Character bio - Raina Miles

Full name: Raina Miles

Nickname: Rain

Age: 18 years old

Birthday: 23-5-1993

Eyes: Green / blue

Hair color: Dark brown

Hair length: Long reaching the middle of her back

Height: 1.75 m / 5.72 feet.

Appearance: Normal build, no tattoo's, no piercings, only earrings. She also wears on her right hand a ring which she got on her eighteenth birthday from her mother. It has little angel wings which her mother says represents guidance and protection. Her mom wants to show she will always watch over her children even if she can't show it all the time. 

Family: Brother Ryan, Mother Cathy

Friends: The only person who she calls a friend is Lisa. She can get along with other people, but they are not worthy of being called a friend in her eyes. After her father's death, Lisa was the only one who was consistently making attempts to comfort Raina. Other people kept their distance as they didn't know how to handle the situation.

Personality: Raina is a girl who appears strong after what she has gone through, but often bares her emotions as well. After her father passed away, she lost some of her penchant for adventure and now prefers a stable, peaceful existence. When there is an opportunity to do something wild and daring, she holds back, but she is easily persuaded, and her brother knows exactly how to do that by talking about their past.  When he speaks about their memories, he knows Raina secretly longs to have another adventure together with him. 

She is quite patient even when someone tests her patience, which is something she's learnt while dealing with her father's death.

She is a caring person who puts herself aside and thinks of others first.

Hobbies: Writing stories, drawing, painting, photography, filming. When she was twelve she was fascinated by books because literature always inspired her to utilize the full extent of her imagination. This stimulation of her creative faculties helped her develop a curiosity for art as well. She tried to draw the scenes she pictured in her mind when reading stories . She practiced drawing by making sketches of real-life people, animals and scenery. This fascination with wanting to capture the reality of life led to her passion for photography. Ryan got her into filming as that is his speciality.

Loves: Her mother, Ryan, Lisa, writing stories, photography and art, music

Hates: People who look down on her, death, being lonely.

Voice: Medium – Medium high.

History: Raina grew up as a healthy happy girl. She earned good grades on school until her father died in a car crash. Everything seemed to go wrong afterward. She failed her school year and fell into depression. She needed to see a therapist because none of her friends and family could help her. They tried to cheer her up by taking her out to a movie or dinner or even on vacation, but Raina just couldn't accept her father's death and thought she didn't have the right to be happy.  When she got better, she started to take care of her mother who grew ill from all the stress and grief. She wouldn't get out of bed as she was tired and overemotional and these afflictions would cause her to suffer from debilitating headaches.  Now her mother is doing a little better, but she still has the tendency to be a bit overbearing with her maternal instincts.

While going through the tragedy, Raina built a stronger bond with her brother Ryan.

Jealousy rate: 3 – Raina doesn't care much about what other people have. She only envies some people who still have a father. She wishes she could still have that.

Patience: 8 – Raina learnt to be patient when she was going through therapy. She had to learn that her troubles cannot be alleviated immediately and that people just need time to deal with certain emotions and problems. Raina was a bit hasty in that when she was going through therapy, she expected to be her old self soon again after a few sessions.

But by setting up goals for herself and talking about her accomplishments with the therapist, Raina noticed that she was slowly doing better and that a lot of things simply need time.

Panic rate: 7 – She panics quickly when she doesn't know what to do.

Anger rate: 5 – Raina can get angry whenever people don't understand how she is feeling.

Honesty rate: 8 – Raina has trouble hiding her emotions when something is troubling her. She looks distant and is more reserved than usual. When someone asks if something is wrong she seems a little nervous. She doesn't tell it right away, but thinks about it first for a moment.