weren't any guards around nor were there any dungeons? Might this be a trap for the others to follow through? It could be but why an underwater place?
As Shirley thought some more, she knew that she couldn't stay in place for long. She felt a sneeze coming and she couldn't sit around for the others to rescue her. If she could rescue herself, then the others won't have to get hurt. As she continued to look around, another thought came up. Was this another Ferines village? That was certainly a possiblity but it was certainly something she never seen before. Besides, something...felt off. If this were a village, then why would there be builings similar to the ones she saw at Wertis Beacon. There were so many questions to ask and she wasn't sure where to start. However, now that she finally figured out a couple of things, maybe she can get out of this place and find Senel before he gets himself in trouble.
[ Questions? Comments? Concerns? ] : Noppeee
WAVERING
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Re: WAVERING
[As the feed turns on, Shirley begins talking with a smile]
Um, excuse me, would anyone here mind a spar with me? I don't want to hurt anyone but ...I think it's been a while since I last fought someone. I'm a Crystal Eren so that means I'm not a physical fighter...
[After a couple of seconds, Shirley thought about it some more]
Actually, I want to ask, would anyone mind teaching me how to fight using a sword or your fists? I think I might need some help training a bit.
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