[Other FULL] [M] Glaciate: An Arctic World

Appearance: Dina is fairly tall for a woman, although not amazingly so, standing at about 5'7"/5'8" and has a thin but strong-looking frame on account of her very well-toned physique and excellent posture. Dina's pale (on account of the icy weather) facial features are quite rounded with her having a heart-shaped face and fairly small, blue eyes. Her long and straight hair, originally a dirty-blonde colour, is dyed a dark brown with fading red highlights and is cut to be around shoulder length - it's typically worn down and is usually messy. At first glance, Dina's skin appears to be unblemished due to her attire however she actually has several scars concealed by her clothing.

Dina's clothing generally consists of dark blue ski-pants and a paler shirt and/or jacket over which she wears a heavier brown jacket and lavender vest. A second kevlar vest with numerous pockets is worn over that. Sturdy brown snow boots adorn her feet and black gloves keep her hands warm whilst a lavender scarf is generally worn around her neck. Dina is rarely seen without her snow goggles, bandanna around her head and most notably, protection for her knees, ankles and shoulders to accommodate her extremely mobile, reckless and physical methods. Her outfits tend to give her the appearance of having a more masculine appearance than she does.

Personality: Due to her perfect posture and bulky attire, at first glance - especially at a distance - Dina can give the impression of being an unsociable or severe person. In reality though, this doesn't describe her particularly well at all.

Dina tends to have a perky demeanour and prefers to look on the bright side of life and is a firm believer in making the best you can out of the hand you're dealt in life. She doesn't like sitting still and attacks any task she undertakes with a zeal and vigour that other people can find hard to match. Unfortunately for her, this same enthusiasm is often taken to extremes and often crosses the boundary into a reckless disregard for her own safety and at times also for the well-being of those around her. When rebuked for the former Dina typically laughs things off, although she will feel extremely guilty if she causes any real hassle to other people.

Dina lives her life with the philosophy that the world she lives in is a harsh one, and that her life could easily come to end at any moment. Because of this, she has two primary aims in life: to enjoy herself as much as she can and to have as positive an impact as she can on the Resilience.

Due to her extremely upbeat nature, Dina is generally quite hard to make really angry although she's never been above irritability or frustration on account of her headstrong and impatient tendencies. She is however, an extremely loyal person and disloyalty is something she has an incredibly hard time stomaching.

History: Dina spent most of her life living on a different convoy, a smaller, older and altogether shabbier one of an earlier design known as the Victorie. Dina was born to parents who were both a part of the Bygone movement in one of the shabbiest parts of the already shabby convoy - she is however fairly certain that her upbringing would have been somewhat more higher class had her parents not blown any of the small amount of money they made on fuelling their research of the past. Dina saw very little of her parents, generally only seeing them at dinner time and for the occasional breakfast - although once she was old enough to fend for herself they were generally already gone by the time she awoke. They spent all their time holed up with other Bygones researching the technology of the past and when they were at home they spent their free time learning about pre-freeze society in other aspects.

With little semblance of parental authority in her life, Dina took to roaming the convoy with a rag-tag group of children - urchins or other children of lower class families. She spent her time flouting rules, engaging in petty theft and vandalism or getting into fights for the sake of entertaining herself. Her risk taking and rough games meant she was always covered in bruises, but nobody ever really questioned this nor did she see many consequences at home for her actions. She grew to be extremely independent and headstrong and enjoyed making a ruckus.

She was forced to step back from this lifestyle somewhat for a while however when her sister was born. With Dina around, her parent felt they could leave her to look after their accidental child often so they could continue what they believed to be extremely important research. So Dina, despite being extremely young herself, was left to essentially raise her younger sister, Eventually taking her with her when she left to hang out with her friends. It wasn't an easy life, but it was one that Dina eventually became accustomed to and one that she came to enjoy.

As was often the way however, tragedy would soon strike. Dina's sister came down ill, as it turned out with a vicious form of cancer. Dina once again stepped away from her rough and tumble social life to care for her terminally ill sibling, her parents leaving the task entirely to her as they continued their constant researching into topics that Dina just wasn't interested in. Eventually her sister passed away and Dina came to resent her parents. She begun to spend time with shadier and shadier individuals, she engaged in all kinds of illicit and criminal activity and didn't give a damn about the consequences. It was a two-fold attack, vengeful towards her parents and self-destructive towards herself. As it turned out though, it would soon be her turn to fall ill.

A year and a half after her sister's death, an outbreak of a terrible viral disease hit the Victorie. At first it seemed like just a nasty cold or flu, but after a week or so people started dying. They were unable to breathe properly nor could they stomach food. They either suffocated or died because of excessive malnutrition. Dina's self-destructive lifestyle and frequent wanderings made her a prime target for the virus and eventually she too fell ill. Within days she had become critical with laboured breathing and an inability to eat anything solid. She was stubborn by default and fought the disease, but she often wished for death. During this time she almost never saw her parents and was left in the care of an elderly doctor who wasn't that interested in their job. Her resentment deepened as she felt she she had been abandoned and unwanted just like her younger sister. Strangely, this rage eventually came to fuel her desire to fight the virus and stubbornly she continued to hold on. Months after most had died or recovered, she was still fighting a disease that should already have killed her. The illness itself had passed, however her organs had suffered extreme damage from her struggling. That was when the biggest surprise of her life came.

She was visited by her parents who revealed that their research into the synth technology of the past, the kind that had created synthetic human beings, had hit a breakthrough. They had found a way to held reconstruct parts of damaged or failing organs using a similar strategy to how advanced prosthetic were made. It was complicated and risky, but it could potentially save Dina's life. shocked and confused, Dina consented. However, she had to be moved to the Resilience to undergo the surgery due to their significantly better medical facilities.

Dina spent the next two months continuing her fight until the two convoys finally crossed paths and was passed along to the care of the Resilience's medical staff along with copies of the research that would be used to save her life. The doctors of the Resilience made use of that information, and some of their own, and were able to mostly reconstruct the severely damaged parts of Dina's body.

Several more months were spent recovering. Her recovery gave Dina a lot of time to reflect and think. She was uncertain about how to feel about a lot of things. She had survived whilst her sister hadn't, her parents had never been involved with her and favoured their research, but that same research eventually came to save her life. She grew up a lot in many ways during this time and developed her now positive (albeit equally reckless at times) outlook on life and her desire to use her second chance to do good. She's still not been able to completely forgive her parents, but has come to respect their research and that of their fellow Bygones. Since then she has remained on the Resilience, working as a freelancer. She's completely recovered for the most part, but will on occasion suffer respiratory attacks.

Weapon(s): Dina carriers a standard revolver-style wand. In addition to this she has a pair of rectangular knives that can be connected to a rope or chain typically worn on her person.