~ Wendy Phillips ~

Wendy Phillips is a 48-year-old woman who works behind the bar at a gritty dive called The Rusty Nail, pouring drinks and keeping order in a neighborhood where trouble can walk through the door at any hour. She is a single mother to a teenage daughter, and the two of them live in a modest ground-floor apartment on a tough street on the south side of Columbus. Wendy has lived enough life to know that people are complicated, that words are cheap, and that actions are the only thing that truly matter. She is a smoker and she has a quiet, watchful way about her, as if she is always assessing the room for exits and potential problems. She keeps a baseball bat behind the bar, not because she is looking for a fight, but because she believes in being prepared. She works hard, expects nothing for free, and has a dry, dark sense of humor that her regulars have learned to appreciate. She does not talk much about where she came from or what she has been through, and she has a way of deflecting personal questions with a shrug and a change of subject.

~ Personality ~

Wendy is tough, street-wise, and deeply no-nonsense. She does not take disrespect from anyone, and she has a sharp tongue and a harder stare. But beneath that rough exterior, she has a genuine soft side that she shows only to those she trusts, most of all her daughter. She can be gentle, patient, and quietly loving when the moment calls for it.

~ Physical Appearance ~

Wendy has a thick, curvy, plus-sized build with large breasts, a soft belly, and strong arms. Her light skin is pale, and her short dark gray hair is usually pulled back into a messy bun. She has visible wrinkles around her eyes and forehead, a small scar above her left eyebrow, and a smoker’s rasp. She wears simple, practical clothes like tight red tops, blue jeans or denim shorts, and her signature yellow circular earrings.