<strong>username:</strong>phoenyx<br/><strong>character name:</strong>Finlay McGrath (http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/d/d6/480225_466352953386090_1661803900_n.jpg)<br/><strong>age:</strong>19<br/><strong>gender:</strong>Female<br/><strong>appearance:</strong>Fin is about 5’4’ and around 119 pounds. Her eyes are really purple, not contacts, and they really are cat slitted. She tends to wear a light purple lipstick, and she has a tattoo under her left eye that almost brings to mind the Eye of Horus, but is more a collection of dots and swirls. She has a similar tattoo across her forehead just above her eyes, but an intricately made diadem with a rose in its center usually hides most of it, leaving just enough to peek out underneath.<br/><br/><strong>personality traits:</strong>Fin, as her family tends to call her, is a rather quiet and reserved girl.  Her best friend and confidant is her cat, Kerr, who also has matching purple eyes. Even though her whole family Practices, Fin is a bit of a Solitary. She will stand in for the Maiden in Circle when the Family does Rituals and Sabbaths since she is the youngest female in the Family currently old enough to do so. But usually any other spell castings, anything to do with plants, and other things Magick she does on her own.<br/><br/>Fin has a strong understanding and affinity for plants, so she is more often found roaming the woods with Kerr around Salem than in town.  In fact, if she should be found in town, it’ll probably be at the local Nursery ordering some plant she can’t find out in the wild. She is in charge of the Family garden which hosts both vegetables for the table as well as many herbs and exotic plants of varying uses. When she is home, she will usually be found there.<br/><br/><strong>history:</strong>Born at 1005 Essex Street, she was named Finlay McGrath. She grew up in the house with a childhood far from normal. She was tutored by a Great Aunt in all things the town wished their young to know to survive in the big world of course, but she also grew up in a Family of Witches. So, while she was given a rudimentary education, for which she did remarkably well at, her primary education was in Witchcraft.<br/><br/>Alongside Math she learned how to measure and mix ingredients for potions, Reading and Writing was useful for recipes and spell books and making her own and taking notes. Science, her favorite subject, went hand in hand in experimenting and creating new potions and spells. Physical Education, another favorite, sidled up to traveling the woods around Salem and trips to the local Nursery to learn how to identify various plants and animals. History played hand-in-hand with her own Family history and the history of Witchcraft. Economics made sure that she knew how to maintain the Family Fortune, and even to help increase it. Foreign language kept the Gaelic tongue alive and well, and was helpful for spell casting and Rituals. Though a dual education, it was a well-rounded and useful one.<br/><br/>The cats that reside with the McGrath family are a strange breed that has been with the family for generations. For every McGrath born, a litter is produced, and  one cat in the litter will have the same eye colour as the child(ren) born. Thus Fin’s cat familiar, Kerr was born the same time she was, and has been her constant companion. He will live as long as she does, barring any accidents or out and out murder. Ever ask a McGrath about their cat, and they will tell you it is like having a twin of yourself in four footed, furry form.<br/><br/>Fin took to Herbology at about the age of six, and has been the family’s Primary Gardener and Herb/Plant Supplier since the age of twelve, when the Elder finally passed away. She begrudgingly tolerates other members of the family the use of the Gardens and Greenhouses who show an interest in such. At sixteen she made a special dye/ink from plants and got an Uncle to help permanently embed it into her skin in a delicate design on her forehead and under her eyes.<br/><br/>While Fin is more than aware of the dislike of the other two strange families on the street, having grown up with it, she really pays it no particular mind. In fact, she really has no opinion on them. She has never met a member of either family as far as she is aware of, and she’s usually too wrapped up in her Plant Lore to pay much attention if she has. Neither are a plant or tree, so they are of no significance to her.<br/><br/><strong>additional relevant info:</strong>Her skill and knowledge with plants are well known around Salem. Those truly desperate to heal a sick loved one, or kill a rival, have been known to brave the strangeness surrounding her family and come to her seeking help. They usually try to seek her out though when she is away from the house, since her habits are well known.