Zinnia Higan
Lorekeeper Zinnia Higan
!!Zinnia's profile mentions self harm, suicide, and suicidal ideation. I think I put biggest offenders in spoilers you ya don't have to see them but proceed with caution if you're sensitive to those subjects!!
Zinnia is the weird aunt who lives on a mountain, and saved the world like once. Her talents are giving questionable advice and loving her gf. ive typed too much my fingers hurt :(
Physical Description
General Physical Condition
While appearing lethargic and tired, she's actually in very good shape and works out often.
Due to Aster's magic, she's permanently 25, and hasn't aged past then physically.
Identifying Characteristics
As a Draconid, she's easily identified by her bright red eyes.
She has a slight limp in her right leg, as she injured it but never actually saw a doctor and walked on it anyways.
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She has heavily layered scars on her wrists and arms from self harm.
Physical quirks
She's often slouched over, and usually never has her hands idle; a quick she probably got from Emmy.
Apparel & Accessories
Likes blacks and darker clothes. She usually wears sandals and khakis, no matter how unfashionable it might be. She usually wears a worn black hoodie, but also frequently wears a black tank top.
She can rarely be seen wearing a cape her mother made for her before she was born.
Mental characteristics
Gender Identity
Female
Sexuality
Bi, with a strong leaning towards women
Education
Unlike the majority of Lorekeeprs in the past, she perused non-religious education past the age of ten in addition to her learning as lorekeeper.
For highschool, her grades were impressive enough to land her in a fancy private school in Rustboro on full scholarship, where she stayed until she was arrested at age 16 for Aster's alleged murder.
Formal education combined with traditional lorekeeper teachings, along with a pretty impressive IQ, makes Zinnia like, the second smartest person in Pokeau, only beat by N.
Employment
She considers herself to be a drifter, working jobs on the side, though she's not formally employed. Her most consistent job is working at Aster's home store when Aster is busy.
While formally considered to be a champion in the eyes of the league, she could give less of her mind towards it and only does league related things if Renee bugs her for too long, but still remains negative about it, as she hates having her face seen in such a big event.
Accomplishments & Achievements
As one would expect from someone living in a family with gods, Zinnia has quite a bit of accomplishments under her belt. She's entered a prestigious fancy school on full scholarship due her her smarts, and is officially listed as a champion of the Hoenn league. She cheated death once, and was the trump card of the Joseph Stone case.
In a less... legal note, she's successfully pulled off arson twice, on the SAME BUILDING, because man, she just really hates Joe Stone. She also played a rather major part in like... saving the world during the Delta Episode, despite making it 500% more difficult for everyone else.
Failures & Embarrassments
There's... a lot.
Mental Trauma
She's had a long, rough, and complicated past. She grew up with pressure to live up to her late mother, but everything crashed down when Aster died. Surprise, being accused and convicted of your girlfriend's death when you were just an innocent bystander isn't ideal for one's mental state. She hadn't lost just Aster, but Emmy has disappeared and her grandmother had died, leaving her all alone. The initial event and what happened afterwards were extremely traumatic.
Zinnia suffers from severe depression, PTSD, and BPD.
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She's in a vastly better mental state than she was 20 years ago, but occasionally relapses out of stress.In the past she had attempted suicide multiple times, and self harmed.
Intellectual Characteristics
She was scored with a very high IQ and is just... really smart? But it's not something she talks about or acknowledges because she hates people who brag. She'll often pick up logical or tedious tasks for others and finish them quickly when she sees others struggling. Her stronger points are in language and history, and not so much in math.
Morality & Philosophy
"Some crime is good actually"
She's not like... entirely a disaster but she openly says she's a felon and thinks arson is okay if the person deserves it so hopefully that gives you an idea of what she's like.
Personality Characteristics
Motivation
Her motivations have jumped around a lot, from things being her duty as lorekeeper, to wanting Cool Points from Emmy, but most commonly she's motivated by wanting to be 'worth it' to other people.
She struggles quite a bit with self-worth, and is driven forward by her desire to prove herself to others, even if she really doesn't have to.
Savvies & Ineptitudes
She's like, the only member of the dracofamily that can cook, but only frozen stuff, but man, that's an accomplishment considering everyone else.
She's quite good at tracking people down, though it's usually for things like "hey man you got any dino nuggets im all out lol"
Please don't rely on her to remember something. Her memory is good, but it's very selective. She might be able to remember what she had for breakfast one day when she was 12, but she'll probably blank out when you ask her to remember something important.
Likes & Dislikes
She's a bit of a pyromaniac, and enjoys setting fires or having her dragons set them - usually in mundane places so no real damage is done except for like, an old wooden chair. She also enjoys hiking, which is particularly useful because she lives on a mountain.
She doesn't like 'fancy' food and tends to get angry or annoyed while watching cooking shows, often exclaiming how the chef 'ruined it'. She also doesn't like home renovation shows for that same reason, and thinks minimalist aesthetics are dumb.
Virtues & Personality perks
She's very dexterous, and able to put together solutions in her head quickly and then try and put them into action in a very short amount of time (how helpful these solutions are can be another story).
She's a bit of a survivalist, and knows how to make the best of bad or bleak situations, and even turn them around.
Vices & Personality flaws
If she doesn't want to do something, it's very hard to get her to do it. Like, by very hard I mean it takes 3 people trying to convince her for a week, and MAYBE she'll do it. She doesn't like being bossed around, but it gets to a point where she's just plain stubborn.
Personality Quirks
She often swings her right leg a bit while standing, and shakes it while sitting down.
Hygiene
She's known to have some... off days where she doesn't bathe for like a week, and while she's fine with it Aster certainly isn't. When she's not feeling super depressed she tries to keep hygiene habits regular. She's a wreck but she's trying her best!!!!
Social
Family Ties
She keeps her family close, not just because of Draconid values, but because they're the people who've helped her out of awful places before.
Religious Views
Not as hardcore as you'd expect the lorekeeper to be, almost exclusively in part to her strained relationship with Emmy; if you have a not so great relationship with your god, that kinda puts a damper on things, yaknow? She usually ignores traditions but still goes by Draconid values.
Social Aptitude
Growing up with Emmy, Zinnia is quite charismatic, though she gets socially exhausted very easily, and when she is, she starts to act panicky or harsh. She tries to stay confident because she doesn't want to put herself on the defense.
Hobbies & Pets
She has a habit of just... breaking into the homes of people she's close to and just hanging out. Like, she literally just walks in and is like "hey".
Relationships
History
The two's relationship is complex and bumpy; sometimes it's good, and sometimes it's really not. While Emmy was historically uninvolved with care in the lorekeeper family outside of teaching, the death of Zinnia's mother and her grandmother's illness forced Emmy to take the role of 'weird big sister'. Their relationship before Aster's death was mostly positive, with the occasional bumps as Emmy was still struggling with addiction. After Aster's death and revival, things were a bit more tense, as Zinnia blamed Emmy for not being there for her when she lost everything. As time went on, the two's relationship fluctuated, but has mostly been going on the negative. Emmy wishes to have Zinnia not hate her, and regrets mistakes she's made that make Zinnia treat her harshly, but in her true fashion, it's very hard to change Zinnia's mind.
Nicknames & Petnames
Emmy was actually a nickname young Zinnia had given, and it ended up sticking and became a full-time name.
Commonalities & Shared Interests
The two have a shared interest in the outdoors, dragons, as well as history.
Shared Secrets
The secrets of Draconid history are only kept between the two.
Wealth & Financial state
She's never been in a state of extravagant wealth, but more of just 'it's enough'. Now that she lives with Aster who can literally... make money from nothing, she still prefers to live humbly as it's what she's comfortable with, but thinks having extra to spend on whatever is nice.
Current Location
Ethnicity
Honorary & Occupational Titles
Lorekeeper, champion
Year of Birth
1979 MP
48 Years old
Birthplace
Sunyshore city
Spouses
Siblings
Children
Gender
AFAB
Eyes
Red
Hair
Short with bangs, black
Height
5'03"
Weight
125 lbs
Aligned Organization
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