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Name: Aderis “Addy” Viridian
Alias: Addy Solerno
Name Meaning/Nicknames: Addy
Gender: Female
Age: 22
Race: Human
Ria School year joined: 5
D.O.B 6/24
Arts: She’s a mechanic...nothing magical about it, unless you factor in her awesome skills as a mechanic. You name it, she can fix it.
Abilities: Her main abilities lie in her strength. Working as a mechanic she is also very mechanically inclined (obviously), and isn’t afraid to throw a wrench at you if you get out of line. She also has a good general knowledge of the Magi Galaxy through her travels with various crews through all of the sectors and even some reaches of deep space.
Character Looks(Hair color, eye color, etc. Try to give as much detail as possible, please.): Aderis stands at 5’7” and weighs in at 135 lbs. She is well toned due to her line of work, but her face still gives off a radiance of femininity. Her chestnut brown hair extends to her mid back, which she usually keeps tied up in a pony tail to keep it out of her way when working. A few strands also tend to slip out and frame her face while she’s working. Her eyes are bright amethyst, a defining feature of the females in her family. When in the core she’ll often wear contacts just to conceal her identity. (While many other families may also have amethyst eyes, the Viridians are the only line of mechanics in the core with such a genetic trait. Similarly, the males in her family have bright sapphire eyes) For attire she wears a pair of mid calf length boots which her jeans tuck into. Her blue jeans are rather form fitting and she’s altered them by cutting the right pant leg to short length. Around her waist she has a tool belt, and a wrench is usually hooked from a convenient look on her jeans for easy access. She also wears a generic tank top that cuts off at her midriff. Her jacket is made of a canvas like material and she’s rolled up the sleeves to her mid-forearm. Her jacket is grey and white. Lastly she wears a pair of grey fingerless gloves with rectangular holes cut out on the top of her hand (opposite of the open palm). On occasion she’ll don a baseball cap of sorts, but usually she simply wears a series of studded earrings up both ears (three piercings on the lobe of each ear).
Alignment: Neutral, in the sense that she will work for anyone who will pay her. But her beliefs get thrown out the window during her work, and she tries to turn a blind eye to things that go against her moral code. Naturally however, one could classify her as “good”.
Personality: Aderis is very practical. Unlike many galactic citizens living near the core, she isn’t very cultured due to her lack of formal education beyond the basics. She chooses to rely on her own wits and strength to get her out of situations and is a believer in hard work. A dreamer at heart she thrives off of the nomadic life she lives, hopping from ship to ship and exploring the galaxy; all whilst reveling in her earliest passion of mechanics. She’s learned to keep to herself and much of the information she gives out is false, simply out of her fierce loyalty to her family and desire to keep them from harm. Ryuusei annoys her, and she feels they involve themselves far too much in the wrong galactic affairs and the private sector. She’s gained a witty, sarcastic, attitude, and a dry sense of humor in her travels, and maintains a mode of indifference with most of the crews she signs on with. However, there have been a few captains she’s worked with who she’s built a more solid relationship with, and is more trusting of; with them she is far more laid back and slightly more open.
History: Aderis grew up in The Core of the Magi Galaxy. Born into a long line of renowned mechanics, she learned the trade early on and worked to continue her family’s legacy. The Viridian’s themselves have been building Ryuusei’s greatest ships for close to a century now and their name is well known within The Core. As part of a mutual agreement between the government and the family, practicing mechanics and engineers must offer their services to Ryuusei exclusively. Under Ryuusei law this also requires all able bodied members of the family to serve in the military for 5 years starting at their 18th birthday. In exchange Aderis’ family is able to live a comfortable lifestyle, with ensured protection by Ryuusei. But the best part is that they are the first to gain access to new technologies created in the Ryuusei labs, giving them great freedom and prestige when it comes to engineering and building new ships for Ryuusei. Aderis herself has always been fascinated with ships and mechanics since she was young. In fact, her first word was “wrench” as opposed to the traditional “mama” or “daddy”. She showed promise in learning the trade and proved herself to be a very skilled mechanic. However, like much of her family she forewent formal education with the exception of the basic arithmetic and communication skills. As a formality Ryuusei requires each of the Viridians to undergo an entrance examination upon their 18th birthday. The exam is simple enough, and requires the participant to show a general knowledge of mechanics and engineering on purely a practical basis. The exam itself usually entails the examination of one of the ships in the fleet, pointing out each of the parts and how they work, and then a basic tune up. Aderis never liked the restriction Ryuusei placed upon her family. Her family knew that she did not want to serve in the military but hoped she would. A strained relationship with Ryuusei held the potential to tarnish the family’s reputation, not to mention Ryuusei had the ability to blacklist them forever. Stubborn as she was, Aderis fudged her examination on purpose. She passed the identification portion flawlessly, but in her tune up portion she purposely set to sabotage one of the fleet’s finest cruisers. Needless to say when the ship was set to launch for an expedition into deep space the next morning, only to crash on the outskirts of the shipyard, blame was immediately placed upon Aderis. Her family was quick to defend her, until Aderis explained that she had indeed been the cause of the accident. She pleaded with her parents to allow her to run off on her own. She had dreams, she wanted to explore, and with Ryuusei pushing for deep space exploration, she could bring back more than just experience. In her mind Aderis hoped she could buy her family more independence, but her main desire was just to break free. With the help of her older brother, it was decided that Aderis would run away with the story that her family had disowned her for her “treason”. It would buy Aderis time to “break free of her nomadic phase” as her mother described it, and for the family to clean up the fiasco she had left behind. Surely Ryuusei would be more quickly to forgive the family if they believed she was disowned. The next morning, Aderis left on a ship chartered by her brother that would take her to Melchior. From there she was on her own. Since then Aderis has jumped from ship to ship, and crew to crew, working as a freelance mechanic under the name of “Addy”. In a crude manner she quickly changed her last name to “Solerno” to protect her family. It has been two years since she left home, and she manages to get messages to her family from time to time through various acquaintances she’s made over the years.
Admittance to Ria High/T-day: In progress!
Any weapons/armor you have: She uses her fists and her tools.
Any items you have: Besides the clothes on her back, she carries with her an assortment of tools, needed for repairing ships she works on, and some personal items. Other than that she’s fairly nomadic, and doesn’t like to cling to material possessions.
Any battle skills you have: Being mechanically inclined, she’s very good at analyzing situations quickly and acting upon them. This leads her to be rather smart in battle, as a quick thinker, and her arsenal or tools prove useful in the weapons department.
Character Flaws: She will work for anyone so long as they pay. Even if the mission or crew goes against her moral values, the need for money is more important to her. She thinks practically, and thus her survival is most important. Also having grown up in the shipyards of the core, she has very limited knowledge when it comes to anything other than the places she has been, or mechanics. She was never schooled beyond the basics of arithmetic, reading and writing, and thus is not too keen or active within the galaxies politics or finer details.
Friends in the Realm: Travis Harbinger
Enemies in the Realm: The Ryuusei government. (Does not have power in the Ria “universe”)
Lover/Relationship Status: it's complicated