nErys rooney oswald

the basics

full name ♦ Nerys Rooney Oswald (neh-rEEs)
age ♦ thirty-four
birthday ♦ July 26, 1984
occupation ♦Ex-Headmistress, currently Politician-to-be
school ♦ Primrose Graduate
species ♦ human
ability/power ♦ Portal Creation
how the ability works ♦ Nerys has the ability to create portals - passages between two separate points in space. Nerys's ability is limited to creating portals to places that she has already physically been. No amount of effort on Nerys's part can make her create a portal to the top of the Alps. Nerys can create small distance portals with ease and reliability - it's the longer distance that require a little more effort. The longer the distance, the more concentration required. Upon portal manifestation across long distances, Nerys can become light-headed, acquire headaches (up to full blown migraines), nose bleeds, and on occasion lose consciousness.
gender ♦ female she/her
sexuality ♦ a noncommittal shrug?

the appearance

face claim ♦ Jaimie Alexander
height and weight ♦ 5’9” 138lbs
identifying features ♦ a small mole on the right side of her face
overall appearance ♦ Nerys is a long and lean woman, who takes a lot of pride in her appearance. She makes an effort to work out daily to keep up her physique. She's always up to date on the latest fashion trends, donning makeup and doing hair in the morning is a whole ordeal. She keeps her hair short and lightly curled - it's easier to fix in the morning and doesn't get in her way in the gym.

Her wardrobe is smart and sophisticated, as is expected of one of the top elites in society, but Nerys isn't afraid to sex things up a little. Outside of press conferences and debates, Nerys's wardrobe is the best combination of skin and money.

the personality

likes ♦ *many* FWB, portaling assholes into the desert, flirting, scotch old enough to vote, France, living frivolously, people underestimating her (so she can devour their souls when she blows them out of the water)
dislikes ♦ Declan, being told what she can’t do, idle time, fast food
strengths ♦ amazing self-confidence, highly motivated
weaknesses ♦ impatient, nit-picking perfectionist
dreams ♦ total and complete perfection
fears ♦ being second best
overall personality ♦ Nerys was groomed to be a perfectionist from the day she was born. Her parents held her to nearly impossible standards, and she did her best to stick by them. Now she holds everyone else to these standards and is disappointed when they don't measure up. Most don't.

Despite being brought up as all that was perfect flawless, Nerys still had a bit of a wild streak in her. She was just good enough to not get caught when it counted. Her since of humor is devilish at best, and damn is she not as scandalous as they come. Nerys knows what she wants and she does love being in power. Now that she is running for political office, one would think she’d try to tame her wild side. Instead, she embraces it, and isn’t afraid of airing out her skeletons to the world.

She is a very confident woman. Years of perfection and striving and succeeding at being the best has brought a certain cool sureness to her personality she wouldn’t otherwise have. Honestly, without it, there wouldn’t be Nerys. It oozes out of her very being. Some find that decisiveness unnerving, some find it comforting. She doesn’t care who you are on that spectrum, it won’t change anything she does. Nerys knows damn well what she is capable of, and she's not afraid to show it.

the history

father ♦ Ian Beaumont Oswald II,60, old money, owns a ski resort
mother ♦ Marissa Clara Oswald, 58, old money, co-owns ski resort
siblings ♦ Rowen Marcella Oswald Sister, 32
__________ __________ Oswald, 30, Brother
important people ♦ Declan Noah Kahale – ex-best friend/fuck buddy
hometown ♦ Aspen Colorado
overall history ♦ Nerys, as many students of Primrose Academy, was born into wealth. She was the first child of Ian and Marissa. The Oswald's come from a long line of wealth, and while Ian and Marissa never had to lift a finger, they decided to open a luxury ski resort in Aspen Springs to pass the time. They had many family homes growing up, as the Oswald's were all travel enthusiasts, but Nerys remembers most of her childhood being spent at their ski resort in Aspen.

Being the first of the children, Nerys always felt there was a certain weight on her shoulders that her brother and sister didn't have to bare. She was the one flaunted in front of friends in family, she had to keep up appearances, she had to be better than the Jones's. Nerys always took this well, though, she worked hard to prove herself, and not once did she ever crumple under the pressure. Ian and Marissa looked to Nerys to be perfect, and she didn't let them down.

The first time Nerys wasn't the first, wasn't the best, was a hard blow to her ego. Both of her parents had these otherworldly powers, Nerys had grown up knowing this, and knowing she would likely get her own one day. What she didn't expect was for her baby sister, Rowen, to get hers first. Nerys was eleven when Rowen broke her arm in a skiing accident. After being rushed to the hospital, Nerys at Rowen's side the whole way, the doctors noticed that Rowen had begun healing at a rapid rate. An injury that was once a compound fracture, breaking through skin had turned into just nasty bruising over a few hours. Rowen was special. And it killed Nerys that she came first. That day Rowen was pledged to attend Primrose the day she turned fourteen, and it was the day that first drove the wedge between Nerys and her sister.

Two years later Nerys finally began showing signs of her own abnormalities. The first instance she clearly remembered as being 'odd' was when her parents refused to take her to get ice cream after a particularly nasty storm. Nerys remembered storming off to her bedroom, and then seeing this beautiful pond-like swirl just floating in mid-air. Something inside of her told her to jump through, and when she did... She was at the ice cream parlor.

That was a particularly rough phone call to make back to her parents, but upon explanation they couldn't be more delighted. Their little Nerys was the first of the children amongst all their Primrose friends that would get to attend their alma mater. First to show any signs of powers, for that matter. It rubbed Nerys the wrong way when they doted on her like this, like Rowen didn't even happen. It didn't bother her enough to say anything about it.

At fourteen Nerys was sent down to Louisiana to study and further her powers at Primrose Academy. The little girl had always lived a life of opulence, but this was something... Something that blew everything she had seen out of the water. Centuries of multiple families old money was poured into the school, it was a whole level of luxury that the Oswald's themselves couldn't touch.

Nerys spent her years at Primrose striving to be the best in everything she was. Her parents wouldn't accept any less. She was captain of the basketball and volleyball teams, made the dean's list every year, and graduated with honor roll. Perfection was striven for every day and with her every waking breath. She never saw how damaging this was to her sister.

After Nerys's stint in Primrose she attended college and received her degree in teaching. She returned to Primrose as a math instructor and climbed the ladder since then. Sometime after Nerys turned 30 she finally assumed the position of Headmistress of Primrose Academy. She had help gaining position along the way, but most of her advancements were of her own merit. Most of her job was in title only, but she did have to deal with the occasional misbehaving entitled brat - nothing Nerys couldn’t handle with a few sharp words and threats.

Throughout the years Nerys was very close with a man named Declan Kahale. He’d been her best friend since she was in tenth grade at Primrose Academy. They were there for each other for everything (and I mean everything) until he started seeing someone. Normally, that wouldn’t be a problem, they were only friends with benefits, of course. Occasionally, they’d find their squeeze with someone else, then they’d come back to each other like they always did… Except he didn’t. And the ‘squeeze’ Declan found was actually Nerys’s all but estranged sister Rowen.

Feeling betrayed, Nerys left Louisiana for her home in Paris. While she maintains that she wasn’t really angry and that nothing had bothered her, there’s been a certain hollowness inside her since Declan chose her sister over herself. Nerys hadn’t ever been second best. Ever. A switch had flipped in her. Reclusion and distance from Declan seemed the best option.

Nerys wasn’t sure whenever, or if she would ever resurface in Louisiana. France was so fun, different delicious courtesans every week, the luxury life of wine and fine dining. Of course it was entertaining, but after a time Nerys still felt… Hollow. Without purpose.

It was shortly after that realization that some contacts she still had in Louisiana informed her of the Monroeville Hospital break-out. The stage was set. The world would soon know that mutants were among them. And who better to lead the new dawn than Nerys Oswald?

the role player

alias ♦ aspen
age ♦ 24
pronouns ♦ she/her
code ♦ Primrose
other characters ♦ if any