Roger Chen, my second Ponies After People character · 8:57am Nov 6th, 2018
Name: Roger Chen / Mr. Gardening
Age: 35 as a human, a young adult as a Kirin
Gender: Male
Species: Kirin
Appearance: Roger has green eyes, a chestnut coat, while his mane, tail, and tufts of hair on his rear legs are black.
Personality: Roger is happy as a Kirin, as he discovered his ability to grow plants like an Earth pony, has telekinesis like a Unicorn, and walk on water like a Pegasus walks on clouds. As a child he loved stories about the Kirin and has a DVD set of the animated TV series “The Twelve Kingdoms” that feature Kirin as central characters.
Roger is usually smiling with those around him, sometimes sings to increase the morale of those around him, and is welcoming to newcomers to the Chicago colony. He loves to exchange messages with the Alexandria Horticultural School and talk with those who grow food as a business or as a hobby. Roger is a proud United States citizen who talks about reestablishing the Chicago colony as a United States city.
History: A fifth generation Chinese American, Roger earned a degree in horticulture studies from Triton College, and then he got a job at the Chicago Botanic Garden. Over the next few years, he earned his manager’s position within the Botanic Garden. Before the Event, he worked at maintaining the “Regenstein Fruit & Vegetable Garden” as well as assisting schools, businesses, and local homeowners establish edible gardens.
Being very passionate about growing local food, Roger’s post-Event priorities are to create many large and small edible gardens inside and outside of homes and businesses in the Chicago colony. With Roger’s considerable knowledge, the Regenstein Fruit & Vegetable Garden has been greatly expanded, while the golf courses around the Chicago Botanic Garden have become very productive farms. The cows fed on Chicago grass are renowned for high quality milk and milkshakes. All this nutritious food is grown for local consumption and for export to nearby colonies such as Alexandria to the south of Chicago.
