Author Games: The Final War

Male Fighter 7: Sasha Alkaev

Name: Sasha Alkaev

Age: 23

Gender: biologically male, but is transgender, though it's not something that has been confessed to anyone but himself. 

Affinity: Fighter 

Strength of Affinity: Sasha focuses less on offensive, and more on defensive. He's agile and slick with a skill for making his opponent do more damage to themselves, than to him. 

Personality: Sasha is quiet and demure. Almost seeming docile compared to other fighters.  Having come to the conclusion that he is a woman trapped in a man's body, he does not bring attention to himself. He observes quietly and and studies his surroundings and peers. 

Appearence: Slender and pale, more of a runner's body. Shoulder length platinum blond hair, usually tied into a low braid at the nape of his neck. Blue-Grey eyes. His face definitely has softer, more delicate features. 

History:  Sasha is the youngest of three children, and the only son Born to Fighter parents. He was the son his father always wanted, and the only child that ever took an interest in fighting. However, despite the inherent athleticism, Sasha always took more of an interest in more feminine past times. He was close to his sisters, growing up eager to do whatever they were doing. Most viewed it as one of the side-effects of being the only boy and having two older sisters- but in reality, he always felt more included with the girls, than boys his own age.  He was a natural fighter however, and had a certain level of cleverness that he could use to his advantage to outsmart others. Once he began his training for the Games, he became even more painfully aware of the fact that outside of training, he did not fit with the other boys. He was not comfortable in his own skin, which left him isolated and unable to explain his dysmorphia to himself, let alone anyone else. He instead compensated by focusing on his training. It wasn't until he decided to experiment with women's clothing and stepping out into the world did it finally dawn on him that he was essentially a woman living in a man's body. It was first time in his life where he felt like he had a place. However, there wasn't any room for these feelings of enlightenment in his training, nor was it something he wanted to make public knowledge. He feared it would be viewed as a sign of weakness, and would put a target on his back. So instead, he lives with the discomfort and dysmorphia in order to attempt to get through the games alive. 

2 Leadership Qualities:  Feeling as if he is the underdog himself, Sasha usually take an interest in other seemingly weaker tributes. For he knows that there is almost always more than meets the eye- forming alliances where he can.  

Sasha is a born teacher. He can find another's strong points, and discover ways to help hone them. Though more reserved, he does embrace a challenge and feels like his opponent/"student" should be at his very best when fighting. Additionally, this kind of knowlege can be used to his own advantage when facing an opponent. 

Token: A single stud earring that belonged to his mother, that he wears in his left ear.