Name: Esther Vanhomrigh
Age: 16
Personality/Appearance: [I have chosen to leave this part blank, to allow others to draw their own conclusions as to her personality through their character interactions with her. Instead, this part will be substituted by a more detailed description of her physical appearance.]
Esther stands at 5'6 and weighs in at 140 pounds. Her body mostly comprised of lean, solid muscle. Her lithe figure hard-earned from her time spent physically training with her father and from regular visits to the gym. Her time spent outdoors giving her a light-tan skin tone, same as her father. Also having her father's hair and eyes, she keeps her jet-black hair in a short bob. Her eyes a deep and dark brown, with light freckles across her cheeks and nose. She's rather self-conscious of her small nose and small, pouty-looking lips, along with her 'freakishly-huge' ears. Which, would give some explanation as to her choice of hairstyle.
Battle-Style: Designated Marksman Support Role. She prefers to stay behind at a range in a rear supportive position to provide accurate, long-range fire, but isn't afraid to engage in close range combat if the need arises.
Hospitalized Special One: Father – Committed to a mental health hospital before Esther's special enlistment into the military and subsequent selection as a Project L.A.D. Candidate.
Background: Before anyone could say anything about Esther, you must first take note and mention her father. Her father being a significant part of her life as the singular, most important person to her. Her father being the only family she ever knew and has.
Johnathan S. Vanhomrigh enlisted into the military at a very young age, right after the completion of his education. Enlisting into a combat-related occupational specialty, he would spend most of his adult life on constant deployments to the outer-lying colonies to war against the Cruxi. During his time spent in combat he was unfortunately, grievously injured in battle. Ending up losing both of his legs and arms. His limbs later replaced with bionic prosthetics. No longer able to fulfill his job as a 'Grunt', he was removed from the front lines and medically discharged from the armed forces after he recovered.
As a veteran, he embraced his new civilian life and attempted to raise a family. Tragedy would strike yet again as upon going into labor he lost his wife due to complications as she gave birth to twins. The first child would his stillborn son. The second child would be his young daughter, clinging desperately to life. Fighting from the very moment of her birth, 'Esther' as she was named, survived after a harrowing struggle. Esther being born with heart complications.
Having lost his wife and son, 'John' would devote the rest of his life into raising Esther properly with as much care and love as he could give, her existence becoming the center of his world. Being a single father, raising Esther alone proved difficult. But nonetheless, Esther grew up never having gone hungry, always had a roof over her head, clothes to wear, a bed to sleep in, and was provided a basic education.
During her younger years, she was viciously harassed and bullied by her peers for her lack of a mother and for only having a 'Robot Father'. From a very young age, she learned of her father's prior military service and of the conditions of her birth. As a result of this knowledge, a heavy amount of guilt would forever cling to her heart. Believing herself to be at fault for her 'broken' family.
Desiring to connect on a deeper level with her father, she asked him of his time in the military and craved to learn all that he knew. This resulted in her father unintentionally 'training' her, providing her knowledge of military combat doctrines, combat techniques, physical conditioning, and etc. Though born with heart problems, she would mature into an athletic and strong young woman.
All was not well, however. As Esther continued to grow and mature, her father's underlying mental issues as a result of his service began to rear its ugly head. Vivid hallucinations, night terrors, and insomnia drove her father to near insanity. His post-traumatic stress disorder pushing him to his very limits. In turn, he turned to heavy alcohol usage and prescription drug abuse to drown his mental trauma, only compounding the problem further and endangering his health. It all came to a head when one night, one of his 'episodes' became particularly bad and he attacked his own daughter thinking she was an enemy combatant during his time at war. Later cursing her birth and blaming her for the death of his wife and unborn son in a fit of rage-filled, drunken, drug-enhanced hallucinations. With the neighbors interfering, the police were involved and Johnathan was detained and arrested. While Esther was taken into protective custody. Upon his following trial, judge and jury determined his mental health was in a severe condition and he was declared to be unfit to continue caring for Esther. He was then involuntarily committed to a mental health clinic for treatment as ordered by the court. When the military learned of his domestic abuse charges pressed by civil authorities, they denounced his prior military service record and downgraded his honorable discharge to a dishonorable discharge.
Furious, alone, and with her father being dishonored and stolen from her, she sought a way to make things right. When she was ironically approached by a recruiter for her high aptitude test scores, she immediately dropped out of high school to enlist into the Project L.A.D. Program as a candidate pilot.
She believed that she was the source of all of her father's problems. She believed that by enlisting into the military, same as her father, she could better understand the demons and nightmares that plagued him. She believed that she could somehow clear her father from the negative charges against him and restore his honor. Above all, she desired to walk in her father's footsteps and honorably serve her fellow man, the same as he did...
Other/Personal Quirks:She enjoys read comics, books and 'manga'
She enjoys watching cartoons and 'anime'
She enjoys playing video games
She enjoys going to the gym
She enjoys music, particularly the rock, pop, and electronic music genres.
Adores anything 'cute'
Adores eating/good food
Has an intense fascination of computer technology
Has an intense fascination of weapons/firearms
[All credit for the artwork goes to the deviantArtist KR0NPR1NZ!]
