Individual Character's full name:Elif Schwarzwald
Alias/ Nickname/ Code name:N/A
Gender:Female
Age:13
Date of Birth:She does not know her birthday, however, Ingall created a day for her to celebrate as her day of birth. 04/22/04
Birthplace/ Home/ Place of origin:Schwarzwald (Blackforest) Germany
Nationality:German
Ethnicity/ Cultural Heritage:Caucasian, Traditional German Heritage.
AppearanceHair color and style: Pale jade hair with flowers adorning and braiding the young girl's hair is a network of vines with flowers rest along her untamed hair. While one would think they are simply for show, the flowers decorating her hair change color based on what purpose Elif is using them for. On the ends of her hair is small red needle-like objects that seem to serve a purpose, maybe for defense or to look more threatening. One would have to ask her to know.
Skin Tone:Luminescent mint green skin
Eye Color:Golden Irises, surrounded by black sclera
Height:4’11 (150cm)
Build:Slim, but healthy build
Visible mutation:Besides her entire form. Elif’s fingertips have odd red talons that seem to cover her fingertips. On closer inspection, they resemble hypodermic needles. Maybe they have a similar use as the red needles on the end of her hair.
Scars/ Tattoos/ Piercings:Other features:Elif’s hair is quite long almost reaching to her ankles (4”/121.92cm). While it makes it easier for her to use the talons in her hair to eat, her long hair is cumbersome and can get caught on object or grabbed by an attacker.
Everyday clothing style:Ingall convinced her after their years together to at least conform to the base level of coverage mandated by law. As such she unconsciously created a leaf like coverings over the necessary areas. It's appears seemed to resemble a two piece swimsuit that is formed out of leaves link together on a scale like pattern. While she does not exactly understand the process as it took time until the set was complete, and her attempts to recreate the process consciously has met with failure. Ingall suggested that it was handled subconsciously like that of the process with the creation of her poisons.
Uniform:N/A
Sleepwear:Sleepwear?
Miscellaneous clothing:N/A
CharacterPersonality:Despite living in a forest for as long as she could remember, Elif is well read and speak in a surprisingly calm and collected manner. For someone so small she exudes an aura of confidence as if she has everything under control. Even though she acts mature and level headed, Elif is still a child and one that has not been introduced to most if not all of the modern culture. She is better off in her element and will require time and assistance integrating and understand technology and social constructs. While she may just be taking the words of Sun Tzu to heart, If she is distressed or flustered her mask of superiority can easily fall apart, revealing her age and naivety.
Being separated from technology and the rapid advancements in the world. Elif is ignorant to much of the world's technology. Combined with her unquenchable desire for knowledge and curiosity. Elif tends to get lost in her new discoveries losing track of her surroundings and prior activities. Her curiosity tends to get the better of her and it can lead her into Trouble.
Her love of literature expressly those from the romance era. Has caused Elif to pick up a rather odd quirk which has affected her manner of speech, much to the displeasure of Ingall and others who regularly speak with Elif. She will often use out of date words and musing to show surprise or shock, and quotes and passages from literature to get her point across. While she does not speak entirely in tongues, decoding her words can be tiresome. If the precipitate does not understand her musings she will grow impatient and will no longer engage in a conversation with them unless she has to. her distrust of other and hate of anything that appears human will make it hard for other and her to converse and find a common ground.
Her impressionable age also allows for those with psychic abilities to influence her more easily than an adult or those who know of psychic and their range of abilities.
While she can speak and read in her tongue. Others who are unable to speak her language (German) will have a language barrier to pass along with her already distrustful nature.
Hobbies/ Interests:Reading, Singing, and dancing; Exploration and discovery.
Job or part time job and description:Forest Guardian?
Fears/ phobias/ concerns:People, Fire and Losing her home.
Special talents:Well read, Beautiful singing voice and Hunting and stealth.
MoralityMorality, is for those that need to justify their atrocities. (Neutral)
Good/ bad/ neutral/ other:Morality, is for those that need to justify their atrocities. (Neutral)
MutationsMutation description: Carnivorous plant physiologyWhile Elif may appear human, she is far from it. She shares many of the vital organs that humans have; (Heart, Brain, and lungs). However, Elif is missing many organs that have lost their function due to her mutation. She does not gain nourishment the same way a human would. Instead, she gains the nutrition she needs from water and the sun. Though photoresists is not nearly sufficient enough to fuel an active organism such as herself. Think of photosynthesis like a backup generator for emergencies. Elif main source of nutrition is from other living things, such as animals and on occasion a foolish human that wanders into her forest. Her body cannot digest meat and solid matter, instead she takes the blood from her prey through her needle-like talons that filter the blood and removes anything that could be harmful to her. With the blood from her prey she synthesizes it into sugars, similar to what is done via photosynthesis. While she can imbibe fluids through her mouth it is unwise as she lacks kidneys and if she ingested any that was polluted, she would become very ill and even die depending on what was ingested.
Other interesting qualities about Elif’s physiology is that she does not sweat and depending on the toxin she is formulating in her flowers that sprout along her hair. Various sweet and pleasing scents are created as a by-product.
Adaptable Poisonous PollenThe flowers that sport along Elif’s hair are not just for show. These flowers are capable of producing and introducing various poisons into the air. The ranging effects are denoted by the change in color by the flowers.
While she can control the effects and outcome of the type of poison she wishes to concoct. They can bloom and sport based on her emotional state as a sort of defense mechanism. If the flowers are tampered with before they release their pollen. The flowers will release all available pollen as a form of self-defense. However, if the pollen has been released prior to the attempted removal, the flower will detect rather easily, with no pain or discomfort on Elif’s part as the flowers remove themselves after they have severed their purpose.
When Elif is not hunting or feeling threatened or uncomfortable. The flowers that sprout are benign and have no negative effect attached to them. However, if they are removed forcefully they cause discomfort and a small amount of pain for Elif. While they may not have any negative effect from their pollen. The flowers do serve a purpose, by removing any excess nutrients or anything harmful they may have entered her body accidentally. One can tell what the flowers might hold by their discolouration. If the are pure white, they are simply excess nutrients that can be used as a natural antibacterial salve and promotes the creation of cell which speeds up the natural healing process. In instances of severe hunger or when she is injured, the excess nutrients may be used to assist with healing or stave off starvation. While the discolored versions are harmful and not to be used or ingested as they contain bacteria or other harmful pathogens. If left alone, the flower will eventually remove themselves from or if she needs to grow another set for defense or hunting.
The effects of her more harmful flower hold a more threatening pollen within them. The range and effects are very potent, depending on the proximity of the target from Elif. Anything within 12m (39.3701”) will be highly susceptible to the pollen as this is the area of the level of suspended particulate matter. In the most populated pollinated area. The intoxication will enter the respiratory system and enter the bloodstream, which will cause the target to experience the effects of the pollen. A man of average weight and health will experience symptoms in less than a minute (roughly 36 seconds), however, the effects changed based on weight, health and other physiological perks. Leaving the high-risk area will not lessen the effects as the victim most likely already inhaled the pollen.
However, any targets outside of the less populated area will experience the effects at a slower rate, roughly 3-5 minutes depending on their distance away from Elif. Anything outside of a 23-25m (75.4593-82.021”) radius will be unaffected as the particles per square are not dense enough to cause any effects on those outside of the area.
The pollen from her flowers can continue to be airborne for up to an hour. This can lead to the victim inhaling multiple doses and increase the potency of the effect on those who inhaled the pollen. After an hour has passed most of the pollen will have spread to wide to induce an effect or left the air. If another set of pollen is used while the previous pollen is still in effect the new pollen will override the effects of the current pollen in use. (Current Active Pollen<Activated Pollen)
Elif has a set limit that she can create based on if she has eaten or not eaten at that time. If she has eaten and digested the nutrients, she can create and discharge up to three sets of flowers. As the creation and use of her flowers at such a rate require a lot of nutrients to create at such a rapid rate. She can acquire more nutrients she can continue to create more after she has digested the newly acquired nutrients.
If she has not eaten recently, she is able to create and discharge one set of flowers as a way to hunt or flee from danger. While this will cause her to become sluggish and more feral from the lack of nutrients. If she currently has spare nutrients (from her pure white flowers), her body will absorb the useful materials and negate the fatigue but she will not be able to create another set of flowers.
Blue Flowers: Are commonly unused by her as their effect on the recipient is unless in self-defense. The effects seem to be identical to a subclass of stimulants in the Amphetamines classification. While Elif is unsure of how it affects other, as it has gone untested on humans. One could assume that it could have a calming or leveling effect on those that have been diagnosed with Depression or ADHD. The effects of the stimulant can last up to an hour.
Pink flowers: create an extremely potent hallucinogen. Those under the effects of her hallucinogen, may here or see things that do not exist and may experience vast changes in their environment. It can be compared to a very bad trip off of LSD which lasts for around an hour, however, while under the hallucinogen time and space could cause it to feel like seconds or an eternity.
Yellow Flowers: release a neurotoxin that restricts the nervous system and the muscular system of the body completely incapacitating the target, but leaving their thoughts and most of their senses completely unhindered. When under the neurotoxin the victim feels as if they are floating and as if they have been detached from their body. The victim is unable to feel touch or any kind of pain for ten minutes. After the ten minutes, they will begin to feel slight numbness and slowly begin to regain control of their facilities. The entire process can last around 30 minutes after the poison has run it’s course the victim's muscles will feel loose and relaxed and may take the activity to shrug off the remaining fatigue.
While the use of poisons may seem extreme as a method of defense, she can show her victims a kindness by removing the poison from their bloodstream with her saliva.
Limb and non-vital regenerationBeing a plant humanoid. Elif has the ability to regenerate from what would be serious wounds to a regular human and even completely replace lost limbs. Upon her discovery of her interesting physiology, Elif developed the ability to fire her talons as a projectile. While it is unknown a study might reveal that she might have some beneficial medical properties that may lead to helping the sick. If she uses the talons on her fingers, she may use the talons on her hair to ingest her food or orally if filtration is not necessary. Unlike the loss of a limb or a severe injury, her talons take roughly 24 hours to regrow.
Strengths:Elif's strengths lie in range and preparation. Elif is more experienced in hunting than fighting as such she tends to strike at the right time and plan around how to deal with the situation or foe in front of her.
Weaknesses and Limitations:Allergies and VulnerabilitiesDue to her plant physiology, she is at the mercy of the elements. She does have a stout resistance to the cold considering her biology, mostly thanks to her place of birth. However, she is quite vulnerable to heat. While her core temperature is similar to that of a human's. Her inability to perspire can make warm climate rapidly increase her core temperature (38.5 °C/101.3F), which can cause her to become ill and may lead to death if left unchecked. Even though she is acclimated to the cold environment of her home. Extremely low and freezing temperatures will cause her discomfort and death in extreme cases as well.
Temperatures above 20°C (68°F) and below 5°C (41°F) are best to be avoided by her.
As stated in her physiology, she can not eat or ingest unpurified or filtered water. However, while she gains most of her nutrients from the blood of her prey, she does not need blood to survive. Simple purified water with the correct amount of nutrients would suffice. As stated before polluted material entering unfiltered into her system can make her very ill and lead to death.
To reduce the risk of any foreign contaminants entering her body. Elif uses her needle-like claws on her hands and hair to ingest and filter what she needs from her food. While currently, she gets her nutrition from the wildlife, she does not need to ingest blood to live. A liquid supplement would serve as an adequate replacement. After the ingestion and filtration process. Similar to a human, her food will go to her stomach where it will be absorbed into her circulatory system and turned into sugars and the necessary nutrients she needs to live. Since she filters and ingests only liquid. The digestive process is much faster than that of a human's taking around two hours to complete. However, unlike a human, she only needs to eat once a day if she acquires up to one and a half liters of fluids.
Her fear of fire is not just a psychological and natural fear. Immolating is quite a real possibility for Elif. While her body concentration of water is slightly higher to that of a human’s anatomy is much more susceptible to fire, especially if she is dehydrated. Due to her physiological makeup, the effects of immolating can dye out and spread to Elif’s body at a dangerously rapid level. Complete and total immolation could take minutes if Elif does not react and resolve the issue. In certain situation, amputation could be used to halt the spread of fire.
The Flaws Of Her Poisonous AbilityElif’s poisons may have a wide variety and a potent effect. They do not know friend from foe or can be made on the fly. It takes time to create and change the poison's effect and more to spread and affect a target. Preparation is required to use it effectively. However, that does not stop a strong wind or a heavy rain to remove or make the pollen unable to stay airborne. Also, preparation and knowledge of Elif’s poison can be defeated by the correct equipment such as gas masks and a hazmat suit.
There's also a limit to how much she can produce in a day, and if she pushes herself too far her survival instincts kick in and seek out the closest source of nutrition be it friend or foe.
Depending on the ability of the mutant that is affected by her poison, it could take longer than that of an average man and they may be immune to the effects if their mutation is strong enough.
The pollen is visible and the flowers give off a pleasant scent, making it easier to find Elif if they have a keen sense of small. Not only that as if the victim is aware of Elif’s pollen they can retreat and avoid the effects if they have the equipment and proper treatment.
The Limits Of Her Natural Healing AbilityWhile she can recover from most injuries without the need of medical attention. It is not on the level of mutants with healing factors. Serious injuries and loss of limbs and appendages do not instantly heal. A missing limb would take up to weeks to fully replace itself, making her natural healing unless in combat. Sacrificing a limb would only be useful as a method of retreat like that of a salamander that can detect it’s tail if captured by a predator. Damage to her heart, brain or vital organ will kill her. Normally it would take up to a week to fully recover from a lost limb. However, fire and corrosive attacks, cause the healing process to take much longer than a kinetic or any other types of physical damage doubling the healing process.
Physical AbilitiesGeneral Physical Capabilities:Elif does not possess any superhuman feats of physicality. She is no stronger than a physically fit girl her age. While she might not be a goliath in physical strength. However her lifestyle has kept her light on her feet and flexible, to get into those hard to reach places for food and her desire to explore and discover the unknown.
Fighting Style:Elif was not trained in any formal hand to hand combat. However, her method of close range combat is wild and untrained like that on an animal.
Fighting Style Pros/Cons:Elif is not a close range fighter as most of her abilities are long range and stealth based. In a close face to face battle, a trained or an older enemy will have the advantage.
History Of Your CharacterElif could not tell you how she came to live in the Black Forests of Germany, she can, however, recall her years she lived among nature. Her younger years were spent in a sort of hibernate state, as she was too young to fend for herself. Her ability to subsist via photosynthesis kept her alive till she grew old enough and strong enough to seek a more potent source of nutrition.
The first half of her semi-conscious life was that of a simple animal. Just hunted and living just to exist without any meaning or goal. Looking back on her bare minimum existence she could not even classify it as living. As the joys of discovery and the soul are what make a person who they are not at the forefront of the monster that her parents created.
Who knows how long Elif would've to continue her existence of just existing. Perhaps her parents were right to abandon her, as her life consists entirely on the deaths of others. If it were not For the kindness of an old man, she would either be a caged or dead. Elif was too young and selfish to wonder why the man showed her kindness, nor did she wonder why he was not frightened by her appearance and violent behavior. Perhaps she reminded him of someone he knew or maybe he was all alone just like she was.
Spending time with the old man would gain her not only her name but the man’s as well. She never realized that she wished for a name or anything other than survival until she met Ingall. One of few humans that were worthy of Elif’s trust. Ingall was the one that raised her from just being a simple animal and to who she was today. Of course, she did not make it easy on the old man as he had to kill the beast with kindness and endangered himself many times in attempts to tame the savage Elif.
While she was too hard headed to accept the man’s full kindness she met him in the middle and accepted his offer of knowledge, but instead of an apple, it was a book. With plenty of patience from Ingall lots of frustration from Elif, the lessons finally stuck and kindled a passion for reading and learning about history and mythology. Throughout the year, Elif spent most of her days with her nose buried in a book and the past. He interest in the past was almost fanatical and she extensively used out of date words and quote books and passages, much to the Displeasure of Ingall.
As the years went on and they filled the void of loneliness with each others company. Ingall's crowning achievement over the years has been, convincing Elif to have decency, less hostile acts towards those that enter her forest. Though she still gives hunters a trip to wonderland. While he disagrees with her methods, she does not turn them into a snack or physically harm they, which was a step in the right direction.
Though with every beginning there has to be an end. the last few visits to her friend were heartbreaking for the young girl. On a normal day, she would wander the forests and explore like Marco Polo or Vasco da Gama, looking for the unexplored and hidden relics. In the afternoon is when she drops by to spend time with Ingall to discuss books and their opinion on subjects, mostly comparing the treatment of mutants to that of other culture that was mistreated under major powers of the past.
Instead of a warm greeting from her friend this time, she was left with silence. Assuming that he went to town to acquire a new book for her or food, Elif waited for his return. As the minutes turned to hours and day went tonight, her friend did not return. Finding it odd that her friend did not return, she left for the night and decided to return tomorrow. The new day came with the same result. Another went and past with the same result.
Elif lost count of the moons that left her without the company of her friend and teacher. Blaming herself for driving him away and questioning what she could have done to cause him to leave. Anger and sadness twisted in her mind causing her to think about the past and how yet again she was abandoned by those close to her. Her hatred and anger of humans rekindled and she once again began taking her anger out on those who entered her home, even if they were innocent.
Elif's wraith only brought the attention of more humans and escalating the fear and hate between humans and mutants. If she was not letting her feelings get the better of her she could see how she was making thing worse for herself than better and taking her anger out on others is irresponsible and childish. Her selfish action, have gained the attention of the German government. It is only a matter of time until the country ignore the pleas of animal and eco-rights leaders and sends in a military force to pacify the threat to its citizens and visitors.
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Sample RP:The crunch of leaves and partially decayed bark echo through the labyrinthine that are the Black Forest. While these invaders do not seem to be the average tourist that lost their way on an expedition. Or a couple that wanted to connect with roots. No these men were armed with their stick of fire and brimstone. Elif new exactly what these humans were here for.
Peering down at the men dressed in cloth that mimics earthen tones. Watching the men as they whispered among themselves in a foreign tongue that was lost to the young guardian. She had already visited Ingall today, and her adventures could wait. Keeping to the trees and watching how the common man hunts his prey might at least provide some manner of entertainment. As see continued to watch the human's movements she wondered what she would do to the men making sport out of the lives of others. Perhaps she could take their muskets and give them a taste of their own medicine. Sucking her teeth as her devious thoughts were met with the words of Ingall, “peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding”. Reeling mentally by her friend and the good doctor's words, Elif could cite the words of a certain Geek philosopher, however waxing poetic with oneself seems pointless.
Focusing back on the invaders, it seemed as if they have found their prize judging by their hushed tone and jesters towards their goal. Narrowing her eyes and peering over the horizon, Elif saw the object of the men’s desire. Clicking her tongue as she examined the beast, with an unsurprising sigh she drew her sights away from the Chamois and back to the men with a disinterested gaze. Shaking her head as the flowers nestled in her haired bloomed into a vibrant and distinct yellow, her gift for the men driven by greed soon took effect. Watching them as their bodies went rigid and the sounds of confusion followed by fear creep into their expression.
Even if their fear wished for them to run away, their bodies could not respond. Retreating from her preached position, Elif would greet the would-be poachers face to face. The look on the men’s faces along with the bark’s and what sounds like demands and threats. Paying the immobilized men no mind as they are in the palm of her hand. If this was an earlier date, the men would be on the menu instead of just her good deed for the day. Relieving the men of their tools of death the young girl would share with them the gift of knowledge that Ingall passed onto her. “ At least I did not ask for a pound of flesh to pay for your greed”. Turning away with weapons in tow she could not help to find her musing slightly amusing as she would have taken more than a pound of flesh, but she did not wish to hurt her friendship with Ingall.
The angered growls of the man soon faded into obscurity as she left them to their own devices. If the wished to continue to hunt on an even level with their goal, Elif saw no reason why she should stop it. However, she doubted that men that hide behind a barrel of a cannon would face anything on equal grounds.
