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Name: Selene Varlett
Age: 29
Gender: Female
Species: Witch
Height: 5'10"
Fashion: Selene is extremely fashionable. She loves to dress up and look presentable at all times. While she tries to keep up with the latest and greatest fashions, she typically likes to change them up to be her own style. Her dressing down consists of jeans, usually a sweater or flowy top and a pair of heals or ballet flats. She usually wears her hair down and almost always has some piece of jewelry on at all times.
Physical Description: Selene is very beautiful and attractive (although she never flaunts it and would never admit she thinks of herself that way). She has long blonde hair, piercingly blue eyes and is slender and tall. Her eyes sometimes change color depending on her mood, from different shades of blue to grey or to greenish-blue.
Personality:
Description: Selene is a strong and independent woman. She can come across as standoff-ish or bitchy, but deep down, she is caring and kind. She doesn't want to be disappointed or hurt, or deal with drama, so she often keeps to herself or puts up high walls to avoid it at all costs. It takes quite a bit to get through the walls she puts up and for those she has, she is devoted and sweet to them. It takes a lot for her to trust and let those inside her circle. She can put on a very friendly front, especially while at the Lavender Moon. Family is everything to her and she often will do all it takes to win their approval, out of fear of never wishing to disappoint them.
Habits/Hobbies: Loves to read when she can. Most of the time (since it seems there's never enough time to read full books), it's fashion and trashy women magazines. Goes for runs early in the morning. Talks and babies her Serval cat, Chester (who is also her familiar that she can read his mind to communicate with).
History:
Selene grew up in Xander's Cross. Her family came from a long line of witches from the American bloodline. Family has always been important to the Varletts and while she grew up in a strict household, where certain things were expected of her, she had a fairly good childhood.
Having a sister who is twelve years older than her, she was mostly raised by her since both of their parents worked a lot. They grew rather close and Selene had always looked up to her older sister.
Their family had come from money, though they were always humble about it, never living too extravagantly and often donated to various charities in Xander's Cross.
Growing up as a witch was certainly interesting. The coven her family belonged to was rather strict and the family was expected to follow the practice and its rules. One rule being one must marry another witch.
When Selene was only sixteen, her parents were killed in an accident when they traveled outside of Xander's Cross. It was a devastating blow to the family and her grandmother took her in until she was old enough to go to college in Portland and she moved out on her own.
Being in college had been the first time in her life that she was on her own and had the freedom. She took advantage of it, loved to party like every other college student. It was there where she met Christopher, who happened to be a witch. Her family loved him. Outwardly, he was perfect. He was wealthy and studying to become a doctor. He was charming and everything Selene thought she wanted in a man.
After college, Selene moved in with him, remaining in Portland so she could remain with Chris while he finished his schooling to get his Doctorate. Eventually, he proposed and the two became engaged.
When her grandmother died, she left the house in her and her sister's name. Daneiris did not want to deal with the house, since she had a family of her own and her own dance studio already. The house was far too large for Selene to live and she thought it would give her the opportunity and business she would enjoy. She turned the house into a bed and breakfast. Some of the town members even came together to help her with the renovations. Selene named the place Lavender Moon, after her grandmother who was named Lavender, and the lavender garden field that was always behind the large manor. The B&B was the very first one in Xander's Cross and gained a lot of attention and support.
Everything was great for a while. Selene had the life she dreamed of, she was happy and successful. But something had clicked in Chris and he started getting moody, distant and dark. He barely spoke with her anymore and was slacking in his work. Whenever she questioned him, he would get angry with her until one day, he hit her out of his frustration. Whenever Selene threatened to leave, he made her feel guilty and bad about herself- that she would never find anyone to love her, that she was a horrible person who didn't deserve to be happy, and that he would kill himself if she ever left him, or even worse- tell her family horrible things that would get her banished from the Coven. Selene began to eventually believe all the things he said to her, quickly falling into a depression and feeling weak and hopeless.
One day, while they were out for dinner, they had gotten into another fight. Selene walked out of the restaurant and Chris was soon to follow her, grabbing her arm, dislocating it, and throwing her to the ground where he proceeded to hit her. Grant Finnegan, who happened to be out in Portland for business, happened to stumble across the scene, instantly stepping in to stop Chris. The two got into a fight, in which Grant won, sending Chris running.
Selene and Grant had met previously when they attended High School together. They had gone their separate ways for college, only coming back when his own parents died and he became his brother's guardian. Grant helped Selene and brought her back to the Bed and Breakfast, staying with her to ensure Chris didn't come back to hurt her. The two had stayed up all night, out on the porch of the Lavender Moon, talking and catching up on the years that had gone by. It was then that Grant convinced her to leave Chris and to move into the bed and breakfast.
Selene gained the strength to do so, and she left Chris, moving into the bed and breakfast- it gave her a better opportunity to manage the place the way she wanted to and to be there for the guests. Grant even helped her with the move and making her new space her home.
She and Grant ended up beginning a relationship with one another. Although Selene struggles with her emotions and being in another relationship, she tries and has slowly grown to trust him. They have been together for a little over a year, and she has yet to tell her family about everything that had happened with her and Chris, that they broke up, and that she is now dating a human.
Family/Friends:
Sister: Daneiris Salvatori
Niece & Nephew: Nolan & Norah Salvatori
Friends:
Grant Finnegan (boyfriend)
Neighborhood: Downtown
Occupation: Owner of the Lavender Moon Bed & Breakfast Inn.
Secret: She has not told her family yet that she is dating Grant. Her family still thinks she is engaged to her ex (Chris), whom they adore. None of them know that he was extremely abusive to her (both physically and emotionally).