Here’s some character lore. Carina was born on April 2nd, 1919 in Höstfelt Sturis. The town of Höstfelt rests in the mountains, along the perfect plains to set up a trading network way back in the day. Her mother Jin Holms, an ex-skieyen citizen who escaped the ethnic cleansing in 1902 and her father Pierre Holms a machinist. She befriended Jack Lafayette, her best friend and motorcyclist. Often traveling to watch him compete in races and get plenty of rides to school since she never learned to drive. By 1938, War in Esaxia had erupted as Soteron invaded Vaswain. Factions were formed but Sturis was on the sidelines. Until November 19th, 1940 when Ravaria bombed Sapphire Cove and wiped out the navy and the oil supply, leaving the island unprotected. Carina was swept into the armed forces, volunteering to fight and was sworn in the next day. Carina, now integrated with the newly formed 3rd Grenadiers, will fight in Dreoyae, Esnela, Rusnea, and participate in the largest invasion of Vaswain via the coast and plunge deep into the heart of Soteron and stay until she’s discharged in 1947 and marry a New Sutherland paratrooper Jimmy Patterson in 48. She will never know that other Ravarians like herself were interned at home until the war’s end. She’s the plucky young soldier with a heart of gold, witty in the face of danger and death, mischievous and just trying to make the rank of Sergeant. (She will actually achieve this in Vaswain but unfortunately will lose her stripes when she smashed a transport truck into a telephone pole in 1946 during the occupation of Soteron). All the luck to my favorite little character.
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