Parker Milburn, Artist

CHARACTER PROFILE
Name: Parker Milburn

Age: 18, early summer

Gender: Male

Distinguishing features: none

Hair Color: blond

Eye Color: blue

Description: Parker is a pretty boy. Even when he was a baby people said he was too pretty to be a boy. It was a curse for him when he was younger, thanks to his very androgynous looks, a lot of people always mistook him for a girl. He has a leaner frame and doesn't have many muscles to speak of. His blond hair he keeps at around medium length, sometimes shorter, sometimes longer. His bangs are always long though. He stands at six feet two inches which only makes him look skinnier.

Personality: Parker isn't really lazy, but a person would be more than likely to find him painting or lounging than they would find him working. In his personal opinion there are far better people for the manual labor needed to be done than him. He's somewhat of a loner, preferring to be by himself contemplating this or that, but more than likely drawing of some art. Parker is a deep and calculating person, unusual for most artists, but he still has the sense of wonder and a imagination to boot.

History: Parker grew up in a tiny hick town in the back hills of Minnesota. His family were hard working farmers. His family lived a few miles out of town and was also very big. Not only does Parker have seven brothers and siblings, but his grandparents, two aunts and uncles, plus four cousins. All in all it was a very crowded house and Parker hated it. He was one of the middle sons and it was left to him to watch out for the young children.
Parker had the unfortunate luck of being totally different than anyone in his family. First of all, he wasn't practical like they were. His mother was fond of telling him to get his head out of the clouds. On top of that he had always loved to draw, but his father would get angry with him if he would neglect his chores for painting instead. Needless to say his young life was difficult.
He managed to not let it bother him too much, but when he was the very young age of 14 he realized that his preference gender wise was not for girls, but for boys. He kept it secret for as long as he could, but during his trips to town he met another boy with the same feelings he had. They kept their little love affair a secret, but one day they got careless and were found out. As far along as society had come by that point a person would've have thought that prejudice would be long gone. That wasn't the case with his family though. They shunned him and kicked him out of their house.
Not long after that Parker heard about the Pern project and knew that's where he wanted to go. So he saved up the money by doing odd jobs and selling some of his own art and finally had enough to buy a small charter. Since he's arrived on Pern he's never looked back.