Moonbeam Williams

**Moonbeam Williams** is a resident of Lower Duck Pond.

## **Biography**

Moonbeam Williams is a young adult who resides in Lower Duck Pond. Moonbeam recently ''found herself'' on a recent journey of self discovery and officially changed her name to Moonbeam in January, 2020. She has been a vegetarian since she was a toddler and for the last two years has been practicing veganism. Moonbeam busies herself during the week at her second-hand store on Main St *''The Weird Sisters''*, and can often be found feeding stray cats in the alleyway behind the shop. She recently adopted a one-eyed cat from the colony, named Sunshine.

### **Early life**

Moonbeam, named Georgia, was born at Lower Duck Hospital in December, 2000. She is the third child to **Gary** and **Louise Williams**, and has four siblings - **Andrew**, **Lewis, Oliver** and **Marcus**. Moonbeam attended the local primary school and eventually went to Richland High School. Moonbeam was active in the theatre troupe, art club, Friends of the Animals group and the track team. Moonbeam was the founder of Friends of the Animals group in her sophomore year and it continues to be a thriving club at the high school. After Moonbeam graduated she attended the local community college, majoring in fashion. Unfortunately, Moonbeam did not thrive in this environment and dropped out, to the disappointment of her parents. Moonbeam's ''rebellious'' behaviour and attitude caused further strain between her and her parents, as a result they asked her to leave home at 19 years old.

### **Adult life**

Moonbeam had a few part-time jobs in Lower Duck Pond after she dropped out of college, but nothing really fit. Eventually she went backpacking through Asia for a year in 2019 and really discovered herself. When she returned to Lower Duck Pond in early 2020, she decided to change her name to Moonbeam and downsize her possessions. Since she has returned to Lower Duck Pond, Moonbeam has had some conflict with her family due to a disagreement in lifestyles. Moonbeam now leases a small shop on Main Street and runs *The Weird Sisters*, and has recently moved into the small apartment above the shop.

Moonbeam frequently visits her uncle in prison, who was charged with public disruption and vandalism during a Zoo protest. Moonbeam is still in communication with two of her brothers, **Andrew** and **Lewis**. **Andrew** lives in Rosewater and works for a legal office. **Lewis** still lives in Lower Duck Pond, but has ongoing health issues that keep him at home. Moonbeam visits **Andrew** in Rosewater during long weekends, and regularly visits **Lewis** at his home in Lower Duck Pond to bring him groceries and help out around his home.

Moonbeam spends a lot of time advocating for the local wildlife in LDP - in particular, the ducks. Moonbeam and **Daphne** worked together on the *Sir Carl III* 2021 mayoral campaign, hoping to have a duck mayor for the town. Whilst Sir Carl lost to Krystal, who was re-elected, Sir Carl proved to be a popular candidate and had many businesses showing support for his environmental stance during his campaign.

*Witchin' and Bitchin'* is a podcast that Moonbeam regularly co-hosts with her close friend, **Marlow**. They discuss local events, urban legends and myths, and review local restaurants and bars around town. They also answer questions from listeners, usually concerning relationships or asking for witch-ly advice. A transcript is regularly posted on the town forum for those who can't listen to the podcast.

## **Personality**

Moonbeam is a laid back personality, who doesn't tend to get fired up easily. She is passionate about animal welfare and is quite vocal about it. Moonbeam has always been an outsider and struggles to make friends. She's reliable and helpful, but some perceive her as a pushover. Moonbeam has a slight problem with authority and sometimes can be accused of being rebellious for the sake of being rebellious. She has a strong sense of social justice and isn’t afraid to voice her feelings.

## **Appearance**

Due to the condition Heterochromia, Moonbeam has two different coloured eyes. She sports a septum piercing, and several earrings in both ears. She naturally has very straight, blonde hair. However, she has recently taken to peroxiding it and dyeing it blue. Moonbeam often wears clear frame reading glasses that are slightly too large for her face, causing them to slip down her nose.

## **Hobbies**

Moonbeam enjoys tie-dyeing, bike rides, nightswimming in the lake, stargazing, The Grateful Dead and vegan cheese on toast. She is a fan of magical girl anime, horror movies and trying to communicate with the dead. Her interest in the occult started when she was a young teen and has blossomed in the last few years. She enjoys tea-reading, palm-reading and tarot card reading for her customers and friends. She also creates star charts for herself and friends.