Mallory Leigh Kinkaid

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She/Her

Officially, she is an online fashion magazine editor, with an office space in London. Not the boss, but she worked her way into the magazine the old fashioned way and has tried to get by on her own skill and hard word. That being said, she is a socialite who only works because she wants to.

Unofficially, she is the treasured youngest child and only daughter of the Kinkaid family, who leads the Lothario Mob, a criminal organization who has been terrorizing London for decades.

Mage

August 15th

Elçin Sangu

5 FT 7 IN (1.7 m)

Willowy, Lithe, Graceful

Light Brown

Auburn red

Usually kept to about mid or low shoulder length, and styled in whatever way suits her outfit at the time. It has a slight natural wave to it but if she wants the curls she sometimes sports, she has to work for them.

She has a tattoo of a sparrow on her right shoulder blade. (and probably others but I haven't decided what yet)

She has two piercings in each ear, on the lobe only, although she flirted with the idea of a belly button ring or a septum piercing she never went for either.

Everything in Mallory's closet is expensive clothing brands and professional business attire, and she has a shoe collection that takes up half of her closet. Fashion is almost a guilty pleasure, and even her casual wear like her jeans and t-shirts are designer and carry a designer price tag.

She's had to leave most of it behind since being separated from her family, and yes, she's bitter about it.

Her personality has been compared to a volcano. Bombastic. Passionate. Giving herself into whatever project is put before her. Taking care of her family. Blood and duty have been ingrained into her since childhood, and she has always seen herself as a protector - although that doesn't always match up with her family's interests. She finds herself with restless energy quite often, and pours the energy into her career. She is feisty, unafraid to speak her mind and willing to wallop anyone getting too handsy or out of line. Not one to sit still, and her version of relaxing is a deep tissue massage at a world class spa by day, and the VIP suite in the hottest club in town from dusk til dawn by night.

At the same time, she is a spoiled princess in just about every sense of the word a girl can be - daddy's girl and the favorite child - and despite being grounded and practical there is a profound disconnect between herself and someone living a much more 'average' life. She has very little concept of what it means to be rich versus poor, born into privilege and born without.

Has someone muttered under their breath (too afraid it might get back to Don Kinkaid's ears) that his beloved daughter would absolutely tell someone to let the poor eat their cake if they can't afford the bread? Absolutely.

That being said, she is still a Kinkaid and the daughter of a criminal empire. She doesn't have much hand in the day to day operations of such a place (she might break a nail and the dirty work is far too dirty) but that doesn't mean a man with a mean mug can walk up to her and try to get her for a ransom scheme or shake her up. She knows self-defense and she knows how to shoot a gun; she doesn't need saving and she doesn't need the help, thank you very much.

Lap dogs, Bubble baths, Fashion shows (the reality TV kind is a guilty pleasure), Spa days, Shopping sprees, open concept floor plans, hot chocolate

Getting dirty, Insects/Bugs, Anything rural/outdoorsy/the wilderness, Being poor, Refurbished or secondhand anything, fast food, cramped living spaces

Ruthless: Mallory will do anything and everything to get whatever she wants whenever she wants it. She is not accustomed to facing roadblocks or challenges she can't overcome. Get on her side or get the hell out of her way.

Detached: Mallory has a hard time forming personal relationships. She treats everyone and everything as if there is six degrees of separation between her and the person or object she is interacting with. It can be very difficult for her to drop her walls and bond with anyone on a personal level.

Mallory can be a friendly person, but mostly she is feisty and mischievous. She's playful and loving with close friends, but all bets are off with acquaintances. She will treat you no differently than she treats her employees or her staff: put on a show for them and hope they can keep up. It's difficult to get close to her on a more personal level because she doesn't trust that someone isn't out for her wealth on the lawful side and her family on the criminal, or perhaps even both together.

Mallory's family life means she's always in harm's way. So far she's had a cushy and comfortable life, but that doesn't mean she isn't braced and prepared for whatever dangers may lay in wait for her.

And deep down, Mallory really does hate being lumped in with her family in the criminal empire she was born into; she's done her best to stay neutral and uninvolved in the majority of their dealings whenever possible. Still, she knows better than to show weakness in the face of an enemy and practically no one outside their family knows her hidden feelings lean in another direction.

Mallory is heterosexual. She has been in several long term 'relationships' but they were more lovers without labels than any desire to remain with them forever. She is content with companions and connections that aren't necessarily sexual, and she views being in love and being sexual with someone as two different things.

She has definitely used her sexual life as a weapon against her parents in the past, however, and she is particularly fond of dating those they wouldn't approve of as an act of rebellion.

Iain Kinkaid - The Kinkaid Patriarch is a man born and forged in fire. IRA member with loads of paramilitary connections and resources. He built his organization from the bottom up to the point where money hasn't been an issue in years and the dockyards of London are the Lothario Mob's turf. The brawns to his wife's brains. Where he came from before his rise to power is virtually unknown, but he seized the territory from the previous criminal enterprise in his youth and has been an untouchable terror for the law enforcement ever since.

He has always had a soft spot for his daughter, but he is an old fashioned man and the power has all but transferred to his son in his old age. He is still actively involved in the business however and oversees the operations as a Godfather should.

Morgan Kinkaid - The Kinkaid Matriarch is the real leader of the Lothario Mob's dynasty though it is a poorly kept secret. While her husband is the muscle of the whole organization she is the brains. All business and no rush actions. She is the one sitting at the negotiation table by her husband's side. Ruthless, cunning and the true strength of this family. It's her careful guidance that has made the Lothario Mob practically untouchable for all of these years. She married her son to the daughter of a different gang in order to fold them in and begin seizing control of the railyard transportation.

She has high hopes for her daughter and daughter-in-law to succeed her in the family business, as her son has (unfortunately) taken after his father. But it's the secrets that she has shared with Mallory that damns the family, and it's that knowledge that the feds are after.

Jack Kinkaid - The Kinkaid heir and the current Underboss to the Lothario Mob. Mallory's older brother. He was born with the crown on his head and the weight of the future on his shoulders. Volatile, cunning, ruthless, but really having received the worst of both of his parents and very little of the benefit. It is the hope of his mother that his marriage and the subsequent assuming of his wife's railyard monopoly will give him a steady influence, but it is a deeply kept secret that Jack's likelihood to emulate his parents' success in the criminal empire is low.

Lorelai Kinkaid (nee Abernathy) - Jack's wife and Mallory's sister-in-law. The Abernathy family is another criminal family that has been the lynchpin to London's railyard and transportation for at least 3 generations. They are an old money family compared to the Kinkaids, and equally untouchable - but they have now been bonded together so closely through marriage and business that to take down one, means to take down both.

Born & raised in London, but her family is Irish

Mallory wasn't never the best or brightest in school, but she got good marks through her A levels and graduated from university with a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration with a minor in Marketing.

Mallory has a preparatory school education and therefore has a strong grasp on the romance languages -- French, Spanish, Italian.

She speaks with a posh, upper crust British accent, the "BBC voice" as it's known elsewhere.

Mallory was born with a silver spoon in her mouth. The spare to an heir, as it were, and that meant she was free to be the precious daughter doted upon by her parents. She coasted through most of her life on this fact - wealthy private schools, personal bodyguards, access to practically anything she ever desired. She was aware from about the age of 10 years old that it was all blood money - that the ships and dockyards were parents owned conducted less than savory business - and try as she might to put this from her mind, it never settled quite right in her chest. She couldn't do the 'family business' as effortlessly as her parents did, as her brother did. It showed.

It wasn't expected that Mallory would necessarily go directly into the 'family business', although certainly her mother desired a right-hand lady to step up into the gaps her brother couldn't fill. But the apple of her father's eye gave her privilege enough to make her own way, and she was distant enough from the violence and destruction her family wrought that her moral compass only twinged instead of being faced with the harsh reality of the suffering the Lothario Mob brought to the people by their actions.

That all changed the night of Operation: Findlay's Pass. A sting operation created by the NCA that pit the Lothario Mob against a gang of Albanian mobsters attempting to smuggle guns through an art gallery on the outskirts of London. It was supposed to be a simple operation that would take down key lower-level leadership of both organizations before any bloodshed happened.

That's not what happened.

And Mallory was caught in the crossfire.

She wasn't supposed to be anywhere near that side of the city that night. But this was an art gallery within her family's territory, far from the seedy alleys and dark warehouses where they normally conducted their business. A friend wanted to have their art displayed there. She just stopped by to pick up the curator's contact information and see if she couldn't smooth a way in for her friend.

She was physically unharmed, (mostly), but her bodyguard was shot, and she was recognized. The NCA agent managed to smuggle her out before the bloodshed got out of hand.

And here was an opportunity. The treasured daughter of the Lothario Mob's leaders, shaken and scared, and fully a witness to what just occurred. She had been seen fleeing the scene. The Mob still had no idea the NCA were involved beforehand, only that law enforcement were there. They had no idea how the mobsters knew what they knew. And Mallory was not supposed to be there. For all that it appeared, Mallory had turned traitor against her own family. Her brother flipped against her almost immediately when she tried to call for them. Raving mad and verbally violent, threatening to kill her for what she'd done. She never got the chance to speak to her parents.

In the whirlwind that followed, despite Mallory's refusal to talk, she wasn't released from police custody. She was a star witness in the case to come, when the incident hit the headlines and could not be hushed up. A real chance to take down some portion of the criminal empire her family built. They needed someplace to keep her, some place safe, away from her family's influence and away from London and the means to cause her harm.

They found the place - and the person. Placed into witness protection with a new identity... the new wife of a Chief Constable in a seaside town far from the hectic hustle and bustle of London she's known all her life.

Mallory is a Mage.

Mages can perform their magic in a variety of ways. Most spells can be done through the use of an object like a wand, hand movements, or the spoken word. Some magic requires items or ingredients to complete them, and others only require concentration and the tool of choice. So potions, spells, charms, enchanted items, dark arts, black magic, tomes, and anything else associated with magic fall under the purview of a Mage.

Mallory in particular favors hand movements over wands or spoken word, and she has mastered the art of spellcasting with something as simple as a flick of her finger or a twist of the wrist. Her hands are her focus point, and while she can cast spells with other body parts or body movement in general, it's more difficult for her to do and requires a more intense level of concentration to achieve.

Mallory in particular is a specialist in elemental magicks - water and air over fire and earth, but she does have some level of training within all four.

Most other white or black magic - including warding, healing, curses, potion making, and more - is mostly outside of her skill range. Mallory had the luxury of being able to hyper-focus on her magical interests thanks to the wealth and privilege of her childhood and has never needed much knowledge or training for anything else.

The elemental magic Mallory wields is akin to the bending arts in use and execution, although she doesn't have any particular strong moves or abilities that I know of right now.

Familiars

Mages have the ability to create a mental connection with another person known as a 'Familiar'. This allows the Mage to form a mental and physical 'bond' to that person, in addition to allowing the Mage some level of control over the person.

Bonding a Familiar has a distinct benefit for both parties. The Familiar gains greater stamina and physical strength, and greater resistance to injury. The Mage gains a bodyguard, confidant, and ally who is linked to them and can be compelled through the bond. Both the Familiar and the mage are able to sense the other's general location, physical well-being and, to some extent, emotional state. They are able to draw on each other for strength and support in times of need.

Familiars can be created from connections with any species, including Humans. Mages can bond more than one Familiar at a time, although most only have the strength to bond one. It is also possible for a Familiar to be bonded to more than one Mage. The older the Mage, the easier it is to create and maintain Familiar connections.

Scent

Mallory's natural scent tends towards the elemental magicks she favors as a witch: hints of the smell of earth after a soft rain, a salted airy breeze off an ocean spray, the smoke of a forest bonfire. Her emotions tend to be more transparent within her scent as her magic affinity shifts with her mood - the bonfire stronger when she's angry, the earthy smell strong when she's sad or scared, an ocean breeze stronger when she's in a better mood.

If given her own choice, though, Mallory prefers floral scents - expensive perfumes with complex notes of cherry blossoms, roses, sandalwood, citrus. She prefers scented body washes too over anything plain, anything that smells good, really, and often switches out between smells like "cinnamon apple" and "cotton candy" and "orange and vanilla" depending on the time of year and whether the festive smells are for sale.