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Rival

On my broken road to nowhere in particular

Erika McKenna, Ms (a.k.a. The Lone Wanderer, Rival)

Born in the wastes and raised in Vault 101, Rival became known as the Lone Wanderer, a hero to the wastes. One who shouldered its hardships as she made the world a better place, taking down the Enclave with the aid of Sarah Lyons and Anthony Barca.

Physical Description

General Physical Condition

Combat ready

Facial Features

various small scars dot her face alongside feint freckles along her cheekbones and nose

Identifying Characteristics

short auburn hair, brown eyes

Special abilities

VATs

Apparel & Accessories

Vault 101 jumpsuit underneath her regulator coat and armor

Specialized Equipment

her pipboy
Her Jayhawk

Mental characteristics

Personal history

Erika was always a fighter, never letting Amanda or Amata get hurt, throwing her weight around when she needed to. To the point her word was enough to shut up the childhood trouble makers. Her father, James, could never bring himself to chastise her as he could see she only did it because she felt it had to be done to keep others safe. Erika and her sister grew up in Vault 101, she didnt have many friends outside her sister and best friemd, the Overseer's daughter. She studied under her father as a doctor, while practicing with her BB-gun religiously in her little private spot. Over the years she even built a training dummy to practice fighting with her hands and a pipe she had found (having gotten in trouble when she broke her first baseball bat.

Rivals Life became complicated when her father left the vault, which no one had ever done. Woken by Amata, she was told the only other person she gave a shit about was killed and given a pistol... realizing that she may have to use it, she assured Amata she would do her best to not. Avoiding conflict with a guard she met up with Stanely and Andy as well as Officer Gomez, who was the only security she could trust, he told her that he saw Amata get grabbed when she went a different route.

after seeing two people get gunned down by security she drew and fired, thankfully her fire was enough to put the guards into their hiding spots while she slid though the open to get to amanda who was locked up in a maintenance room, after getting her out they contimued, harrassed for something they didnt cause, and then attacked, Rival slammed the guard against wall and then used his baton to incapacitate the other. She told the overseer she was leaving and she didn't need his help and that if he knew what was good he'd leave his daughter alone. During their escape they found a not from their dad on Jonas' body, it was her father's last goodbye but wth what happened she wasn't gonna let that stand, she needed answers. grabbing more ammo and supplies they hacked into the overseer's terminal where they learned of Megaton, and that the vault had sent scouts which contradicted what they had been told since kids.running through the tunnels they escapped, but Amata stayed, for the sake of the vault. Tragedy struck them... and baseball bats. as they got whacked outside the vault and amanda taken captive by slavers... Rival was now alone in a hostile world

Gender Identity

Female

Sexuality

Bisexual

Education

Vault Education (Doctor)

Employment

Regulator

Accomplishments & Achievements

Defeated the Enclave twice, killed the man who killed her father, saved the wasteland too many times to count

Failures & Embarrassments

Abandoned her sister
Lost her father
and her mother
her best friend won't speak to her
now she wanders

Mental Trauma

Anxiety

Intellectual Characteristics

Skilled medical doctor

Morality & Philosophy

I was given the chance to do good, I'm gonna take it

Taboos

doesn't eat meat she is served, she only eats meat she's cooked or at the Brass Lantern

Personality Characteristics

Motivation

Altruism, revenge

Savvies & Ineptitudes

skilled doctor
skilled marksman

Likes & Dislikes

Likes:
Moira
Timebomb
Markus
Megaton
Barca
  not always being a fighter   Dislikes:
Raiders
Tenpenny
Cannibals who keep feeding her people
The Enclave

Virtues & Personality perks

Compassionate
Determined
 Selfless
Perceptive

Vices & Personality flaws

Commitment issues
vengeful

Social

Family Ties

Amanda, who left her after she went alone to fight for the purifier

Religious Views

Christian

Social Aptitude

Charismatic

Hobbies & Pets

Dogmeat the australian shepard dog

Speech

Slight Irish intonation, on the higher side, with a friendly demeanor

Relationships

Elder Sarah Lyons

Damned good friend (Important)

Towards Rival

5
4

Frank


Rival

One she would call on when even she is overwhelmed (Important)

Towards Elder Sarah Lyons

5
5

Frank


History

Having met Rival when the McKenna's found themsleves in DC for the first time, they had mixed opinions of eachother, one a dismissive militant bitch, the other a reckless kid in over their heads. this shifted slightly when Rival fought hard against the mutants and then Sarah begrudgingly began to respect the kid when she hit a Behemoth with a mini nuke and then continued to engage while her older sister cowered.

Rival and Sarah didnt see eachother until a half dead Rival, Markus, Barca, Amanda, and a bunch of scientists rocked up at the Citadel after the enclave takeover. Having just become an orphan, Rival was showing immense strength of will, and a clear enough head to pull the Mutant and the Mutant hater from tearing a hole in eachother. This trust in the E-FEV "freak" rubbed off. While tending to her wounds, Rival got to know Sarah more, who thanked her for her help in the fight against the behemoth, and said she respects what she did to save those people.

Fighting together in the Battle For The Purfier, They became battle forged friends, both being hit hard by the reactor. Rival, having being left by Amanda, spent hours talking to a comatose Sarah, talking about her grief, and how she never was afforded time to do so. How she was thankful they both survived, how the world made her angry, how she wanted to lash out at it, like she used to do when the jerks at the vault would do to her and her sister, but she always got akind talking to from her dad who said it was always fine if she directed it at the problem not anyone else. 

 When she airlifted Rival from the Crawler, where both thought themselves saying goodbye to Barca forever, they saw each other as best friends, both now had a grief to share.

After Barca came back, changed, Sarah's father passed and Rival was there for her, giving her council and helped on the hard days just by being an understanding shoulder. But as Rival grew more disillusioned with the work she had been doing, tired of the bloodshed, they parted ways as friends, Sarah never even asking where she was going.

Nicknames & Petnames

Kid, Rageball, shortshit

Cubscout, Ad Lesbianism, Bulletproof bimbo

Relationship Reasoning

Alllies of circumstance turned friends forged through battle and loss

Commonalities & Shared Interests

Shared attraction to women (not to eachother), both have a headstrong attitude, both cant remember their mothers

Shared Acquaintances

Anthony Hannibal Barca, Amanda McKenna, Markus Carabine

Amanda McKenna

Older sister (Vital)

Towards Rival

-3
-3

Dishonest


Rival

Younger sister (Vital)

Towards Amanda McKenna

-4
-5

Frank


Alignment
Very Good
Species
Ethnicity
Honorary & Occupational Titles
Lone Wanderer
Year of Birth
2258 25 Years old
Circumstances of Birth
Born in the wasteland but her mother died in childbirth
Birthplace
Rivet City
Family
Spouses
Siblings
Amanda McKenna (Older sister)
Children
Pronouns
She/Her
Sex
Female
Gender
woman
Presentation
Feminine
Eyes
light brown and tired
Hair
auburn and slicked back
Skin Tone/Pigmentation
pale
Height
5'1"
Weight
60kgs
Quotes & Catchphrases
Purify this Asshole
I am your rival
I am so sick of crazy
Belief/Deity
Christian
Other Affiliations
Known Languages
American English, Latin, Spanish

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