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[juniberries]

★ PLAYER INFORMATION

NAME: Samii
AGE: 24
CONTACT: trashcats
CURRENT CHARACTER(S): N/A

☆ CHARACTER INFORMATION

NAME: Allura (or Princess Allura of Altea)
CANON: Voltron: Legendary Defender
AGE: 10,000+ years old (presumed older teen/young adult)
CANON POINT: end of S1
BACKGROUND: Character Wiki Page | Episode Synopses

PERSONALITY:
As the last female Altean alive, Allura doesn't simply hold the title of being the Princess of Altea, but she also must bear the weight of her people's legacy on her brow, a fate far more heavier than her crown once entailed, and that is the main drive behind Allura's character.

To her, even though the complete and utter annihilation of her planet and race had happened over 10,000 years ago, after being induced to a cryogenic sleep by her father in order to save her, the loss of Altea is still fresh in her mind and thus, affects much of Allura's character. As such, Allura presents herself oftentimes with a maturity far beyond her years. Having been trained at a young age, both in diplomacy and in military training, Allura is a skilled diplomat and tactician, taking her role as the remaining royal of Altea very seriously, and proving to be a very sufficient, worthwhile leader in the wake of her father's death. She is unafraid of facing dangerous situations, and plays an active role in the team despite not being a paladin of Voltron. She is the one who pushes her paladins to train, to an extent that others may find harsh, but she also does realize she must ensure unique training tactics to encourage teamwork (for example, initiating a food fight with the intention of showing that the paladins can work together as a team against a "common enemy").

She is not the sort of person who will sit back and allow others to do work for her, but will instead insist on taking charge in dangerous missions herself, even when her safety would otherwise be compromised. This isn't to say she has a death wish, but that she is someone who will act on her responsibility even if others worry for her safety on her behalf. For example, she does not hesitate to land on a large animal-planet known as a 'Balmera' to help escort its natives to safety -- even if that means diving headfirst in the midst of a firefight. She is unafraid of sacrificing herself for the greater good and for those she cares about, as evidenced at the end of episode 10 where, under duress and knowing that there was no way for both her and Shiro to escape, she sacrifices herself to ensure her friend's safety. And again, on the Balmera, she pushes her abilities to their very limit in order to revive the dying creature, despite knowing that it will leave her in an extremely weakened state. She is a young woman able to make tough decisions, even if they are emotionally taxing, she demonstrates the ability to steel herself and go through with it, if it means success for the mission at large.

However, Allura is not entirely straitlaced or even as levelheaded as she attempts to put on. For starters, while it may seem that she takes herself and her role as the Princess of Altea seriously, Allura is still a young woman, and her personality still reflects the levity that comes with youth despite seemingly losing everything. She knows how to have a good time, and she is a personable individual that, while she is the leader of the team, she is also capable of being her teammates friends as well. She is kindhearted and warm in personality, and, provided that a person is not working for the enemy, she often does give strangers the benefit of the doubt and would be the first to try to approach a potentially hostile situation in a diplomatic and kind way. She trusted a shady individual, Rolo, and the rest of his small crew, with offering her and her paladins' assistance to fix their broken ship, and she also acted graciously to the Arusians, the natives of the planet her Castle was built on, by inviting them to the Castle for a celebration despite knowing that opening her doors to outsiders may bring about intruders. As evidenced above, she is hardly a pushover, but will not be the sort of person to intentionally antagonize anyone either.

Allura also can be a bit brash in personality as well. As Princess, she is unafraid to speak her mind, and can sometimes even come across a little blunt (upon waking up after 10,000 years of cryogenic sleep, she still has it in her to comment on how 'ugly' Lance's ears are). Just as she is someone who is able to make tough decisions, she is also someone who will tell it like it is. Allura also sometimes reacts poorly in tense situations that catch her off-guard, and although she presents herself as the leader, and as someone who can hold it all together and who knows what she's doing, the reality is...she doesn't know everything, and it frightens her. She is someone who tries to remain strong so that when others look to her, they see a paragon of strength in a time of strife, and it is a personal sacrifice of her own emotional stake that she implements on herself. However, by being rather guarded in her emotions, it can oftentimes backfire. She misses her father dearly, to the point where she was easily manipulated by her father's corrupted AI, even if she found the strength and responsibility in her to destroy the last of her father's memories for the sake of others' safety. She is also bent on having her revenge against Zarkon, a desire that can leave her unthinking at times, for when she later confronts him she doesn't hesitate to rush at him in a rather violent burst of anger despite knowing very well it would be a fruitless endeavor.

In short, Allura tries to epitomize what is expected of her as not only being the last of her species, but as the leader of the group of people who will, hopefully, save the galaxy. She is diplomatic, tactical, and serious, but also kind and youthful. Sometimes, her emotions get the best of her even when she tries to steel them away, and in truth...she's still hurting from the loss of her entire way of life, but it trying to keep up hope that she will succeed in freeing the galaxy from Zarkon's Galra Empire.

ABILITIES/POWERS:
-She has minor shapeshifting abilities, primarily in being able to change her height and skin colour.
-She is also shown having super-strength (in comparison to what would be expected from a human), as demonstrated by being able to throw grown men and robots as though they weigh like nothing.
-As a member of the royal Altean line, Allura is also in-tune with her and others life energy known as quintessence: the Castle-ship is shown being only able to function by utilizing her quintessence, and in canon she is shown healing a planet-sized creature known as a Balmera in the throes of death by accessing and imbuing her quintessence into the creature, although in turn it saps a lot of her quintessence out of her and she needs time to heal (like a blood donor needing time to recuperate after giving blood). However attempting to heal the Balmera could have possibly killed her due to the size of the creature and the damage inflicted upon it.

INVENTORY:
>her flight suit - as that is what she's last seen wearing at the end of season 1
>her jewelry: earrings which double as an earpiece communicator, her tiara
>her four space mice
>SPACECRAFT: her Castle of Lions

ALSO THE MICE HAVE NAMES. will i ever use them? probably not.