Alice Scarlet.
I knew her from the game. Everyone who played The Hero Chronicles knew her.
She was a commoner prodigy who had clawed her way to the top through sheer talent and stubbornness, with no family name to back her up and no patron to smooth her path.
But there was more to her than that — secrets that the game developers had hidden in side quests, details that most players missed.
She was a half-dragon, though she hadn't known about this fact until later in the game.
That was why her physical abilities were so absurd, and the reason she could swing a sword nearly as long as she was tall like it weighed nothing, why she never seemed to tire no matter how long she fought.
Her draconic blood gave her strength, speed, and endurance that no normal human could match, and every time she stepped into the arena, she reminded everyone watching why dragons were feared across the world.
