Anaya Verma, The First Month

Character: Anaya Verma. Age: 34. Gender: Female. Sexuality: Bisexual.

Appearance: Anaya stands at 5'5" (165cm). She has an olive skin tone. Anaya has dark brown eyes and black hair. Her hair is neck length and well taken care of. Her build is average, but fit. Anaya is sometimes wearing dangling earrings and makeup, but after the outbreak she stopped wearing them. Anaya is wearing glasses.

Clothing: Anaya is usually wearing professional clothing, usually in khaki colors. She enjoys wearing shirts and vests with plenty of pockets in them. Anaya used to wear suits often while working at the university, but stopped it in favor of more practical clothing for the apocalypse.

Combat Style: Anaya has never really fought anyone. She is inexperienced with combat and prefers to avoid places with walkers in them to stay safe. She doesn't like fighting and only does so when necessary. Anaya participated in a few basic self-defense lessons, but she never put them into practice.

Background: Anaya Verma was born to two second generation Indian Americans, Advik and Raha, the two were working at a local book store as they were avid readers who met thanks to their hobby. Anaya wasn't priviledged while growing up, but her parents were loving towards her and wanted her to be happy. Unfortunately for the family, Advik died in a car accident while Raha was injured. The family lost most of their savings because of the medical bills, they originally wanted to save money to start their own store.

After Raha returned from the hospital she didn't choose to remarry or look for another partner, she wanted to focus her attention on her only daughter, making sure she has everything she needs as they were both grieving Advik. After Anaya started her education Raha started taking extra shifts at work to start saving money again as she wanted her daughter to go to college and have a good life.

Anaya was doing well at school, she had friends and was getting good grades. It was also there that she developed interest in history and archeology, especially Ancient Egypt. She used to watch documentaries, as well as story films set in Egypt. Anaya also liked reading books, just like her parents. She knew what she wanted to do in life very early and decided to pursue a career of an archeologist.

After graduating from high school she took a gap year and worked at a fast food restaurant in order to save some money, then shewent to college to study archeology, she was a passionate student, always working to get extra credit and always paid attention in classes. She was well liked by the other students and she often spent time with them. Anaya continued working at the restaurant part-time and met her first boyfriend there, Arun. The two spent time together a lot and were dating for a couple of years, planning to get married one day.

Anaya and Arun's relationship didn't survive Anaya's graduation as she wanted to continue her academic career and pursue a PHD in archeology and Arun wanted to move into countryside and start a family. The two then decided to part ways as they had different plans for the future. After years of hard work Anaya finally was able to get her PHD and stayed at her university to teach students there. She often helped students who struggled financially as she personally knew what it meant to have financial problems and be drowning in student loans.

Anaya often travelled to different countries, especially her beloved Egypt to participate in the excavations there. She was never afraid of hard work and got in good physical shape thanks to it and also got to see different places in the world, often getting souvenirs for her mother. After getting the job as the professor she started helping her mother as well as struggling students.

Personality Traits: Scared for the future, Anaya used to be an idealist, but the outbreak shattered her hopes and dreams. She wanted to finally meet someone with whom she could get married and start building a future together. She broke up with Arun because she thought that it was too soon to settle down and start a family. Now she is both glad that she hasn't done so as she believes that she wouldn't be able to protect her hypothetical children well in the apocalypse, but at the same time she is scared that she might never be able to become a parent in a safe world.

Anaya's greatest passion was always history and archeology, she believed that she got her dream job when she was accepted as the new professor. During the outbreak she tries to apply the theoretical knowledge of the different survival techniques used by the people in the past to help herself and the others survived when the walkers are hunting them.

Anaya wants to stay strong for the people around them, she was always protective of her loved ones and she believes that if she shows signs of weakness or feels like giving up then it would threaten the safety of those around her, which is currently her greatest priority. Anaya was always protective of other people, even before the outbreak has started. She would always come to those who need help. The outbreak made her conflicted as she struggles whether to risk her life. She wishes she could save others, but at the same time knows that sometimes she can't do everything.

Anaya is a caring and compassionate woman, she was always interested in helping others in need, especially those most vulnerable in the society. Anaya never tolerated bullying, in high school she joined the student council and ran a few anti-bullying campaings. Anaya hated nothing more than to see the victim being blamed for the pain and suffering they were put through. Anaya also hates discrimination of any kind.

Anaya is interested in the etymology of names and the meaning they have. She is always curious to see if the person's personality matches their name.

Anaya has never been afraid of hard work or manual labor. She experienced many hard days while working on the many excavation sites as an archeologist. Anaya also enjoys working out and staying fit, however she hasn't trained in many martial arts, only taking a few basic self-defence classes. She was always conflict averse and preferred to solve things with words.

Depending on how she is treated during the apocalypse, Anaya's idealism may shatter and she might become cynical if she experiences betrayal or people trying to trick or deceive her. She studied history and knows that people are capable of everything when it comes to surviving. She hopes that people would come and work together rather than fight for the scarce resources.

Anaya used to repress her attraction towards women in the past until her breakup with Arun. She didn't want to disappoint her mother who always wanted grandchildren. In time she changed her mind after helping some students who grew up in foster families. She realized that she could possibly adopt and still be happy.

Anaya usually speaks in a calm and motherly manner. She is kind to most people and rarely swears. When she is panicking she is prone to using profanities more. She speaks with a west coast American accent with very few traces of the Indian accent. Anaya only speaks a few words of Hindi and wishes she could have connected with that part of herself more.

Anaya is a sociable woman who always enjoyed meeting new people, yet at the same time she never liked large and loud parties, preferring smaller, more calm gatherings where she could focus more on the conversations with people. When talking about something she is passionate about she can go on and on without realizing how much time has passed.

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