Character 4 – Alex

Note: Characters are numbered in order of in-game appearance.

Full Name: Alexandria Maria Pyris
Age: 20
Sex: Female
Height: 5′6″ (168 cm)
Weight: 125 lbs. (56.8 kg)
Hair: Reddish-brown, kept in a ponytail
Eyes: Brown
Blood Type:B

Character Summary:

Alex, like Marinas, winds up in Gaia on Ivan’s birthday, but she has an important reason for being there.  She hails from Volcanus, a town far to the east, and has come to Gaia in order to find medicine for her sick brother.  Tomboyish and cheerful, she instantly takes a liking to Ivan when she meets him and feels indebted to him for showing her where to get what she needs to save her brother’s life.  She carries a bow and a quiver full of arrows on her back and is a talented marksman.  She also introduces herself and proves her might as the daughter of the fire mage on the ship from Gaia to the mainland, as she helps protect the ship alongside Ivan and Damien.

Despite her cheerful nature, Alexandria harbors a deep resentment for water magi.  This is due to an event in her childhood where the water mage travelled to Volcanus just to issue a challenge to Alex’s father, the fire mage.  Beside the water mage was his daughter, a pathetic girl who lacked even the ability to smile because of the torment that the water mage had put her through as a child.  Upon witnessing this man’s cruelty toward his daughter and his overwhelming defeat of the fire mage, Alex instantly developed a profound hatred for the water mage and all of the people in some way related to him.  However, this prejudice plays an important role in helping Ivan understand the true nature of humans and, furthermore, the nature of the quest that he is on.

In conjunction with her cheerful and peppy nature, Alex is also a bit mischevous.  Similar to Damien, she enjoys heckling others, especially Ivan because he is “fun”.  She also has a detailed knowledge of most things related to magi and the elements due to her upbringing as the fire mage’s heir.  Like Ivan, she is stubborn and will not admit defeat easily.  Of course, this also means that she has a difficult time accepting new things or admitting that others are right.  She is fiery and quick to anger, but she is in fact a very logical person who treasures her family and friends above all else…even if she won’t admit it!

Alex finally joins Ivan as a solid party member when the group leaves Volcanus.  She has promised her father that she will keep an eye on Ivan in order to make sure that his quest results in a better world and to make sure that Ivan improves his swordsmanship along the way.

Author’s Notes about this Character:

There’s not much that I have left to say about Alex.  I think she kind of speaks for herself.  She is the mandatory “cheerful” character in the story, although she has a twist.  She is extremely biased about water magi, and this results in huge problems later on (but I won’t go into that yet!).  Let’s just say that she causes a lot of drama from time to time.  She’s fun, though.  Kind of reminds me of Aika from Skies of Arcadia.