Strengths/Weaknesses
- Racial Str/Wea
- Agility/Detail-Oriented - As aforementioned, Ayla possesses more strength than the average Alunrovaan female. Just as she possesses more strength, it is physically required of her that she is more attentive to her movements, more in control, and more precise. To analogise it, Ayla's muscles are like water in a cup, filled to the very brim, and the cup is made of her bones. Just the slightest wrong movement, and water will spill; if Ayla is not careful in how she moves, her muscles might crush, crack, or break her bones, even burdening the mass through sheer pressure and weight. While unfortunate, this has granted Ayla the trait of agility, with reflexes and ability to move being a cut above some others.
- Overdeveloped Processing Speed/Elongated Temporal Sense - Just as all other Alunrovaan, Ayla possesses the uncanny ability to process information relayed to her brain at speeds far faster than most others of different species'. Naturally, she also suffers the 'prolonged experience' of situations as a result of perceiving time at a different pace from most people. Ayla in particular suffers this drawback moreso than even those of her own species; time and time again, especially in combat-situations, Ayla has been able to process and act accordingly to an event at a pace even other Alunrovaan find 'instantaneous'. In truth, chances are she has taken 'time' to think about what to do for quite a bit before acting. Ayla herself has only met a few Alunrovaan that surpasses her processing capacity, but, rather than hold envy for them, she pities these people. As someone who has suffered the effects of elongated perception of time, she finds it insufferable to have more time on her hands than already--even if her lifespan is a quarter of many others.
- Temporal Neutrality - Unlike most of the Alunrovaan, Ayla does not avidly suffer the drawbacks of an underground-life. Given that, her weakness to the light is not as potent as others of her species; on the other hand, she still has adept skill in the night, or otherwise unlit areas, given her training in spacial reasoning. Another thing retained is the weakness to electromagnetic radiation, as a lack of skin-pigmentation is a genetic trait--inescapable for the most part.
- Pain Toleration/Diluted Sense of Touch - As previously stated, Ayla experiences constant pain at all times as a result of her muscle density. The pain becomes virtually non-existent when on planets with gravity levels far lighter than the levels of gravity on Negosvern (which is most planets), but the damages from the pain does not fade away with it. From this constant level of pain, Ayla has grown adapted to the feeling of pain in general; this has overall been attained by a diluted sense of touch. The messages sent from her nerves to her brain are still intact and proper, but the 'urgency' in feeling damage, and inherently 'pain', is for the most part ignored. Given that, Ayla can still 'feel' through touch properly, but it becomes difficult to actually ascertain some details on what she is touching.
- Healing/Short Life - Like many other Alunrovaan, Ayla possesses the capacity to heal her body, practically at the rate of regeneration in small cases. Her ability to heal is actually rather average when compared to most Alunrovaan, contrary to the pattern of her other racial strengths and weaknesses. At most, she can regenerate the entirety of a single limb in the span of approximately five minutes. Something like a cut on her will likely repair within seconds. To pair off with her healing is the limited lifespan she possesses. Just like others of her species, Ayla's natural life--without augmentation from outside sources such as longevity via the Force--will likely end by the time she's 30 or so. Fortunately for her, an elongated perception of time can make it seem like life is still pretty long.
- Self-Sufficient/Atmospheric Dependency - A racial quality, Ayla has no need for anything aside from carbon in the air to actually sustain her body. Perhaps sleep might be an exception, but eating is not necessary. Possessing the uzuur in her chest, Ayla can produce all the necessary nutrients for her body simply by breathing--so long as there is atmosphere with carbon, she will be entirely fine. On the other hand, this also means that without an atmosphere, she will not survive, and will likely die within minutes, if not seconds. It has been shown in her past that so long as there is an intake of carbon (and/or silicon), she can survive, but unless moderated extremely efficiently, it takes extreme precision and calculative ability to survive the process.
- Personal Str/Wea
- Silver Tongue - A double edge in and of itself, Ayla has quite the way with words. While her intellect is already quite high, her capacity to process information at a faster rate than most is applicable in real-time. Her words can often carry immense weight and meaning to some, even if, to her, they're just sounds being flaunted about. While it can be quite advantageous in diplomatic scenarios, it has inherently made others rather wary of her words, and has even prompted some to scrutinise Ayla for her "serpent-speak". Even trusted allies might find caution in speaking and listening to her.
- Intellect - Also a double-edged, intellect is a trait Ayla has a surplus of. Being praised as a genius in some cases, even having been held up to the standard of the "Prophecised One" in some Alunrovaan sects of religion, Ayla is able to process complex equations and scenarios with relative ease, and can grasp concepts and meanings quickly. A clear representation of this is her application of calculated movements mid-combat, and her solving of the 'riddle that is a spacecraft'. While most might find intellect to be a cherished characteristic, with even her own people agreeing with that ideal, Ayla doesn't love it as much as others might. A part of being smart is the inability to be 'ignorant'. If someone was lying to her, it wouldn't be entirely difficult to detect the lack of truth, but this also means she cannot 'be unknown to the lack of truth'. Some might praise a talent such as being a sentient 'lie-detector', but some lies are better left as 'truth', no?
- Arrogant - While most often being put in negative light, Ayla's arrogance also translates into her confidence and self-esteem. Having faith in herself and her abilities, there's little room for doubt to put in someone as narcissistic as her--especially when she is usually able to back up what she builds herself up to be. Naturally, this also provides a negative side of the coin. Arrogance is generally a disliked trait in social aspects, and is frequently associated with lack of carefulness and strategies such as a 'tactical retreat'. All in all, Ayla suffers both the strength and weakness of having trust in oneself.
- Solver/Insensitive - Ayla aims to solve a problem when it arises. If an efficient and effective method to attaining her goal is in sight, there's little hesitation to be had in using this method. Sure, this can be a very valuable trait in all sorts of situations, but this also adds to her social incompetence. If others take 'the wrong' method, they are likely to be scrutinised by Ayla, even if their method worked. Furthermore, sometimes people might just want a shoulder to lean on and a comforting friend when faced with a problem, instead of trying to immediately fix or get rid of it. Ayla fails to understand this, and would do the exact opposite of what such a person might want and implore them to use whatever method to 'solve' the problem.
Abilities
- Skills/Talents
- Swordsmanship - Since an extremely young age, Ayla has been taught 'Dinvoaak', a sword-style passed down the generations of the Royal Family. Her talent has proven profound in grasping the basics of Dinvoaak, to the point where her mastery of the fundamentals has earned her several victories in an assortment of battles against even some Royal Guards, who are assumed to be in the top 1% of fighters on the late Negosvern. Unfortunately, her knowledge in this art is limited to the fundamentals. Shortly after her exhibition of mastery over the basics, Ayla was sent out to combat the Yuuzhan Vong. In truth, she has been extremely encouraged to continue her training of the style to extend over complete mastery in its entirety, but after having experienced war first-hand on a number of occasions, Ayla deemed it unnecessary to learn the rest of the style, and simply put trust in her own body and skills with the fundamentals. Truthfully speaking, given her survival and even victories in some situations while in combat with the Yuuzhan Vong, it is not without basis that her confident exists.
- Battlefield Tactician - Even before her birth, the Alunrovaan have been at war with the Yuuzhan Vong. Ayla herself had participated in the war for nearly a decade, and as a result she has developed adept comprehensions skills in terms of the tactics of herself and her allies, and even the enemies through deduction and trickery. Coming from a warrior-species that praise intellect and tactical-prowess, her talent in this subject was only further encouraged and extremely well-developed given its deployment against another warrior-cultured species.
- Hand-to-Hand Combatant - While not as talented in Hand-to-Hand Combat as she is with a blade, Ayla has proven time and time again that she can hold her own in an intense fight without a weapon in hand--besides the hands itself. A many number of Alunrovaan have bested her in this category, thus placing her at a general disadvantage when disarmed, and discouraging her from actually using HtH if any other option was available. As a result, she has become more dependent and reliant on swordsmanship, failing to practice her Hand-to-Hand with as much frequency as the former.
- Force Abilities
- Art of Movement - Not the same kind as that which is taught in the Jedi Order. As an Alunrovaan, simply to be capable of sustaining her body without excessive pain, and also to use her own body at its full potential without the former being a problem, the capacity to augment her movements with the force is well-developed. This particular utilisation of the Force comes the most naturally to her, as it is a talent taught to all Alunrovaan who have participated in their most recent war. As the Yuuzhan Vong are unaffected by the Force, Alunrovaan have had to rely on more indirect methods, such as physical augmentation through the use of the force to fight. Alya, being one to avidly and actively fight the Yuuzhan Vong with extreme frequency, can be credited as "a genius in movement".
- Telekinesis - Ayla frequently uses telekinesis in tandem with the Art of Movement, even using telekinesis itself to physically boost her, such as applying force behind her to boost her physically, or use telekinesis to put more power into her attacks and jump higher than to begin with. In truth, Ayla's talents in telekinesis are rather fundamental, and are basically limited to a 'blast of intangible force', like a powerful gust of wind. She fails to be able to concentrate her telekinetic talents, but is somewhat capable of using it largely, such as with a powerful Force Push or something along those lines. While capable and clearly showing potential in this ability, she still has plenty of room to improve.
- Sense - Ayla's senses through the force in general are extremely potent, primarily due to having been stripped of her ability to see and hear. While actually regaining sight and hearing later in her life, her talents in using the force to 'sense' things have been retained. Anything within an 80-metre radius is pretty much subject to her awareness. Using the force to not only sense lifeforms or use "Force-Sight", Ayla is capable of processing even 'vibrations' within range, having been a necessary skill for her to 'pseudo-hear' before her actual hearing had been restored. In her head, things can be perceived in three-dimensions in accordance with sensing the 'open-space' unoccupied by a more tangible substance than simply 'air'. Unfortunately, this limits her to awareness of open spaces only. For example, if Ayla was in a hallway with doors surrounding the walls, she would be unable to 'see' what was behind the door, as the space is closed off from the room she is currently occupying. Apparently, actually 'seeing through' the doors and into the room behind it was possible, just not at the current level Ayla is at.
- Extension - A common practice in Alunrovaan fighting styles is the extension of one's attacks through the use of the force. Having grasped rudimentary knowledge in this practice, Ayla is not too proficient in this, but she is also not without effectiveness. Ayla most often extends her punches and sword swings, and rarely extends any other sort of attacks. In terms of swordplay, an extension of a slash would result in a sharp telekinetic blast that resembles a blade-slash, simply extending in mid-air to a predetermined range. Another extension might be a stabbing motion, in which a sharp and pointed telekinetic blast is sent forth, acting similarly to if her blade was simply longer, and had reached the opponent--the basic concepts of how 'Extension' is intended to work. The same goes for her punches, as the extension simply acts as if her arms have longer reach through the use of telekinetic blasts.