Alyssa Whitelake :: (Read-Only)

Personality
Concept and Background
1) Alyssa's father was a minor nobleman, Balthazaar Black. He dabbled as a summoner; Alyssa's stepmother was a society socialite, sensitive to scandal and gossip.
2) Alyssa's biological mother was an elven beauty who worked for a travelling carnival; her parents had one night together, and nine months later Balthazar's family was scandalized by a basket with a baby in it. Her mother named her Alyssa, in a note left with the basket. Her last name, Whitelake, comes from her status as a bastard; she was conceived when the carnival was visiting the village of Whitelake, and her stepmother forbade her father from giving her his name. 
3) Throughout her youth, Alyssa was given virtually everything a child could want, except for love. Her energies turned inward, as something drove her to seek a way to fill the hole within herself.
4) She has never had much luck with love; she tries, but is just a bit too eccentric for most men, with her habit of performing experiments on herself. Plus, she has a slight metallic odor, which, while not unpleasant, is a bit offputting. 
5) Although her childhood was lonely, and she has several disturbing quirks, she is still hungry for companionship. This is what drives her to adventure; most adventurers are less discriminating when it comes to companions, as long as they are competent

Goals
1) It would be cool for her to find some closure with her family. Either with her wealthy human family, or with her elven side.
2) Her biggest goal is to find a way to improve herself to the point where she no longer feels that she needs anyone. Although she is trying to do so chemically, if there were another way to change her body, that would be interesting.
3) And of course, to find some sort of a home, a place where she belongs, would probably end the game for her, but would be an eventual goal.

Secrets
1) As a child, she saw her stepmother in bed with another man. After a week's thought, she started dosing her with Night Tea. Her father has always wanted a son, and she knows why he can't; and feels guilty for it. This both leaves her as the de-facto heir of her family's fortune, and feeling personally repsonsible for them whenever anything bad happens.
2) Her biological mother is actually also an alchemist, as were her parents. They gave Alyssa up mainly because, despite the potions her mother drank during pregnancy, she came out too 'normal' for the carnival's freak-show. 

People
1) Balthazaar Black and his wife, Mirabelle. They raised Alyssa, although their support of her at this point is rather mixed. Balthazaar never really understood her, or knew how to approach her. To Mirabelle, her existance has always been a reminder of Balthazaar's infidelity, and a black stain on their family name. Although he would be willing to expend considerable resources on Alyssa's behalf, Mirabelle tends to block his efforts, and secretly acts against her at every turn.
2) Seigan Froi is one of the professors that taught Alyssa in school. He mentored her in Alchemy, and is an Alchemist himself; he specialized in reanimation (Reanimator Archetype), and tends to keep a number of reanimated 'pets' around most of the time; small animals, mostly. She was the only student that spent more time with him than absolutely necessary, and so he has always thought of her as a sort of foster granddaughter.
3) Davok Greensinger, a half-orc wizard, has a bit of a crush on Alyssa. He works as a bouncer in the Rusty Bucket, a club in one of the less-savory parts of town, but they went to school together as kids; he had a scholarship. She was nice to him, even when other children were not, because she understood what it was like to be outcast, and to be a half-breed. Unfortunately, she does not return his feelings, but he always lets her in the club, and sometimes hears things that other people don't.

Memories
1) Her first memory is really more of a dream; she remembers feeling warm, and seeing an amorphous face floating in front of her. She likes to think it is her biological mother, although she can never quite make it out, even in her dreams. 
2) She remembers running once as a child, trying to catch one of their pet cats; she tripped, and fell, right in front of her step-mother. As she cried, her step-mother just looked at her, coldly, and said she should have run faster.
3) The first time she used her Mutagen, it was somewhat unstable. It improved her physically quite a bit, and reduced her abilities mentally much more than a 'normal' mutagen. She found being stupid to be so much more... comfortable. There were less doubts, and everything was so much more simple.