Welcome to Hickstead, home to both Seven Oak Stables, and Blue Acre - two rival stables. Both offer opportunities for their clients to reach the highest level of excellence. Each stable differs from the other, so choose wisely and never forget, loyalty is everything... Meanwhile as the stables battle it out, there's trouble brewing at the university. Be careful, if you don't pick a side you may get caught in the cross-fire...
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GENDER: female AGE: twenty two D.O.B: 25th november SEXUALITY: straight RELATIONSHIP STATUS: engaged to damon HOMETOWN: ireland HAIR: long, wavy, brunette EYES: hazel HEIGHT: 5ft10 PLAY-BY: phoebe tonkin
PERSONALITY/LIKES/DISLIKES
ashley is a bit of a firecracker. she has a hot temper and is pretty outspoken. she loves to be sarcastic and can be a little bitchy if you piss her off. she is pretty smart and hard working, she sailed through school and is in the last year of college at the moment. when it comes to family and friends, Ashley is caring and protective, so if someone hurts them she'll probably hurt them back.
LIKES: horses dogs damon jason but she'll deny it her family chocolate riding video games parties the beach summer food music reading coffee sleeping DISLIKES: jason and she'll openly admit it snakes spiders hospitals annoying people being told what to do winter rain smokers drugs driving at night fish arseholes STRENGTHS: riding persuading people quick learner smart FEARS: her father jason finding out her son is his spiders damon leaving her something bad happening to her family SECRETS: her son is actually jasons
LIFESTYLE
STATUS IN SOCIETY: working class OCCUPATION: veterinary nurse WEALTH: reasonable TATTOOS: has 'faith' on her left inside wrist SCARS: under her chin, split it open when she fell off riding DRINK: every other weekend SMOKE: nope DRIVE: yeah HOME: woodbain flats
FAMILY
FATHER: bobby white; 45 MOTHER: lucinda white; 42 OTHER HALF: damon thornton SIBLINGS: james edward white; 25; race trainer christoper thomas white; 23; stablehand/bar staff CHILDREN: joshua james thornton; 5 FRIENDS: shiloh jensen, heidi hunter, theia redfern, skye oliver, peyton la blanc, james white, leo white, lily white, logan white, hannah welsh, riley pricard, lucas cole, ranger reynolds, bella mckinley-white, danielle hart, jack o'hara
Ashley grew up in the outskirts of dublin, ireland with her older brothers - james and chris. The three of them often visited their cousins lily, leo and logan in england, mostly to get away from their dad who was an abusive alcoholic pretty much 24/7 and their not so great mother - who stood by and watched it happen. when james left ireland to move to hickstead, Ashley hated that she couldn't go with him, especially when their father turned his abuse on the two remaining siblings now James wasn't there to protect them. she counted down the days until she finally turned sixteen and was legally allowed to leave home. she told chris she was leaving, packed a bag and hopped on the first ferry to england, moving to hickstead to live with her eldest brother and cousins - leo, lily and logan.
Not long after moving to the town, she met the love of her life, damon thornton. they had been dating a couple of months when Ashley eventually met damons brother, Jason. there was no denying it, Jason was insanley attractive. now Ashley was happy with damon. . so she thought but when Jason started hitting on her, she couldn't resist his charms or the fact that a guy like him would fancy a girl like her. they ended up in bed together, fooling around for a few weeks in a short affair until the guilt set in and the realisation that she loved damon more. before she could even break things of with jason, damon caught them and she would never forget the look on his face - shock, betrayal, hurt. she'd crushed him and it almost broke her. she'd been a stupid naïve child and would regret that moment for life. not long after she found out she was pregnant and had no idea who the father was.
Ashley spent the next few months being miserable. she texted damon an apology every day until he finally cracked and met up with her. after weeks of talking he finally gave her a second chance, not that she deserved one but she took it all the same. that second chance came with a condition, they had to leave hickstead. she hated leaving her family but she had to put her relationship first for the sake of her baby. They ended up moving to Massachusetts when Damon was accepted onto the Harvard Law programme. Ashley gave birth to a son over there and unfortunately it was clear as day the kid was Jason's but Damon loved him as his own regardless. She continued her own education, finding a college nearby that had a vet nurse course with an on campus day care, which was a lifesaver. Whilst in America, family secrets were uncovered and her brother james had found out their dad wasn't actually his dad. their uncle - leo, lily and logan's father was in fact his dad. It was hard hearing the news over the phone and not in person since she wanted to be there for her brother but she supported him as much as she could from afar. Ashley loved their little bubble in the states but when Damon graduated, she figured it was time they headed back home. She missed her family and after some convincing, Damon agreed.
PETS
Love And Thunder - Storm - 9 - Warmblood - Gelding Blazing By - Blaze - 4 - Thoroughbred - Gelding
GENDER: male AGE: twenty seven D.O.B: 12th august SEXUALITY: straight RELATIONSHIP STATUS: taken HOMETOWN: croydon HAIR: short, brunette EYES: hazel/blue HEIGHT: 6ft1 PLAY-BY: hayden christensen
PERSONALITY/LIKES/DISLIKES
due to his past, brook can come across blunt when you first meet him, especially if your sat at the other end of the interrogation room. he likes to get straight to the point with no hanging around. brook sees himself as a hard working person, he absolutely loves his job and always puts %100 into it. he is definitely confident guy at work and can be around girls, depending on the mood he's in. sometimes he can come off a little cocky but what guy doesn't from time to time. when he isn't at work, he is a sweet guy when he wants to be and when it comes to the people he loves he can be over protective. brook can be vulnerable at times and finds it hard to trust people.
LIKES: his job sunny days sprite running his car his dog food girls reading music action movies going to the gym DISLIKES: bullies snakes his ex rain criminals liars crappy tv idiots corrupt police STRENGTHS: catching criminals boxing self defense multi-tasking getting confessions out of people WEAKNESSES: people he loves his dogs feet, they make him feel sick FEARS: his dad losing people he loves SECRETS: he was abused by his dad HABITS: biting his bottom lip tapping his pen when he's thinking chews his nails when he's stressed
LIFESTYLE
STATUS IN SOCIETY: working class OCCUPATION: police officer - detective sergeant WEALTH: working class but comfortable TATTOOS: none SCARS: multiple from his dad DRINK: enjoys a beer most nights SMOKE: yes but trying to quit DRIVE: yeah HOME: oldaker avenue
FAMILY
FATHER: james daniel tyson; 62 MOTHER: theresa diane tyson; 57 OTHER HALF: eventually blaise turner SIBLINGS: none CHILDREN: none FRIENDS: luc beaumont, joel king, dallas wood, dustin mccarran, dodger blake, nikolai donovan, zoe blackwood
Brook was born in Croydon, London to james & theresa tyson. the first seven years of his life were great. he had a loving mum and dad and went to a decent school with good friends. one day, that all changed. his dad came home from work and didn't greet brook or his mum the way he normally did - no hug, no smiles, just cold. his dad had lost his job. instead of trying to find a new job like you'd expect, james tyson turned to the bottle and gradually over the space of six months, his dad had become an alcoholic - spending most of the day in a drunken haze and most evenings crashed on the couch. however, it didn't stop there. while he was under the influence of the alcohol, his dad became violent towards his mother. brook wanted to intervene but he was a kid and his father was solid. day after day this continued until one day brooks mum didn't come home from work. she'd left them, left him. he was ten and his mother had abandoned him. his dad was furious. he turned his anger onto brook, making his son his new punching bag. most of the time he'd hit him in places that couldn't been seen but occasionally he'd throw a backhand across his face or stub out a cigarette on his arm.
brook became a quiet, angry boy after that, pushing away his friends at school and acting out in class. basically crying out for attention. his teachers didn't care, not while he was the typical asbo kid. when he started secondary school, things started to look a little brighter. high school meant he had excuses to stay late. he joined every sports team and any club that would keep him away from home. most nights he got home when his dad was passed out on the couch, empty bottle of vodka in hand - which allowed him to minimise the physical abuse somewhat. his dad however enjoyed stumbling up to bed in the middle of the night, kicking brooks bedroom door open to verbally abuse him before falling into his own bed next door. after getting his head down in school and taking his mock GCSE's in year 10, brook left school when he was fifteen with the C's he needed to scrape by in life.
he went home, packed his bags, grabbed anything that he could get some money for and without a second glance back at his dad, escaped the hell hole he had been living in. brook sold whatever junk he'd took from the house and booked into a hostel for a couple of weeks. he took any job he could find for the next two years before deciding to join the police. he worked his arse off and completed his training, joining the canine force. he stayed with croydon police for another six months before moving to hickstead when he was twenty one. he quickly joined their police force and gradually moved his way up the ranks to become a detective sergeant.
NICKNAMES: dani, street rat - courtesy of mal GENDER: female AGE: eighteen D.O.B: 31st december SEXUALITY: straight RELATIONSHIP STATUS: single HOMETOWN: new york city HAIR: long, wavy, light brown EYES: brown HEIGHT: 5ft 9 PLAY-BY: bridget satterlee
PERSONALITY/LIKES/DISLIKES
being raised in a gang for more than half her life, danni comes across as a hot headed, stubborn and sarcastic individual. she is quite a tough girl, always standing up for herself and others if anyone has a go at her or her friends. she is street smart and knows how to steal pretty much anything she sets her mind too. she always acts confident around people and can be feisty at times. she is quite an athletic individual, a fast runner and a fantastic free runner. danielle is a loyal friend to those she cares about and will always have their back.
LIKES: stealing running horses motorbikes money chocolate ice cream tv music fighting not knowing where her parents are snow guys sleeping iron bru DISLIKES: her parents losing police jail waking up early rain bad tv assholes alcoholics being alone being over powered drugs being disrespected people thinking she's weak cause she's a girl cats STRENGTHS: free running stealing street smart physically & mentally strong confident WEAKNESSES: her parents chocolate biscuits iron bru FEARS: being abandoned again her parents coming back SECRETS: she wishes her parents would come back HABITS: twirls her hair when she's bored drinking iron bru flips pens across her fingers when she's bored
LIFESTYLE
STATUS IN SOCIETY: lower class OCCUPATION: criminal/stablehand/student WEALTH: struggling TATTOOS: has a small love heart on her left wrist SCARS: multiple from getting caught on things when free running DRINK: most weekends SMOKE: on occasion DRIVE: nope HOME: student halls
danielle was born in in one of the busiest and popular places in the world, new york city. her parents had her young - when they were only seventeen and eighteen. she was an accident but due to her parents religious beliefs they decided to keep her. the family lived in a small run down apartment just outside of the city as they couldn't afford much with there only being one income coming due to her mother having to stay at home to look after her. dani didn't ask for much growing up, she was happy to just have her parents around.
when she was seven, she came home from school one day to find her parents had packed up all of their stuff, which in all honesty, wasn't a lot. apparently, some great aunt on her dads side of the family had passed away and had left her dad and his brothers a small fortune, so they where headed to england for the funeral and of course to collect the money. the next day they got on a plane to London but her great aunt lived in Devon so they had to hire a car to get down there. Their flight didn't get in until late and by the time they'd gotten the car sorted and started the drive, it was pretty late so they decided to stop in a town for the night, getting a room in a cheap hotel. danielle was exhausted after all of the travelling and just wanted to sleep but her parents stayed awake talking in hushed tones for a while. danielle could barely make out what they where saying as she drifted off to sleep. when she woke up the next morning, her parents weren't there. at first she thought they where outside getting the car ready but when she went outside, the car was gone. back in the room, she found they had left her a backpack with some of her clothes in. she didn't understand what was going on and thought her parents had just gone out, that they where coming back for her but she waited all day for them to come back - they didn't. she was confused, scared and alone. She spent most of the night curled up on the bed sobbing, ultimately crying herself to sleep.
eventually she had to leave the hotel when the cleaners came the next morning even though she had no idea where she was or where to go. she ventured into the town and found a library she could hide in, she was small so she could easily slip by unnoticed. she stayed there for almost a week, living off whatever snacks the receptionist had left behind at a night and using the perks of skinny arms to grab what she could from the vending machine. finally she was caught and kicked out, the librarian thought she was hiding from her parents and didn't give her a second thought. she spent a few nights in a doorway in an alley behind the library but she needed to eat and the only way she could do that, is if she stole. so danielle made her way to the nearest convenience store, it was getting dark and the shop was about to close for the night. she slipped inside, the owner not even paying attention to her. a look at the tv screen behind the mans head informed her that there was security cameras. if she wasn't already nervous, seeing the cameras definitely made her stomach churn. she crept to the last isle where all of the crisp and snacks where situated, opened her backpack and started piling anything she could grab into it. satisfied with what she'd got, she slowly made her way back to the front door. just when she thought she'd gotten away with it, a hand landed on her shoulder and turned her around. crap she'd been caught. as the man went to grab her rucksack, the front door burst open to reveal three men barging in - two with knives and one with a gun. the owner let danielle go and she backed up until her back hit one of the food racks, watching as the owner turned to make a run for the panic button. he was too slow and was knocked out cold by one of the guys. she should have run at that point, but she was frozen on the spot with fear. after the thieves had ransacked the till and took the money from the safe in the back, they made their way back to the door, finally noticing danielle. with her messy hair, dirty clothes, malnourished look and a face full of fear, they took pity on her and took her with them.
She was taken back to the gangs hideout where she met a few more members and some other children. there where some angry looks thrown their way but she was welcomed in nonetheless. she was absolutely terrified and grateful at the same time. finally she was wanted again. the gang put her to work almost immediately, using her as a look out. if the police came snooping in the middle of a job, she'd turn on the water works and distract the officers telling them how she was lost and couldn't find her parents. which to be fair was kind of true.
as she got older the gang started training her in combat. she'd already learnt how to steal efficiently, how to be street smart and how to evade the police but now she needed to know how to defend herself when the police wouldn't fall for her damsel in distress act. it took her a while to pick everything up but she eventually got there. she was pretty fast on her feet so she always had that advantage when fighting the other gang members. preferring to tire her opponent out by making them chase her. when dani wasn't training with the others, she was perfecting her free running skills - she could run like hell so why not do it across buildings. for the next five years she practiced daily until it became natural, slowly turning in to one of the better free runners in the gang. she had no fear of heights and she loved to climb, the higher the better. even though the gang had saved her that day in the shop, after her sixteenth birthday she felt it was time to branch out on her own and try to make something of her life.
PETS
Bailey - 3 - Labradoodle
18 - sarcastic - tough - street kid/stablehand/student - single
GENDER: male AGE: twenty six D.O.B: 15th may SEXUALITY: straight RELATIONSHIP STATUS: single HOMETOWN: london HAIR: dirty blonde, curly EYES: blue HEIGHT: 5ft8 PLAY-BY: christoper mason
PERSONALITY/LIKES/DISLIKES
when you first meet dodger, he can come across as confident and cocky but he is actually a friendly guy. he loves to banter with people and he can be a cheeky chap at times. dodger can be impulsive and if you piss him off, he's not afraid to let his fists do the talking, he'll never back down from a fight. he is a big flirt and will pretty much try and charm any girl he fancies.
LIKES: girls fast cars fixing things yorkshire tea football beer going out with friends stealing things keeping busy summer parties being in charge going the gym DISLIKES: police coffee the guys who got him into stealing over emotional people cigarettes bad drivers waking up early being cold STRENGTHS: stealing dodging police fixing up cars can talk his way out of almost anything fighting WEAKNESSES: easily influenced does things without thinking tequila his family FEARS: his family being hurt death drowning SECRETS: he turned his 'friend' in to the police HABITS: drinking tea swearing going to the gym cracking his knuckles upgrading his car
LIFESTYLE
STATUS IN SOCIETY: working class OCCUPATION: advanced mechanic WEALTH: enough to get by on TATTOOS: none SCARS: a few from when he was a kid DRINK: every weekend SMOKE: nope DRIVE: yeah HOME: woodbain flats
FAMILY
FATHER: david michael blake; 64 MOTHER: sophie marie blake; 61 OTHER HALF: none SIBLINGS: younger brother & sister CHILDREN: none FRIENDS: brook tyson, rafe callahan, leo white, kara mccarran, jasper callahan, joel king, amber white, peyton le blanc, roxanne reed
dodger was born and raised in the best city in England, London - in his opinion. he had a pretty decent life growing up. he had two younger siblings to play with or pick on so he never had the chance to be lonely. as a child, dodger always had a knack for fixing things - if one of his toys broke, he'd have it fixed by dinner. as he grew older, dodger got in with the wrong crowd at school. they started off small, stealing things from the corner shop gradually growing more ballsy and starting to steal wallets or purses. he was clever and never got caught. he always found a way of dodging the angry bystander he'd stolen from or the police and so he was graced with the nickname 'dodger'. the jobs eventually changed from petty theft to joy riding cars and sometimes selling them on. he'd often steal old bangers and repair them to sell for a little extra cash. this behaviour continued until he was twenty, when one of his friends - the ring leader, was arrested. dodgers parents found out what he was involved in and gave him an ultimatum, stop and go to university or they called the police right there and then. obviously he chose option one. so off he went to college, or rather to a garage to do a mechanic apprenticeship. when he finished the course he was kept on as a mechanic. not long after, his friend got out of jail and came knocking for dodger to go back to his old ways. it was a very tempting offer but he refused, not wanting the fall out with his parents. his friend didn't like that answer and threatened him. when that didn't work, he had dodger beaten up but he still wouldn't change his mind. the guy tried to threaten his family so dodger ultimately made the decision to leave London to keep his family safe. he settled into hickstead pretty quickly and got a job as a head mechanic in the garage in town. although he's tried to keep his nose clean, he still lives up to his nickname and dabbles in some not so legal activities.
GENDER: female AGE: nineteen D.O.B: 5th april SEXUALITY: straight RELATIONSHIP STATUS: single HOMETOWN: Los Angeles HAIR: long, wavy, brunette & blonde highlights EYES: brown HEIGHT: 5ft5 PLAY-BY: chloe bennet
PERSONALITY/LIKES/DISLIKES
skye is horse mad, theres no denying that. ever since she was a little girl, she has been in love with horses and competing them. she isn't usually competitive but when it comes to show jumping, she's determined to win. when skye isn't competing, she is a friendly, bubbly and sometimes goofy girl. she's quiet laid back but she can be stubborn and a bit outspoken at times.
LIKES: horses show jumping watching films listening to music running swimming beaches autumn sweets hot chocolate dogs reading DISLIKES: bullies sitting around liars coffee horror films rain being too hot being too cold ignorant people people who don't treat horses right bitchy people STRENGTHS: show jumping swimming making people laugh WEAKNESSES: her family her horse hot chocolate crisp jägerbombs FEARS: severely hurting herself if she falls off riding not being able to ride SECRETS: she absolutely loves disney films HABITS: chews her lip when she's nervous bites her nails when she's stressed
LIFESTYLE
STATUS IN SOCIETY: upper class OCCUPATION: professional rider WEALTH: wealthy TATTOOS: none SCARS: dog bite scar on her left arm DRINK: every other weekend SMOKE: nope DRIVE: yeah HOME: oldaker avenue
FAMILY
FATHER: jordan andrew kingston; 60 ;lawyer MOTHER: summer mae kingston; 58 ; primary school teacher OTHER HALF: none SIBLINGS: gideon alexander kingston; 24 nicholas rafferty kingston; 21; paramedic camilla lane kingston; 21; flynn michael kingston; 17; CHILDREN: none FRIENDS: nick kingston, sam johnsons, ashley white, rafe callahan, katerina de luca, jessica delaney, jayden adams, dallas wood, elle mckenzie
skye was born in los angeles into a upper class family - her dad being a high class lawyer and her mum a primary school teacher. skye was three years old when she had her first interaction with horses and she loved them. when she was five she had finally pestered her parents enough to let her start having lessons once a week. her parents saw how serious she was about riding so those lessons increased to three times a week. she got her first horse at seven, a little 13.2hh pony called bear. she had the pony for six years and competed him in show jumping classes in the local area. unfortunately the time came when she had finally outgrew bear and sadly had to sell him in order to get a new horse to compete on. she found a 14.3hh arab x welsh pony called cheyenne and fell in love - however it took a while for skye to bond with cheyennee but once they did, they where the team to beat at shows around the state.
when skye was almost sixteen, her dad decided to take a new job opportunity in england. a small law firm was up for sale in the countryside and he'd took the plunge and bought the place, wanting to work less and spend more time with his family. after her mum had found a job at a primary school in the city not far from hickstead, the kingstons sold their house within a few weeks, packed their things and headed off to england. unfortunately for skye, that meant she had to leave her horse behind. she'd owned cheyenne for two and a half years and was devastated when she sold her.
once the kingstons where in england, skye settled in for a few weeks before taking private riding lessons at seven oak stables. she wasn't quite ready to have her own horse again after parting with cheyenne but after half a year of lessons and competing at shows in the town with the riding schools horses, skye finally decided she was ready to get another horse and somehow eventually ended up with three.
PETS
Ghost Apollo Echo Luna
21 - goof ball - competitive - show jumper - crushing on Kolton
GENDER: male AGE: twenty three D.O.B: 8th march SEXUALITY: straight RELATIONSHIP STATUS: single HOMETOWN: derby HAIR: short, blonde EYES: brown HEIGHT: 5ft8 PLAY-BY: matthew nozska
PERSONALITY/LIKES/DISLIKES
rafe is quite a laid back guy. he is a happy go lucky person, loves to have fun and can be goofy when he's with friends. he is a fitness freak, absolutely loves the gym and staying healthy, he even made a career out of it, becoming a personal trainer. another thing he loves is taking risks. he can be an adrenaline junkie at times, he's done skydiving, bungee jumping, fly boarding and he prefers a motorbike to a car. rafe is artistic, he loves to draw and has a eye for design, so he's studying to be an architect. he is a sweet, hopeless romantic when it comes to girls, wearing his heart on his sleeve. family means a lot to rafe, after losing his parents at fifteen, his brothers were all he had left. he is pretty protective of them even if they do argue at times. he can have a bit of a temper so if you piss him off or do anything to his brothers, he'll have something to say about it. he can be a little vulnerable and put up a front when talking about his parents.
LIKES: keeping in shape lifting weights dogs running staying healthy chocolate tango seeing the sunrise going to the cinema walking his dog driving his motorbike taking risks drawing snow travelling dancing being goofy DISLIKES: rain fast food coffee drugs talking about his parents crying clingy girls being told what to do his architect designs being rejected pda in his face being lazy snakes smoking people with no motivation STRENGTHS: keeping fit drawing designing buildings getting people in shape WEAKNESSES: talking about his parents his brothers long legs and blue eyes his ex-girlfriend FEARS: losing anymore family/friends clowns - scarred for life after IT snakes doing drugs again SECRETS: still in love with his ex HABITS: checks himself out in the mirror when he sees one fidgets when he's nervous
LIFESTYLE
STATUS IN SOCIETY: working class OCCUPATION: personal trainer WEALTH: comfortable TATTOOS: none SCARS: few from when he was a kid DRINK: not very often SMOKE: nope DRIVE: yeah HOME: woodbain flats
FAMILY
FATHER: ryan harley callahan; deceased MOTHER: tatiana jane callahan nee lewis; deceased OTHER HALF: single SIBLINGS: jasper rayce callahan; 25; literature teacher kade harley callahan; 20; student tripp christian callahan; 18; student CHILDREN: none FRIENDS: jasper callahan, tripp callahan, kara mccarran, dodger blake, skye oliver, peyton la blanc, leo white, damon thornton
rafe grew up in the city of derby, or rather the outskirts of the city in a house surrounded by a fields. He loved it there, it wasn't far from the city if he wanted to meet friends but it was also far enough away to enjoy the peace and quiet. Plenty of space to walk the family dog for hours on end. He grew up with an older brother, two younger brothers and the best parents anyone could ask for. Although his parents worked full time, they still found the time to spend quality time with their kids while making sure their was food on the table every night. He was quite close to his brothers growing up, sometimes ganging up with one of the younger two to make things even when rough housing.
During his third year of high school, when he was fourteen, he and his friends started hanging around with the 'bad crowd' at school. He started going to parties where he was introduced to alcohol and drugs. He resisted at first, but soon gave into peer pressure. He would spend his weekends out at house parties getting high and wasted. If his parents asked where he'd been, he would lie, saying he stayed at a friends. Deep down his parents probably knew what he was doing, some of his grades had started to slip and they kept collaring him over it. He'd promised to get them back up but when there where parties every week, it was hard to find the time to study.
A few days after his youngest brothers 11th birthday, his life turned upside down. His parents had been killed in a car accident by some stupid idiot who decided to drive while he was high. Fifteen and his mum and dad were dead. His life changed that day. He vowed to never touch drugs again after what happened to his parents. Instead, he focused on school and helping jasper support the family. Soon jasper uprooted them to move to London to further his degree. Rafe finished his last year of school, getting half decent grades after cramming in a lot of studying. He unintentionally distanced himself from his family, spending the majority of time at the gym, out running or walking the dog. He might have been a little bit obsessed with getting fit and healthy - trying to make up for the damage he'd done to his body with the drugs and alcohol. When he wasn't keeping fit, he was busy working at some cafe trying to get money for the family.
When rafe was nineteen, jasper moved the family again, this time to hickstead, got some job at the university there. He quite liked the town, it seemed nice enough. He settled in quite quickly, getting a job at the gym as a personal trainer - having trained to be one while in London. He became acquainted with one particular girl in town, falling head over heels for her. He'd never really had the time for a serious relationship, only having one or two girlfriends back in london. Rafe was a hopeless romantic, he had never liked the idea of one night stands or flings. He dated this girl for three years, he'd thought she was 'the one' but no, she decided to trample all over his heart instead. She'd cheated on him and he kicked her out of his life.
Rafe moved out of the family home shortly after his heartbreak, getting his own flat, he couldn't stand to see his brother and his girlfriend all lovey dovey. Childish maybe, but he was hurting. Deciding he wanted to do more with his life than help people get fit, he enrolled at the university to study architecture, knowing he had a knack for drawing and designing. However he's growing bored of the course and is toying with the idea of becoming a firefighter.
PETS
Loki - 6 - American Shorthair
23 - hopeless romantic - artistic - personal trainer/student - crushing on ROXANNE IVY REED
GENDER: female AGE: twenty four D.O.B: 21st july SEXUALITY: bi-sexual RELATIONSHIP STATUS: single HOMETOWN: chelsea HAIR: long, wavy, dark brunette EYES: brown HEIGHT: 5ft6 PLAY-BY: hailee steinfeld APPLICATION:here
PERSONALITY/LIKES/DISLIKES
zoe is quite a easy going girl, she loves photography and almost always has a camera on her. she enjoys the peace and quiet and she likes to be outdoors to find the best possible pictures. she can be sarcastic at times, although some say she is quite witty. she can be daring and impulsive, sometimes doing things before she's even thought them through, try and talk her out of things and that's where her stubbornness kicks in. loving the outdoors, she is quite athletic and likes to run of a morning or night everyday. she can be quite guarded at times because of her past but she has become strong and confident because of it. when it comes to her love life, she is a flirtatious girl, and being bi-sexual she has plenty of people to pick from.
LIKES: the outdoors photography sunrises sunsets cake parties music sleeping relaxing running rain snow autumn quiet places strawberries going to new places tea DISLIKES:running out of film her ex boyfriend ignorant people violent people humidity being woken up cold floors relationships having her own picture taken having no money cooking meat slow drivers STRENGTHS: photography good at making cocktails sarcasm quick learner running WEAKNESSES: attractive people her cameras - they're like her babies always falls for the wrong people her ex boyfriend cake FEARS: horses - they make her nervous her ex boyfriend her photography business failing relationships SECRETS: was abused by her ex boyfriend had a miscarriage HABITS: plays with her hair eats when she's bored takes photos of anything takes her camera everywhere
LIFESTYLE
STATUS IN SOCIETY: working-middle class OCCUPATION: professional photographer WEALTH: reasonable TATTOOS:this across her right ribs & this on her left ankle SCARS: multiple from her ex boyfriend DRINK: every weekend SMOKE: nope DRIVE: yeah HOME: woodbain flats
FAMILY
FATHER: callum samuel blackwood; 58 ; doctor MOTHER: matilda carla blackwood; 56 ; solicitor OTHER HALF: single SIBLINGS: none CHILDREN: none FRIENDS: heidi scarlett hunter, ama sparrow cadwallader, adalia herondale
Zoe grew up as a only child with two lovely parents in Chelsea. She got into photography at a young age and was always taking pictures whenever she could, entering and winning competitions throughout high school. When she left school at sixteen, she went to college to do a photography course in the college nearby, her parents not wanting her to leave home just yet. After finishing the course, she got into a university in london, progressing onto a degree in photography. She started dating a guy from the university that her parents didn't approve of. He was a little rough around the edges, bad boy type. Her parents told her to stop dating him but she wouldn't. The more they told her to, the closer she got to him. Tired of her parents trying to end their relationship, she moved out into her boyfriends apartment. At first things were great, they spent more time together and fell for each other more but after six months of living with each other, they started to argue, just about little things at first. Then the arguments got bigger, louder, more frequent, always about where the other was going or what they were doing. They'd always had a volatile relationship, they were both easily jealous but he started to become paranoid. He was always on her case, he would text her a million times asking where she was and if she didn't reply with proof, he'd punish her by staying out all night or send her screenshots of conversations he was having with other girls which just pissed her off but that was what he wanted. He started trying to control her, he wouldn't let her go many places on her own and would always find some reason for him to go with her.
One night she went to a party without him. When she got home, she was met by a round of punches. That was the first time he had raised a hand to her. Like the stubborn cow she was, she tried to fight back. It was a vicious circle, whenever he hit her, she retaliated, always ending up worse of than him but she wasn't going to let him win. She was young, stupid and thought she was in love with him, so she stayed. Their toxic relationship eventually ended when zoe was nineteen. She was about six weeks pregnant when her and her boyfriend were having another one of their arguments. As usual things got physical. He threw her down the stairs, unaware of her pregnancy but she wouldn't have put it past him to do it even if he knew. Some serious cramping and a trip to the hospital told her she'd lost the baby and gained a few broken ribs as well as a knock to the head. she moved back home for a few weeks before she grew tired of her parents 'I told you so's', she left home again, moving in with a friend from university. While at university, zoe experimented with her sexuality. She had flings with both guys and girls, ultimately deciding that girls where easier to get along with and were less possessive than guys. Once university was finished, not wanting to go back home, she moved to Hickstead to start fresh.
PETS
Rufio - 2 - American Longhair
24 - laid back - flirtatious - photographer - single
NICKNAME: Jack, Jay GENDER: male AGE: eighteen D.O.B: 2nd january SEXUALITY: straight RELATIONSHIP STATUS: single HOMETOWN: america HAIR: short, brown EYES: blue HEIGHT: 5ft8 PLAY-BY: colton haynes
PERSONALITY/LIKES/DISLIKES
jackson is just like every other average teenager. at school, he was quite popular, even after being the new kid. he had always been able to make friends easily. he loves to have fun, whether that's hanging out with friends or going to parties. he can come across as cocky, especially when he's talking to girls. once he has his mind set on a girl, his romantic side does come out. he has always been pretty athletic, excelling at sports in school which is why he's studying sports massage at college. he can be quite stubborn which can bring out his temper if people rile him up. when it comes to his family, he can be protective, especially when it comes to his sisters.
LIKES: Football Parties Hanging with friends Girls Silly arguments Flirting Keeping fit Ice cream Dogs Joking around Chocolate Snow Night time Sleeping DISLIKES: Getting up early School Rain Violent people Horror films - they bore him Being bored Smoking Coffee Most vegetables Reality tv Being told what to do STRENGTHS: Football Some classes in school Fast learner More intelligent than he makes out to be WEAKNESSES: Some classes in school Girls Arguing - likes to have the last word His family Can be too cocky at times Pretty much always late to class He won't stop till he gets what he wants Dyslexic FEARS: Death Stuff happening to his family Serious illnesses Being unable to play sports again People finding out he's dyslexic SECRETS: dyslexic, dating a uni professor HABITS: Can't help smiling when he's lying about something that isn't serious Checking girls out Taps his fingers when he's nervous
LIFESTYLE
STATUS IN SOCIETY: middle to upper class OCCUPATION: student/barista WEALTH: comfortable TATTOOS: none SCARS: has a few from his childhood DRINK: every weekend SMOKE: nope DRIVE: yeah HOME: 3,oldaker avenue
Jackson was born and raised for the first thirteen years of his life in america. He loved his life there, he had great friends, a good family and a little sister to annoy. He actually enjoyed school - well the sports side of school anyway having always excelled at sports as a child, football in particular. Everything was great until his parents decided to move the family over to England. He resented them for a little while after that. He was thirteen going on fourteen, why in the hell would he want to start a new high school, especially in another country.
Okay so it wasn't so bad living in England. Apart from the accents and money, it was pretty similar. He still enjoyed his sports at school and even joined a football team but his grades had started to slip. His parents thought he just wasn't studying but he was. the problem was the words kept getting jumbled up. Turns out he was dyslexic. His parents got him tutors for the rest of high school and he learnt to live with it, coming out of school with decent grades, only failing english. He was excelling in his football team and was being scouted by a decent team until a bad tackle ended his career. He was still good at football but he'd never get back to the level of a professional. That was a kick in the teeth. He didn't have a back up plan and it took a while for him to figure out what he wanted to do with his life. Still loving the aspect of sports, he decided to go to college to do his A-levels before enrolling onto a sports science degree. After starting college, he still struggled with his dyslexia - especially when he's under pressure to get assignments done on time for class which can cause his temper to flare up.
PETS
Cisco - 5 - Shepherd Mix
18 - fun loving - confident - student/barista - falling for JAYDEN GEORGIE ADAMS
NICKNAMES: riles, ryan, ry ry GENDER: female AGE: twenty D.O.B: 28th october SEXUALITY: bi-sexual - in closet RELATIONSHIP STATUS: single HOMETOWN: hickstead HAIR: shoulder lenght, wavy, brunette/copper EYES: brown HEIGHT: 5ft 8 PLAY-BY: shelley hennig
PERSONALITY/LIKES/DISLIKES
much like her brother, riley is extremely confident and cocky but lacks the arrogance her brother charms everyone with. she's always been a pretty loud and talkative person partly because of her adhd and partly because she always wanted to be as loud as jake. she is an over-achiever and extremely competitive, always pushing herself to be the best which is hard when you come from a family of winners. she can be pretty impulsive when it comes to decision making, to impatient to take the time to think things through properly. throughout her teenage years she could be quite forgetful and easily distracted due to her over-active mind, although they aren't as bad now she's on meds. she is a very outspoken, feisty and hot headed person if you get on the wrong side of her or her family/friends. she's a stubborn but hard working/determined perfectionist that will often put a lot of pressure on herself, leading to riley becoming overwhelmed by her anxiety/insecurities which then causes her sensitive side to show.
LIKES: riding partying family nights travelling chocolate sunsets judo oreos beaches surfing annoying her brothers her nephews and niece dogs coffee DISLIKES: dickheads people - especially her family lying to her hospitals yogurt bananas spiders fish needles kiwi - allergic her anxiety & ED pressure even though she works very well under it STRENGTHS: brilliant rider eventing - particularly excels at cross country pretty athletic FEARS: her brother getting sick again her ED relapsing so badly she ends up in hospital again not being able to ride SECRETS: her eating disorder relapsed when she was away travelling
LIFESTYLE
STATUS IN SOCIETY: upper class OCCUPATION: professional rider WEALTH: well off TATTOOS: has this on her right inside arm & a leukaemia ribbon behind her left ear SCARS: one on her knee from falling from her bike, one on her elbow from being thrown into a x country jump DRINK: most weekends SMOKE: occasionally after a drink DRIVE: yep HOME: oldaker avenue
FAMILY
FATHER: john charles ryan; 43; rider & trainer MOTHER: marie louisa ryan; 42; trainer OTHER HALF: SIBLINGS: benjamin charlie ryan; 25, jake michael ryan; 24 CHILDREN: FRIENDS: ashley white, jackson o'hara, skye kingston, theia redfern, katerina de luca, jessie delaney
riley is the youngest in her family, born to strict but loving parents and two older brothers who she loves dearly. her earliest memories are of being on top of a horse, seeing as she was in the saddle before she could even walk. growing up she lived and breathed horses. with parents who were top, well known eventers she didn't get much choice in the matter, not that she would have chosen differently anyway, she couldn't imagine life without riding. riley is extremely close to her brothers, with people often referring to her as a mini jake as a child. growing up, she was more drawn to jake's outgoing, confident nature and would copy his teasing/making fun of ben, although she regrets it now.
when she was nine/ten, her family life turned upside down due to ben being diagnosed with cancer. she didn't know he was sick at the time, she just remembered him being unwell & always tired. she figured something definitely wasn't right when jake's teasing had died down considerably. her parents had hid all of the hospital appointments/stays from her for the first year, trying to keep her life as normal as possible until she finally found out through eavesdropping on a conversation one day. she'd heard the word 'leukaemia' and badgered her parents until they finally told her what was going on. she didn't get annoyed at her parents for hiding the truth from her until she was older when she could comprehend what it was. consequently she now hates being lied to. as a child she didn't know what cancer was, she just knew her benny was sick and she couldn't help him.
riley threw herself into riding instead of processing her emotions, focusing on being the best she could be to lessen her parents load. they expected their children to follow in their footsteps and that's what she was going to do. when she wasn't at the barn, school or harassing jake, she spent as much time as her parents would allow trying to entertain ben, whether that was playing card games or simply watching a film. during the last year of his treatment she would often accompany him to chemo sessions to help pass the time.
ben was finally in remission as her teenage years began and life started to get back to normal. with her fathers guidance and coaching from the family trainer, over the next couple of years, she was starting to get somewhere with her riding, showing a talent for cross country. it became something she hyper-focused on until her parents pulled her up on how her overall eventing had become sloppy, especially dressage. although she did enjoy all three events, dressage didn't give her the thrill that jumping did. riley pressured herself and knuckled down in her usual over-achiever way and practiced until her parents saw a difference.
it was during the run up to her mock exams in year 10 when things began to go downhill. between stressing about getting decent marks in her exams and placing in the many upcoming competitions, cracks began to form under the pressure. when she wasn't studying, she was riding and when she wasn't riding, she was trying to catch up on sleep. she began to skip meals to save time, opting to snack on things throughout the day, often forgetting to even do that. she began to gradually lose weight and with the constant social pressures of school, that wasn't a bad thing. skinny was and always had been one of the 'in' things in high school. she hadn't had the best start in high school, turning up with retainers then braces and being pretty short at the time, she had been a target for bullies. although when they realised they wouldn't get a reaction out of her they left her alone. her brothers had made sure she wasn't afraid of fighting back, something she was grateful for. she'd kept a small circle of friends over the next few years, so when she started getting flattering comments about how good she looked and popular people wanting to be her friend, she figured skinny was the way to go. since her future was written by her parents expectations and her grades were in the hands of the school system, it felt like her eating habits were the only thing she had control over. . but it turns out starving yourself wasn't easy and led to episodes of binging and purging.
she'd done a pretty good job of hiding her eating disorder until she passed out one day. she'd ended up in the hospital and things spiralled from there. she was diagnosed with numerous health issues that were linked to eating disorders and her parents eventually dragged the truth out of her. after what happened with ben, she hadn't wanted to worry them but honestly telling them had been a weight off of her shoulders. they had a lengthy conversation and she'd agreed to go to a counsellor. competitions took a back seat, although she was still allowed to train - just not as vigorous and a tutor was hired to help with the stress of her upcoming exams. over the next few years her relationship with food had healed through working with a counsellor, who had also helped her discover that she had ADHD, which explained a lot. looking back at her childhood, the signs had always been there - she was always distracted, forgetful, overly talkative, impulsive and messy but they were easily dismissed with being brought up with brothers.
armed with medication and coping mechanisms, riley felt like her life was finally getting back on track and she was ready to dive back into eventing properly. her parents gifted her a new eventing horse of her choice for her 18th birthday and they've been turning heads in the eventing circle ever since. she's spent the last couple of years away from home, travelling around different countries competing and training with the best of the best. a short while before she was due to leave, the family was rocked with the news that benny boy was in fact adopted and she's still pissed at her parents for keeping it from them all.
PETS
Defying Gravity - Nova - 8 - Warmblood - Mare Bold Ambition - Kenzo - 5 - Hanoverian - Gelding
NICKNAME: mal, asshole - courtesy of dani GENDER: male AGE: twenty three D.O.B: 23rd september SEXUALITY: bi-sexual RELATIONSHIP STATUS: forever alone HOMETOWN: willow bridge city HAIR: brown EYES: brown HEIGHT: 6ft2 PLAY-BY: francisco lachowksi
PERSONALITY/LIKES/DISLIKES
malachai is a manipulator. he uses people for his own gain because its fun. he doesn't care about anyone else's feelings unless you're one of his rare friends which he is quite selective about. he is very charming and can make friends easily usually in order to manipulate or exploit them - on rare occasions he may actually just enjoy the persons company. he is a big flirt and loves making girls and guys fall for him - enjoying the carnage of breaking their hearts by moving on to someone else. kai hates relationships, he's forgotten how to love/let people in and doesn't see the point of even trying to. he prefers to sleep around. he doesn't know the meaning of the word commitment and if he is seeing someone, he's most likely sleeping with somebody else at the same time. when it comes to brains, kai is pretty smart, he is a quick thinker, a terrific liar and can be quite cunning but his downfall is his short temper which can cause him to be volatile if you get on the wrong side of him. he is a loyal person when it comes to his friends, although it takes a lot to become one. he's fearless in the sense where he doesn't care about the outcome of any of his actions, even the extremely bad ones.
LIKES: manipulating people guys and girls - guys more than girls sleeping around arguing fighting alcohol drugs being alone crisp milkshakes sarcasm DISLIKES: emotional people love relationships his mother bugs people who get easily attached brussel sprouts public transport ignorant people being ill horses STRENGTHS: manipulating people drawing finding peoples weaknesses WEAKNESSES: his parents attractive people his temper FEARS: actually loving someone dying young SECRETS: killed his mums boyfriend after she overdosed HABITS: cracks his knuckles when he's bored pisses people off for fun
FATHER: liam matthew zeklos; deceased MOTHER: heather elena zeklos; deceased OTHER HALF: forever alone SIBLINGS: none CHILDREN: none FRIENDS: shiloh jensen, deimos salvadore, alisha donovan, jack o'hara, theia redfern, danielle hart
malachai was born on a sunny september afternoon. he wasn't planned, but his parents had been happy when they found out about him. he'd apparently been a good baby, he barely cried and never made a fuss. not long after his fifth birthday, his father died suddenly. he'd been in a car crash a few days before and a blood clot in his leg had gone straight to his heart. his mother hit rock bottom after his dad died. she loathed malachai. somehow blamed him for her husbands death. sure, liam had been on his way to pick kai up from a play date when he crashed, but how could she blame a five year old for that. growing up, mal's mum never loved him and she openly blamed him. in time he started to believe her words. he had killed his father. so why would she even try to love him. as he got older, kai didn't know how to love either - he hadn't learnt how. one emotion he did have was anger and he had a lot of it, just sitting there, building up inside. when he was eleven, maybe twelve, his mum got hooked on heroin and started bringing home strange random men to pay for her habits. he didn't exactly care for his mother, but he hated how desperate she'd become just to get a fix but he got used to it. it was a daily part of his life.
his mums habits started to get expensive and her 'job' couldn't quite cover the cost. of course she came up with a brilliant idea. send the fourteen year old pest living rent free and eating half the food to go work off her debt. did kai have a say in it - obviously not. his jobs where small at first, just delivering a few packages before or after school until he'd paid off his mums debt. wanting the extra cash, he then began to deal to the kids at school. he hated his mum even more after that. she'd corrupted him and he couldn't stand to be around her. unfortunately someone else could. she'd found herself a drug addict boyfriend. he hated being at the house so he started staying out late, going to parties to drink away the mess of his home life. these parties were where he started to sleep around, with both girls and guys. he wasn't fussy. he didn't form emotional bonds with anyone. he was incapable of love, but it was easy to pretend he could. he liked using people and especially enjoyed making people fall for him only to break their hearts by moving onto the next person. cruel maybe, but it was fun.
when he was nineteen, he came home to find his mother passed out on her bed after taking an overdose. mal went to do the usual routine of placing her in the recovery position until she came around but found he was too late, she'd already gone. she'd tried to kick it a number of times in the past three years but when she still had an addict for a boyfriend, it didn't work out so well. it had been her boyfriend who had always got her hooked back on it. he was just lying there, none the wiser next to his mother's lifeless body. this asshole had killed his mother. he didn't have a whole lot of love for the woman but something inside him snapped and all he saw was red. he lunged at the waste of space, throwing fists until he the wave of anger subsided. malachai felt no remorse or guilt for what he'd done to the guy. in his eyes, he'd deserved it. not wanting to stick around to face the consequences, he packed his stuff and moved to the town over the bridge. he couldn't stay in the city but he couldn't move too far as he had too many connections in the area. he thought the police would come looking for him eventually after learning the guy had died from his injuries but they didn't. there hadn't been enough evidence and just put it down to the guy owing drug money to his dealers. with no money or a place to live, he got whatever job he could and applied to the university, moving into a dorm when he was accepted.
NICKNAMES: harl, harls, mckinley GENDER: female AGE: twenty three D.O.B: 4th july SEXUALITY: gay RELATIONSHIP STATUS: single HOMETOWN: arizona HAIR: blonde EYES: blue HEIGHT: 5ft7 PLAY-BY: bryden jenkins
PERSONALITY/LIKES/DISLIKES
sensitive, intuitive, loyal, clingy, easily stressed, can be resentful and hold a grudge, will withdraw/isolate when overwhelmed, can live in the past, feelings are easily hurt, imaginative, protective, overly emotional, creative, compassionate, easily attached, can be pretty jealous, moody, low self esteem, passionate, craves deep connections, falls head over heels quickly, easily suspicious, easy going unless provoked, has high highs and low lows, finds it hard to move on, will distance herself when feeling overwhelmed.
LIKES: skateboarding, yoga, meditating, surfing, football, long walks, keeping to herself, reading, nights in, riding, rainy days, fixing things, hiking, gaming, poems, bonfires, autumn, massages, scary movies DISLIKES: fighting, people lying to her, meat, dairy, sneaky people, asking for help, stressful situations, conflict, small talk, rejection, criticism, being ignored, feeling out of control, being stuck in traffic, bullying, going to the dentist STRENGTHS: skateboarding, intuition WEAKNESSES: clingy, can be over emotional FEARS: never settling down SECRETS: none at the moment HABITS: carries her skateboard and or laptop almost everywhere
LIFESTYLE
STATUS IN SOCIETY: lower class OCCUPATION: student/computer programmer WEALTH: getting by TATTOOS:this SCARS: a few from falling from her board DRINK: every other weekend SMOKE: weed DRIVE: yeah HOME: student accommodation
FAMILY
FATHER: garrett mckinley, 49, lawyer MOTHER: anna lynn mckinley, 45, doctor OTHER HALF: single SIBLINGS: isabella jayden mckinley, 25 CHILDREN: none FRIENDS:ISABELLA JAYDEN MCKINLEY-WHITEDUBLIN LIAM DE BRÚN
harley was born in arizona to two loving parents and a best friend for an older sister. She fell in love with skateboarding at six after watching some skaters at the park and pestered her dad into getting her one. He bought her a second-hand one, figuring she'd get bored and move on to the next thing when she got tired of falling off but she didn't. Harley was persistent and would practice every day, going to the local skate park at the weekend to watch and learn from older skaters. When she started to get good, she began to enter competitions - which is were her parents eventually saw that it wasn't just a hobby, it was something she was serious about and so began to support her.
When she was twelve, the family decided to uproot and move to hickstead, england. She found the move extremely hard as she was settled, had good friends and loved her school. Joining high school a year after all of her classmates was tough and her accent and her love of sport quickly made her a target for bullies. She hated the social aspect of school but loved all of the sports they offered, joining the netball and football teams. She was able to make a few friends on the teams which made the bullying that little bit easier. Having no local skate park meant skateboarding alone for a few years until she was old enough to take the bus by herself into the city. Finally with like-minded people, she began to make good friends and started to adjust to english life.
The year after leaving school was a particular tough year for Harley. Years of bullying had left her with anxiety and with not having her sister around as much, she kept what she was feeling to herself which led to low self esteem and overthinking. She'd always been an over emotional person, often having high highs and low lows which could sometimes be too much. She was struggling with her sexuality at the time which really didn't help the situation. Seeing her struggling, her parents sent her to therapy which helped her learn coping mechanisms and how to handle her emotions when she was feeling overwhelmed. She came out to her family at seventeen and with that weight off her shoulders she began to grow into a more confident person.
She was extremely close to her sister until she met her boyfriend when Harley was sixteen. He seemed like a nice guy and she liked that he made her sister happy but she hated the way they began to spend less and less time together. Over the years it felt like she was being pushed out of her sisters life and she grew tired of trying to fit into her sister's schedule - which became even harder once her niece and nephews came along. She knew her sister was extremely busy with three kids, a husband and a household to run but she was hurt that her sister couldn't find the time for her. In the end she withdrew from Bella, ignoring her when she did try to reach out. Over the past couple of years she's barely spoken to her, using university and work as an excuse and only visiting on special occasions such as birthdays or when their parents force them to be under the same roof.
NICKNAMES: Delgado, Diablo, Junior GENDER: male AGE: twenty six D.O.B: 5th november SEXUALITY: straight RELATIONSHIP STATUS: single HOMETOWN: valencia HAIR: black EYES: brown HEIGHT: 5ft8 PLAY-BY: christian prosperini
LIKES: arguing, fighting, cupcakes, mixed martial arts, keeping fit, getting tattoos, dogs, tequila, motorbikes, reality tv, the office, surfing, early mornings, motorbikes - has a triumph and a kawasaki fast cars, gambling DISLIKES: waking up early, police, chick flicks, smoking, losing, being cold STRENGTHS: brilliant fighter, mma, coercion WEAKNESSES: his family, his ex fiance, pancakes FEARS: his family dying, being heartbroken again SECRETS: has a daughter he doesn't know about HABITS: smokes when he's drunk, driving fast, drums his fingers on things, fiddles with his rings when talking
LIFESTYLE
STATUS IN SOCIETY: middle/upper class OCCUPATION: works for the family business WEALTH: well off TATTOOS:this, this and this SCARS: quite a few DRINK: most weekends SMOKE: when drunk DRIVE: mainly motorbikes HOME: woodbain flats
FAMILY
FATHER: Manuel Joaquín Delgado - 52 - Musician (band member) / bar owner ( loan shark / money launderer / money extorter ) MOTHER: Daniela Amalia Delgado - 48 - Tattoo artist / bar manager OTHER HALF: single ( ex - isabel rey herrera ) SIBLINGS: Zahira Miran Delgado - 23 - Bounty Hunter Gael Mateo Delgado - 28 - works at the 'family bar' CHILDREN: sofia luna herrera FRIENDS:
Dante was born in Valencia, Spain, the youngest until his little sister came along three years later. He took his job as an older brother pretty seriously, listening intently to his father when he told his two sons to look after their sister when they were introduced to her in the hospital. As they got older it was clear his sister didn't need any help but that didn't mean he wouldn't step in if he needed to. His father owned a bar that had been passed down from his own father and was the head of a motorcycle gang that was well known in their town for running multiple businesses. It was questionably bordering on a Spanish mob, though the words were never spoken. He grew up in not just a family of five, but a family of many - the crew looked out for each other, always had each others backs, and never took shit. Along with his parents, they helped shape him into the man he is today. They taught him how to fight and knocked him down a peg or two when he got too cocky - teaching him discipline and respect. He knew his father was technically a bad man but he was always there for his family and provided anything they needed, he was someone he aspired to be like. He was most definitely mamma's boy, she taught him to give women the respect they deserved and showed him just how strong women could be. She gave him his very first tattoo - the family symbol at fifteen. He got the bug after that and became his mother's walking art book.
At sixteen his father brought him into the family business - his father was a loan shark and the family bar and other businesses his father owned were a front for money laundering whilst the gang were used to extort 'protection' money from other businesses in the surrounding areas. Dante started from the bottom and gradually worked his way up as he gained more experience. When he wasn't working for his father, he was competing in MMA competitions which came in handy when he began to collect his dad's loan money. He wasn't afraid of getting his hands dirty and enjoyed it when they refused to give it back. To many illegal moves saw him banned from mma which pissed him off and just increased his drive for fighting. He turned to underground fighting as a side hustle and earned the nickname 'diablo' in the ring. It was there, at 22 were he fell head over heels in love - which came as a shock since he'd never really cared for relationships. He'd turned up early for a fight one night and there she was, kicking ass in the ring. He was hooked from the moment he tried to speak to her - she blew him off before he could even get a word out. It took months but he eventually won Isabel over and they got together.
Fast forward two years and he was engaged and ready to leave the family business to start a new life with Isabel. She fit in well with the family - coming from a dodgy family herself but she wanted more. She wanted to see more of the world and Dante would follow wherever she went. His father didn't approve and didn't hide his dislike of the idea. He was in the process of shaping his sons into eventually taking over the family business and Dante leaving would throw a spanner in the works. Unbeknownst to Dante, his father tried to pay off Isabel into leaving when he couldn't convince her to stay. At first she refused - as she had just found out that she was pregnant but hadn't told anyone yet. Dante's father then told her how much money her father owed him and promised to wipe it and give her money if she would leave. She unwillingly agreed and took the money and left, leaving her ring and a note for Dante to find.
Dante was crushed, throwing himself into fighting and the business over the next couple of years. 'breaking legs' wasn't just a threat anymore. His rage fuelled his blood thirst for a long time until he recently ended up in jail after almost killing someone in a fight. He lost control of his temper and it took four people to drag him away from punching the guy into a grave. Paramedics had to be called which brought the police sniffing around and he was arrested. Luckily for him, some of the officers were in his father's pockets and he was released after a few nights in a cell. It scared him enough into controlling his anger while fighting but it also made him slightly cocky to the fact that the police couldn't touch him. Wanting the dust to settle, his father sent him to england after his sister to keep an eye on her and scout out potential businesses that could extend their money laundering
PETS
26 - smart ass - blood thirsty - impulsive - single
NICKNAMES: Lux, Lenny - family only GENDER: female AGE: thirty one D.O.B: 31st october SEXUALITY: bi-curious RELATIONSHIP STATUS: single HOMETOWN: bakewell HAIR: brunette EYES: brown HEIGHT: 5ft9 PLAY-BY: hande ercel
PERSONALITY/LIKES/DISLIKES
passionate, all or nothing in relationships, sensual, outspoken, loyal, determined, honest, easily jealous, stubborn, attentive, protective over her children, friendly unless you piss her off
LIKES: pilates, football, yoga, lazy days, building forts with her kids, cocktails, pizza, the beach, paddle boarding, superhero movies, halloween, wine DISLIKES: vomit, insects, her kids getting hurt, her ex husband when he's being stubborn, liars, thunder & lightning, star wars, being tired, a messy house STRENGTHS: yoga/pilates, strong swimmer WEAKNESSES: her kids, her ex, smarties FEARS: anything happening to her children SECRETS: still loves her ex, fell asleep whilst bathing her son as a baby HABITS: fussing over her ex husband
LIFESTYLE
STATUS IN SOCIETY: middle class OCCUPATION: yoga/pilates instructor WEALTH: comfortable TATTOOS:this on her left ankle & this on her right ankle SCARS: few small random ones DRINK: loves a glass of red or white wine SMOKE: nope DRIVE: yeah HOME: willow bridge city
lennon was born and raised in bakewell to parents who were clearly in love. Her mother had met her father at the age of 21 whilst on holiday for the summer in Turkey and they'd hit it off straight away. A summer romance turned into a full on relationship when her dad gave up his life in Turkey to be with her mother in england. Two years after she was born, her brother came along and they had a good childhood. Up until they both went to school, their mother was a stay at home mum before getting a part time job as a receptionist. They were a typical working class family but she loved it.
She met the man she was going to marry when she was 9yrs old. She'd been at the park playing football with her brother when a boy came over with his friends. He'd tackled the ball from them to look cool in front of his mates, which had been a big mistake. She'd stormed over and clocked him straight in the eye. She'd been taught to stand up for herself. The boy - clearly stunned, had apologised and she invited them all to play football. Turned out he was in the same year as her at school, just different classes. From that moment on, they became inseparable and began dating at fourteen. She fell head over heels with him and didn't even glance in anybody else's direction. When Adam enrolled into the navy at eighteen, he proposed and she quickly accepted, wanting to be his wife before he left.
Adjusting to life without Adam was hard at first, after being in each others pockets for over seven years, it was like a part of her was missing without him. She'd become co-dependant on him and it was time to re-connect with herself. Lennon scraped together as much of her savings as she could and went backpacking for six months through europe and southeast asia, where she fell in love with yoga and pilates. While in thailand, she trained to be a yoga/pilates instructor, having found the career she wanted to pursue at home. At twenty-one she fell pregnant with her son which put her career on hold and while adam was away with the navy, she was essentially a young single mother. Not wanting to admit see she was struggling, she refused to ask anyone for help, ultimately going through a phase of post-partum depression. She eventually got help after an accident with emmerson scared the life out of her. She'd been struggling with sleep deprivation and had bathing the six month old when she closed her eyes briefly - but that's all it took. When she opened her eyes, Emmerson had slipped under the water - only for a few seconds. From that moment, she called her mother and got the help she needed.
She grew to love being a mother over the next few years, getting used to it being the two of them as Adam's leave became more sporadic when he began going on deployments all over the world, not just the UK. She fell pregnant again after one of her husbands short visits, leaving her slightly panicked at the prospect of screwing up again. This pregnancy felt different though, she was older, understood her emotions more and most importantly, let people in and asked for help. She gave birth to her daughter at 25 and was able to enjoy being the mother of a newborn this time around. Once caeylen was old enough to go to nursery, she took some time to focus back on her career whilst raising two children under the age of five. She loved being a mum to her kids but she needed something for herself too.
Time passed and she found herself growing more distant from her husband. As her kids got older and were able to talk, whenever adam would call, she would put him on the phone for them. They missed him and she knew it was killing him to be away from his kids. Their conversations became less frequent and mostly revolved around emmerson & caeylen. When Adam was home on leave, he spent his time showering the kids with love and always had some activity planned with them. How could she be mad at him for that? She loved that he made up for his absence by spending all of his time with the kids, they needed it. But at the same time, she was hurting. She'd faded into the background long before the kids had came along.
It took everything in her to pull Adam aside one day to give him divorce papers - she was leaving him. It wasn't a decision she'd made lightly. She was still in love with the man but she wasn't happy and it was time to move on with her life. she couldn't keep living in the past, expecting the boy she fell in love with to walk back through the door. Wanting a fresh start, she moved down south to willow bridge city. She'd been to visit her sister and brother in law a few times in Hickstead and had always liked the look of the city. Bakewell had been a cute town but she wanted something more lively, somewhere her pilates gym could take off and where her children could have plenty of opportunities while growing up. Six months later she heard Adam had finally resigned from the navy, something which made her heart hurt. Too little to late. However she was happy when he moved nearby, wanting to share custody of the kids so he'd be able to spend more time with them.
PETS
Bruno - 5 - Rottweiler
31 - passionate - fiery - pilates/yoga instructor - divorced ADAM TYRONE OLIVER
NICKNAMES: ezra, seb - only by his twin GENDER: male AGE: thirty D.O.B: 28th april SEXUALITY: bi-sexual but doesn't know it RELATIONSHIP STATUS: single HOMETOWN: grasse, france HAIR: brunette EYES: hazel HEIGHT: 6ft1 PLAY-BY: simon bredariol
PERSONALITY/LIKES/DISLIKES
kind, caring, charming, suave, funny, friendly, laidback, used to be a people pleaser, athletic, grounded - now, honest, terrible liar
LIKES: reading, coffee, early mornings, the beach, swimming, climbing, boats, expensive cars, making money DISLIKES: politics, cocky or rude people, running, traffic jams, fake friends STRENGTHS: finding a good deal, calm & collected with business, charming WEAKNESSES: his sister, good champagne FEARS: losing his sister, being broke SECRETS: has been to jail HABITS: speeding whilst driving
LIFESTYLE
STATUS IN SOCIETY: upper class OCCUPATION: property investor/future head of family business WEALTH: richy rich TATTOOS: none SCARS: few from a car crash DRINK: most weekends SMOKE: nope DRIVE: hell yes HOME: oldaker avenue
FAMILY
FATHER: sébastien valentin du clermont, 67, family business director MOTHER: hélène marie du clermont, 65, socialite, philanthropist OTHER HALF: single SIBLINGS: madeleiné jolié du clermont, 30, interior designer CHILDREN: none FRIENDS:
Ezra was born into one of the most known families in Grasse, France. A wealthy family thanks to old money, passed down from generation to generation with the help of the family business - one of the oldest perfume manufacturers in the country. His future had been planned out before he had even been born. Something that hadn't been planned was his twin sister Madeleine, who arrived five minutes later, to the shock of their parents. From the moment his parents had found out they were expecting, they were convinced they were having a boy, an heir and a daughter hadn't been on the cards. Their parents weren't overjoyed at the prospect of two children but they weren't disappointed either. It wasn't like their parents where actually going to be the one raising them anyway, that's what nannies were for.
Growing up, ezra was a kind and caring boy. he doted on his sister and took on a protective role straight away. During his childhood, his parents dipped in and out, spending time with their children when they could whilst leaving their care in the hands of a nanny called Amélie. The twins loved her, probably more than they loved their parents since she was the only constant thing in their life. Until she wasn't. As soon as the twins hit eighteen, their parents decided she was no longer needed. Ezra was sent to university to study business, in order to gain the knowledge he'd need to take over from his father. When he found out his sister wouldn't be going, he refused to go unless she got the same opportunity. His parents caved and the pair went to a university in Cannes where they found the Du Clermont name opened many doors. Ezra spent the next few years falling into the rich crowd, living the high life spending money and partying up and down the french riviera.
that all came to an stop when he ended up in a car with one of his best friends drunk behind the wheel. his friend crashed the car and they were lucky to have survived. after a few weeks in hospital for a few broken ribs and some internal damage and facing the wrath of his parents and sister, he knew his partying days needed to end. he knuckled down and finished university before taking his place in the family business, learning the ropes from his father, however he came to the conclusion, the business wasn't something he was interested in but the people pleaser in him pressured him to stay.
his life took a slight detour at twenty five when he walked in on his sister's fiance - a good friend, trying to force himself on her. shock, disgust, betrayal and anger flooded through him as he charged over, pulling him away before his fists went flying. he got in a few good punches before Henri got the upper-hand, returning the punches with his own. Ezra was losing until Henri dropped to the floor with a thud after Maddie smacked him with the bedside lamp. unfortunately the asshole was still breathing and an ambulance had to be called, which also brought the police. At first Ezra took the blame, confessing to instigating a fight - not wanting his sister to have to go through the ordeal of a trial but she couldn't let Henri get away with what he'd tried to do. His parents hired the best lawyers but he was still facing jail time for assault, ending up with a six month sentence.
During his short stint in jail, he had time to think about what he wanted to do with his life, realising he wasn't ready to follow in his dads footsteps, if ever. once he was out of prison, he decided to work for himself, investing in property and flipping houses with his sister, putting her interior design skills to good use, to their parents disappointment. They travelled all over europe, building up their own wealth, removing themselves from the toxicity of their parents. The pair recently ended up in Hickstead after flipping properties around the UK.
NICKNAMES: zar, z, radz, radley - birth name is charlie tegan mercer - changed it when she ran away from home GENDER: female AGE: twenty two D.O.B: 27th may SEXUALITY: mostly straight but will sleep with anyone to get what she wants RELATIONSHIP STATUS: single HOMETOWN: virginia HAIR: brunette, dyed blonde EYES: blue HEIGHT: 5ft 7 PLAY-BY: marina laswick
PERSONALITY/LIKES/DISLIKES
charming, manipulative, confident, impulsive, guarded, protective, ambitious, assertive, fiery, blunt, organised, intuitive, selfish, calm under pressure, will kick off if she feels threatened.
LIKES: wine, having money, smoking a joint, yoga, cooking, shopping, dancing, her daughter, chocolate, sprite, card games, horror films DISLIKES: abusive men, being made to feel weak, asking for help, not having money, spiders, wasps, humid days, nuts - allergic, running, cats STRENGTHS: her ability to sweet talk men into doing things for her, reading people WEAKNESSES: her daughter, her past FEARS: losing her daughter, her past catching up to her SECRETS: helped accidently overdose someone HABITS: smoking a joint when she's stressed
LIFESTYLE
STATUS IN SOCIETY: middle class OCCUPATION: dancer at luna lounge/female escort WEALTH: comfortable TATTOOS:this on the back of her neck and this on her left collarbone SCARS: few small faded ones DRINK: glass of wine everynight SMOKE: only cannabis DRIVE: yeah HOME: oldaker avenue
FAMILY
STEP-FATHER: wyatt jones, 40, probably unemployed / hopefully dead MOTHER: jodie mercer, 43, probably unemployed / hopefully dead OTHER HALF: oliver williams, 25, baby daddy matthew parker, 39, husband SIBLINGS: none CHILDREN: hallie elizabeth radley, 7 FRIENDS:
Zara was born and raised for most of her life in Virginia. She was born out of wedlock to parents who were high school dropouts. They had no money, no jobs and were barely getting by in a trailer park. Perfect start to a new-borns life. Fast forwards a few years and her father couldn't handle the responsibilities of being depended on and left her mother to raise their daughter alone. Trying to raise a toddler and hold down a part time job wasn't an easy task and her mother tried her best but she couldn't do it alone and wyatt entered their life. He seemed like a nice guy, came with a job and treated them both well but that didn't last long. He'd been love-bombing them. After he'd gotten his hooks into her mother, his true colours began to show. When he wasn't working, he spent his free time drinking in front of the tv and expected her mother to wait on him hand and foot, greeting her with a backhand if she didn't.
Over the years, her mother developed her own drinking problems, leaving Zara to raise herself whilst cleaning up after them both and making sure they didn't choke on their own vomit. At thirteen, her already shitty life became worse when Wyatt began molesting her. It went on for about a year until she finally cracked. She'd finally had the courage to tell her mother, only to be kicked in the gut at her response -s he already knew and told her to get over it. Zara waited until they were both blind drunk on the verge of passing out on the couch one night, took what little money was lying around the trailer, packed her bags and left the pair to rot in hell together. Wyatt had a lit cigarette in his hand when she'd walked out the door and she half hoped karma would intervene but she didn't stick around to find out.
On her way out of town, she robbed the cash from a corner shop with a gun she'd taken from Wyatt's draw before catching a bus out of town. She spent the next year hopping from state to state, stealing to survive before ending up in Massachusetts where she met the love of her life at a bar. She'd intended to steal from him but she found herself falling for him the more she spoke to him. They were both drinking away their problems and ended up hooking up which resulted in Zara getting pregnant. Oliver's parents didn't approve, mainly because their barely out of high school son had knocked up a 15yr old and because they had high hopes for their son's future and a teen pregnancy was sure to ruin that. Adamant they were having the baby, Hendrix moved Zara into the house. Things were going well until she was almost ready to have the baby. Oliver's parents started talking about adopting the child and raising it as their own which would allow them both to still live their lives whilst still having their daughter in it. Zara saw through it though, she knew how they felt about her. They had money and the second she signed her baby away she knew they'd eventually turn Oliver against her and kick her out.
What hurt the most was Oliver actually considered it. She had no choice but to leave. She wasn't giving her baby up, not for anybody. She found a motel, managing to work in exchange for a room and ended up giving birth alone to a baby girl. Zara eventually got kicked out a few months later when she was caught trying to steal from people's rooms which caused her to almost lose her daughter to social services. She got back together with Oliver and proving to them that she could provide a safe & stable home for a baby. Oliver spent his time working or at college while she was at home raising Hallie. In order to earn some extra cash to help pay the bills, she got a job in a strip club. The job eventually caused tension between the two and they ended up splitting up again but would still hook up occasionally.
Over the years Zara learnt how to embezzle money from the club and joined in with other girls on drugging men who were known to have money. They'd drug him, give him a lap dance then add an extra zero or two when he was paying on his card. The guys were too fucked up to notice and by the time they did, the majority of men wouldn't bring it up because they didn't want their other half knowing what they'd really been doing on a friday night. It was an easy way to make extra money, until a guy died. She hadn't been the girl who had drugged him but she had been the one to take his money. Scared of losing her daughter, she quickly packed up her life and fled to the other side of the country to avoid any repercussions.
At eighteen she set her sights on the owner of the new strip club she worked in. She was running out of cash and she needed to security for her daughter. He was older, handsome, stupidly rich but a cocky bastard, which actually made it easier to get her hooks into him. Within six months they were married. She was his new toy to show off. It would have been easy enough to stay with him, have a good life with no money worries but he was a complete sleaze. He treated women like property and didn't even hide the fact that he cheated on her. Utterly pissed off, she managed to get into his bank account while he was away and transfer most of his money into her account. She hadn't left him penniless since the asshole had assets and investments but she'd definitely made a dent. Zara then did what she does best, packed up her life and ran away - ending up in England for a fresh start, settling in the small town of Hickstead, hopefully somewhere her past won't catch up to her.
