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Height: 5’6”
Weight: 2,150 lbs
Hair: Chestnut Brown
Eyes:  Light Green
Ethnicity: Irish/Slavic mix

Appearance:
Sylph is, quite simply, enormous. Although her height is only average, her massive physique tips the scale at over a ton of dense, solid muscle. Despite her anomalous musculature, Sylph’s face is still remarkably feminine, with surprisingly delicate features, a round face, and a slightly pointed chin that seems reminiscent of typical depictions of elves. Sylph’s size is such that all of her wardrobe has to be hand-tailored, leaving a lot of room for expansion, and even so she regularly flexes out of her clothes by accident. Sylph’s outfits tend to be quite rugged, made primarily of leather and denim, although she enjoys the feel of softer fabrics when she can afford them and get away with them.

Personal Quote:
“Oh my gosh, I’m so sorry! Are you alright?”
“I am NOT clumsy!”

Background/History:
Sylph is the daughter of Bill, a modestly successful corporate lawyer, and Diane, a former amateur bodybuilder and current paramedic. Growing up in Cleveland, Ohio, Sylph was something of an oddity; she attended public schools, but it was quite clear by the time she was six years old that Sylph was far from normal. Even in preschool, Sylph was strong, but as she entered school, it seemed as if her physical power grew exponentially.

This was not, naturally, without complications. Despite Sylph’s good nature and generally cautious way of interacting with the world, her outsized proportions, weight, and strength meant that things often broke in her presence despite her best intentions, and the repair bills for a daughter who could accidentally trip and knock a pickup truck onto its side quickly became significant.

In an effort to help mitigate the accidental damage that his daughter caused, Bill introduced his daughter to his martial arts instructor, who insisted on teaching martial arts as an immersive way of life, requiring Sylph to become centered as well as skillful. Additionally, Sylph’s mother, Diana, helped her daughter refine her tactile awareness so that she was less prone to causing catastrophes in moments of distraction.

Neither method was entirely successful, and Sylph remained somewhat accident prone, especially as her physical size increased and her strength more than overmatched her growth. People who knew Sylph quickly came to dread the sound of her chagrined “Oops,” usually immediately following a symphony of destructive noises that sounded like a percussive symphony.

Middle school and high school were particularly difficult for the titanic teen, and she was often accused of being clumsy, inept, or uncoordinated. Unsurprisingly, Sylph developed something of an aversion to being called clumsy, and a nearly certain way to send her past her boiling point was to say or imply that her size made her dangerously or stupidly awkward.

As an escape from such taunts and, also, as a way to prove to herself that she actually wasn’t unreasonably ungainly, Sylph began turning her attention to artistic pursuits. She had always enjoyed drawing, and she had a good eye for detail, but once she hit middle school, she turned her attention to oils, watercolors, and sculpture. Her favorite subjects were fantasies, especially those that involved faeries and unicorns, and her skill was sufficient that, despite her fairly juvenile subject matter, she caught the eye of several professors and the New York University School of Art, and she was actively recruited into their program.

The larger body of New York University was not as overwhelmingly thrilled to have Sylph apply, largely because her size pretty much guaranteed that the University would have to make extensive accommodations in order to provide services. They were gearing up to reject Sylph’s application when Bill invoked the ADA and worked out a compromise that they were, reluctantly, forced to accept.

Personality:
Sylph often seems shy and a little uncertain, but much of this is because she is exceptionally wary of accidentally hurting anyone. While Sylph is not a true pacifist, she will always seek a nonviolent solution to any conflict in favor of using force, provided the opportunity is present or can be made available. Sylph is, in fact, very confident in her own abilities and, further, enjoys showing off when she thinks others will appreciate the show. She generally appears demure, but the frequency with which her activities leave her half-naked have led many to suspect that Sylph has more than a little bit of an exhibitionist streak to her.

Powers/Abilities:
Sylph is an enormously powerful young woman in a world where there are very few metahumans to compete with her. As of the current timeline in the story, Sylph has actually outstripped even the out-sized weightroom equipment that her father and the best engineers at Boglyn construction could devise. She has proven capable of stabilizing the central building support for a five story building, although the exact amount of weight involved (and how it was distributed to her muscles) is something that is still under debate. It seems likely that Sylph can easily manage in excess of a thousand tons, and the actual upper limit seems to be increasing almost constantly.

Sylph’s enormous strength is, fortunately, balanced by her tremendous agility; while she cannot achieve truly superhuman speeds, except as a function of the power her muscles can exert against the ground, her reaction time greatly exceeds even the best of natural athletes. With the benefit of adrenaline, Sylph is capable of reacting to and responding to emergencies while others are still barely registering their perception of the events; it is this uncanny level of perception and reactions that has, to date, allowed her to avoid causing injury to another human being either through accidental action or inaction. Unfortunately, these reactions seem to be, at best, spotty, only truly coming fully into effect when another living creature is endangered.

Finally, Sylph’s endurance also far exceeds natural human limitations. This, specifically, is limited to her physical durability and resistance to fatigue from physical exertions; it does nothing to prevent her from being overwhelmed by mental fatigue or just getting worn out from a long day. On the other hand, while it has never actually been tested, it seems quite likely that Sylph’s body is probably immune to most small arms and probably even some more powerful weapons, as her flesh necessarily has a density that far exceeds any natural human.

Sylph is an accomplished artist, with a keen eye for color and form. She is skilled in most visual media, and is becoming a talented photographer and sculptor.

Sylph has a solid background in technical drawing, architecture, and mechanical engineering. Again, she is not an expert, but she’s naturally talented, has further enhanced her skills through education, and is wise enough to seek help when she needs it.

Sylph has trained in martial arts, focusing on Tai Chi Chuan and Aikijujitsu. While she is not a master, she is certainly an exceptionally talented student and takes her studies seriously.

Weaknesses
Sylph breaks stuff. This is almost never intentional; it is simply the result of being a proverbial bull in a tissue-paper China shop. It is not that she is clumsy (see above— she is not); it is simply that, even at her most careful, she cannot always adjust her strength to the flimsiness of the world around her.

Sylph is generally very even tempered, but she can be snide, bitchy, or downright rude when she’s out of sorts, and the reasons for her temper are as varied for her as they are for anyone. In particular, she hates it when people suggest that she has become clumsy, and she has been known to make poor decisions when goaded, although she almost always regrets it immediately thereafter.

Sylph has a strong sense of personal responsibility, and will always try to make good on any damages that she incurs as a result of accidents or misdeeds. That Sylph is not independently wealthy has meant that she’s needed to take on a full time job as a construction-site supervisor in addition to her classes and spending time as a coach for the NYU Violets Football team. This has, naturally, left her without much time for romance, and that combined with her unusual physique has left her a bit insecure about her romantic prospects.

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So... I finally made a profile for her. It's only been, what, a decade?

Whaddaya think?

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