"Like when you say, 'I'm home!' and you get a 'Welcome home' back. Doing those 'ordinary' things automatically, without even thinking about it, is what a family is."

Bantam is a young and tempermental teenager, her penchant for showing strong emotion the complete opposite of her eerily stoic mother. She is very loving, but usually feigns these emotions as something else as she sees them as unassuming. She is quite responsible for her age as a side effect of having to be mostly self-sufficient, but often overassumes her capability and is incredibly stubborn. It takes time for her to truly trust someone and is quick to assume things about people based on only snippets of their personality.

He craves family. With an absent father- unknowing he abandoned unsavory business- And a mother who seems more dedicated to politics than her own child, he's often anywhere but home. His requests to want to get out of her mother's home became so insistant that his wish was granted and now lives with a "connection" of hers through a political "ally." He also does like to have fun, but doesn't show it as much to parental figures in his life. He's just a little mean in the way young teens are.

Notable History

Bantam was born to a human mother and leyr father, though they mostly had several "flings" as opposed to a comitted relationship. Her father was genuine, but was constantly endangered by his wife's status. They miraculously had two children, the first being Dangoullin, who was left with the archivist after they knew they would be unable to care for them. As their relationship grew more tumultuous, they had Bantam, with the father leaving after an especially critical e decision revolving around her mother's career- though, he did influence the mother to raise them through the typical leyr lifestyle. Though Dangoullin could be kept under wraps, Bantam, at the time, could not be sent fully to the library as leyr children do- two miracle kids sent under the archivist would be a stain on her "honor."

His father left with a shut door and a heavy heart, while her mother cared for him alone. With her mother being devoted to work, Bantam was mostly left alone during the day, with small periods of seeing each other in the evenings. As such, he was sent to learn partial-time through the library, though on odd hours that Bantam assumed to be convienient (he did not know it was the opposite of a librarian's schedule.) He excelled in writing, but showed little interest for much else, only there for partial time. Most assignments and work were done at home.

In her early adolesence, she pushed the local mail office to let her sort through petty mail and delivery, usually to try and get a glimpse of anything that could end up in her mother's hands. To her, the world of politics was a mystery, partly because her mother never disclosed whatever she did. Every now and then, her dedication was rewarded- usually with a letter that was sent from her, never sent to her- which she copied down more than once. Learning about the relations, connections, and most of all, accusations her mother had, she grew restless, and verbally disapproved of her. Her mother did not approve of this and had an unpleasant reaction.

He demanded to be cared by someone else if she was just another burden. This landed her in the care of a "business associate" rrex who would pique her interest in the news and reporting and make her want to join the paper herself.

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