
The Horseman
Name: Griselda ("grey maiden warrior")
Nicknames: Zelda (which she greatly prefers)
Gender: Female
Age: ~16
Original Clan: War
Job Role: Warrior
Personality:
Know how there's seven stages of grief? Zelda is pretty much trapped in one -- anger.
She's angry at the hunters for destroying her home world. She's angry at her fellow Clansmen for being weak enough to die. She's angry at the Halloweeners for surviving -- and she's really angry that their answer is to smash all of the clans together on a reserve like endangered animals. Needless to say, integration is not her favorite thing.
Don't take that to mean she's emo, though. The one thing that pisses Zelda off more than anything is useless emotion. People sitting around, bemoaning their fate and being bitter or mopey? She'll slap them and tell them to get over it. You don't like something? Get over it. Either figure out a solution, or stop whining.
Not is she particularly antagonistic or nasty. She's not going to go out of her way to start a fight with someone, and she's not mean-spirited. She's just very honest, very blunt and holds herself and others to a high standard. Once you earn her respect, she'll be loyal to you forever. In regular interactions, she tends to be aloof, witty and earnest: she usually has an insightful and amusing comment about the situation at hand. She relies more heavily on observation than empathy and tends to react to people's actions rather than their motivations, leaving her pretty much oblivious to a wide range of emotional interactions.
Overall, she's gifted with a strange -- almost manic -- optimism. She approaches every problem with the same level of problem-solving determination: what can I do right now to make this better? She knows better than to think she can solve the world's problems, but she'll be damned if she doesn't try her best, whether that be gathering materials to rebuild their homes or training for the inevitable rematch against the hunters.
Her tendency to be both blunt and logical makes her an invaluable friend -- to the people who can stomach it. She won't sugarcoat anything, and you'd better know in advance not to ask her for advice unless you're completely convinced you want to hear it.
Zelda trusts her senses and gut above all else, and tends to think quickly on her feet. While this is a necessary skill in battle, it sometimes leads to her making snap judgments about people/situations in her daily life, and these judgments aren't always flattering -- or even accurate. First impressions are pretty much key for her, and once you've blown that, she might never change her opinion of you.
She comes across as being both aloof and self-confident, and she doesn't go out of her way to make friends, preferring to allow people to drift in and our of her life. Deep down, though, she's actually very insecure -- and a little lonely. Anybody who manages to break through her intimidating wall of defense mechanisms and become a genuine friend...can probably expect a surprisingly clingy, totally devoted friend for life. But she won't make it easy for you to get there.
Mount Form:
Florida Panther; reddish-gold fur and gray eyes like Zelda's
Weapon Form:
Stone knife: Blunt, ragged around the edges, primal, and messy -- just like her.
FEAR ATTACK:
Vengeful lunge - Zelda focuses her FEAR and channels it through her blade as she lunges forward, sending a strong shockwave attack toward the enemy. (Battle Cry)
Physical Description:
Eye Colour: Grey
Hair Colour/Style: Silvery white
Skin Colour: Caramelly-tan
Clothing Style/Colours: The less clothes, the better; she doesn't like things getting in her way. Tribal-ish leather and cloth accented with fur, feathers, teeth and other animal-ish accents.
Extra: She's quite short -- about 5'2"
References: Shown above