Thread: Onyx Landing Character Thread

Character Name Catherine Marie Leroux Aliases Cat, Kitty, la Petite Rose Gender Female Profession Catherine has worked as a nanny, laundress, maid, and prostitute. She has also helped in back-alley medical procedures, mainly with womens issues, including midwifery. Apparent Age 22 Appearance Catherine is quite lovely, with long dark brunette hair, and green eyes. Her features are rather delicate and refined but beautiful. Slender but curvy, she stands at 5 3. Her manner of dress is also refined, choosing to wear high-end fashion, as she can afford it. She keeps herself extremely well, and takes pride in her beauty, hoping to keep her questionable profession going as long as she can. Personality Catherine is no bawdy, rough whore. She is reasonably well educated, with tastes that suit her refinement. She enjoys reading, music,and taking in a theatrical performance when she can. She is the embodiment of grace, earning her the nickname Petite Rose among her clients. She is also quiet and demure. She can be very secretive, choosing silence to keep others from knowing her past, a past which has been too painful for her to revisit. Instead, she chooses to travel, and get lost in different cities, to keep her past from haunting her. She is rather warm and friendly, and will help anyone in need. Her clients, as well as her close circle of friends like her warm attentiveness, and her caring nature, despite the fact that she never seems to open up about herself. Recent History Originally hailing from New Orleans, Catherine lived in New York City for a few years before heading West to Onyx Landing to start a new life....yet again. In New York City she worked in a high-end brothel, servicing men of opulent wealth. Before taking up prostitution, she worked a plethora of low-wage jobs, until she caught the eye of a certain Madame. She had worked odd jobs in New Orleans before leaving North to New York City to find escape... Notable Relationships Catherine was born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana. Her father was killed by gunshot in a drunken brawl when she was twelve. Her mother worked odd jobs to keep them fed and housed, but her depression over losing her husband drove her to insanity. She disappeared without a word or a trace, leaving Catherine, their only child, alone at sixteen. She had been in love with a classmate from her earlier school days, Wallace Fournier, and the two were to marry, but Catherine left for New York City, leaving him behind. This would be her lifelong regret, and serve to plunge her into the world of prostitution instead of choosing to ever love again. Strengths, Talents, and points of Pride Her caring and amicable disposition, her way of dealing with people, no matter what walk of life they are from, her beauty and grace, and the way she keeps herself well, along with her manner of fine dressing. She is also proud of her independence. Weaknesses, Detriments, and points of improvement Despite her independence, she does often feel vulnerable, and weak. She tends to internalize her pain from her past, but she never lets anyone see that part of her. The things she would like to improve upon in her life are, she would like to open up more to others, and not be so fearful of the pain of life, she would like to settle down and put roots down, to find love again, have a family, thus she would like to find a gentleman to take her out of her chosen profession. Background story As stated above, Catherine left New Orleans at seventeen, to escape the painful past she grew up in. She headed North to New York City to find a new life, but instead found new pain. Her hardship in the seedier slums sent her into prostitution in a brothel, but she soon was approached by a Madame of a lucrative brothel that serviced the wealthy. It didnt take long for her to become one of the most requested ladies, earning her some of the highest pay at that time. Feeling that familiar tug on her soul, she left New York City without word or warning, taking a train West to Onyx Landing. Greatest Regret giving up what she considers to be her true love, Wallace Fournier, when she left New Orleans. Are you rational or passionate? Passionate, for certain. Everything Catherine does is an act of passion. She is passionate about everything in life, and gives her all. How self-confident are you? Reasonably so. Not overly self-confident, but more than enough to win life over, despite being quiet and refined, and despite trying to run from her past.