Danielle "Dani-C" Choi

   

• Timeline •

 * April 1990 – Choi Ni Hee ‘Danielle’ is born in Incheon, South Korea.
 * March 1996 – Starts Kindergarten in Incheon.
 * March 1997 – Ni Hee begins Elementary School.
 * November 1999 – Ni Hee gets possessed by a spirit and a ritual is performed to free her. She is now able to see and interact with spirits.
 * January 2000 –Ni Hee begins Mudang training.
 * March 2003 - She begins Middle School.
 * April 2004 – Ni Hee secretly attends Yong Entertainment open audition and passes first round. She later passes the second audition and becomes a trainee at Yong Entertainment despite the wishes of her family.
 * July 2004 – Ni Hee moves into Yong Entertainment dorm in Seoul and transfers to Sookmyung Girls’ Middle School in Gangnam-gu.
 * March 2006 - She begins High School at Sookmyoung Girls’ High School.
 * October 2007 – Ni Hee begins training with four other girls as a possible girl group. Starts learning to box and takes Kumdo classes.
 * Febuary 2009 – Ni Hee graduates from High School.
 * June 2009 – SHIMMER debuts with Ni Hee as their leader. She uses Dani-C for her stage name.
 * March 2010 – She starts going to the Korean National University of Art.
 * September 2012 – Concert in Tokyo is cancelled due to the event that occurred there.
 * December 2012 – Collapses due to over-exertion and is taken to the hospital. Real reason is she swallowed a bee.
 * February 2013 – SHIMMER releases their third full album and begins Asian-European Tour.
 * April 2013 – Learns of family history with the Dragon as Mudangs and Theory-crafters, as well as her aunt’s manipulation to get her into the claws of the Dragon with Yong Entertainment CEO.
 * May 2013 – Fully becomes a member of the Dragon.
 * July 2013 – Tour ends. Reluctantly restarts Mudang training.



= Appearance  =

Danielle has a very slender build, though she is toned due to her training and daily exercise as well as dancing. She bears no tattoos or scars on her, though she has three piercings on each ear. Her black hair is often displayed as long and flowing to just above mid-back with style variations based on how she might be dressed.

= History  =

Danielle's female ancestors on her mothers side have been Mudang's; a priestess who used magic to effect cures, tell fortunes, soothe spirits of the dead, and to repulse evil. It was a tradition passed down, usually resulting in becoming an elder. There is a rare occasion however, where a person receives certain abilities. This was the case for Danielle, though the process of how it came about was dangerous to her as when she was nine years old, she was possessed by the gods which made her very ill and quite manic to the point of schizophrenia. A ceremony was required in order to figure out the spirit and its reason for possessing her, before it could be banished.

Surviving the ceremony with her young mind intact, though not remembering what happened, Danielle gained the ability to see and interact with spirits. To the Ga family, it was a blessing as it had been hundreds of years since a family member truly had this ability. Danielle's aunt, Ga Soo Yun quickly saw potential and tried to set things into motion for when Danielle was older. And so her training to become a Mudang began. At first Danielle did what was dictated through tradition in learning, however as she got older, that streak of rebellion and wanting to do what she wanted began to take over. Especially considering, the teasing she was starting to receive at school and the frequency of spirits coming to her.

What Danielle wanted to do more than anything was to become a singer as she seemed to be a natural at it. Her parents rejected and forbid her from doing so, especially her father, who was a police detective as he thought that it wasn't an honest job and career. She obeyed her parents wishes and continued on with her training aside from performing in school musicals, until she was thirteen years old and she had learned that an entertainment agency would be holding open auditions in Incheon. Wanting to go no matter what, she lied to her parents about going to Lotte World with one of her friends on the day of the audition. Danielle passed the first audition, but not without the consequences of her parents finding out where she really went.

After receiving her punishment, which involved her mother cutting her hair to try and make her look less appealing to the agency, a deal was made that she was allowed to go to the next audition, but if she failed the audition then she needed to give up on trying to become a singer and solely focus on education and becoming a Mudang. Accepting the conditions stubbornly, Danielle was determined not to fail and her determination paid off as she was accepted into the agency as a trainee. This however meant her moving to the agencies dorms in Seoul and away from her parents who while not still approving of this, offered their support nonetheless.

Five years passed by and during that time, Danielle began to see and hear less and less Spirits. Mostly due to simply ignoring and blocking them out as she focused on her training in order to make her debut. Eventually, she was put together with four other girls who were younger than her by 2 to 4 years and SHIMMER was formed with her as the groups leader going by Dani-C. Then in 2009, the group made their debut which was considered a success and since that time have come out with two albums.



SHIMMER was preparing for their first concert tour in Japan when the Tokyo incident occurred. After that things seemed to change drastically for Danielle as it was like that wall she had up was busted open, causing her to collapse. It was written off as pushing herself too much to the point of exhaustion in preparation to the now cancelled concert, but the truth was she had been Bee'd. When Danielle was discharged from the hospital, she went home to her parents for a few days rest as well as try to deal with managing her amplified and new abilities.

After that things were relatively normal as SHIMMER continued their schedule and toured. Eventually information was revealed to Danielle regarding her family as well as the CEO of the company she was contracted to. She learned of the Dragon as well as her aunt's way of pushing her towards them despite Danielle avoiding what might have been her original path. At first Danielle was highly upset, but soon just accepted fate and put her trust in her aunt.

Thus far Danielle's sixth sense has been used sparingly by the Dragon and she has on occasion been given assignments to complete and was tasked to continue her Mudang training when able. However, she has no set purpose at the moment and primarily focuses on her career until she is needed since her everyday actions may also be part of the Dragon plan and design.