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GENERAL

Name: Glenn Matthew Turnbull
Nickname(s): N/A
Gender/Pronouns: Male. He/His.
Birthdate/Age: September 5th (Virgo). 16.
Grade: Sophomore
Sexuality: Bisexual

Major Arcana: The Tower. Sudden change, upheaval, emotional outbursts, exposing what was hidden. Reversed: personal transformation, fear of change, averting disaster.
Minor Arcana: Coins.

Concept: Hapless hero makes mess of personal life and battle plans alike.

APPEARANCE

Height:	5'11"	Hair Color:	Brown
Build:	Lanky	Eye Color:	Brown

Glenn puts a lot of effort into how plain he looks. He's more vain and image-conscious than he'd like to let on. His personal sense of style is neat and clean-cut without being flashy or fashionable. It's a lot of plain button downs, sweaters, and khakis. Only a few pieces of his wardrobe are nice or new, and the rest are hand-me-downs from siblings and cousins, but he takes very good care of his nice things. On weekends and after class he can be caught in jeans, hoodies, and converse, but very rarely all three at the same time.

He wears his uniform exactly as intended in the slacks-and-blazer combo year round.

PB: August Roads

PERSONALITY

Likes: Staying up late. Drama club. Parties. Gossip. Lifetime movies and soap operas. Sweet tea. Comfort food. Coffee... drinks.

Dislikes: Cooking. Public speaking. Busywork. Mess. Making stupid mistakes. Getting told off for other people's stupid mistakes. Hurting people's feelings. Black coffee. Wine and beer.
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Glenn is the kind of person who is capable of being a really good friend, but often falls short of his potential. He doesn't have a mean-spirited bone in his body, and cares deeply for other people. But even if he doesn't like making other people unhappy, he sometimes has a hard time really empathizing with them. He's self-centered in that way, and even though he'd go to bat for any of his friends, he'll still put himself first in a pinch.


Even though he's self-centered in his personal life and with his relationships, he has a bad habit of making reckless decisions when it comes to exploration and combat. He always wants to be the one to throw himself in the line of fire for a squadmate, and his self-sacrificing tendencies are borderline suicidal. Most of the time, he only does this to protect his squadmates, but he also has a desire to be the hero of the story, and that rears its ugly head on occasion as well.

He's definitely an extroverted person, but he often finds himself sticking to the edges of a crowd or blending in. He likes observing people, and is socially canny. He can pick up on changes in the status quo instinctively; he's always the person with the first suspicions for who's secretly dating or who's about to break up. He's a little bit of a gossip because of this, and enjoys speculation, but knows that he shouldn't spread rumors (especially since he's been on the receiving end of a lot of gossip in his hometown lately).

But he doesn't like being alone or ignored at all, and is very clingy with his good friends. He always wants attention and validation, and is hypersensitive to being criticized. He really wants to be the logical, practical person who can brush it off if he's not invited to someone's party, but deep down it bothers him. Like, a lot. Like, an unreasonable amount. He doesn't like this about himself, and tries to make himself seem more self-sufficient than he really is. This overcompensation means that he can seem aloof at times.

He's also very particular about how he likes things done. Growing up in a chaotic household with eight kids and only one person besides him trying to keep things clean, he absolutely can't stand mess or his personal space being invaded. He dresses in an unstylish fashion and won't hear criticism of it; he likes looking like this. His fussiness is his one flaw that he doesn't make active attempts to conceal, and it's a well-known character quirk of his around school.

SKILLS

Skateboarding & BMX biking: These were his social group's two main hobbies back home, so he knows how to do them. He's not like, really good at either, but he can stay on top of the bike and/or skateboard, at least.
Sewing: He's a long-time member of the local youth theater group in Omaha despite his severe stage fright, and his older sister taught him how to sew so he could help make costumes.
Soliciting: He's charismatic and good at getting people to give him things he wants, usually grown-ups and usually by way of making them feel very bad for him. The night manager at the local Denny's feeds him without question.
Historical Trivia and Miscellany: He was really obsessed with the Indus Valley civilization in the sixth grade and has gotten really into genealogy recently.
Whistling: Weirdly, even though he can't carry a tune while singing if his life depended on it, he's pretty good at whistling.

HISTORY

Family:

Matthew Turnbull, father. His parents got divorced when he was less than a year old, and his mom has primary custody, so he doesn't know him very well. He has a whole family of his own, but they live in Des Moines.

Cassie Hudgins, mother. A goodhearted woman spread a little too thin to be a really good mother.
Steven Hudgins, step-father. He's dad to Glenn.

Older siblings: Kimmy Turnbull (23) & Jason Turnbull (21).
Step-siblings: Joshua Hudgins (18) & Madison Hudgins (16, junior).
Younger half-siblings: Sierra Turnbull (13), Chance Turnbull (11), Shawn Hudgins (7), Riley & Paige Hudgins (6)

Hometown: Omaha, Nebraska


Growing up, Glenn was always either left in the care of his older siblings or in charge of his younger siblings. His stepdad was always working, his mother juggling a million household tasks, and the eight Turnbull/Hudgins children were usually just left to fend for themselves. Glenn has always considered himself close with his family, who are wholly supportive of his hobbies and decisions (even when they shouldn't be), but he frequently felt either suffocated or neglected when he was growing up. As soon as he was old enough to get away with it, he started spending the majority of his time away from home.

From grade school through eighth grade, he had the same tight-knit group of friends. They did pretty much everything together, which is how Glenn ended up with all his current hobbies; he was always a follower and never a leader. Though he never felt lonely or particularly unpopular, he and his friends definitely weren't cool. Once they hit their middle school years, Glenn started feeling the social pressure a little more. His friends would've been happy to continue as they did, but they (the uncool crew kids) were socially adjacent to the (very cool) leading role kids in Drama Club, and he eventually pressured two of his best friends, Caley and Hunter, to go to more parties with him, splintering their friend group for the first time.

Towards the end of middle school, he and Hunter started dating. Even though Glenn's never been particularly worried his own family would reject him for his sexuality, Omaha is still not the most progressive place, and he insisted on keeping the relationship a secret, even from their closest friends. Eventually, they found themselves under suspicion anyway, and Glenn started dating Caley very publicly to cover his tracks. He told Hunter this was all an act and kept seeing him on the down low too.

But, as things always do with teen drama, this all eventually went up in flames: Glenn developed real feelings for Caley, and before he could decide what he wanted to do about any of it Hunter told her everything because he felt guilty about it. None of the three of them stayed friends after this, but when the rest of their friend group was picking sides, they all picked Caley or Hunter. Glenn being the worst offender in the situation was the only thing agreed upon.

After this drama, Glenn found that he had not only lost all his friends, but that his previous reputation at school (unremarkable and unoffensive) had been tarnished. Suddenly, people he barely knew seemed to hate him. He finished out his middle school tenure absolutely miserable, and found Finchwood when he was desperately searching for some alternative to going to high school with all his middle school classmates. Despite being desperate for an escape, the mission of Finchwood students spoke to him, and he was happy to accept a place at the school.

Finchwood was a much better fit for him: he could be relatively anonymous again, and he liked training even if he struggled with summoning his persona. He tried very hard not to get up to any drama at all his freshman year, and has only just begun to start relaxing as of second semester sophomore year (which means it's time to make some bad decisions).

Over the summer, he returned to Omaha along with classmate Yvette Barton. Although they'd never run in the same circles before going to Finchwood, she wanted to introduce him to her school friends from Omaha. He was suspicious of this and although he hung out with her a couple times, he mostly kept to himself over the summer.

COMBAT

Persona: Vasariah
Element: Stone

ACADEMICS

Core Classes: English, Mathematics, Science*, Social Studies*, Training.

Elective Classes: Philosophy, Art, Shop

Clubs: Athletics, Community Outreach, Drama (crew only), Gaming, Gardening

General Performance: A good student when he gets a lot of help, which he thankfully knows how to ask for. Besides some problem subjects (English gives him trouble), he's really a thoroughly average student. He maybe doesn't study for tests as much as he should, but he gets straight A's on any homework assignments, and that carries his grades for him. He was having a hard time socially in school before starting at Finchwood, which made it hard for him to motivate himself, but he's been doing better and better during his time here. He'd even go as far as to say he enjoys some of his classes.

OOC

Player: JJ
Email: oronsomestar@gmail.com
CDJ: juliajoy
Other Contact: you all know how to reach me :/
Time Zone: Pacific