Rory's profile.
Character's name and age: Rory Elliot, 14 years old.
Organization XIII member in past life: Number XIII, Roxas.
Physical description: In many ways, Rory is has a feminine air about him in his appearance. He is slightly small for a teenage boy of his age, standing a few inches below the boys but taller than most of the girls. His cheekbones are prominent in his heart shaped face, making his indigo blue eyes stand out even more than they would otherwise. His mouth is pretty and almost what one would call "girly." He is thin, but not an emaciated skinny--his mother wouldn't agree, though, and continually piles more food on his plate. The epilepsy medication killed his appetite, so he might be thinner than he should be, but Rory is well within the healthy range. His hands are rather large, giving him the appearance of a puppy still growing into its paws.
Though Rory is a very multi-faceted person, people tend to think of him as angry or hostile because of the way he frowns as he is thinking or narrows his eyebrows into a sharp v. Rory's mother warns him constantly that he looks like that sort of kid that would hang with a "bad" crowd--she's been saying that consistently since his dark auburn hair started growing out and he refused to cut it. It was never very tidy, but there's only so much swoosh in hair that has been cut down into submission. His hair comes down to the end of his nose and is usually everywhere but flat. His mother doesn't seem to plan on giving up the hope that he's going to cut it anytime soon.
Personality: Rory can be very quick to anger and has been sent home from school for fighting countless times. He is not by nature mean or frustrated--he just becomes so quite easily. When faced with a situation, his response is usually the confrontational response rather than the passive one. This itself isn't a bad thing--but with a temper like Rory's, the situation can escalate quickly. Despite being generally calm and mellow, people come to view him as being hostile toward them. Like most of the assumptions people make, it is a false one.
Rory is shy to those who don't know him well, but he is kind and loyal to those that he manages to get to know. When he comes out of his shell, he is slightly snarky and humorous, even from that place he stays deep inside of his head. More than anything, he is logical and an observer, so when he does lighten up, people have difficulty following his dry sense of humor. Overall, he isn't someone you can judge by looking at the surface--as has been stated, he can come off as mean and even snobby and standoffish.
Like every adolescent, Rory is brimming with mood swings and existential angst. Rory's emotional range is either enraged to the edge of homicide, relaxed and thoughtful, on top of the world, or suicidal. His parents and psychologist tell him that this is normal for everyone in his age group, but Rory can't remember not feeling this way. And to him, things his parents and psychologist tell him are suspect--he doesn't trust them at all. After all, if it's so normal, why do they keep sending him to the psychologist?
History: Rory's life story seems rather nondescript, with a few exceptions. He was born to parents with college degrees who were quite well off. As a child, he wanted to be a firefighter, a circus monkey, and a gardener, though he can't recall if he wanted to do those all at the same time or not. His older sister bullied him enough for an active sibling rivalry which involved lots of shouting immature things like, "Amy's breathing my air!" and "Rory is invading my personal bubble!" but it never went too far too damage either of them. Rory got good grades all through elementary school and middle school. It was the end of 8th grade that made his parents begin to worry.
Near the end of the school year, his group of friends that he had practically lived with since the first day at the middle school decided that being associated with Rory would hinder their prospects of joining the popular crowd in high school. They told him so very bluntly and made a point of avoiding him. Two weeks later, in the middle of one of the exams, Rory had a grand mal seizure. He regained consciousness and babbled for a few hours incoherently about keys and "nobody" until he passed out again. When he woke up the second time, the doctor explained that he had had an epileptic seizure, which was like "a short circuit in your brain." His parents were concerned about his intense bout of hysteria, but the doctor seemed nonplussed. Still, almost the same day as he started taking the epilepsy medication, he started visiting with the psychologist. That was the dreams started, too. He didn't remember anything he had said when he had his seizure, but his sister told him he had been talking about keys. That seemed to fit with those odd dreams he was having. His psychologist thought that his subconscious was trying to tell him something and that the obvious solution was to pay him alot of money to help Rory understand what. Rory couldn't shake the feeling that it was something bigger than that, though.