Aleksandra Brankovich

### Secret Heart's Desire

"To be free of this cursed legacy repeating. I don't want it. I want to pick my own life, my own destiny. Is that too much to ask?"

### My "Magic" Touch

"Woop-dee-doo, I can use magic. What of it?"

### Storybook Romance Status

"I...Romance is nothing to me! That's what caused my mother to abandon me!... But... Wolfthorn has been nothing but kind and understanding to me... I...So...I... I do not know..."

### Oh "Curses!" Moment

"Misreading a spell or curse. The opposite you want happens. It's annoying."

### Best Friends Forever After

Synnove Z. Cupid

**Aleksandra Brankovich** is the 17-year-olds successor of **Dame Gothel** from the German fairy tale *Rapunzel* collected by the Brother's Grimm.

At the time of the **Rebel Movement**, Aleksandra is attending her **Yearbook Year** and currently does not room with anyone. Completely against her destiny and not wanting anything to do with legacy, destiny, or anything of that matter, Aleksandra sides with the **Rebels**.

## Characteristics

### Physical Appearance

Aleksandra is a tall, and beautiful teenager of Serbian descent. She has long purple-blue-hair, with lighter streaks, and bangs she keeps brushed to the side, with dark red eyes. She wears a black cord with a red orb attached to it, around her neck. The orb is what helps her control her magic powers which have been unstable since she was abandoned. Dijana gave it to her when she took her in.

As a child, her hair was a rich, black color, but at the age of 10, she cast a spell permanently changing her hair color.

### Hobbies & Interests

#### Magic

Like most magic-users, Aleksandra finds a hobby in learning more about magic.

### Powers & Abilities

Not exactly a sorceress or magician (as she calls herself), Aleksandra is able to use magic to her command

* **Magic:** Aleksandra has the power to use magic allowing her to use magical forces to varying degrees.
	+ **Dark magic:** Aleksandra excels in the usage of dark magic, having studied it since he was a child and practicing it as well. Between the two forms of magic, he uses his dark magic a lot more.
		- **Curse inducement:** As a user of dark magic, Aleksandra is able to cast curses of varying degrees.
	+ **Spellcasting:** As a being of magic, Aleksandra is capable of casting and creating various spells.
		- **Appearance spell:** When she was ten, Aleksandra was able to cast a spell that permanently changed her hair color from black to its current color, indigo-blue.
	+ **Telekinesis:** Aleksandra can manipulate objects/matter with her mind.

## Fairy Tale - *Rapunzel*

### How Does Aleksandra Come Into It?

With Dame Gothel not having any known children, the legacy of her role left unknown. The Storybook of Legends was consulted and it declared magic being, Aleksandra as the new Dame Gothel.

### Opinions on Destiny

Truthfully, Aleksandra *hates* her legacy, she doesn't want anything to do with it.

## Relationships

### Enemies

#### Poppy and Holly O'Hair

Aleksandra doesn't per se *hate* the O'Hair Twins but finds them a bit annoying at times.

## Etymology

Her full name is *Aleksandra Brankovich*.

The name *Aleksandra* is of Serbian origin. It is Serbian variation of "Alexandra". The name *Brankovich* is of Serbian origin. It is the alternate transcription of Serbian Бранковић (Branković).

## Trivia

* Aleksandra does not like nicknames in the slightest, the last person to call her "Alek", ended up with a curse in the face.
* Her concept design can be found here.
* Aleksandra's magic aura is dark, indigo-blue-to-black.

### Notes

* Aleksandra was originally going to be named "Arcadia" and be from Greek, but it was later changed due to the already large amount of OCs from Greek.
* The idea to continue the pun theme with characters was considered, but no pun name sounded good.

## Timeline

* 01 January 2022: Aleksandra is posted on the Ever After High Mirror Portal Site.
* 25 December 2019: Aleksandra is posted on the *Ever After High FAndom* site.