Lee Pryor

Lee Pryor
is a primary character in the Weather Makers Universe. He is an engineer in the Drop Kingdom’s Cloud Generation Service, particularly an
apprentice in its new Meteorological Analysis Program.  He and Ophelia are twin brother and sister.

## Identity Information

Gender:......Male

Race:..........Merfolk

Age:............18\*

Hair Color:..Cerulean
Blue

Eye Color:...Gray

Height:.........190cm

\*As of
five years after the Blessing of the Sun is restored.

## Life History

Lee was
born in the Eastern Sea Territories alongside his twin sister, Ophelia.  He was born second and feels the need to
point out he was born only two minutes and 57.8 seconds after her when she
jokingly calls him her “baby brother”.
Their parents, Alicia and Hugo, are the co-founders of Pryor
Electronics, a rapidly growing tech firm.
However, their older sister, Roxanne, is the heir to the family empire.

Lee had
complications early in life.  He was
diagnosed with high functioning autism as a baby and his family tried to best
to cope.  His IQ tests also showed he was
genius and it was easy for him to get bored when not being challenged.  He was a shy and quiet kid who stayed close
to his twin.  When she was recruited by
the Royal Ballet Company at the age of five, he joined her.

Both Lee
and Ophelia were talented dancers, particularly together.  Though, Lee had another passion capturing
more and more of his attention and imagination: the weather.  This came to a head during the Sunny Kingdom
crisis when the Blessing of the Snow weaken caused malfunctions in the Drop,
Windmill, and Flame Kingdom’s weather making equipment which in turn wreaked
havoc with the Wonder Planet weather.

As he
approached the age when he could enlist in the Cloud Generation Service, they
created the Meteorological Analysis Program to do their own weather observation
work.  He was also not getting anywhere
in the Ballet Company.  While talented,
his lack of dedication had prevented him from reaching any higher than an
understudy.  He decided his destiny was
elsewhere and announced he would resign on his sixteenth birthday.  The Christmas before, he was the understudy
to an Arabian for the annual performance of the Nutcracker and had to perform
when the original dancer contracted the flu.
He performed well in three showings and was offered a chance to be a starting
dancer if he remained and dedicated himself to dance.  However, his mind was made up and left.

Surprisingly,
Ophelia joined him in leaving the Ballet Company and joining the Cloud
Generation Service.  Her career in Ballet
was much more promising.  The two were
issued to Cloud Tower 87 in Dexter Province.
Like most merfolk in the Service, they spent their probationary year
working on the intake and brine discharge tunnels with duties ranging from
checking the pipes for cracks to cleaning sea creatures off the grills.  They were also regularly tested on their aptitudes
which they were ranked highly on.  Lee’s
highest marks were in the new weather observation exams, making him a natural
candidate for the fledging M.A.P. Program.

The two
were transferred to Cloud Tower Prime in the Drop Castle to complete their last
two months of probation.  They were
transferred top side and became apprentices in the M.A.P. Program where they
came under the command of Vince Cooper.
From there, they have worked through their apprenticeship observing and
analyzing weather information the Drop Kingdom gathers and attempting to
convince the other kingdoms in joining them in a comprehensive weather
observation network.

## Personality

As a person
with high functioning autism, Lee is a shy and quiet person.  Not able to as easily pick up on social cues,
his coping mechanism is to minimize social contact.  He tries to be as polite as possible, believing
this would keep himself from offending others.
He also keeps quiet, believing silence is better than a socially
unacceptable remark.

That all
changes when the weather enters the conversation.  Weather is his passion, his fixation.  He cannot help himself to babble on about
atmospheric science, often allowing his vocabulary get away from him as he gets
deep in the jargon.  At this point, he
relies on Ophelia telling him he is babbling to get him to stop.  It is not just talk either.  He spends his time collecting weather
information and analyzing it to make models of what the atmosphere is doing
above their heads.

## Relationships

Lee is very
close to his sister, Ophelia.  They have
been the proverbial two peas in a pod since they were toddlers.  She even left ballet for him.  She is often the one to help him in social
situations.

Upon
arriving at Drop Castle, Lee met Bret Greene, one of the up and coming
pilots.  The two became friends, though
much of Bret’s antics get both of them in trouble (especially with Tammy Frost).  Yet, the two have become thick
as thieves and often work together (and get in trouble together).  The four along with Emily Pearce and Franklin Santiago form the “Poker Club” since they often place Flame Kingdom Hold ‘em in
their down time.

Lee had
little romantic interest until a chance meeting with Nicole Dupré.  The young lady in waiting caught as his eye
with her looks but captured his heart (or rather his head) with her shared love
in weather.  She loves his extensive
vocabulary of the atmospheric sciences.
However, despite coming from a wealthy family, Lee is a commoner from
another country.  Even he can also feel
the oppressive grip Nicole’s mother has on her life.  The two are tepid to take their relationship
much past dating and even that a pretty big leap.

## Trivia

Lee is
named for the 12th named storm of the 2005 Atlantic Hurricane
Season.