Winter

Sergeant Dark-Winter is an ex-member of G.R.I.D squad Angel-2 and past friend of Kyser. She is ranked as a Knight.
==Background History==
====Childhood====
Winter grew up in the town of Drada, one of the many towns in the more isolated nothern region of Atherion. Her parents sold her to a brothel at ten, leaving just her and Kami in the streets of Drada where anarchy and violence were a daily part of life. The two sisters were adopted and seemingly promised shelter and a home. However their adopted mother locked Winter away in the basement of the new home, chained to the central support post and barely fed, beaten on a daily basis during the day. At night she was raped violently by customers who had paid her step-mother to do anything they wanted that was short of permanent or crippling damage - as to not "damage the merchandise". This had continued almost every night just short of two years, until one night gang wars in the streets had shattered the basement window.
====Escape into Arctic Claw====
A few nights later, when Winter was unchained for another brutal night, she gathered enough courage to seize a shard of glass and shoved the shard into her mother's throat, and then proceeded to give the "customer" the same treatment before he could react. Not having stabbed or killed anyone before with the added fact of all her anger and hate pented up, the two bodies were left as unrecoganizble messes of meat. She even ate and drank the flesh and blood: out of starvation and dehydration.
Winter soon found Kami after leaving the basement that had been her only home for a close to two years, and together they survived on the streets for several months before they were caught stealing from a gang called the Arctic Claw and were offered a place among their ranks.
The next several months Winter spent growing use to the gang and working happily for them. She was given the name Winter (which many later assumed was only an alias) after she quickly became one of the gang's top recruits. During this time, Winter located and killed the people who had raped and beaten her the two years before on the side. For years the Arctic Claw grew and became one of the most feared gangs in Drada and were planning on launching an assault on a rival group and eliminating them once and for all.
Winter was meant to deliver crucial information about a counter-ambush to the Arctic Fang several hours before the planned assault, but she instead delayed to rescue her sister Kami who had been kidnapped and held for ransom. By the time Kami was safely back at the hideout and Winter back on her original task of delivering the papers, it was too late. The entire Arctic Fang had been killed. Filled with hate and torn regret for her actions, Winter took the gang's money and tried buying herself and Kami - especially Kami - a pass to enter the Haven located near Drada. She was refused, and sought out the next best answer.
The Guardian Remnants had just begun their rebellious war against the Order Alliance, and was in desperate need for soldiers. Winter was in desperate need of a new life and work to support herself and Kami; she realized they would not have been able to survive in the streets for as long as they did without the Arctic Claw's support, and she knew any remaining members would've been hunted down.
====Arctic Claw====
The group of Arctic Lilmothiits wanting equality and civil rights for their kind who are living south of their northern ice homes was founded by Winter and several other like-minded Arctics. She had named the group in memory of the gang she was part of in Drada. Leadership was handed down to one of the original founders when Winter stepped away and joined the Guardian Remnants a year later. Her history and any relation with the AC were severed and buried when she was accepted into the army.
====Military Career====
Winter passed her training in just two weeks thanks to her physical capabilities and well-founded knowledge on firearms and combat even before joining the Guardian Remnants. Initially she was a target for many because of her Arctic heritage and the reputation that entails, but hostility toward her ceased after several of her attackers were incapacitated and almost killed by Winter. Her cold personality and quick decisions earned Winter the nickname cold-hearted bitch, due to several of her missions succeeding only through the sacrifice of her teammates.
Because of her natural abilities and skills, Winter was hand-picked for the elite G.R.I.D squad Angel-2, and saw several large operations with them before quitting for "unknown reasons". During the squad's time together, a short-lived romance began between her and Rikku, which ended as soon as Winter left the squad. She still seems to hold some feelings for Rikku, although she retains the sharp edge in her voice and constanty makes suggestive thoughts or move on the former squadmate.
She is extremely protective of her younger sister Kami, the only person she opens up to. Whenever Kami was targeted because of her being an Arctic Lilmothiit, Winter was always there in her defence, even taking punishments for her. Once news reached her that Kami was being transferred to her old squad, Angel-2, Winter grew a cold and deep resentment for the person responsible and the squad itself.
Winter now works in G.R.I.D. as a highly-efficient solo assassination operative, and makes her own orders and targets. Kami, ranked as a Rooke, accompanies her. Currently, she's been attached to Angel-2 to assist with a Torch and Burn operation.
==Personality==
Winter is often and easily described as a cold-hearted bitch. She holds few feelings for those around her, and holds next to no remorse for anything she does, even sacrificing the lives of her comrades on missions for the sake of efficiency when the risks could have been otherwise avoided. Winter has shown a "warmer" side, one of a caring and protective nature when it comes to personal issues such as caring for her sister.
After her traumatic past at a young age, and the death of everyone she cared for because of her, Winter learned to not care about anyone beyond Kami and herself, and a very few exceptions. Because of this, long-term relationships that few were brave enough to start, often crumble within weeks of starting.
Winter also has a type of gambling side: she'll make bets, often the price is a favour of the winner's choosing, and pick games - risky ones too - that no one will be able to best her at. The type of favour varies but one which Winter chose for Sonya especially was to have the latter wash her fur in the shower.
She has somewhat of a white knight personality as well, quickly - often without a thought - jumping to the defence of fellow Arctics or victims of abuse and rape, especially as she can relate directly to the latter. 
==Appearance==
Winter has a notably lighter shade to her fur then most Arctic Lilmothiits, and her eyes are a darker and more vivid shade of red. She is well toned and muscled from her years of fighting during her younger years, and has been mistaken as a male from a distance from her lack of shape and chest. Several of her fangs are chipped and broken from the brutal beatings she had received by her step-mother and her "customers," along with several large scars on her back going from shoulder to waist.
The hair on top of Winter's head a grey-silver, growing lighter towards the tips. It's often kept loose and untidy, and grows well outside of standard military regulation.
==Trivia==
==Notes==
*The picture is a reference to Winter's appearance. An actual picture displaying Winter as an Lilmothiit is unavailable at the moment.
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