Name: Rekannen Delevyn
Age: 17
Gender: Female
Race: Human
Occupation: State Alchemist
Appearance: Rekannen appears to be the prime of foreign beauty, a young and dark-skinned girl with long black hair. She is not particularly tall, but because of her imposing demeanor and her willowy frame she often appears to be so. Her raven-black hair frames her face in jagged bangs and is tied at the back in a low ponytail. She has a particular love of metal, as can be seen by the multiple bracelets on her wrists, silver hoops dangling from her ears, and in piercings along her eyebrows. She generally dresses in loose, brightly-colored clothing, often in an Asiatic style with a sash tied around her waist. Her favorite transmutations include needles and knives out of the metal that she wears, so she can fling them at her enemies.
Biography: As a young traveler from the far East, she lived an ordinary life as a seamstress's child. Her single mother often neglected her, needing to work as hard as she could to make a living. However, despite her low birth, Rekannen rose quickly in the hierarchy of street urchins, becoming something of a leader and heroine in their eyes. From these friends she lived as a careless, wild child, getting involved in gang fights and fistfights. Her raw determination and self-confident manner developed from these experiences, especially in her several exploits in thievery. She grew to love shiny metals out of all her plunder, eventually adorning them in piercings and bracelets.
Her free childhood soon came to an end when a wealthy merchant from Amestris married her mother. Although she resented being forced to be educated and "tamed", Rekannen grudgingly knows that she has become a more worldly person from a basic education. She felt that all her subjects were a bore, until she learned about the science of alchemy. The topic was infinitely fascinating to her; she had never seen such a magical power in her life. Her spirit was immediately drawn to the idea of becoming an alchemist, which she never fully let go of. The forbidden transmutation of ordinary items into gold or other precious metals was also too promising to ignore. Still impulsive and careless as a teenager, on one of the many days she cut classes, Rekannen purchased a train ticket to Amestris in hopes of learning alchemy.
Struggling at first, she slowly began to memorize and practice the basic principles. She studied under any teacher she could find and at any library she could hitchhike to. If she got bored, Rekannen would leave the area and move on. Despite how many times the concepts eluded her, she often reassured herself with thoughts of fantastic treasures and adventures. Rekannen's specialty in alchemy turned out, naturally, to be the manipulation of precious metals, especially silver. She found that she could sense particles of metal in almost anything and could collect them together very easily without a transmutation circle.
She had heard about becoming a State Alchemist, but she felt extremely reluctant to do so, afraid that she would be tethered to the organization and unable to do as she pleased. However, feeling lonely and bored, Rekannen decided to join. She reasoned to herself that she could always find ways to leave if she liked, and the privileges were too much to totally forget.