Adelaide

Adelaide Hauptmann is a supporting character in the modern arc as well as in previous arcs, specifically following the death of Guinevere.  She is Otto-Wolfgang's secret daughter, who is part werewolf.  Currently, she works from abroad as a zoologist in Botswanna, occassionally helping the Group as well as visiting.

## Appearance

Adelaide is a taller, slim woman with a natural darker blonde hair and blue eyes.  She has a part down the middle of her hair similar to both Otto and Klara, and actually has a cowlick strand between the parts.  Similar to Otto, although she is in her late thirites, she appears younger.

Normally Adelaide wears a khaki coat with some kind of collared shirt underneath, with varying degrees of discoloring.  She also wears brown cargo pants and knee high boots in a similar manner to Otto, however, this is mostly due to geographic practicality.  When at home, she usually puts on a fine dress and some makeup, in a stark contrast to what she normally wears.

When she is a werewolf, she is dark gray, and one of the few that prefers to move on all-fours rather than her hind legs.

## Personality

Adelaide, similar to her father, possesses a large array of knowledge on various different topics, giving her a smarty-pants aura.  In her early appearances, she often finds herself hanging out with the boys in her class, giving her a tomboyish trait.  This continues into her adulthood, and is partially shown with her dirtied clothes and rougher appearance.  She is surprisingly sociable and amiable considering her social education by the esteemed Dr. Hauptmann; but, this ultimately hides a seemingly much sadder inside appearance.  As such, she is prone to anger bursts (or other emotional outbursts), which have the tendency to transform her into a werewolf.

## Biography

Adelaide's backstory, prior to meeting Otto in her debut, is largely unknown, although events can be inferred based on Adrijana's letters to Otto and his various reactions, as well as some of Adelaide's memories.  Her confirmed backstory is that she was born from a Croatian-born Austrian prostitute, of which Otto had a romantic interest in.  It is a mystery exactly how Adelaide became a werewolf, but is speculated that it came from Otto's genepool.  From her birth, until she was seven, she lived in Vienna with her mother, her identity kept secret from Otto.  However, after her mother died in a failed mugging, she was sent to Regensburg to look for Otto, and encountered both him and Wolfram Wachter.

After that moment, she was initially hidden in Schloss Hauptmann until Otto returned from a mercenary job in Bolivia.  Although intially hesitant, she was enrolled at the local primary school, but due to Otto's paranoia, wasn't able to socialize much.  This however changed in secondary school, wherein Otto continued to lower his guard and trust that Adelaide was safe most of the time.  Although she still stuck out, something which she initially hated but came to ignore, at the behest of Otto and Wolfram.

Finishing secondary school at the top, she went to Berlin to study biology and continued down the route, eventually going to Oxford for graduate school (just as Otto had done).  She then went immediately into the field, studying for her doctorate at roughly the same time.

In the modern arc, her aid normally comes when the group encounter scary, mythological creatures or find themselves in various outdoors adventures, and neither of the survivalists (Otto, Klara, and Leifur) are present.  However, she has a more profound set of appearances, in Leifur's misadventures.

## Abilites

Her primary ability is to transform into a werewolf, given the right circumstances.  At first, her transformation was not easily controlled (hence part of Otto's paranoia), but after several years and with help from both Otto's science and Aldric's alchemy, they were able to allow Adelaide to control when she switches forms.  However, the easiest time to change remains under a full-moon.

It is unknown whether or not she is in fact immortal or damage/ age resilient.

## Weapons

Adelaide is one of the few civilian characters who carries a firearm with her, even when not in her usual savannah environment.  These include

* Swiss Army Knife: a Christmas gift from Otto one year
* M1911 pistol
* Machete (not used as a weapon)

## Relationships

### Otto-Wolfgang

Although at times seemingly frustrated with Otto for a variety of reasons, she still maintains close contact with him and when called by him, usually arrives within mere hours of the call.  Oftentimes, upon her arrival, the two will go by themselves outside for a little while to talk.  Otto is one of the few people she will confide in when she has her emotional moments, which has actually helped the rest of group calm Otto down during his rages.

### Klara

During the episodes with Klara, she is at first apprehensive of her, but becomes quite keen on keeping their relationship together, especially once Otto enters his depressive phases.  However, it still takes her a long time for her to completely trust her.  By the time of their marriage, she is seen helping Klara pick out dresses and accompanies her and Elise to various events.

### Leifur Rolfke

Leifur is probably the closest friend she has that makes an appearnce in the modern arc.  Although her junior, and a part of the Vatican's Paladin Organisation, she has on numerous occasions had a romantic interest in him.  Originally developed when both were in secondary school, it has persisted since, but she is often left wondering if Leifur can get the hint (which he is often oblivious to).  Within Leifur's adventures, he often keeps in contact with her and the two have gotten together to deal with certain entities.  She is also one of the more avid volunteers during his regattas both in Switzerland and abroad.

## Trivia

* As a reference to her being part werewolf, she is sometimes drawn with wolf ears above her head, but these do not make up part of her physical appearance.