Roxie Valas

[Dan Dark]

Name: Roxie Alexandria Valas
Age: 17, June 21
Sex: Female
Species: Hybrid of fox and hedgehog
Appearance:


Roxie has deep red lips and also carries around a backpack with her bathing suit inside and some bandages for when she is hurt.

Personality: Roxie is a generally good-natured person. She has her mood swings, she criticizes everything and she is cocky. However, she is also very emotional and attempts to be understanding of the people she cares for. She yearns to be loved and to love. However, because of years spent alone, she won't trust people very easily. Roxie is also stubborn and won't admit she was wrong until she is convinced that she is a 150% wrong. She has a lot of pride and a nice level for self esteem. She'll flirt with guys unintentionally; when she meets someone who she thinks is cute, she'll blush frequently and become shy. She is a very playful person. She is attracted to intelligent guys who have an air of mystery about them. She is also quite straight forward and very opinionated. Aggressive, sarcastic, and her competitive nature a some traits that will never go away.
She isn't afraid to take someone's life for the greater good. of others. Even though she likes to be tough, she also likes her feminine side; she will flirt with boys and always wear lip gloss.

Family:
Ryoko Valas: Mother-Deceased
Travis Avalon: Father-Deceased
Jack Harvey: Foster father, age 36.
Transport: None

Weapons:
Red Thunder (R.T): Ancestral weapon handed down through generations on her mother’s side of the family. It is passed down to the strongest woman in a family. R.T is basically a naginata with a red wooden pole and a long, sharply curved blade at its end. A metal counterweight is at the opposite end of R.T to balance the weight of the blade. Roxie uses it as her primary weapon and thus uses it in combat to keep opponents away from her. R.T also has a series of wooden "locks" that allow Roxie to extend it or to shorten the length of the wooden pole part. At its tallest, R.T can reach an inch above Roxie. The smallest Roxie can make it would be the length of her torso. At its shortest, Roxie can fasten it to her backpack.
She also carries a small, double edged dagger hanging on her belt loop. She uses it to cut little things and as a last resort in battle.

Biography:
Roxie was born to the young parents Travis and Ryoko. Her parents met while working at a lab funded by companies wanting to further their research on genetic engineering. Their boss, Dr. John Colen, was infatuated with Ryoko and upon hearing of their marriage, fired them.
The couple moved to Station Square where they eventually had Roxie.
Ryoko was a descendant of an ancient hedgehog tribe and was the one to pass down R.T. to Roxie. Roxie began training at age 10; this is the age that young women typically inherit Red Thunder and thus begin training. Roxie was also taught how to swim at this age. Life at Station Square was going well for the young family.
On a bright sunny day, Roxie was waiting patiently for her parents to pick her up from her junior high. She was 12 at the moment. She waited for an hour, two hours, and then finally three hours. A lady in a tight blue suit placed a hand gently on her shoulder. Roxie got up from her spot on the sidewalk and noticed the title on the lady's name tag: 'social worker'. Roxie held her breath as the woman began explaining why her parents had not been able to pick her up from school. Dr. Colen was having an early afternoon drink and became very intoxicated. Her parents were on the way to pick her up when Colen just so happened to be across the street from them. Although the traffic signal was on a red light, Colen had deliberately sped his car right into Roxie's parents in what was a head-on collision. The crash killed her parents instantly; the intense whiplash actually severed both of their spinal cords. Colen suffered fatal injuries and died in the ambulance.
Roxie felt as if the air had been beaten out of her. When the social worker said, "I will be the one to find you a suitable guardian. Is that alright?", Roxie knew her opinion did not matter.
In what felt like years, Roxie was able to stay with the guardian that her parents had chosen for her, as stated in their will. The man's name was Jack Harvey. He was a close friend of Ryoko and Travis and loved Roxie as if she were his own daughter.
Once she was settled in with him, she continued schooling and her training as a fighter. Jack allowed this because he knew her parents would want her to finish her training before she set off for the real world. Jack was like a loving father to her and tried to help her in any way he could. When Roxie finished her high school education, Jack decided that she was mature enough to go off and make a life for herself. Roxie still stays in contact with Jack once in a while to keep him updated on her situation. Roxie is currently at Station Square visiting Jack.

Moves/Combat Style:
Roxie uses long distance attacks to try to prevent her attackers from hitting her as much as possible. She will most likely try some easy moves on her attacker to see how they fight and what might be their weakness. When defending herself, she will attempt to evade attacks or block them with R.T. She almost never uses punches since she is already wielding R.T and incorporates a lot of kicks in her moves. She also uses R.T to slash at opponents.
Roxie doesn’t have a determined set of moves. The moves she’ll use are not the kind that will require a lot of energy; she likes to tire the attacker out with easy moves before she tries her three important moves.

Thunder Strike:
Roxie takes a step forward and attempts to quickly attack her opponent across the upper torso with Red Thunder’s blade.
Defect: Most used move in battle. Once done, her opponent would easily be able to read the signs she is going to attempt it again. Easily blocked and would be somewhat hard for Roxie to dodge an attack once already in this stance.

Cut Wing:
Roxie spins R.T swiftly like a baton in full 3 circles(one on each side and the last in front of her) so that if an opponent tried to attack her, their move would either be deflected or they’d at least get a minor cut.
Defect: Easily blocked and if parried, leaves her open to a counter.

Fallen Sky:
Roxie uses it to hoist herself up directly above it. She leans her legs to the other side of her and as she falls to the ground, she grabs R.T and brings it down onto her opponent.
Defect: Roxie can only do this once in a battle which means she usually uses this move as her last hope. It is physically exhausting for her to do this move since it takes a lot of energy to do it. It can be blocked, but rather difficult compared to the other attacks. It can be dodged when Roxie is raising herself to do the attack.

Skills:
What she considers her most important skill would be her music ability. She can tell what key signature a song is in and the pitch of a sound. It isn't a very useful skill at all, but she is very proud of her knowledge of music. She knows many orchestral pieces and is a skilled musician, mainly at clarinet.
She also knows how to stitch up a wound and heal small cuts.

Strengths:
Roxie is a fast runner and has a decent amount of stamina, allowing her to run for 15 minutes straight at her top speed before tiring out. The fastest she can go is 30 mph.
She is also a good swimmer.
She has an overall well-built body from years spent alone training and is very agile and flexible.
Roxie mostly thinks of the “bigger” picture and constantly observes and questions people’s actions.

Weaknesses:
Once Roxie runs at her top speed for 15 minutes, she is weak and can not execute her hard moves.
Roxie hadn't built up her strength since she's focused mostly on her running and her agility. She is only strong enough to wield R.T and execute her own moves.
Although Roxie could give advice if asked, she would most likely hurt people’s feelings because she is very blunt and at most times it appears as though she does not care about how they feel. She does in fact care, but she believes it would benefit them more by getting to the point.
Roxie can get very nervous around heights and will avoid tall buildings if she can. It gets to the point where if she is on a three story or more building, she will feel light headed and won't be able to keep her balance if fighting.

Alignment: neutral.
Theme Song : She is Beautiful - Andrew WK