Riza

By Apollo

• October 9, 2012




Age: 23

Gender: Female

Species: Non-Pony

Appearance: (Basic appearance in photo)<br />Her main body fur is a greyish-blue. Her eyes are a shining gold. Her right wing is a bonded copper colored metal/flesh prosthetic that she made herself to replace her original crippled wing.

Personality: Riza is generally kind and gentle, she wouldn't even harm a fly. But sometimes, a darker harsher side of her would rise to the surface and once it was gone, she would not remember anything she had done. Once learning about this other personality and what she would do when it was in control, she dubbed the alternate personality as "Alpha" since it would do its best to be the alpha personality in her mind. This personality died during an intense mental struggle against a dark and unknown force (In the RP "Discord's Legion", though this RP will not be cannon with all rps she will be in, the struggle will have happened and Alpha will not make appearances). Alpha's personality still shows itself in minute ways at times when Riza is in great stress. (When dealing with an uncooperative patient.) Which brings up the next aspect of her character. Riza is a practiced doctor, unofficially. Though she has no medical degree, she learned the use of herbology and natural medicine from her mother from the time she was very young. In her youth, she also learned the skills of a blacksmith from her father. She is an expert in both fields and can heal or create almost anything.

Backstory: Riza's youth was a troubled one. She took after her mother from an early age, preferring peace and healing over crafting and war. Unfortunately, Riza's father was a harsh and unforgiving griffin of war and the best blacksmith on the continent. He forced Riza to learn smithing, and one day, when she refused, he crushed her wing to uselessness. She lived, learning smithing from her father by day, and medicine from her mother by night. Her father's cruelty towards Riza and her mother is what birthed the Alpha personality and during Alpha's first appearance in control, she ended her father's life. When Riza had regained control over herself, and saw what she had done, she fled her homeland, knowing that she could never return. Fast forward two years, Riza's mental struggle occurs and Alpha's death weighs heavily on her mind. She finally gains the courage to amputate her crippled wing and apply the prosthetic. Three years later is where she is in the present.