Who's Orbyss?
This is Orbyss, by Orbyss:

Orbyss is a female human. She was born in Minnesota in the USA 26 years ago and has lived in dozens of abodes in many states since then. Orbyss is a naturalist, much preferring a life of minimal impact (relatively speaking) on Earth over something extravagant. So it's a good thing fancy web pages don't take up natural resources.

Orbyss loves being surrounded by plants and other animals. The current menagerie includes Sydney the cockatiel, Jasper the dog, Jogi the hissing cockroach (and a few dozen others), a slew of snakes (corn, milk, gopher, and a couple sand boas), a mouse colony to feed them, and a couple vinegaroons. Pictures of the companions are viewable in this gallery.

Orbyss has been living with a bloke named Neolmas (Marc on his ID) for 5+ years now, and she married him for the money, although her telepathically-linked boyfriend lives in Canada. In case you can't read the footer, Neolmas is the web designer of this site, and should be blamed for any problems herein.

Hotherym, by the way, is the domain of Orbyss (and not just virtually).

What's Orbyss?
Orbyss is:
An artist
She specializes in speculative and scientific biology-themed and paleontological (paleo-) art, but does not limit herself to any categories. She creates digital and traditional pieces for her own intents, although she does accept commission work.

A musician
Music is very important; it is playing almost constantly in the Hotherym household. The preferred type is Intelligent Electronic Music (IEM). Its sound encompasses all genres and it is lyricless. Much more about this will be on the site soon. Orbyss would also love to make music, as soon as she can afford some equipment.

A "philosopher"
She has strong opinions about human affairs and everything else, and she's not afraid to voice them. She backs her ideas up with biological evidence and a strict adherence to the practices of awareness and observation. She questions everything and doesn't stop until the answers make sense. Then she shares the answers in places like her forums.

Mildly synesthetic
Go look it up. Neolmas has it worse too.

MVPSed
Orbyss has Mitral Valve Prolapse Syndrome, a collection of loose, poorly-understood symptoms ranging from heart valve and connective tissue anomalies to disautonomia and weather system intolerance (it's probably related to Fibromyalgia Syndrome and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome). She also has weird hormonal stuff going on. She has a yearly heat cycle in the spring instead of monthly menstruations. Hotherym.net shits you not.

Pissed off
Ever the chronic misanthrope, Orbyss disdains most mammals and humans are at (or near) the top of the list. This cannot be summed up in this list, you'll have to follow up elsewhere.

A bad person
That's why she has a cult following. Sign here ___________________________ to join.

Sick of the cold
And yet it follows her everywhere she goes. She's like a cold god. Do you want cold to come to you? Pay Orbyss to move where you are, put her up, et viola! Don't want cold to come to you? Pay Orbyss or she'll crash at your place and not leave until you do!
Where's Orbyss?
Orbyss (and Neolmas) currently reside(s) in the wonderful state of New Mexico in the United St8s of America.

To find out where more specifically, you'll have to dig around some. But as a clue, it's very near three sisters.