Emily "EmmySky" Menton

=• Personal Information •=

Education:  George Mason High School, Falls Church, Virginia, USA, 2005 College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, USA, AB, History, 2009 The University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA, MA, History, 2011 The University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA, PhD, History (Pending, ABD). 

Family:  Father. William (Bill) Menton, Senior Accountant, IBM Federal Systems Mother. Sandra (Sandy) Menton, Project Manager, Booze Allen Hamilton Brother. Joshua (Josh) Menton, Associate, Stoss & Halsey, LLC; Captain, USAR 

=• A Normal Childhood •= Emily's childhood was utterly unremarkable. She grew up in one of the upper-middle class suburbs of Washington, DC in a stable and loving family. A good student, it was simply understood that she would go on to higher education. Even her decision to continue her studies in history was not unusual, it was the kind of luxury the professional class could afford and even if she didn't end up teaching somewhere, the DC area has many opportunities for the well educated. =• Down the Rabbit Hole •= Gaia had other plans.

Emily swallowed her bee just after New Year's of 2013. Her roommates were away for Christmas Break and she managed to tame her new powers enough to evade anyone's notice, a fact that the secret societies find either noteworthy or suspicious.

In June of that year, a shortcut through the woods and an attempted rape by serial rapist Michael Grimes led to Grimes' death when Emily instinctively defended herself. Emily was horrified, but instinctively concealed her involvement - unnecessarily, it turned out, as the police simply wrote the incident off as a heart attack.

The burst of anima set off a scramble among the secret societies to find the new bee. The Dragon won the race and Emily was whisked off to Seoul, given a minimal amount of training, and shoved through the portal to Kingsmouth - alone and confused - with "You'll know what to do" as her only instruction. Emily has served the Dragon more or less dutifully, but mostly from the lack of an alternative.

=• Personality •= Emily is naturally quiet, the kind of person who prefers to stand at the edges of the party and listen rather than be the social center. She often escapes notice, allowing her to pick up occasionally useful bits of gossip. Emily had a fairly active social circle, but her new life has stripped away her support network, leaving her alone and uncertain.

After a messy breakup with her last boyfriend, Emily has shunned romantic attachments, preferring to throw herself into her work. She tells herself that it doesn't bother her because she really doesn't have time for that sort of thing right now.

Emily is at heart an idealist; she believes the world can be a better place and instinctively rebels at oppression and injustice. In some ways, she would have made a better Templar than a Dragon.

=• Potential •=

Emily has an instinctive affinity for blood magic, currently inhibited by her lack of training and her innate moral revulsion at hurting people. At the same time, she finds the steady pulse of blood fascinating and muses over the power she sees there, at least until her conscience pulls her back.

=• Theme •=

Emily's theme is denial. Denial of her potential, her current abilities, her sexuality, and of the realities of the Secret World. All of these will probably bite her hard at some point.