April

## Background

April is one of the main characters of *Lumberjanes*. Determined and optimistic, she is often very headstrong which sometimes causes problems, such as in the Band Together story arc. She carries a diary with her in which she frequently jots down notes or draws up sketches of things she finds important and various beasts or monsters she encounters. She has a love for puns which earns her the Pungeon Master badge. She is physically the strongest girl of the Roanoke Cabin, lifting and carrying enormous trees with almost zero effort.

April refers to Jo's dads as her uncles in Issue 37 when the girls' parents visit camp, but we have no other information that indicates they are cousins; they are otherwise portrayed as best friends with no biological relation.

## Appearance

April has long, pinkish-red hair, pale skin, big amber eyes, defined lips, and is of average height. She is sometimes depicted as curvier than the other members of the Roanoke cabin. She wears a pale blue collared blouse, a purple jacket, pink shorts, a gold belt, black leggings, black ballet flats, bangle bracelets, and, occasionally, dangly pearl earrings. She is Caucasian. April is known to be very girly and feminine, and appears to wear makeup. In the Denver Comicon exclusive issue 13 cover, she is shown playing keyboard.

## Personality

April is a short girl with a very unique personality. She is known for being strong, funny, kind, determined and optimistic. April is also extremely brave, along with being very honest especially with Jo. She is also known to be melodramatic and self-serving at times but learns to be daring in most dangerous situations.

April has a flair for the dramatic and a love of puns, and habitually takes notes on the various puzzles the group encounters in her diary. Though outwardly the least physically imposing Lumberjane, she is revealed to be the strongest after successfully arm wrestling a giant living statue. She is also the fact-finder and knowledge base for most of their adventures and is always ready to face the unknown. She is Jo's best friend and was the first person Jo came out to.

Sometimes April accidentally gets too caught up in her goals that she'd forget her friends' needs. She also sometimes take on tasks that are way over her abilities to complete, this usually sends the Roanokes into a lot more trouble when April wants to attempt said feats. Some of her skills are scrapbooking, leadership, wrestling, party throwing, and crafts.

April also has an obsessive hobby for earning badges. She later explained that this is because she wants to be the best Lumberjane she can be and make her (dead) mother proud.

For April, it is actually mentioned (in the novels) that the inability to give up runs in her veins. She is said to have come from a long line of succeders and is trying to become one herself. Jo tells the rest of the Roanokes, that at home, April had a whole shelf full of trophies and awards that she had won from past competitions. From Taekwondo to Mathletics, April had a trophy or medal for everything.

## Trivia

* She was the first character shown in Issue 1
* She is afraid of bugs, as shown in Issue 50
* April's age is currently unknown, but it IS known that she is younger than Mal and older than Ripley. It is likely that she and Jo are around the same age, as they have said that they're childhood best friends.
* April is VERY physically strong, though it seems, after she is shown trying (and mildly succeeding) to lift Peanut, that somewhere around 5 tons is her limit.
* In the original comic, she was the only character (whose eyes were shown) to possess full eyes instead of dots.