Appearance

Physical Description

Alfrida has slim. Rather small shoulders and small hips make her rather agile and able to fit into small spaces, however it does also make her in need of even more gear than her contemporaries.

Facial Features

Alfrida has, all things considered, quite a masculine face. She has a rather strong jawline and large nose, bushy eyebrows and wide eyes.

Identifying Characteristics

Alfrida does have a few identifying features. She has a burn around her right wrist from being a wholly by a fire one day, and several claw wounds on her legs and arms from her days in the guard. She also has a scar across her forehead from training with the Sun Guard. She does also have a few scars on her hand from more idiotic things, like tripping onto a knife when she was seven training.
Aside from scars, she also has several little moles across her skin, including two under her left eye and another on her cheek.

Physical quirks

She does have (or at least, equivalent of - undiagnosed) dyslexia, something which impacts her eyesight. ironically too her power, her eyes are strained easily, so she functions better in lower light. It also means her hand-eye co ordination is a bit shite when not in combat. Usually in combat adrenaline means she rarely thinks, and it's also why she rarely falls back on her crossbow.

Apparel & Accessories

Usually she wears leather amour out on missions, strapped tight to her body. Her legs are guarded by a large, skirt like-guard, under which she wears her basic trousers. It is the largely same as the men's armour, however tailor fit to Alfie. Her shoulders are guarded by two iron guards smelted into the emblem of the Sangir's Guard, and large leather braces further down.
 
In her casual wear she either wears her fairly basic dress or a shirt and trousers. It's not as fancy as other people in the guard, largely because Alfie finds a lot of freedom in just slapping on whatever she wants. But, she does keep a lot of what her friend Burnett gives her - which she will wear from time to time, which tends to be a lot more showing then her casual wear.
 
As for her accessories, after chapter three carries the amulet she's given by Magdalene, a small iron link with five crystals hanging off; four of which are a smoky quartz, the other which is a cloudy emerald, which is slightly larger. She also carries her Damascus sword on her waist most of the time, in armour or not. Beyond that she keeps a lot of the jewellery her mother gave her, including earrings and bangles.

Specialized Equipment

She's focused on swords, she's very quick with her sword is specialised on quick, frequent attacks on the enemy. She can also use a crossbow - although this is much more in emergencies then a primary attack.

Special abilities

As a valia, her abilities are focused on light. She can go invisible, create mirages, make other vanish. Smaller effort abilities focus on creating blinding lights.

Mentality

Personal history

Alfrida was born in the Valia capital, right at the beginning of the Civil war. Born into the Sun's Guard, she followed her parents into the guard at a young age, training to be a foot solider from the age of seven. Despite her constant training within the guard, Alfie had to move a lot to avoid the war as she entially lived right on the border.
 
After about a decade of this, Alfie eventually got fed up and left at age 16, fleeing across the mountains by herself to avoid the war.

Education

Her education was relatively sound. The Sun Guard also offered classes in whatever the students had interest in they could take up, all of which would enable them to snap decisions within war. Although all classes were combat-oriented, they did do their job, and Alfie quickly grew a fascination with working with materials within the guard.
 
Beyond that, her maths and literacy are good, and is multi-lingual in the language of the Ihan Ae and Ry, two languages she then picked and developed as she traveled.

Employment

After breaking out of the Guard, Alfie worked as a sell sword for about a year, however also took up miscellaneous tavern, inn, and guarding work, after people seemed unwilling to employ a teenager. However, bounty work also gave her a significant amount income for a small while.

Mental Trauma

A lot of her trauma comes from moving from place to place, often meaning now she is looking for a sense of home. She still has nightmares about being on the road, and fears not belonging. However, in constant limbo and unable to shake the feelings of not belonging means that it's often an endless road, leading her sense of drifting. this disconnect leads to a lot self destructive tendencies.
 
It also leads to her lack of trust in relationships, with the expectation that they'll all fissile out in a couple of years. She has a very low bar for friendships as a result, and very rarely depends on her friends.

Intellectual Characteristics

She's rather emotionally intelligent, but her real specialty is her quickness of thought. She has good logic, and a good sense of the total impact she could have with her sword. However, her spacial awareness it's the best, and knowing when something wouldn't work doesn't always mean she'll listen to her common sense.

Morality & Philosophy

Her morality is rather cut-throat. If she hast to rely on violence, she will without throughout. However - this doesn't mean she's okay with her actions. A lot of the time it comes from her solider mindset, that this is just "what's necessary,"
 
She also holds some very relaxed thoughts about murder, a lot of which comes from the valia. Dying for your country is seen as an honor, and dying during something "honorable," (fighting, childbirth, traveling) is seen as the way to appease the spirit.

person.sexuality

She would be pansexual, but in practice, just falls in love. Valia don't focus on sexuality much.

Known Languages

Valia, central ry, southern ihan ae, learning vula

Personality

Motivation

Alfrida is mainly motivated by finding a sense of belonging - something she feels she doesn't have in the guard. Ultimately she takes a "all eggs in one basket" approach by finding Magdalene, someone she feels gives her this.  However, that motivation is never fully fulfilled.

Quotes & Catchphrases

"Oh dear Lords!" - a common phrase from the Sun guard, referring to how the spirits are widely worshipped in the valia. The Valia sees the spirits as "Lords" of their respective land - and a lot worship goes into these Lords, and are hugely important to the Valia. Although Alfie has abandoned that look on faith, the spores still remain.

Likes & Dislikes

Alfie's likes all revolve around things she discovered while travelling. Fishing is one of her main loves, hunting is another. Swimming is another one, and has gotten pretty good at underwater hunting thanks to travelling with some nymphs for a while and then meeting Fin. She also enjoys woodcarving, something that keeps her knives sharp and her hand-eye co ordination in check. However, a lot of scars on her hand have resulted from pushing the knife slightly too hard right into her figures.
 
Her dislikes are often focused on tedious things - all things tedious she hates. Anything repetitive that she can't totally switch her brain off too, staying still for extended periods of time, or anything of the like is a hatred of hers. However, if she can switch her mind off and daydream, she will very happily.

Personality Quirks

She's very jumpy
She speaks a lot with her hands
She reused to dance a lot, and still falls into patterns when turning or walking
She can often but far too much strength into something that requires very little
Smiles a lot

Social

Birthplace

Valia Capital

Current Residence

Sadri's Keep