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ELIZABETH WEIR
CHARACTER NAME: Elizabeth Weir FANDOM Stargate Atlantis/small> AGE 33 SEX Female SEXUALITY Straight SPECIES Human CANON POINT End of 1x01 PB Tori Higginson PLAYER NAME Alex PLAYER CONTACT alex@theladyunicorn.net (email) theladyunicorn@gmail.com (gchat + aim) PLAYER AGE 23 PLAYER TIMEZONE gmt+10 AVAILABILITY varies	CHARACTER HISTORY Elizabeth is the middle child of three and only girl born to a family out in Washington DC. Growing up she was very much a person who was able to hold her own against her brothers and their friends, even against the other children at school who she wasn't exactly like being too clever and nerdy for them. From a young age she had always enjoyed books and a good debate with her father or anyone else for that matter, though they didn't always enjoy it. While Elizabeth was closest to her father while growing up, she was close to her mother and brothers as well. All in all they were a fairly standard American family though like everyone else they had a few of their own quirks. At school, Elizabeth made a couple of friends who she's stayed in contact with over the years and a few that she's lost contact with as their lives moved a part. She did well at all of her subjects though her best was easily English and history which both came naturally to her. She did so well at the others, partly due to natural talents but mostly due to her sheer determination to do as best as she could and preferably better than others. After leaving school she went to college to study political sciences and languages which she had found that came naturally to her. During this time she dated a few guys but nothing came from it as she was too focused on her work. After leaving College, she got a job at Capitol Hill and made a name for herself in her incredibly firm stance against guns which got her in trouble at times. During this time she continued her college education and ended up getting her Phd in Political Sciences. It wasn't long after this that she moved into diplomatic relations for the United Nations, realising politics wasn't exactly for her (she might have been encouraged to leave). She soon found that this was her calling and soon became one of the leading diplomats for the United Nations. After a stressful negotiation in the Middle East, she took a semester off and taught political science at Georgetown while undertaking further studies in her Language degree. After that semester, while she went back to doing her diplomatic work she finished up her degree, ending with a second Phd in languages which got her to the standing of the best diplomat of the UN, brokering some of the most sensitive treaties in modern history and served in many embassies across the world, made easier by the fact she spoke five different languages including Russian and Latin. It wasn't long after she was appointed as the first civilian commander of the Stargate program by President Hayes. She wasn't in that position for long before she was given command of the Atlantis expedition, something she was highly excited about. She spent months and months preparing for it and even when she learned it was very much likely going to be a one way trip for them she didn't change her mind, even if it meant leaving her fiance Simon Wallace behind who she had met while she was teaching at Georgetown. Not long after arriving through the Stargate, she was terrified that the expedition would fail as the shield of Atlantis started to fail due to flooding being situated on the bottom of the ocean but was relieved when the city rose to the surface of the ocean. Except all was not good as after the first off world team returned through the gate she learned of the Wraith a species that fed by sucking the life force of their victims who had just learned of Earth, a new feeding ground. PERSONALITY Elizabeth is intelligent, hard working and loyal as well as a natural leader though she prefers to work in the background. She has shown time and time again that she can keep her own against scientists and others of the like as well as being able to keep a calm head under pressure which has served her well over the years. She has a sharp mind and can easily make leaps of logic as well as think up solutions though she isn't a genius by any means the life experience she has gathered over the years in Stargate and as a diplomat for the United Nations has given her a more the basic starting point to understand situations that they might end up in. Elizabeth is loyal friend to those who she calls a friend though she can keep herself emotionally separate if the situation requires of it, which has come in handy a lot of the times. Despite that, she does have a bad habit of worrying and being over protective of her teams, especially when they are off world as more often than not it turns into a dangerous situation - and even more so when it is SGA-1 involved in the off world mission. She can be highly stubborn and argumentative at times, hating to back down unless the situation absolutely calls for it. Or it's a strategic advantage and not doing so would do a lot of good. Still, she is one to always hold her own, fight her own battles and will do what she thinks is right - even if it means placing herself in dangerous situations when others don't agree (mostly as the leader of the Atlantis expedition). Despite that if something does go wrong, Elizabeth has the unfortunate habit of blaming herself for it. Elizabeth is a workaholic and always will put her work first and foremost over spending time with friends or just relaxing. Unfortunately this can be to the detriment of her health as she'll spend so long working that she'll get such little sleep, fall asleep at her desk or in some situations (usually when Atlantis is threatened) go days without sleeping which has resulted in her becoming a coffee addict as well. Elizabeth has always had an interest in exploration and space as well as politics, this combined with her peaceful nature is what originally lead her to enter politics and then become a diplomat before joining Stargate. She has always and a thirst to discover the unknown and will never settle for knowing what she just does, for not seeing everything that she can. While she understands that sometimes violence and other means are sometimes necessary which is why she has agreed to some of the plans she has, especially while in Atlantis, she is completely against guns and has protested violently against them back home and refuses to use on herself. SPECIAL ABILITIES Excellent Diplomat, Linguistic WRITING SAMPLES (We need at least two writing samples - one log style, 3rd person limited tense, and the other network style, 1st person tense. Give us a big enough sample that we can really see your writing. Linking to other places where you have seen this character is fine, just be sure the scene isn't friends-locked. Writing samples are not necessary if you are already in game.)