Sky-Explorers: Peanut Chew

Born with a birth defect that caused her left arm to not fully develop, Peanut Chew was otherwise a healthy little girl that loved to laugh and tumble around. Despite how they were, her parents feared her getting treated as an outcast because of said missing arm, so they home-schooled her. PC herself didn't see her missing arm as a disadvantage, but she didn't want to be treated badly by anyone. She would watch others from a distance, watching what they did and would try to mimic them later. Kind of hard for a clumsy kid with one arm huh? Even though she made no attempt at making friends, she was content playing by herself in the backyard or outside the village when her parents took her often.

As it transitioned into her teenage years, her mother decided it was a good time to teach her how to fight and survival techniques while her dad taught her to be smarter, patient and most definitely stronger. It was in this time that she discovered her love for the arts, namely wood carving and carpentry. She also found out she could sing pretty well, but refused to sing in front of anyone, fearing she would be judged. She became less hyper and more calm in her demeanor as time went on. On the day after her 15^th birthday, as she was flying without a care in the world, something struck her and sent her spiraling down, hitting a tree which knocked her out cold and landing in bush with a bloody forehead. Her parents found her after she had been gone for too long and took her quickly to get help. The scar that was left on her after treatment made her ashamed of herself for not paying attention and decided to don a mask to hide her shame, surprisingly restoring her confidence.  

Unfortunately this would not last long for in the following months, her father got into a carpentry accident, which left him in an unconscious state and her mother needed to be hospitalized for a long time for her frequent illnesses. This left Peanut Chew with the feeling of distraught and sadness, causing her to go into a deep depression. By her mother’s wishes, she sold off their home to pay for them and PC was left to go live with her aunt. She refused this however and chose a simpler life, living off the lands outside the village. The first year was tough for her, constantly getting attacked, depression, and starvation were only a few of what Peanut Chew went through. Eventually she had gotten used to it, thriving off the land even with her intimidation technique she got from both parents, strength and will to carry on. Her depression was still there, but a lot less prominent than ever before. She even stopped caring of what others would think of her.

About six years has passed since she was on her own and now Peanut Chew is at the peak of her condition. Hearing there was an opening for new explorers, she decided to see if she had what it took to be one herself and do the best she could. In the past few months, her father had finally recovered and mother had been feeling less and less sick by the day. The bad news is her demons have been surfacing much more recently and is desperately trying to control it. Due to a bet she lost to her dad, Peanut Chew had to give up the mask business and turned it into a bandanna, the shame of that scar still present.