Figure Eight, Character Outline...so far

 

Figure Eight

Bella Swan – 23, from Forks, Washington – trains in Seattle

• 5’3”, brown hair, brown eyes, petite and athletic, graceful on ice, clumsy off of it
• Figure skater
• Paired up with Jacob Black
• United States Figuring Skating ‘Sweetheart’
• Similar looking and style to Sasha Cohen
• Sweet as pie in the public, but has a stubborn and nasty streak; especially to her partner
• Coach is Carlisle Cullen who is divorced
• National Pairs Champion for the past three years
• HATES her pairs partner
• She feels like he’s crude and rude
• Despite her hatred of him, they perform well at competitions
• Single, never had a boyfriend – too busy with training
• Best friend is Carlisle’s daughter, Alice who also happens to be her costume designer
• Rosalie Hale is Bella and Jacob’s choreographer
• Father is Charlie Swan, police chief of Forks
• Mother is Renee Swan, consummate ‘ice stage’ mom
• Overbearing
• Protective
• Pushy

Jacob Black – 25, from La Push Reservation, just outside Forks, Washington

• 6’0”, black hair, black eyes, russet skin, muscular and athletic
• Figure skater
• Paired up with Bella Swan
• Bad Boy of the figure skating world
• Remiscent of Victor Petrenko in his hay day
• Doesn’t like Bella and makes his opinion publicly known
• Wanted to date her
• Bella said no…repeatedly, saying that she needed to focus on her training
• Makes her life hell on and off the ice
• Coach is Carlisle Cullen
• Manwhore – sleeps with and fucks anything with tits
• National Pairs Champion for three years
• Despite his hatred of Bella, performs well with her
• Early in story, falls and completely tears his ACL, MCL, and meniscus in his landing knee, rendering him sidelined for the remainder of the season, possibly permanently

Edward Masen – 24, from Manchester, England

• 5’11”, bronze hair, green eyes, muscular and lean, athletic and fit
• Figure skater
• Paired up with Tanya Juneau, another English skater
• Very classic style, elegant movement, very graceful – Brian Boitano or Todd Eldredge
• Class act in the skating world
• Partner is a bit of a mess
• Had a nasty spill and injured her back
• On pain killers
• Takes steroids on the sly
• After a random drug test, is banned from the sport leaving Edward without a partner
• Mother is Esme Masen, she’s also his publicist and agent
• Recently widowed by Edward’s father, Edward Senior
• Passed away from a heart attack
• The night that Edward and Tanya were disqualified from the English National Competition for Figure Skating        
• Hates, abhors, despises, loathes Tanya
• After Tanya is banned, Edward goes on a search for a new partner
• Carlisle contacts Esme and they set up a meeting for Bella and Edward after Jacob’s fall
• Bella is AGAINST working with Edward
• Loves his skating style
• Doesn’t want her reputation tainted because of drugs
• Esme and Carlisle force them to work together
• Surprise, surprise – sparks fly
• Reluctantly, Bella agrees to work with Edward with conditions
• Compete in USA
• Train in Seattle
• Random drug tests
• Single, just ended a long term relationship with Tanya’s cousin, Kate Denali