Leap 014 - Areli Leonidas

Character Name:  Adam Areli Leonidas
Genre:  Fantasy
Describe the Character Physically in Your Own Words:  Early to mid twenties.  Slim face and body, strong jaw.  Leonine nose bracketed by brown-gold eyes.  Sandy blonde curly hair, kept short.
One Line Description of Character:  He a lion shapeshifter who just became a lawyer.
Tell Us About the Character:  Called Adam by the unaware, Areli grew up knowing what it is to be different.  His family has had big cat shapeshifters for centuries (as evidenced by their family name, which means lion) but they've hid it for just as long.  Areli was given a standard education through middle school, after which he entered an accelerated high school.  He showed an aptitude for law (he's been arguing and negotiating with his parents since he was two) and entered college while others were still in high school.  He isn't thrilled to have the gene but must admit it helps in gauging witnesses and the jury.
How often does he wear a tie?  When he has a big court case or a case that he is confident about, it has little lions on it.  :3

Prompt from:  http://characteraday.livejournal.com/465615.html

Leap 013 - Character Prompt

Character Name:  Miranda Estelle Hinds

Genre:  Adventure (naturally)/fantasy
Describe the Character Physically in Your Own Words:  Miri is a sprite of a child with tumbles of dirty blonde curls.  A lively smile always seems to dance around her twinkling green eyes and pert little nose which is dusted with freckles after long days in the sun.
One Line Description of Character:  Carefree and mischievous, Miri loves the sea and plans on staying there her entire life.
Tell Us About the Character: Miri is the daughter of a lady pirate and an adventurer though she's rarely seen her father as she's spent most of her life on board her mother's ship.  When in port she enjoys playing with the warf rats (as in children), swindling them out of their knick knacks and causing innocent mischief.  Someday she plans on being the captain of her own fleet of ships.
What's her preferred plunder?  The boys' marbles

Prompt from: http://characteraday.livejournal.com/464990.html

Leap 012 - Character Prompt

Character Name:  Nolan Bradshaw

Genre (type of story you'd put them in):  Mystery/Western
Describe the Character Physically in Your Own Words:  Nolan is aging but still has some of the handsome charm that attracted his wife to him, as well as most of his thick dark brown hair.  Grey eyes are set above a strong nose and well rounded chin.  His body, no longer as fit as it once was, is still strong from a life of hard work on the range.  His fashion favors striped shirts, blue jeans and cowboy boots, despite being the ranch owner.
One Line Description of Character:  Owner of a ranch and now a winery, Nolan Bradshaw remembers what it was like to work the range and is fair to his workers as well as a shrewd businessman but indiscretions in his past may be coming back to haunt him.
Tell Us About the Character:  See one line description.
What was the toast?  To the success of his new winery.

Prompt from: http://characteraday.livejournal.com/464006.html

Leap 011

    She was pure exhilaration as she raced through the woods, so long had it been since she could race, unhindered through her natural element.  Small ground prey scattered from her lithe form, birds flew with her and squirrels watched as she darted past, chattering once she was out of range.  Flashing brown and reddish brown she ignored them as she gave into the hunger for the run.
    She could have raced for much longer but a stream too wide to leap confronted her, offering it’s cool water to her heated limbs.  Slowly she drank her fill, watching the dapples of sunlight on the water.  Small fish came to investigate a fallen leaf but fled when the ripples from her thirst made it sink.
    Refreshed she rose, dirt, twigs and leaves falling from her as she jogged once more into the undergrowth.  More slowly she moved now, with more purpose.  The scent of rabbits had drifted downstream along with the leaf and her stomach growled its impatience, reminding her of another hunger.

I've purposely only allowed you glimpses of this character.  What do you see?

Leap 010

Character Name:  Erin Peppler/ Missy DeVault
Genre (type of story you'd put them in):  Spy/superhero
Describe the Character Physically in Your Own Words:  Erin is on the short side at 5' 2".  She has an average body but toned arms, one of which bears a blue sparrow.  Her slim, angular face has a natural beauty and clear blue eyes.  Her hair is naturally brown but she usually has on a hot pink wig with black and sparkly highlights.
One Line Description of Character:  Superspy masquerading as a gymnastics teacher.
Tell Us About the Character:  Erin lives in a quaint little white farmhouse, drives a Subaru Outback and teaches little kids the basics of gymnastics ... or that's what her neighbors think.  What they don't see is the multi-tunnel escape route, command center, panic room and vast arsenal under the house.  Or the mini chopper pad that rises out of her backyard.  Or her vast closet of clothes, shoes, face changing putty and rainbow of natural toned wigs.  Erin has been a gymnast since age four and had been to the Olympics twice by age seventeen, when the CIA approached her after her college level psychology class.  For the next three years she was trained by the Agency, who encouraged her to continue her father's tradition of wearing bright wigs to compete.  The world was horrified when twenty one year old Erin suffered an "accident" during her training for the next Olympics and announced that while she would be regain most of her flexibility she would no longer be able to compete professionally.  She was kept to low profile cases for the next few years as her notoriety wore off but once she was able to enter the field fully she quickly made a (fake) name for herself as an efficient and top notch spy.
How often does she wear the wig?  Ironically the flashy wig and fake sparrow tattoo are part of her day to day disguise.  It's her sleek brown hair that strikes fear into her fellow agents.

Prompt from:  http://characteraday.livejournal.com/462988.html

Leap 009

Character Name:  Hannah and Annabelle Hershey
Genre (type of story you'd put them in):  ??
Describe the Character Physically in Your Own Words:  Hannie and Bellie are both petite six and half year old twins with hazel eyes.  Hannah has darker red hair than her sister who is more of a strawberry blonde.  They enjoy dressing alike in various shades of blue, pink and purple.
One Line Description of Character:  Hannah and Annabelle Hershey are playful and sugar hungry, beginning to display different traits despite their shared genetics and heiresses to the black sheep side of the Hershey empire.
Tell Us About the Character:  ... I just did.  As they grow into adulthood they begin to plan their take over of Hershey, spurred on by stories of the injustices that the successful part of the Hershey family visited upon their less fortunate cousins.
When will they stop dressing alike?  When they are teenagers Hannah will dress in plain, earthy outfits and occasionally dabble in goth/emo clothes (though not the lifestyle).  Annabelle will wear preppy clothes with lots of pink and ice blue.  After their teen years however they will open a cupcake bakery together and will be in uniforms or similarly cut business suits, matching again.

Prompt from:  http://characteraday.livejournal.com/462349.html

Update

At this point I owe all of you 21 Leaps.  My life has been very busy the past week or so but I have deliberately kept this week open so I can catch up on life in general.  I have also set the goal to have the first chapter of one of my fanfics published on FanFiction.net by the end of the month.  Anyone want to do some peer editing for me?