Name: Bailey Austin Harper
Age: 23
Species: Siren, of the Selkie variety.
Background & History:Bailey was born to two siren parents, Amelia and Richard Harper, in the suburbs of New York City, the twin of his sister, Adelaide. His parents divorced when Bailey and Adelaide were five years old; his mother retained full custody of her children, with their father having them on the weekends. Only a year after the divorce, Richard returned to his native England, to the city of Bath. He wrote letters to his children, sent them cards on their birthdays. Apart from that, Bailey and Adelaide hardly ever hear from him, an absence Bailey feels keenly to this day, especially once he heard of his father’s second marriage and family, little more than a year after the divorce.
He grew up in the same apartment his parents first moved into together, sharing a room with his sister. Amelia eventually began dating again, but she swore off marriage, and she never stayed with a man longer than six months. She threw herself into caring after her two children, more than anything else. Adelaide and Bailey grew close as well, becoming each other’s best friends within their close knit family.
She also took care to make sure to teach them of their siren abilities from a young age, teaching them how to transform into their seal-form and how to control their abilities to compel others with their voices; she also put them into voice and swimming lessons to help with their powers. Bailey and his family lived in an area full of fellow Selkies, who came together a couple times a month for potlucks, gatherings, and the like. While Bailey has other, human friends, even one witchy one, his closest friends are all part of his selkie group. They all look out for each other, without any sort of head Siren or matriarch, a concept Bailey doesn’t understand to this day.
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