Tallie Smyth

Personality:

Traits:

If you thought Tommie was quiet and reserved, you haven’t met Tallie. He rarely speaks, if ever. While his facial expressions are much more open than Tommie’s are, he’s infinitely more cryptic. He doesn’t deign to give anyone any more information than strictly necessary. Though, if one takes notice, they’ll see that in person he is much quieter than he is in places like the chatroom. This can be attributed to a near-constant scratchiness that his throat seems to possess. Occasionally, he seems to struggle to even speak at all. He also frequently sleepwalks.

Strengths and weaknesses (optional):

His strengths include his intelligence, his observational skills, and his rather comforting presence. His weaknesses include his trouble with speaking and his cryptic nature that he uses to intentionally obfuscate facts with. As nice as he is, he’s not very open.

Brief Biography:

Tallie, like Tommie, was born in the Faroe Islands and grew up surrounded in that culture. His parents' culture is a bit of a mystery to him as he never met either of them and only heard about them in passing from his Godmother. Unlike Tommie, Tallie does seem to be aware of who his parents were and what fate befell them. Though, getting this information out of him is much like pulling teeth. His Godmother is someone he respects deeply, but he does find her methods troubling. He follows her direction without question, but the way his Godmother treated Tommie does leave him feeling conflicted. Tallie doesn’t have Tommie’s same drive and thirst for knowledge, as most things just seem to come naturally to him, so he doesn’t really bother working hard. While Tommie focuses on Necromancy, Tallie focuses on divination in all its forms. That, and his own writing. Much like Tommie, he was affected by an incident on their island when they were both twelve in which a girl was murdered. While Tommie only bore witness to the aftermath of such an event, he happened to be right in the line of fire at the time and carries that trauma with him. Along with this, he isn’t as well-traveled as Tommie. In fact, he’s never left the Faroe Islands at all until now. This is part of the reason why he’s so cagey.

Appearance

Height and build:

5’7, feminine, soft. He seems rather fragile.

Hair, skin, and eye color:

Pale skin, wavy black hair that goes down to his neck, almond-shaped blue eyes. His face is rather round, much like Tommies, but he doesn’t seem to have her rosy complexion.

Distinguishing marks/features:

He has a beauty mark just underneath the corner of his left eye.

Clothing:

He can normally be seen wearing a rather loose dark red knit wool sweater over top of a meticulously ironed white button-up shirt, along with formal black pants and dress shoes. He and Tommie don’t really differentiate from one another too often.

Shelley-Specific

House: HOUSE OF TALBOT

Classes:

Runes and Sigils

Herbology

Great Poets of the World

Tarotology

Tasseography

Oomancy

Extracurricular Activity: Drama, Writing