Leona Suliban

Basic Info

Name: Leona Suliban
Nickname: Crazy Witch, Leo, The Lioness, The one who walked back
Gender: Female
Age: 17
Sexuality: Straight
Personality: Leona is often very hard to approach and seems almost cold and distant to people who don't know her. In truth she's afraid of getting close to anyone, assuming that most of the people she meets will die soon anyhow. Though she keeps her self distanced from others to avoid the pain that would come should she loose them, on the rare occasions she does allow someone to get close to her she is fiercely loyal. Believing even she is not exempt form the inevitable extinction of the human race she fights with out fear of death, willing to sacrifice her self for those she has come to care for. In battle she is described as both an angel and a demon, slaying titans merciless savage while moving with the grace of a dancer. Like most of humanity she has an obvious hatred for titans, often obsessing over why they eat humans, and seem so happy while doing so, to the point that she looses sleep over it. When she manages to find free time Leona enjoys telling ancient stories or singing to young children, hopping to pass on some of the tales her mother once told to her, not yet fully realizing the origins of them.

Physical Traits

Rank: Rookie
Group: Scouting Legion
Job: Survival & Falcon Training
Height: 5'2"
Weight: 120 lbs
Hair Color/Length: Red, long and layered.
Eye Color: Green
Appearance: The first thing most people notice about Leona is her hair. As humanity has dwindled so have rarer genetic traits such as red hair. Leona keeps her crimson locks in wild layers, the longest of which hangs to her waist, her shortest layer of hair hanging at her jaw line. Her eyes are a startling emerald green that glare with such intensity those who anger her can almost feel her gaze burning holes in them. When not angered she usually wears a calm serene expression, as if lost in some sort of day dream most of the time, a smile on her lips is a rare thing most days but it is sweet and charming when she shows it. Despite her short stature Leona has a slim, lean acrobatic build that allows her to maneuver easily with her 3Dmg. Unlike most women Leona rarely wears skirts or dresses, even when out of uniform she prefers pants, finding skirts unpractical.

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Stats (you start with 15 stat points total which you can fill in yourself. More info on how to earn more stat points o stat skills can be found in rules and information)

• Toughness - 3
  
• Intellect - 6
  
• Dexterity - 6
  

Character Information

Likes:
Singing - Some of Leona's fondest memories are of being sung to sleep by her mother, and has been fortunate enough to inherit her talent for it. Those who have come to know her voice often request that she entertain at bars.
Telling Stories - Another talent she learned from her mother is story telling. This is usually requested from her by local children. Though she occasionally makes up stories most of her tales are ones she learned from her mother, the ancient stories holding more truth then even Leona realizes.
Nature - Leona grew up out side of the busy districts, in a small cabin in the woods. Her father taught her how to hunt and track what wild life there was with in the great walls while her mother taught her the properties of different herbs and minerals.
Dislikes:
Titans - Doesn't everyone? Aside from the obvious reasons for hatting titans Leona also lost her parents to the titans when Wall Maria. Though revenge is probably the most obvious and cliched of motives the thought of her family being eaten still haunts her.
Arrogance - Despite her own skills Leona is very humble about her abilities and finds others who choose to brag and boast about their skills extremely annoying. She also believes that cockiness leads to a quick death.
Growing too Attached to Others - Though she's willing to put on a smile and act friendly towards others Leona prefers to keep most people at a distance. Knowing it's only a matter a time before the titans break down all of the walls, and she knows the closer she gets to someone, the more their death will hurt her, or the more her death will hurt them.
Fears:
Being Eaten Alive - To Leona this is the absolute worst possible fate imaginable. She would sooner take her own life then slowly burn to death in the acids in side a titan's belly. Like wise she is more then willing to kill another human to keep them from suffering the same fate if they can not be saved from it. Weather they are a friend or rival she would not let another human being suffer in such a way.
Humanities Extinction - Though she feels it's inevitabl Leona still fears it. Additional she fears humanity will disappear with no trace left that they were ever there at all.
Going Crazy - War is enough to drive even the strongest willed people to their breaking people. And battling giants that are trying to eat you is simply maddening. Leona often fears loosing her self as her encounters with titans have caused her to grow cold and distant toward others.
Motivations:
Proving that humans are not prey. - Though she knows titans don't seem to think with the same logic as humans Leona still feels that she must fight to the bitter end in order to prove that humans are predators and not prey.
Seeing what's beyond the wall. - Despite the obvious dangers Leona joined the scouting legion in hopes of some day learning what is beyond the great walls. Though the legion has never been able to venture very far from the walls with out suffering massive casualties she hopes they might one day explore the whole world again, and relearn it's secrets.
Learning all she can about the titans. - The mystery of why the titans eat humans, where they came from, and why they didn't starve out and die during the hundred years the walls stood is absolutely mind boggling for Leona. If they eat nothing but humans then biologically they should have starved to death during the hundred years the wall was unbreached. There are moments when Leona finds her self obsessing over things like this, and longs to learn the titan's secrets, hopping that it might somehow aid humanity in eradicating them.

Character History

Background:
Leona grew up on a small farm a few miles from Shiganshina living what she assumed was an average life. Her mother Dianna was know through out Shiganshina and other local towns for her herbal remedies. A talent which lead many of the locals to regard her as a witch. Having over heard her parents playful flirting Leona had heard her father, Shane, teas her mother calling her "a crazy witch" from time to time. So it seemed odd when she over heard the towns people say it with malice and disdain. Despite those who looked down upon her family there were many who sought her mother out for remedies that the local doctors couldn't provide. As a young girl it was a bit confusing how someone could be both hated and admired as her mother was, but Leona didn't dwell on such things for very long, she knew her mother was a good person. Her father was a skilled hunter and when he could find a nest of eggs trained falcons to aid him in finding prey within the walls.

Every night before Leona went to bed her mother always told her a story, or sang to her. To Leona these were simply fun fairy tales, fantasies for her imagination. In truth her mother had come from a long line of people who struggled against the government to preserve what was known about humanities history before the titans. Due to the risk of being caught this information was always passed along verbally and no written records were ever kept. With out realizing it Leona had begun learning this history, preparing her for the day she would be old enough to learn the truth about the stories her mother told and take her place as a keeper of the past.

At age twelve Leona's entire world changed. She was out in the garden, helping her mother while her father was off hunting. The first sign something was not right was the sound of Shiganshina's alarms just barely audible in the distance. At first Dianna thought it was simply a test or a drill, but as the sirens continued she began to grow more concerned. Saddling up one of the horse she took Leona to go look for Shane. By the time they found Leona's father, however, titans had already fully breached wall Maria and were beginning to make their way out of Shiganshina.

Drawn to the sound of his screams Leona and her mother found her father as he was being devoured by one of the giants. Her drive to protect her child stronger then the shock of loosing her husband, Dianna quickly turned the horse and sent it galloping toward the closest gate in Wall Rose. They road for a few hour, with only the sound of horse's hooves and Leona's weeping. Dianna tired singing to calm her daughter but her voices was interrupted by the vibrations of giant footsteps. A deviant class titan came rushing out of the trees, moving even faster then the horse. It was quickly gaining on the two Dianna hugged Leona tightly from where she sat behind her whispering softly beside her ear. "Keep riding this direction, don't look back, and don't stop, survive, no matter what. Remember the stories I've taught you, pass them on to your own children some day. I love you my little lioness." With that Dianna dove off the horse, rolling a few feet across the ground before managing to push her self to her feet. Leona called for her mother, looking back to watch as the titan slowed as it approached Dianna, not wanting to see another parent died she looked away, hiding her face against the horse's neck and road on, crying until she ran out of tears just before reaching wall Rose.
Like so many orphans having no way to provide for them selves Leona joined the Military. At first she was just another nameless face in the crowd, only standing out because of her red hair. As training began, however, it was clear she had a natural talent for acrobatics, having little trouble adapting to the 3D gear. Additionally she excelled at survival training, already knowing how to build a fire and track wildlife, as well as read the forest for signs of danger. Graduating among the top ten she had the opportunity to join the military police, but chose instead to join the scouts, wanting to face her enemy head on.
Most scouts are nervous the first time they go beyond the wall, and Leona was no different, though she hid her nerves well. At first everything seemed to be going smoothly till the flares started going up, multiple signals from every direction. When Leona's squad was attacked they by two titans at once they were forced to leave the safety of their horses to avoid being trampled, the squad of five lost two soldiers in the attack before they managed to kill the two titans. Their horses had been trampled to death. The remaining three sent up a pink flare and waited nearly thirty minuets with no response before deciding to take their chances walking back. Of the three only Leona was able to return to the gates of Wall Rose.

Leona arrived at dawn two days after the rest of the rest of the scouting party on horses had returned. She was covered in a mix of mud and animal excrement to hide her scent sticks and leaves stuck in to the muck to camouflage her. Her eyes were blood shot from lack of sleep and lips chapped from dehydration. Leona took two steps in to the gates before collapsing. She gave her report on what had happened to the rest of her squad upon awaking the next day and has refused to talk about the incidence of those days sense. Having survived what most would have thought was impossible she has sense been tasked with teaching her survival techniques to other scouts. In addition she as recently began collecting eagle and falcon eggs from the forests with in wall Rose in hopes of training them to help spot titans the next time the scouting legion goes beyond the wall. From one of these eggs she has raised her pet falcon who she named Horus, after an ancient god from one of her mother's stories who had the body of a man and the head of a falcon.

Extras: Though she believes they are simply bed time stories and fairy tales taught to her by her mother, Leona knows a lot more about humanities lost history then she realizes.

Bumpings.

for your rank everyone starts at the bottom. unless you really want to have a higher rank

Rookie is fine, just wasn't sure what rank was appropriate for my character's history.

Looks fine to me, approved.