Alicia "Lil Songbird" Laike

=Synopsis=

Alicia Laike is something of an exercise in opposites. She has to have two personas to accommodate for the turns her life and talent have taken her on.

The Shiny Penny
She's known, perhaps not widely known, but still relatively well known as a pop star. She's been on several tours and has released three albums to date. As a pop princess she's fun, flirty, a bit feisty and a tiny bit reckless. She has an uncanny ability and a driving desire to slip from under the nose of her agent, James in order to enjoy her real life for a while. Her albums to date are:


 * "Pop Princess" Her first album. This is her best known album and was certified Gold after three weeks.  The hottest single, "Don't Wreck Me" topped at #25 on the charts.  There was a 28 week tour that followed featured mainly in the US, Canada, and the UK.


 * "Songbird Exxtreme" Was the follow-up album to "Pop Princess" and did performed similarly to her first album. Featuring more "by the numbers" pop singles such as "Take Me Home" and "I'll Drop that Beat", it was certified Gold and nearly platinum after a month on the charts.  Both of the singles broke the top 20 with "Take Me Home" and "I'll Drop that Beat" topping at 17 and 19 respectively.


 * "My Pretty Birdcage" The third studio album released. This album is much more of a departure from her previous albums.  Featuring much less pop synthesized beats and more real instruments.  Featuring a more blues-y sound mixed with the pop tempo, the album hasn't sold quite as well as her previous albums.  The only released single "Downstairs, My Heart" has yet to break the top 30.  The album has yet to be supported by a tour, but her promoters and managers expect the tour to begin shortly.

 "This album is much closer to my heart. After having a bit of success I can finally make an album closer to what I want to show to the world.  Give it a chance.  You'll love it." - Alicia Laike, Rolling Stone "What's Eating Alicia Laike" - August 2013.

The Other Side of the Coin
The other side of the pop princess is the rough and tumble Templar. She's a slightly different person when she's out in the field taking on the undead and other agents of darkness. She's a bit more business-like with a look in her eye that belies a knowledge and a tenacity that your average pop princess shouldn't and wouldn't possess.

=The People Surrounding Her= For both of her lives there need to be a group of people surrounding and supporting her.


 * Her Parents Her parents are long time Templars, going back several generations in membership.  Many of the tour dates and locations are dictated and arranged by them.  These dates and locations generally coincide with assignments and investigations handed down from the Templars.

They have been responsible to educating and training Alicia in the ways of the Secret World. They have a very well-rounded knowledge of the supernatural and occult. Neither of them are "bees" so despite that Alicia *is*, have taught her ways and methods to survive and prosper. Their education is practical and to-the-point.


 * James Atherton James is Alicia's infamous agent.  Being a founding partner of the Atherton and Goldstein Agency he looks after her with a very attentive eye.  There has been a large amount of money and time invested in Alicia and he tries his best to ensure that she doesn't end up as another "LiLo" or Britney in the tabloids.  Despite his best efforts though Alicia has an uncanny ability to slip away from him and her handlers for a bit of time on her own.  This aggravates him to no end.

Though he may seem to view Alicia as merely a commodity, he does care for the girl almost much like a father would. She is one of his larger clients and by far the most entertaining and frustrating at the same time. He knows nothing of her other life as a Templar and she's practically conditioned him with her disappearances so that she has a handy excuse in case she needs to do some "work" unexpectedly.


 * Maddock "Madhouse" Rhodes Her Road Manager and possibly one of the few non-Templar people that has an idea of what she's up to when she sneaks off.  He is a burly, mountain of a man who, if you looked up "Roadie" in the dictionary you'd see his face next to it.  Larged, tattooed, gristled and gruff when he needs to be, he almost fills the role of Wise Old Man(tm) when she needs it in most of her endeavors.  He's been around and seen enough to know a little about a lot in life.

=The Tools of Her Trade=

There are many items and tools that she needs in her everyday life. Whether this be as a Pop Star, A Templar, or just an ordinary girl.


 * A Plethora of Phones - The girl is rough on phones. Whether they get beat up in her Templar duties or she takes them apart to remove the GPS chips so that she can have a bit of quiet until James and her handlers have to find her the old fashioned way.  She goes through at least a phone a week, sometimes more.  Some of the less auspicious deaths of her phones include:

1. Falling off a Cliff

2. Thrown into the Bay

3. Shoved down a Werewolf's throat

4. Smashed by a Draugr while texting

5. Through the skull of a zombie

6. Water damage...so much water damage

7. Taken apart to short circuit an alarm system

8. Disabled after playing obnoxious music at 2am by her dad


 * Her Hammer, Havoc - In her duties as a Templar she often wields a hammer that she's come to name Havoc. The Hammer itself is relatively unremarkable save for the cute pink heart charm that she's had attached to the end of the handle.  The most remarkable thing about the hammer is the fact that she uses it to such devastating effect as she does.  The hammer has been weighted to allow her to use it well given her body size and mass.  Her time in training has given her an incredible understanding of force and motion and leverage making her that much more deadly.


 * Her Shotgun, Malice - Being taught that sometimes discretion is the greater part of valor she's become relatively proficient with the shotgun she's named Malice. Much like her hammer there is a dangly and sickeningly cute cat charm attached to the handle of her shotgun.  The barrel has been sawed off a bit to allow for a greater spread.  If her hammer isn't sufficient to hold off the masses, the spread and power of the shotgun certainly will from a distance.


 * Her gloves and boots - Both her gloves and her boots have been reinforced with metal to help with various types of supernatural creatures. Other than the reinforcement they are just normal gloves and knee boots.


 * A Nearly Infinite Wardrobe - With her money and various occupations Alicia has an incredibly diverse and nearly unlimited wardrobe. Everything from club wear to stage costumes, to heavy duty clothing for more dangerous assignments; She has nearly everything in her closet.

=Fame and the Normal Girl=

Alicia has managed to keep her reputation quite clean despite her double life. Being a naturally well-behaved person to begin with she has managed to keep her face out of the tabloids save for speculation on who she might be dating this month and why.

She's been subject to the normal tabloid and paparazzi followers. Articles including stories of her eating disorders, drug and alcohol use, who she's spending her vacations with and various other trashy pieces have floated to the surface and been subsequently flushed down the drain by her Agent and Promoters. All of these are normal, especially if you're a perfectly boring person and don't participate in drug use, binges, naked tirades and other outrageous celebrity activities. If they only knew about her other life.

For the most part she really desires time to herself away from both the spotlight of her Pop Star life and the grind of her Templar activities. She regularly sneaks away from her handlers for a bit of fun and entertainment on her own terms. This frustrates James to no end especially when she removes the GPS chip from her phones. This has an actual benefit on several fronts. it gives her time to herself to be a regular woman and have some normal activities. It also gives her a bit of a cover when she needs to do some things for the Templar. The excuse that her disappearing for a few hours or a few days is perfectly normal for her. She does it all the time.

She has some famous friends and does some celebrity things but she's got a much better head on her shoulders than most young girls in her position.

=Skills and Abilities=

Alicia is a "bee" and as such she has several abilities that are above and beyond normal human. Most of her abilities though come from training and exercise and years of practice.


 * Martial Arts - While not a formal student of martial arts she has been trained in several practical techniques by her parents. While these lessons can be translated to hand to hand combat some of them are focused on weaknesses of the supernatural.  Used in conjunction with her warded and reinforced gloves and boots she can handle herself should her opponents get inside her range with her hammer or she need them at times that she's unable to carry her hammer.


 * Perfect Pitch - Alicia has a phenomenal singing voice, as is evident by her singing career. What most people aren't aware of is that she can reach Infrasound frequencies with her voice.  This has no real use aside from the ability to cause some feelings that range from unease to nausea to euphoria.


 * Training and competence with the War Hammer - Despite she size and build she is incredibly competent with the War Hammer, and is her preferred weapon. She can swing and recover with ease despite the weight and size of her weapon.  Most of this comes from a great understanding of force, mass and leverage.

=(OOC) Musical Inspirations= There were several songs that came to mind while i was coming up with Alicia. Below are a few of the songs i had in my head or happened to come up on my playlist while I was in the creative process.

I took a lot of inspiration from Pixie Lott. Much for appearance and style of music. Any of the stage performance pictures that I put up will be Pixie Lott in concert.