Dawn Hamad

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basic info

  • human, syrian
  • gender: nonbinary trans woman
  • pronouns: any pronouns; uses feminine/gender neutral terms
  • sexuality: uses no labels
  • age: 22
  • birthday: august 23, 1975
  • gift: talent, critical perception

backstory

  • one of paulo's head servants
  • born and raised in caveta
  • parents died from unnatural causes. she and her sibs were taken in by a family friend, camellia, whom the three affectionately called their auncle
  • cam taught them that one could live happily without being super wealthy. dawn especially took this to heart
  • a few years later, cam got sick, too weak to get out of bed
  • shortly after, dawn grew ill and became bedridden as well. her sibs volunteered to go out and get any necessities in cam's place
  • paulo found the siblings and brought them all in as servants. initially they just wanted burr, but was convinced to take ziri and dawn
  • was able to recover to full health thanks to the medical aid provided by paulo... only to get hit with the news that she could never see camellia again
  • her remaining family's relationship deteriorated over the years, with fighting between ziri and burr growing in frequency
  • thoughts that she shouldn't exist festered. wishes that she never fell ill in the first place
  • the months leading up to the paragon's first voyage were much more bearable, now that she had more people to talk to

personality

  • the quiet one in the family
  • gullible
  • avoids confrontations if she can. she’s had enough of seeing burr and ziri argue; wants none of it
  • gets nervous if she feels she did something wrong... even if nothing actually happened that would warrant such reactions. has a bad habit of perceiving neutral things as negative. “how come you look/sound sad? i did something wrong didn’t i? i’m sorry”
  • believes that all the horrible things that happened after she got sick was her fault. beats herself up for it
  • genuinely thinks her family would be better off if she never existed. has not told burr or ziri this; doesn't want to burden them even more

physique

  • height f'in"/~cm; build
  • dark hair that's shoulder length
  • dark brown eyes
  • voice claim (warnings for heavy amounts of gore)
  • scars + any notable physical traits
  • talent: critical perception. able to intuit flaws. mostly culminates in her accidentally breaking plates while washing them because she held them in a certain way. think something like this video
  • clumsy thanks to her innate talent. really hates it

relationships

General Info

family: amal hamad (mother — deceased); tal hamad (father — deceased); camellia (auncle); burr hamad (older sibling); ziri hamad (older sister)
  • closest to auncle camellia. before they fell ill, she would walk with them and pick out books from the library for them to read. devastated when they could no longer live with her and her sibs. believes that it was her fault cam's no longer around
  • doesn't know her parents too well, since they passed when she was a toddler. mostly knows about tal and amal through stories her siblings and auncle tell her. can't help but feel othered when her sibs talk about them

Major Relationships

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Minor Relationships

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other info

  • afraid of burdening others
  • favorite animals? lizards. loves those funky, scaly buddies
  • is a sucker for fairy tales and stories with happy endings. the cheesier, the more saccharine, the better
  • carries a pocket knife with her at all times, a gift from her auncle. paulo doesn't know she has it
  • either hides or zones out when burr and ziri fight. rarely does she act as a mediator; hates it when both her older siblings rope her into their arguments
  • longs for the days burr and ziri didn't fight, days where her parents and auncle were still around
created: ~2008-'09
  • created at the same time as burr and ziri

reference notes

  • dawn is fat. DO NOT DRAW SKINNY
  • DO NOT WHITEWASH (e.g. lighten skin, etc.)
  • different outfits okay
  • almost always seen wearing a light orange bow
  • casually wears very colorful attire. likes clothes with bright and cheerful colors
  • work uniform shown in reference: a white dress shirt, black pants, and white shoes
  • ocean diamond placement: breast pocket (left), right leg

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