pendragon kids, installment 2: sheena riot and ryan mccormick

sheena roitt, age 12
sheena is lara's closest female friend and acts as club promotor for the FOPP. a year younger than lara and jason, she is still at dancy street elementary, where she participates in a number of sports, including field hockey, at which she is, by all accounts, a natural. a little competative, and a real fire cracker, sheena adds some much needed fire to the low key and emotional dynamic that pervades justin and lara's friendship.

sheena is cute as a button, but a bit of a tomboy, and most of her friends outside of the FOPP are male. she's not outwardly sweet, except to animals, who she's a big defender of. cats are her favorite, but her house has a rotating cast of random strays and cast offs. sheena can get worked up for a cause and this makes her a good mouthpiece for the club. when it comes to finding sponsors for the pendragon periodical, she's the go-to girl. her parent's, who are youngish hippy liberals and own a coffeshop/bakery/flower shop called flour power purchase a full page ad in every issue.

sheena feels her best when she's running, jumping, shouting, and doing, and she sometimes sees jason and lara as a bit wimpy, but she shares the cause of the FOPP, and her interests overlap with theirs when it comes to exploring unknown crevices of the neighborhood, investigating mysterious phenomenon, and of course, watching movies, which the kids to a great deal of when they're not occupied with club business.

sheena likes sunshine, vegan chocolate chip cookies, giving animals people names, and grinding rails behind the elementary school. she is an aries.




ryan mccormick, age 12
the black sheep of the group, ryan is the FOPPs most radical member, and acts as editor and chief of the pendragon periodicals. secretly sensitive, but outwardly crusty, ryan is the smartest of the group, and isn't afraid to say so. a perpetual comedian, he is a sounce of endless entertainment for the friends, but sometimes doesn't know when to quit. or if he does, he it doesn't inform his behavior. this can cause tension at times with the more emotional element of the the FOPP (justin and lara) but is generally overlooked.

ryan can usually be found with his nose in a good book, or perfecting his skill with a paint pen on a park bench or dumpster. he's an instigator and an envelope pusher, but his intentions are good, and he's a loyal friend. the son of a retired airfoce colonel, and a stay at home mom, ryan's home dynamic is loving, but stern, and more conservative than that of the rest of the friends.

ryan carries around a backpack with the following inside: a copy of the communist manifesto in russian (though he doesn't read or speak russian), a compass, paint pens, a lighter. he is a gemini.