Lieu murphy

From Realmofthemuse

Contents 1 Basic Character Information 1.1 Related to Canon 1.2 Physical Description 1.3 Personality 2 Additional Information 2.1 Random Facts 2.2 OOC-only Character Information

Basic Character Information

Murphy was born and raised in Oak Park, Chicago. As a young girl, she spent most of her time with her mother. Her father, Joe Murphy, was a cop and rarely spent any time at home. Joe's job was a point of contention between her parents and eventually her mother left for parts unknown. Murphy spent three days with her Grandma Murphy until her father finally left his stake out and discovered his wife was gone. Seemingly un-phased by this event, Joe Murphy continued to work long hours, leaving Murphy with her Grandma and herself. On her own most of the time and a tom-boy Murphy would play baseball with the neighborhood boys along with other sports. Her Grandma tired to mold her into a proper young lady, but saw that Murphy was happy playing rough and eventually let the girl be. It was during this time that Murphy started akido lessons.

When she was seventeen, Murphy came home to find her father collapsed in the front hallway of their house. She arrived just in time to perform CPR, and break two of his ribs in the process, and save her father's life, giving him a second chance which Murphy will tell you he didn't take (1.12, Second City.). While her relationship with her father was very strained, Murphy still wanted to make him proud and after graduating college applied for the Chicago Police Department. She was accepted, made it through the Academy with a nearly perfect record and one of the highest scores in her class. On the streets, Murphy was a no nonsense beat cop, patrolling some of the city's worst neighborhoods. She was quickly promoted, in part due to her impressive record and also in part of her father's friends.

Shortly after being promoted to detective, Murphy met Neal O'Connell who was an aid to the Mayor's office. The two had a quick romance and married shortly after they started dating. Two years into the marriage, Murphy became pregnant and gave birth to her daughter, Anna. However, her marriage was falling apart. Like her father, Murphy worked long hours and gave most of her energy to her job, which led to her promotion to Sergeant. Three years after Anna's birth, Neal and Murphy divorced. Murphy gave her ex-husband full custody of Anna to keep her from being raised in the same environment as Murphy.

Murphy was promoted to Lieutenant and without the pressures of her family spent more time working than ever. However, she sees her daughter whenever she can and makes sure Anna knows she won't ever abandon her. One day, Murphy caught a case that she couldn't solve. Out of leads and out of ideas she called the only wizard in the phone book, Harry Dresden. With Harry's help she closed the case and from then on when she encounters something she can't figure out or doesn't understand, she calls in Harry to consult. The two have a tense working relationship at time, but respect each other and are good friends.

Murphy is still at Homicide, currently partnered with Sid Kirmani and still working to protect Chicago.

Related to Canon

The Dresden Files lasted only one season. During this season, small parts of Murphy's past were revealed such as her divorce and her daughter. For the purposes of writing, I have developed this past in further detail including things like the name of her ex-husband, her relationship with her mother and other events. If at any time, new information is provided on Murphy's past, I will change her biography to match cannon

Physical Description

Murphy is rather tall at 5'8" with wavy brown hair and brown eyes. She's in good physical shape from practicing Akido and her job as a cop. At work she wears button up shirts and slacks with heels to make herself taller. Outside of work she prefers jeans and cotton shirts. She almost always wears a silver circle pendant necklace.

Personality

Murphy is a no nonsense cop who takes her job very seriously. It is one of the main forces in her life and obviously very important to her. Every case gets her full dedication and attention. She will stop at nothing to get to the truth of things, except sometimes she encounters difficulties, especially when working with Harry Dresden. She has a very black and white view on right and wrong and does not tolerate criminals. Yet, she has bent the rules more than once for Harry and this has led to a lot of trouble between her and her captain.

Despite these few instances, she usually chooses her job over personal relationships, such as leaving a date at the Opera to investigate the murder of a fertility doctor (1.09, The Other Dick). Murphy has even investigated Harry for the murder of his uncle, which put their friendship at risk and is an unspoken sore spot between them (1.10, What About Bob?).

Outside of work, Murphy is much more relaxed. She's got a very sarcastic sense of humor and prefers to wear casual clothes. She has a very soft spot for her daughter, as well as a deep sympathy for victims. She's very sarcastic and often cynical, especially about marriage. Being a woman of high rank in the police department, she is treated like one of the guys and acts like it too.

Murphy does have her dark side however. She is on anti-depressants for night terrors and insomnia. She has reoccurring nightmares of a suspect, Edward Miller, killing himself in front of her as well as Harry attacking her (1.02, The Boone Identity). She has an uncomfortable relationship with her father, and her ex-husband. Her temper is rather short when she's frustrated and she snaps quickly at anyone who pushes her.

Additional Information

Murphy, despite the things she has seen working with Harry, does not believe in magic. While she has discussed what she calls Harry's world, with Harry she has also stated his world cannot exist because it operates outside her rules (1.10, What About Bob?). Through role-play she has experienced even more strange things, including talking to various Gods, but has yet to fully accept or believe in magic.

Harry has kissed her twice. Once, when he was drugged and she rescued him and the second time when a spell of his needed a boost. After the second kiss, she slapped him hard enough to almost send him to the ground. Since he originally requested she slap him, it's unsure whether she did this because he asked or because of the kiss. While hinted at, there is no romantic relationship between the two.

Random Facts

- Her favorite treat is key-lime pie and hot chocolate.

- She likes cream in her coffee, but no sugar.

- She is a three time Akido champion and expert marksmen.

- She now has a ring that will keep her from getting burned as a gift from Harry.

OOC-only Character Information

Murphy is open for role-play. Please check LiveJournal for more information.