::: FULL BIO ::::

Born January 1, 2001 In Los Angelas, California to Dylan Merrick {Irish/Welsh} & wife Isabella {Italian}.

From the very beginning of her birth, it was obvious that the girl child was quite different, not only already sporting a shock of stark white hair, but flesh as pale as alabaster, the lack of pigmentation marking her as an albino. As if by some sort of premonition, or perhaps just wishful thinking, the girl's mother named her Kesava, old Sanskrit for one who has beautiful long hair. Her father gave her the Irish middle name of Neve, meaning snow.

Growing up, Kes was often isolated, teased and bullied in school due to her albinism. Other children often refused to play with her, calling her freak, spook, cracker or other derogatory names. Some times even hurting her. Even adults would often treat her differently. Yet this only served to steel her spirit and fan the flames of her determination to succeed, to become better, longing for the approval of her peers. Unfortunately, the albino's parents became overly protective, pulling her to be home school, limiting the girl's contact with the outside world and even tried to instill in her that contact with other people was bad, even harmful for the albino. To further instill this, her parents insisted they had all kinds of nasty germs, which resulted in the girl becoming a bit of a germaphobe.

Turning to books, they became Kesava's world, her means of escape where she could indulge in thrilling adventures, epic journeys and exciting escapades, her vivid imagination fueling her drive. Through this, she developed several other skills, including fairly decent memory recall, a love for cooking, along with becoming quite good at arts and crafts, and learned to be a fairly decent seamstress, making her own costumes and other articles for her little make believe worlds, which later lead to her having a bit of a diva complex.

Kes also developed an utter fascination with the animal and insect kingdoms, the weirder the better, oddly lacking her inhibits often related to human born germs, finding consolation in their company to counter the absence of human interaction. This left the strange girl lacking in several social skills or understanding, often reverting to becoming emotionally detached to cope with stress. Other traits surfaced as the albino got older; a bit OCD about certain things, or the analytical way the girl would break down a situation to solve a problem or mystery. Finally Kes was diagnosed as being a high functioning Autistic.

As most children do, Kesava grew into young adulthood and felt a need for independence, insisting on finally experiencing the world for herself, despite her parent's trepidation, yet found herself ill prepared for the trials and tribulations that a less than fairy tale version of real life threw at her, becoming withdrawn and anti-social, eventually having to seek out a therapist.

Upon her therapists suggestion, using her fascination with insects, the albino took up bar tending as a means to try and become more integrated into society, while also saving for collage, encouraged with the hope of some day becoming an Entomologist, the scientific study of insects and their interactions with humans, the environment, and other organisms. This would offer the girl a reason and goal to try and become a little more social.

However, always plagued with the stigmatism and hurtles of her conditions, Kes fell on hard times and had to move back in with family. For various reasons, most could not or would not take her in, leaving the Albino only one option... moving to Hathian and seeking out her Drunken Uncle, Angelo Baker.

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