Welcome

• Katherine Nicole Maitland •

~ Every day, when you’re walking down the street,
Everybody that you meet has a look into your point of view
And I say “Hey! What a wonderful kind of day
So we can learn to work and play and get along with each other.”
You gotta listen to your heart, listen to the beat,
Listen to the rhythm, the rhythm of the street,
Open up your eyes, open up your ears,
And together we’ll make things better by working together
It’s a simple message, but it comes from the heart,
Oh believe in yourself, for that’s the place to start
And I say “Hey! What a wonderful kind of day
So we can learn to work and play and get along with each other.”
Hey, what a wonderful kind of day! ~

~ The Forest’s Edge ~

• Your Name • rei
• RP Experience • four years
• Other Characters • Jacqueline Fletcher

~ The Town Roster ~

• Name • Katherine Nicole Maitland
• Nicknames • Kathy, Katie, Kay, and Nikki
• Age • fourteen
• Occupation • outlaw
• Affiliation • Others

~ The Reflective Waters ~

• Hair • Auburn
• Eyes • Blue!
• Build • Small and slightly chubby
• Distinguishing Features •

Kay has a pug nose that she loooooooooves to wrinkle when she’s upset. When you see her wrinkling your nose, it is best to either comply to her insane demands or run away very, very quickly; a wrinkled nose is the sign of a forthcoming temper tantrum. Her teeth are also childishly crooked and rounded at the edges like a child’s, which, when she smiles, makes her look younger than her fourteen years.

• Overall Appearance •

Kay is not at all sure what to do with her hair. She could leave it looooooong, like mother and Eva, or she could trim it shooooort, like Gareth. Decisions, decisions. At the moment, however, she has chosen to leave it long and make her decision when she’s older. In the dim shadows of the forest, it appears to be a plain and simple brown, but in the rare moments when the sun manages to poke its golden rays between the thick leaves, it changes to more of a fiery orange-red. Her cheeks have yet to lose their childish puppy fat; she has two dimples, only visible when she smiles, which is quite often. Her teeth are rounded, rather than straight or pointed, like a child’s baby teeth; they simply grew in that way. Part of the reason for this is because she used to suck her thumb while she slept, which slightly altered the way the teeth grew in. The other part of the reason is unknown, except maybe to her mother. Mothers know everything.

She is fairly short for a fourteen year old girl, several inches shorter than her sister; therefore, she has no choice but to look up to her, both figuratively and literally. Sometimes, when she’s feeling adult, she’ll walk, talk, and act like her older sister, but normally, she’ll run around the forest and hide from Eva, to irritate her. Being small has its advantages sometimes, especially when it comes to wriggling about in small spaces and hiding in the trees. Also, it helps when wandering through Nottingham with her sister (as rare as those opportunities are); nobody pays attention to a short, chubby little girl, right?

• Play-By • Georgie Henley

~ The Magic Within ~

• Likes •

- pranking
- Gareth
- pranking
- running free!
- being young enough to be irresponsible, but old enough to know what’s going on
- living in the forest
- the very rare trip to Nottingham with her sister
- mischief
- causing mischief
- causing mischief with Gareth
- spending time with Gareth
- being free and unfettered
- helping her mother

• Dislikes •

- chores
- punishment
- getting caught causing mischief
- being punished for causing mischief
- the sheriff
- being smothered with protection from her mother and sister
- being told that she is “too young”
- not being allowed to leave the camp
- having to stay behind while her mother and sister go off somewhere
- carrots

• Strengths •

- her height makes it easier to wriggle through, around, and into things
- she is very energetic
- fighting
- she will always help anyone in need
- she is a very good prankster
- she is very good at spying on people

• Weaknesses •

- sometimes she helps the wrong person without realizing it until it’s too late
- she is a terrible cook
- when she doesn’t get her way, she throws a temper tantrum
- she pretty much always wants things to go her way
- when spring rolls around, she starts sneezing violently, and often. Her eyes are always so watery that she can't see, and her nose is always either very runny or very stopped up, so she can't breathe. In fact, pretty much all she can do during those miserable months is lie around making everybody else miserable.

• Quirks •

- when she's about to throw a tantrum, she wrinkles her nose.
- she has a very innocent, childish smile, something she always turns on people when she's about to get into trouble. It never helps.
- if she wants your attention, she takes no shame in jabbing you repeatedly in the ribs until she has it.
- she looooooves to pout when she wants something.
- she makes a point in sulking when she doesn't get her own way

• Overall Personality •

Kay hates it when her mother and sister treat her like she's uncapable of taking care of herself; she's not five, for goodness' sake! However, since she was always the baby of the family, she rarely acts her age. Growing up is no fun, especially since now her body is slowly changing from that of a child into that of a woman. She has no desire to grow up, considering all the pain and suffering adults now have to go through; she figures that if she continues acting like a little girl, maybe she can stop time and no longer grow up.

She has a deep love of pranking, which is why she's so fond of Gareth. He is the master pranker in her world, and she utterly adores the boy, just short of idolizing him. She tends to spend a lot of time in his presence, trying to convince him to teach her his pranks, or just to play with her, as Eva is always away and her mother is too busy tending to the people in the forest. She's rather lonely, as she is the only one her age around. All the single parent families that her mother takes in have children that are either infantile or around Eva's age. When she's lonely, she tends to wander off and sulk alone in a hollow tree she found. When she was younger, she had an imaginary friend; she hasn't told anybody, but that imaginary friend still exists in her mind. She often wanders off just to play with Evelyn (or "Evie", as she prefers to call her), her "friend", named after her older sister.

She has heard a few people speaking of "true love", but has no idea what it is; the most she knows of love is the love of a family. She has, however, reached the age where she is beginning to be somewhat curious about men. She has started to branch out in her explorations through the forest, hoping to find out what this "true love" is. And what Katherine Maitland wants, Katherine Maitland gets, even if she has to throw a fit to get it. There is one boy in Robin's gang who looks to be about her age that looks rather interesting; she tends to spend a lot of time watching him.

Yes, Kay loves to spy on people. She tends to follow her sister around and watch her from a distance; sometimes, when she sneaks into Nottingham, she gathers some information from the Sheriff and his men. After all, who would think to suspect a little girl? None, so far, but one of the men has been watching her pretty closely lately..

~ The Legends ~

• Parents •

Mother - Margaret (35, living)
Father-Anthony (deceased)

• Siblings •

Eva - (17, The Green Lady)
Evelyn (deceased)

• Significant Persons •

Jeannette - (deceased, former Forestwife)
Gareth Jenkins - very close friend

• History •

Kay has no knowledge of her history before the age of six. Her mother doesn't like to talk about it; neither does her sister. However, she does know that her father was killed by the Sheriff's men, and that her older sister had a twin, also dead. She doesn't much remember her older sister, though. All she knows for certain is that she lives with what people call a "witch", something she is constantly throwing a temper tantrum about. Jeannette is not a witch, for goodness' sake!

When she was nine, her older sister Evelyn suddenly disappeared. Again, her mother and sister didn't like to talk about it much. She never found out from them what happened, but after some snooping and sneaking into Nottingham, she found out from the civilians there what had happened. Ever since, she loathed the Sheriff, but never told her sister or mother what she had done, especially since she was strictly forbidden to leave the forest, or even go far from the camp on her own.

She found out, albeit accidentally, about her sister's "secret identity" as the Green Lady of the Forest. She was rather impressed, and decided that she wanted to something similar. Now when she sneaks off, she practices banging a large stick against a tree, pretending she is fighting one of the Sheriff's men. She stole a bow from a sleeping guard just outside Nottingham, and spends a lot of time practicing how to shoot it as well. However, as her sister is growing more and more protective, she finds herself wandering farther and farther away, closer and closer to the edge of the forest and the Sheriff's grasp. Nobody can be trusted, almost everybody is an enemy...and how does the Sheriff know that she doesn't know anything about Robin Hood and Marian Fitzwalter?

Kay stopped listening to adults when she turned ten; she doesn't plan on starting again any time soon. She started disappearing for long periods of time; where she went is a mystery to most. Usually she tends to sit in a tree near to Marian and Robin's camps and watch the hustle and bustle, but at least twice a week, she slips into Nottingham to swipe an apple and wander around, listening in on conversations between the Sheriff's men. She always makes sure the information gets to the right people, but never tells them herself; no, she writes a note and leaves it where one of the gangs is sure to find it. Never signed, of course. She doesn't want anybody finding out what she's up to.

Being in that wonderful stage of life that she absolutely loathes, Kay has found herself paying more and more attention to a certain boy in Robin's gang. She doesn't know his name or age, but she is fairly certain that he's around her age. She finds him rather...cute, to say the least. She made the mistake of telling her mother, and of course Margaret threw a fit. She forbade her to leave the camp unattended ever again. Not that Kay cares; she slips away anyway, doing whatever she wants to.

Once in a while, she is brave enough to wander into Marian's camp; Marian did live in her clearing for a while, after all. She doesn't do it all that often though. The less time she spends with people who know her, the better; you never know if they'll rat you out to your mother or not. She has never been to Robin's camp, though, for two reasons. One, she doesn't know anybody there, and two, she might run into that cute boy. While he's fun to watch, she isn't quite ready to meet him face to face yet.

~ On the Other Side ~

• How did you find FtK? • neo
• Why did you join? • because I love Robin Hood
• Any questions or comments? • noooope
• RP Sample •

It's finished! ...finally....xDD

Pending!

Notes from the Admins!

Lovely, Rei! The only thing we'd like to see is a bit more about Kay's personal history. Did she ever have a friend in the camp? Sneak into town by herself? Does she have any dreams for her future life yet? Being in that fun stage of life, has she had her first crush yet? What is her relationship to the gangs, especially since Marian lived with them for a time?

I'm kicking myself but I also just realized I accidently cut out Jeannette's death from my original application :headdesk: Margaret's taken her place as the Forestwife and the Maitland women are feeling the strain of the added responsibility of taking care of their guests with one less person. Since she's getting older, I wouldn't be surprised if Eva starts expecting her sister to hang around to help more (whether Kay concedes to such wishes is a different thing entirely ).

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Pinky or I. In the meantime, I'm incredibly excited and already plotting up shenanigans for the sisters!

Haha, excellent! ^^

I shall make the appropriate changes pronto. (;

Oooooooh boy...we is in big trouble. The Maitland sisters shall...uh...uh...cause trouble! xDD

Accepted!
Congratulations and welcome to For the King!

Notes from the Admins!

Yay! How exciting! Just one quick thing to keep in mind: given her social class and being female, Kay probably wouldn't know how to write. Small thing but always poses an interesting challenge ::throws confetti: Let the trouble begin!

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