Good evening everyone, tonight I am bringing Morgan Ashford into Blue Ridge. She’s a human ex-stunt woman who has a thrill for life, but has decided to open a Italian Bakery. She loves rock climbing, and surfing, and will occasionally drive her car way too fast. She has a set of older triplet sisters (who are usually PB’d by the Dahm Triplets) and has had quite the crazy life.
Here’s her bio… Morgan is the baby of the Ashford family, which really isn't as big of a deal because she was always the odd man out in her family. It was never Oh Morgan! You did so great! No, instead it was Wow don’t you have the triplet sisters? WOW can you give me your phone number, so I can call your sisters? This is part of the nail that was driven between Morgan and her family. As soon as she could, she went off to Los Angeles, and studied stunt work with Bob Yerkes. She got to where she could be lit on fire, roll a car, jump from heights, sword work basically you name it, she’d done it.
She loved working in Los Angeles, and Hollywood and auditioned for every stunt job that she could. She did a few little movies, before she got her first big one. Her first A level movie required her to do some falls from great heights. She had the opportunity to crash out of a window and free fall from a great height. Nothing replaces that first hit in the bag, the way that her heart raced, that was something that she always remembered, that feeling of freedom and poking fun at death.
Morgan had what would be equated to two great loves in her life, first one was Brenton Crawford, a fast smooth talker, who seemed to have an affinity for the fast and furious lifestyle. She knew he considered himself to be “damaged” goods, yet she thought that she could see something more in him. She could feel that he wanted to break free of the chains that seemed to bind him, though that was until he met a stripper named T. They started a torrid affair, and soon he had changed. He was no longer just the hard man that she knew, instead he changed into a violent man. One who was always angry, and the night of their last meeting, he hurt her more in a way than she ever thought possible. Bruises and scars fade upon soft skin, though the ones on the heart… they will always be there.
When she turned twenty-two, she met a young man named Hurst, he was a wonderfully brilliant young man, who happened to sweep her off her feet. His eyes, his smile, everything about him drew her in, and she was blissfully happy until she realized how he had started to change. It was little things at first, the way that he’d look at her when she’d enter the room, the simple arch of an eyebrow, the way that his eyes seemed to lose their light. She denied the signs at first, though all too soon it became apparent again that things were going sour, and thus she ended up ending the relationship and throwing herself back into her work.
She met Steve, who was her best friend on the entire planet on set back during the filming of a quite popular movie, thankful that all she was doing at that point was stunt work, she had the opportunities to sit and just relax and chill with the cast, often watching the person whom she’d be stunting for so that she could perfectly emulate the actor while doing her job. She and Steve worked together on films for quite some time, well over five years. However, her life completely changed one evening during a stunt shoot. She and Steve were both preparing for a race, in which the two cars had to cross paths five times before one of them ramped over and ended up upside down. They had mapped the course, and had practiced the stunt more than once. However, fate wasn't on their side that evening, they had done the work, the road was supposed to be cleared, and something went terribly wrong. Steve was passing her for the fourth time, and suddenly the world just seemed to stop. It was almost as if she watched everything in slow motion, as his car crumpled up and erupted into flame. Morgan got her car stopped, and went running towards the ball of fire, only to be knocked over as the car exploded. She knew then that she had lost Steve, his car was nothing more than a hunk of hot metal.
Steve's death affected her deeply. Every night she had constant nightmares, and moments when she would wake up screaming his name, having relived the accident during her sleep. She lived with this for almost eight months before she decided that something had to be done about it.
She ran off to Italy to avoid the memories of Steve and how he had died. She hoped that the time abroad would help her lead towards self-improvement, and did her best to try to move on with life. Morgan had to start fresh, she needed something that wasn't death defying, and didn't cause her to lose people that she cared for. She took time away from acting and stunt work, and decided that she'd learn how to bake. She learned how to make various things, gelato and even developed a sugar cookie recipe that turned heads. She lived in Italy for two years before she decided that she needed to return to the states. She finally had accepted that Steve's death was not her fault, and that she could learn to live again.
After much debate she decided that she would move to Asheville and try to see if perhaps settling around here would be a good idea. She came to the states early and found a delicate little shop that would work for a bakery. Her home is above the bakery now, and she is doing alright. Slowly but surely her life has started coming back together and she loves to get out and have adventure when she can.
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She’s lived in Asheville for a little more than a year now and owns her own bakery… Dolce Desinenze which in English translates to Sweet Endings. She serves a vast array of Italian pastries, and Gelato, as well as other Italian fare.
As for plots/ideas for her:
1) I’d love to get friends, and even a few enemies. Perhaps someone to try to change her mind and prove to her that if she’s with someone that harm will not come of them. Someone work out with her, and go on crazy trips to climb the highest heights, while they try to convince her that she’s crazy. You name it!
2) I’d even love to work with perhaps someone bringing in Brenton Crawford (Name is negotiable) to wreak havoc, or even try to prove to her that he has somehow magically changed. I can definitely fill anyone in on the idea behind him.
3) I’m willing to work on a changing plot, perhaps being bitten and changing into a supernatural character (If the Mod’s would be okay with it of course!) and having to learn how to adjust to life as a creature of the night/were creature, you name it!
Really I’m up for anything that you may want to do, and would love to get the opportunity to play with everyone.