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Alex Knight
Topic Started: Apr 4 2013, 02:17 PM (124 Views)
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Name: Alexandra "Alex" Knight
Age: 24
Gender: Female
Faction: Military

Appearance: Alex is 5'3" and weighs 143 pounds. Her golden blonde hair is cut short, keeping rigidly to the regulations on length. It is neat without real worrying about style. She has a round baby face with slightly chubby cheeks and a small button nose. Her eyes are cerulean blue and quite wide. As a result of a lack of orthodontic work when she was younger her teeth are squashed together and slightly underdeveloped. Her two most common expressions are contempt and an amused smirk. She is rarely seen without her military issue anti-glare glasses. She has a scar above her left ear and is missing a small portion from the top of that ear. Her face is otherwise unmarked and she does not wear any make-up.

She is slightly muscular and in good shape due to a combination of school sports and her military training. However, she is neither particularly muscular nor curvy and has quite a slender build. Unsurprisingly, she is seen in military uniform most of the time and is meticulous about looking smart.

Biography: Alex was the youngest of four children born to Rebecca and Charles Knight in Austin, Texas. Her dad had picked the name Alex expecting another boy, having already had three boys and the name ended up getting adapted to Alexandra. With the male dominance in her house Alex ended up exposed to a lot of more 'typically male hobbies' and quickly became a bit of a tomboy. From a young age she knew she wanted to join the military, partly inspired by a strong military tradition in her family.

Used to the rough and tumble banter and sportiness of her house from a young age Alex was strong-minded and spoke her mind. However, she also knew when to shut her mouth, a consequence of fights and getting in trouble, and just get on with whatever she was doing. Far from rebelling her strict upbringing made her disciplined and determined. She is close to her entire family. She is particularly close with her brothers who are nearest to her in age as she spent a lot of time with them when growing up. However, she does sometimes feel her father wishes she was a boy and he sometimes seems more awkward around her then her brothers. As a result of her upbringing Alex has never seen any reason why girls can't do anything a man can. She has a chip on her shoulder and a bad temper relating to any suggestion otherwise.

In school she was not particularly academically gifted but was far from stupid. She worked hard enough but was more focused on getting the grades she needed. The one area of school she was good at was sports. She captained the school athletics team. In school Alex was selectively friendly, being friendly when she wanted to but not making a huge effort to make friends. A such she ended up with a small circle of close friends but had a bit of a reputation for being spiky.

Instead of going to university Alex signed up at the end of high school. There was some worry that her small stature would hinder her but Alex was determined. She clearly remembers the look of surprise on the face of the man she asked where she could sign up. This kind of attitude is a driving force to Alex who is determined to prove all her detractors, real and assumed, wrong. Her small size did cause her trouble in basic training but a mixture of determination and her own good physical shape helped her. One morning in basic training she woke up to find a cheap eight ball stuck to her locker. Written on the piece of paper accompanying it was "what are Alex's chances of finishing basic" with the eight ball answer of "no chance". She has kept that eight ball ever since partly because she has shown her critics wrong and it has inspired her in hard moments during training and on operations.

Alex loves the military and considers her unit like a second family. This is not any negative reflection on her own family, with whom she is very close. Alex is convinced that due to the male dominance of the military she needs to work twice as hard to stand out. Linked to this she is determined to show absolutely no 'girly' traits to perpetuate stereotypes. As such she is very wary to show any affection, care about her appearance or show fear about anything.

Alex is fairly patriotic but has become slightly disillusioned by her most recent domestic posting. She feels that although soldiers do have a role protecting America and by extension Americans she would prefer to be fighting their enemies on a wider international front, as the territorial army and police can govern American affairs. She has done tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan as well as a training operation in Germany. Due to her time in the military, some fortune and her determination she has attained the rank of sergeant.


Power: She does not have any special powers beyond her military training.

Starting belongings: Standard issue military kit, a lucky eight ball necklace she keeps with her at all times as a lucky item she has had since basic training.
Edited by aristeia, Apr 6 2013, 06:37 AM.
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A few things.

Her height should be written as 5'3". There are some grammar blips mostly involving punctuation in the appearance, but I won't press much further than having you give it a once-over (make as many corrections as you can spot; there are at least five I could point out).

Honestly, after that quick wrap-up you give me, there's nothing content-wise wrong with the profile.
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hopefully edited to your satisfaction.
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