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Victoria James; A true Erudite. Brilliant, inquisitive, and starved of all
human nature. Victoria was very bright as a young child, and has grown into an
ambitious young woman with an ache for knowledge and discovery. Sounds like
her test result was a given Erudite, right? Wrong. Victoria, with her cold yet
curious nature, was perfectly split 50/50 between Erudite and Dauntless, making
her a divergent. Knowing that she would undoubtedly be caught and executed if
she were to return to her home faction, Victoria took the jump- literally- and
chose Dauntless. It was painful, especially since it meant leaving behind her
career, her family, and the only life she'd ever known. Fortunately, Victoria is
naturally adept in observing patterns in nature, and adjusted quickly in dauntless,
steadily making her way to the top ten initiates. Her mind works scientifically,
and while she is exceptionally bright, quick to think, and good at solving problems,
she lacks emotions and is used to other people making decisions for her (thanks
to Erudite's principles). She tends to be reserved, stubborn, pessimistic, and
slightly temperamental and irritable when she can't figure something out. While
she may be near fearless, the thought of not knowing the answer to something
frightens her more than anything.
Victoria is quite small and petite. Only standing at about 5'4", she's shorter than
nearly all of her friends, and weighs about 113lbs. What she lacks in size, she
makes up for in might. She's acquired quite a bit of muscle, and tends to be
very light on her feet while fighting and outwits her opponent. Hand-to-hand
isn't her specialty; she's more brains than brawn. Her eyes are a deep shade of
navy blue, and her hair thick, slightly wavy, and colored rich brunette with
golden undertones.
Growing up, Victoria had a relatively happy life; two best friends, loving parents,
and a fraternal twin sister. Her mum, Elizabeth, passed away when Victoria and
her sister, Hallie, were only twelve. After that, their previously kind, loving father
became cold, harsh, and suffered a severely broken heart. Victoria takes after him;
reserved, professional, stern, straight-to-the-point. Hallie, on the other hand, took
slightly more after her mother; kind, free-spirited, and only slightly rebellious.
Hallie, while just as ambitious and inquisitive as Victoria, lacked academic integrity
and didn't show very much success in school. A great amount of pressure was then
placed on Victoria to be the successor of her brilliant scientist and mathematician
father. Victoria had every intention on being that successor until her aptitude test
came back Divergent; when it came time to choose her faction, her bloodied hand
lingered for a long time over Erudite, and then a drop fell, and sizzled. She had,
without realizing it, moved her hand and let her blood trickle onto the black, jagged
rocks of Dauntless. The last thing she remembered from the ceremony was looking
across the great room, as the rowdy Dauntless surrounded and congratulated her,
and locking eyes with her father. There was nothing but sheer disappointment in his
steely gray eyes- and that was the last time she saw him. fc: Emily Didonato.
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