2/26/08
My entry for the Samurai Dueler's league! Thought I'd try it out. I want to be in Endling's team, so I hope I make it!! This pretty much just an excuse to draw Alexa again. I miss her story. Here's some background info.

Name: Ai'Xian Ridan (English-Alexa Riedahal)
Age:17
Birthplace: Manchuria, China
Weapons: Steam power, in the form of steam powered puppets opperated by strings, Chinese swords
Background: Ri'yian Ridan was a high ranking advisor of a Manchurian prince who was interested in using the newly discovered steam power in order to make weapons. He called in a scientist from Europe, Elise Sonion, who was working with steam power. Ri'yan and Elise were soon married and went to Europe to further study steam power. While there, Ri'yan anglicized his name to Roan Riedahal, and the couple had two children-Alexa and Micheal. Upon returning to China after constructing several steam powered figures, they renaimed their children Ai'xian and Mikan.
Suddenly, a coup was staged and the prince was overthrown. During the struggle, Roan and Elise were killed. Ai'xian and Mikan went to stay with a realtive in central China. Shortly after, Mikan died of disease, leaving Ai'xian thesoul survivor. Since that time, she has been torn between her Eastern and Western roots, utterly alone. While staying with her realive, she began reading her mother's surving work and learned how to contruct the steam powered figures that her parents had created so many years ago. She was also taught traditional sword fighting, and worked her way into the royal guard of a local prince. For mysterious reasons, she left China to travel to Japan.
She carries with her a puppet that opperate by pulling on string conected to different vaulves that compress and retract steam, allowing it to move. She calls it "Mikey" after her dead brother. She has a sword, but she is not very good at sword fighting.

Personality: Ai'Xian prefers to keep to herself. She is easily annoyed and can sometimes come off as unnessicarily mean. However, she has a storng sense of duty and also a hidden soft side. To those dear to her she is very loyal and kind, even though sometimes it can seem she is being cruel. She doesn't like to reveal her mixed heritage, and she also does not like to be called by her European name, Alexa.
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It was difficult to get Alexa to fit the rules--She's a sorceror after all, and you can't have magic in the SDL. I hope steam power isn't illegal too. T-T I wanted Mikey to be with her, but you can't really explain a walking, talking doll, so now he's a lifeless puppet. Poor Mikey...
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