Mira Wakefield

Description
Mira is small and thin, making it hard to point her out in a crowd. Her dark brown, almost black hair curls naturally that tends to poof out in humid environment and her eyes are a piercing blue. She is always dress in casual, but current fashion and has a shark tooth knife on her hip at all times.

Personality
Mira is a bit of an odd ball in the world of monsters and madness. She believes in kindness and love over brutality and cruelty. This is almost to a fault. A natural at the healing arts, she is always willing to help. She has a weakness for those in need. However, as is common in the Wakefield House, there is a monster underneath. Though she would never show it, her temper is something to be reckoned with.

History
Mira is a bit of a controversial member of the Wakefield House.

Mira was born in Santa Rosa, Arizona to Eve and John Marrow. She was the awkward girl in school. Her mother was over protective, but kind and her father was a cop. This lead her to like a very isolated life with not many friend. But Mira was not unhappy. She looked up to her mother, who was a nurse, and they along really well. Time that she didn't spend with her was spent painting and taking photographs of the world around her. Due to her isolated life, Mira excelled in school and planned to graduate early after earning a full ride scholarship to ASU for art therapy. However, that dream would never come true.

The summer before her last year of high school, Mira and her parents decided to go camping in the Tonto National Forest. As camping was one of the few things that her mother was willing leave the house for, Mira was going to make the most of the trip. She wanted to take pictures of everything. One of those places was the Theodore Roosevelt Lake. Her mother absolutely refused, something Mira didn't understand until later. Being still a young teenager and a bit spoiled, Mira threw a fit. Eventually with the added pressure of her husband, Mira's mother relented and let the family across the bridge so that Mira could take pictures. They never made it to the other side. While crossing the bridge, something caught the tire cause them to swerve. The car hit the side of the bridge, flipping the car over the edge and into the lake. Mira does not remember much of what happened after the car hit the lake. The next thing she remembers is waking up in an ambulance. She had some how made it out of the wreckage...Her parents did not making Mira orphaned at age sixteen.

Mira felt lost with the death of parents. They were all she knew in the world. Neither spoke of family so she was not sure where she was going to go. Being sixteen, she was unlikely to adopted by someone that wasn't related to her. She was ready to accept her life as ward of state...when she suddenly got word about her adoption. It seemed that her mother did have family, a long forgotten cousin in Boston, Massachusetts. Mira thought that this was her salvation. She could get her life back on track, finish school, and return to Arizona to start college. And thus, Mira was adopted by Dorthey and Robert Altia. But nothing was what it seemed...

This was when Mira learned just who her mother really was. Eve's maiden name was Wakefield. Her family was deeply involved in the Esoteric Order of Dagon (EOD), a cult that believed in serving and breeding with the Deep Ones in exchange for riches and safety in the end times. Eve, however, didn't like the methods of the cult and refused to take part. Being a magician, Eve used her power to escape the clutches of her family, moving to Arizona and meeting Mira's father. Mira's newly adoptive parent were high ranking members of the cult. With Eve's death, Mira was no longer hidden from them. As Mira soon found out, it was for good reason. Since Eve was a magician, she was seen as a valuable bloodline that the Deep Ones and cult could benefit from. Mira was to replace her mother's missing value. What came next was two years of verbal, mental, emotional, physical abuse. This time almost broke her. Bad habits formed. She constantly doubted herself, fearing the wrath of her adoptive parents. She was nothing, her worth only in the potential children she would have one day. However, Mira's spirit was never broken completely. She desperately looked for a way out. Something she could use to escape. That was when she discovered Ravenwood...

She convinced her parents that if she finished her schooling and started going to Ravenwood, she could strengthen her magic, making her even more valuable. After much debate, they relented and so Mira started her studies in the magic arts...

Roleplay Hooks

 * Mira is part of the EOD, having completed her coming of age ceremonies. Her parents are also high priests. If you are a member of the EOD or have history with them, especially in the Boston area, you are likely to have seen her around.
 * Mira is an artist and can be found wandering the campus drawing.
 * Mira is a legacy but has no relationships with the actual Wakefield family besides cult connections.

Relationships

 * Trevor Greenwood: Mira's boyfriend and first friend at the school. Has played a major part of her growth, both as a person and in magic.
 * Nora LeGrange: Mira's friend and Trevor's other partner.
 * Taryn Clarifort: Mira's friend and one of the few people that seems to understand the best
 * Brock Waites: Mira's cousin and fellow EOD member. Their relationship is a mixed bag.
 * Dean Whateley: Mira is the declared enemy of the Dean after the Dance of Whispers, however, they don't really act like enemies.

Etc
- Character Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLe6eXhtsgy7cOKwwgLEFuQSEw9OLiXJAB

- All school records have her name listed as Mira Altia. She recently changed her name (after having a major image change) to her mother's maiden name in an effort to separate herself from her adoptive parents.

-Her parents died June 28th