Sun-Hwa Kwon

[Sun-Hwa Kwon]

;; fundamentals


full name;; Sun-Hwa Kwon
nickname;; Sun
birthday;; March 20th, 1980
age;; 24
sexual orientation;; straight
job;; Homemaker ; Future Managing Director of Paik Industries
Canon;; Yes

;; appearance

general;; Sun has long, black hair that frames her face, falling to just past her shoulders. Her eyes are almond shaped, in teh color of a very bright green. She stands about 5'6, and weighs in at a wopping 114 pounds. She's rather pale because she isn't allowed to show much skin. Her clothes are usually long sleeved or something to that nature.

Her limbs are very narrow, and she's skinny. Her fingers are quick and nimble, her nails clean and never painted. The only jewlery she hardly wears is her wedding ring on the appropriate finger.

favorite;; She loves her hair - she loves to sit for hours and brush it out.
hate;; That she is so pale - she wants to be able to tan, but Jin won't allow her to show that much skin.
heritage;; Asian
ethnicity;; Korean

;; personality

general;; She's normally very quiet and reserved, even at home. She is rather lonely at times, as Jin is hardly ever home, even with the puppy he bought her. She speaks Korean and English, but has kept that secret from her husband and the rest of her family. She is the secretive type, and the type of woman who does anything to protect herself, even as a young child.

She wants a child, but gave up on that hope when she found out Jin was infertile. On the island, she wants to become more independent, since she decided against leaving her husband. But he won't allow it, forcing her back into her protective shell. But Sun know's she'll eventually break out of it. And with it, her personality with change.

hobbies;;

• enjoying art
  
• english lessons/practice
  
• gardening
  
• reading
  

dislikes;;

• being told what to do
  
• keeping secrets
  
• doing things for anyone other than herself or her husband
  
• sawyer
  
• not being able to express herself
  
• not being able to be indepent
  
• not doing whatever she likes
  

likes;;

• gardening
  
• speaking english
  
• reading
  
• exploring
  
• being independent
  
• beaches
  
• the ocean
  
• being alone
  
• quiet places
  

Fears;;

• death
  
• Jin's death
  
• getting lost
  
• getting caught at lying about her English
  
• spiders
  
• the smoke monster
  

Secrets;;

• she had an affair with another man
  
• she speaks english
  
• she had intentions of leaving Jin at the airport
  

;; origins

general;; Sun-Hwa Paik was born in Seoul, South Korea to Mr. and Mrs. Paik on March 20 1980. She received a luxurious and privileged upbringing.

At a young age, Sun, in her large manor home, accidentally knocked over a glass ballerina figurine. Afraid and guilty, Sun fled and began playing the piano in another room. Mr. Paik found her and, with the bag of shattered glass in his hands, asked Sun if she broke the ballerina - which Sun denied. Sun then proceeded to blame it on the maid, fully aware that if she did so, the maid would be fired. Even from a young age, despite her friendly demeanor, Sun has always been willing to protect herself, no matter the cost. At this age, Sun was already an accomplished pianist.

As a young adult, Sun wished to further her education and attended Seoul National University, where she studied Art History.

After her graduation from university, Sun's parents were displeased to learn she had yet to find herself an eligible husband. She was set up by a matchmaker, commissioned by her father and Mrs. Lee, with a young man named Jae Lee. Jae was heir to a fortune as the son of the owner of the Seoul Gateway Hotel, one of a chain of twelve successful hotels. While preparing for her blind date with the man, Mrs. Paik criticized her choice in shoes and warned Sun that she must find a husband before it was too late.

Sun and Jae met and, despite Sun's initial hesitance, the two bonded, initially over who had set them up. They discussed their studies, among other things, and eventually Jae told her that he usually dreaded set-ups, but he and Sun had to agree that their set up was "different." Sun and Jae met several more times at the Seoul Gateway Hotel. However, she was dejected to learn that while Jae enjoyed their friendship, he went on these dates only to appease his parents: his heart really lay with an American woman. Sun denied her disappointment, but quickly left the hotel, passing Jin-Soo Kwon, the doorman, as she left.

After a series of events caused Jin to quit his job as a doorman at the Seoul Gateway, he and Sun both happened to be walking along a river embankment, disappointed by the days events. After his roommate told him that "love would be orange" Jin was shared a laugh with himself as he watched a woman in an orange dress pass, only to run into Sun, knocking her bag to the floor. He helped her up, and the two gazed into each other's eyes.

Sun and Jin's romance blossomed, but the class divide between the two caused some issues, and it seems their romance remained private - most likely to avoid the wrath of Sun's father. This was evident at one of Sun's father's high-class parties, when Jin, a waiter at the occasion, secretly handed Sun a napkin, containing the details of their secret rendezvous. They met away from the party goers, and Sun declared that she wished to elope. However, Jin put his foot down, as he knew her father would not agree. Reassuringly, he presented her with a white flower and promised that one day, it would be a ring. In order to further reduce the class-divide between them, Jin told Sun that his father was dead to save himself the shame of being the son of a fisherman.

Days later, Jin approached Mr. Paik and asked for Sun's hand in marriage. Jin found Sun and told her that Mr. Paik had granted him permission to marry her, on the condition that Jin take up a position at her father's company, apparently temporarily. Jin then presented her with a diamond ring and Sun basked in the glory and joy of being newly engaged.

After the wedding, Sun and Jin shared in the bliss and love and being newlywed, broken when Jin revealed that their honeymoon would have to be postponed due to her father putting Jin on a management course. He placed a white flower in her hair, and promised her that they would have the honeymoon she always dreamed of... one day.

Shortly after their wedding, Sun, happily walking through the streets of Seoul, talking to her husband on her cell phone, took a seat on a bench, and found herself next to an old woman. The stranger recognized Sun from her wedding photo and through her family name (calling the Paiks a powerful family.) The woman reveals that Jin was conceived by a prostitute, and blackmails Sun for $100,000 in order to preserve her silence. At their new apartment, when Jin provides her with inconsistent dates of his father's death, she concedes the argument to him, aware of his shame.

Sun tracked down Mr. Kwon, now fully aware that Jin's father was alive and that Jin had been lying to her. Mr. Kwon immediately recognized Sun and welcomed her to his humble home. He related to her the story of how Jin's mother was a prostitute who left the infant in his care. He raised the child, despite the fact that he may not have been his own. Mr. Kwon then pleaded with Sun not to let Jin learn the truth about his mother, to spare him the shame.

Sun then visited her father in hopes of acquiring the necessary $100,000 from him, but refused to tell him the purpose of her request. She remarked that she would continue to pretend to be ignorant of some of Mr. Paik's shadier "work" if he loaned her the money. Sun finally told him that she needed the money to spare someone she loves great embarrassment. Sensing the person to be Jin, Mr. Paik offered Sun the money, on the condition that the debt become Jin's: he would have to pay it off by working directly for Mr. Paik. Sun took the money and left, in silence. Ironically, Jin found the blackmail money and when he asked Sun, she lied, stating that it was money from her father for furniture: Jin refused to take it, not wanting to be in his debt.

Later, Sun and the blackmailer met again on the bridge, and after handing over the money, Sun asked why she hadn't revealed herself as Jin's mother. Mrs. Kwon, however, denied being Jin's mother, saying that just because she gave birth to him doesn't make her his mother. Sun, however, reminded the woman of how she had said the Paiks were a powerful family: she told her that Jin believed his mother to be dead, and she would make it a reality if she saw her again.

Sometime later, Sun returned home from a shopping trip and found a gift box in her apartment. Opening it, she discovered Bpo Bpo, a Shar Pei puppy - a gift from Jin as an apology for his long working hours. "Remember when all you had to give me was a flower?", Sun remarked.

Noticing that her marriage seemed to be falling apart, Sun attempted to reconcile with Jin. One of the occasions when she tried to rebuild their romance was when she planned an elaborate, romantic meal for the two of them. However, before they could eat, Mr Paik called Jin with another request regarding Byung Han. Jin was forced to leave Sun and her meal.

When Jin returned, however, his hands covered in blood. As he attempted to wash them, Sun attempted to communicate with her husband, in vain. Jin revealed to her that this was what his job was, and what her father had him do. Their confrontation grew, but Sun refused to relent, resulting in her slapping him across the face. He then told her that his job was whatever Mr. Paik deemed it to be, for the sake of their marriage - leaving a stunned Sun outside, and leaving Jin to wash the blood off his hands.

Despite the strain on their relationship, Sun persisted in trying to piece together what was left of their marriage. After over a year of trying, Jin was desperate for Sun to become pregnant, even suggesting that he and Sun see a fertility doctor. He hoped that if she had a child, he would get a safer job; reassurance to Sun that a baby would change everything.

Despite her attempts to conceive with Jin, Sun was secretly meeting with her old friend, Jae Lee, at his hotel where it was revealed he was teaching her to speak English, something which she appeared to have mastered by this time. Jae urged her to tell Jin about her newfound language skills, stating that he would be proud, but Sun denied this. Jae asked if she was uncomfortable with their arrangement and offered to stop meeting, but the pair agreed that it was beneficial to continue.

While maintaining her secret, the two visited a fertility doctor. After they had run the tests, Dr. Je-Guy Kim told Sun that scar tissue was blocking her fallopian tubes, making pregnancy impossible even with surgery. Angry at the revelation, Jin questioned Sun as to whether she knew about this before their marriage and accused her of lying. In the heat of argument, Sun shot back, sarcastically suggesting that she had been "trying to trap the son of a fisherman," causing Jin to become ashamed and angry.

Sun confided in Jae about the fertility test results, but told him that she felt glad that she and Jin couldn't conceive. Jae then asked her why they were still having lessons when she has been fluent in English for a month. Sun responded that she was moving to America in a bid to escape Jin and her father. Jae shared his own story about fleeing to America, but told her that it's impossible to run away from one's life. When Sun questioned whether Jin was her life, Jae told her that he didn't mean she should stay for Jin, beginning a romance between the two.

Sometime later, Sun was approached by Dr. Kim who begged her to listen to him. He confessed that he lied - it was not Sun who was unable to conceive children, but Jin (claiming he did so because Jin's ties with Mr. Paik could lead his practise being vandalized or burned). He felt, though, that she should know the truth.

After some time, Sun and Jae's romance blossomed, and they began an adulterous affair, despite Sun's obvious unease with the situation. Jae was obviously smitten, presenting her with an expensive pearl necklace, which she refused to accept on the basis that Jin would ask where it was from. Jae finally stated that he didn't want to share her anymore, and suggested that they move to America - at which point there was a knock on the door. Mr Paik enters the room, stunned to see his daughter. He order his daughter to dress, as she sits on the bed ashamed. Mr. Paik took action against Jae and Sun's affair and, while deciding not to tell Jin about his wife's infidelity, told Jin instead that Jae was stealing from the family. He told Jin to restore the family honor by killing Jae Lee.

That night, Jin returned home and tension was in the air as he and Sun ate. He told her about his inclusion as one of the family and the 'message' he had to deliver (not mentioning the name). Sun suggested that they escape, together, and leave Seoul so that Jin would not have to be under Paik's control, but he told her that her father would find them and stated that this is what it took to be married to her. As usual, the conversation erupted into an argument as Sun asked: "And what does it take to be married to you?" Jin stormed out, and traveled to the hotel to deliver his message. He beat Jae Lee but couldn't kill him. He told Jae to leave Korea, to save himself. As Jin got in his car to drive away, Jae landed on his car, having thrown himself out the hotel window, still holding Sun's pearls.

At Jae Lee's funeral, Mr. Paik approached Sun as she watched from a distance and quietly berated Sun for her behavior. Jae Lee, he told her, had killed himself due to the shame he felt. He ordered Sun to return home to her husband, but also told her that he will never tell Jin of her affair, as it is not his place.

With her father's status, her past infidelity and her failing marriage, Sun saw the only way for her to start her life again would be to disappear and start a new life, under the alias Dahlia Choi, in America and her fluency in English after her lessons from Jae Lee, which she had kept a secret from her family were to aide her in this new life.

One day, sometime in late 2004, Sun showed a decorator around the house while Jin relaxed in the living room, commanding her to move the dog. The decorator suggested they take a look in the bedroom, and once in the true reasoning for her visit is revealed. The decorator was to aide Sun in her attempt to escape Jin and her father. The decorator talked Sun through her escape attempt, firstly warning her that her father and husband would look for her. She asked whether there was no chance of a reconciliation, to which Sun replied there isn't. Secondly, she told Sun that at 11:15 at Sydney Airport (during a 'vacation' she was taking while Jin delivered watches for her father) she would make an excuse and leave the airport, boarding a car and escaping Jin forever. The decorator had her repeat the time "11:15" repeatedly.

On the 22nd September 2004, in Sydney Airport, Sun and Jin both prepared to board a flight to Los Angeles, to continue Jin's delivery's. Hesitation is apparent in Sun's face as her eyes dart from Jin, to the clock reading "11:15" to a black car awaiting her arrival outsider. However, with tears in her eyes, she finds she cannot leave her husband - who promises her hope yet for their failed marriage by raising a white flower, the same he gave her at the start of their romance. She then ditched her escape attempt, and joined her husband in line and accepts the flower from him - saying nothing as her rendezvous time with the decorator passed.

Sometime later, still recovering from her emotional choice to stay with Jin, Sun accidentally slipped while carrying hers and Jin's coffee's - spilling it on to his lap. While apologizing and helping Jin clean the mess up, Sun becomes aware of an American woman and her husband mocking her subservience to Jin stating "It's Memoirs of a Geisha come to life." Her husband warns her to remain quiet, but she tells him, albeit incorrectly, that it doesn't matter because they don't speak English. They then board the doomed Oceanic Flight 815.


parents;; Mr. Paik - Father ; Mrs. Paik - Mother
siblings;; None.
other;; Jin is her husband, and in the future, Ji Yeon is her daughter.

;; roleplaying

sample;; (If you need one as Sun, let me know. This is as Charlotte Lewis on another site, called Praying for Turbulence)

"Yes - I need to know what you Flight times to London are for the next two days."

"Hold on ma'am and I'll pull them up for you."

"Thanks."

Charlotte sat against the bench, a spot she had been frequenting more recently. Holding her cell phone between her ear and her shoulder, she slipped on her coat, as it was beginning to get chilly again. It was late afternoon, so she knew she would have to be heading back to her room soon, before nightfall.

"I'm sorry but all flights to London have been cancelled because of dangerous storms in that area. We do offer -."

Click.

Charlotte shut the phone with a growl before she could even finish, gritting her teeth. She pocketed the silver object and sighed again, running her fingers through her hair. She didn't - couldn't - stay in Los Angeles any longer. She needed and wanted to get home. She had heard of the deaths of Ford and the baby, and supposedly, some blonde had died in this very park. It was worrying her. Charlotte knew it wasn't just some random conicidence that they were dead. The Island obviously wanted them back.

All of them.

Including her.

And Dan.

And Miles - no, wait - she wasn't supposed to care about his wellbeing....

And everyone else.

And Charlotte, didn't find the object of dying very appealing. Of course, she knew she couldn't stop Death, even if she did go back to England, but maybe she could prolong it. Why would the island want her back anyway?

Because you were born there, stupid, She chided herself, shutting her eyes as she sighed heavily, her shoulders slumping. There was Dan to think about - apparently she had become the thing that grounded him, his constant, as he had called it. And if she went back to England, then, well, he could very well die too.

Well, he can just come with me.

She frowned, chewing on her lower lips as she weighed her options.

Just what the hell was she going to do?

;; behind the character

name;; Brandy. Or that freak with the face. Or Jane. 'll answer to whatever you call me.
age;; Agelesss! Richard Alpert is my BFF! But really? 15.
gender;; Female
years roleplaying;; For-eveh! In otherwords, about 5 years.
location;; Kentucky - most suckage state.
How You found us;; On Praying For Turbulence.

[Shannon Rutherford]

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