Alina Albrecht

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**Alina Albrecht** (アリナ·アルブレヒト, *Arina Aruburehito*) is a female Gemischt Quincy and the daughter of a former Soldat in the Wandenreich. She bears the designation **"F" - The Founder**.

## Appearance

Alina Albrecht is a European woman of average height and fair skin, with long blonde hair and soft blue eyes. Though she has regular clothing, she is frequently seen in the garb of a Quincy. She wears a white uniform, complete with a skirt, with blue trimming, collars, and cuffs. Her uniform features an ornate belt buckle and a strap for her weapon, and her skirt features starlike designs, similar to those on the *haori* of the Captains of the Gotei 13.

She can sometimes be seen wearing a variation of this outfit that features a white breastplate and upper-arm armor, as well as matching gauntlets. She wears these mostly in combat she fears will be deadly.

## Personality

Alina Albrecht inherited much of her mother's dry and humorless disposition. She is passionate about the future of the Quincy and hopes to be the vehicle of their restoration after their desolation at the hands of Ichigo Kurosaki. Because this, she holds a grudge towards the Shinigami of the Gotei 13 and Soul Society in general. She is also not fond of Wing Bind for their negligent stance towards her hometown of Alstadt, and has made it her business to protect the town from Hollows and Dragons herself.

She has a natural affinity for leadership and loathes acting like a subordinate. However, she is too young to have experience leading large numbers of people, which leads her to appear clipped and bossy when she becomes flustered. Despite these flaws, her mother believed that she would have become a great Sternritter had the Wandenreich not collapsed during the war.

## History

Alina Albrecht was born a year before the Wandenreich invaded Soul Society to a Gemischt Quincy family, one of whom was a Soldat and attendant in Jugram Haschwalth's retinue. Her father, another member of the Soldat, was killed in the initial invasion. Her mother was devoted to Haschwalth and had little time for her daughter. After the war, Alina's mother was tasked with assisting the Quincy survivors in Hueco Mundo and preserving the future of the Quincy.

Alina was raised strictly along these guidelines. Her mother taught her that she was the future of the Quincy and must live her life to restore her tribe's honor. When Alina was seventeen-years-old, her mother became a victim of the Vanishings. Alina then dedicated her life to discovering what happened to her mother and the others affected by the event.

## Equipment

**Quincy Cross:** Alina wears a butterfly-shaped pendant around her neck that she uses to focus **Reishi** and use her powers. Unlike other devices of its kind, it is not shaped like a **Quincy Zeichen**.

**Leiden Hant** (苦難の手袋 (ライデンハント), *Raidenhanto*; German for "Suffering Grip," Japanese for "Glove of Suffering"): Alina wears gauntlets on her hands, the right of which is a **Leiden Hant**. She uses this in order to call upon her **Quincy: Vollständig**.

**Medallion** (メダリオン, *Medarion*): Alina possesses a thin, palm-sized **Medallion**, a gift from her mother. This device allows her to medalize a Shinigami's **Bankai** and then use its abilities herself. While a **Bankai** is medalized, Alina loses access to her **Quincy: Vollständig**.

## Powers & Abilities

**Soul Distribution Power** (魂を分け与える力, *Tamashī o wakeataeru Chikara*): Like Jugram Haschwalth and her ancestor Yhwach, Alina was born with the ability to impart her power to other Quincy. Her mother called this gift a blessing, as it made her more like Haschwalth. As a result of this power, she spent much of her youth learning basic **Reishi** absorption.

* **The Founder** (座標 (ジ・ファウンダ), *Ji Faunda*; Japanese for "Coordinate"): Alina received her **Schrift** as a result of absorbing a fragment of Yhwach's Soul when the Kidō Corps redirected the vast quantities of **Reiryoku** released by the Vanishings. Her **Schrift** enhances her **Soul Distribution Powers** by making her the "coordinate" of Yhwach's power. Through **The Founder**, she is connected to every single Quincy who has Yhwach's power within them. This grants her a range of abilities she can use from within her inner world. The use of these abilities has earned her the nickname "Founder" (始祖, *Shisho*) among her fellow Quincy, since it gives her a tie to their "founder," Yhwach. Alina has noted that her **Schrift** is not yet complete, hinting that it might have room for evolution as she grows older and more powerful.
	+ **Telepathic Communication**: Alina can use **The Founder** to connect with specific Quincy and telepathically communicate with them, even across great distances or dimensions. Though she can't use this power to see or sense exactly where her target is (claiming such an ability would require **The Almighty**), she can sense her target's **Reiryoku** and determine whether or not they are alive or dead.
		- **Memory Inheritance**: Touching another Quincy can cause her to inherit their memories through their connection to Yhwach. These memories can be in flashes or complete strings of events, depending on how well the Quincy in question remembers what information she is seeking. Alina commonly uses this power as an interrogation method.
	+ **High-Speed Healing**: While her power is nowhere close to the flawless healing Yhwach possessed, Alina can pull upon the **Reishi** flowing through her connection to other Quincy in order to heal wounds major or minor. She can heal small injuries, like cuts, instantly. Larger injuries, like missing limbs can take hours to recover from, during which she cannot use **The Founder**. By touching another Quincy, she can temporarily transfer this power to them, allowing her to heal her comrades.
	+ **Quincy Power Amplification**: By touching another Quincy, she can temporarily boost their abilities dramatically. This extends to drawing out unawakened **Schrift** (though she cannot bestow **Schrift** herself). She can also use her touch to determined what **Schrift** her target has, as well as the abilities connected to it.

**Reishi Manipulation**: Though her unique abilities made basic Quincy skills difficult for her during her girlhood, Alina's mother eventually trained her to use this foundational Quincy technique. With it, she can gather **Reishi** from the air around her to use techniques and to form various weapons. Uniquely to her, Alina can use her connection to other Quincy through **The Founder** and use **Reishi** flowing through the "coordinate" within her in order to form weapons in a low **Reishi** environment.

**Hirenkyaku Practitioner**: Alina can use the Quincy movement technique with sufficient proficiency, allowing her to cross vast distances in seemingly a blink.
**Blut** (血装 (ブルート), *Burūto*; German for "Blood," Japanese for "Blood Guise"): An advanced Quincy skill that allows the practitioner to dramatically boost their offensive and defensive capabilities in battle. However, the offensive and defensive variants cannot be used at once.

* **Blut Vene** (静血装 (ブルート・ヴェーネ), *Burūto Vēne*; German for "Blood Vein," Japanese for "Stilled Blood Guise"): With **Blut Vene**, Alina can shrug off damage from Lieutenant-level Shinigami and most mid-to-low range Kidō. She can also dampen the impact of **Bankai** techniques, though she has trouble handling them due to their density.
	+ **Blut Vene Rüstung** (装甲血装 (ブルート・ヴェーネ・ルウストング), *Burūto Vēne Rūsutongu*; German for "Blood Vein Armor," Japanese for "Armored Blood Guise"): By projecting **Blut Vene** outward through her **Quincy Cross**, Alina can shape the **Reishi** into a silver breastplate. This defensive technique is much more durable than ordinary **Blut Vene**, allowing Alina to tank **Bankai** techniques without receiving damage. However, her offensive strength is greatly depleted while using this ability.
* **Blut Arterie** (動血装 (ブルート・アルテリエ), *Burūto Aruterie*; German for "Blood Artery," Japanese for "Moving Blood Guise"): Alina can use the offensive **Blut** to dramatically increase her offensive capabilities, granting her superhuman strength.

**Ransōtengai** (乱装天傀; Literally meaning "Heavenly Wild Puppet Suit"): An advanced Quincy technique whereby Alina controls her body with strings of **Reishi**, which allows her to move even when paralyzed or locked down by moves that would otherwise impede her.
**Spiritual Power**: Alina has tremendous spiritual power for a Quincy her age. Her mother had once compared her power to the Sternritter.

**Shadow**: A Quincy teleportation technique. Alina can use the Quincy **Shadow** to leap between the Material World, Soul Society, and even Hueco Mundo.

### Spirit Weapon

**Reishi Sword**: Alina can gather ambient spiritual energy and particles and combine them to form weapons. Her preferred weapon is an ornate knight's sword, reminiscent of a longsword, with a golden crossguard and a long black hilt. Like Quilge Opie, her sword even comes equip with its own sheath.

* **Heilig Bogen** (神聖弓 (ハイリッヒ・ボーグン), *Hairihhi Bōgun*; German for "Holy Bow," Japanese for "Sacred Bow"): Alina can change her **Reishi Sword** into a traditional Quincy bow by forming energy extensions on either side of the blade.
	+ **Heilig Pfeil** (神聖滅矢, *(ハイリッヒ・プファイル)*; Hairihhi Pufairu German for "Holy Arrow," Japanese for "Sacred Destruction Arrows"): When these extensions are created, Alina can fire off spiritual arrows just like any other Quincy.

### Quincy: Vollständig

**Porta Coeli** (神の門 (ポルタコーリー), *Poruta Kōrī*; Latin for "Gates of Heaven," Japanese for "Gate of God"): Alina activates her **Leiden Hant**, releasing a towering column of **Reiryoku** ending in a **Quincy Zeichen**. When the column subsides, she emerges in **Quincy: Vollständig**. In this form, Alina receives a **Heiligenschein** above her head, which bears unique crystalline designs, rather than the Quincy cross most have. She also sprouts a pair of angelic wings from her back.

Alina was initially unable to use **Quincy: Vollständig**. While he was alive, Yhwach stripped the Quincy of their ability to use the transformation. Alina gained the ability to transform after the Vanishings, when the Kidō Corps redistributed the released power, imbuing her with a fragment of the Quincy king's soul.

* **Flight**: With her new angelic wings in **Vollständig**, Alina gains the ability to fly.
* **Enhanced Speed**: Clad in **Porta Coeli**, Alina's speed receives a dramatic boost, giving her **Hirenkyaku** an enhancement comparable to a Shinigami's **Bankai**.
* **Complete Reishi Dominance**: While in **Vollständig**, Alina's **Reishi** absorption abilities are sharply enhanced. She can deconstruct entire structures of spirit particles to fuel her attacks and to empower herself. This enhanced absorption extends to barriers made of spiritual energy and Kidō.
	+ **Enhanced Soul Distribution Power**: Transformed, Alina also has greater control over her ability to transmit her power. She no longer requires physical touch to empower or heal other Quincy. Instead, she can simply preform the action she intends to Quincy within the range of her **Reiatsu**. These abilities are proportionally increased in tandem with the rise in her own power while transformed. She can also harness her incredible **Reishi** dominance to transmit even more power.
	+ **Sklaverei** (聖隷 (スクラヴェライ), *Sukuraverai*; German for "Slavery," Japanese for "Holy Slave"): This Quincy technique takes Alina's ability to absorb **Reishi** to the highest level, allowing her to literally enslave it. With it, she can tear away the molecules and components that make up spiritual objects and bodies. In some instances, she can temporarily incorporate the qualities of her absorbed targets into herself, transforming and granting her greater power. The transformation will wear off in its own time. It will also cease if her **Heiligenschein** is ever destroyed.
* **The Founder (Enhanced)**: Empowered by **Vollständig**, Alina's **Schrift** is dramatically enhanced, allowing her to manipulate the invisible "paths" (道, *michi*) that connect her to other Quincies with Yhwach's power.
	+ **Schrift Cancellation**: Alina can use the Founder to cancel out all **Schrifts** save her own that are within the field of her own **Reiatsu**. This is a conscious ability, rather than an automatic one, meaning she must choose to turn it on or off. It also only applies to **Schrifts** obtained after the Vanishings. For some reason, her powers do not work on **Schrifts** obtained before that point.

## Behind the Scenes

Alina Albrecht is based on a number of fictional characters. However, her primary inspirations are Alina Starkov of Leigh Bardgo's *Shadow and Bone* trilogy, and its Netflix adaptation, as well as Ymir Fritz from *Attack on Titan*. While her connection to Alina Starkov lies mostly in her name, her connection to Ymir runs much deeper.

For one, the name of her **Schrift**—"the Founder"—is taken both from Ymir's title and from her position as the **Founding Titan** (始祖の巨人, *Shiso no Kyojin*): a Titan through which all of the "Subjects of Ymir" are connected, and through which all Titan powers flow. Alina's inner world was largely modeled on "the Paths": an afterlife dimension Ymir went to after she died, where she toiled for two thousand years, creating Titan bodies through the sand in that world. However, her power amplification abilities are a reference to the Amplifiers in *Shadow and Bone*. Amplifiers are bones, scales, or teeth from magically-inclined animals that boost a Grisha's powers.

Alina is really the daughter of Jugram Haschwalth, as it is implied that Haschwalth and his attendant had a relationship with one another. However, in order to hide her parentage and protect Jugram's daughter from enemies of Yhwach, Alina's mother lied about her father's identity. This will be a point of development in her story.

Alina is The Darkling's main protagonist.

## Trivia

* Alina's **Quincy: Vollständig** name does not follow the traditional naming pattern observed by most Sternritter. She shares this trait with Äs Nödt, whose **Vollständig** was named **Tatarforas**.
* Alina is the only known Quincy to have an inner world.

## Notes and references

Notes

1. ↑ The site canon begins in 2021, and Alina was 19 years-old at that time, meaning she was born in 2002.
2. ↑ Yhwach's power is defined as any Quincy who can use a **Scrift** or **Quincy: Vollständig**.