LJ-SEC: (ORIGINALLY POSTED BY gravesmod)

Your candidates are here. This will be our king (presumably) for the rest of the game. This will not be an adoptable character, however anyone can play him or her from graveshallnpc. We can (and probably will) add to his or her bio as we go, interconnect him or her to our characters, and build on the base structure I put down. The losing character could be put up for adoption if there's interest.

Name: Jackson Willis
Age: 187
Title: Parliament Official
Residence: New Meridian
Familiar: Delta, a partridge
Magical abilities: Iron. Abjuration. Wand.

Biography: Jackson is very traditional and often votes along with all the other "good old boys." He's friends with the Morrow family and has been a confederate to Gideon Morrow on many of his potential laws (of course, the favor was always returned).

Jackson is typically conservative in his approach to lawmaking, preferring to keep the order and not rock the boat. He is a friendly man, even if he's not very open to new ideas. One of his redeeming qualities is that he's very concerned with public safety. He votes with the Leos in mind, since his son is an officer. He also donates money (and occasionally his free time) to charities for worthy causes.

He has been married twice; in typical political style his marriages ended in messy affairs. This knowledge was not widely circulated if only because his family is a large shareholder in the New Meridian News; Jackson is very good at avoiding bad press because of this. He has two children from his first marriage.

Name: Marta Crane
Age: 30
Title: Board of Governors for Salem Academy
Residence: Salem
Familiar: No familiar
Magical abilities: Lycanthropy (this is a secret). Water. Healing.

Biography: She is the youngest member of the Board of Governors for Salem Academy, having been elected at the age of 27, just after her graduation. Her main focus has been to serve the students, whatever the cost. She will get behind radical ideas if it serves the students, but likes to take the middle road when it makes more sense.

Her personal life has often taken a backseat to her academic and professional life. She becomes fixated and devoted to a project (or in this case, a job) and throws herself wholeheartedly into it.

No one knows that Marta was bitten by a werewolf last year. She has had a very painful adjustment to the idea. She takes quicksilver to prevent transformations and is incredibly diligent about keeping this secret. Even her friends (the few she has managed to keep despite never having time for them) don't know about her secret.

Please read this first, then vote

You can vote only once. If you choose neither candidate I expect you to state your reason in the comments (which could be as simple as I didn't like either of them). If the vote ends in a stalemate (and only in this instance) I will cast the tie-breaker. If everyone votes for neither we will start again at the drawing board. I would like every active member (anyone not on official hiatus) to cast a vote.

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