Lowell Shaw

**Lowell Shaw** is a main character in Beacon Hills. Around Beacon Hills High he's known as **The Jokester**, thanks to his pranks on staff and his quirky, humorous personality. He's clever with words, his or yours, and is good at twisting them to either get himself out of trouble or gain something (a favor or object). Sarcasm is a strong suit of his, and he's not afraid to share it with others.

## Overview

### Personality

Contrast to, literally, everyone else in his family, Lowell is an anxious, hyperactive comic. His crackhead energy stems from the unhealthy amount of energy drinks he burns through in a day. While it can be too much to handle at times, in other instances his over the top antics can be humorous and pleasant to get you to smile, even if it's on accident. Despite his hyperactivity, however, he is still able to think on his feet, especially in times of pressure. Thankfully, he's inherited his parents' smarts, more so his mother's.

Similar to Tyler, Lowell is a people person. He enjoys the company of people and thrives on social interactions. Unlike his twin though, Lowell is more extroverted hence his more daring behavior in public. You could dare Lowell to do just about anything, and he'd, of course, do it. It's not so much the fact that if he refused he'd lose his dignity or the like, but it's because he wants to show his dedication to getting a chuckle/laugh.

His morals lie in the same boundaries as his brother's, most likely because of how their mother raised them. However, he's a big non-believer in forgiveness. Once you do him or his family wrong, you are immediately put on his naughty list.

What gets under his skin the most is when someone, or people in general, compare him to Tyler. He's lived in his brother's shadow long enough, and Lowell only wants to be recognized as his own person. That's why he's become so daring. To break out of the constant comparison between him and Tyler; Lowell found that doing the things that Tyler wouldn't, could help differentiate himself from his twin.

### Appearance

While not to the same height as his brother, to which he holds his mother at-fault for, Lowell is a 5'10" and 163 pounds teen. His wheat blond hair is darker in contrast to his brother. He has his mother's eyes, and facial features for the matter. His locks of hair are from his father.

### Shaw Estate

Far from the nearest culdesac, the Shaw residence is located in a small wooded area—not the Beacon Hills Woods. It's isolated because Logan Shaw wanted a home that wasn't going to be available to public eyes. The house itself rests on a four-acre plot.

The overall architecture of the house was designed to accommodate the angular hill at which it rests upon.

The site sits on a conservatory of trees, occupying a 200-degree radius panoramic forest view. The original roofline was retained with new vertical slot windows, sliced into wide cedar plank siding, drawing natural light indoors and enhancing floor to ceiling views. Rough sawn cedar walls permeate the interior of the 4,200 square foot residence, cladding both ceilings and walls, fusing new with the existing structure. A new open-plan reveals the angled exterior structure. By eliminating interior walls, the living, dining, and kitchen are joined together to form an open plan. Passing through, the space evokes the sense of walking along the trails, meandering through the forest.

The finish details of the original home included mitered joints and parquet floors inspired by the 45-degree plan. The bathrooms included details exploring dimensionally-folded tile on bathroom walls that flattened as they transition to the floors. The patterning of Helsinki marble tile in the master bathroom shifts from vertical in the shower to a mitered chevron on the floor. A finely beveled angle is integrated at the Pental countertop with profiled edge pulls. By contrast, the thick cantilevered concrete island anchors the kitchen. Original oak parquet floors were salvaged and transformed with a white stained transparent finish to reveal a hint of wood grain pattern and geometric texture.

Opening the space between the three levels of the residence, a permeable, white oak staircase allows light and visibility in-between floors. The treads, supported on a series of blackened posts and with open risers, appear to float on the ascent.

In more specificity, the house consists of three floors, with the addition of a finished basement. Tyler's bedroom lies on the third floor, along with the other three bedrooms—one of the three being the master. Three baths can be located on the third floor, one of them being the master, a half bath on the second floor, and in the basement is another full bath. The two living rooms, kitchen, study room & library, and dining room can all be found on the second floor. And on the first, the foyer, garage, and a family room are all nestled together.

## Biography

Seventeen years ago, on March 9th, Lowell Shaw and his fraternal twin brother, Tyler, were born. Their mother, Natasha, had been in early labor for two days before her boys were finally ready to be birthed. She took her maternity leave from her therapeutic office three weeks before she went into labor. The twins' father, Logan Shaw, just returned from his duties as a mercenary in the nick of time; he's considered it luck that he was present for the birth of his twin sons.

Much of Lowell's early life was consumed in the shadow of his brother's accomplishments and, overall, life. Tyler was always the better-behaved child; Lowell, on the other hand, just wanted to make his parents laugh, hence is disruptive and button-pushing personality. He wasn't compared to his brother often—unless he did something bad—because his mother and father still recognized Lowell as his own person. Not a copycat of his brother.

Around the time of Tyler's baseball accident, Lowell came to the realization that he had to make some changes in his lifestyle. So he did. Lowell found that he was putting his effort into the wrong people. Of course, he could still be Mr. Funny at-home, but where it mattered the most was at school. To break away from being the lesser-known twin, Lowell began his grand plan to become the school's class clown.

While many stereotypical class clowns have a vendetta against the teacher(s) or staff with higher authority, Lowell used his humor and clever pranks to draw attention and boost his social status. His attempts were successful, but he also had drawbacks—especially when it came to disciplinary actions within the school system. His mother even tried to do a psychoanalysis of where her son might have steered off the path, one of the disadvantages to having a therapist for a mom.

Lowell spilled the truth to his mom, though. He told her that he was sick of living in his brother's shadow and that he wanted to build a social foundation for himself in school. To Lowell's surprise, his mother was quite proud of her son's initiative and success, but still disappointed in his way of going about it.

A little into his Junior year of high school, Lowell and Tyler had snuck out of the house and went to a party.  The night was eventful—as per usual with high school parties. From drinking and joking about to the regretful make-out-sesh, both the Shaw boys were just living life. Of course, as any good party ends, the cops came and shut down the function. In a hurried rush, Lowell booked it. Thanks to that Track & Field practice, Lowell managed to put distance between him and Five-O; his coach would be proud. However, about half-way back home, Lowell noticed that Tyler was nowhere near him. In fact, Lowell couldn't even remember Tyler running away. Maybe the cops snagged him before he could escape?

Lowell succeeded in making it back home, sneaking his way back inside and into his room. Assuming that Tyler was only slightly behind him, Lowell left the basement window open—so he could climb back inside—and went to bed.

In the morning, Lowell went to go wake his brother up, but Tyler wasn't in bed. Now worried, Lowell raced down to the basement, to see if the window was still open . . . and it was. Panic now swarmed Lowell's mind. It's not like he could tell his mom that the boys snuck out to go to a party, he was already on two strikes and, in the world of baseball, three strikes and you're out.

From the first floor came his mother's voice.

"Lowell! Get up here!"

Without missing a beat, Lowell sprinted upstairs to see what his mother was beckoning him for. When he reached the foyer, he was greeted by his mom and the sheriff.

*Shit*. They got him. It was all over now. Life as he knew it was over. Her blazing stare into his soul even confirmed it.

Lowell waited for the Sheriff to bust him, confirming his mom's suspicion and fall victim to her mercy. Lowell just hung his head low, but as the Sheriff began to share why he was really there, Lowell could feel his heart drop. To hear that Tyler was found in the middle of a field, bleeding, and in critical condition hit hard. The horror behind those words was gut-wrenching.

Lowell's mom collapsed, tears just streaming down her face. He bent down to comfort her, putting an arm around his mom, and the Sheriff reassured the both of them that Tyler was in surgery at that very moment. Lowell thanked the Sheriff for the news and, politely, asked if he could just leave.

It took nearly an hour before Lowell's mom had gathered herself to leave the house and finally go see Tyler in the hospital; Lowell didn't even bother to change.

Lowell drove both of them to the hospital, and they raced to the ICU once he put the car in park. They caught the surgeon coming out of the operating room just as they made it into the ICU. The craziest part was that she told them Tyler, when he arrived to the hospital, was in critical condition; but by the time the operation came around to begin, his body was in better condition.

Lowell looked to see his mother's relief overtake her worry, even he was relieved.

Tyler remained unconscious for a whole day. Lowell and their mother stayed in the same room as Tyler, asleep in the chairs. It was a blessing that he awoke, shaking both Lowell and his mom out of their sleep. Their nerves were at ease to know that Tyler was awake and fine, but he obviously had questions and his mom didn't hold back on answers.

When they got back home, Tyler pulled Lowell aside and rambled on how he could see, hear, and smell things that he shouldn't be able to see, hear, and smell. Lowell just played it off as Tyler trying to pull a weird joke on Lowell and he simply shrugged it off. He went to walk away but was pulled right back and thrown against the wall. Tyler stood before Lowell, his eyes a white-blue, his nails razor-sharp and long, along with his teeth.

At the time, Lowell could only think of one thing:

*"Great, Tyler's a werewolf. Guess I need to buy a leash. "*

## Best Friends

* **Juniper Beaumont:** Since early childhood, Lowell and Juniper have gotten along like two peas in a pod. They both share a distaste for living in their siblings' shadow, and that's helped seal their bond more. In the beginning of middle school, the besties even made their own secret handshake, which secured their friendship furthermore. Their companionship has even brought them to make a pact to always stick up for one another.