Alva
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| Favorite Food: | Curry |
| Likes: | Isabel, Inventions |
| Dislikes: | Gambling, Smoking |
| Relationships: | Isabel (Girlfriend & Assistant) Lee (Childhood Friend) |
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| “ | “Machines are as alive as you and me, you know?
You just need to... treat them gently.” |
Alva is the princess of New Dam City, and lives in Rocket Mansion with her girlfriend Isabel. She spends much of her time creating inventions and working on a rocket in her in-house laboratory, which has caused her residence to become unkempt due to a lack of upkeep. Alva's vibrant personality and passion for helping others causes her to be well liked by the inhabitants of her city.
Story
Alva's grandfather helped rescue residents of New Dam City by moving them from the path of the MIASMA, and invented The Buddha Fan to keep the city safe from it. Alva "borrows" the home she and Isabel share from her grandfather as well, which she calls the Rocket Mansion. Alva is now following in the footsteps of her grandfather in protecting New Dam City. She is the main operator of The Buddha Fan, also known as The Wind God, and also leads the research on how to get rid of the MIASMA. She is also the childhood friend of the casino owner, Lee, and both use their wealth and smarts to protect the city together, when the MIASMA attacks. Alva says Lee isn't that scary, and that he should stop smoking.
She feels burdened by the responsibility of protecting New Dam City and all of its citizens, as much as she loves the city. She mentions to Isabel about wanting to leave and go somewhere far from there.
In chapter 4, while Solomon infiltrates the dam, Alva goes into the elevator located in the control room, claiming that she'll "just...take a peek". After the battle with Solomon, when John and Sam return to the control room, the elevator is greatly damaged with a mess of black cords sticking out of it on the floor. Suddenly, Isabel jumps out of the elevator carrying Alva in her arms. Alva seems to be greatly injured here, and Isabel carries her out of the control room in a sad manner.
If you go into Alva's room in Chapter 5 as Sam, you may see her sitting up in bed with her eyes closed. She says nothing, and only trembles.
Alva is taken to Ester City by Isabel at the end of Chapter 5, but is presumed to have died somewhere on the way there, since Ester City is known to never have any people die.
In Chapter 8, when on Charon, Isabel stands in a dark room full of clones of Alva grown in the same way they are grown in the Human Factory. Isabel cannot let go of Alva's death and attempts to bring Alva back to life. However, after defeating Isabel in a duel, what seems to be Alva's ghost appears in front of Isabel and tells her that the dead must stay dead and attempting to bring them back will only cause more pain.
Appearance
Alva has long and straight pink hair and light blue eyes, her skin is a warm shade of pale-beige. Although her hair is long, most of the time only a small part of it is visible, as she's wearing a white protection helmet. She wears a white and beige hoodie with an orange 1 printed over it, the collar area of the hoodie is of a darker shade of blue. She wears orange gloves, and depending on the piece of art, brown or black pants. She wears black shoes with white details, and on the helmet and hoodie, she seems to wear what are gray metal balls.
In her BETA artwork, she seems to have a patched eye, but this was cut from the final design.
Images
Character Sprite
Early Character Concept Art
Game Key Art
3D character model from the game's website
3D character model from the game's website (Alternate render)
Alva's character design from the opening animation (Top-right center, next to Isabel)
Release countdown art feat. Alva[1]
References