"I'm Fragile, but not that fragile." - Fragile (Death Stranding)
BASICS
NAME: Fragile
GENDER: Cis Woman
PRONOUNS: she/her/hers
ORIENTATION: Demisexual, heteromantic
BIRTHDATE: Late Winter 2740
AGE: 37 as of 2777
LOCATION: High Reaches
OCCUPATION: Handler, former trader
WING: Ground Crew, Sunburst Squad
APPEARANCE
EYES: Blue
HAIR: Blonde, kept short and neat
HEIGHT AND BUILD: 5'8", slender but toned
PLAY-BY: Léa Seydoux
EXPY SOURCE: Fragile (Death Stranding)
FULL APPEARANCE:
Fragile stands slightly above average height, with a toned build from a lifetime of traversing the roads of Pern. She keeps her blonde hair short, and typically swept back out of her face, favoring practicality over extravagance. Her facial features are soft, giving her the appearance that she is younger than she actually is. Her body is covered in scars from trying to protect others in the landslide that took out High Reaches Hold, so she tends towards practical clothing that fully covers her body from the neck down. She prefers blacks and browns for her clothes, but is fond of blue and will often accent an outfit with a blue accessory.
PERSONALITY
PERSONALITY:
Fragile is a reserved, but not uncharismatic woman. She is easily able to strike up conversations with people, and has a wealth of knowledge of different customs and cultures from a life of traveling. Her interactions can be a bit quirky, as she is quick to make assumptions about others and is unconcerned with appearing odd. She will just as easily do things like shake someone's hand to greet them as she will eat an insect mid-conversation. Her quirks also include an inability to stand still in conversation, as well as a proclivity towards minor pranks and practical jokes. Even though she knows she shouldn't, she deeply enjoys sneaking up on people and scaring them, and does so frequently. She denies doing this on purpose, and insists she's just light on her feet and hard to hear coming.
Despite her readiness to chat with others, she is reluctant to talk much about herself or her experiences, and has a difficult time trusting others. She is reserved and distant whenever the conversation turns to anything that is more than surface-level interactions. Though she has Fragisk, she does suffer from loneliness. A part of her craves deeper bonds with people, she is just not entirely sure how to achieve that after surviving the landslide that took out so much of High Reaches Hold. The practice of trying to bond with people riddles her with anxiety, for fear she might lose them again, so she is quick to run or avoid people for fear of building another bond that will get lost again.
Even though she does not easily place trust in others, she is empathetic to them. Though she likes to think that she has good control over her emotions, she absolutely doesn't. Even hearing about someone else's suffering can lead her to tears, and she has a fierce temper fueled by a sense of justice. She also holds a grudge that is near impossible to erase. If someone wrongs her, she will never forgive them. She will not resort to violence to get back at them, but will actively badmouth them and find ways to make their lives more difficult. In some cases, she has not even been wronged, but hears a person's reputation or something they did to someone else and forms a grudge against them.
Despite her strong emotions, Fragile is quite capable of logic, and is a woman who is quick to assess a situation and break down looming workloads into smaller, more manageable tasks. She is a workaholic, and will push herself more than she should, especially in a crisis. While she doesn't have a deathwish, she suffers from survivor's guilt, and would quickly sacrifice herself for the sake of the greater good, or to protect one of the rare people close to her. The numerous scars on her body are from her efforts to protect her caravan and father during the landside. She is incredibly hard on herself when it comes to failure, and blames herself for things completely outside of her control. Fragile practices a lot of negative self-talk, often putting herself down both in her head and in front of others. When pressed to stop, she will double-down on the negativity, as she does not take advice from others.
HISTORY
FAMILY:
Father, Argile - Trader, deceased
Mother, Francis - Vinter, out of the picture
SIGNIFICANT OTHER: None
BIRTHPLACE: A minor hold outside Telgar
HISTORY:
CW: Death, violence
Fragile was born to a trader and a vinter based in a minor hold outside of Telgar. As a young child, she was raised by her mother, Francis, though her father's trade caravan would make several visits each turn where he would dote on her with presents and tales of the different places he had been.
The tales of Argile's travels caught young Fragile's interest, and she showed much more interest in following in his career than that of her mother. When she was 14, she finally convinced her parents that she was old enough to join the trade caravan with her father.
Fragile took to the caravan life easily, with a quick enough wit to make sales and count marks accurately. With the long-awaited opportunity to see the world before her, Fragile soaked up as much of the different cultures as she could, eager and happy to experience all that Pern had to offer. She soon learned that life on the road was not all the joy and ease her father had made it out to be.
With the return of thread, traveling between holds was as perilous as ever, and there was also the threat of wild whers and bandits to contend with. Wanting to keep his daughter safe on the roads, Argile saved his marks for over a turn, and bought Fragile a wher egg for her 20th nameday. From the egg hatched blue Fragisk, who proved loyal, if not a bit distant from the caravan.
Now with Fragisk to protect them, Argile and Fragile continued to maintain their trade routes. Unfortunately, tragedy would strike their caravan, which was in High Reaches Hold in 2774 when the landslide hit. Risking herself to try and save some of her fellow caravan members, Fragile was buried in the debris. Fragisk pulled her out and to safety, but most of their caravan, including her father, were not so lucky.
Fragile and Fragisk joined the survivors at High Reaches Weyr while they recuperated from their injuries. While healing, Fragile watched the way the handlers and riders worked to care for and protect the people. After long discussions, the two decided to retire from trading and join in the fight for the greater good as a handler pair. They joined Sunburst Squad, where they have been quiet and dutiful workers since.
