What was once white has been dyed blood red, leaving darkness to reign
Ericka is a very friendly girl to those she is close with but due to her clan's reputation and her status she displays a cold front in the faces of strangers. She acts with confidence in her fields of expertise and treats everyone equally. Though she may be a bandit her sense of fairness gains her a respectable view from everyone. She is very eccentric when relaxed and has a strong sense of determination for everything she does. Though sometimes she can be a bit clumsy and slow about her surroundings, she maintains a smile and a patient demeanor. However, since her childhood hardship, her trust isn't easily gain which leads to her keeping secrets and plans to her self.
Ericka usually has a min. of two daggers on her and a few throwing knives. Her main weapons are dual lightweight swords. The swords are called the Blades of the Lost God, due to their uncanny durability, and was given to her by her father.
(Imagine two of them: http://media.photobucket.com/image/rece ... t_Gods.jpg)
Ericka was born in the outskirts Sicily to a family of three. Her father was a renown blacksmith and swordsman, while her mother was just a simple housewife. Ericka's birth can be describe to be a disappointment to both her parents as they hoped for a boy to either help out on the land or the smithy. However, their perspective of that changed as Ericka grew older. She had a tomboyish nature and learned both swordsmanship and her father's craft by the age of 8. She was the happiest girl in the small village they lived and even with her low rank she made many friends.
But everything changed that one night, the very same night the tyrant took power. Her father had once commissioned a sword for the previous ruler and was asked by soldiers to construct a new and more powerful match. At first, her father had refused to make such a dangerous weapon for such a dangerous man, but the threat of losing his friends and family left him no choice. Thus, the Blades of the Lost God was created with material found near a great crater. When the tyrant came to collect his swords he was met with resistance from the villagers who already felt the unjust rule he imposed on them. In a fury of being attacked by mere commoners, the "King" ordered every single person's execution on the spot.
Sadly among these people was Ericka's mother who even led the rally against the King. Due to this, Ericka's father refused once again to relinquish the swords to the King and was beheaded on the spot.
Now young Ericka at that time was asked by her father to go to the forest near the village with a certain package, but halfway to the forest she saw light coming from the village even though it was the middle of the night and realize her home was ablaze. Realizing her father's last words to her were to protect the items in the package and to do what she thought was right, Ericka decided to continue through the forest and into the mainland, living her home to turn to ashes.
Along the way she saw the new King's treatment to his subjects and resolve to not let another tragedy like her own to happen to another village. It was upon arriving to a small town that she faced a new problem. The hierarchy in Sicily allowed many wealthy people the power to abuse others and when she requested helped from the soldiers and protectors of the city she was meet with a kick or a swing. Realizing the corrupt nature of some people she decided to take matters into her own hands. Being small and light she sneaked into the vaults of rich merchants and stole gold to pay for her travels and others.
But being inexperience to this new trade she was caught and punished horribly with many beatings that left her to weak on the streets. By this time Ericka had lost hope in humanity and wished to just die there in the streets. It was at that time a new role model came into her left. A member of the Surlath clan. Now Ericka had heard of this clan from her father as being evil and treacherous but blinded by the fact that almost everything was now evil she chose to follow this stranger , who, brought a new goal into her life. Vengeance. So for the next 8 years Ericka trained and learn how to survive in the present cruel world, where good was now bad which also meant bad could be consider good...