Name: Eleanor Arania (Birth name: Rara)
Species: Reptantian - The Reptantians are a humanoid species from Planet X7833. This planet is covered almost entirely in jungle, and houses many large, dangerous creatures; it is not a place one coud thrive without survival skills. The Reptantians are considered prey to many of the beasts living on X7833, but natural selection was kind to them, and they are expert survivalists by nature. The Reptantians are naturally flexible, and often aerobatic. They're experts at climbing, as they can secrete a strong sticky substance from the palms of their hands and the soles of their feet, allowing them to cling to walls and celings with ease. As they are rather quick, this is often used to scurry up into trees to make a swift escape. Reptantians are masters of stealth as well; their skin and hair can change colors to camouflage into a background, like a chameleon. Their teeth and claws are sharp for offensive mechanisms. They have large ears, and with them sensitive hearing; they can hear further than the average human with ease. This comes with a drawback, though, as they cannot handle particularly loud or sharp noises well. They also tend to be mesmerized by flashing or changing colors, and will often fall into a trance-likestate when exposed to them; their skin tends to start shifting colors as they're distracted by them. They're intelligent creatures, but not very sophisticated. They have a primitive, growling language (hence why many of their "names" are often simple sounds, such as Rara), and they live rather scattered in small packs. They are not the kind to settle down due to the constant danger they are used to. Despite their humanoid shape, they are often compared to felines; their stances are very similar to that of the common housecat, and they even tend to hiss similarly when threatened in the wild. Despite being rather harsh and defensive against other species, Reptantians are often considered rather cute; this is because, though they have similar lifespans to humans, their bodies are significantly smaller. An adult Reptantian has proportions similar to a human child, so those that have moved from their home planet and integrated into society tend to be mistaken for being much younger than they are. As they are small and animalistic in nature and therefore easy to overpower for intelligent beings, they are often poached and sold as pets or into slavery. They're intelligent enough to understand civilized society, though, and many that have been set free from slavery or have been overlooked by the government have integrated into society and even formed new, more domesticated generations.
Crime: Assassination of an allied leader, treason
Bio:
Age: 24
Gender: Female
Height: 3'9"
Long hair, naturally orange but capable of changing colors. Large, orange eyes. She wears the remnants of some of her old military gear, particularly a battered tank top, cargo pants, and a rather large belt. She keeps her hands and feet bandaged to prevent accidentally secreting the fluids they produce when she doesn't want to. She sometimes wears a tattered brown cloak to protect herself in bad weather. Appears significantly younger in terms of typical age than she is. She is often noted as being rather stoic, likely due to her training.
Eleanor, born Rara, lived on Planet X7833 until she was 8 years old. She and most of her pack was kidnapped by poachers from the Andromeda Empire at that age, and they were sold on the black market as slaves. Rara was bought by a sleazy gangster and was put to work cleaning up his messes for six months. Finally, she was saved when the military raided the gangster's home on suspicion of conspiring against the empire and housing dangerous weapons. A kind old military officer found her after apprehending her owner and brought her to an orphanage. Not long later, the man, a human named General Ivan Arania, retired from the military and adopted Rara himself to take of with his wife. She was renamed and took on his family surname, becoming Eleanor Arania.
Eleanor grew up for most of her life under the care of the Arania family, and this was the happier time in her life. The Aranias were older and very kind to Eleanor, treating her as they would their own child. They taught her how to speak their language and how to behave in society and doted on her. Eleanor was already a rather smart girl, having picked up some basic skills from her prior work, and she caught onto things very quickly. She was able to speak decently fluid English by age 11. She grew an admiration for the military rather quickly sprouting from her initial rescue and fed by stories from her father of his heroic escapades. She was fairly certain even at a young age that she would eventually grow up and join the military like her father, even if her mother was hesitant about it.
Eleanor attended school through her teens, but was also receiving basic combat lessons from her father so she could prepare for military training. When she was 19 years old, she officially joined the military. She was rather swiftly met with patronizing attitudes because of her stature, and at first was rather upset about not being taken seriously because of it, but she grew numb to it over time. She proved her skills quickly, as her innate abilities as a Reptantian mixed with her father's lessons made her a praiseworthy soldier, and she was able to dillute some of the discourse coming her way from her comrades as a result. She was put out into battle officially by age 20, and was noted among her allies as an expert in stealth and ellimination. She was respected by her higher-ups and was even promoted by age 21. The job was admittedly tougher than she anticipated, and she did at times need to be helped through the anxiety that comes with killing, but her passion for the military helped her pull through.
At age 23, Eleanor was assigned to a squad meant to protect the Duke of Asolon, an influential figure from a planet that had recently allied itself with the Andromeda Empire. The Duke feared assassination and, with a relatively small military of his own, seeked the empire for help, suggesting it as a show of good will between them. The plan was for Eleanor's squad to watch guard around the Duke's hideout and stop any would-be assassins, and Eleanor herself stood watch just outside the front door. Eventually, Eleanor heard a scuffle inside, followed by the Duke's screaming. She entered the building to find her comrades with him dead and himself squirming in blood on the floor. The Duke saw her and begged her to finish him off, screaming that the assassins found a way in and murdered her allies and attacked him, and that he was slowly and painfully dying from the injuries. He begged and screamed at her to finish him off so he didn't have to die slowly until she finally, and very reluctantly, complied, shooting him in the head.
Unfortunately, Eleanor was caught in a snare. She reported what happened, but despite the blood, the Duke was found to be otherwise unharmed. Furthermore, the other guards were killed by Andromeda Empire equipment. Eleanor herself was arrested as the assassin of the Duke of Asolon, as she was the only one that harmed him and was confirmed to have shot him. In Eleanor's trial, the defense provided evidence to suggest the Duke himself had faked his attack, having his own troops kill his guards and cover himself in blood that was not his own to fake his being attacked, coaxing Eleanor into finishing him off to accuse her of assassination. Previous evidence showed that the Duke was a harsh critic of the Andromeda Empire, even having once stated he'd give his own life before he allied himself with them, and the defense argued that he did so to create discord between his own kingdom and the empire from which the assassin originated. However, this accusation against a respected figure of the kingdom was unheard of, and it seemed likely that going public with such accusations would surely create discord and a new war to break out between the two governments. It would be politically easier to distance the killer and to make amends from there. Seeing it fit to simply make things easier for everybody, Eleanor finally decided to plead guilty. Regardless of the Duke's plans, she still saw that she committed a war crime in murdering an allied leader, even if it was merely a result of being in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Eleanor Arania was found guilty of treason towards allies of the Empire and of the assassination of the Duke of Asolon. She was sentenced to imprisonment on Planet X4329 for her crimes. The incident was swiftly swept under the rug, the media using the assailant's origins as an uncivilized creature as an excuse for her behavior and citing her as a solitary conspirator against both governments. Civiized Reptantians saw a rise in discrimination as a result, but the relationship between governments was patched quickly and the case was quickly dropped from discussion. Eleanor herself has forced herself to accept her crime as her own, and with one last apology to her parents for all the trouble she caused (during which she tried and failed to fight back her tears), Eleanor was shipped off to her prison planet.
Starting Location: Black Forest