Alice L. Marvin

**Alice L. Marvin** is the main female protagonist of the *Pumpkin Scissors* anime and manga.

Second in command and field leader of the Pumpkin Scissors. An inexperienced soldier of noble origin who graduated in the academy just before the ceasefire. Alice's hot-tempered and reckless demeanor tends to sometimes put her and her subordinates in danger. She has a strong sense of duty and justice and tries to live up to her family's military traditions, contrary to her father and sisters' belief that she must assume a more feminine behavior. While she is the current heir to her family, she will likely lose this position once her younger brother comes of age.

In the XP4 fics, Alice debuted in the XP4 Heroes of the Multiverse - All-Star Adventures.

## **Appearance**

Alice has a short blonde hair styled in a bobcut and she has blue eyes. She wears a light brown military long-sleeved coat with a circular collar, a brown belt wrapped around her waist and a sword holster dangling on her right hip, she wears a light brown baggy pants, black boots and brown arm gloves.

## **Personality**

Alice's hot-tempered and reckless demeanor tends to sometimes put her and her subordinates in danger. She has a strong sense of duty and justice and tries to live up to her family's military traditions, contrary to her father and sisters' belief that she must assume a more feminine behavior. Another curious trait of hers is that sometimes she feels chills on her neck when something very good or very bad is about to happen (most of the time is something bad is about to happen).

## **XP4 Fanfics**

Alice is a member of the ALL-STAR JUSTICE and is a Juggernaut Officer

### **XP4 Heroes of the Multiverse - All-Star Adventures**

In Chapter 13, Alice alongside her fellow Juggernaut inside the meeting room somewhere in the ALL-STAR JUSTICE main headquarters. She and everyone had a discussion about the new threat with everyone noticing Adam Brashear's upset expression over Vision's death. After the meeting, everyone expressed their disgust over Inga's obsession of watching people executed.

## **Abilities**

* **Offense:** Alice's fighting style is mainly offensive and confined to close distance combat due to her use of swords rather than guns.
* **Defense:** Alice also uses defensive style on particular occasions. She learnt the *Main Gauche* technique from her grandfather who was rewarded it by the king. While performing this defensive technique, it appears to be more like a dance form. She is compelled to switch to this style during the fight with Loderian guard. However, she can convert the style to her offensive way as well.
* **Artifice:** Alice is originally left-handed but trained to use her right hand for all routine things and left only than it comes to serious fighting. She decides this so to trick her opponents, as explained in last episodes of the series.

### **Weapons**

* **Family Sword:** Contrary to her subordinates who always engage in combat with firearms, Alice's weapon of choice is a short-sword with her family crest engraved on it.
* **Mähne:** In some occasions she shows her true skills in battle when brandishing her special weapon, a long double-bladed cavalry sword called *Mähne*, which she used quite successfully against Claymore I during the affair involving Hans and Mr. Mion.
* **Noble Flamme:** Alice uses this special sword on the fight with a Loderia Guard in the ball of nobles.

## **Trivia**

* Alice can't hold her liquor and gets completely smashed off a single glass of wine.

## **External Links**

* 2nd Lieutenant Alice L. Malvin at Pumpkin scissors Wiki