Name:
Enoli Littlefield
Age:
Typically played between thirty-two to thirty-six years old.
Sex & Gender:
Cismale.
Sexuality:
Closeted pansexual, presents as heterosexual.
Occupation:
Community leader and activist.
Short Description:
Enoli grew up on a reservation in a multi-family home, with eight people sharing a two-bedroom trailer. His parents shared a room with his younger brother and sister, his mom’s sister sharing with her young son, while Enoli and his older cousin slept on the living room floor together. While living on the rez, his family struggled with stereotypical hardships faced by natives, including health issues, extreme poverty, lack of safety and justice on the rez, and alcoholism. These factors were what led to the death of Enoli’s father, John Red Horse Littlefield, who was killed on reservation lands during an alcohol-fueled fight.
After Red Horse’s death, Enoli moved along with his mother, aunt Nanye’hi, his siblings, and his two cousins to the city. They moved into an apartment with two rooms, one for the women and young children, the other for Enoli and his cousins, Sequoyah and Rocking Canoe. Having already gotten into plenty of trouble on the rez, Enoli followed his cousin Rocking Canoe as he found more trouble in the city, the two eventually falling in with a local gang. Enoli learned plenty of tips and tricks including lock picking and how to fight, he and Rocking Canoe fighting tooth and nail to survive, and to help provide for their family even at young ages.
Unfortunately Enoli was eventually busted and despite his age, his record pushed prosecutors to charge him heavily in hopes of taking him down for a long sentence. Enoli would have been booked for years and years, but Rocking Canoe took the fall for him in the end; while Enoli still served some time, Rocking Canoe was the one convicted of things Enoli had done, sentenced to many years in prison.
Enoli has never forgotten or forgiven himself for putting Rocking Canoe in that position, or for letting him take the fall on Enoli’s behalf; even now, his cousin’s sacrifice weighs heavily on Enoli’s conscience, spurring him to start fresh and become a better person. Enoli and Rocking Canoe were raised as brothers, and he refuses to waste the second chance that has been given to him. Though he has done many bad things in the past, a lot of things that he’s not proud of and doesn’t think he’s deserving of forgiveness for, Enoli has become open about much of his past and is actively working to help his community.
Instead of focusing on committing crime to better his own life, Enoli has shifted his attention to bettering his community and the people within it, hoping that helping those around him would in turn help the world as a whole. Striving to be a better person than he was in his youth, Enoli has and continues to work toward changing himself, his community, and thus the world at large. He fights with everything he has for his causes, his passion unmatched. He’s as dangerous these days in a debate as he is in a brawl, with strength in enough areas to make him a fairly well-rounded Jack of all trades.
He tries to take on and tackle both big and little-picture issues, believing that everyone deserves a fighting chance, and that helping those around him will help change the world at large. As a community leader and activist Enoli has helped instigate discussions on big topics like racism, colorism, police brutality, and corruption, but has also done his part to directly impact the community he is a part of by helping to raise funds to build a public library in the slums, assisting with management of shelters to ensure they can stay open, and even speaking with local government in hopes of opening bus stops in more impoverished areas since he believes there is a direct link in the lack of transportation in that area and the level of poverty, violence, and incarcerations.
Aside from being a community leader, Enoli is also an activist in several groups, including ones to help and support indigenous populations and try to bring about change and reformation in tribal law and reservations, like the one he grew up on.
Although Enoli has made a lot of changes in his life, some things remain the same: Enoli struggles with his anger just like he did as a boy, his passion for his causes and beliefs sometimes pushing him into acts of violence. He can be pushed from anger into full rages, sometimes losing himself in physical altercations that result in things he’s far from proud of. He does his best to keep himself together but when he’s pushed far enough, sometimes what follows can’t be helped.
Curiosity, likewise, can sometimes bleed into paranoia. Enoli has made plenty of enemies both before and since deciding to remake himself and change his life, and at times he falls prey to his own anxieties over people watching him, spying on him, or being out to get him. It takes more to push him into paranoia than anger, but when it comes, Enoli is less likely to consider the consequences of his actions, which can sometimes lead him into less than savory situations.
When it comes to looks, Enoli takes some pride in them, though he’s not one to be distracted by the appearance of himself or others. He’s fairly short at only 5’10”, but what he lacks in height he makes up for with his sturdy build. He keeps up a rigid workout routine even now, taking pride in his physical appearance and knowing full well that his looks can either help or hurt him and his goals. He long ago realized that people who look a certain way get further than others, and while he’s aware that he can’t (and doesn’t want to) change certain aspects of his looks such as his brown skin, he can and often does dress nicely, albeit comfortably. This is both to appeal to those he must in order to help his city and because the ability to dress up makes him feel nice, though Enoli is careful not to alienate and ostracize the very people he wants most to help.
Enoli keeps his hair long, typically braided in a fairly traditional fashion though there are times in which he can be found with it hanging loosely, or tied up into what amounts to a man bun. He has dark brown eyes and thick lashes, with faded scarring marring his skin from his life before turning a new leaf. The worst of the scars are easily hidden beneath his clothing, though there are some still within view on his face and arms.
Other Information:
When nervous, it is not uncommon to find Enoli messing with his hair, typically undoing it then braiding it again several times, or rubbing along a particular scar on the palm of his hand where he and Rocking Canoe once decided to do a blood pact after seeing it in a movie… though in the end Rocking Canoe chickened out after Enoli expressed how badly cutting his palm hurt.
He's Native, in case that wasn't clear.
He was created for VtM, but I left the party and loved Enoli, so here we are. I can write him as a freshly turned vampire if you're into that, or some other creature.
Plot & Setting Ideas:
Enoli trying to help your character somehow.
Your character could try to rob him or something, who knows.
If we go supernatural with this, I can gladly write him as a freshly turned-something.
I would also gladly write him with any other Native characters!
Modern settings are required for Enoli, but they can be fantasy or non-fantasy.
