Valkyrie the Axolotl

This is an article about Valkyrie the Axolotl, a character created by Monk the Cat on 09/3/2015.
Valkyrie is a 23 year old axolotl. She has no outstanding powers, but being an amphibian, she has natural regeneration. Her regeneration has been augmented for her to survive wounds much more easily.
==Appearance==
===Physical Appearance===
Valkyrie is a white axolotl of average height and slightly below average weight. She has two headfins/gills on the sides of her head. Her tail is somewhat long and tapered, with fins on the top and bottom of it. As an amphibian, she obviously has no fur on her body. Her white skin has a slight darkening on all areas but her muzzle and belly. Valkyrie's headfins/gills and tail fins have a pink pigmentation. Instead of a nose, she has two small slits for nostrils. She has light green eye(s). Two dark red 'scars' cover her right eye. Though the scars are actually a pair of tattoos, while the eyepatch covers up (and protects) a fully functioning right eye underneath.
===Attire===
The axolotl commonly wears a rough set of tan brown shirt and pants, with the pant legs rolled up so her boots are visible. The boots being a solid brown leather with black rubber soles. Above the shirt, she wears a flattened, gray leather chestplate. Her torso is also covered with a few belts and bandoleers, which have several pouches for knickknacks. Around her neck she wears a navy blue half-cape, which covers the majority of her back and left side. The inner cape has some small pockets for extra tools. By far, though, her most notable attire is a large leather eyepatch which sports a blue symbol/rune. The eyepatch has a thin iron rim and is held onto her head by three thin leather straps, which connect to a square metal ring on the back.
==Personality==
==="Normal" Life===
The best way to describe her in one word is "snarky". Valkyrie can come across as condescending and slightly judgmental to people she does not know or does not like. Once the initial conversation barriers have been brought down, she is more open and kind. She is known to give compliments and be sincere about them. Regardless of level of comfort in a conversation, Valkyrie is always hesitant to share information about herself, her past or her job.
Her attire, posture and disposition often sets her out as someone who should not be messed with. Not necessarily because she appears threatening, but because it looks like nothing would do much to her. The eyepatch and scarred eye underneath is the main selling factor to how she comes across to people. She also uses the eyepatch as insurance, in case something were to ever happen to her left eye, she could remove it and use her right eye to see while her left regenerates. 
She is obviously rather intelligent and thoughtful. Her mind is usually taking in situations and finding out three things; if someone wants/needs her for something, who she can talk to/who wants to talk to her, and what is the quickest form of escape she can make. She has done this enough that it is almost second nature to her, and is harder to figure out. While being intelligent, she also is rather curious.
===On the Job===
Valkyrie has a rather odd love-hate relationship with her line of work. Up front, she is very professional and formal to her clients. She holds her reputation to high regard, as it is what gets her her clients and by extension, her work. Likewise, she both likes and hates being a thief. She likes the thrills, scares and adventures. She hates the part where she is stealing. This leads to quite a bit of inner conflict that normally only surfaces when she is talking to someone she trusts, or is alone. Due to both professionalism, and wanting to protect those she cares about, she almost never shares information about her jobs.
Valkyrie's other profession, adventuring/looting ruins is something she feels a lot less nervous talking about. When asked about what she does for a job, she normally replies with the words "grave robbing", using the term lightly. She takes pride in finding unique and interesting items in the areas she explores. Because of her regeneration, she also is a bit more daring than she would be otherwise. Rarely, though not unheard of, she has been known to jump into traps to spring them and take the hit, so she no longer has to worry about it. She also notes the strange fact that there never seems to be an end to the 'undiscovered' ruins full of loot.
On rare occasions, she has also been known to go monster hunting.
She is known to flee from combat situations, often, as she prefers not to fight. She does this for a few reasons. The first being rather obvious that getting into fights can end in injuries or worse. The second is that she is far from being an expert fighter. While able to hold her own and is very fast and accurate, she has a hard time blocking and countering. And thirdly, it can alert others to her location, and also alert them to who she is/who to look out for if she still needs to complete her job there.
==Items Currently in Possession==
*Shamshirs - A set of curved, eastern blades. The blades are very light and accurate, complimenting their user's whole motif perfectly. They are easy to draw and easy to hit with, but pack little punch and have next to no ability to stab. Valkyrie has modified them a bit to stay in their sheathes unless released correctly, to keep them from being drawn or falling out when she does not want that to happen.
*Knives - Various small blades with different purposes. 
*Lockpicking Set - Self-explanatory. A professional lockpicking set to get through those pesky barriers.
*Derringer - Self-explanatory. A small, two-shot pistol that is easy to conceal. Not always brought with her.
*9 mm - Small handgun brought on adventures as a means of defense. Doesn't serve many other purposes.
==History==
Valkyrie was born in the downtown area of Majorcity. Early on, her mother left her father because of their rocky relationship. The young axolotl spent most of her days being taught by both parents with conflicting views on both of them. She eventually started spending more time with the friends she found. Throughout the rest of her schooling years, she spent most of her free time with friends under the city, in areas like sewers and basements, eventually learning how to find her way in said areas.
Eventually the group was turned into a small local gang who were known for small heists and burglaries. At around age sixteen, she experienced her first time sitting in a jail cell, waiting for one of her parents to bail her out. With her now being a known criminal, most people started treating her differently. The normal people of the city would shun her and what she had done. It eventually drove her to leave, seeking out a newer start.
Reaching a new town and being a new face, she was satisfied. That lasted until about the time that her savings ran out and she returned to the one thing she thought she was good at - thievery. Going freelance, and using the money she earned from her early jobs, she practically changed her identity. Her infamy grew as a freelance thief, eventually landing her bigger and more dangerous jobs. When her morality got the better of her, she would go off to find loot and treasure in more remote locations, where she would have no need to steal from living people. Though her undamaged looks and naivety left many questioning her abilities.
On one occasion of graverobbing, she had her right eye burned out. The regeneration for the eye took longer to heal than normal, and left a lasting effect. Upon returning, she arranged to have two 'scars' tattooed over her right eye, and got a patch to put over it. The new look changed how some of her employers looked at her, and was able to get her a few more jobs.
That leads up to the current part of Valkyrie's life. She still works as a thief-for-hire. She still occasionally goes treasure hunting or monster hunting. Though over the years, her conscience has started to kick in more and more. She regrets having ever become a thief, but if given the chance, she would not change it. She has large amounts of inner conflict about whether she should continue her current occupation or not.
==Powers==
Valkyrie only has one real power, that being enhanced regeneration. While normal amphibians can slowly regenerate from wounds, or even regenerate limbs and organs, Valkyrie can do it much faster. This allows her to often survive wounds and situations that would be otherwise fatal if she did not have the regeneration. As a scale of how good her regeneration is, at multiple times, she has lost one or both hands. If she loses one hand, it will take roughly two days for it to have grown back, varying on what she has been eating and how much she has been resting. More injuries takes longer for them all to heal. Her regeneration has been augmented by other sources.
==Abilities==
Valkyrie has rather average abilities when it comes to to what she can do in normal life. She cannot run much faster than a normal person, jump much higher or lift much more. Her main strengths are that one; she is am amphibian and can both breathe water and swim very well. And two; that she has a lot of stamina due to her regeneration. Aside those, the axolotl has a natural pension for stealth, problem solving and getting into otherwise inaccessible areas.
==Skills==
Having her major job being a thief-for-hire, she is versed in espionage and its more specific skills. She is known to pick or break a large number of locks (using an actual lockpicking set), though this is notably an area she is weaker in. She is rather stealthy, being light on her feet and making little sound as she moves swiftly from location to location. Similarly, she has knowledge of security systems and how to disable the more basic ones, while avoid more complex ones.
She has received informal training and experience with wielding scimitars, shamshirs, knives and handguns. Of those four, she has the least experience and like of handguns. They are also the weapons she is least likely to carry, while knives are almost always, and she is usually carrying her shamshir(s). While she tends to avoid combat at most costs, she has had her fair share of brawls and scrapes.
==Relationships with other Characters==
===Friends/Allies===
*Argent the Wolf - A friendly wolf that eventually captivated her emotions. She sees the guy as very nice and trusting, but a bit naive. He's caring enough to earn her trust, and she would wish no harm to come to him. 
*Rose the Wolf - Argent's younger, snarkier sister. Valk seems to get along with her rather well, despite their limited interaction.
===Neutral===
*TBD
===Enemies===
*TBD
==Weaknesses==
She relies heavily on her regeneration to solve most dangerous situations she comes across, this leads to all of her specific weaknesses. Something blocking out that regeneration might cause her to panic if she is still in a dangerous situation. Her regenerating also causes her to lose some focus on defense, as such, her natural defenses are rather bad. Weapons often deal more damage than intended as she is generally weaker than other people in those terms.
Due to her regeneration, her metabolism is heightened greatly. With this, she is weak to a few things like poison. Poisons will affect her much more quickly than normal people, which can cause greater pain, greater paralysis or more damage, but they also do wear off more quickly and the damage can be repaired. On a similar note, she is weak to fire and other energy-based attacks. They will burn through her flesh more easily and be more painful, but again will regenerate. Cauterizations are the hardest forms of wounds for her to heal from, though.
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