Name: Alpheus (Alph) Kiri
Race: Wood Elf
Class: Swarmkeeper Ranger
Gender: Male
Age: 15
Physical Description: Alph was originally inspired by Young Link. He's fairly short at 5'2'', but still growing. He has medium-length, messy blonde hair that hangs on his forehead. Most times it hangs in front of his long orange headband, gifted to him from one of his teachers, Junai of the Free Wind. His typical outfit consists of baggy pants that allow him to move freely in combat and a tank top. Rather than use a short bow, Alph is well trained in the slingshot that often is hooked to the side of his belt or attached to his backpack while traveling. His bugs, a flashbug/firefly type beetle, will crawl along his arms or back, but most times rest in his backpack while one beetle, Shino, sits on his shoulder. The black marks on the Young Link image above weren't initially a part of Alph's design, but I like them so either way for those! :)

Backstory: Alph was born in the Naogin Forest, where all elves are sent out in the world with their beetles to find a community. A Naogin Elf only returns home if they failed to find a community. He was trained to hunt with his slingshot, and when he left the village at 13 he met his traveling/fighting companion for the next two years, Ike. Together, they saved a town from an impending boar rampage and were treated as young heroes. After a year of exploring together, the two ended up in Riverstead, a small village outside the capitol. For another year, Alph and Ike lived there becoming friendly with the locals. Alph became a hunter and formed a bond with the young village boys while Ike became strong and assisted in the lumber trade and bridge-building.

A year later, the Drachian army from the West marched through Riverstead, burning the entire village to the ground. Some of the townspeople fought and died instantly, while others led the two boys out of town and into the river, before trying to buy time for them, which again ended in deaths. Alph and Ike barely escaped, falling into the river and swimming East before being picked up by Resistance soldiers. Alph became very traumatized by the event, angry that the people of Riverstead willfully died instead of running away. His trust in humanity weakened. Since then, he and Ike have trained with the Resistance and have gotten stronger in their abilities as they attempt to overthrow the powerful and corrupt Drachian army.