Profile

BASICS
Name: Leigh
Class: Sniper [prepromoted]
Weapons: Longbow, Shortbow
Country: Hanalan
Age:21222324 25
Birthday: May 7, 602
Zodiac: Taurus
Blood Type: B
Family: Unknown [+ Various foster families]
Languages Known: Trade [A]



HISTORY
Even from her earliest memories, Leigh has always been pressed upon by one irrefutable, inescapable truth: she is unwanted. An outcast. Useless. "A savage," as she recalls being told once, by someone who's face she either can't or doesn't particularly want to remember.

Her biological family -- a collection of desperately poor farmhands, or at least, Leigh is pretty sure that's what they were -- sold her off after a particularly poor harvest, to a family that not looking for a child, but rather, for a servant. Being five years old at the time (though her parents assured her new "family" that she was at least seven, and certainly capable of following instructions,) Leigh proved to be exactly the opposite of what was expected, and subsequently she soon found herself being sold again -- and again, and again. Faces flew by so quickly that she hardly even bothered to memorize them; they'd be getting rid of her soon enough, after all, so what was the point?

She was given only the most rudimentary education, taught to read and write and perform basic arithmetic, and not much else ... and as time went on, it became obvious that Leigh was barely even interested in learning, anymore -- none of those things made her anymore desirable, as evidenced by the high exchange rate she maintained even into her early adolescence. She did showcase one skill, however; an uncanny eye for archery. At thirteen, she realized that she could hunt as well if not better than the grown men in various households she'd suffered through brief stays in -- which begged the question, if she could provide for herself, why didn't she?

At fifteen, she decided that enough was enough. She escaped easily from her latest foster home in the dead of night, armed with a bow and quiver and enough money to go far enough away that they never caught her. She's not entirely sure they even tried.

Six years passed uneventfully afterward, with Leigh earning a living through mostly mercenary work, concentrating her efforts around Dentoria, Korin and Kanemoria, where the need was greatest. She avoided Hanalan entirely for another year after, before deciding enough time had passed that no one was likely to recognize her -- and besides, what were the chances they would care if they did?

Since then, she has worked various oddjobs -- mostly hunting -- in Hanalan, and although she'd never admit it, she's more comfortable there than she'd ever been elsewhere ... though she can't help but look over her shoulder every now and then. After all, she's stayed in so very many households, over the years, and even if she can't remember their faces, her attitude is the sort of thing that sticks.



PERSONALITY
Leigh is a great many things, very few of them flattering, and she insists that she'd never have it any other way. She has a great disdain for most people, having been dismissed and disregarded and eventually thrown away or exchanged for gold by most of the ones she knew growing up, and thus has no concept of -- or desire to learn -- proper manners. She's incredibly vulgar, disrespectful, pushy and unforgiving. She refuses to be a follower in any respect -- either she calls the shots, or she goes it alone, and really, it's almost always the latter; her somewhat ... overwhelming personality tends to drive others away. Quickly. ... Very quickly.

Leigh has a few key pet peeves, including "happy families," and religion in general. In fact, Leigh is quite racist against the Megami, and openly disdainful of Dragon worship -- though Goddess worship doesn't impress her, either (and neither do Atsirians, for that matter.) She's cynical, condescending and rude to everyone, but these groups tend to take the brunt of the blow, when available. This all isn't to say that she's incapable of being something almost like a decent human being; it's possible for Leigh to like someone enough to exude some semblance of respect or even comraderie toward them, though she can count the number of times it's happened on one hand. The easiest way to earn Leigh's respect is to treat her with respect in turn -- despite everything she does to convince others not to.

She's not exactly what one would call well-learned -- her writing is sloppy and her reading is slow and numbers over two digits should die in a fire -- but she's incredibly street-smart, and adept at surviving alone in the wild.

She hates being belittled or condescended to, though she'll do it to anyone else at the drop of a hat, and she hates being wrong. She also has a terrible temper and is prone to lashing out -- violently -- all of which makes for, of course, a lovely personality.




APPEARANCE
Leigh is a plain woman who could be a good deal prettier if she could just stop scowling. Needless to say, she rarely does. She has light brown hair, typically worn up, and green eyes. She's also tall, standing at 5'9", with a decent build.




[Leigh is played by elzie for himitsu_sensou]
[Her PB is Robin, from Witch Hunter Robin.]
[Thanks to northswainglow for the banner/divider]]