Hello, I am Farli, and I've been meaning to app here at Brave New World for some time. I'd actually intended to send one in for this character last year, but due to RL and time restraints, thaaaat got rather indefinitely delayed. Until now.
Player Name: Farli Contact Info: Plurk at farlichu; AIM at "Summonerskies".
Character Name: Sophia Nate Canon Name: Super Robot Wars Brief History: Scientist in distress who just wants to take an extended nap in a huge underground secret bunker and wake up in a peaceful future. But sudden but inevitable betrayals by (former) colleagues who just can't say no to POWER, alien invasions, and villains from alternate universes keep interrupting such good intentions. Fortunately, there are heroes around to save the day (including Swords That Smite Evil) - though she's still left to clean up the mess by herself afterwards. Sigh.
AU Ideas: Since elements of Gigas make a good parallel for the Divine Crusaders, the faction Sophia was nominally a member of in the Super Robot Wars series, I've opted for Sophia being a servitor in their service, and has been for most of her life.
Born in Sanctuary during the Gigas occupation, Sophia was conscripted at 6 years old from one of the older mage families who'd fallen on hard times due to the conflict. Given a new surname (Nate), she was taken far away to raised in service, and has been involved in the development and maintanence of defensive technology for as long as she can remember. Working under one of the more prominant leaders of one of Gigas' political factions, due to her quality of work she gained something of a high position in spite of being a "tool" of her adoptive nation.
However, when ownership of her servitor group changed hands, she began to uncover evidence that parts of her work were being used for weapons development. Due to this, she was betrayed by one of her more conniving colleagues in order to take both her position and credit for her creations, as she would not permit projects where said work might be used to cause harm. Believed to have been killed in a workplace 'accident', some time later she would be revived many many miles away -- at the Forest Shrine near Union.
She'll have no memory of who she used to be or where she was from, but still possesses a natural talent with technology. Said memories will begin to return over time, depending on levels gained and player-plots, as well as encounters out in the world.
Looking For: Science! CREATING THINGS. New Friends to help with memory recovery! People who do not mind helping an adult woman work to start a new life when she has few to no memories of her past one, as well as teach her how to control her Enlightened abilities. May look into becoming a Seeker, since they're actively researching The Past. Alternatively, people who may distrust her, especially as memories slowly come to light - is she really an amnesiac or actually a spy/mole from Gigas?
Anything else?:
Sophia is a grass/steel type, who will have awakened as an Enlightened: a Child of Unbound Knowledge with Engineering secondary skill. Given Sanctuary's dislike for technology and Gigas' love of it, this seemed a fitting combo. :D
Sophia is accompanied by a overprotective Honedge called Ymir, though she has no idea where she met him (and is unaware that he shared the name of a failed Enhanced project that was attempted at the facilities she served at.)
Turned into a borg queen in the future veryvery bad end timeline of Super Robot Wars Alpha Gaiden, complete with a very scary giant robot. This may or may not provide inspiration for several of her future powers - in spite of her being very much a pacifist by nature.
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Player Name: Farli
Contact Info: Plurk at
Character Name: Sophia Nate
Canon Name: Super Robot Wars
Brief History: Scientist in distress who just wants to take an extended nap in a huge underground secret bunker and wake up in a peaceful future. But sudden but inevitable betrayals by (former) colleagues who just can't say no to POWER, alien invasions, and villains from alternate universes keep interrupting such good intentions. Fortunately, there are heroes around to save the day (including Swords That Smite Evil) - though she's still left to clean up the mess by herself afterwards. Sigh.
AU Ideas:
Since elements of Gigas make a good parallel for the Divine Crusaders, the faction Sophia was nominally a member of in the Super Robot Wars series, I've opted for Sophia being a servitor in their service, and has been for most of her life.
Born in Sanctuary during the Gigas occupation, Sophia was conscripted at 6 years old from one of the older mage families who'd fallen on hard times due to the conflict. Given a new surname (Nate), she was taken far away to raised in service, and has been involved in the development and maintanence of defensive technology for as long as she can remember. Working under one of the more prominant leaders of one of Gigas' political factions, due to her quality of work she gained something of a high position in spite of being a "tool" of her adoptive nation.
However, when ownership of her servitor group changed hands, she began to uncover evidence that parts of her work were being used for weapons development. Due to this, she was betrayed by one of her more conniving colleagues in order to take both her position and credit for her creations, as she would not permit projects where said work might be used to cause harm. Believed to have been killed in a workplace 'accident', some time later she would be revived many many miles away -- at the Forest Shrine near Union.
She'll have no memory of who she used to be or where she was from, but still possesses a natural talent with technology. Said memories will begin to return over time, depending on levels gained and player-plots, as well as encounters out in the world.
Looking For: Science! CREATING THINGS. New Friends to help with memory recovery! People who do not mind helping an adult woman work to start a new life when she has few to no memories of her past one, as well as teach her how to control her Enlightened abilities. May look into becoming a Seeker, since they're actively researching The Past. Alternatively, people who may distrust her, especially as memories slowly come to light - is she really an amnesiac or actually a spy/mole from Gigas?
Anything else?: