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Character: Alys Brangwin
Series/Fandom: Phantasy Star 4
Original or Template version: Original

Age: ?? (as what the game states; she looks to be around 25-30, so I'll go with 27)
Gender: Female
Species: Human
Sexuality: Straight. She seems to have a thing for Rune, a man you encounter early on in the game.

Appearance: Alys has long brown hair that reaches to her lower back, and piercing dark blue eyes. She tends to wear a smug smile on her face, however that's for a damn good reason. Normally she has a very bored expression on her face (and that's most likely the case), however she is prone to bright smiles if she's made happy enough.

Her clothing consists of Aiedo's Hunter Guild uniform, an asymmetrical red tunic with white trim (sleeveless), the right side hanging longer than the left and fastened with a belt. Underneath is a black shirt and pants, and Alys sports knee-high white boots with armour on the tops of said boots and on her shoulders. She also has white gloves that end near her elbows. Usually fastened to her sides are her weapons; boomerangs. He also wears a thin circlet on her forehead, three gems in the middle and visible between her bangs.

She isn't very muscular, but she's athletic enough for her to be able to defend herself with little to no problems.

Personality: Alys is smug, and as said before, for a damn good reason. She's strong, she's beautiful, she can kick some ass with no problems, and she knows it. As also said before, she usually seems bored with the things going on around her, though she's quick to annoyance or anger if she's pushed enough. However, despite her occasional anger or annoyance, it's usually for good cause, especially if she's close to someone. It's usually for their own well-being, especially if she knows they're acting out, or they're doing something they shouldn't be. Alys does have a nice side, and she's almost like a big sister in a way; at least that's how she acts.

Sadly, Alys is money hungry, and will exploit people for money if it benefits her (which... it usually does), and especially if she knows something will be dangerous enough to need some expertice on fighting. Of course, money isn't everything but it helps serve a purpose to take care of herself and others. It's not always about the money, despite how greedy she can seem.

She does have a sensitive side, and it usually only shows around Rune. It may even show around people she's especially close with, and can show how she really is to them.

She also likes to drink, though she's not much for drinking a lot. A drink or two is good enough for her.

Abilities/Strengths: Alys is called (much to her annoyance) the "Eight-Stroke Sword" ("Tear 'Em to Pieces Alys" in the Japanese version :D) by those in the Guild, but for good reason. She's a strong warrior whose appearance belies her true strength. She can use magic, and her skills (Vortex, Moonshade, and Death) are not to be messed with. Being a Hunter for the Hunter's Guild in Aiedo, she's athletic and can hold her own running, fighting, swimming... you name it. Long range combat is also a specialty of hers.

Also, much to her annoyance, her next-door neighbor mentions in-game that she's good at almost anything (cooking, poetry, writing), and that she likes children.

Weaknesses: Death. :| Besides that, she's killed off by the Black Wave, a bad energy shot off by Dark Force, so dark magic would most likely have a horrible negative effect on her. Also, close combat. Since she uses boomerangs, people getting close to attack would be bad for her to fight. Since she uses fire and wind based magical techniques, the opposites of those would have a bad effect on her as well. She's prone to arguing too, so I'm going to put that as a weakness.

History: Not much is known about Alys, sadly; at least nothing that she wants to be known. But what isn't known is her early life.

Alys was born to two Motavians in the small town of Termi, possibly in or around the year 2257AW. At a young age she was a little Hellraiser, though she would always stick up for the younger kids if they were getting bullied. This often resulted in her getting into fights with others, and upset parents on both sides. This behaviour continued on well into her teenage years, and finally, when she was old enough (at least around the age of 18), she traveled to the town of Aiedo where she joined up in the Hunters Guild.

While there, she slowly but surely began to ascend the ranks, steadily gaining respect, fear from other Hunters who were new to the Guild, and by the end of the year, almost everyone in Aiedo knew her name. Because of the way she gained such respect and popularity, and with the way she processed so many requests from the Guild office, she became known as the "Eight-Stroke Sword Alys", a name she hated then, and continued to greatly dislike for the next eight years.

Somewhere in this time, she met a man named Rune Walsh, someone who got to know Alys well enough to get past her normally hard and sometimes cold exterior to get to know the real Alys underneath. They parted ways, but most likely met up when they were in the same area. This continued on for some time, until she simply stopped seeing him around on jobs. It was upsetting, but she moved on in life. During that time, many men tried to get on her good side, all failing when she turned them all down with the same words: "If you were a real man, sure." This never actually stopped, and continued on as well.

When Alys was 24 (or thereabouts) she found a young boy, barely 13 years old, who was getting in with the wrong crowd. After much scolding and most likely a sound beating, the boy accompanied her back to her home in Aiedo, where for the next three years, she helped this boy and trained him to be a hunter. Slowly, she reformed Chaz Ashley, and soon enough, he was her apprentice, fighting along side her when she had her own jobs to do.

However, one fateful day when they were to travel to the town of Piata, the town of learning, Chaz was made her partner, a full-fledged Hunter to go with her to this town. There, they spoke to the principal of the Academy there, and found that there was a problem with monsters in their basement. When Alys asked questions, she was yelled at by the principal, who told her to "just take care of it!" This was cause to make her suspicious of the man, though she went to do her job. On the way to the school's basement, they met an assistant to one of the professors pacing the entrance to the basement, Hahn Mahlay. He informed Alys and Chaz of his worry for Professor Holt, the man he was an assistant to. He was sent on a mission of sorts to Birth Valley, a sacred place that was being used for study on how the native Motavians came to be, and how the planet was habitable, but never returned. Alys told him he could tag along on her and Chaz's mission for 300 Meseta, to which Hahn reluctantly agreed to.

In the basement, they find bio-monsters, creatures that had been beginning to plague Motavia for some time now. When asked, the Principal explains to Alys, Chaz, and Hahn that he was visited by a man named Zio, who told him that if he were to investigate Birth Valley further, he would have a future as a statue. Fearing for his life, the Principal kept quiet about everything to his students at the Academy, and contacted the Hunters Guild to take care of the monsters that Holt had brought back from Birth Valley the first time he went. Now equipped with this knowledge, Alys, Hahn, and Chaz set out to Zema, the town located right at the entrance of Birth Valley (but not before Alys tells Hahn that it was Sandworm egg laying season, and that she and Chaz will tag along with him for 500 Meseta plus expenses).

Upon their arrival in Zema, all they found were the townspeople frozen in stone. Worried, they went further, into the cave entrance to Birth Valley. There they found Professor Holt and his research team, also turned to stone. Thinking about it, Alys mentions that the cure Alshline is said to cure those who have been cursed into stone, and that there was some in a town called Molcum. Leaving Zema, the party of three traveled to Molcum, where they found the town burnt to the ground, though a lone man stood in the middle of the smoldering town...

It was Rune, who Alys was very glad to see. He was the one to inform the three that Zio had burned the town to the ground. This was now the second time they heard about this man Zio. While Chaz was not happy to bring the arrogant man along, Alys was quick to agree when he asked to tag along to Tonoe, where there was still some Alshline left. So, the four left Molcum and traveled through the Valley Maze, the entrance to Tonoe. There they sought out Dorin, someone who knew information about things happening around Motavia. Unfortunately for him, he got a first-hand look at why Alys was called the nickname she was, after he tried telling the men with her what her three sizes were (Thirty-six and twenty, that was as far as he got before Alys threw a punch at him.) Informing Alys that he had Alshline in the underground storage and telling Gryz, someone who had escaped Molcum with his sister to go with the group, he left with Rune, who had been needing to see him as well for his own personal business. After Rune left, and the party retrieved the Alshline, they returned to Birth Valley, freeing Holt and his team of their stone prisons. Once freed, Holt told them that Zio had appeared, turning them to stone for searching for things that, according to him, they were not good enough to see or know. However, now that he was free, he could continue his research.

To clear out their own curiosities, and to see what Holt was to see, they traveled back into Birth Valley, and through the large set of stone doors in the back wall. Inside, they found not a cave, but a technologically advanced ruin, with computers and a lot of computer-like things. At the end of the area, they found Holt, and asked how he had made it so far. He told the four that he had gotten inside by the help of Rika, a girl they got to see briefly before she ran into the room behind where Holt was standing. Once inside the innermost room, they found a large computer, Seed, who told them that it had been in charge over overseeing things such as Nurvus and the Climatrol. Rika was based on an old prototype (a throwback to Phantasy Star 2's Nei), who was a Numan. Before shutting down, Seed asks Alys to bring Rika along with them to find and rescue the android Demi, who can control Nurvus. It is because of Nurvus that the planet had started falling into decay and slowly becoming inhabitable, and Demi was the only one to get the system back under control.

The only problem was... was that Demi had been taken hostage by Zio.

Traveling to Kadary, where the Church of Zio was, they found that Zio's Fortress was not far off, and that had been where Demi had been taken to. So, to Zio's Fort it was, and once there, they fought one of Zio's underlings and found Demi. The little android healed the party, and they were all about to escape, but not before they unfortunately encountered Zio. Nothing they did hurt him, magic, physical attacks, nothing. However, Zio had a trick up his sleeve, and he summoned something which sent an attack toward Chaz. Not knowing what to do, Chaz stood in horror as the attack raced toward him, until Alys stood in its way, blocking Chaz from whatever it was. Falling to her knees before collapsing in pure pain, Alys had been hit with a Black Wave; an attack that came from Dark Force. Chaz got the group out of Zio's fort, and back to Krup, Hahn's hometown. It was there that Alys told Chaz to find Rune, since he would know what to do. Nothing that any of the group did had an effect on Alys, and so, giving up for the time being, went to find Rune.

The group learned of his location at the Ladea Tower, and it was there that they found him. Explaining the situation, and getting the Psycho Wand to break down Zio's defenses, Rune had an ominous feeling. He told the group that they had to get back to Krup, and they had to get there now. There, they found that Alys's situation had taken a turn for the worse, and Rune told them he could do nothing.

Alys told Chaz that he needed to be strong, and to carve out his own future now. She knew she had taught him all she could, and that was all she could do as a teacher now for him. Soon after her parting words to the group, she died from the Black Wave. It wouldn't be long before she woke up in Template...

Residence: Noble Street; Vol House; Upper Cove.
Marked: Yes, with a crown.
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Incidentally, Alys's death can be seen here if you're really that interested. :(

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