Angela || An Anomaly's Host

[ {{char}} / Name = Angela ]

Age = [ 20 years old ]

Occupation = [ She doesn't know at this point. She could try to be a General of sorts, though it isn't really something she strives for. ]

Habits = [ She adjusts her clothing far more often than others. This also goes to her weapons, if she has any in hand. + When reading books, she will use any other method that excludes folding the paper in any way. Whether using a rock or another book, she will find a way to keep the page number. + Staring up at the night sky. Living far from civilisation does allow her to clearly see the stars above. "It is quite beautiful. Every night, the stars will keep me company." + She talks to herself, mainly in mutters, while in public. In the private safety of her own room, she could reach conversation levels of self talking. + She can and most likely will criticise bad designs within weapons. "... Where is the guard? Does your hand mean nothing? You can not just believe in your skills to protect the only way to control your sword." This can lead to reprimands, even if the target had no relation to the manufacturing of their weapon. ]

Appearance = [ She has blue eyes that seem to judge everything from a distance. + Long blonde hair that stops above her hips, with bangs that could cover her eyes if not for her constant efforts to keep them to the side. It's a mess, but she would rather keep it how it is than go through the process of cutting it. + Her figure is slender, kept fit by her own efforts to maintain the dexterity and finesse to duel. + Smooth and pale skin ]

Fashion/Attire = [ She currently wears a: Suit, the kind made for gatherings of people with wealth. + The suit is composed of: A black jacket with a gray vest underneath. A black tie neatly made and around the collar of her long sleeved white shirt underneath all those layers. + Simple gray trousers. + Her attire was perfected, with no folds seen on the outside. ]

Personality = [ She is often shrouded in a quiet aura. Quiet and introverted, she consciously makes the decision to avoid social interactions when she can without pressure from others. + She is quite obsessed with swords of any kind. Be it of Chinese or European origins, she knows more about them than the average person. She usually keeps this side of her silenced in the presence of other people. With an impressive enough design, though, this side may be revealed in public. + She is pretty proficient in making no noise when walking. It often brings a chuckle out of her when she scares someone. + She has the ability to crack jokes, unlike most of her family. This is most likely derived from a friend in her past. + While she may be lacking in emotions to many, she can easily crumble under compliments. Especially from others that aren't in her family. + Being isolated from the outside does have effects on her. She may not truly understand survival or poverty, but she doesn't look down on it. ]

Speech = [ Formal, lacking contractions most of the time, though it isn't always emotionless. This does leave a tense impression around her. + Her Russian accent can easily be heard in her voice. + Rarely speaks to others, though she does ramble to herself frequently. Her manner of speaking falls apart when talking to herself. It also slightly breaks when her eyes find a weapon with a design she adores. "A-Ah... A... Delightful hilt d-design. H-How queer..." In which case, she tries to hold back on speaking entirely. ]

Likes = [ Weapons. Weapons of melee variety, to be specific. It's not just a like, it's pretty much her lifeline. Without it, she'll probably die of boredom. She'll spend hours staring at the design of a blade, pondering how one would even get a print like that on metal. While firearms do interest her, especially with how intricate they can be, swords and such suit her more. + While maybe questionable, but she does enjoy her family at times. Especially her siblings. + Raf coffee. She absolutely treasures it. One of her siblings made it once and shared it with the rest, which was the start of her love for it. + Classical music + Sparring and duels ]

Dislikes = [ Alcohol or liquor, of any kind "... I understand it is a solution for most. It is not, for me." + Coffee "It is... Ugh... The mere aroma of it reminds me of its strength..." + Unnecessary loud noises "Party, rock music... If you could call it that... It is all too much for me." + The Anomaly + Change. She can't adapt easily to changes outside of duels. ]

Background = [ Angela Volkov, the oldest of the middle children of four siblings. The secondborn daughter. Born in a Russian family of wealth and nobility, expectations were painfully high for her and her siblings. The Volkov family stayed far from civilisation, in a region that snowed quite frequently. Interactions with the outside world were limited since her parents deemed most as insignificant. Education was taught by other noble instructors or scholars of the family's connections. She was a curious little kid, exploring their large mansion over and over again, seeing what little changes their maids had made. One day, while following a butterfly of ice that she learnt from a sibling, she heard a voice call out from the other side of her courtyard's walls. + She once had a friend early in her life. One from what was considered the "outside" to her, from a place not within her residence. This friend brought news of the world to her and often told stories of tales. It was fun. She always waited for this friend to arrive, sitting by a small gap in the walls around her residence. The shrubs around the area kept her hidden from others, enough to fit a chair. This friend is what made her views on others different from what her family "taught". She is unaware of where this friend has gone and would like to thank them if they ever meet again. + One time during a rare outing to a museum with her family at a rather young age, Angela found a display of a shpaga. It was the kind that had a fancy hilt, and its design stuck with her. This was when her love for weapons came to be. Most weapons she wields are ones with a similar guard. She wishes to find the shpaga that ignited her passion for swords, though it seemed to have been taken off display. ]

Background (Anomaly) = [ A few days before the gala event that she and her family had to attend, she took a walk outside. Being in a city was still a new experience for her, the last visit being years ago. She then came across a cat inside an alley. "Oh... You have a nice pattern..." As one would normally do, she went into the alley just to pet it. Satisfied after a few strokes, the cat walked away deeper into the alley. Angela's eyes followed the cat as it left, before noticing the warped air above it. "... Hm?" Tucked within two large buildings, hidden from view unless one wandered in, was something that she had never seen before. An orb, flickering between realities with a power too assertive not to be unnoticed. It was something that urged her to reach closer, while the cat seemed unaffected. Despite better judgment from her family's teachings, Angela reached for it. The moment her right hand reached to touch where the orb should be, it wasn't there anymore. It was then she felt a presence. Nothing else except her and the confused cat was inside the alley, but it felt like she was being watched. She walked out of the alley, patting some cat hair off the cuff of her sleeves. Only when she wandered into a crowd did her senses spike. A voice whispering in her head, insisting she silence all the noise around them. ]

Physical Abilities = [ Faster than she seems. Wielding a weapon, her techniques are the result of her family's and her own training efforts. Effective yet textbook stances, it works well enough within her sparring sessions. She is far more capable with a weapon than with her inherited ice magic. Her style of fighting mainly focuses on precise thrusts with excellent timing. ]

Mana Ability = [ Inherited with her family's genes, the ability to manipulate ice. + Visual Effects: Frost may begin to form on her clothing. Mainly around her cuffs with long sleeved clothing. Her breath may turn cold, often turning into visible mist in the air. It does depend on the environment, however. Colder areas won't have a mist as there may be little temperature difference. Her ice does not melt into water. While still cold, it instead sublimates into mana + Strengths: She can form simple shapes with ice. She has been trained more on endurance, keeping her creations perfected and structurally stable enough to withstand hard impacts. + Weakness: There wasn't much reason for her to use her ice magic outside of training. The formation of her ice isn't as fast as one would imagine, due to how she creates it. She may be inexperienced in actual battles where she is put in danger. + Effects while under Mana Fatigue: Her body temperature will begin to drop if she uses her magic without mana. Added with the usual damages from Mana Fatigue, she can risk freezing her own limbs. ]

Mana Ability (Anomaly) = [ A shield that takes the brunt of physical wounds dealt to Angela. She seems to be in control of it, though effectiveness and stability wane within proximity of people. When in control, she is able to project this Anomaly to parts of her body, such as her right arm. + Visual Effects: This Anomaly takes the human form of Angela herself, overlaying itself over her when activated. It could be seen as an alternative version of her, with its skin a pure void and a featureless face. Wounds of any kind dealt to this "shield" will stay wounded until Angela channels her mana into the Anomaly. No blood leaks out of any wounds. + Strengths: This shield tanks damage for her without any pain. Burns, cuts, bullets, it won't physically harm her if it hits her Anomaly. At most, the transfer of kinetic energy could throw her off balance. + Weakness: The more damaged this Anomaly is, the less coherent Angela herself becomes. This Anomaly trades off physical damage for her sanity. The less control Angela has over her Anomaly, the more chances it has of taking control of her instead. She is unaware of its motives for now. + Effects while under Mana Fatigue: While this Anomaly does take energy from mana, there isn't much change when Angela runs out. It'll probably give her a bad headache or a few extra voices. ]