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Player Name: Kiyuu E-mail: kiyuuchan@gmail.com Preferred Contact:Kiyuukins Timezone: EST Current Characters in Victory Road: Queen Elsa (defyingfrigidity), Ruby Rose (rosetotheoccasion)
Character Name: Athena Series: Borderlands Timeline: after the events of Tales from the Borderlands Canon Resource Links:Athena @ the Borderlands wiki. It should be noted that, though Tales is a game by Telltale, and thus can be customized very differently depending on player actions, very little of the major choices in the game impact Athena, so an extensive write-up probably shouldn't be needed. Some major choices, however, do involve her, so I'll make a note of them here!
In episode 2, Rhys and Vaughn choose to go to Old Haven over Hollow Point, leading to a much longer interaction between Athena and the sisters. In episode 3, Fiona managed to talk Athena down from killing the last remaining Atlas employee on Pandora, which forced her to come to terms with just what her revenge quest really was about. In episode 4, while telling Janey about how Athena was captured by Brick and Mordecai, Fiona gave her a little white lie and told Janey that Athena said she loved her before she was captured, leading to the two repairing their rocky relationship. This comes back in episode 5, where Athena, out of gratitude for Fiona's help in saving her relationship (as well as a desire for the riches of the Vault to help pay for her and Janey's wedding) helps Fiona's group bring down The Traveler and claim its Vault.
Personality: Gladiator. A ruthless warrior whose sole purpose in life is to fight, who only lives from kill to kill, who slaughters all opponents in the name of one thing. For some, it's glory. For others, it's for their masters. Some even fight purely to sate their own bloodlust. In some ways, Athena is a pure definition of her class title. But below that armored surface, she's so much more than that.
First off: it's true, Athena can be extremely ruthless. She gets a thrill out of fighting, and actually takes great joy in it. She cheers and laughs when she scores crits and headshots, often brags and excitedly asks the other Vault Hunters if they saw what she did, and even cracks jokes when she shocks, freezes, or sets enemies on fire. She'll bring down entire megacorporations in the name of her own personal revenge, and she'll even go so far as to try and kill harmless scientists simply because they carry the Atlas name. Her reputation is a dark and chilling one, to the point where even hardened mercs will drop a chase when they see that she's involved, so she most certainly lives up to it.
As a hardened soldier, Athena's had a deep sense of loyalty drilled into her, but this loyalty is a... complicated thing. It's not an overall thing; she divides it into loyalty to her mission, and loyalty to people. The former is absolute; Athena refuses to drop a mission, even if she no longer agrees with it or her employer. This is most glaringly obvious in the case of the rise of Handsome Jack. Athena was one of his most loyal Vault Hunters, who defended him for longer than most, and truly believed that for most of their journey, Jack was a hero. But even when he began showing how unhinged he truly was, and Athena was openly speaking out against him and trying to turn him away from his revenge on Moxxi, Roland, and Lilith, she stuck to the mission, following it through to the very end. She was clearly disgusted with the man Jack had become, but she couldn't leave what she had started half-finished.
On the other side of the coin, personal loyalty is something Athena gives out much less freely, and is something much more fragile. She'll certainly value this loyalty as much as anything else - she was definitely loyal to Jack on some personal level before he started losing it, as it took Tassiter threatening to kill any remaining family she had left when she refused to help him dig up dirt on Jack, and even after taking down Atlas, she was still able to look fondly back on her memory of General Knoxx, but when someone betrays that trust.... well. See the whole "revenge quest" thing.
But this is all Athena on the battlefield, in the middle of a mission. When she's not on duty, she's still... a bit severe, yes. She comes off as more than a bit stoic, speaking little and letting her glares and her eyes do the talking. She's quick to snap at people who are frustrating her, and isn't above sarcasm. This bluntless, of course, comes with its downsides: Athena is a very bad liar. What's even worse about that is that she believes she's a good liar, leading her to feel proud and smug over something nobody believes.
All of this, though, is much like her signature weapon: a shield. Something to hide behind. It's implied, with the way Claptrap describes her as a "confused-looking warrior lady with sad eyes" in the Claptastic Voyage DLC, that Athena is struggling with a lot of grief, possibly even PTSD, over the event that caused her fallout with Atlas; when her superiors learned from General Knoxx that Athena was trying to track down her long-lost sister so she can leave the Crimson Lance behind and escape Pandora with her, they sent Athena's squad on a mission to raze the village where Athena's sister, Jess, lived. During the chaos, Athena herself killed Jess, and when she found out, she went AWOL and has been consumed with revenge ever since. Fiona even calls her out on it, that her revenge is fueled more by her grief and anger than a desire to avenge her sister's death.
It's also revealed through recordings of Knoxx that Athena was once a bit more lighthearted than she is now. He says that she was a "nice enough kid", despite the training Atlas forced her through, and she had a tendency to ramble (in a rather endearing way, he notes) when she excitedly confides in him her plan to escape Pandora with Jess. The change between this... happy Athena and the AWOL soldier who would do anything to bring down Atlas is obviously marked by the death of her sister, thus clearly supporting the hints that there's a lot of unresolved trauma at work under Athena's armor.
As an assassin raised from childhood to be a killer, Athena... doesn't really have much experience living a normal life. She can manage well enough, but things as simple as motivational posters and appreciating nature's beauty go a bit over her head. She sees everything from a tactical perspective, for how it can be used in a fight or how dangerous it might be, never from just... a normal perspective. She's easily thrown off when Janey Springs flirts with her over the course of her time on Elpis, though in that case, it may just be embarrassment, considering the feelings she develops for the other woman.
She is trying to adapt to a relatively normal life now, though even that she has difficulties with, which is most glaringly obvious in her relationship with Janey. It's clear from the viewer's perspective that Athena does indeed love her; the way she smiles when Janey kisses her and calls Athena her girlfriend, and the fact that she became close enough to want to marry her are clear signs that she is indeed in love. But she lies to her, she bickers when Janey calls her out on continuing her bounty hunting - which she only continues doing because she wants to support the two of them with the only skills she has - and she apparently has enough trouble expressing her feelings that Janey wonders if Athena even likes her. But they've lasted this long, and if the ending of Tales is anything to go by, Athena is most certainly willing to to compromise to make her loved ones happy.
Friendships are a little easier to manage. It takes a remarkably short time for Athena to warm up to Fiona and Sasha, and it's through these two that she proves to be a remarkably loyal, protective friend. She's still rough around the edges, preferring to simply yell at Fiona until something sticks while training her, but when the chips are down, Athena is completely willing to sacrifice herself - giving away her only means of protection when Fiona was in danger - for these girls she's known for only a few days. It shows that she's come a long way from when she was in Jack's employ, where it was clear that she considered his other Vault Hunters as coworkers, and nothing more.
All in all, Athena is a soldier trying to make it in a new life without superiors, orders, or a mission to accomplish. She stumbles and succeeds, and is clearly struggling with how this sort of life works, but she tries, and that's what really matters.
Pokémon Information Affiliation: Trainer Starter: Honedge ("Xiphos") Password: Atomic Fireball
Victory Road Sample: [The gear comes to life today on the rather severe face of a young woman. Dark blue hair chopped short, pale blue eyes narrowed in annoyance... she's the very image of Pissed Off, and her clipped tone of voice only manages to reflect that even more when she speaks.]
Whatever dirty scav or bandit thought it was a smart idea to do this has a ten second head start before I start tracking you down. And trust me, you don't want that.
[If it was possible, the woman's frown deepens. This kidnapping had happened in her home, and as shitty as her and Janey's apartment in Hollow Point was, she'd made damn sure it was secure. And if she had been taken, then...
Shit.]
Janey. If you can year this, send me an echo as soon as you're able to.
[There's no panic in her voice as she calls out to "Janey", but there's an even sharper edge to it now. Almost unconsciously, she reaches up, fingering a gleaming silver ring hanging from a chain around her neck, before she realizes what she's doing and quickly tucks it beneath her shirt.]
And if anyone can direct me to the nearest fast-travel station, the information will be much appreciated. [There's a pause, and the curious eye of a Honedge peeks on-screen with a gleam of curiosity. The woman glances at it, scowls, and pushes it away from the camera.] Also, the nearest gun vendor.
[Because this isn't the first odd creature she's seen so far, and she's really pissed that she doesn't have any of her guns, or Xiphos and Aspis.]
If anyone familiar to me is viewing this, I will update my status as soon as I find my bearings in this bizarre town, and we can arrange a meetup then. Until then:
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Character
Name: Athena
Series: Borderlands
Timeline: after the events of Tales from the Borderlands
Canon Resource Links: Athena @ the Borderlands wiki. It should be noted that, though Tales is a game by Telltale, and thus can be customized very differently depending on player actions, very little of the major choices in the game impact Athena, so an extensive write-up probably shouldn't be needed. Some major choices, however, do involve her, so I'll make a note of them here!
In episode 2, Rhys and Vaughn choose to go to Old Haven over Hollow Point, leading to a much longer interaction between Athena and the sisters. In episode 3, Fiona managed to talk Athena down from killing the last remaining Atlas employee on Pandora, which forced her to come to terms with just what her revenge quest really was about. In episode 4, while telling Janey about how Athena was captured by Brick and Mordecai, Fiona gave her a little white lie and told Janey that Athena said she loved her before she was captured, leading to the two repairing their rocky relationship. This comes back in episode 5, where Athena, out of gratitude for Fiona's help in saving her relationship (as well as a desire for the riches of the Vault to help pay for her and Janey's wedding) helps Fiona's group bring down The Traveler and claim its Vault.
Personality: Gladiator. A ruthless warrior whose sole purpose in life is to fight, who only lives from kill to kill, who slaughters all opponents in the name of one thing. For some, it's glory. For others, it's for their masters. Some even fight purely to sate their own bloodlust. In some ways, Athena is a pure definition of her class title. But below that armored surface, she's so much more than that.
First off: it's true, Athena can be extremely ruthless. She gets a thrill out of fighting, and actually takes great joy in it. She cheers and laughs when she scores crits and headshots, often brags and excitedly asks the other Vault Hunters if they saw what she did, and even cracks jokes when she shocks, freezes, or sets enemies on fire. She'll bring down entire megacorporations in the name of her own personal revenge, and she'll even go so far as to try and kill harmless scientists simply because they carry the Atlas name. Her reputation is a dark and chilling one, to the point where even hardened mercs will drop a chase when they see that she's involved, so she most certainly lives up to it.
As a hardened soldier, Athena's had a deep sense of loyalty drilled into her, but this loyalty is a... complicated thing. It's not an overall thing; she divides it into loyalty to her mission, and loyalty to people. The former is absolute; Athena refuses to drop a mission, even if she no longer agrees with it or her employer. This is most glaringly obvious in the case of the rise of Handsome Jack. Athena was one of his most loyal Vault Hunters, who defended him for longer than most, and truly believed that for most of their journey, Jack was a hero. But even when he began showing how unhinged he truly was, and Athena was openly speaking out against him and trying to turn him away from his revenge on Moxxi, Roland, and Lilith, she stuck to the mission, following it through to the very end. She was clearly disgusted with the man Jack had become, but she couldn't leave what she had started half-finished.
On the other side of the coin, personal loyalty is something Athena gives out much less freely, and is something much more fragile. She'll certainly value this loyalty as much as anything else - she was definitely loyal to Jack on some personal level before he started losing it, as it took Tassiter threatening to kill any remaining family she had left when she refused to help him dig up dirt on Jack, and even after taking down Atlas, she was still able to look fondly back on her memory of General Knoxx, but when someone betrays that trust.... well. See the whole "revenge quest" thing.
But this is all Athena on the battlefield, in the middle of a mission. When she's not on duty, she's still... a bit severe, yes. She comes off as more than a bit stoic, speaking little and letting her glares and her eyes do the talking. She's quick to snap at people who are frustrating her, and isn't above sarcasm. This bluntless, of course, comes with its downsides: Athena is a very bad liar. What's even worse about that is that she believes she's a good liar, leading her to feel proud and smug over something nobody believes.
All of this, though, is much like her signature weapon: a shield. Something to hide behind. It's implied, with the way Claptrap describes her as a "confused-looking warrior lady with sad eyes" in the Claptastic Voyage DLC, that Athena is struggling with a lot of grief, possibly even PTSD, over the event that caused her fallout with Atlas; when her superiors learned from General Knoxx that Athena was trying to track down her long-lost sister so she can leave the Crimson Lance behind and escape Pandora with her, they sent Athena's squad on a mission to raze the village where Athena's sister, Jess, lived. During the chaos, Athena herself killed Jess, and when she found out, she went AWOL and has been consumed with revenge ever since. Fiona even calls her out on it, that her revenge is fueled more by her grief and anger than a desire to avenge her sister's death.
It's also revealed through recordings of Knoxx that Athena was once a bit more lighthearted than she is now. He says that she was a "nice enough kid", despite the training Atlas forced her through, and she had a tendency to ramble (in a rather endearing way, he notes) when she excitedly confides in him her plan to escape Pandora with Jess. The change between this... happy Athena and the AWOL soldier who would do anything to bring down Atlas is obviously marked by the death of her sister, thus clearly supporting the hints that there's a lot of unresolved trauma at work under Athena's armor.
As an assassin raised from childhood to be a killer, Athena... doesn't really have much experience living a normal life. She can manage well enough, but things as simple as motivational posters and appreciating nature's beauty go a bit over her head. She sees everything from a tactical perspective, for how it can be used in a fight or how dangerous it might be, never from just... a normal perspective. She's easily thrown off when Janey Springs flirts with her over the course of her time on Elpis, though in that case, it may just be embarrassment, considering the feelings she develops for the other woman.
She is trying to adapt to a relatively normal life now, though even that she has difficulties with, which is most glaringly obvious in her relationship with Janey. It's clear from the viewer's perspective that Athena does indeed love her; the way she smiles when Janey kisses her and calls Athena her girlfriend, and the fact that she became close enough to want to marry her are clear signs that she is indeed in love. But she lies to her, she bickers when Janey calls her out on continuing her bounty hunting - which she only continues doing because she wants to support the two of them with the only skills she has - and she apparently has enough trouble expressing her feelings that Janey wonders if Athena even likes her. But they've lasted this long, and if the ending of Tales is anything to go by, Athena is most certainly willing to to compromise to make her loved ones happy.
Friendships are a little easier to manage. It takes a remarkably short time for Athena to warm up to Fiona and Sasha, and it's through these two that she proves to be a remarkably loyal, protective friend. She's still rough around the edges, preferring to simply yell at Fiona until something sticks while training her, but when the chips are down, Athena is completely willing to sacrifice herself - giving away her only means of protection when Fiona was in danger - for these girls she's known for only a few days. It shows that she's come a long way from when she was in Jack's employ, where it was clear that she considered his other Vault Hunters as coworkers, and nothing more.
All in all, Athena is a soldier trying to make it in a new life without superiors, orders, or a mission to accomplish. She stumbles and succeeds, and is clearly struggling with how this sort of life works, but she tries, and that's what really matters.
Pokémon Information
Affiliation: Trainer
Starter: Honedge ("Xiphos")
Password: Atomic Fireball
Samples
RP Sample: Here is a thread!
Victory Road Sample: [The gear comes to life today on the rather severe face of a young woman. Dark blue hair chopped short, pale blue eyes narrowed in annoyance... she's the very image of Pissed Off, and her clipped tone of voice only manages to reflect that even more when she speaks.]
Whatever dirty scav or bandit thought it was a smart idea to do this has a ten second head start before I start tracking you down. And trust me, you don't want that.
[If it was possible, the woman's frown deepens. This kidnapping had happened in her home, and as shitty as her and Janey's apartment in Hollow Point was, she'd made damn sure it was secure. And if she had been taken, then...
Shit.]
Janey. If you can year this, send me an echo as soon as you're able to.
[There's no panic in her voice as she calls out to "Janey", but there's an even sharper edge to it now. Almost unconsciously, she reaches up, fingering a gleaming silver ring hanging from a chain around her neck, before she realizes what she's doing and quickly tucks it beneath her shirt.]
And if anyone can direct me to the nearest fast-travel station, the information will be much appreciated. [There's a pause, and the curious eye of a Honedge peeks on-screen with a gleam of curiosity. The woman glances at it, scowls, and pushes it away from the camera.] Also, the nearest gun vendor.
[Because this isn't the first odd creature she's seen so far, and she's really pissed that she doesn't have any of her guns, or Xiphos and Aspis.]
If anyone familiar to me is viewing this, I will update my status as soon as I find my bearings in this bizarre town, and we can arrange a meetup then. Until then:
Athena, out.
[Click. The video finishes.]
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