Name: Aelita Von Noir
National Allegiance: Etheria/Arcadian Knights
Bound by her deeply-held sense of honor and patriotism, Aelita found it only natural to conscript into the Etherian Royal Army at the first chance she got. The moment her primary schooling was complete at age 12, she enlisted, moving from her family’s small valley farm into the high-mountain barracks of the Royal Academy.
There, in the shadow of the nation’s alpine capital of Skyhelm, she began training to be a soldier. Her humble beginnings and diligent attitude quickly ran her afoul of many of the more aristocratic cadets, who saw her skill as a threat and her naive regard of convention as contemptible, and something to be crushed from the Academy. However, despite many vicious attempts to destroy her, both literally, and in reputation, Aelita survived and persevered, and in doing so, came to the attention of General Luxion, High Commander of the Etherian Armed Forces.
Impressed in finding a student who shared his assiduous and honor-bound nature, Luxion took Aelita under his proverbial wing, training her from a mere cadet into full Knighthood.
Tested in battles, both grand and intimate, Aelita earned a litany of commendations and scars (the latter of which she treasures more than any medal), and while some may find her aloof attitude cold and arrogant, she will simply respond that a true knight must always be “above the fray.” Privately, however, those who she is close to know the Aelita who awkwardly fumbles though everything not covered by her military training, the Aelita who is only now learning to stand on her own without that structure behind her, and has never spent a day in her life just “hanging out” with friends… And who is now ready to try.