Alva Klingen

## Biography

Alva Klingen was born in a remote village in the snowy tiaga of current day CSSC. Her tribe, named 'Aurora' had lived in the area for generations and was completely self sufficient, it was also comprised of a separate race of furfolk that resembled pumas. Her mother was part of the tribes leaders, while her father was an avid hunter for the tribe. Alva was born at least 15 years before the gods began saving souls from the past world and sending them to Vaktas. As a result, most 'new-worlders' would have never known her tribe existed or thought of them as just "uncivilized barbarians".

### Introduction of the CSSC

The CSSC began immigrating to its current territory in the beginning of fall. It was at this time, that the Aurora tribe made first contact with a vanguard party from the CSSC. Initially the foreigners were welcomed into the tribe as travelers from a distant land. However over time, rumors of the newcomers being quite aggressive and looking to seize the tribes territory turned the relationship between the two groups sour. As a result, the heads of the tribe formed a group of well respected warriors and hunters to drive them off. The foreigners from the CSSC caught wind of this, and surprised the tribe by attacking Alva's mother in the dark of a new moon. Alva was spared due to her hiding and being still young at about 16. However these actions caused the entire village to pounce on the vanguards from the CSSC.

### The CSSCs Revenge

A few months would pass from the foreigner situation. It was promptly announced as a victory for the tribe and was remembered as a day of strength for the warriors of the tribe. What was unknown to the tribe however, was the great wave of CSSC they had called upon themselves. This came to fruition in late winter, when a sizable force from the CSSC's military had been spotted near the tribes village. This spooked the warriors, but their nerves were calmed by the leaders, claiming they had the advantage over these invaders. For a few days, the tribe would simply keep an eye on the CSSC army, waiting for their opportunity to ambush. This day came when the CSSC army had settle for the evening in a thick, snow covered forest. The tribe began it's attack by shooting bows into the camp, with intent to kill any troops watching guard. This was followed by their fast warriors rushing into the camp to kill those who were just being woken up by the alarms.

Sadly, the CSSC army had spotted the tribes scouts days prior and had set up this ambush as bait as a result, all the tents were left empty and a few guards were place there to stall the enemy. The CSSCs army had also found the tribes village and counter attacked by burning the forest and village with it. Avla had been sleeping when this attack began. Being awoken promptly by the loud cracking and heat of the fire. Her mother, who had been sleeping just next to Alva had looked out the window at the ancient forest ablaze. the CSSC had spotted Alva's mother, quickly storming the house. Alva's mother would hide her daughter in a large chest, closing it before moving to try and delay the intruders. Alva would lay scared in the chest, the cries of her people being drowned out by the ever ground snapping and burning of her village and forest.

A long night passed as the forest burned itself out, the cold climate and eventual snowfall putting the fire out. Subsequent passes of the CSSC army would eventually uncover Avla's hiding place. The army would move her to a tent where there were 2 other children left from her village, not a single person after herself would arrive. Among the survivors of the village, there was Alva, a young boy, who looked to be horribly wounded, and a young girl, who didn't look to be more than 6 years old. In the following days and weeks. Alva would be transported along with the army to their eventual settlement in the mountains.

### Early Life in Captivity

Alva would be kept in captivity as an "Unwanted barbarian from the aggressive tribe who tried to kill the CSSCs army." She would spend most of her time idling in a small locked home with nothing but books filled with propaganda and the occasional food crate. It wasn't until she reached the age of 17 that she would be removed from her lonely home and brought to an unknown, military owned facility mined into the innards of the mountain. Here, the CSSC would transfer Alva's identification as a "POW" of sorts to become a test subject for a future mage program for the CSSC military. Alva would undergo a series of tests to gauge her mental and physical capabilities before sending her to undergo a 'Gem Transplant'. She was never told anything more than what she needed to know, and as a result she was unaware of the severely low chance of surviving this transplant.

Thankfully, Alva miraculously survived. She would be bedridden for weeks following the transplant, her memory still cloudy about that time. Her initial victory would be stomped as the strength tests following the transplant were rigorous and usually painful. Eventually, after her loyalty to the CSSC government was re-affirmed and Alva had reached the age of 18. She was given citizenship and was promptly sent to the CSSC government for further tasking. The government gave her an aptitude test, she would score highly in her ability to govern and lead others, most likely due to her mother, and as such was sent to apprentice under a province director. To say gaining citizenship and freedom allowed her to live a normal and happy life was a far-cry from the constant injustice and dirty looks from Sneopards. It wasn't until she finished her apprenticeship and had earned high regarded from the province director her reputation in the government gained her prestige. The irony of moving from an undesirable of society to a well-respected government official was quite amusing initially. But she kept her chin up and simply regarded her past as ignorance and a lesson to be learned from.

## Alva and Her Characteristics

Alva Klingen had an experimental gem implanted into the middle of her chest. The red gem was the first of its kind and was been measured to have a large capacity, larger than most of the blue or purple gems found previously. As a result, her magic capacity is a bit of an unknown, and as a result, her capability was recorded as "immeasurable". The only drawback of this, is the gem is directly connected to Alva's appetite. This is thought to be due to the gems large capacity, the red gem uses both magic energy, but also energy from organic material to store energy. To keep her image of a powerful and respectful head of the government, the opted to simply recharge her gem about a dozen times a day or so instead of eating more. In a final test during her test subject days, archives recorded her ability to 'steal' energy from other mages through physical contact. This was also attributed to the fact she can gain energy through food and beverages.

Although Alva originated from outside the CSSC. She has become one of the more nationalistic members of society, often citing her old tribe as "Weak and Ignorant". She has also shown her resolve multiple times in the government, most notably through the road project that connected the CSSC to the Grand Elven Union of Elderfall.

## Death of the Director

On March 4th, 2022, Alva Klingen was pronounced dead. Cause of death was a deadly infection that had just begun to ravage the CSSC. The situation of the pandemic would soon be under control, so most would say Alva's early death was simply 'unlucky'.