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Here’s my new character introductions 🙂  For those who know Sasha from the Villain Castle (looking at you @this-is-not-an-alien) he’s changed drastically since then

Saskia “Skia” X:

Like Basil and Sasha, Saskia was one of many super soldiers developed in Project Goldenseal.  She’s since escaped, and is currently making a living as a mercenary (namely hunting the surveillance androids planted around the city of Spire).  At this point in the story, she’s become tangled up in notorious defector Dr. Vitus Corvo’s resistance cell.  Recently, she’s been tasked as Basil’s unofficial bodyguard and companion…at least during the few instances he’s allowed to go outside.

Appearance: Short (5’3″), but that’s not such a huge deal when you’re biologically engineered (plus it makes people lower their guard).  Pale (but not as much as Basil); medium to dark brown hair (wavy and cut below her chin); very athletic build.  She’s wearing black, tactical clothes, an armored vest, armored gauntlets, armored boots, armored…you get the point lol

Weapons: Lots.  Saskia has a sizable collection of “gadgets” – some of them lethal, some of them not (and many that aren’t particularly lethal, but can theoretically be used that way).  She has more than one gun on her at the moment, plenty of ammo, and two retractable swords.  I’m not entirely sure where they are right now, and neither is she.

Personality: Saskia’s kind of rough, but ultimately kind at heart.  She’s easily annoyed, but not easily angered, which means I don’t even want to know what Sasha did to drive her to *vaguely gestures at the Castle* that.

(I’m pretty sure he tried forcing her to take a time out from their reality for whatever reason, and she decided that if she’s leaving then so is he)

She’s carried over a lot of baggage from Project Goldenseal – including, but not limited to concerning lack of respect for any form of danger (Is it courage?  A complete lack of any will to live?  Sheer stupidity?  You decide!), an iron will and borderline self-destructive tenacity, and a fat crush on Basil.

Also, none of the super soldiers have a last name, so she added the “X” because I she thought it sounded c o o l  a n d  e d g y.

Sasha (aka “The Shrike”)

Sasha became the “poster child” of Project Goldenseal after Dr. Corvo kidnapped Basil.  He was accidentally turned into an alternate reality during a failed experiment (you read that right lol), and is currently planning to completely erase the city of Spire from reality in order to undo the harm caused by Project Goldenseal.  However, he’s nowhere near strong enough to do this (yet), so at this point in the story he’s more of a very powerful and dangerous nuisance (he’ll eventually become a much darker and lethal villain – sort of Saskia’s “final boss”).

Appearance: Tall (around the same height as Basil ~ 6’5″), very long white hair; white, feline eyes; very pale skin (but it doesn’t look that odd considering he’s basically colorless).  He’s wearing a black long coat, black scarf, and black military boots 🙂

Weapons: He doesn’t carry any weapons, but when you’re dealing with a powerful reality bender a n y t h i n g can be turned into a weapon

Personality: Flamboyant, cocky and completely obnoxious (at least at this point in the story).  He’s absolutely convinced that he’s the main character and that he’s going to to get the girl in the end like any good hero (fun fact he and Saskia had an “enemies to lovers” dynamic that lasted all of one week).  He completely exists outside of the rules of reality, so he may or may not break the fourth wall an obnoxious number of times.  He would probably show up fashionably late to his own boss fight.