Name: Ceri (pronounced 'kerry') James
Age: 21
Date Of Birth: October 31st 2001
Sex: Female
Sexuality: Straight
Birth Place: Adelaide, Australia
Hometown: Currently lives in Belgrade, Montana
How long did they live in their Hometown? 2 years
Height: 5'6
Weight: 55kg
Riding Level: Grand Prix(SJ) experience
How long have they been riding for? 17 years
How long have they been working at Grand Champion Stables for? 1 year
Appearance
Ceri has collar bone length honey blonde hair, big green eyes framed by thick lashes, and a face that she would say is not beautiful but is striking. She has a natural lightly tanned skin colour which tans quite quickly under the sun. She has a brown birth mark on back which she is self-conscious about. Unable to go to bed early most nights, she stays up either reading or watching TV, durig which she likes to paint her nails, so she often has painted nails and the colours change regularly.
Crush: none
Relationship Status: Single
Love Language? Acts of service (Actions speak louder than words is one of her mottos)
Parents
Father: Mitchem James, born in Montana but lived in Australia since his masters degree at university. (Good relationship)
Mother: Elissa Brown (previously James) (Strained relationship)
Step Father: Bryan Brown (Ceri has never met him)
Personality: An extroverted introvert. Is a bit shy, but once she is comfortable she can be quite out-going. Takes a while to warm up to people. Is very picky about friendships. Quiet open to experiences if she is with people she is comfortable around. very conscientious.
Hobbies: Reading, writing, art.
Likes: intelligenct, logical people. Thunderstorms, riding in the rain, tanning on the lawn with a good book.
Dislikes: Bad grammar(grammar nazi alert), drinking alcohol, cocky people.
Fears: Spiders. Since she had a bad accident in her first world cup class when she was 19, she's been scared to jump big fences. Hence, her buying a young horse when she moved to Belgrade with her father so she can just chill without pressure.
Discipline: Show Jumping
Previously Owned Horse: Korina( deceased)
Story with Korina: She had a good relationship with Korina, but in her forst World Cup class (before she moved to the US with her father), her horse had an aneurysm coming into an oxer and the fall left Ceri in the hospital with her face torn open and some broken bones.
Currently Horse(s)
Night Ego Z
Relationship with Currently Owned Horse(s)? Rocky but improving.
Background: Ceri was born in Adelaide, Australia, to Mitchen and Elissa James. She grew up on a farm where she learned to ride at the age of 4. She soon grew a love for jumping, and had her first jumping pony when she was 11. When she was 12, her fmaily moved to Melbourne. From there, she competed in the Junior classes, then Young Rider classes in at the Australian Jumping Championships. She was 17 when she rode her first Grand Prix class on her past GP horse Korina. She was set to ride in her first World Cup at 19, but had a major accident which killed her horse and left her in hospital. After that, she became scared to jump again, her mother told her father she wanted a divorce, and Ceri and Mitchen James moved to the US to where Mitchem's family lived in Montana. Ceri doesn't speak to her mother anymore, and she has never met(nor does she ever want to) her step-father.
Other
Favourite breed: Hanoverian
Horse
Registered Name: Night Ego Z
Barn Name: Nitid (named after the moon goddess in Daughter of Smoke and Bone)
Age: 6
Sex: Mare
Breed: Hanoverian x TB
Height: 16.2 hh
Appearance: Nitid is a striking dapple grey mare pictured below. Extra features are a dark streak about 4 fingers in width in her mane near the top of her neck and a dark patch the size of two hands on her left shoulder.

Sire: Sir Shutterfly
Dam: TB broodmare
Personality: A very mare-ish personality. Is a little grumpy, but is starting to build a good bond with Ceri. She is not a fan of other horses, but is also more bark than bite. A bit spooky but not unsafe. If Ceri asks her to do something she doesn't want to do, she might rear, but as their bond strengthens this behaviour lessens.
Likes: Liquorice
Dislikes: Other horses, having to do hard work.
Fears: The usual, plastic bags, umbrellas... ponies XD
Discipline: Jumper
Relationship with their Owner/Rider? Growing slowly
Backstory: She was bred by a small stud in Ireland but sold to a man in the US as a filly, where she was left in the paddock until she was 4. Ceri was driving past her paddock on the way to try another horse and pointed her out to her father. On the way back from trying the horse(Which Ceri disliked), they dropped in to see the man about the grey mare. He said he bought her for his granddaughter who had a brain tumor who recently died. Whist Ceri was by the paddock fence watching the horse, her father explained their situation and that Ceri had just lost her horse and the man sold Nitid to them. Ceri took Nitid home, where she just did ground work with her for a year, and then she started riding and flat-work as a 5 year old. Now at 6, Nitid is established on the flat, has done some pole work, and Ceri is planning to start some work with the jumping soon.