Name: Liza (lye-zah) Vance

Gender: Female, aggressively pansexual

Age/DOB: ~16, aged, RY3

Origin: Rookery born to Repurposed parents

Family (spliced): mother Zoell, father Eli Vance, twin brother Ellis, half-sister Alyx, numerous 'cousins' and other relatives

Other: takes after their mother strongly, though in a more boisterous and charming fashion

Height: 5'7"

Weight: ~120*, much bustier and considerably stronger than her weight might suggest, Icarus treated frame means she's a powerhouse without looking bulky

Hair: dark brown, naturally afro but kept typically in braids or dreds with accessories, to shoulder length when bundled, but down to mid-back when loose (and don't get her started on picking out her fro)

Eyes: bright green with a dark orange rim, unlike her brother she does have visible pupils but her eyes are quite large and round, under strongly emotive brows

Appearance: medium brown skin, broad but cute nose, highly energetic and almost always in motion so if you see her get a picture quick as she'll be out of frame soon enough; has a high pitched voice, quite squeaky when she's excited which is most of the time; clearly prefers the Lambda-orange and dark graphite Icarus undergarments as shown and always has tools in a bag or on her person somewhere

Icarus Processing: yes, while being spliced, and then as they were aged together, Liza and Ellis both were treated with the stuff. It had a stronger physical effect on Liza than her brother - she is not only much stronger and heals faster (about 3x normal on both), but also far more flexible and quick on her feet (about 2.5 times faster run speed, and over 4 times faster for dexterity tasks). She does have a little more Vortal boost from it, but not as much as the physical traits

Image Credits: Meiker.io / Anime Girl Maker

Genetic Abilities: As with many ELLs and their offspring, she is tech-oriented to a strong degree. Though she is able to sense virtually any mechanical item around her to about 20 meters, she must be touching it to have any outward effect. She can turn circuits on and off, perform basic maintenance testing, and activate machines at a distance with this power, but mostly she uses her hands and skills to do so. A more subtle power however, is that she is absolutely a demon in pipes, tubes, conduit, vents, and between walls - she knows exactly where to be, particularly if the area is man-made. Natural structures or caverns will disorient her to a degree but she compensates with memorization. She can shimmy through places that are extremely narrow, but still requires some space, and her clothing will definitely be ruined if she tries it in bad areas, so she's not going to just power through a place knowing that others won't be able to follow. She is relied on to spot weak points in large scale structures, and has downloaded skills to help her there. She and her brother have a powerful bond, and she does carry one of his little shaped Xenian crystals on her person at all times, she's even considered having it physically embedded into her skull. She does have a minor ability to sense ELLs around, as well as any genetic relatives of Alyx via their dad, but otherwise lacks Vortal powers beyond this machine ability.
Skills or Profession: with large amounts of civil engineering and maintenance downloaded directly, Liza is almost always the go-to girl for heavy machine repairs in most facilities. She doesn't really tinker with things, preferring to fix what is broken or exists, rather than innovate, but she's still apt to catch on to ideas that her brother shoots her way. She is completely unafraid of heights, depths, or unusual conditions like steam, storms, smoke, or smells. (That's not saying she's immune to damage by any of those things, but she heals rather fast) On that note she does have an excellent memory for smells and sounds - she can identify a ping from a piingg or sniff out distinct chemicals by the way they degrade in the air. Though she doesn't necessarily innovate machinery, she is very good at improvisational tool use, and enjoys watching those who know what any given tool is 'really for' cringe when she uses it entirely 'wrong' but still gets the job done.
Personality: If there was a polar opposite of the somewhat shy and hesitant nature of her brother, Liza certainly is it. She is outgoing and bold, in both social and work related situations, and won't hesitate to flirt or just bed down with someone as the impulse takes her. She likes having a lot of people around her, mostly because apparently she loves the noise everything makes bounding across large areas or even close by. That said, she does like being around people at all more than alone. Her dragon can help with some of that faint fear of being left behind, and her brother's mind since they're always connected, but she is a bit monophobic, and will definitely glomp people who arrive if she's been solo for a while.

Events or History: She and her brother are somewhat unique in that an 'old school' parent was involved with the splice. Eli generally pays more attention to his son, and Zoell to their daughter - and they're all fine with that, honestly. Created as riders for the Rookery outright, they've never been on Repurposed Earth, and have no plans on it at least not yet. Though her brother spends time on Xen, she visits a number of locations regularly - residing in the Rookery but traipsing around to North Aperture, Rapture, the Ranch, and sometimes over at the Grounds. She is key to helping get some of the large dairy farm and crop equipment functional over at the Grounds, in fact.

She and Cadmium are a welcome sight anywhere, for so many reasons. Liza's boisterous mood, and Cadmium's attentive and protective nature are always good for refugees and combat-weary folks alike.

Dragon

Name: Cadmium
Gender: Female
Size/Shoulder/Length: Large 16'3" s / 90' l / 120' ws
Colors: *All colors are subject to change, they are not mood-based, she has complete control over them, however they are all within the 'hot and warm' color range as shown - from a sunny yellow, strong and vibrant orange, and striking pure reds. Her claws, horns, and dorsal ridge remain a charcoal deep brown, and her eyes are always brilliant aqua-blue; she can create patterns on her otherwise-'plain' looking wings, as well as flash extremely light and dark versions of the colors in a disorienting pattern.
Features: This... is a rainwing? You bet she is, but you can also for sure bet that there are Skywings in her line rather close... maybe even haunting the Rookery...
Powers: Winged Flight, as hot a color scheme as she has, this Rainwing can fly like the best Skywings around, though she does admit to tiring out if it's a long flight, or too fast for too long. She's exceptionally good at intricate maneuvers in tight conditions, and she can spiral around the Spheres in the Aperture facility easily. She does require a bit of space to take off and land, but she's hardly heavy on her feet, you won't know if she's there or gone until you feel the warm gust of wind from under her wings. She can carry a lot more than a typical Rainwing, due to her size, which is also likely because of that Skywing influence.
Communication, *she can spell or create runes on her wing sails and they can easily be seen at distances over 2 miles on a clear day or particularly at night. They do have a system for colors and patterns, for this reason. Cadmium and her rider have a good Vortal bond, but she lacks other telepathic powers. She speaks English with a small amount of Draconic, Vortigese, and local human tongues thrown in here and there, but has a very good grasp on all the technical jargon that mechanics and scientists speak near her rider. She has a chipper, strong and loud voice, but can whisper so quietly that humans can hardly hear her.
*Color Changes, as above, everything on her is subject to whim as long as it's red, gold, yellow, or shades in between.
Flame Breath, that Skywing influence is clear here as well because she lacks any kind of Rainwing venom, instead having potent if short-range fire breath that can be called napalm-like. Sticky and hot, it's somewhere between spit and raw heat, and she can use it to disable machinery by melting through it, accurately shooting globs of nearly-glowing spit around 50 meters. Though she's tried to tone it down and create 'light spit' that doesn't just burn through things, in a pinch she will deliniate an area using hucked up balls of this and they'll burn for around 20 to 30 minutes in stable conditions, bright enough to guide people through an area. Though after they stop glowing, they do continue to burn through things, so they may leave a telltale line right to a safe house - this is a last ditch effort. The spit itself clings to anything, even wet surfaces, and can ignite layers of oil or grease easily - this is one time they're used in locations to burn out what might be hidden, as Liza can smell the residue she'll be able to tell where to launch the burning bits - foomph - no more residue.
Rainwing Claws, she can easily dig into surfaces as varied as tree trunks and sandstone, treated wood, thin metal, and ice. She can support her own weight on most surfaces, but is careful when it might bring a building down at the wrong time.
Parentage: Unknown Rainwings, obvious Skywing influence probably from both sides of her family and within 2 generations at most
Origin: adopted from LunarSolstice981 with lines by PeregrineCella on Deviantart, WoF by Tui Sutherland
Other Info: Enjoyable and personable, Cadmium takes pride in helping clear out an area of pests or enemies before her rider goes in to fix up the machinery.