Violet Chastain

Violet Grace Chastain is a main character in Valeria Seville's novel The Other Stars.

Appearance
Violet is 18, though she could pass easily for a few years older. She stands at 5'11" and is very underweight, almost a little gaunt-looking. Angular cheekbones, thin nose, generally delicate but by no means soft-looking face. Unfriendly amber eyes with smoky black makeup and thin, defined brows. Thin lips, usually with a dark shade of lipstick, and a piercing in her lower lip (usually a silver ring).

Her hair is dyed an ashy-silver color, fading out to pure platinum white tips. It's sleek and pin-straight, about collarbone-length, in a slight side-part. She's got a few tattoos; this on the back of her neck, one kind of like this but wrapping around her left wrist/forearm, and this on her right thigh.

Violet dresses in mostly dark colors, and normally wears lots of silver rings. Usually wears thick-soled black combat boots which edge her up to an even 6'0". Overall she's fairly intimidating in appearance, even more so due to the neutral, almost cold expression that she tends to hold.

Personality
At the simplest level, Violet could be summarized as a true hedonist. She doesn't have much regard for risk, nor for obeying the law, and generally just does what she feels like. Despite not applying herself very well in school, she's naturally very intelligent, a trait which manifests itself mostly in her skill as a very convincing liar. She has a tendency to tell lies purely for her own amusement, and could loosely be called a pathological/compulsive liar. Generally she is a manipulative person, and is very skilled at figuring out what it takes to get under a specific person's skin. She rarely acts with others in mind, and if doing so she probably has ulterior motives.

Violet is fairly cynical, especially regarding romantic and familial love. The latter, along with her negative feelings toward organized religion, is due to her poor relationship with her hyperreligious parents who essentially disowned her upon discovering her bisexuality. On some level Violet does have some insecurity problems, partially due to being rejected by her family and partially due to her self-perceived lack of any special abilities or characteristics, and she sometimes resents people who have the things she believes she lacks; steady relationships with parents or significant others, security in themselves and their abilities, or a generally positive outlook on life.

When interacting with people, Violet generally holds a very even temperament, such that it's very difficult to visibly shock or agitate her. Even when angry she usually remains very levelheaded, especially when faced with things that aren't necessarily attacking her on a personal level, but if caught at a bad time she might be visibly weakened by comments that hit sensitive subjects, especially things that force her to face her denial of how badly hurt she was by her family's rejection.

History
[tbc]