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Name: Phoebe Anderson
Appearance:
Phoebe is of average height for a woman in her early twenties. Her thin build and general lack of musculature, however, makes her seem even less imposing. Her short hair is dyed deep teal, a habit she'd taken up in hopes of looking like one of her favourite fictional characters and something she'd never really stopped doing. She often wears thin-rimmed round spectacles over her clear blue eyes, a necessity due to her short-sightedness. She tends to wear dark clothing, more a concession to the cold weather of her hometown than of any personal preference, though she often wears long, white skirts. Phoebe often wears a leather satchel, carrying the few belongings she tends to carry around; mostly a wallet, a few books, keys and a laptop for work.
Background:
Phoebe was born to an average family in a small town in upstate New York. Her family was by all accounts ordinary; no richer or poorer than others and by all accounts was a stable family. Miss Anderson, however, died of cancer when Phoebe was three years of age, leaving her father to raise her. This scarcely affected the family dynamic; Phoebe always favoured her father anyway and barely remembered her mother in the end, and her father returned it in kind, working as hard as two for his beloved daughter. Apart from that minor blip, Phoebe had nothing more out of the ordinary during her childhood. She was noticeably gifted, however; she got good grades, read a lot of books and had few friends. Despite her father's best efforts, she became rather introverted, though she was rather kind to those who managed to get her to befriend them. It was less out of lack of trying and more from choice; Phoebe was simply one of those who preferred to have few, but very valued, friends. Her relationship with her father was one of her closest relationships; he imparted, among other things, his love of metal and rock to her. It was a caring relationship, by all indications. Phoebe seemed set for a bright future, as her grades earned her a top place in one of the best colleges in the country. However, two things happened to her; while not radically changing the course of her life, they still stuck with her for a while.

The first incident was one that happened in her second year of high school. Phoebe had been returning home late from a literature competition- she, of course, had won- and had been completely oblivious to her surroundings. So much so that, in fact, she ran into the aftermath of what police reports had later determined to be a gang fight that had spilled over from another town in the area, with several people injured. Phoebe, having been in the wrong place at the wrong time, was believed to be responsible for subduing the gang members. The town, being small, spread word quickly and Phoebe was immediately branded as a delinquent who hung out with gangsters; this was aided by some malicious activity on the part of jealous rivals. Though her reputation had been pure beforehand and her father, an upstanding citizen in the community, had tried his best, she never quite shook the reputation; this was aided by her introverted nature, making it easy to spread rumours with her being unable to answer to them. This remained with her until the end of high school, upon which she left the town, never to return.

The second happened when she was in college; her father died in an automobile accident, on his way to visit her. Phoebe was devastated by her father's death, and for a long while, was rendered a recluse. It was only at the beginning of her final year that she recovered, though still rather introverted. However, it remained clear that her father's death had had an effect on her; she had occasional nightmares about it and remained in therapy up to around a year before the present time. However, even this didn't completely stop Phoebe, and she eventually recovered to graduate with a degree in literature.

Eventually, she moved to Albany, gaining a job as a librarian in a big library and working on a novel of her own, about a stereotypical bogeyman attempting to reconcile themselves with the world that had rejected them. By all accounts, her life is comfortable, if not luxurious, and she tries to move on, attempting to leave behind her past and hopefully move on from it.

Stigma: Scary Monsters: Phoebe is capable of transforming into the manifestation of terror and fear. She is able to transform into monsters using Mania, taking on their abilities while retaining her faculties and emitting an aura of terror. As the Mania expended increases, Phoebe's assumed form gradually becomes more and more horrifying, as her Stigma begins to embody the most primal fears of the human psyche and the models she copies gain in power and horrific potential. Her Stigma becomes stronger, more directed and effective if she knows what the target is afraid of.
Blessing: Knowledge
Inventory: Satchel, iPhone 6, 80 dollars in cash, wallet with driver's license, clothing (see description), books, pepper spray