Alexa Morrow
βSilence is a true friend that never betrays.β β Confucius
Name: Alexa Morrow
Age: 23
Race: Human
Gender: Female
Hair and Eyes: Alexa has long, dark brown hair that reaches down between her shoulder blades. She doesn't take much care of it, simply washing it when she bathes, yet it remains rather good looking, not extremely fair, but still rather pleasant. Her eyes are a deep, dark, piercing blue.
Complexion: Her skin is relatively pale, yet still has a slightly dark tone, as she is a newcomer in the desert. She has faint scars along her back from being whipped by her mother.
Height and Weight: 5' 9'' (175 cm) | 141 lbs. (64 kg)
Body Type: Alexa has a rather medium-sized body, not narrow and slim, but not wide and broad. She has a muscular waist; she exercises it daily to maximize her mobility(The abdomen is the key to all swift mobility in combat). Her arms are strong, but not as strong as the average swordsman. She has very strong legs, allowing her to spring very fast and also do long jogging for a good while. She has a medium sized bust, she would prefer it to be smaller, but there's nothing she can do about it, she's tried.
Preferred Clothing: Alexa wears a light leather jerkin, as well as leather boots, gloves, and pants. She has light chainmail, but only wears it when necessary. She always has a large cloak with her as well, covering most of her body.
Alexa can put on a strong demeanor in the face of the greatest pain, sorrow, and misery. She can seem calm, cool, and collective(and remain relatively so) under nigh-any circumstance. Even during her fits of anger she keeps a calm head, she just gives into her baser desires. She dislikes bad parents(specifically mothers) and has a soft spot for children. She constantly gives to poor orphans and such, not wanting to see children starve on the streets, and she is always protecting them if they're in danger(whether it's from the city guard or the merchants they steal from). She gets involved in physical disputes, but tends to stay out of vocal ones, so she usually watches to make sure it STAYS vocal. Alexa has a soft spot for the Deadmen, she dislikes but does not stop those who insult them as they walk by, or refuse them services, but that is out of self-preservation, as she would become a pariah if she did any differently.
Brief History: Alexa was born in a small island kingdom to a wealthy merchant, a man named Bodhan, and his wife, Tiffany. Bodhan was a kind man, he ran a fair trading business with many people from many different lands, and always treated both his wife and daughter with love and respect. Tiffany was scornful of the attention her father gave, her being a selfish woman. Alexa was always treated horribly whenever Bodhan was away, but she never told him anything about it when he returned.
When Alexa finally told her father of her mother's transgressions, Tiffany killed him before her daughter's eyes. After disposing of the body, Bodhan's brother, Michael, took over his estate, and married his wife(as was the tradition of their people). Tiffany was unenthused about this, but luckily for her Michael had his eyes on another, an eleven-year-old Alexa. Tiffany told him he could have Alexa, and Michael tried to do just that, only to have his throat bit out by Alexa. She broke her mother's leg with a chair and set the house on fire, leaving her childhood home accompanied by a macabre serenade of the screams of her burning mother.
Stowing away on a merchant vessel, Alexa made her way to another continent, another life, another city. She began to steal within the city, taking scraps of food and what money she could get, she was good at what she did, but she was overly cautious, going many a night without food. During this stint as a beggar and thief, Alexa learned to rely on herself, as well as how to move quickly and perceive people well. She met a man(and stole his coin purse) when she was fourteen who saw something in her, not the clichΓ© potential, but the pain. He saw all the pain in her eyes, as he had the same eyes. The man was a soldier named Alistair Cromwell, more specifically, he was a Deadman. Most people avoided him like the plague, casting aspersions of pox and death on him and his family. Alistair was a kind man, for what it was worth, he was down-to-earth and honest, all-in-all a good man while sober. After much "convincing," the enforcers allowed Alexa to stay with Alistair, and whenever he had time he would show her how to fight, he knew the basics of archery but favored two swords. She built immensely on the groundwork's he laid, developing her archery skills greatly, and learning how to fight with two swords as he did. Eventually she switched to a sword and a dagger, finding the imbalance easy to use to her advantage, given her stature.
By the time she was nineteen she was crafted into a powerful killing machine. Alistair died for a second and final time in the same year, his head removed; the constables of the city did nothing, not caring for a slain Deadman. Alexa conducted her own investigation, leaving a trail of dead in her wake, she found the men she was looking for, she killed them in the most violent and painful way she could think of. She ran from the city after this, stealing a horse and riding off.
Her surrogate father was dead, just as her real father was, both killed, and she was powerless to stop it. She went from town to town, taking odd jobs here and there to get money, just enough to keep herself drunk, happy, and alive. Once she was twenty-one, she met another Deadman, this one was a woman. Her name was Zoya Poltorik, she was in her mid-thirties and was an amazing fighter, favoring two swords, just like Alistair. Zoya's unit had been killed and she was injured greatly, Alexa nursed her back to health and joined her, as she couldn't return without completing the contract. Alexa and Zoya became quick friends, Zoya bringing Alexa out of her depression and Alexa giving Zoya a reason to continue fighting, as she had none other than fighting itself before.
Alexa and Zoya were together for almost two years, when Zoya finally completed her mission, it was a long drawn out campaign against a cult of mages trying to summon an army of Colossi. When it was over Alexa received her first kiss, however unwanted, from Zoya, before parting ways. Although Alexa had no romantic feelings for Zoya, she still thought of her as her only friend, and was sad to see her go. With a heavy heart, Alexa left the area she was in and rode off, to the deserts of Shevasse, hoping to find work or some sort of calling.
Theme song:Wildfire, Part II: One with the Mountain - Sonata Arctica
Other: She has a brown and white horse named Chevalier.
