Waverly Chen

Waverly Chen is a character in Thirlcrest Academy who leads the Thirlcrest Times. She is portrayed by kancarzy.
==Appearance==
Waverly Chen is a short and slim journalist, standing at 5'2" and weighing only 108 lbs. She isn't very muscular, but still visibly athletic and in shape. In terms of her facial features, she distinctly has an obvious mixture between white and east Asian attributes, with neither really holding prominence over the other. Waverly's jawline is round but defined which is complimented by her small features. She has long black hair, which she mostly wears down and slightly messy. Stylistically, Waverly sports a variety of casual and business casual outfits which portray a certain sense of sophistication.
==Characteristics==
Waverly gives off a reserved, intelligent demeanor and is seen as somewhat unfriendly by her peers. She's known for speaking rather directly and being somewhat of a cutthroat leader when the opportunities present themselves. In conversations, she'll often try to get right to the point. With people who are familiar with Waverly, she uses very vague language. She rarely admits when she is wrong in disputes, defending herself until she can no longer. In that way, Waverly can be very manipulative, often selectively cherrypicking specifics and twisting the truth to fit her own narrative. She avoids talking to strangers as much as possible but will cut exceptions, such as in the case of an interview or if she finds the stranger approachable. In terms of actual intelligence, Waverly is very educated in both STEM and humanities. She enjoys a variety of different activities and hobbies, such as writing, reading and the arts.
==Background==
On February 12th, 1992, Waverly Chen was born in San Francisco, California. She was born out of wedlock, before her parents got engaged and married a year later. Her mother, Lindo Chen was an immigrant housewife from Hong Kong. While her father, Arthur West was a successful engineer from Boston. It was said that she was named after the street she was raised on, Waverly Place in San Francisco's Chinatown. Having went to MIT, Arthur was rarely in San Francisco and resided in Boston. As a consequence, Waverly was constantly moved between the two cities for most of her childhood. Throughout her early years, her mother always had much more expectations set for Waverly. She constantly pushed her to be well educated and more importantly, independent. That being said, Waverly could describe her father as mostly absent and consumed by his job.
Between her mother's pushes towards independence and her father's absence, Waverly grew autonomous of the two in her teenage years. Because of her autonomy, Waverly's social circles would grow more and more diverse as she became older. Over time, she became very business and education oriented, figuring that she would need it to be successful later on, even leading her previous school's newspaper for a brief period before she ended up in Thirlcrest. But without much actual parental guidance, she lived a very different life during her downtime. Frequent high school partying and petty high school drama described the vast majority of her nightlife. When on one night, Waverly and three of her friends were driving home under the influence of copious amounts of alcohol. That was when she collided with another vehicle while she was going one hundred and ten miles per hour. The other driver was deceased and both cars were completely totaled. Having permanent residency in Boston, the courts ruled that she would be sent to the nearby reformatory school, Thirlcrest Academy in the middle of her junior year.
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