Andra

## General

A moth mercenary who was born far away from Gran-nest in Argea. She stayed in Gran-nest after years of travelling due to it being so diverse and possibly having good business opportunities. During this time she became a mercenary for hire, member of the Refuge, spouse of The Smiler, and eventually Queen of Borea. She eventually killed herself in the Blue Lake in Hallownest during the Reset. Her grave was dug by Nover.

## Appearance

Andra has had many different looks throughout her life, yet she has taken a liking to wearing a Red Dress, typically very patchy and battle damaged. On her waist she wears a brown leather belt with multiple utilities on it, including, a couple knives in sheathes, a canteen holder with a canteen in it, and a few pockets.  On her head she usually wears a reddish hoodie, typically sown onto the dress as well as a white three eyed mask. Two eyeholes where eyes would typically be and one eyehole in between/above them both, in her more recent outfit she wears an eye patch over the left eyehole. She wears no shoes, or anything else on her feet. Underneath her usual clothes, she is a black skinned moth with white fluff around her wrists, back neck, front chest, shoulders (partially), and her face. She has blue eyes however one of her eyes, that being her left one, is heavily damaged and gray-ish. She has two two and a half foot antenna on her head, on her back are two white wings and she has four hands. Her bottom two hands are made out of black ice (void-ice) due to them being severed from two unrelated events. She also has "Riot" and multiple ":}" symbols burned into her flesh near the stomach area.

## Origin

Andra's childhood was spent in a tribe of Argean Moths with her father Apolious and her mother Martha. The tribe didn’t have an exact name but the neighbouring larger kingdom Argea referred to it as “Mythria”. Mythria, despite being independent, was considered to be Argean territory. Argea was a very large ancient kingdom, considered to be a more successful kingdom then most other Wyrm kingdoms.

Of course, the founder was a Wyrm, he found a wife, had kids. Argea being the bigger better nation loved to bully the Mythrian Tribe, they took land, forced some of their members into Argean society, sometimes stole resources and threatened genocide multiple times if they didn't comply. Eventually a... "strange" tradition was born. Every son of the king was forced into a marriage with a young Mythrian Mothwoman. The age never mattered but both were typically married at 12-20. So every few years a moth would be taken forcefully from Mythria to marry a wyrm son or risk genocide. Eventually Andra was chosen at the age of 13 and was taken from her home. When her father Apolious tried to reason and stop them from taking her, he was murdered in front of Andra. She was taken from her home forcefully. On the night before her wedding, she escaped the palace, and ran, she ran until she physically couldn’t anymore. This most likely caused Mythria to be slaughtered by Argea.

Then she roamed the Wastelands - from civilization to civilization. She came across villages, circuses, tribes, but no major kingdoms. She picked up a job as a mercenary and built up a reputation of being very efficient at what she does. She adopted a strange fighting style, utilizing a spear as her primary weapon and daggers as secondary. She took on the role of a mercenary, she killed hundreds just too gain a mere geo, it was one of the only ways she could make money, and damn was she good at it. Another thing about her home tribe, Mythria, was that the moths often practiced a form of biological Essence magic which was passed on through generations, utilizing specialized organs and the way their bodies are wired to use it somewhat efficiently. They typically never used it for fighting and only for utility purposes, but Andra used it for fighting. She did not rely on magic as much as her standard weapons though. After years of aimlessly wandering the Wastelands she learnt many skills to survive and how to hunt, whether it be mere bugs, or towering beasts.

## Storyline

### Arrival

"The creature would slam down into the ground of the King's Pass. As she stood it was quite clear she... wasn’t from here. She’d begin her slow move through the cave. She held in two of her arms some strange weapons, spiked balls attached to some thread, in two other arms she held a short spear. As she walked the cluttering from various metallic and wooden items could be heard from her bag and pouches."

"Soon enough she’d make it to Dirtmouth, quite the peculiar town. She hadn’t been to one in a while, her journey through the world was a dangerous and difficult one. She made little friends along the way with those who she did find likely dead now. The problem was she had made numerous enemies as well. She survived using simple knowledge, learning skills and numerous different ways of combat from the people she met, she had, a journal with her. She had sat down on the bench in the town centre, placing her small nail spear on the side of the bench as she rested her eyes, she wore a hood and a mask to conceal her face but had strange antenna pointing out of her mask. Clearly a part of her body."

"Her old kingdom had fallen due to unarmed events. Not important anyway. As all things end eventually. She had numerous scars across her body all though you couldn’t see many of them due to her large cloak. She wasn’t too big probably somewhat shorter than a Mantis Lord. She was a huntress, a warrior, a survivalist, and her name was Andra."

Andra decided to settle down in Hallownest at around the age of 26 as it was the first major kingdom she had come across since Argea. However, her peace was cut short as she arrived around the time of the Starfall. Thankfully she didn't know anyone at this point so no major psychological distress. She started a job as a mercenary for hire and got a home in Serenity's Rest - the former tent of the Seer. Eventually she was marked by the Smiler but her mark was eventually removed. She also started a pawn shop selling body parts and weapons. Andra also eventually *ate Vashur* in her home of the Seer's Tent. The tent however was "kind of blown up in spite of Andra by some members of the Refuge" and she had to renovate the place as more of a house and to have a torture dungeon with a pale door where she could hang people and inflict pain upon people of her choosing.

Andra eventually allegedly had an affair with Iggy but when he died she made a spear out of his body parts. She also killed Nover because she thought he wanted a peaceful death not at the hands of the Refuge or Xenosia and threw his body into the Abyss. It should also be noted that she regarded Nover as her best friend during this period. She also developed a grudge against Molten after she got lured by Vengan to Molten in the Wastelands who kicked the shit out of her with a mech.

### Smiler

During the start of the Smiling War, Andra had an odd sexual relationship with the Smiler. It was just kinda weird and Andra eventually despised the Smiler. She eventually broke off from that weird fuckin relationship and fell for Riot. After a miscommunication (or potentially a joke), Andra killed Vengan under Riot's orders, which got backlash from some people and it made Riot quit his position as SHAW's leader. Andra also ate Molten's mantis body around this time - scraping the flesh off his bones with her own teeth - after which point she was tortured by Olgur and lost sight in her left eye after it got smeared with void. She eventually was the person who dealt the final blow to the Smiler during the last day of the Smiling War and remains one of the only people who got away with stealing the Smiler's body parts - in her case, his heart.

### Borea

Riot and Andra eventually married and she became Queen of Borea as Borea was a country that was ruled by Riot. They had two children - Somnis and Echo. She didn't do much during this period of unusual stagnation but eventually, she would kill herself with her spear "Sebastian" in Serenity's Rest, Blue Lake, just before the Nadir. Her grave would be dug by Xeno Nover.

## Abilities

Andra has the unique ability to masterfully manipulate both Essence and Nightmare Essence. However, when she uses Nightmare Essence she gets an extreme urge to kill and devour flesh. Her ability to do this is so incredibly random that she has no exact set of moves, however there are a few things she uses it for the most.

-Essence chains: She shoots them either out her wrists, her body, the floor, or anything else, mostly used to bind others but can be used as whips as well.

-Essence Knife Barrage: A barrage of knives that are either thrown from hand or thrown via Essence magic.

-Take Control: She can take control over most Essence attacks, and can even take over Nightmare Essence attacks and divert them away or dissipate them.

-Essence Weapons: Can create weapons of Essence and utilize them as her own.

It should be noted that her essence attacks can be destroyed by Dreamnails and her Nightmare Essence attacks by Nightmare Nails.

## Bonds

-Spouse: Riot.

-Children: Somnis and Echo.

-Friends: Nover, Revlon, Deilos.

-Dislikes: The Troupe and most people in it.

-Enemies: Molten and The Smiler.