[u][b]Katrina Carlus[/b][/u]
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[u][b]Name:[/b][/u] Katrina Carlus
[u][b]Age:[/b][/u] 21
[u][b]Gender:[/b][/u] Female
[u][b]Race:[/b][/u] Human
[u][b]Appearance:[/b][/u]
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[u][b]Personality:[/b][/u] Katrina is a blunt, brusque, and boisterous girl. She is the type to get into a lot of fights, but not necessarily out of choice; she just ends up picking a lot due to being irreverent, easily offended and highly competitive. If she’s given a good reason to hate someone, she will hold a grudge over it for a long time, and is far too stubborn to try and reconcile. She isn’t incapable of making friends and being friendly, but she’s easily provoked and difficult to approach. Anyone attempting to make friends with her will need the patience of a saint, if they even think it’s worth the trouble. 

While she may not seem like it, she is a true believer in the cause of the Knights of the Iron Rose. If you strip away several layers of caustic cynicism, you’ll find a person that sincerely wants to help the weak and do right by others. Her desire to help is usually expressed in the manner of a Reonite; that she wants to smite evildoers with all the might in her arms. She would only rarely admit to having a more personal motivation to actually help people.

[u][b]Brief Backstory:[/b][/u] Katrina comes from a poor background in one of Thaln’s major cities. She grew up in a large slum where crime and poverty were rife. As a small girl, she often witnessed many scenes of criminals and the like preying on weaker citizens, shaking them down for all the crumbs they had on them. Her own family was no exception to this, and their home was robbed many times in her youth. It was here that her anger grew, along with her desire to do something about all this injustice. As she got older, she began to fight a lot, learning to fight practically rather than through instruction. She gathered a small reputation for her assaults on the criminals of the slums, and this was how she was noticed by a knight of the Iron Rose, who wanted to introduce her to their order. Having grown up hearing stories of the knights, she had always idolised them, and was all too eager to join. 

Her entry into the order was met with a mixed reception. Few could doubt her ability, especially as she developed further with proper instruction. Her dedication was certainly not in question, as she was more than ready to take up the cause of the knights. But she did not fit in well with the more traditional, hierarchical elements of the order, and she had no love for its antiquated traditions. She conflicted heavily with the aristocratic recruits of the order that weren’t prepared to look past her background. While she could care less about the politics of succession, she certainly wishes for the order to flourish, and so she will be watching closely as to how the fresh command of the Knights of Iron Rose fares.

[u][b]Equipment:[/b][/u] Katrina’s armour is lighter than most knights, though still fashioned from iron plates. Her weapon of choice is a [url=http://www.medievalcollectables.com/images/PRODUCT/large/MC-HK-26167S_2_.png]double sword[/url] that she acquired during her time as a knight. 

[u][b]Skills:[/b][/u] Katrina is like a rushing bull in combat, attempting to use a mixture of speed and power to overwhelm her opponent at close quarters. Her training has geared her towards making use of her unique weapon almost exclusively. This also means she’s a bit inflexible in a fight.
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