JOHNNY HAILEY
SCULPT NAME: Tao Hua Dao
DATE OF ACQUISITION: March 12th, 2016
EYE SIZE: 16mm
WIG SIZE: 6-8 (I think his current wig is a size 7 with a silicone cap)
CHARACTER INFO: John Alec Hailey is the lead character of the storyline. He was born in London, England in 1963. He grew up in a poor but close family with both parents and his sisters Anne and Libby. He excelled in school but mostly kept to himself due to bullying and an undiagnosed social anxiety disorder. In the middle of 1979 his parents died, and shortly thereafter Johnny and his sisters found themselves in a futuristic Martian town (Armenia City), without reason or explanation. Beings who deliberately fly to Mars are referred to by natives simply as immigrants, while beings who are summoned there by the Martians are referred to as "Transplants." Johnny, Libby, and Anne are Transplants, though their Martian friends have not revealed their reasoning for transplanting them.
Regardless of the Martians' reasoning, the change has been very, VERY hard for Johnny. He is kind and loyal, but do to his SAD he's very shy and quiet. Making new friends and settling into a new school have been challenging for him. Things are not helped by the fact that his new hometown is inhabited by elves, leprechauns, and more than a few Martians, one of which he read about in The Martian Chronicles (Ylla). As the only living male in the family, he has also taken it upon himself to be the breadwinner, and that's not easy either since he has to clothe, house, and feed himself and two other people. Despite all this, Johnny is slowly learning to relax around people and overcome the hurdles that have been dropped in his path. The local doctor got him properly diagnosed, and he's now getting the help he needs for his illness. He has succeeded in making a carefully selected group of comrades, and he even has the beginnings of a love life, something he's never had before. Johnny's eye is set on Guinevere Skye, though he is completely unaware that she reciprocates his positive feelings. He is devoted to and fiercely protective of Anne and Libby, and he isn't particularly fond of Libby's boyfriend Niki.
If you take out the time travel factor and the mental illness Johnny is still a little on the eccentric side. He is a staunch conservative, a devout Lutheran, and an avid reader. H. G. Wells, Ray Bradbury, Hans Christian Anderson, and J. K. Rowling are his favorite authors. He passionately hates winter and loves springtime; in fact, his dislike of winter is so strong that I sometimes wonder if he's not got seasonal affective disorder as well! Johnny loves music; his favorite artists are Sir Elton John, the Hollies, the Moody Blues, and Electric Light Orchestra. His fondness for Elton John led him to take up the piano and singing, and he's quite good at both, though he's still working on overcoming stage fright. Ylla, who is a music lover, is helping him overcome that last bit. Johnny is also quite interested in girls, though he's still learning how to act around them without tripping over his words. He's a bit of a candy-gobbler, his favorites being HiChew, flying saucers, Licorice Allsorts and Skittles. He collects stuffed animals, which he treats like we treat our ball-jointed dolls. His grail is a Steiff bear, and if I can find one small enough, I plan on making that happen for my Johnny.
ALISTAIR ADALWOLF
COMPANY: Dream of Doll
CHARACTER INFO: John Alec Hailey is the lead character of the storyline. He was born in London, England in 1963. He grew up in a poor but close family with both parents and his sisters Anne and Libby. He excelled in school but mostly kept to himself due to bullying and an undiagnosed social anxiety disorder. In the middle of 1979 his parents died, and shortly thereafter Johnny and his sisters found themselves in a futuristic Martian town (Armenia City), without reason or explanation. Beings who deliberately fly to Mars are referred to by natives simply as immigrants, while beings who are summoned there by the Martians are referred to as "Transplants." Johnny, Libby, and Anne are Transplants, though their Martian friends have not revealed their reasoning for transplanting them.
Regardless of the Martians' reasoning, the change has been very, VERY hard for Johnny. He is kind and loyal, but do to his SAD he's very shy and quiet. Making new friends and settling into a new school have been challenging for him. Things are not helped by the fact that his new hometown is inhabited by elves, leprechauns, and more than a few Martians, one of which he read about in The Martian Chronicles (Ylla). As the only living male in the family, he has also taken it upon himself to be the breadwinner, and that's not easy either since he has to clothe, house, and feed himself and two other people. Despite all this, Johnny is slowly learning to relax around people and overcome the hurdles that have been dropped in his path. The local doctor got him properly diagnosed, and he's now getting the help he needs for his illness. He has succeeded in making a carefully selected group of comrades, and he even has the beginnings of a love life, something he's never had before. Johnny's eye is set on Guinevere Skye, though he is completely unaware that she reciprocates his positive feelings. He is devoted to and fiercely protective of Anne and Libby, and he isn't particularly fond of Libby's boyfriend Niki.
If you take out the time travel factor and the mental illness Johnny is still a little on the eccentric side. He is a staunch conservative, a devout Lutheran, and an avid reader. H. G. Wells, Ray Bradbury, Hans Christian Anderson, and J. K. Rowling are his favorite authors. He passionately hates winter and loves springtime; in fact, his dislike of winter is so strong that I sometimes wonder if he's not got seasonal affective disorder as well! Johnny loves music; his favorite artists are Sir Elton John, the Hollies, the Moody Blues, and Electric Light Orchestra. His fondness for Elton John led him to take up the piano and singing, and he's quite good at both, though he's still working on overcoming stage fright. Ylla, who is a music lover, is helping him overcome that last bit. Johnny is also quite interested in girls, though he's still learning how to act around them without tripping over his words. He's a bit of a candy-gobbler, his favorites being HiChew, flying saucers, Licorice Allsorts and Skittles. He collects stuffed animals, which he treats like we treat our ball-jointed dolls. His grail is a Steiff bear, and if I can find one small enough, I plan on making that happen for my Johnny.
ALISTAIR ADALWOLF
SCULPT NAME: Elf Kirill
DATE OF ACQUISITION: June 13th, 2016
EYE SIZE: 16mm
WIG SIZE: 7-8
WIG SIZE: 7-8
CHARACTER INFO: I love Johnny and always have, but he's kinda set in his looks. I wanted a ball-jointed doll that I could "play with," and I fell in love with another Den of Angels user's Kirill, so I hopped on DoA's marketplace and found an affordable one for myself. Rhidell was their name, so Rhidell, if you're out there, your doll remains alive and well and is in good hands. Anyway, Alistair Rufus Adalwolf is of German and Welsh decent. He was born into a large family of werewolves who largely kept to themselves in the coal-mining region of south Wales. From this upbringing Alistair learned how to live off the land and how to take care of himself. During Alistair's adolescence rabies swept through his pack. Yeah, rabies. His father and most of his family died of the rabies, but Alistair had to put the remaining few (including his mother) down himself. Heartbroken over this tragedy (and his unwilling involvement in it), Alistair joined the Martian Settler Program and emigrated to Armenia City.
On good days Alistair can be found at school, acting like a normal, everyday seventeen-year-old. On bad days it's not uncommon to find him alone by the river, hunkered down under a tree sobbing. Alistair's despair stems not only from the death of his family, but on the fact that he is a werewolf, a being that is usually doomed to damnation after death. He turns to God on a regular basis for forgiveness and prays constantly that his soul will be spared. He does have his moments though, and when he does he's inconsolable.
In spite of his inexperience around humans, Alistair has a wide circle of friends and has managed to earn Johnny Hailey's trust. He hides his sorrow behind machismo and is seen by his classmates as an average student and a flirtatious clown who loves to laugh and joke. Sometimes he takes his jokes too far and ends up in detention, but for the most part he's well-behaved. Of course, full and new moons make his inner wolf come to the surface. As a result, Alistair has to take medicine every day to keep his transformation in check. He uses an injectable concoction of wolf's bane and some other things that he hasn't revealed to me yet. He uses this like diabetic humans use insulin, and when people ask him what he's up to, that's how he explains it. Only his closest friends know his secret, and none of them have figured out why the wolf's bane does not kill him outright. Even Guinevere, who mixes the medicine, is at a loss over that one.
Outwardly Alistair resembles your average seventeen-year-old, and that's how he wants it to stay. He likes barbecued ribs, Mexican food, and root beer, and if he had his way he'd eat nothing but those three things. His favorite colors are red, red, red, more red, black, and oddly, pink. "What's pink but a lighter shade of red?" he always says. Alistair likes flowers, particularly wolf's bane (what a surprise), daffodils, and painted tongue. He's interested in girls and enjoys a healthy platonic relationship with most of my girl dolls. His one exception is the orange mushroom-eater, Ju-hwang. Alistair and Ju-hwang have been casually dating for awhile, and he plans on asking her to go steady soon. Though his grades are only so-so, Alistair does enjoy a good book; his favorite authors are L. Frank Baum and C.S. Lewis. He enjoys the company of his friends and is fond of vintage arcade games, though the two don't always mix. Alistair has discovered that Ylla also loves arcade games...and much to his chagrin, she's unbeatable at Alistair's favorite game, Pac-Man.
GUINEVERE SKYE
COMPANY: FairyLand
SCULPT NAME: Juri 2013
On good days Alistair can be found at school, acting like a normal, everyday seventeen-year-old. On bad days it's not uncommon to find him alone by the river, hunkered down under a tree sobbing. Alistair's despair stems not only from the death of his family, but on the fact that he is a werewolf, a being that is usually doomed to damnation after death. He turns to God on a regular basis for forgiveness and prays constantly that his soul will be spared. He does have his moments though, and when he does he's inconsolable.
In spite of his inexperience around humans, Alistair has a wide circle of friends and has managed to earn Johnny Hailey's trust. He hides his sorrow behind machismo and is seen by his classmates as an average student and a flirtatious clown who loves to laugh and joke. Sometimes he takes his jokes too far and ends up in detention, but for the most part he's well-behaved. Of course, full and new moons make his inner wolf come to the surface. As a result, Alistair has to take medicine every day to keep his transformation in check. He uses an injectable concoction of wolf's bane and some other things that he hasn't revealed to me yet. He uses this like diabetic humans use insulin, and when people ask him what he's up to, that's how he explains it. Only his closest friends know his secret, and none of them have figured out why the wolf's bane does not kill him outright. Even Guinevere, who mixes the medicine, is at a loss over that one.
Outwardly Alistair resembles your average seventeen-year-old, and that's how he wants it to stay. He likes barbecued ribs, Mexican food, and root beer, and if he had his way he'd eat nothing but those three things. His favorite colors are red, red, red, more red, black, and oddly, pink. "What's pink but a lighter shade of red?" he always says. Alistair likes flowers, particularly wolf's bane (what a surprise), daffodils, and painted tongue. He's interested in girls and enjoys a healthy platonic relationship with most of my girl dolls. His one exception is the orange mushroom-eater, Ju-hwang. Alistair and Ju-hwang have been casually dating for awhile, and he plans on asking her to go steady soon. Though his grades are only so-so, Alistair does enjoy a good book; his favorite authors are L. Frank Baum and C.S. Lewis. He enjoys the company of his friends and is fond of vintage arcade games, though the two don't always mix. Alistair has discovered that Ylla also loves arcade games...and much to his chagrin, she's unbeatable at Alistair's favorite game, Pac-Man.
GUINEVERE SKYE
SCULPT NAME: Juri 2013
DATE OF ACQUISITION: Head A on September 13th, 2016, Head B on September 23rd, 2016. She does not have a body yet.
EYE SIZE: 14mm
WIG SIZE: 7-8
CHARACTER INFO: Guinevere Hollia Skye is an elf. She spent her life with her family, a seemingly close-knit but strict group of elves that harbored a mild distrust towards humans and the outside world. During her early years Guinevere developed two personalities, one for daytime (which she spent at home) and one for nighttime (which she spent on trap lines in the woods). This personality trait led to tensions between Guinevere and her family, which wasn't as stable as she thought. Her overly-curious mother stepped out on her father multiple times, and one of these affairs resulted in Guinevere. Guinevere sought out her birth father who proved to be a member of a rival elf clan, and when the Skyes found out they disowned her. Guinevere subsequently joined the Martian Settler Program and travelled to Armenia City. She regrets nothing; she knew that the Skye clan was already planning to throw her out due to her split personality.
Guinevere tries to keep her mental illness in check, but there isn't much one can do for a split personality. By day she's demure, shy, and sweet, but by night she's bold, adventurous, and a little on the sarcastic side. Guinevere doesn't know why her family resented her for this split, but she does realize that it's confusing for her friends. She is thus trying to merge the two sides of herself into one happy medium. She's succeeded a little; both sides are brave and fiercely loyal, though Guinevere insists that both sides were always that way. Ylla begs to differ, saying that Guinevere's day personality was timid, while her night personality was two-faced and prone to volatile mood swings.
Guinevere's split personality makes her a bit unpredictable, but she is not a danger to herself or to others. She has managed to find a close friend in her Martian housemate Ylla K. Ylla is able to read minds and can thus predict what Guinevere is going to do. She has managed to deduce that Guinevere's personality shifts are prompted with the rising and setting of the sun, and less dramatically, with the changing of the seasons. This has done nothing to stop Guinevere's shifts, but she is better able to prepare for them. Ylla and Guinevere have slowly become inseparable, though they are quite different. While Ylla is calm and rational, Guinevere is easily excited and a hopeless romantic. Guinevere is also close to Chloe, who accompanies her on her foraging outings.
Since she is unofficially the town apothecary Guinevere doesn't have much time for a personal life. When out of school she spends her days gathering herbs and mixing her medicines. Her evenings are spent hunting for meat. She is particularly skilled at mixing the wolf's bane concoction that Alistair uses to control his lycanthropism. In fact, she is so good at this that Alistair doesn't trust anyone else to mix and fill his prescription. In spite of these time-consuming tasks Guinevere does enjoy a few hobbies. She particularly loves collecting blind-bag figurines. I've managed to put together quite a collection for her, too!
As I insinuated above, Guinevere has a fairly wide circle of friends, though her split personality makes her a little nervous around newcomers. To an outsider she seems quiet, but she's just trying to figure out whom she can trust. She gets along well with her roommates and with her schoolmates, and enjoys a close platonic relationship with Alistair Adalwolf. Her love interest is shy, naive Johnny Hailey, who is completely clueless to the situation. This drives Guinevere nuts, but she isn't sure how to resolve the situation. She doesn't know whether to leave Johnny be or to try and pursue her heart's desire. Both paths could potentially break hearts and end in disaster, but both could also end happily. Poor Guinevere is very conflicted, and her situation is worsened by both her split personality and the dissenting opinions of Chloe and Ylla, both of whom she respects. Chloe is convinced that Guinevere and Johnny would be perfect for each other, while Ylla insists that Guinevere will be happier pursuing another boy. Guinevere has told me that she feels like a leaf caught in a storm, being pushed and pulled violently in all directions. Despite all this turmoil, Guinevere remains cheerful and optimistic, confident that one day her puzzling life will fall into place.
CHLOE FAULKNER
COMPANY: Bobobie
SCULPT NAME: March
DATE OF ACQUISITION: October 12th, 2016
WIG SIZE: 7-8
CHARACTER INFO: Guinevere Hollia Skye is an elf. She spent her life with her family, a seemingly close-knit but strict group of elves that harbored a mild distrust towards humans and the outside world. During her early years Guinevere developed two personalities, one for daytime (which she spent at home) and one for nighttime (which she spent on trap lines in the woods). This personality trait led to tensions between Guinevere and her family, which wasn't as stable as she thought. Her overly-curious mother stepped out on her father multiple times, and one of these affairs resulted in Guinevere. Guinevere sought out her birth father who proved to be a member of a rival elf clan, and when the Skyes found out they disowned her. Guinevere subsequently joined the Martian Settler Program and travelled to Armenia City. She regrets nothing; she knew that the Skye clan was already planning to throw her out due to her split personality.
Guinevere tries to keep her mental illness in check, but there isn't much one can do for a split personality. By day she's demure, shy, and sweet, but by night she's bold, adventurous, and a little on the sarcastic side. Guinevere doesn't know why her family resented her for this split, but she does realize that it's confusing for her friends. She is thus trying to merge the two sides of herself into one happy medium. She's succeeded a little; both sides are brave and fiercely loyal, though Guinevere insists that both sides were always that way. Ylla begs to differ, saying that Guinevere's day personality was timid, while her night personality was two-faced and prone to volatile mood swings.
Guinevere's split personality makes her a bit unpredictable, but she is not a danger to herself or to others. She has managed to find a close friend in her Martian housemate Ylla K. Ylla is able to read minds and can thus predict what Guinevere is going to do. She has managed to deduce that Guinevere's personality shifts are prompted with the rising and setting of the sun, and less dramatically, with the changing of the seasons. This has done nothing to stop Guinevere's shifts, but she is better able to prepare for them. Ylla and Guinevere have slowly become inseparable, though they are quite different. While Ylla is calm and rational, Guinevere is easily excited and a hopeless romantic. Guinevere is also close to Chloe, who accompanies her on her foraging outings.
Since she is unofficially the town apothecary Guinevere doesn't have much time for a personal life. When out of school she spends her days gathering herbs and mixing her medicines. Her evenings are spent hunting for meat. She is particularly skilled at mixing the wolf's bane concoction that Alistair uses to control his lycanthropism. In fact, she is so good at this that Alistair doesn't trust anyone else to mix and fill his prescription. In spite of these time-consuming tasks Guinevere does enjoy a few hobbies. She particularly loves collecting blind-bag figurines. I've managed to put together quite a collection for her, too!
As I insinuated above, Guinevere has a fairly wide circle of friends, though her split personality makes her a little nervous around newcomers. To an outsider she seems quiet, but she's just trying to figure out whom she can trust. She gets along well with her roommates and with her schoolmates, and enjoys a close platonic relationship with Alistair Adalwolf. Her love interest is shy, naive Johnny Hailey, who is completely clueless to the situation. This drives Guinevere nuts, but she isn't sure how to resolve the situation. She doesn't know whether to leave Johnny be or to try and pursue her heart's desire. Both paths could potentially break hearts and end in disaster, but both could also end happily. Poor Guinevere is very conflicted, and her situation is worsened by both her split personality and the dissenting opinions of Chloe and Ylla, both of whom she respects. Chloe is convinced that Guinevere and Johnny would be perfect for each other, while Ylla insists that Guinevere will be happier pursuing another boy. Guinevere has told me that she feels like a leaf caught in a storm, being pushed and pulled violently in all directions. Despite all this turmoil, Guinevere remains cheerful and optimistic, confident that one day her puzzling life will fall into place.
CHLOE FAULKNER
SCULPT NAME: March
DATE OF ACQUISITION: October 12th, 2016
EYE SIZE: 14mm
WIG SIZE: 5-6
CHARACTER INFO: Chloe Ashling Faulkner is a leprechaun. Her past is ambiguous since she keeps much of it a secret; she has not revealed to me her age or her nationality, though her accent and name give away the latter as Irish. She lives in the same Martian town as my other characters, and even they don't have a clue how or when she got there.
Regardless of her mysterious past, Chloe is a welcome denizen of the town. She resides in a house with Ju-hwang, Ylla, and Guinevere. She is energetic and cheerful, much to the delight of her friends. She's also extremely mischievous, often joining Alistair in his practical jokes. She apparently is quite intelligent, as she does not attend the local school. This has proven to be something of a problem since most of Chloe's roommates are teenagers and have to spend most of the week at school. Chloe spends her free time weaving, cultivating apples and dandelions (not easy in Martian soil), cooking, and accompanying Guinevere on her hunting forays. While Guinevere hunts for meat, Chloe puts her knowledge of mushrooms to use. While Ju-hwang can eat any mushroom she chooses without ill effect, the other girls cannot. Thus Chloe has to know which mushrooms are safe for all of her roommates and which are only suitable for Ju-hwang's midnight snacks. On her downtime Chloe provides a listening ear to Alistair, who sometimes needs to shed tears or vent anger, and to Johanna, who suffers from a nasty case of love-sickness. She is my little Wishel Wozzeck's cousin, though neither Chloe nor Wozzeck has revealed to me how a leprechaun and a tiny humanoid can be related. The two stick to that story though, and they're close.
Chloe's age is ambiguous and her intellect suggests maturity, but her hobbies are very girly. She loves My Little Pony, Care Bears, flowers, and the color pink. Her small size means that she mostly wears childish styles, though like most of my characters anything is fair game. Being a leprechaun, she also loves gold and anything gold-colored. She is a hopeless romantic and would love nothing more than to see Guinevere and Johnny get together. This often puts Chloe at odds with Ylla, who wants Guinevere to think a little more rationally.
WOZZECK WINTERGATTAN
SCULPT NAME: Unbeknown...I guess
DATE OF ACQUISITION: November 15th, 2018
EYE SIZE: N/A
WIG SIZE: 4-5
CHARACTER INFO: Wozzeck Alban Wintergatan has yet to reveal his full personality to me. I do know that he's a cheerful, relaxed little chap who loves to smile and put his new friends at ease, and I know that he loves his naptime. He also likes to play, but more often than not Wozzeck can be found zonked out in his favorite egg chair. He insists that my leprechaun Chloe is a distant relative of his. I've yet to figure out how a leprechaun and a tiny little humanoid can be related, but Chloe backs up Wozzeck's claims and the two have formed a bond. When Wozzeck is not sleeping he likes to play with his best friend Tatsumaki (unshelled at this time), though the two are complete opposites in terms of personality. Wozzeck, as I said, is a laid-back sort, while Tatsumaki (being a Pongpong) has boundless energy. Despite their differences Wozzeck and Tatsumaki are close, with Tatsumaki looking up to Wozzeck as a big brother figure.
And eight years later, Wozzeck still doesn't have much of a personality! Tatsumaki, if I can ever shell her, WILL have a huge personality, as she's a FairyLand PongPong, and...well, this is what a good PongPong looks like.
DATE OF ACQUISITION: November 15th, 2018
EYE SIZE: N/A
WIG SIZE: 4-5
CHARACTER INFO: Wozzeck Alban Wintergatan has yet to reveal his full personality to me. I do know that he's a cheerful, relaxed little chap who loves to smile and put his new friends at ease, and I know that he loves his naptime. He also likes to play, but more often than not Wozzeck can be found zonked out in his favorite egg chair. He insists that my leprechaun Chloe is a distant relative of his. I've yet to figure out how a leprechaun and a tiny little humanoid can be related, but Chloe backs up Wozzeck's claims and the two have formed a bond. When Wozzeck is not sleeping he likes to play with his best friend Tatsumaki (unshelled at this time), though the two are complete opposites in terms of personality. Wozzeck, as I said, is a laid-back sort, while Tatsumaki (being a Pongpong) has boundless energy. Despite their differences Wozzeck and Tatsumaki are close, with Tatsumaki looking up to Wozzeck as a big brother figure.
And eight years later, Wozzeck still doesn't have much of a personality! Tatsumaki, if I can ever shell her, WILL have a huge personality, as she's a FairyLand PongPong, and...well, this is what a good PongPong looks like.
I freaking love PongPong. Unfortunately obtaining a PongPong is gonna be...well, it's gonna be a little harder to obtain one, since Den of Angels has a nice marketplace where one can buy, sell, trade dolls and doll supplies. That was how I got Alistair, and Wozzeck, and Guinevere's heads. Buying on eBay is risky since eBay is FULL of recasts, but when/if Den of Angels closes my only options are eBay or straight from the company. That's still possible with some of my dolls' holding companies, of course! Bobobie, FairyLand, and Angel of Dream are all alive and well, but Wishel and Dream of Doll are not, so Wozzeck and Alistair are all but irreplaceable. Now is Den of Angels perfect? No, no forum is, but DoA is (was) still a lovely way for ball-jointed doll fans to connect. Looks like now we're stuck with Failbook unless something strange happens.
Good thing for blogs, right??? I had been wanting to put my ball-jointed dolls in the blog more, but I can't carry Alistair and Johnny anywhere without the danger of dropping them, so they'll have to wait until I can move without a walker...or until I get them a nice carrying bag. I've done that for The Doll Who Must Not Be Named.
Good thing for blogs, right??? I had been wanting to put my ball-jointed dolls in the blog more, but I can't carry Alistair and Johnny anywhere without the danger of dropping them, so they'll have to wait until I can move without a walker...or until I get them a nice carrying bag. I've done that for The Doll Who Must Not Be Named.
Resin love,
RagingMoon1987
