Name: Ella Marie Brody
Age: 22
Species: Valkyr
Rank: Fledgling
Face Claim: Elizabeth Olsen

Determined || Open-minded || Empathetic || Compassionate
Loyal || Friendly
Impatient || Sarcastic || Hot-headed || Argumentative
Impulsive

Ella Marie Brody was born into a middle-class family in the small town of Winslow, Arizona. An only child, Elle lived with her mother, Marie, and her father, Robert. Her mother worked as an archaeologist within the Rock Art Ranch in Winslow, studying one of the biggest collections of ancient artefacts in the world. Due to her job, Marie was never home much, as she travelled too. Elle's father on the other hand, Robert, was a low-life, alcoholic with no job, no morals and no goals in life.

Growing up mainly without her mother, Ella had to grow up rather fast and learn how to fend for herself. Most days, her father would be too drunk to bother making dinner, wash her clothes, run her a bath, etc. Ella had to learn this quickly. Unfortunately, her mother had no idea this would go on while she was not at home. Nor did she know about the beatings. Robert had a temper, a temper that went hand in hand with his beer, with nothing and nobody in particular to take it out on, he resorted to beating Ella, although nowhere visible her mother would ever notice.

This horrid lifestyle went on for many many years until Ella finally turned 18. No true plan and only $600 dollars to her name, she left her home and jumped on a train heading to Colorado. Something told her someone or something was awaiting her there and she did not hesitate to head straight there. If only something good was awaiting her..

It was around 3am when she finally arrived in Colorado, a dark, misty evening, heavy rain clouds forming above in the morning sky. Umbrella in hand, she toured the dark streets in search of a motel for the evening, anything would have sufficed as long as she was out of the cold and rain and into a semi-clean bed. One wrong turn a darkened street lead her to her current predicament.

A gang, possibly? 3 or more men standing ahead of her, she couldn't really tell due to the lighting. They wanted money and they wanted it badly, Ella was in no position to argue but given she only came here with the only money she had, she wasn't exactly rushing to hand it over either. Big mistake. The men did not take no for answer and the man in front, presumably the leader, produced a small pistol from the back of his pocket. He did not hesitate to shoot.

Laying on her back, facing the morning's sky, Ella slowly succumbed to her wounds, perhaps moving here was a mistake. Or perhaps it's just what she needed.. Before she passed, a dark silhouette hovered above her just for a moment before he or she, knelt down, pressing their wrist to her mouth. As if by miracle, Ella awoke a mere 3 hours later, somehow alive and in a completely different location. She couldn't remember much after hearing the gun shot, only pain and darkness.. and a silhouette. Much to her surprise, that silhouette finally revealed themselves in the form of Gideon. He explained to her that she had been reborn as a Valkyr, an immortal being that drinks blood to survive. This already explained the odd desire Ella had to eat, and not in a normal circumstance. The odd sensation building in her throat, it felt like heart burn but ached more than anything, a thirst.

Although shocked, Ella took the new better than expected.. better than any normal person. A human. She felt indebted to Gideon, thankful he had found her before she truly did pass on, she felt greatly appreciative of him and even more so when he was kind enough to offer her a place in the community. Evermore he called it, a sanctuary where supernatural beings could live in peace and not in fear, not only Valkyr, but more beings..

Ella had great love and respect for her fellow Valkyr community. A place where she could call home, a true home and a true community she was honoured to call her family. As a young fledgling, she had to work out a system in order to receive blood willingly. Thankfully, there was no shortage of supernatural beings and humans that were more than willing to offer, Ella was just revealed this only had to happen once a month. Despite having a craving for blood, she was always squeamish in her human life with blood, bones, anything, this seemed to stick with her even in her immortal life but she got through it.

Ella mainly keeps to herself, despite putting her past behind her, sometimes trusting new people can be tricky. Everyone has truly been very welcoming to her and she is keen to move on with things, there is just a small part of her that keeps her doubting that things could change, that she could be happy. With a little perseverance and with the help of her creator Gideon, life should shape up to be pretty amazing.