Joanna "Alchemiss" Frankel

=• Detailed Physical Description •= At first glance, Joanna seems to be a fidgety and awkward teenager who is still a bit uncomfortable in her skin. Always hiding behind a book, or at least her glasses, Joanna seems more comfortable by herself. However it's hard to tell if this is borne of shyness, a disdain for social interaction, or a mix of both.

As for her manner of dress, Joanna prefers comfortable clothing without too much fuss, but still enjoys fashion. However Joanna is highly practical in most regards, and will try to dress as appropriately for the occasion as possible.

Joanna does have a taste for jewelry and enjoys wearing bangles, earrings, rings and necklaces, a habit she formed after working as a "psychic" for a few years.

Otherwise, she has a rather plain face, and is rather conscious about her "Jim Henson puppet mouth", something that has proven to be a thorn in her face ever since childhood.

=• Traits, Interests, and Goals •= Strengths: Cerebral, Practical, Intuitive, Observant

Flaws: Over Analytical, Cynical, Neurotic, Nervous

Short Term Goals: Learn to control her burgeoning magic, and focus it in a responsible manner.

Long Term Goals: To discover the source of this new power recently bestowed upon her and others, and to use it to combat the growing darkness.

Joanna has always been fascinated (some may say obsessed) with magic and the occult.

=• History •= Joanna grew up in Beaumont, Texas, a backwater and dirty little place that held itself to be much more important than it really was. Born to Terry and Lynn Frankel, Joanna was loved by her parents from the start. But that love was often buried with arguments between Terry and Lynn. He was a former brain and brawn, high school football star, and she was a former pageant queen. Neither were ready to admit that they moved too fast, and only married because she was pregnant. Until Joanna turned three, when her parents split, and resigned her to a life of split holidays and not so subtle bitter musings about the other parent.

This turned Joanna into a quiet young girl, more at home in worlds of fantasy than her current one, and as such she became an avid reader. Her parents, despite their flaws and mistakes, were good about encouraging this trait, and Joanna was never want for books or a trip to the library. The subject was always the same: Magic. Whether it was fairy tales or some half ass "how to" book, Joanna couldn't get enough and read as much as possible, day and night.

To be continued...