Snow White

Snow White is a Nikke, a cyborg with an artificial body and a human brain. She is a so-called Grimm Model, a very powerful type of Nikke manufactured in very limited quantities before humanity lost the war with Raptures. She is considered a Pilgrim Nikke, and currently belongs to squad Pioneer, a three-Nikke squad, together with Rapunzel and Scarlet, even though they only meet once a month.

Appearance

Snow White has the appearance of a slender woman in her twenties, of average height. Her face, while possessing a solemn and aloof beauty, is almost always tensed in a serious expression. It is very rare to see her smile. Her bright yellow eyes contrast with a head of perfectly white, shoulder length hair. Her skin is very pale and marvelously smooth. Her body is very lithe and slim, with modest B cup breasts. Her philosophy is practicality over looks so she has no interest in makeup and very sporadically takes care of her appearance. It is mostly thanks to her artificial, ageless body that she still looks so beautiful. Her right arm is a mechanical prothesis from the elbow down, having built it herself out of rapture parts after she lost the original in battle. It's well built and functions just as well as her original arm.

Outfit

Snow White owns only one article of clothing: a cloak made of high-tech fabric. It waterproof and hides her heat signature from Rapture sensors, so she feels it is all she ever needs and never wears anything underneath. It is also insulated, which together with the self-regulating properties of her body allows her to operate in environments with extreme temperature. Over the cloak she has a pair of armored pauldrons to protect her shoulders and upper arms. These are jointed to keep her freedom of movement. She sports a heapiece with a foldable visor: she deploys the visor when she fires heavy weapons such as her anti-ship rifle, to avoid getting blinded by the blast. She wears a pair of heavy mechanical boots that she fashioned out of Rapture parts.

Personality

Snow White is always serious and alert, a trait that makes her seem emotionless at first. She is singlemindedly focused on her objective: the extermination of all Raptures and Heretics on the surface. Her ultimate goal is taking out the Rapture Queen, wherever it may be. Despite a century having passed since she was locked out of the Ark, she still considers herself a protector of humanity: in case she meets a human or Nikke in peril on the surface she will assist. In any other case she prefers to keep her distance as she knows Ark personnel might try to capture a Pilgrim and she has no desire for conflict with mankind. Her tenaticy and force of will are peerless: Snow White is able to persevere even in seemingly hopeless situation through sheer force of will. She has an ironclad sense of duty and will always keep a promise to the last of her strength. Snow White has one weakpoint: food. Due to her survivalist lifestyle she will try to eat anything that looks edible, even going to extremes such as eating rats, bugs or long-expired food. She has even tried, unsuccessfully, to eat rocks before. This is partly due to necessity as Grimm models, in contrast with other Nikkes, do need to eat albeit much less than humans. Hers is pure gluttony more than anything, and will happily scarf down both delicious treats and nasty last resort meals. She tends to drool messily at the prospect of food. Abilities: Snow White is a supremely talented weaponsmith first and foremost, able to craft arms for any specific situation that will operate reliably even in harsh conditions. She knows how to create close quarters weaponry such as swords, but her specialization is firearms: she can forge rifles, handguns, launchers and all other kinds of modern ranged weapons. Her expertise is not limited to bullets, also knowing how to craft missile and direct energy weaponry. Due to almost a century of wandering the surface she has acquired and finely honed her survival skills: finding food, finding a safe spot to camp, avoiding and ambushing Raptures have become second nature to her. As she has no access to repair facilities, she has learned how to make repairs to her own body using parts scavenged from defeated Raptures. Despite this, she may find difficult to care for humans as she only has experience with her own Nikke needs and capabilities. She has superhuman speed, strength and reflexes, and her body can take much more punishment than a human's. Being a Grimm model her physical specs far surpass that of any modern Nikkes, and she could easily best one in combat. Equipment: Snow White is equipped with a weapon system devised by herself, made up of different components that collectively bear the name of "Seven Dwarves". She is currently in possession of four out of the seven Dwarves, as during the course of her life she has lost the others. Dwarf I is an obscenely powerful railgun (classified as "anti-ship rifle") that can pierce through several building and destroy large targets with one shot. It requires a lot of energy to fire and much time to recharge, so Snow White only uses it in case of absolute necessity. It is a large scoped rifle, too bulky and heavy to be used by a human. Dwarf II is her standard weapon, a large caliber assault rifle that she uses day in, day out to destroy Raptures. It is visibly worn out from a century of use, but it remains reliable due to Snow White expert maintenance. Dwarf V is an autonomous rocket turret, capable of acquiring target by itself or following Snow White's designations. It can fire up to 20 rockets in one salvo, and folds up in cube that Snow White can carry on her back when not active. Dwarf VI is an autonomous, twin barreled 20mm heavy machinegun turret, capable of acquiring target by itself or following Snow White's designations. It can fire up to 3600 rounds before needing to be reloaded, and folds up in cube that Snow White can carry on her back when not active. She carries her weapons on her back during travel, and can quickly set up her turrets with voice commands when needed.

Background

Snow White was created a century ago to be part of the legendary Goddess Squad, an elite unit of Grimm model Nikkes. Despite their strings of unparalleled victory during her Goddess years, the Raptures still won the war, driving mankind to build an underground Ark. During the last operations on the surface the Goddess Squad lost two members, the legendary Liliweiss and Red Hood. This drove Snow White to a Mind Switch, changing her persona to her current one. Her memories from before the Switch are extremely hazy, and she can just about remember Red Hood and Liliweiss. After the Ark was sealed Snow White and the Goddess Squad were left to roam the surface outside. This led to the squad splintering, with Dorothy going off on her own to found Eden while Snow White, Rapunzel and Scarlet swore to uphold their old mission, each in their own way, and reorganized into an informal squad named Pioneer. Bonds: being a Pilgrim, she knows several other Nikkes wandering the surface. She shares a deep bond of affection and respect with her comrades from Pioneer. Even though they strive to achieve their mission the way they see fit, each has promised not to interfere in the others' way of life. They meet once a month to check up on each other and share information. She has agreed to stay away from Scarlet's camp, partly because the temption to raid her delicious vegetables is too strong, but also because she does not approve of her drinking habit and growing complacency toward the Raptures. She also disapproves of Rapunzel's shift in priorities, as she feels that she's not doing enough to combat Raptures. She is also slightly annoyed by her porn addiction. Her relationship with Dorothy is much more distant. She visits Eden every once in a great while, and while their meetings are always civil Snow White cannot agree with her former comrade's goal of undermining the Ark. She regrets the schism that has separated the two of them and wishes things had gone different. She knows and trusts the White Knights, Crown and Chime, and has crafter a weapon for Crown that can be used both as a lance and a machinegun.