Name: Margaret “Molly” Katherine Amanda Carpenter Fandom: The Dresden Files Gender: Female Age: 22/23ish Time Period: During Changes, just after a certain life-altering conversation with Harry which is revealed in Ghost Story. Wing Color: History: This: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_The_Dresden_Files_characters#Molly_Carpenter is actually an excellent summary. I don’t need to add a thing.
Personality: (Please consider here things such as habits, likes and dislikes, thought patterns, experiences and so on. This section should be fairly detailed!)
In order to really understand Molly Carpenter, you have to understand where she comes from – who her family is. Her father is a Knight of the Cross, one of three warriors Chosen to fight against evil with a sword forged with one of Those Three Nails in the hilt; he met her mother while rescuing her from a real life dragon. Yeah. After that, the two fell in love and married, and had Molly, the first of a brood of seven children.
Molly has grown up with an understanding of the supernatural all her life. Her father would receive calls from God (and occasionally a wizard) and go out to face unimaginable evil while her mother would hold down the fort in a very literal sense. Charity was a stern, comforting presence who exhibited nothing but faith in front of her children when Michael went out in response to a call from God, but couldn’t hide her derision when her husband went out at the call of that wizard, since those were the missions Michael most often returned from injured and for various other reasons, Charity had a good reason to fear the influence of magic in her children’s lives.
Raised in this environment, never knowing when her Dad was going to come home, watching her mom fashion armor from steel and Kevlar and practice swordsmanship with her dad when he was home, until she hit her teenage years Molly was essentially a Roman Catholic schoolgirl with a mischievous attitude. She was the “boss kid,” in charge of all the others when they weren’t around, and responsible for most of their nicknames (Leech for Alicia, Hobbit for Hope…), but at about fourteen Molly started to rebel against the strict lifestyle and in particular her mother’s authoritarian nature in a huge way.
This rebellious nature and inherent sense of what is ‘fair’ and what isn’t carries through in other aspects of her personality as well. Determined to express and differentiated herself, Molly got numerous piercings and extensive tattoos. Even at an age where she’s stopped wearing most of her piercings, Molly continues to dye her hair radical colors. She is determined to be distinct.
Molly is also a very caring individual. Her first step towards serious magic – and black magic, at that – is primarily motivated from the best of intentions. Her pregnant best friend was a heroine addict and had already lost one baby, and her boyfriend was the father of her best friend’s baby… what she did was based off of independent study, she wanted to ‘fix’ them by magic, and so motivated them to be too afraid to shoot up again. Unfortunately, because she was also feeling angry and betrayed, she inflicted severe psychological on both of them, primarily her boyfriend. Unfortunately, the use of this dark magic also tainted her own mind, having the potential to twist her and turn her
There are several times that Harry states that “Children whose world had been founded in something as solid as Charity’s love for them would be able to do almost anything.” And in Molly’s case, though her fate is yet undecided, he’s absolutely right. She could be a powerful force for good… or a powerful force for evil. She is not someone to set on the sidelines and watch. In fact, when confronted with what she’d done to her boyfriend and best friend, learning that she had broken the 4th Law of magic, and that she would have to go before the White Council to face execution… Molly volunteers to turn herself in. Her mother urges her to put her magic aside, to hide, but Molly refuses, citing the parable of the talents – that she has this power, she has it for a reason, and she wants to use it for good.
Molly is a loving older sister, a good friend, and a horror movie aficionado. Her mental landscape is literally painted with Star Trek extras, and she’s been known to her mentor “Miyagi,” in part due to Harry’s own influence.
It took her some time to understand that magic wasn’t a Band-Aid or a fixer for everything. She continued to be impetuous and disobedient throughout various aspects of her training with Harry, including following him on to crime scenes. At the point from where she’s taken, though, she is a trusted apprentice who has learned the cost of her power, compassionate and strong and determined to do what she can to help.
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Name: Margaret “Molly” Katherine Amanda Carpenter
Fandom: The Dresden Files
Gender: Female
Age: 22/23ish
Time Period: During Changes, just after a certain life-altering conversation with Harry which is revealed in Ghost Story.
Wing Color:
History: This: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_The_Dresden_Files_characters#Molly_Carpenter is actually an excellent summary. I don’t need to add a thing.
Personality: (Please consider here things such as habits, likes and dislikes, thought patterns, experiences and so on. This section should be fairly detailed!)
In order to really understand Molly Carpenter, you have to understand where she comes from – who her family is. Her father is a Knight of the Cross, one of three warriors Chosen to fight against evil with a sword forged with one of Those Three Nails in the hilt; he met her mother while rescuing her from a real life dragon. Yeah. After that, the two fell in love and married, and had Molly, the first of a brood of seven children.
Molly has grown up with an understanding of the supernatural all her life. Her father would receive calls from God (and occasionally a wizard) and go out to face unimaginable evil while her mother would hold down the fort in a very literal sense. Charity was a stern, comforting presence who exhibited nothing but faith in front of her children when Michael went out in response to a call from God, but couldn’t hide her derision when her husband went out at the call of that wizard, since those were the missions Michael most often returned from injured and for various other reasons, Charity had a good reason to fear the influence of magic in her children’s lives.
Raised in this environment, never knowing when her Dad was going to come home, watching her mom fashion armor from steel and Kevlar and practice swordsmanship with her dad when he was home, until she hit her teenage years Molly was essentially a Roman Catholic schoolgirl with a mischievous attitude. She was the “boss kid,” in charge of all the others when they weren’t around, and responsible for most of their nicknames (Leech for Alicia, Hobbit for Hope…), but at about fourteen Molly started to rebel against the strict lifestyle and in particular her mother’s authoritarian nature in a huge way.
This rebellious nature and inherent sense of what is ‘fair’ and what isn’t carries through in other aspects of her personality as well. Determined to express and differentiated herself, Molly got numerous piercings and extensive tattoos. Even at an age where she’s stopped wearing most of her piercings, Molly continues to dye her hair radical colors. She is determined to be distinct.
Molly is also a very caring individual. Her first step towards serious magic – and black magic, at that – is primarily motivated from the best of intentions. Her pregnant best friend was a heroine addict and had already lost one baby, and her boyfriend was the father of her best friend’s baby… what she did was based off of independent study, she wanted to ‘fix’ them by magic, and so motivated them to be too afraid to shoot up again. Unfortunately, because she was also feeling angry and betrayed, she inflicted severe psychological on both of them, primarily her boyfriend. Unfortunately, the use of this dark magic also tainted her own mind, having the potential to twist her and turn her
There are several times that Harry states that “Children whose world had been founded in something as solid as Charity’s love for them would be able to do almost anything.” And in Molly’s case, though her fate is yet undecided, he’s absolutely right. She could be a powerful force for good… or a powerful force for evil. She is not someone to set on the sidelines and watch. In fact, when confronted with what she’d done to her boyfriend and best friend, learning that she had broken the 4th Law of magic, and that she would have to go before the White Council to face execution… Molly volunteers to turn herself in. Her mother urges her to put her magic aside, to hide, but Molly refuses, citing the parable of the talents – that she has this power, she has it for a reason, and she wants to use it for good.
Molly is a loving older sister, a good friend, and a horror movie aficionado. Her mental landscape is literally painted with Star Trek extras, and she’s been known to her mentor “Miyagi,” in part due to Harry’s own influence.
It took her some time to understand that magic wasn’t a Band-Aid or a fixer for everything. She continued to be impetuous and disobedient throughout various aspects of her training with Harry, including following him on to crime scenes. At the point from where she’s taken, though, she is a trusted apprentice who has learned the cost of her power, compassionate and strong and determined to do what she can to help.