[hider=Alba] [b][color=ed1c24]Name:[/color][/b] Alba [b][color=ed1c24]Age:[/color][/b] Unknown, Visibly around thirty years of age [b][color=ed1c24]Nationality:[/color][/b] Wolfskin tribe, Permian [b][color=ed1c24]Class:[/color][/b] Spear Fighter [b][color=ed1c24]Role:[/color][/b] Enlisted [b][color=ed1c24]Appearance:[/color][/b] [hider=Alba - Portrait Sketch][img]https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/929379975885377606/932519730223382578/20220117_001926.jpg[/img][/hider] [hr] Alba is a fair-skinned Wolfskin woman hailing from the region of Permia. She is of muscular build and has a fairly impressive height of 188cm (6'2"). Her unkempt locks of pale-blonde (white) hair are tied into a messy ponytail. A scar runs along her left cheek while another rests on the bridge of her nose. As is common with most Wolfskins, Alba has red eyes that seem to glow in low light. She wears a variety of both plate and padded armor with some modifications made for a more personal and comfortable fit. [b][color=ed1c24]Personality:[/color][/b] Alba is, to put it bluntly, an surly wisecracker who, despite wanting to seemingly know everything, is terrible at reading people. While, thankfully having enough sense and self-awareness to keep her mouth shut a majority of times, she has a tendency to annoy people who are around her too long. Perhaps due to the gaps in her memory, has both inquisitive and forgetful tendencies from which she seems to regularly alternate between. Also quite notable are her own insecurities. She is constantly worried that she may lose control of herself should she use her shape-shifting abilities. Yet conversely, she also believes that it is her nonhuman abilities which make her valuable. As such she feels a need to overachieve what her body and mind are physically capable of. [b][color=ed1c24]History:[/color][/b] Banishment. That was the punishment given to a young Wolfskin girl after killing her own mother. Despite only being a child who barely even knew what she had done, a young Wolfskin girl was banished from her tribe after failing to control her powers. She was left in the frozen wasteland of Permia alone. She was alone and trapped in the beastial form all Wolfskins were cursed with from birth. Logic says such a creature should not have survived in such harsh lands. However, the Permian folktale of the Snow Devil says otherwise; the child lived and became a feral beasts which wandered the mountains and fed on human flesh. The Snow Devil terrorized travelers for decades, until… One day, a mysterious hunter wandered into the mountains with the intent of slaying the beast. Perhaps he wanted the famous Snow Devil's pelt for himself. Perhaps he wanted to liberate Permia from the clutches of this vile creature. No one knows. The two eventually found one another and had a mighty battle. It was a battle which rang throughout all of Permia for five days straight. The hunter was the victor, as he had used a stone to seal away the Snow Devil's strength. [hr] How the tale ends is unknown beyond this point as it varies between the many Permian peoples. To most Permian people, the tale of the Snow Devil is little more than a story. However, it is very real. After having sealed away the Snow Devil's monstrous powers, the hunter realized that this "monster" was, in truth, just a frightened child. The hunter took further pity on the young girl when he realized that she'd forgotten most of who she was prior. Only vague memories and a name remained. Alba. Her name was Alba and she knew one thing for certain; she never wanted to be a monster again. Ultimately, the hunter betrayed his initial goal of killing Alba. Instead, he took her in and raised her as his own. He taught Alba all that he knew. Both were well aware of the irony that came with teaching a beast-man to hunt other beasts in the human way. Eventually, Alba was deemed fit enough to leave her surrogate father. Following in the hunter's footsteps, Alba began her adult journey as a hunter. She was successful at first, but her fortune dried out quickly. Desperate to make ends meet, Alba turned to mercenary work. [b][color=ed1c24]Skills:[/color][/b] Tracking - Due to her enhanced senses, Alba has a natural talent for tracing a wide variety of small and large game...even people. Survivalist - Highly skilled in surviving in even the most extreme of locations. Improvised Weapons - Exactly what it sounds like. Give her a pen, and she'll find a way to use it better than any sword. Throwing - She throws things well. What more is there to say? Beast Form - While reluctant to do so, Alba can assume her beast form for any scenario which might require it. [b][color=ed1c24]Trivia:[/color][/b] - Despite wanting to distance herself from her Wolfskin heritage, Alba has several behavioral ticks (such as growling when agitated) that she can't seem to control. - Alba's preferred polearm of choice is a halberd. - [hider=UNofficial Theme Music][url]https://youtu.be/anGDj3mW6II[/url][/hider] [/hider]