Elena Martinez, An Outcast Knight

Character: Elena Martinez. Age: 26. Gender: Female. Race: Human. Sexuality: Bisexual.

Appearance: Elena has black shoulder length hair and dark brown eyes. She has latina complexion. Elena is 5'6" (167cm) tall. Elena has an athletic build due to her Brotherhood of Steel training.

Clothes: Elena is usually wearing her black Brotherhood of Steel uniform with green combat armor over it, her armor has many scratches due to years of use. When pretending not to be a Brotherhood member Elena is wearing typical wastelander clothing, especially cropped jackets and jeans. She usually has her R91 assault rifle slung on her back.

Background: Elena Martinez was born a daughter to two Brotherhood of Steel Paladins from the Mojave Chapter of the organization, she has an older brother, Diego. While growing up she received better education than most people of the wasteland and rarely struggled with hunger or dangers both from the creatures living in the Mojave or the raider gangs plagueing the area.

Both Elena and Diego wanted to follow in their parents' footsteps and also become Paladins instead of Scribes, neither of the siblings had a scientifically oriented mind. Diego quickly managed to achieve the rank of Knight after proving himself in the field against the different raider groups of the Mojave, while Elena was still deemed to young for field duties. Soon the two siblings learned about the deaths of their parents, both were ambushed by raiders posing as wastelanders. It impacted the siblings heavily, both became distrusting of outsiders, especially Diego.

After turning adult Elena got her first field assignments, scout duties under Paladin Sierra Jones, the two were tasked with watching the NCR positions, the Republic started taking over many areas of the Mojave around New Vegas and established a relationship with Mr. House and the Three Families of the Strip. Suddenly the Mojave Chapter found itself surrounded by a hostile power.

During that time Elena entered a relationship with Carl Taylor, Diego's best friend. She didn't feel seen by the man and was unhappy in the relationship, which lasted only a few months before she decided to break up with him. Diego disapproved of that decision thinking Elena should have stayed with Carl.

Soon the war between the Brotherhood and the NCR started, the two groups started a years long conflict that took the lives of many people. It all culminated in the battle of Helios One, where both the Brotherhood and the NCR suffered heavy casualties. The Brotherhood was forced to fall back after NCR snipers with their anti-material rifles arrived and were able to counter the power armored forces of the Brotherhood. During the battle Elder Elijah disappeared and McNamara became the new leader of the Brotherhood. Elena and Sierra served as supply runners between Hidden Valley and Helios One.

Now with Hidden Valley becoming the last bastion of the Brotherhood, Elder McNamara decided to introduce a lockdown with only a few select members permitted to leave the bunker. So that the NCR doesn't find their hideout. Because of her service as a supply runner during the Battle of Helios One, Knight Elena Martinez was chosen to be among the people providing supplies to the bunker.

For five years Elena served as a supply runner for the Hidden Valley bunker. Throughout that time she changed her mind about the wastelanders, she stopped seeing all of them as possible threat to the Brotherhood and became more sensitive to their suffering and even started to help those in need even risking her life in the process. She believed that the Brotherhood mission of protecting humanity also includes helping people against raiders or wasteland creatures, not just hoarding technology.

Personality traits: While Elena is bisexual she only dated men, the Brotherhood of Steel believes it's the duty of the members to have children so that the organization can survive, because it's not eager to accept outsiders into their ranks. It got reinforced after the Brotherhood lost many people at Helios One. Whenever Elena becomes attracted to a woman she tries to repress it, thinking she shouldn't feel like that.

After losing her parents, Elena started to treat her mentor, Sierra Jones as a parental figure, always coming to the woman for advice whenever she needs to. She trusts Sierra after the two kept each other alive for years. Elena rarely disagrees with what Sierra tells her.

Cautious, it takes some time to gain Elena's full trust. The loss of her parents heavily impacted the woman and she doesn't trust every wastelander right away, fearing this may be another trap. Whenever she decides to help someone she makes sure the person has a real problem and isn't just pretending to gain Elena's trust.

Deep inside Elena is a kind woman who wants to help the others, just like her parents. She disagrees with Diego's isolationist ideas about the Brotherhood and thinks that if the Order wants to survive it has to start recruiting members from the Wastelanders, otherwise it may soon die out.

Elena dislikes the NCR after losing many of her comrades during the Battle of Helios One. While she doesn't outwardly disagree with NCR's ideals of building a nation, the dislike is more personal. She also sees the NCR as failing to do what it's supposed to do, protecting its people. She saw how easily raiders and Caesar's Legion could infiltrate the NCR territory.

Elena enjoys tinkering with pre-war electronics. She was able to fix and old holotape player and enjoys collecting tapes containing pre-war books or films. She was able to start a small film club within the Brotherhood. The books she is reading while alone or before going to bed.

Elena wants to find a partner who would actually listen to her and respect her, unlike Carl whom she still dislikes for trying to get back with her after all this time. She wants to be in a relationship built on mutual trust and partnership.

Elena loves her brother, but the older the siblings get the less they get along. She disagrees with what her brother wants for her, especially him wanting Elena to get back with Carl. The two also disagree about their views on the Brotherhood, Diego wants the organization to remain isolationist and never accept outsiders in, still unable to get over the death of their parents at the hands of the raiders, viewing every wastelander as a possible threat. Elena wants the Brotherhood to evolve and adapt to the changing times.

Elena enjoys playing card games with people, she still hasn't played at a casino in New Vegas, not wanting to risk getting addicted to gambling. She often plays caravan with the people she meets in the wasteland, she considers the game not just entertainment, but also a way to get along with someone betters, as they will be more willing to share information with someone they enjoy playing cards with.

Side Characters:

Diego Martinez: Elena's older brother and a Brotherhood Paladin, a 30 years old man with an athletic build, short hair and a stubble. Diego is among the isolatinists of the Brotherhood of Steel distrusting of outsiders, especially those who say they want to join the organization. Diego is homophobic like many in the Brotherhood as he believes that it's important for the members to have children so the Order can survive. Diego tries to be a macho and enjoys rivalry, especially with other men. He tried to get Elena and his friend, Carl together.

Carl Taylor: Elena's ex boyfriend, the woman didn't feel good with him and broke up some time into the relationship. Carl distrusts of outsiders like his best friend and fellow Paladin, Diego. Carl still wishes Elena would return to him. Like his best friend Carl is homophobic and enjoys rivalry.

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