[ Player Name ] : Rune
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raining_chairs[ Age ] : 21
[ Timezone ] : PST
[ Other Characters ] : None :<
[ Character's Name ] : Rebecca
[ Character's Age ] : 16! In canon, it’s revealed she’s fifteen. However, since I’m taking her post-game, I just tend to assume she turned sixteen at some point after she returned home from war.
[ Series ] : Fire Emblem
[ Canon Point ] : Post-game
[ History ] :
http://fireemblem.wikia.com/wiki/Rebecca [ Personality ] :
Rebecca is the type of girl who will help you with anything. She's very cheery, and she loves to help others when they need it. She’s always helping people with laundry or with cooking, and she rarely complains about all of the hardships that come with fighting in an army. She’s very chatty, but she tries to be proper when she can! She addresses Louise for the first time as “Countess Reglay,” even though it makes her nervous to be around extremely noble persons. She’s also described as bright, as she very often sets the mood for everyone with her usually cheerful demeanor. She’s happiest in life when she’s allowed to be herself and can help out, regardless of what task she’s doing. In her later years, Rebecca’s friendliness and cheer continue to serve her well. She remains close to her Marquess, Eliwood, and becomes one of his most trusted friends despite their
Rebecca can also be described as tomboyish. She doesn’t wear pretty dresses; instead, she prefers working in her village, hunting with her bow, and playing in the fields. She does enjoy cooking, though, and it’s the focus of many of her in-game conversations. She’s known to carry her mother’s stubbornness as well. Despite being only a young hunter, she decides to join Eliwood’s army just to look for her brother, someone she hasn’t seen or heard from for years. She even argues with her father about this in a rare act of rebellion, something he’s taken aback by as she’s his only daughter. Despite these natures, she sometimes worries that she’s not ladylike enough. While she’s called charming by Lady Louise, she still desires to learn how to be a proper lady.
Despite her stubbornness, she’s also a teenage girl. She can be rude or flirty on occasion. Upon meeting Wil, an old friend and neighbor, again on the battlefield after many years, she pretends not to know who he is just because he left the village and didn’t even try to contact anyone. When she does speak to him? She kicks him in the stomach. She also openly admits that she’s attracted to Raven because he’s “not so bad on the outside,” and she giggles about it afterwards. She can also be playful. In her conversations with Lowen, a knight who fought to save her village, she retells the story as if it were a fairy tale, and when she's with Nino, her closest friend on the battlefield, she takes time out of the day to teach her how to make dumplings and berry necklaces.
[ Strengths/Weaknesses ] :
Rebecca is an expert with the bow, and in-game she can turn out to be the most valuable archer if leveled up. She's also skilled at cooking, to the level where she's capable of teaching others. As an archer, concentration and patience are both strong suits of hers, except when it comes to people who annoy her (they just get punched in the stomach). She's not the sort of person who gives up easily, nor is she the kind of person who will become depressed at the drop of a hat. She'll walk through any sort of weather to accomplish her goal and find her brother, and she isn't afraid of danger or having to shoot an enemy soldier. Another plus is that she's quick to make friends, which is a great ability to have on the battlefield...at least for her. She can find a common bond to share with just about anyone, whether it's just a similar weapon or favorite food or a shared experience.
As far as weaknesses go, physically speaking, Rebecca doesn't have quite the endurance other soldiers have. She's still young and light, so she relies on her speed and can't take as many hits. She also suffers from inexperience--she's a master of aiming, yes, but she can't always figure out how to tighten the drawstring on a new bow, for example. She's also more naive and optimistic than most others. She can be led to believe something else, and despite being in a war, the idea of losing her life or the life of others is something terrifying to her; she can’t just accept it as an inevitability, especially if its her brother’s life. Despite her cheeriness, she can also be forgetful or quick to anger, as evident with Lowen and Wil (need I remind you that she‘s not afraid to kick a guy in the stomach?). She also has a tendency to get flustered, especially around nobility or men she has a crush on, though the lessens after the war…at least where nobility is concerned.
[ Other Important Facts ] :
I have nothing to add about Rebecca, other than that there’s something not covered in-game I consider to be a part of her personality. Going from hunting to battlefield did have a toll on her initially; she may be quick to defend, but outside of war, she’d hesitate to take a life. This is the only major piece of headcanon I have for her, so I understand if that‘s not okay.
[ Sample ] :
It was the same thing she saw every day. An endless dome of water and buildings met Rebecca’s eyes as she left her place, and like some days, she closed her eyes and let out a deep sigh. There were no grassy hills, no forests to hunt and walk in. She didn’t have a field to nap in, nor did she have a field of flowers to make a necklace in. She could still smell the flowers, hear the sound of the forest, but now…she had none of that.
Still! She clutched the basket at her right side firmly, and smiled. Who’s to say that would stop her from making the most of the day? She already had plans, so she started walking. Meeting new people was kind of exciting, and there was no reason she couldn’t enjoy herself! It wasn’t long before she found herself on the street, waving at one of her close friends. Her smile was natural, not forced.
“Hey! I brought the dumplings like I promised. Ready to hang out?”
[ Questions? Comments? Concerns? ] Nope!