Myra Brooks | The Stranger in Dirtwater

Myra Brooks ### Appearance Myra puts much more effort into her hair than a vagrant usually would. Cut short, but with a braid across the top. The simple effort of doing her hair helps to make her feel less like a waste of air. She typically wears a simple white button-up shirt, with a leather vest atop it, and wears a pair of chaps since she is on her horse for much of the day. More often than not, she sports a mistrusting glare that could melt lead. Her gun is a simple .36 six-shot colt revolver that once belonged to her dad. The original grip has been replaced by one her dad carved himself from ash. Carved into the handle are the names of each of Myra's family members She carries both normal ammunition as well as silver-tipped ammo, and she also carries a Bowie knife with a silver-laden edge. ### History At the age of 25, Myra worked on her father's farm, tending to the animals, and especially the horses every day, until tragically while she was staying outdoors in the barn with a sick horse, a werewolf attacked her family, killing everyone except the fortuitously placed Myra. Utterly devastated, Myra packed her things and set out, determined to hunt down the [[Lycanthropes|lycanthrope]] responsible. It's been a long 2 years, longer than she intended, but she's still on the hunt for any werewolves, and only once she's purged the desert of them, will she return to her family farm. ---- BEGIN SECRET SECTION ---- Myra killed her family. She is, a lycanthrope. Her transformation only occurs when she is exposed to moonlight, and so for most of her life, she never knew. As long as she stays indoors on full moon nights, she's okay... but should she bathe in its silvery light, then she will transform. She doesn't know that she killed her family, as she cannot control or remember her time as a werewolf, and doesn't realize she's only chasing herself. The realization of this, will absolutely crush her. ---- END SECRET SECTION ---- ### Personality Myra is a very reserved person, and the analytical type. She's the kind who prefers to wait and listen, and play in the background until victory is assured. She's very protective of her past and purpose. She absolutely hates werewolves, and other creatures of the night. Myra tends to have blanks in her memory, although she doesn't often even realize these blanks exist. In addition to this, about once a month, she always has terrible sleep and wakes up tired, but she just blames this on her period. Often times, she rolls into a town, stays about a week to keep an eye out for any werewolves, and then leaves, camping outdoors under the night sky between her visits to towns. Myra is more of an early bird, and doesn't like to be out late. She's not sure why, but she's just always been that way. She's fond of flowers and agriculture, having been raised on a farm. She also cares deeply for her faithful steed, a palomino, golden brown American Saddlebred named "Ed". ## Ed Ed is a plain looking palomino, but he's a very intelligent horse. Raised by Myra since he was a foal, and nursed through illness. Some people swear he is eerily smart, but aside from that he's a normal seeming horse. He loves carrots and getting his mane stroked.