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Name: Emily E. Cohen

Alias: Um, doesn't have one? Unless you count her forging Clarissa's name...

Age: 33

Race: Elven

Appearance: Emily has a slim build seeing as she's a soldier, she has to stay in shape as much as physically possible to perform certain tasks. Emily also has Dark red hair that's usually kept pinned up and dark grey eyes. Not to mention her pasty skin which may be due to the fact that she lives in Halloween Town where every day is cloudy or dark. Her militia is located beneath the ground, so it's safe to assume she doesn' see much sunlight. Lieutenant Cohen also has her fair shares of scars. A nice sized scar which ironically is shaped like a jagged cross on her right cheek and a large scar tracing over her left eye. Some nasty scuffs on her abdomen and up her back as well as her shoulder.

Personality: Miss Cohen's personality ranges from a mixture of cold, calculating, and reserved. One thing that could be said for sure about the woman is she would be the idealistic leader. Little known to most, Emily can be quite warm hearted and is known to be considerate in some minor cases. She's not one to really let her emotions get in the way of a job. That's what makes her reliable in compromising situations.

Equipment:

Longsword
(I know, it's a katana but I hate katana's...Emily would more than likely have a sword)
An average longsword that has a double-edged, straight blade and a leather two-handed cruciform, with pommel. Engraved in the neck of the sword is the insignia of The Order.

Knife
A red and gold knife with a red tassle attatched to the head of the hilt. Emily usually keeps it tucked inside her glove since it folds up.

Nano-C
An advanced piece of technology issued out to soldiersof high rank, it fits snug around the wrist and has a small screen that enables you to see whomever caller you get transmissions from. Encased in it's hardrive would also be a map of Gaia, information on it's residents and possibly provides weaponry info and task lists. Emily is usually found wearing it on her right arm.


Other Equipment
Emily's home is known for housing a large armory in the attic of her green and purple, victorian home. She has multiple swords of all kinds, an angel bow, scythes, and even a few select fire arms she knows how to use quite well.



Abnormal Abilities:

Physical Attributes
Little is known whether or not Emily posseses any sort of abnormal abilities. Though elves of all sorts are known for their magic, she's never performed any such thing. Even then, her hearing, seeing, and knowledge of combat has proven to be upmost perfected due to her years of training and dedication to her father's militia. She certainly is better than most in combat.


Fluent in Body Language
Tough training had sharpened Emily's reflexes quite well. Not well enough to evade a few unavoidable attacks, but enough to escape a punch, kick, stabbing and can even avoid darting arrows if timed right and in an resourceful environment.


Weapon Mastery
Due to her many years as a soldier, Emily was forced to acknowledge nearly every weapon give to her capable hands. She isn't perfect but she knows her way around a fire arm or melee weapons.


History:

Emily was born into a military dedicated family. Her father was the general of the underground militia that had been up and running since the beginning of the 1900s. Her father, disappointed in the gift of a little girl had immediately set out to adopt a boy who could reside as heir to their precious military group. Even though Areux Cohen may have seemed resistent, he was still quite fond of his daughter. Her mother, Lucille Cohen, had been plagued with secrets and was abruptly murdered before a young Emily's eyes.

Blurring out her past, Emily had been pushed into training. Though she was only a child, her father kept her and her brother, Anton in basic history lessons and close quarters combat, to prepare them for their futures. As Emily grew old enough to be enrolled into school, she being from a wealthy family had been placed in a homeschool program, leaving the duty as teacher and mother to their dear, family friend and guardian. An Angel Imp known as Melanie De LaCrea.

Isolated from other children and a normal lifestyle, Emily grew to be closed up and quiet. When she did get to play outside normally, she was usually sitting somewhere alone with a book in her hand. The other children, however, would tease her and call her names such as, "Freak", "Loser", "Loner" and "Spoiled Brat". Emily, however, wasn't spoiled in the least nor was she intrigued by her family's wealth. Trying to always maintain a straight face, Emily would cry at night when she was sure no one could hear her.

Eventually as she matured into a teenage girl, she and Anton had been sucessfully developing into quite the apprentices of their father. Emily had began to master the art of Tactics and Anton had become quite the little fighter. It was when she was fifteen did Areux bring home a gift for his daughter as he saw the lonliness beginning to consume her. Inside a small box with holes was a black kitten. Emily looked down into it's small face and felt her ears perk instantly as she placed her finger on his head and scratched his little head. It wasn't long until the two were inseperable.

As time continue to fly by, Emily and Anton had become adults and entered the ranks of "The Order". Long days of training and quick nights of rest had lead to two of the militia's most prized combatants. Once Emily had turned 26 she had met a soldier a few years older than she was and the two hit it off very well until their friendship budded into romance. It was the first in a long time had Emily felt more well-off. Still, she had held an emptiness in her heart. Eventually when she turned 32 she was engaged to be married to the soldier.

Little did she know, he was fooling around behind her back...

The following year, a war had risen between Gaia and the invasion of vampires. Emily, Anton, and Xavier along with their recruits had been listed to battle against the radicals seeing as how the armies above couldn't handle it. When things became bleak, General Areux issued out a signal for help, recruiting new soldiers temporarily unaware that one of them was a Dark Elf. A race he and his family before him had despised and battled against.

The Dark Elf man had been assigned to assist Emily through the battlefield and after some minor conflicts they successfully broke through the large vampire forces together. Due to their time served together, the two had kept in touch and eventually became each other's friend and informant.Keeping their blossoming friendship a secret from her father and their army.

Not long after, when Emily was to wed her beloved Xavier, she'd been awaiting him at the altar, only to have him not show up and then later finding out he had run away with the woman he'd been sleeping with for the passed two years. Heart broken, Emily had disconnected herself from everyone including her Dark Elf friend.

That is until recently when she had began to get over her losses, she once again returned to her usual life.