Alexandra "Alex" Vale Astraeus

Alexandra "Alex" Vale Astraeus

Basic Information

Name: Alexandra “Alex” Vale Astraeus
Age: 23
Height: 5'6" (167 cm)
Weight: 130 lbs. (59 kg)
Appearance: Lean, agile, sharp-eyed; short choppy black hair (occasionally streaked blue/violet), amber augmented eyes, bioluminescent forearm tattoo, modified Neural Link behind right ear
Occupation: Hacker / Rogue Operative
Base of Operations: Erebus City

Overview

Alex Astraeus is a highly skilled hacker operating off-grid in a world dominated by the Algorithm. She survives on instinct, intelligence, and an ability to stay one step ahead of surveillance systems. With no official identity and very few she trusts, she lives between digital shadows and physical safehouses — balancing rebellion with self-preservation.

Her loyalty is rare but absolute. Push her too far, and she won’t run — she’ll retaliate.

Personality & Traits

• Sharp, sarcastic, and emotionally guarded
  

• Highly curious; can't leave a mystery alone
  

• Loyal to a tiny circle, indifferent or hostile to everyone else
  

• Street-smart, adaptive, and stubborn
  

• Carries buried fear of abandonment and loss
  

• Distrusts institutions, authority, and “destiny”
  

She masks fear and trauma with humor and defiance. Beneath the armor is a young woman terrified of becoming a pawn in someone else's system.

Background & Family

Alex was raised under authoritarian digital rule. When she was six, both parents vanished during a classified government research program. Their disappearance was sealed under national security acts; no cause or return record exists.

• Mother: Dr. Dania Astraeus — linguist tied to high-level scientific research
  
  

• Father: Nikolai Varnova — neural-AI engineer at SynapTech
  
  

• Status: Both disappeared in the same classified incident; fate unknown
  
  

Afterward, Naomi Carter took Alex in, raised her off-grid, and kept her hidden from state systems. Naomi is the only family Alex remembers, and the only person she fully trusts.

Alex knows something powerful erased her parents — she just doesn't know why.

Skills & Abilities

• Advanced hacking & system infiltration
  
  

• Encryption breaking & data extraction
  
  

• Off-grid NeuraSync modification & bypassing secure networks
  
  

• Tactical evasion & surveillance avoidance
  
  

• Strong intuition for AI behavior & emergent data anomalies
  
  

Her neural port is heavily modified, unregistered, and unstable, giving her unique access at the cost of unpredictable side effects.

Political & Philosophical Position

• Anti-surveillance and anti-totalitarian
  

• Rejects blind trust in systems — organic or synthetic
  

• Values free thought, free identity, and autonomy
  

• Doesn’t trust revolutions — trusts individuals
  

She’s not trying to change the world — she’s trying not to be crushed by it. Change finds her anyway.

Personal Motto

“Trust no system.”

Affiliations

• Naomi Carter (guardian, mentor, only true family)
  

• Underground hacker networks / Exclusion Zone contacts
  

• Unofficial ties to resistance elements
  

Visual Profile

Build: Lean, athletic, agile — runner’s frame, not a fighter's bulk

Face: Alert eyes, low-sleep, often smirking or flat-focused

Hair: Short, messy undercut; black with occasional neon streaks

Eyes: Amber with subtle glow under neural strain
Clothing: Layered dark street techwear, tactical jacket, gloves, hidden tools

Notable Feature: Bioluminescent geometric forearm tattoo that pulses when interfacing with systems
Movement: Quick, calculating, always scanning exits; confident but wired like a coiled spring