Fury

## Eveline Hanley

**Eveline "Fury" Hanley** (born 6 January 2099) is an Acadian and the second-in-command of the Snow Trolls. As the Favourite student of her guardian, Aquila Ezra, Fury was trained to be a better combatant than any other Acadian around her age. Even after a new generation of recruits in Snow Trolls, her skills remain unmatched on the battlefield by any unmodified human.

## Early Life

Fury was born shortly after the end of the war in Iceland. Her parents, both Snow Trolls preparing for a future war, were unable to keep up with the new responsibilities, and surrendered Fury to Aquila Ezra to be trained as a Snow Troll.

After Finishing Ezra's basic training curriculum at the age of 6, 3 years before any other natural-born in the same program, Fury's training was closely watched by Aquila Ezra and other White Knights. She soon started taking part in hunting trips with Ezra and learned how to use a rifle before she joined a squad. The preferential treatment she received from Ezra distanced Fury from her fellow mentees and her circle of friends dwindled to Halmar Albertsen, and Mathilda and Joshua Ewart.

As Ezra's favourite mentee, Fury was bullied by other children who believed that their future chances were being while she was around. On 8 August 2112, Fury got into yet another fight with her bullies and killed three in self-defence before the fight could be broken up by the nearby students.

Rather than being punished for murdering three Acadians, Fury's training was concluded and she was admitted into the Snow Trolls at the age of 13, 3 years before the norm. When she joined the Snow Trolls, she adopted the name "Fury", which started as a joke by Halmar Albertsen to indicate all of her bullies were afraid of her. Her training under Aquila Ezra continued and intensified in line with the Snow Troll standards. When she became a combat-capable member of the Snow Trolls, she was qualified as a Hunter - the role with the most stringent requirements.

## Snow Troll Leadership

When Nicholas Irwin, the leader of Snow Trolls at the time, announced that he was going to resign before the end of 2120, Fury applied for the position, along with Halmar Albertsen. After a 3-month campaigning period, Halmar was unanimously elected by all Snow Trolls and representatives of other squads, but Fury disputed the results and demanded trial by combat instead, in order to prove her superior combat skills. As trials by combat were illegal in Acadia, the two were allowed to form their own teams to participate in the Stettin Flag Race, a simulated combat race where the winner would be the next leader.

When Fury's team met a lone Halmar on the battlefield, her team members refused to attack Halmar and turned against her, but were quickly put down. Having realized that the Snow Trolls would be just as unwilling to follow her orders as she just witnessed, Fury agreed to join forces with Halmar and become his second-in-command. Now facing the best soldiers from across Europe on their way to leadership, the two decided to form a Knight's bond in order to make best use of their varied expertise and increase their effectiveness in combat, in exchange for being required to follow each other in death.

The two shared all their thoughts and senses during the competition to win, and continued their habit of sharing every experience both in their personal lives and in combat. Their extraordinary success in combat earned them the praise both within Acadia and across Europe, but their bond was kept a secret as this procedure was only reserved for Knights Of St. John's and could result in their loss of credibility and possible reclamation.