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Character Name: Franziska von Karma
Original Series: Ace Attorney/Gyakuten Saiban
Age: 19
Profession: University Student, doing a pre-law track
Weapon of Choice: Whip - this is her weapon in her canon, and as it's not something completely out of the time period, I'd like for her to keep it.
Appearance: Franziska is 5'4, 115 pounds, with silvery-blue hair. Some people have suggested that she dyes her hair or it is the result of premature aging, but she shrugs that off with a wry laugh - it simply grew that way. She has a beauty mark near her right eye. Franziska dresses quite fashionably, though with a classic tough; she isn't the type to immediately pounce at a new trend, but neither does she ignore them completely.
Personality: Fransiska is smart, but has a sharp temper which flares at the slightest provocation. She's very defensive about her past, and while she will speak of her mother when pressed, she won't say a word about her father. She's still angry because his actions caused her to lose her mother and her name. She pushes herself to excel in whatever she does, whether it's sports (she was captain of the girls' basketball team at Pleasantville High), schoolwork, or anything else. Perfection is her goal, and she is not one to lose sight of it.
History/Bio: Franziska grew up in Germany. She is the daughter of an American mother and German father. When the Nazis came to power, her father joined up with them, and because of his ties to the government as a politician, he quickly moved up their ranks. Her mother wasn't happy with the decision to join the party, but the last straw was the 1939 invasion of Poland. By this time, Franziska's father had just reached the highest ranks of power, and while she had been afraid of this happening for some time, the action itself was too much for her. She feared for her own life and that of her two daughters.
Franziska's mother began to squirrel money away in secret. 18 months later, once she was sure she had enough for the journey, wrote to her own mother, still in the United States, and asked her if it would be possible to arrange transport out of the country for herself and the two girls. Several weeks later, she received a sad reply - the immigration officers had decided to allow the girls to enter the country, but feared retaliation if their mother came with them.
Six weeks later, five-year old Franziska and her 10-year-old sister were on a boat to New York, waiting to meet their grandparents for the first time. When her father found out what had happened, he had her mother sent to a concentration camp, where she passed away. He tried to go after his daughters, but the attempt was unsuccessful. No one has heard from him since the war ended, and he is presumed dead.
The girls were met by their grandparents, and stayed in the city for a time, but when the news of the Japanese being placed into internment camps broke, her grandparents feared that camps for Germans would be next. They changed the girls' names and spent weeks training them to speak in a perfect American accent before moving them to Pleasantville. Her grandmother stayed at home with the girls; her grandfather, whom she idolizes, is a lawyer working in Dayton. Her sister has gotten married and is now living with her husband and newborn son in Cleveland.
Franziska graduated as the valedictorian of her high school class and is now attending Pleasantville University. She is determined to become a lawyer like her grandfather.
Original Series: Ace Attorney/Gyakuten Saiban
Age: 19
Profession: University Student, doing a pre-law track
Weapon of Choice: Whip - this is her weapon in her canon, and as it's not something completely out of the time period, I'd like for her to keep it.
Appearance: Franziska is 5'4, 115 pounds, with silvery-blue hair. Some people have suggested that she dyes her hair or it is the result of premature aging, but she shrugs that off with a wry laugh - it simply grew that way. She has a beauty mark near her right eye. Franziska dresses quite fashionably, though with a classic tough; she isn't the type to immediately pounce at a new trend, but neither does she ignore them completely.
Personality: Fransiska is smart, but has a sharp temper which flares at the slightest provocation. She's very defensive about her past, and while she will speak of her mother when pressed, she won't say a word about her father. She's still angry because his actions caused her to lose her mother and her name. She pushes herself to excel in whatever she does, whether it's sports (she was captain of the girls' basketball team at Pleasantville High), schoolwork, or anything else. Perfection is her goal, and she is not one to lose sight of it.
History/Bio: Franziska grew up in Germany. She is the daughter of an American mother and German father. When the Nazis came to power, her father joined up with them, and because of his ties to the government as a politician, he quickly moved up their ranks. Her mother wasn't happy with the decision to join the party, but the last straw was the 1939 invasion of Poland. By this time, Franziska's father had just reached the highest ranks of power, and while she had been afraid of this happening for some time, the action itself was too much for her. She feared for her own life and that of her two daughters.
Franziska's mother began to squirrel money away in secret. 18 months later, once she was sure she had enough for the journey, wrote to her own mother, still in the United States, and asked her if it would be possible to arrange transport out of the country for herself and the two girls. Several weeks later, she received a sad reply - the immigration officers had decided to allow the girls to enter the country, but feared retaliation if their mother came with them.
Six weeks later, five-year old Franziska and her 10-year-old sister were on a boat to New York, waiting to meet their grandparents for the first time. When her father found out what had happened, he had her mother sent to a concentration camp, where she passed away. He tried to go after his daughters, but the attempt was unsuccessful. No one has heard from him since the war ended, and he is presumed dead.
The girls were met by their grandparents, and stayed in the city for a time, but when the news of the Japanese being placed into internment camps broke, her grandparents feared that camps for Germans would be next. They changed the girls' names and spent weeks training them to speak in a perfect American accent before moving them to Pleasantville. Her grandmother stayed at home with the girls; her grandfather, whom she idolizes, is a lawyer working in Dayton. Her sister has gotten married and is now living with her husband and newborn son in Cleveland.
Franziska graduated as the valedictorian of her high school class and is now attending Pleasantville University. She is determined to become a lawyer like her grandfather.