Alice Schiess

by DustpeltX

Appearance
Alice is a tall, slender, but well sculpted woman with long, bleached hair kept together by a blue striped black bow and a lavishly beautiful complexion complimented by a pair of deadly Alice Blue eyes. However, a white mask containing her emblem covers her face majority of the time. Her clothing varies according to occasion. Her preferred outfit is a white reinforced tank top and military grey pants.



Personality
Alice doesn’t have anything against anyone else. What she does have is a plan to kill everyone else. Calm, collected and highly unsocial, no one can really tell what expression or thoughts are conjured within her mind. However, Alice seems to have a strong moral compass deep within her. She is also an alcoholic due to her past experiences and can usually be found in the town bar, passed out.

Weapons and Abilities
Being a former operative within a wealthy religious sect, Alice had access to a multitude of weapons and technologies. However, upon leaving, she was only able to take only what she needed and opted for the weapons she was most effective with.

The first choice was that of a beautiful white guarded katana wrapped with a special ribbon produced from the latest techniques in nanotechnology. The ribbon itself can stretch to a maximum of half its length and is durable enough to withstand most sharp edges whne used correctly.

The katana itself was given the name of Retriever and was the product of the cult’s attempt at mimicking the forging techniques of a certain mountain blacksmith with the addition of modern technology to “improve” upon the design.

The second choice are a set of multi-purpose knives which she straps onto her highs. Each knife is made of high density carbon steel giving the knives a satisfying weight. The weight of the weapon is specially implemented to serve as a parrying tool as well.

Fighting Style
Alice is a weapons expert and having been trained under several different types of weapon masters, she possesses knowledge on the proper uses of many varieties of exotic weapons. However, the Retriever being her only weapon she stole, her fighting style is limited to swordplay and several other techniques used on different weapons that can be hybridized and augmented to fit the swordplay style.

On a different angle, Alice has developed a way to use the weight of one of her knives to procure two more styles of fighting. The first style is a generic dual wielding style of a long sword, or in this case a katana, and a heavy knife. This is style utilizes the small dagger’s ability to parry as its main component and focuses on fast defense and counter attacks



The second style involves creating a pseudo-kusarigama or a chain sickle. Alice can use the long ribbon attach to the pommel of Retriever and link it to one parrying knife. As the ribbon is made for stretching and light defense, this style gives a better offensive due to the range boost provided by the ribbon. <p class="MsoNormal">



<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:107%; font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Each style has its own weaknesses. Using only the katana limits Alice’s skillset and the methods in which she can fight. The dagger and blade style relies on the enemy to attack first and reduces the stability of handling weapons as Alice is forced to use only one hand for each weapon. Finally the pseudo-chain sickle style requires a slight delay to use as it is similar to a whip. It also poses many problems as the ribbon can easily be cut if Alice is not careful.

History
<p class="MsoNormal">For as long as she can remember, Alice Shiess was and always has been the product of a cult leader who raped her mother. She was raised into the teachings of the religion, about how there was a god who loved and cared for her very much. But to keep this god’s love, there were rules to follow. Her father made sure his daughter became an efficient killer and moments after completion of training, Alice was given a mask and the name of “Alice Blue”. On her 13th birthday, Alice welcomed a baby step-sister into the family.

<p class="MsoNormal">That child was called Rayne.

<p class="MsoNormal">As Rayne grew up to be a strong and faithful girl, Alice was given the task to train her in the arts of killing. Obliging with her father’s wishes, Alice wasted no time in developing Rayne’s skills.

<p class="MsoNormal">The sisters were eventually set out on a mission to kill a family taking a stroll in the woods. Wanting to test her sister’s skills, Alice dug herself in from a distance and observed her sister complete the job. What she witnessed, was the brutality and horror of Rayne’s efficiency as a killer. The mother and father were quickly dispatched by Rayne in a cruel and bloody manner, but their child got away. Alice, however, managed to stop Rayne from giving chase.

<p class="MsoNormal">Returning from the mission, Rayne was given the name of "Blood Rayne".

<p class="MsoNormal">2 months later, Alice secretly left and started building her own life and worked under the alias “Memories”, leaving her sister and family behind.

<p class="MsoNormal">Striving to live in the real society properly, Alice was acquired a job as a cashier, but the past always caught up to her, literally, forcing her to retain her training and killing intent. Having no support from the start of a new life, Alice also became a part-time thief. Stealing only the desperatly needed food or clothings.

Trivia

 * Alice is the epitome of  a weapon enthusiast's wet dream and my wish to create a somewhat anti-hero/mentor.
 * Alice is modeled after Yowane Haku.
 * Although similar in style, the katana is not based after the Zanpakut<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;background-position:initialinitial;background-repeat:initialinitial;">ō   Sode no Shirayuki   from Bleach and functions on an entirely different process.
 * Alice was the thought process of how to incorporate my memories and nostalgia as a theme in a character, the others being:
 * Asher: reason and logic


 * Heart: anger and passion


 * Rayne: ignorance and regret


 * Tana: innocence and maturity


 * Alice's colour is Alice Blue, go figure.