[name_m]Kiryl[/name_m] [name_m]Brendon[/name_m] Whitford-Markham (9) is the younger child of [name_f]Julya[/name_f] and [name_m]Brendon[/name_m], younger brother of [name_m]Egor[/name_m] and also a friend of [name_f]Flo[/name_f] 's children [name_f]Layla[/name_f] & [name_u]Harry[/name_u]. Naturally he didn’t ever know [name_f]Nadia[/name_f] because she died before [name_f]Flo[/name_f] established the new local newspaper , however he tries to always be emotionally supportive towards his friends , especially [name_f]Layla[/name_f] , who he’s closer in age to. He admires both his mom and [name_f]Flo[/name_f] for what they do in journalism , when other people ask him about that he tends to respond that they’re " changing the world by telling stories " - this response got him the reputation of the teacher’s pet when it comes to his [name_f]English[/name_f] teacher, because the teacher found it poetic and now wants him to join the [name_f]Poetry[/name_f] Club or participate in the Spelling [name_f]Bee[/name_f]. [name_m]Kiryl[/name_m] finds it very weird as he didn’t find this expression poetic at all and always was kind of a linguistic whiz due to speaking both Belarusian and [name_f]English[/name_f]. He wants to be a translator in the future like his father and recently has been obsessed with translating the songs of his idol - [name_u]Michael[/name_u] [name_u]Jackson[/name_u] - into Belarusian. [name_f]Julya[/name_f] and [name_m]Brendon[/name_m] really encourage this activity , also being glad that [name_m]Kiryl[/name_m] is sharing his music taste with [name_m]Egor[/name_m] and so [name_m]Egor[/name_m] listens to less rap with cussing in it. [name_m]Egor[/name_m] would prank [name_m]Kiryl[/name_m] about [name_m]Kiryl[/name_m] wanting to " Become African American like [name_u]Jackson[/name_u] wanted to become white" however after getting to know [name_f]Flo[/name_f] 's children and their tragic story with racism, [name_m]Kiryl[/name_m] told his brother that this kind of insult is not fine to throw around towards anyone , even if it’s a joke , because it relies on racial stereotypes and is insenstive towards those who may have vitiligo , be biracial or be under circumstances that make them seem racially ambigious. Of course he didn’t use those words with such sophistication , those conclusions being a result of lots of brotherly bickering.
His favourite season is the same as his friend , [name_f]Layla[/name_f] 's - winter. However he’s been very sad lately seeing as the climate is getting warmer and warmer and there is not always sufficient amounts of snow around. He has been made aware of climate change in science class and is now worried that his new cousins from his paternal aunt’s [name_f]Della[/name_f] 's side - [name_m]Langston[/name_m] and [name_f]Amelia[/name_f] - may never see snow. This really devastates him and he has been listening to " [name_f]Earth[/name_f] Song " by MJ on repeat , even going as far as telling his music teacher that he wants to sing it in " Our School’s Got [name_m]Talent[/name_m] " awards together with [name_f]Layla[/name_f] , who goes to the same school and is a much better singer than [name_m]Kiryl[/name_m] is. The teacher told him that the song would be too demanding vocally for a 9 and 8 year old to perform, but they can still do something other climate-change related for the contest. At this point [name_m]Kiryl[/name_m] is brainstorming ideas with his brother [name_m]Egor[/name_m] and [name_f]Flo[/name_f] 's children, [name_u]Harry[/name_u] and [name_f]Layla[/name_f].
Brendon was created by @CherryBomb50
Egor was also created by her!
Amelia and Langston were created by @jinxed_peach , as was their mom Della