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CHARACTER INFORMATION

face claim: Jessica Alba

full name: Shiloh Rian Rivera

nickname(s) / goes by: Rian

pronouns & gender: She/Her. Cis-Woman

sexuality: Bisexual

birth date: April 28th, 1981 - 42

birth place: Merrock

arrival to merrock: Born and raised but returned about five months ago from her most recent fishing escapade.

housing: A houseboat at the marina

occupation: Traveling Fisherman and a boat mechanic

work place: The Marina

family: N/A (Will probably send an update to this once I get her full bio figured out.

relationship status: Single

PERSONALITY

Rian is known as someone with a harder exterior, but an outgoing personality to those that are close to her. Her love for the water has always extended farther than her summer days spent at the beach, or on the boat with her grandfather, father, and uncle that even now she spends any waking moment she can on the beach, typically at the swimming beach. Friends and family often describe her as reserved and hard working, which is often stemmed from her career as a traveling fisherman in the colder months of the year. This makes it harder for her to form and build relationships like one would like, and while it’s often also mention that Rian could make friends with a brick wall because she’s outgoing, traveling keeps her from being able to keep contact with those she is friends with as much as she’d like. Most of her time is spent at work at the marina where she can be found working on boats for all the town folk and tourists alike, but if she’s not there maybe check out the fish market where she can often be seen upon her return home selling any of the fish she caught at sea. It may not always be the cheapest, but one thing is for certain, she takes care of the fish that she does catch, and it’s obvious that she put a lot of love into what she brought back home to her people. She’s recently gotten into DIY projects and thrift shopping, and despite the fact she lives on a house boat, she can often times be seen at Bella’s Boutique, treasure chest, or polished brass market searching for her next project to redo.

WRITTEN BY: Katelyn (she/her), est.

BACKGROUND / BIO

triggering / sensitive content: stroke tw, death tw.

“She is kind and very beautiful.” Were the words muttered from her father’s lips on the night just as Shiloh ‘Rian’ Rivera was born. It was just half past nine when she made her arrival - the moon a waning crescent - and Alonso and Daniella’s life changed forever. From the moment she was born, Rian added the spunk into her family that they’d always been looking for; now a family of four, the Rivera family was complete.

While things were chaotic for Rian’s family at the time of her birth - her father was just beginning to take over the mechanic business that her grandfather had started, all while the Rivera family fishing business was booming - Rian’s mother managed to work diligently at the herbal tea store her family had created in Merrock, working alongside her sister who had inspired the entire idea. So, while adding another baby had been joyful for the Rivera’s, it had been hard; Rian was a colic baby and while Daniella had tried her best to work with Rian attached to her in a baby carrier, it became too much, causing Daniella to take some time off from the herbal tea shop and spend some time at home with her two children. Though, this didn’t last for long; the day after Rian’s first birthday, Daniella rejoined her sister at the herbal tea store, where she - along with Rian - spent many of their days.

At age five when Rian started school is when things really began to change for the Rivera family. Phone calls were made on a frequent basis announcing that their daughter was struggling to focus, and that she preferred to be outside more than anything, proving to both Alonso and Daniella that Rian had adventure in her soul. So, while afternoons would be spent at the back table of the herbal tea shop doing homework, it wouldn’t be long after that that Rian would be found throwing her shoes back on and running outside.

Adventure was something she appreciated, and it radiated through her even at a young age. She’d often times be found running around outside the Hideaway Market, playing with her cousins, her friends from school, and just really living her best life as a child. She’d be found often times running around barefoot - her feet black from the dirt - or playing in the mud serving mudpies in broken glasses. Or flying kites with her friends at the park before they ran up and down the shoreline of the beach, the waves crashing into them. But on the off chance that you could find her doing something a little less chaotic, she could be found sitting at the docks, watching the sunset as the stars began to shine. The calm after the storm as her parents often quoted, but even into adulthood it was one of the many things people still said about Rian Rivera. She always made good grades, making her way through school with a focus on just passing; her heart had been set on taking over the family business since she’d been five and she knew that in order to do that nothing else was truly required. She was an average B student; just enough to make her parents proud, even though they all knew that if she’d truly applied herself, Rian could’ve accomplished anything. But, with the bare minimum being her technique she graduated; agreeing for the sake of her parents to attend community college were she got an associate’s in business management, and then immediately after graduation traveled to Spain for three months, where she really began to explore the spanish heritage.

After a six month escapade, Rian returned, getting resettled in town and began learning the ropes of taking over the fishing business while her parents - and grandfather - worked diligently to provide for their family. However, on Rian’s twenty fifth birthday, her grandfather suffered a stroke, leaving him paralyzed and wheel chair bond. It put a strain on their family, and Daniella agreed to give up her job at the herbal tea shop and take care of her father in law so Alonso could continue working, but sadly without Daniella’s help the shop closed; and Rian really began working with her father to help provide for her family.

Three years later, her grandfather passed, and Rian took it upon herself to work even harder; not only to make him proud and to help her father, but also because working harder made it easier to grieve. She preferred to do it alone, to be by herself and reminisce on the good times, which was exactly what she did. With each passing day, missing him became easier and she became more involved in her work; doing anything she could in his honor. So, when her parents offered her her father’s house boat Rian took it, making it her permanent residence.

Rian now lives in the houseboat in the marina and has spent the last twelve years growing more involved in work, now taking over both the fishing business and the mechanic business as her father is retired. Never being able to fully settle, Rian enjoys traveling, but she knows that Merrock is and will always be her home; and man what I beautiful place it is to come back to.

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