Author Games: A Knight's Valor

Keiko Kenemoto of Alian

♔ Character Name: Keiko Kenemoto (Key-eh-koh Kenny-mo-to)

♔ Gender: Female

♔ Age: 18

♔ Birthplace: Alian

♔ Physical Appearance: The first thing you notice about Keiko is her eyes. They are a dark brown in color, but her irises are so wide that they have been described as "owl-like" more than once, and she has the "puppy-dog-eyes" trick down to perfection. Her hair is the same color as her eyes, though a tad bit lighter, and flows down to just past her shoulders. She is fair skinned and stands at an average 5'5". Her voice, like all others in Alian, is sweet and angelic sounding.

♔ Personality: Keiko was once taunted by a bully when she was younger, who said that she had the brain the size of a walnut. Keiko then sassily retorted that dinosaurs that brains the size of walnuts, and they ruled the world for millions of years, so there. However, it is a well-known fact that Keiko isn't the brightest girl. She is ditzy and is very naïve, and is a constant blabbermouth so she usually gets on people's nerves and doesn't have many friends. She is easily upset and can cry over the smallest of things. She is also an extreme environmentalist - even stepping on a flower or plant would create an instant outburst from Keiko. It is no surprise that she is also vegetarian. However, Keiko is very sweet and kind, like all in Alian, and has a big heart with a personality to match...to some extent, that is.

♔ Past: Keiko grew up in a normal, hardworking family in Alian. Her mother was a weaver and her father a potter, and they only wanted the best for their only child. However, Keiko struggled with school and eventually had to drop out in sixth grade, discouraged and depressed. However, her mother helped put a smile back on Keiko's face when she introduced her to weaving and knitting, something that Keiko picked up on very fast and it became her first real skill. She has no battle-training experience because she'd never needed it, but decided to enter the Trials for the fun of it.

♔ Skills: Keiko is a skilled weaver/knitter. Give her a ball of yarn and some needles and she can knit you just about anything in a short time. She is very good with animals, especially dogs, and likes to sing in her free time. Also, Keiko knows a lot about plants because of her devote environmentalism which could come handy in the Trial.

♔ Strengths: Weaving is her main strength. Though this may seem irrelevant in the Trials, Keiko can weave fishing nets and traps out of willow branches or leaves, and very efficiently too. She is also a fast runner and understands a lot about nature.

♔ Weaknesses: Keiko, even with her friendly, easy-going personality, tends to rub people off the wrong way. This is because she talks way too much and never shuts up once engaged in a topic, and can be very oblivious about some extremely obvious things, such as not petting a frenzied shark in the water. Yes, that happened once. Keiko nearly lost her hand.

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COMMENTS FROM THE ROYAL COURT:

♕ King Artheur: I fear that this might not be the place for you, child. Skills in nature may be handy, but against a sword I worry how you will fare.

♕ Queen Melinda: Wow. I thought this was a competition for knights, not little girls playing pretend.

♕ Roland Delmere: Wonderful, another simpleton. You best have more within than you show without, girl, or you may find your time here shorter than the resolve of your fragile ego...

♞Sir Thomas: Ah, Alian, I miss it so. It's wonderful to see a face from home.

♞Sir Adeline: Can you fight? You must fight and defend, and keep that mouth of yours shut. You're from Alian, let's see you keep those traits and learn quick. It'll be the only way you can survive.