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Name: Jordan Ueno
Age: 16
Pronouns: She/her
Hometown: Ecruteak City, Johto
Physical Appearance:
Jordan is a very slight girl, standing at only about 5' tall and with a thin frame to match. Her hair - wavy, grey in color and reaching down to her upper back - is often kept back in a bushy ponytail. To many people (particularly outside of Johto), one of her most notable things is the clothing that she wears, sticking to very traditional looking kimonos and wooden sandals, sometimes even pairing it with one of various masks if the mood strikes her. Apart from her clothes, her eyes are also quite striking, being a deep grey color with a scar over her left eye.
Personality: Jordan is someone who likes to think of herself as keeping an air of gravitas and seriousness through dramatic and flamboyant behavior, often speaking to even peers her own age with overly sophisticated language and stiff formality.
Because of her sheltered upbringing and overactive imagination, she can interpret even relatively mundane happenings into some big, noble quest and put herself in the position as the brave, noble hero ready to undertake anything that comes her way. It is for similar reasons that Jordan has developed a sense of inflated ego and pride for her accomplishments, real or otherwise.
Behind her grandiose and eccentric behavior, Jordan is very tightly wound and high strung. She tends to hide it through her showboating and eccentric behavior, but it's very apparent
History: The phrase "the world is your stage" has never been more true for anyone than Jordan and her family. Her mother was a classically trained Galarian actor who fell in love with a Johtonian actor while she was studying in Johto. Eventually, Jordan's mother ended up settling down with him and having Jordan's older brother Kenji and then Jordan herself three years later.
Life inside the Ueno household could be...quite interesting, to say the least. From a very early age, the theatre was very much a way of life for both Kenji and Jordan, often encouraged by watching their parents perform and acting out all of the fantastical scenes they would see. Because of the way in which her family was so heavily invested in their careers in the local theatre scene, their passion passed on to their children.
As soon as Jordan and Kenji were old enough to start acting in a more professional capacity, her parents pushed her and her brother to enter the acting world from an early age, with both of their parents putting great pressure on them to succeed and get into a similarly high position as they have. Through their existing connections, the children's skills and incessant promotion from her parents, they managed to secure their spots as acting prodigies.
As it turned out, however, this didn't come without a significant price to pay as both her parents were very strict on how they ran their children's lives. They spent most of every waking day practicing and practicing and practicing; they didn't go to any public or private school, with all of their educational needs being provided by tutors to squeeze in lessons between the long hours spent practicing for the theatre.
Though there were some great achievements and memories to be had by both of the Ueno children, the pressures from their parents and the pressures from an ever demanding audience caused Kenji to express his desire to bow out from the theatre world at the age of 15. This, unfortunately, had dire implications for him as her parents had very much operated on a "my way or the highway" approach to parenting; with that, Kenji was told to hit the road.
Luckily for him, there was
something that he could do. Some of their father's family lived in Alola and found refuge with them after stowing away on a ship, though this caused rifts between the two of them. As for Jordan, she continued on with - as her parents put it - their shared dream. And continued on she did, getting invited to ever more prestigious events held not only in Johto, but in a different region as well.
Now, Jordan finds her star burning brighter than ever in the theatre world, but as she has experienced first hand, it's quite lonely at the top.
Aspirations: Though her latest performance takes her to Hau'oli City, being in the region where her brother is living nowadays and hearing what he got up to when he was around her age is giving her an idea...
Starter Pokémon and Nickname: Nori the Mimikyu
Starters Gender: Male
Starters Moveset: Shadow Sneak, Copycat, Wood Hammer, Draining Kiss (TM), Scratch, Double Team
Starter Ability: Disguise
Flavor: -While not completely ignorant to technology, her knowledge of more complex technology and internet culture is very limited
-Jordan often likes to tell grandiose stories about her scar; however, the truth is that she tripped and cut herself on a rock while hiking
-Nori was a gift from Jordan's uncle who lives in Malie City that Jordan got as a feel better present from the aforementioned hiking accident
-Despite her small stature, Jordan has a very ravenous appetite and a fast metabolism to match.
Roleplay Sample:
https://www.pokecommunity.com/posts/10303551/