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PLAYER INFO.
✖ Handle: Schist
✖ Contact: Schist
✖ Are You Over 16: Y
✖ Other Characters Played in Consignment: N/A

CHARACTER INFO.
✖ Character Name: Alomar, Sheva
✖ Canon: Resident Evil 5 | As she’s falling to the volcano.
✖ Character Appearance: Here.
✖ Character Age: 23
✖ Pick A Number: 570 | 094

✖ Canon Setting: Here due to length.

✖ Character History: Here.

✖ Character Personality:

UMBRELLA CORPORATION & BIOTERRORISM

Umbrella killed her family. They, in conjunction with the government, destroyed the factory (Umbrella 57th Plant) her parents worked in as well as destroyed her village to cover up the manufacturing of BOWs. Her hatred of this global corporation dictates her choices in several life-changing decisions. First, she joins an anti-government guerrilla group when she discovers the truth of her parents’ deaths. Since the government had worked with Umbrella Corporation, Sheva’s decision to fight against them is easy. However, when that same guerrilla group starts to dabble in using bioweapons, Sheva turncoats the moment a secure opportunity presents itself, becoming a CI for American operatives. This leads to the opportunity to restart her life in America, which she doesn’t hesitate to take. Later after university, her ever burning hatred for terrorism, particularly bioterrorism, spurs her to join the BSAA. She likely requested assignment in the West Africa region. Regardless, her native language skills and knowledge of both the area and culture were most applicable in said branch.

Throughout the game, her distaste for bioterrorism is blatant. Her disgust and anger at Wesker et al. using her home country as a disposable petri dish for production of BOWs is palatable. And when she and Chris discover plans for a global saturation of a bioengineered virus that would likely kill billions just to satisfy Wesker’s desire to become a living god, Sheva is beyond outraged. This accumulation of hatred fuels her through the entirety of Kijuju’s physical, emotional, and mental trials. It’s a huge chunk of her motivation and protection, serving as both energy to soldier through the mission as well as armor to keep her from feeling the pain that results from the mission.

ADAPTABILITY & FORTITUDE

Sheva survives a series of horrific and traumatic events throughout her life. Not only that, but she seems to flourish in the face of adversity by recognizing opportunities when they present themselves and taking them. She survives the death of her parents and her village, takes the aid of a truck driver for food and shelter when she’s lost in the Savannah, and sticks with the strength of the guerrilla group during her childhood in order to survive to the best of her ability.

She remains with the guerrillas until the age of fifteen, and no doubt learns many skills that would later aid her in surviving the Kijuju incident with Chris Redfield. In canon, neither abuse nor psychological damage is hinted to have occurred during her childhood with the guerrillas, though it is likely that her exposure to war at an early age protected and reinforced her mentally for later horrors. This is shown during the Viral Campaigns, the only post incident references available, where Chris clearly exhibits post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms and Sheva seems more mentally stable.

When she chooses to come to America to restart her life, she strives to better herself with every opportunity at her disposal. Within months of her arrival she speaks English like a native. Within two years, she enrolls in university. This exemplifies her intelligence as well as her work ethic because even natural talent can only take someone so far, especially when her academic education with the guerrillas cannot be vouched within canon.

Surviving Kijuju, in addition to proper training, requires her to diagnose situations on the fly and adapt quickly. If a tactic leaves much to be desired, Sheva will change them until they’re effective. This adaptability extends to how she functions as a teammate with both Chris and Josh, as she knows how to utilize and combine strengths and weaknesses within the team for mission success. Pride is a nonissue when it comes to surviving. Many things become nonissues when survival is at stake.

Still, there are plenty of things worth dying for…

SACRIFICE & LOYALTY

As an orphan with nowhere to go but her uncle’s already crowded house, Sheva ran away to find her parents who she still believed and hoped with all her heart were alive. Her uncle could not afford to feed her any longer as well, and rather than be a burden on what remained of her family, which consisted of seven children, she left. She knew she could die in the process, but made the expedition anyways. It’s a poorly made decision of an eight year old, but it’s made out of love and loyalty to her family. This is the first canon example of a long pattern of loyalty and the sacrifices she’s willing to make for the benefit of a goal and/or the greater good.

Next, she sacrifices her childhood in a very literal manner. Nothing’s really known about her childhood prior to eight years old except that the factory allowed her parents to raise her in a happy home. After they died, she’s exposed to the group of anti-government guerrillas, living among them until she decides to officially take up their cause. For two years she runs errands and completes chores, but at age ten she’s given her first gun. She actively fights for that cause up until the age of fifteen. That’s when they cross her moral line into bioterrorism.

Her loyalty to her moral compass is difficult thing to break, and siding with bioterrorists… Well she’d die before letting them gain an inch on her behalf. It’s why she devotes her life to the BSAA straight out of university. That plus a constant, burning hatred for Umbrella and all groups with similar agendas and practices. Again, the successes of graduating university in two years could only be done with dedication and sacrifice of a ‘normal’ social life.

Once trained and enlisted in the BSAA, an organization that aligns directly with her strengths and morals, her loyalty to the cause and her BSAA family is unwavering. More importantly, she’s tenacious in her duties to protect people from having to ever experience bioterror. People like her family and friends in her village, who were simply trying to support themselves and raise their children to the best of their abilities. During their fight on the bomber with Wesker, she decides to make the ultimate sacrifice and take him out at the cost of her own life when they’re flying over an active volcano. In the end, Chris grabs her before she’s sucked out of the open bay door of the bomber, but she’s committed to her decision.

"We’re partners… To the end."

This statement succinctly describes Sheva’s heart in regards to partners and teammates. Facing great numbers and a slim chance at success or even survival, she utters this to Chris so that he knows she’s with him through whatever happens and even to the death. She does not take this promise lightly, either.

RELENTLESS & DIRECT

Sheva doesn’t waste time. She grew up fast and learned to take every opportunity and glean the most from it. This all causes her to become a Special Operations Agent at a relatively young age. It makes her a little rough around the edges when it comes to her interrogation style as seen during the Kijuju incident, but it’s effective. She does not forget details or beat around the bush, preferring to demand answers to her imperative questions. This occurs with both Irving and Excella when the pair encounters them throughout Kijuju.

There is also zero tolerance of bullshit. When the Kijujian Army guard tries to grope her at the Civilian Checkpoint, Sheva pointedly shoves his hands off of her and calls him out. She’s honest and while she may utilize a moment or two to arrange her sentiment into a more tolerable statement, she’ll still speak her mind. This is especially true when it applies to the protection of others and mission success. Hence her telling Chris that they should retreat together. Tactically, it’s the best decision, but once she hears about Chris’ believed to be dead partner Jill, she reconsiders and then soldier on together.

Throughout the entire incident in Kijuju, not once does Sheva relent or give up fighting for their mission. This aspect of her personality, as many others, would not be so prevalent if it weren’t for the circumstances of her childhood. To abandon the cause and the fight translated to death, one way or another. The cause of life, the cause of family, the cause against the government, and the cause against bioterror all pushed her forward when she thought no more would be possible. Giving up meant nothing, and fighting for your beliefs meant everything.

EMPATHY

That fight within her is driven by her hatred of bioterrorism and a strong empathy for those who experience it in any manner. There’s the revenge element, certainly, but at the heart of it Sheva hates seeing the rippling effects that these outbreaks and incidents have on people. It hits close to home every time she’s forced to deal with it directly. It’s why she fights so fiercely.

She can’t emphasize with the infected or infested, but she can (and does) feel deeply for the family and friends affected by these tragedies. She’s lost plenty of friends and family throughout her life, and that empathy along with loyalty eventually drives her decision to help search for Jill with Chris. Even if she hasn't experienced some horror directly, she’s easily able to put herself in the shoes of others to the best of her ability.

CHARISMA

Sheva has a positive energy about her. She’s warm and friendly when she meets Chris at the beginning of the game, and despite his achievements and being one of the founding members of the BSAA, she’s not nervous. Confident in herself and her abilities, she smiles and chats easily with him, immediately treating him as a person and not a legend. Furthermore, her interactions with Josh and genuine joy to see him at various points within their mission give a window to her nature in a more neutral setting.

Polite when necessary, Sheva also offers more aggressive sass at times to emphasize her point, be it anger or sarcasm. As an example, when she shoots Wesker in the face on the bomber, she exclaims “Like hell you will!” in response to his claim to take the pair down with him. While there aren’t many canon moments of her in a more relaxed state, there are enough to glean that she’s generally an agreeable person with a surprisingly adjusted set of people skills.

✖ Character Powers & Skills:

NATURAL ATHLETICISM

Due to her job, Sheva keeps herself in great shape, training with other agents as well as on her own. She might be smaller, but makes up for it in flexibility and agility. Plus, she is easily (for someone as strong as Chris, at least) thrown across large gaps and up to higher ledges.

WEAPONS PROFICIENCY

Thanks to her lifestyle growing up with the guerrillas as well as her training as a BSAA agent, Sheva is proficient with many weapons, including a traditional bow. She is able to switch between weapons and maintain her accuracy while either stationary or mobile. There’s always an eagerness to learn new weapons and weapon based skills, as well.

KNIFE SKILLS

Again, her training and history have made Sheva quite dangerous with a knife, and she won’t hesitate to use it during hand to hand combat either.

MILITARY TRAINING

This is to cover many of the other skills that her training as a BSAA agent has provided her. These include hand to hand combat styles, survival skills, scouting techniques, and keen observation skills while in the field. These are skills that separate her from being a civilian.

CHARACTER SAMPLES.
✖ First Person POV:

- [x] | Welcome (back) to the CDC (top level).
- [x] | No thanks on the haircut.
- [x] | Old friends and older memories.
- [x] | Damnit Johanna!

✖ Third Person POV:

The sudden pressure shift slams through her like a freight train of air. She’s closer to the opening bay door than the two men, and her substantially lesser weight is already working against her.

“Hang on!”

She doesn’t know if it’s instinct, training, or pure adrenaline that fuels her, but she manages to grab hold of a nearby metal pylon. It’s polished smooth and difficult to grip, but she refuses to let go. She refuses to die now after they’ve survived so much and lost so many. This had to work. She holds on with everything she has, grunting with the effort.

Even as Wesker bodily slams into the pylon, her resolve doesn’t falter. She holds steady. She will survive this. They both will. Inwardly, she screams in victory as Umbrella’s Leftovers ricochets off the metal and out of her line of sight. Presumably into the molten lava below, if only they could be that lucky. She’ll settle for him splattering across the mountain landscape below, though. Sheva’s not picky so long as the son of a bitch dies.

The swell of relief and happiness in that moment strengthens her. They’ve done it! For the world. For their fallen brothers. For Jill and Josh. For all those who died at the hands of this monster of a man. It’s over and she can finally breathe easy. Hell, holding onto this metal with her hands slick with sweat, blood, and who knows what other fluids feels like a breeze now. What with believing that Wesker will shortly be demolished reverberating through her every fiber.

It’s done.

Never celebrate before the fat lady sings. Never celebrate before confirmation of mission success.

The victory is short lived when Wesker latches onto her ankle, effectively snatching away every good feeling she managed to accumulate in that brief moment of success. Now all she can feel is the ripping sensation where her leg connects to her hip. Her boot protects her from most things, but the shear strength and desperation of his grip causes her to cry out in anguish.

They were this close.

The situation immediately becomes less a battle of wills and more a certainty of physics. With the added weight of Wesker attached to her leg, the force she experiences from the vacuum of air more than doubles.

Now she can’t hold on. She can’t survive. Sheva will die. It’s a mathematical certainty.

But she can take him with her.

When that realization hits her, her face relaxes and she levels her gaze on her partner. I know what I’m doing. This is the only way and I’ve made peace. Thank you and I’m sorry. She tries to convey all this to him in one look, one emotional and determined expression.

And then she loosens her grip on the metal slick with something. It doesn’t matter now. Not when the acceleration of air and gravity have her in their grips. This is the end. It should be over soon enough.

But it’s not. Instead, a bright, burning light encompasses her and there’s a painful, nauseating heat. As it fades, Sheva quickly realizes that not only is she immobilized, but she’s hanging in mid air. She can’t see Chris or Wesker, but she can feel the latter gripping her ankle still.

The roar of the jet fades slightly into the background, but she still feels the affects of the vacuum.

“I’ve always wanted to do that,” comes a chipper voice. It’s a woman’s by the sound of it. Sheva can’t move to verify, but the BSAA agent’s attempt to move are obvious. The sounds of boot falls stepping slowly around her cause her to struggle more, but the woman takes her time examining her handiwork. Finally, she seems to realize her oversight. “Right, apologies.”

Without warning, Sheva meets the floor of the bomber in a solid heap. The impact and lingering confusion slows her reaction time, but she’s leveling her handgun at the woman as soon as she can reach her weapons. She’s dizzy and still feels the affects of the wind whipping her hair around.

“Who the hell are you?! What just happened?” Sheva demands, not about to take her eyes off of this strange woman. There are other questions, but they are too many and time never has been her friend in situations like this. “Spit it out!”

The woman just smiles at the fire still brewing in the BSAA agent. “You look like shit Sheva.” She takes a large, messy bite of an apple, apparently nonplussed by the ridiculousness of the entire situation. In fact, she seems proud of her accomplishments. It’s always nice to be able to apply and practice new skills.

This answer doesn’t satisfy her in the least, and Sheva sneers. “Apologies… I didn’t catch a name.” She refrains from adding a punctuating addition of ‘bitch’ to the end of that statement.

“Yeaah, that doesn’t matter right now.” Still ever amused and pleasant, she offers Sheva a smile that mirrors her own sneer. “What matters is you die.”

“I know.” There’s a pause where Sheva considers the situation. “What of it.”

The woman chews another mouthful of apple methodically, raising an index finger to request pause, or maybe to emphasize her clarification. “You die, and my bosses could use a woman like you to help those who can’t protect themselves. If you think Umbrella was bad, you should see what those people endure and face.”

Her heart aches as that last bit hits home.

“Does Wesker die?” Her gun doesn’t lower, but her grip and stance relax ever so slightly.

“From that fall? Nope.” The woman leans forward and her grin widens. “But I can arrange for that. Even better, for a limited time only, in exchange for your services I am willing to throw in Chris’s safety and a distinct lack of global saturation to sweeten the deal.” She snorts at that phrase, shaking her head as she peers past Sheva at where Wesker remains suspended. All the while she’s stepping closer to Sheva. “What do you think?”

Sheva doesn’t trust the woman. She doesn’t trust her mysterious bosses or that she’ll hold up the deal. Still, she knows what happens to her and the thought of being able to do her duty, complete her mission, and protect her people regardless of that is tempting. If this woman’s even remotely telling the truth…

“I’ll need proof that you hold up your part of the bargain.” If she can stop time and suspend Wesker in mid-air without so much of a peep, Sheva has no reason to doubt the woman’s ability to provide evidence of these promises. Evidence of mission success.
Wiping apple juice off of her hand, the woman offers it to Sheva still occupying the metal floor, beaming all the while. “Consider it done. Now take my hand if you agree…”

There’s a moment of hesitation, where Sheva feels as though she’s making a deal with the devil, but she’s never been one to turn down an opportunity to help others. Glancing past the woman to where Chris remained frozen in horror, reaching not quite reaching towards her, she inhales and then exhales slowly. This is the only way she can help him now.

This is the only way she can help anyone now.

Swallowing, she holsters the gun and grips the woman’s forearm, but before Sheva can pull herself back to her feet, the bright light and nauseating heat return.

“You’ll remember this, later...” A recruiter had to have her fun somehow.

CHARACTER ITEMS.
✖ Pick a Team:

- Green | As a BSAA Special Operations Agent and with her childhood in the guerrilla group, Sheva's one of those soldier types and an experienced fighter. She's adaptable and unwavering in her duties so long as she believes in them, or has a very good reason to preform said duties. Even more important, she prefers to work as a team, but can function solo if necessary.
- Orange | While Sheva's adept at combat and overall soldiering, her experience as a child member of an anti-government guerrilla group as well as a BSAA agent have taught her a wide variety of skill sets that apply here. Both taught her various ways to locate targets, pinpoint strengths and weaknesses in various aspects of any situation, as well as gleaning useful information from enemies and allies alike. She's unafraid to try unconventional means to do her part towards mission success.

✖ Reason for Joining the CDC:

Sheva decided to join the CDC without any knowledge of what they actually do, otherwise she wouldn't have joined. She believes that she's helping people that are in a very similar situation as those at risk of bioterrorism within her world. There's also that little detail where her recruiter misled her to believe she dies during her mission without killing Wesker. Consequently, the recruiter's promise to keep Chris safe and kill Wesker sweet the arrangement.

While she will not like what the CDC is doing, generally harboring a bitter dislike of the megacorporation (pause for the gasp of surprise here) while working towards completing the missions. Still uncertain as to their reach, Sheva knows better than to the stir the pot of a company who has recruiters that can manipulate time, space, and cage Albert Wesker within both while enjoying an apple. However, that doesn't mean that she'll idly stand by without making any attempts to gather information on the CDC that may be useful in the future. Making allies and friends within the ranks will also be on her overall to do list, right behind rebuilding her weapons stash.

✖ Mission Freebie: Chris's safety and Wesker's death.
✖ Personal Item or Weapon: M3 Shotgun

✖ Character Inventory:
Confiscated items are in italics.

- Her regular costume from the game in dire need of washing
- Melee vest
- Bullet proof vest
- Stun rod
- Fully upgraded M92F handgun
- Fully upgraded M3 shotgun
- Fully upgraded H&K PSG-1 rifle
- No additional ammo
- Health spray
- Radio and headset