Name: Alejandra Vanderbuilt
Age: 21
Sex: Female
Nationality/Homeland: Alejandra, or Aleh as she's is often called, hails from the city state that was once known as Columbus in The Land of a Thousand Kings. She thrives in nearly any type of weather, long used to the snow storms of winter, thunderstorms and windstorms of spring, and the scorching, stifling heat of summer. She is the daughter of the noble family and heir apparent to her City State, but she doesn't let that stop her from running the day to day operations of the family stables. A Vanderbuilt horse is rumored to be the finest steed in all of the lands: powerfully built to brave the harshest winters, floods and battle, swift enough to to be quick footed for most couriers, and mild mannered to even allow a mother and her child to ride comfortably. With enough grazing fields and a river source half a day's ride away, the Vanderbuilt house has established a long line of quality horses and horsemen. The family crest consists of a white sword and a golden lance crossed with one white horse head and one golden horse head facing away from each other on either side of the weapons. One a flag, the crest is shown on a navy blue background.

Appearance/Equipment: Alejandra is a fairly tall young woman with golden tanned skin and faintly rounded, almond-shaped, stormy gray-blue eyes. Her nose is slight and rests about an inch and a half above slightly darker, cupid's bow shaped lips. With smaller ears that are faintly pointed and a rather strong jaw and pointed chin, she gives off an aura of knowledge and authority. 

A slimmed neck gives way to prominent collarbones and built shoulders along with toned and defined arms, thin wrists and proportionately larger palms and longer fingers. Her left arm bears a series of snugly bound colored clothes, which signify that she has received her brand (a series of markings on her skin) but has yet to decide to find a mate. Her chest is moderately sized for her age, which only seem deceptively larger due to her perfect posture and elongated, muscled torso. Her waist is thinner while hips flare out to shapely, muscled thighs and calves. She has a flatter foot than most would think, giving her feet a slight "snowshoe" appearance. 

Raven colored hair is tightly wound in a pony tail that reaches the middle of her back. In accordance to the customs of her land, her hair is interwoven with bright red, turquoise blue, pale purple, and golden beads and threads to signify herself as a warrior maiden, a horseman, a Vanderbuilt, and the owner of a successful stable respectively.

For everyday clothes, Alejandra normally wears a shirt that consists of linen and leather padding on the shoulders and upper arm. Her pants are typically made with canvas, but again sport leather protection on the knees. Her boots are made of a canvas material lined with leather on the shins and bottom of the feet. A utility sword, a gift from a blacksmith in another city state as repayment for a horse, is always at her side.

In battle, Alejandra dresses in the traditional manner of her land. Bright red paint is smeared around her eyes as well as across her face from left to right diagonally. Red dipped white eagle feathers with black markings decorate her hair along with braids woven with metal beads circle above her ears. Her torso is protected by a plate of leather, fitted with metal along the front, arms, and back of the hands. The gives her mobility while offering more protection than just leather. However, the metal can be discarded, along with one layer of leather should it become a damaging hindrance. Her legs are protected with the finest, hardiest leather with a pant mail of mail beneath it. This is the heaviest piece of equipment, but offers the best protection against sword slashes while on horseback. Her feet are plated in the front and back. For weapons, a heavier sword with a protective hilt is strapped securely to her horse, whom is also armored in a mix of leather and mail, while she carries a wicked looking weapon. Known as a lance, but really a halberd, this weapon was made specifically for Alejandra to use as an all around weapon. The balance of the weapon is maintain with a lighter counter weight on the base of the weapon, which makes it heavier, but easier to swing while maintaining a good stop time. The axe head is incredibly sharp with a slightly serrated edge towards the tip, and sports a piecing head/hook combination counter to it. The reason it is called a "lance" is do to the removable blade at the weapon's tip, which she uses as a spearing weapon while on horseback. Once the fasteners to the blade are loosened and the blade removed, a smaller blade can be used for parrying and stabbing on foot. 

For ceremonial dress, Alejandra wears a multi-hued blue silk wrap with golden threads, leather strapped leg sandals and lets her hair cascade down her shoulders. Beads and threads still decorate her hair, and her face is painted lightly to highlight her eyes and lips. A ceremonial halberd, colored blue and black is decorated with a navy ribbon around the shaft closest to the axe head is fastened to her back via a leather belt. This one is much lighter than her battle version, and is not meant to be used for fighting. 

Skills: 
Common: Cooking, Writing, Reading, Foraging, Basic Math, Running, Hand-to-Hand Combat.
Uncommon: Horse Riding*, Armed Combat Speaking, Animal Taming. 

Personality: Alejandra is a proud woman that cares deeply for her people. The flip side of that though, is that she protects what she deems hers with an unsurpassed fierceness that has earned her the nickname of "The Vengeful Horseman" amongst her city state and in the Land of a Thousand Kings. She shows the same love for her herd of horses and is not afraid to fight for their safety. While she is personable and rather friendly to people who and friendly to her, she does not believe in "turning the other cheek" when she's been wronged. 

History: Alejandra was born into wealth and royalty in the Spring. She grew up learning reading, writing, and basic arithmetic before she was finally able to go into the horse business. At the same time, she began combat training. In her 13th year, a war broke out between Columbus and another City State. The girl participated in the war and was blooded when she killed a young man a little older than herself. After the battle, both sides celebrated the blooding of the young ones left alive with a communal feast and bonfire. She was then sent with the enemy as a rite of passage to show that even though they were enemies, the Land of a Thousand Kings were still a family that looked out for each other. While in the more barbaric city state, she picked found that she had a natural affinity for the halberd over the sword. Upon completion of her training, she was given a custom made halberd then was sent home. Along the way, she gave her horse to a traveling blacksmith whom's horse was injured. In exchange, she was given the injured horse (at her insistence) as well as a crafted sword in gratitude. 

She returned to her home in the summer of her 16th year, the war was over and her home was still standing. She greeted the new warriors that were heading back to their own city state. She clasped forearms in respect to their leader and then lead the horse into the stables to care for. She met with her parents again, and a feast was held in honor of the warrior maiden whom had returned home. 

From there, the girl helped the mare to the road to recovers and bred her with her father's strongest stallion. The result was a strong, healthy stallion whom then became her mount. Over the next few years, they both participated in another three wars as well as running the stables. The stallion, named Wildstorm, is a black Vanderbuilt mixed with a Thompson, a built horse that was bred as a workhorse. 

After her 21st birthday, she was named heir apparent until she found a mate and married them. She is attending the wedding as the representative for her city state with a gift of the finest Vanderbuilt horse that was bred and trained for the king, and a gift of the traditional garb for a married woman, handmade for the new queen. 

 Miscellaneous: 
Columbus is a rather welcoming city state that allows same-gender matings and has volunteers on hand to give the couple children
Due to Alejandra being heir, if she chooses a same mate, she and her mate will choose amongst any of the males in the city state to father a child with her or mate. The male will then gain status within the community as the child's nanny while the non-childbearing mate becomes the child's father.