[hider=Britta Hagen][hr] [center][img]https://i.imgur.com/MN3u1eW.png[/img][/center] [center][img]https://fontmeme.com/permalink/181009/fce67482df0ebf58312c825e468688ba.png[/img] [color=F52713][i]"You can do it. I trust you."[/i][/color][/center][hr] [color=F52713][b]Name[/b][/color] [color=Silver]Britta Hagen[/color] [color=F52713][b]Gender[/b][/color] [color=Silver]Female[/color] [color=F52713][b]Age[/b][/color] [color=Silver]Eighteen years [sub](born on November 5th, 1896EC)[/sub] [/color] [color=F52713][b]Sexuality[/b][/color] [color=Silver]Heterosexual[/color] [color=F52713][b]Race[/b][/color] [color=Silver]Westershelde, Atlantic Federation[/color] [color=F52713][b]Appearance[/b][/color] [color=Silver]Britta stands at 5'6" and is slim and physically fit from the plenty of time outdoors she spent as a child growing up. She definitely isn't overly muscular of any sort, more or less leaning towards the athletic side of things than anything else. Her skin is fair and creamy with a hint of golden undertones from a healthy dose of being out in the sun. Her ash grey shaggy bob coupled with her azure eyes does however tend to give off a rather comely appearance that most would find attractive. Her hair is usually kept as neat and tidy as she can manage, but spending time outdoors and in combat on the front lines tends to hamper her efforts, so usually she just goes with whatever she can afford. Stronger and fitter than most of her peers, she boasts quite a remarkable amount of stamina and strength, fully able to carry heavier equipment around in combat. Her sets of uniform differ from the clean ones that are recently washed, to the dirty mud-covered ones fresh from the front lines. The rank badge of a private is sewn onto the shoulder of her uniform, a gunner patch sewn just below to indicate her role in combat.[/color] [color=F52713][b]Personality[/b][/color] [color=Silver]Britta has always been a highly energetic lively soul who can't hardly sit still in any given situation. As a child, she was often seen playing outdoors, running around in the open fields or swimming in the streams or rivers. She'd always been a wild and free-spirited girl who did whatever she wanted whenever she wanted. Her parents were the easygoing type and allowed her the freedom to do whatever she liked so long as she did not do anything dangerous or got herself into trouble with the law. It is needless to say that the girl knows how to have fun. She was brought up to be very open-minded and accepting of everyone, regardless of social standing, fame or rank. In tense situations, she is known to be calm and level-headed, not being one prone to panicking or losing one's self in the situation. Despite her steadiness, Britta is not without her fears. She is afraid of losing her loved ones and dying. Honestly, the thought of war and frontline combat has never not terrify her, but she knows that there is no running away from it. She is afraid of getting shot, lying wounded and alone to die, with people ignoring her as she slowly bled to death alone. While she is not afraid of death, what she is terrified of is dying alone. Nightmares have plagued her so after nights in the front, but she has told no one of it for she had thought this would be common. On the more positive note, Britta also has a strong camaraderie with her fellow comrades, always looking out for her squad mates to check if they are alright. Once gained her trust, she is known to be very loyal to the point of unbreaking. [/color] [hr] [color=F52713][b]Rank[/b][/color] [color=Silver]Private[/color] [color=F52713][b]Role[/b][/color] [color=Silver]Gunner[/color] [color=F52713][b]Equipment[/b][/color] [color=Silver]Standard gunner gear (HR14 & Combat knife) [sub][url=https://www.historyhit.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/German-Maxim-08-15-full-1024x456.jpg](HR14 Machine Gun)[/url][/sub][/color] [color=F52713][b]Potentials[/b][/color] [color=Silver][color=F52713]Fierce Determination:[/color] Britta has never been one to stop or quit something halfway, and that isn't going to stop now. Her grit and tenacity will plenty of good in seeing them through this. Sometimes all you need is a good ol' determined resolve to push you through. [color=F52713]Heart of a Lion:[/color] With plenty of courage to spare, whenever no one else is able to step up in fear of the task in hand, Britta has no problem volunteering for it. While she does still have her fears, she does not let it control her. [color=F52713]Thinks too much[/color]: There are times where Britta just thinks too much, and spends too much time in her head. She needs to spend more time of actually doing something, instead of just going over and over situations in her head worrying about the outcome needlessly. This isn't saying she needs to be more rash, but rather to stop being so overly cautious in everything without reason.[/color] [hr] [color=F52713][b]Biography[/b][/color] [color=Silver]Britta Hagen was born in the countryside of Westershelde, in 1869EC, to a lower class family. Her parents were Gunther and Sonja Hagen, and they were a farmer and a miller respectively. The entire family lived in the family's farm which included a windmill, and the Hagen family lived a simple and contented life. The rural life suited them fine, and the vast outdoors with its rolling green hills and the blue shining rivers were the children's playgrounds. They helped out in the family's farm and mill as soon as they were able old enough to. The family lived off the crops they grew, and whatever money they earned from selling the sacks of flour they sold to the city and whoever else needed them. Exploration and creating her own fun was something that Britta and Hans had to do on their own, for the family wasn't that well off to afford them many fancy toys. That wasn't a problem for any of them. They had plenty of playing space, and they could do whatever their imaginations allowed them to, so long as it wasn't overly dangerous that is. As she grew older into her teenage years, Britta would go along with her mother with her cart full of flour-filled sacks that she would bring into the city to sell. It was there in the city that she would open her eyes to a whole new world as the country girl exposed herself to the bustling affairs of city life. She eventually made friends from the city, and it was there that she found that she had both a thirst and hunger for learning about things that hadn't bothered her before, like the world powers, military affairs, how the city worked, etc. Her parent were not educated enough to teach her, so she had to learn all she could from her city friends. The country girl had dreams of visiting and exploring other countries, and wondering how different they would be from her city here in Westershelde. Unfortunately, the Great War happened, and that kinda put a huge dent in her plans. She was out in her usual errand in the city when she happened to come across a recruitment officer advertising good money for those that signed themselves up to fight in the front lines. Her family had gone through a really hard period, and money was scarce, and the money she got from this would be a great help for her family. Without informing her parents, Britta went ahead to sign up before going home pretending as though things were as usual. The night before she had to leave, she wrote a letter to her parents and brother asking them to take care, and that she did what she thought was the best thing in their circumstances. As fate would will it, unknown to Britta, her younger brother had thought and done the exact same thing a few hours after she left, and so that left both the Hagen parents distraught and helpless as both their children went off to war. [/color] [color=F52713][b]Affiliations[/b][/color] [color=Silver]Gunther Hagen (Father -- Alive) Sonja Hagen (Mother -- Alive) Hans Hagen (Younger Brother -- Alive)[/color] [color=F52713][b]Relationships[/b][/color] [color=Silver][sub]TBA[/sub][/color] [color=F52713][b]Character Theme[/b][/color] [color=Silver][center][youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCsm3Hz5nVw[/youtube][/center][/color] [/hider]