Gabriella Riverson

Gabriella Riverson, real name Gabriella Pritchard, is a side character from Single-Handed Alchemy. She is a "loony fan" of celebrity alchemist Jordon Rivers, to the point of changing her surname to match his.
===Appearance===
Gabriella intentionally makes herself resemble Jordon, wearing the same navy blue turtlenecked jumper, blue scarf and blue fingerless gloves. She also wears a light purple skirt and dark tights. Her real hair colour is dark brown, though she dyed her hair white to match Jordon's hair. Her eyes are blue, and she has no plans to copy her idol's red eyes.
===Personality===
Gabriella's entire life revolves around her idol Jordon - her mother jokingly states that she can't last a day without mentioning him. She often quotes him, makes references to his actions and tries to match him in appearance.
In general, Gabriella is an even-tempered, cheerful person who, because of her vast knowledge in alchemy (despite not practicing it herself), is often called a nerd. She seems to assume that everyone around her will understand exactly what she means, which often makes discussions difficult for her.
===Story===
Gabriella lives in Chrysdon, a city where alchemy is very popular. Although she loved the idea of alchemy, her parents kept her from practicing it due to various horror stories that they had been told. Instead, she took to reading about alchemy in books, and subscribed to the Elements Weekly magazine from the age of seven (saving up her pocket money to pay for the subscription). Before long, she was considered an expert in alchemy, despite her lack of practical experience.
When she joined junior school, she learned about a boy named Jordon Rivers, three years above her, who was also very interested in alchemy and had even managed what was often deemed as impossible - creating life. Thus, she came to idolise him, and at the end of her first junior school year, knowing that Jordon would be leaving that year, managed to sign his yearbook and learn where he lived.
Five years later, when Jordon was sixteen years old and Gabriella thirteen, she picked up an issue of Elements Weekly that had an article about Jordon's achievements in it. Following hearing of this, Gabriella started up a Jordon Rivers fan club at her secondary school, and later at her university. Her clubs were only partially successful, with the university club peaking at sixteen members.
==Relationships==
===Jordon Rivers===
Jordon seems unaware of Gabriella's existence, only knowing her as the girl who signed his yearbook when he left junior school a decade ago. On the other hand, Gabriella is obsessed with him, as evidenced by founding two fan clubs devoted to him and changing her look to resemble him.
===Aleah Monet===
Aleah vaguely remembers Gabriella from when she lived in Chrysdon. According to a phone call with Flynn, she remembered Gabriella being very hyperactive on the playground.
==Creation==
Gabriella was based on the "loony fan" trope, with her two most notable sources of inspiration being Haiji Senri from the Len'en series and Zinos Zin from COLD❄BLOOD. Both of her inspirations are notable for copying the name and some aspects of the appearance of one of the major characters from their games of origin, much like Gabriella (though, in Gabriella's case, she copies more of the appearance of her idol and less of the name).
==Trivia==
*If the player completes all of the sidequests that Gabriella offers in Single-Handed Alchemy, she considers changing her name to "Gabriella Snowridge".
**A model for Gabriella copying Flynn's appearance, right down to having her left arm exposed (but not bandaged), can be found in the game files, though it goes unused in-game.
*Gabriella doesn't plan to change her eye colour because she doesn't like the idea of having red eyes.
*Gabriella likes to collect alchemy crystals that people have dropped. According to one of her friends, she has at least five hundred in her collection.
*Gabriella loves playing card games, her favourite being Alchemy: The Pretense, a made-up game that references the real card game Magic: The Gathering.
*Gabriella owns three of Jordon's sentient homunculi, who live in a doll's house.
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