Chloe

## Overview

Chloe, more commonly known as *Chloe Hill* is the character with the recognized ability to 'live multiple lives' across the stories she is in. The character is almost always depicted as female, but the details on background, lifestyle and personality will vary depending on the story or *iteration.*

She is most recently featured in *The Wayfarer,* introduced as the deuteragonist and partner of *Vincent Torelli* throughout the story. However, her roots are in *Iteration: Zero*, which depicts the character's first life before gaining immortality, and how she met *JT,* an extradimensional force whom is the provider of Chloe's power.

Mental health issues appear frequently with the character Chloe, this is brought on naturally as it is a part of her character on an internal, in-story basis - this usually always includes Schizophrenia, but has varied in different scenarios. The presence of JT provides and elevates her symptoms, to a point where it can be deemed an unrealistic representation of the mental condition, but these are the powers that JT possesses over Chloe's mind. Whether Chloe has Schizophrenia or related psychotic symptoms without JT is unexplored, as she has had JT non-stop. It is important to note however, that if she keeps on a schedule of antipsychotic medication, it can sever JT's connection with her, providing uncertainty from what actually causes her condition.

In appearance, Chloe is usually a White Caucasian with a pale complexion, black or dark brown hair and brown eyes. These features draw comparisons with actors Krysten Ritter and Anne Hathaway, both of which are inspirations for how Chloe looks. Her original visual reference is that of RawSammi, a female YouTuber that blogs about her life and dealings with mental health.

Chloe as a character concept finds origin dating back to 2014, written originally as an OC for online roleplaying purposes. These methods of roleplay were crucial in building the character to the state it is today, with the use of text based roleplay and online, videogame roleplay to depict the character in. The first and foremost appearance of Chloe was as a character for the HL2 roleplay community on *Garry's Mod*, it is a player-driven experience that puts you in the life of side characters from Valve's critically-acclaimed Half-Life 2. This is also the reason why Half-Life has a driving influence within Chloe's stories, as those original concepts have stuck as groundwork.

### **-** Powers & Abilities **-**

#### **Symbiotic Transcendental Immortality**

Symbiotic Transcendental Immortality is the specific type of immortality granted to Chloe via her symbiotic relationship with JT. This is similar to *dimensioskimming* or quantum immortality, but JT is the key factor and it is not an inborn ability of Chloe's. This allows Chloe to pass her conscious soul and mind to another body of hers after death, with the new body being in a parallel universe or reality.

#### **Maccavitianism**

Chloe has displayed sensitivity to maccavitianism, a form of extrasensory perception utilized by *Maccaviti* agents. Maccavitianism includes heightened senses and perception, and foresight of future events. See *maccavitianism* for more.

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#### **Soul Shift**

Soul Shift is a combination of transcendental immortality and maccavitian flying, it requires a high level of skill and grants the user with a heightened evolution of flying on a higher dimensional basis, this could in theory, allow the user to gaze into different realities, using an alternate version of themself as a proxy. With cooperation of the host's parasite, the user could take full control of a parallel body whilst leaving their previous in a dormant state.

### - Skills -

Due to her longevity, Chloe has gained experience and knowledge in things she once knew nothing about, these include: practical and theoretical physics, weapons and explosives handling, combat tactics, engineering and an exceptional understanding of astrophysics. Due to her exposure to *Combine* technology, Chloe understands the possible application of dark energy.

Despite lacking physical strength, Chloe is capable of kickboxing, and throwing a decent punch. She has trained over many iterations in a practical sense, and has demonstrated the brutality needed to kill in hand-to-hand combat.

Chloe is adept at piloting multiple classes of vehicle, this includes motorbikes, cars, trucks and low-tech aircraft. She has also piloted spacecraft, but has not done so in a long time.

Chloe can speak four languages, that includes fluent English and varying levels of fluidity in French, Russian and Japanese. She can also perform ASL, but is not nearly fluent, and is novice in reading others. All other language ability is very limited.

## Iterations

A lot of iterations are unaccounted for, but this leaves room for other works and ambiguity, here are accounts of events that Chloe has experienced. The term Iteration is mentioned a lot, and is analogous with 'number of lives', or 'what version you are on'. The reason iteration does not apply for another being in the multiverse is that they do not possess transcendental immortality and do not experience life on a reincarnation basis.

Chloe is not the only person to exist in multiple universes as every object, living or otherwise also shares this property, the main thing to remember is that her ability of transcendental reincarnation grants a continual consciousness across these parallel universes after death, whereas any other creature does not, not without the same ability.

### ‣ Iteration: Zero

*Iteration: Zero* is the telling of Chloe's first life as a girl called Amy, this is the chronological beginning of her story and how she met JT. Iteration: Zero, as the title suggests, takes place in her first iteration.

### ‣ Brigador

In 2099, we see the Earth's future left dystopian with a Cyberpunk-esque setup that has been ravaged by nuclear war, flooding and a zombie-like virus. Chloe is a young adult, caught up in civilian life in the former United States' Chicago. A Japanese-American, Chloe was brought up by her single mother in the ever-growing city of New York. The story follows Chloe as she searches for work and wonder in one of the most dangerous but culturally rich cities in the West, eventually turning into a desperate escape from highly influential mafioso after a self-defence killing.

### ‣ District 47

After the brutal invasion of Earth in the early 21st Century, Chloe's adult life is overshadowed by the iron grip of her alien overlords, this marks some of Chloe's earliest interactions with the Combine scourge. Set in Bulgaria, Chloe is a relocated citizen living in City 17, the renamed city of Sofia. Among many city districts, district 47 is the setting of the story. Chloe meets many faces in the city, and gets by as a freelance prostitute, a pivot for the meeting of Tom Langley.

### ‣ ''Space Academy''

In a long forgotten iteration, Chloe attended a space flight academy which acted as a full-time boarding school for it's students, considering the nature of the technology, it is definitely post 21st Century. The Academy itself was a mismatch of old-world university and the modern cutting edge, this was probably due to old academic traditions in the sector. Chloe Hill experienced memories of this iteration in a dream, little over a month before her wedding in The Wayfarer.

### ‣ NeoTokyo

A warped Cyberpunk setting, NeoTokyo takes place in the wild utopia of NeoTokyo, one of two last cities standing in Japan. In the far future, this world has been ravaged by nuclear war, mutation, monsters and genetically engineered super-powered beings both heroes and villains alike. Chloe is of American descent, living alongside her boyfriend Saeyoung and her sister Lucy. It is a less than serious setting with slice-of-life, sexual themes and worldbuilding with interesting characters.

### ‣ Starboard

Starboard is a short story taking place during the 23rd Century, a sci-fi depiction of humanity branching out to the stars, a commodity for colonists and the rich. Chloe has been brought up in poverty on Earth and became an anarchistic fugitive in her adult years, to escape her certain capture and imprisonment, she illegally boards a Starliner posing as a waitress. This interstellar ship is enroute to a planet many hundreds of lightyears away where she'll start a new life. Aboard, she meets Rowdy whom is a musician, a familiar face from her past.

### ‣ The Wayfarer

The Wayfarer, also known as the *Primary Timeline* is a popular parallel Earth detailing the story of Vincent Torelli, partnered with Chloe Hill in a slice-of-life turned a fight for their lives against the mysterious and violent oligarch Nikolai Kalinov, who vows he'll change the world by ending life as they know it. It is a tumultuous turn in Chloe's story and takes place on her official 50th iteration.