child!Phyllis is 7 years old. During this time she lived on the frontier with her father. He would routinely abuse her to cool his anger with her and with his situation, and she was powerless to stop him from hurting herself or others. Victor was unable to cope with not only losing his wife in childbirth, but gaining a daughter instead of a son - and he never lets her forget that Phyllis should have been Phillip. This causes a great deal of pain and confusion for her. All this on top of her warrior heritage as a Kethen, instilling in her both shame and pride because of her birthrights.



teen!Phyllis is 14 years old. This shows the closest she looks in my novel series MEGALOMANIA, in which she is a major supporting character. By this point she has gone on many adventures since she met her uncle Ivan, and came to be under his care. Although their relationship was rocky at first, they grew on each other and became very close. Phyllis continued to have difficult relationships with others due to her extremely defensive nature. She had come to become a skilled archer, hunter, and thief by this age. And somewhat a skilled magic-user.



adult!Phyllis is 21 years old. Although she has moved out of Ivan's house and has adventures alone, she's changed by the years she spent with him and Myra. She has become much more kindhearted and thoughtful of others, and less punkish and rough. Phyllis now has many close friends and adventuring buddies, as well as a man (and a woman) who loves her romantically. She's also become a skilled swordswoman, a master archer, and a powerful magic-user. And an insatiable flirt. All and all, she's become happy with herself, and accepts who she has become.