Ayana Wilder

> "Some people will always hate me, and some will always look up to me. It's the way the world works. There will always be one person to hate you, one person to love you. Me, I don't focus on either. I focus on the people who truly, genuinely need me."
>
> - Ayana talking about being Clique Leader.

Warning: This page contains mentions of absent parents.

## General Information

Ayana Pandora Wilder is a Fourth Year student at The Louise Weiss Academy. At 17, she's the Clique Leader of the Edges. She's pansexual and is best known for her playful yet often intimidating attitude.

## Personality

Ayana's personality wildly depends on who she's talking to. Younger students may look up to Ayana, idolising her role as the Clique Leader and her general attitude to life. Those she does favours for and smuggle contraband for tend to like her- or at least put up with her.

She's intelligent, able to figure out ways to sneak in contraband for other Cliques and using this to get protection from all the other Cliques (bar the Prefects), which means nobody in the Edges at risk of being bullied. Ayana has been known to be ruthless if a person in her Edge is threatened in any way- a Bully once made a rude comment about a member of her clique, and she DMed him a series of screenshots proving he was homophobic, and threatened to get him expelled from the school for it. The Bullies quickly left the Edges alone outside of favours after that.

She is protective over her clique and friends, and is an excellent secret keeper for personal secrets. When it comes to gossip and drama, Ayana always appears to have all the details thanks to other cliques giving her information. Ayana is kind to those who deserve it, such as younger students, and she's usually the person to give the tour to transfers or first year students.

With friends, Ayana has a teasing, playful attitude, and is known for teasing clique leaders Evan Crossman and Cameron Harlow. When you have a close relationship with her, she calms down a bit, and often appears disconnected from reality. She is often concerned about being annoying to others, or being a burden, and so will often keep her issues to herself as a result. She has an interest in playing music and singing, as this is the easiest way for her to express herself.

## Appearance

Ayana is a brunette, with long hair usually tied back off her face. She stands at 5'6 with fair skin and dark brown eyes. Ayana has no one particular clothing style, swapping between several a week. Her faceclaim is Keira Knightley.

## Louise Weiss Academy Information

Ayana takes Geography, History, Cosmetology, English and Music Performance. She's in the Gymnastics Club, and got into the Louise Weiss Academy due to having high grades in Geography and History. She struggles with Mathematics, unable to grasp the concepts, though eventually managed to pass. She now maintains high grades across all five subjects she takes.

Ayana is, to the surprise of her friends, well behaved in class. She chooses to focus, be quiet and work in class- occasionally listening out for whispered drama, of course. Her work is always handed in on times, and she even studies (unlike Evan) to get higher grades in exams. She can, however, be rather competitive when it comes to work.

When it comes to the Edges, Ayana is a rarity, having joined the Edges in her Second Year after successfully smuggling in alcohol and cigarettes, which impressed the Clique Leader. She continued to thrive in the Edges, entertained by everything that was going on. Evan Crossman made a bet with Cameron that Ayana would be appointed the Clique Leader after the old one left school, and was correct- Ayana was appointed Clique Leader going into her Fourth Year, which the older Edges had agreed on.

## Backstory

Ayana was born the youngest of several older siblings- in age order, Alden, Nolan, Milo, Zane, Aleia, Grace and Colson. She's always had a rather odd relationship with her siblings: she was the one that was blamed when things went wrong, but if something went wrong at school, her siblings would defend her. Ayana has never been able to figure out whether her relationship with her siblings is healthy or unhealthy, but it at the very least taught her how to break rules and not get caught. Ayana is at least thankful for her brother, Colson- with her parents being absent, Colson was the only one who didn't put blame on Ayana, and took care of her.

Growing up, Ayana struggled in school, unable to grasp maths and literary concepts at all. She was put in lower classes to try and encourage this, though her middle school eventually gave up, telling her that if she tried harder, she'd understand. Frustrated with her parents, siblings and her school, Ayana took Milo's golf club and smashed the windows of Grace's car. Milo got the blame, and Ayana eventually moved schools. Being in a new environment with new teachers seemed to be what she needed, as her grades suddenly went up. Whilst maths still remained her poorer subject, her teachers were very impressed, and even suggested that Ayana could get into the Louise Weiss Academy.

Ayana joined the Louise Weiss Academy in her First Year, where she found herself unsure of how to exist without being in the shadow of her siblings. She felt very uncertain of herself and her identity until she started looking into the Cliques. She tried to get into the Edges in her Second Year, though was initially laughed at, before a Fourth Year Edge decided to give her a chance. He encouraged her to sneak in cigarettes and alcohol, and came with her whilst she did this- though offered her no help, simply just encouragement. When this was successful, Ayana brought the cigarettes and alcohol to the Clique Leader, who initially accused her of lying, before the Fourth Year said he'd seen her do it. The Clique Leader apologised, welcoming Ayana to the Edges.

Ayana met Evan Crossman when he was a Third Year, as he needed someone to sneak spray paint in for him and there were no other Edges available. Ayana agreed, and brought them to him within a few hours. Evan was impressed, and made a bet that Ayana would eventually become Clique Leader. Ayana was appointed Clique Leader as she went into her Fourth Year, as the old Clique Leader left. She is the student that gives new students tours, as she has a clean record- officially, anyway.

## Health

* Depersonalisation/Derealisation.
* Dyscalculia.

## Relationships

### Evan Crossman [Friend]

She met Evan because he needed a favour and no other Edges were available. Unknown to her, Evan made a bet that Ayana would become the Edges Clique Leader when the old one left the academy. They become close friends after she was appointed leader.

### Cameron Harlow [Friend]

She met Cameron through Evan, initially coming off as cocky and irritating to him, though she eventually mellowed out and he grew to like her.

## Quotes

* "I seek a big object I can grab for comfort." - Evan. "Yeah, as long as he gets his feelers on something, he'll be fine." - Ayana.

## OOC Information

Ayana Wilder was created by Elijah (sometimes called Pluto or Plutocry) in 2020, initially called Ayana Becker rather than Ayana Wilder. Her faceclaim in Keira Knightley.