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[This OC is drawn from my novel-in-progress, Ally, and is COMPLETELY copyrighted by ME. Any infringement upon this will be pursued and punished. Look, don't touch.]

Name: Amara Langward
Age: 24
Sex: Female
Occupation: Doctor
Hair color: brunette
Eye color: brown
Physical Description: Amara is tall and slender, standing at 5'9, with straight brown hair and deep brown eyes, sharp and intelligent. She usually wears her hair up in a bun, or back in a ponytail, somewhere out of her face. She wears a warm, cheerful smile with the twinkle of intellect.

Weapons: Only her medical tools biggrin

Powers/Abilities: (Only when powers/abilities are applicable) Amara has an innate sense of the human body, and can see how the body flows. This allows her to detect troubles within the body, such as poisons or other illnesses. If she wanted, she could also use this as a way to detect nerve clusters, pressure points, and even the flow of chi, or the body's natural energy.

Strengths: Amara is very intelligent and calm, and most of all she is selfless, caring, and willing to put others before herself.

Weakness: Amara is not a fighter at all, and while she does not fear for her own life in a physical confrontation, she never likes to see anyone get hurt. She is also a little naive, trusting, but her biggest weakness (as well as her biggest strength) is her compassion, and her willingness to be harmed before seeing anyone else hurt.

History: Amara was born to Mr. and Mrs. Langward, in the country of Altaron. In Altaron, there is no separation of church and state. Politics and religion are one and the same. Amara's religion emphasizes a "all work, all prosper" attitude. When children are young, about 10 years old, they are subjected to a series of evaluation tests. The tests are supposed to reveal the child's Profession, the job for which they are most suited. Then, throughout their schooling, they are taught a few general areas such as math and science, but they are taught in the area of their Profession. This way, they can function best for the general good, by training for a job they would be most suited for.

Mr. Langward was a writer, her mother a professor of biology. Her mother was never around because she was offered a position as Assistant to the Dean at a prestigious university. Her father, however, was almost always home, since he was a failing writer. He was excellent at the craft, but he refused to write in the strict rules and guidelines that the publications required by the state. Amara grew up very close to her father, while she learned to become a surgeon and general medic.

When she was young, her parents split up after a loud divorce. Amara's father got custody, so she went with him and until her late teens, bounced from household to household as Mr. Langward met, wed, and divorced three more women in that time.

Amara left when she was 19.

For five years, Amara has been bouncing around from one medical facility to the next, having inherited her father's habit of never being satisfied, always searching out the new and exciting. She also decided, after a particularly poor relationship, that she would never commit herself to a man, and never take to bed with another one, unless she knew he was The One. She would not make her father's mistake, she would marry for love, and nothing less.

Currently, she is in search of her Mission, an idea in her religious community that we all have a destiny, a role to play, where our skills will be of great benefit. Now she searches for her place in the world, the way in which she can best serve the world.