Description
Photo of Captain Erina Carmine, taken during the defense of the West Coastal Line. X914.
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Bio:
- Name: Erina Carmine
- Age: 25
- Gender: Female
- IQ: 144
- Birthday: April 13, X889.
- Nationality: Fieran
- Occupation: Mage, Soldier, Pin-up Model?! (A volunteer model. The troops love her stuff, might I add... - Gen. Markoff) (Only important comments, General... - Gen. Harlan)
- Rank: Captain
- Affiliation: Fieran Royal Army
- Magic: Requip Magic: Knight (Mastery: Near-Legendary)
- Skills: CQC (Mastery: Near-Legendary), Leadership (Level: Elite)
- Status: Active (Commander of 13th Disciplinary Company/Royal Berrypickers Volunteer)
- Equipment: Standard-issue officers' trenchcoat, Crossheart Longsword, armors and weaponry procured and stored with Requip Magic
- Unit: Fieran Disciplinary Corps, 13th Disciplinary Company/Royal Berrypickers Volunteer Battalion
Earthland Counterpart: Erza Scarlet
Captain Erina Carmine is known under many names: Killer-Carmine, the Red Knight, Strawberry Shortcake, the Demon Knight of Mariposa...but one thing is well-known about Erina: she's a rising star in the Royal Army. There's only one problem...
She's FUCKING insane.
Erina outright refuses to use guns or learn any other form of projectile-inclusive magic, preferring to use swords in hand-to-hand combat or by firing them Gate of Babylon-style at long-range. In other words, she's the kind of person who'd bring a sword to a gunfight and win. Her armor collection is pretty impressive too, containing countless sets she procured through...questionable means. She's no slouch in being a leader as well, but the 13th is the first unit she's being given near-total control of (After multiple demands and refusals of promotion).
Her cold and intimidating demeanor aside, Erina had an equally fucked-up past. She never knew her parents, having been raised by human traffickers as long as she could remember. Her abusive childhood was salvaged when the Royal Army decided to crack down on the human trafficking networks that transited through the Kingdom and saved her. It was then that the young girl decided to become her own knight-in-shining-armor, never again the damsel-in-distress of the past. Erina and several of her friends made their move when the Army raided their prison, helping them catch their tormentors. She paid a price for this, by losing her eye after one of the traffickers she attempted to stop gouged her eye out in an unsuccessful attempt to escape.
When she's not personally handing out corporal punishment to her stubborn men to make them follow, Miss Carmine is an amiable person. Get on her good side and she will gladly invite you to some tea and strawberry cake. Only a lucky few have managed to see that rare smile.
Just don't ruin her cake.
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Notes:
Differences from Canon!Erza:
>Doesn't have Clear Heart Clothing (For practical ranged combat reasons), although she still keeps some "skimpy" clothing.
>Has never met Nate (Natsu) and Gary (Gray) before the start of the war.
>Her armors now look more like realistic armor and less like bikinis (To compensate for the AU's semi-realistic setting).