Allysa Miranda

## Physical Appearance

A young woman in her early twenties (24), not particularity tall (5'4"), and very fit. When you watch her walk she seems to glide with an easy grace, one that she is not particularly aware of. She would also be considered attractive, though a fact that is of little importance to her, unless it can be used to her advantage. She has long dark hair, that is often tipped in white. The colour can change however and its not clear is she uses dyes, or wigs as the length alters as well. It would be difficult for a casual observer to say what her true hair colour and length is. Allysa has a tanned complexion with no visible scarring, piercings or tattoos, other then then her earrings.

She often is seen wearing glasses though she really doesnt need them. She has found though that can be a form of protection as well as misdirection and she likes the look.,

**Always wears:**

* At her neck a necklace consisting of a leather strip supporting a single large reflecting stone / jewel
* Simple ring on the middle finger of her left hand (healing charm)
* Ears, small obsidian studs (anti compulsion charms)

## Personality

Allysa is a dichotomy of opposites. On one hand she can be almost overwhelmingly self confident, in fact some might say arrogant. On the other hand she is an unsure, social misfit who often has no idea how to interact with casual acquaintances. The hunter doesnt understand the concept of failure and brings that attitude to everything she does as a hunter. The young country girl is another story. She has only been away from home when travelling with her father. Whenever he felt the need to get away he would take his daughter with him in an attempt to give her some understanding of the world outside. So she has never been on her own until now and she is finding the intricacies of human interaction beyond the very large, tight knit family she grew up with, to be a very difficult map to navigate.

Both the hunter and the girl are almost painfully loyal to who she considers to be family. and of course just assumes the same in return. She is a very quick learner, a necessary hunter trait, and when she is proven wrong in her assumptions it is difficult to regain her trust.

(to be continued)

## Powers and Abilities

*Abilities*

Allysa is a Hunter and has the standard hunter strengths in spite of her more fragile appearance. This includes:

* Enhanced resilience and a great resistance to physical injury
* The ability to remain focused shutting out pain and distractions for a length of time when require
* Enhance physical prowess due to constant training
* Well trained to use most weapons, both melee and ranged. Has a particular fondness for knives. Also trained in a number of forms of hand to hand combat
* Conviction of a hunter means it is difficult for vampires to turn her
* If necessary can break and dislocate own bones

She grew with a good knowledge of the various herbs that grow in the rural area she grew up in and extended that interest through reading and google. Also growing up around a large extended family she became somewhat proficient cat burglar and pickpocket.

*Powers*

Improved Senses - superhuman sense of smell

Astral Projection

*Expertise*

ambush, camouflage, stealth, knives, claw, darts, poison - moves almost inhumanely fast

## History

Age: 24,

Born in to an old, established hunter family, and grew in rural Virginia as part of a well established farming community that really had little to do with farming. If challenged though on her background she is quite capable of milking cowing ensuring that somehow her challenger was squirted in the process. Even though she is an only child of two hunters she has always been surrounded by family, and close friends that were as good as family.

Her own parents had met at Clifton Forge back when her father had come to study some of many tomes kept at the reliquary Her mother had been following a family of spending a year away from the community to learn about the wider world. In that as in many other things her parents were worlds apart as her father by that point had already traveled the world. However he chose to return to home with her mother, and not much later Allysa was born.

Growing up the young Allysa was steeped in hunter tradition with a strict Catholic up bringing. However, her father taught her to look at the world through a different lens, to not be afraid to look beneath the surface. Also, whenever he got the urge to travel he would take his young daughter with him, giving her the opportunity to learn, truly learn about the world around her. Basically he planted the seed of independent thinking and they found very fertile soil. Even though her mother did not generally have the urge to travel with them she fully supported her daughters 'separate' education.

When the local priest, who had an eye for pretty young things, decided that Allysa at age 7 was ripe and ready to be picked, he was in for a nasty surprise Not only did the child show an extremely strong will of her own. She learned how to defend herself even at that early age, using her teeth. and making her parents very proud. Needless t say the priests complaints about their unruly daughter feel on deaf ears.