"Chaotic Neutral"

Full Name

Eliza Cathrine Retinienne

Nickname or short name

Eliza, sometimes called Cathy

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Character Type

Co-Protagonist

Gender

Female

Species

Gessjanian

Class

Security Systems Expert

Age

30

Summary

Eliza used to be a forefront engineer who worked for Seciate Armaments on a highly confidential Security Systems project. Later during the project she came to disagreements with Seciate about the target clients for the system she worked on. She left Seciate in a dispute, not accepting the bribe she has been offered to stay quiet.

She had enough presence of mind to suspect that she would soon become the subject of an assassination attempt, in order to prevent her knowledge being of use to anyone else. Seciate however underestimated her smartness and she narrowly escaped while killing the assassin (rather unintentionally though). Since then she is on the run from SECIATE.

Biography

General Appearance

As a Gessjanian she is typically small and delicate. Gessjanians look almost human-like but not quite completely so. (She still looks too casual! Needs a few exotic touch-ups here and there, maybe a face tattoo, Shielleese jewelry or glasses).

Dress Style

Eliza wears an inconspicuous dress consisting of a beige utility overall, black engineer boots and a rugged, dark brown leather jacket with orange highlights.

Trademark Objects(s)

Might be something very simple like for example a red bandana wrapped around the boot.

Other worn objects
(Jewelry, Tattoos, etc.)

Height

Medium tending to small (~155cm)

Weight

In shape

Body Type

Petite

Eye Color

Brown

Hairstyle & Color

Medium long, straight, originally dark brown but dyed to auburn/orange

Facial Hair

N/A

Other distinguishing or

species-related features

Health Condition

Good

Signature Movement or Tic

Persona

The Damsel in Distress

Alignment

Neutral Good. Eliza ultimately believes in the good side but she is affected by the Player Character’s choices and alignment changes.

Single adjective to describe

this character

Cute.

General Disposition

She’s on the run and she knows she’s in danger of being assassinated. She already killed somebody but she knows it was the only way to safe herself so she doesn’t feel too much guilt about it.

Traits

Common Emotions

Encouraging, Worried, Stubborn

Emotional Stability

Despite the fact that she is being on the black list of her former employee she takes things pretty well. Though she occasionally suffers from Paranoia, once she joins the Player Character’s team she feels a lot safer.

Likes & Loves

Fears

Her prime fear is to be caught or killed by SECIATE.

Addictions

None noteworthy.

Secrets

She carries the knowledge of SECIATE’s secret project with her. She shares the fact with the Player Character but besides her and SECIATE (incl. their client) nobody else knows about it.

Dichotomy (inner conflict

of the character)

Education/Intelligence

She might have studied at the Shielle Technical Facility, maybe some degrees in physics, materials science and electronics engineering.

Profession and attitude

towards it (good or bad)

She’s an expert in security systems and people with her skills in this field are rare. She is aware of this and advertises her abilities to others if it’s of use for her.

Skills

Security Systems, Materials Science, maybe Computer Systems

Special Abilities

Residential Place

She’s in hiding, perhaps somewhere on an off-route-world in the Kessebour sector.

Places often visited by

the character

Not too many, she tries to keep a low profile so she is careful of visiting public places. She tries to blend in with the crowd knowing that it makes an assassination difficult.

Where has the character been?

Suulun Sector, Kessebour Sector and around, maybe even some worlds in the Shicia Sector.

Locations where the character

is most likely to “blend in”

Birthplace

Shielle

Family

Not currently relevant.

Backstory

Story Purpose

Eliza is supposed to meet (and join) the Player Character somewhere during an incident in the Kessebour sector. Once she joined the player’s party one will be able to initiate Eliza’s side-quest in that her threat from SECIATE Armaments is ultimately being resolved as an outcome (probably by bringing SECIATE down somehow with help of the Player Character’s absurdly daring courage).

Gameplay Purpose

Eliza takes place as the security systems expert in the player’s crew who can be used to get access to areas that would otherwise be off-limits (or much harder to access).

Why does the character involve

him/herself into this situation?

What does the character want?

Primarily she wants to bring SECIATE Armaments down so that they are no longer a threat to her. There might be a secondary goal for her which could be another reason why she joins the player’s party.

Other roles and identities

Aspirations

Objective(s)

Reports/Answers to

The player (once she joined the party).

Who reports to this character?

Nobody.

Reactions to different events

in the game

Moral choices the character

has to make in the game

Relation to other significant

characters

Tagline

Something like “I know this kind of lock! Give me a minute!” … (need to think more about this one!)

Dialog Tics and Slang

Accent

Dialog Ideas

Where will (did) the

character die?

She is not supposed to die.

Epitaph: What will go on the

character’s tomb stone?

How did the character loose

his/her virginity?

Plot Ideas

Other Notes & Ideas

1. A Security Expert who was working for a questionable organization on a secret project involving a powerful illegal weapon until she realized the wrongdoings of the organization and attempted to sabotage the project. She could escape but some traces led the organization to her. Since then she is on the run from the organization and their bounty hunters and assassins.

Concepts & Inspirations