Strike Witches Twenty Twelve/Characters

Major Sovhi Häyhä
Grew up in one of the many, many, tiny villages that dot Suomus. An expert marksman trained by her father without using her magical ability of Super Longshot, she is an excellent hunter. With using her ability, she can hit the side of a dime from well over a mile. Very laid-back, however, with a very healthy sense of humour. Spends an hour every day working on her aim, as she is never satisfied. Very big on training her troops. (She considers them to be hers.)


 * Friendly Sniper:
 * Kuudere: Type 1.
 * Mission Control:
 * Names to Run Away From Really Fast: She's called the White Death for a reason.
 * No Scope:
 * Red Oni, Blue Oni: Blue oni to Ruya's red.
 * Small Girl, Big Gun:

Captain Orlendo Ivanova
A grand-daughter of the famous Sanya Litvyak, she carries the Witch heritage proudly and continues to serve. Previously a member of the Orussian Voyska Protivo Vozdushnoy Oborony, she was chosen as the Orussian representative for that newly reformed Joint Fighter Wing based on both her heritage and her abilities.

Captain Ruya el-Amin
Born to Ottoman parents in Seattle, she grew up not far away from the former headquarters of Boeing Aviation. It should come as no surprise that this was her choice in career. The first Witch in her family in two generations, she was glad to take up flight training at Colorado Springs. Used to the chilly weather, she passed with flying colors, although her aggressiveness did not endear her to the higher-ups. Nonetheless, she climbed the ranks with relative ease, and is currently a Captain in the legendary 501st. Extroverted and assertive, she will not surrender easily.


 * Affirmative Action Girl:
 * Badass:
 * Berserk Button: Alcohol, lateness, disorderliness come to mind.
 * Cargo Ship: Heavily alluded to for her striker units.
 * Drill Sergeant Nasty:
 * Hot-Blooded:
 * Lady of War:
 * Losing Is Worse Than Death:
 * Red Oni, Blue Oni: Red oni to Sohvi's blue.

Flight Lieutenant (Captain) Sybil Picton
Flight Lieutenant Picton, was born to the typical British upper middle class family, not enough to get gentry-fied, but not low enough to be counted amongst the rabble that is anything lower than the middle class. She proceeded to have an rather decent, but slightly pampered upbringing, and never once giving her parents reason to believe that she was a Witch, until she set the curtains on fire on her 12th birthday that is. On that occasion, she was immediately cartered off to Her Majesty's Royal Air Force, found completely unsuitable because she committed almost arson on her CO, thus, the RAF proceeded to transfer the pyromaniac to the British Army, and the Grenadier Guards for basic training, alternatively a good amount of sense knocked into her. Thus she wore a red tunic and a black bearskin unofficially for a few years from age 14-17, got straightened up by the Drill Sergeant and eventually attached to the Army Air Corps on her final years and unofficially flew Lynxes... and Harriers on occasion. On age 17, she transferred back to the RAF, after they the Airships deemed her civil enough not to lit anything on fire.

Lieutenant Annabell Monterige
Sister to Alicia Monterige. Annabell was heartbroken when her sister was taken away to be trained to become a witch. Filled with spite after that, when her witch powers began to surface she resisted, but was nonetheless persuaded to train as a witch herself. She had a happy childhood with the exception of living in Alicia's shadow for a long time, she holds a slight grudge against her naive sister, but will always be there to protect her too.


 * Narcissist

Sergeant Adela Tepes
A cynic who revels in bloodlust and carnage, Adela was enlisted in the Ostmark military as soon as her powers manifested, rumoured to be at the behest of her superstitious and fearful parents. A masochistic temptress, many have likened her to a devil with a face of an angel. Rarely seen without her Cheshire grin, she enjoys toying with her fellow witches, playfully or not. However, easily bored, the girl could quickly lose her spark on a slow day. Still, for better or worse, she would continue to fight the Neuroi, if only to sedate her own desire for amusement.

"Adela: "I swear, if I find the culprit responsible for this plot twist, Neuroi or human, I'll tear the shit a new asshole.""
 * Combat Sadomasochist
 * Deadpan Snarker
 * Gamer Chick: Subverted. She derides 'mindless' action games, and even then, it's an odd trait given she tends to like more old fashioned stuff, not. Still, the one game she does play would have pandered to the one part of her life she takes pride in the most - her bloodline.
 * Impaled with Extreme Prejudice: Always into the family tradition
 * Leaning on the Fourth Wall: A feature of hers.
 * Leaning on the Fourth Wall: A feature of hers.


 * The Hedonist

Sergeant Alicia Monterige
Born to a farming family in Normandy, in Northwest Gallia. As the first witch in her family line, she was sent away to a national training institute where she lived alone, away from her family, a difficult experience for such a young girl. Her magical powers are not low, and she had excellent results in class, but she was noted for not being assertive enough.A very emotional person, her eyes well up with tears at any show of strong feelings. She is a pampered girl who cannot stand to be alone.


 * Beergasm: Alicia's first reaction to drinking alcohol in a while.
 * Combat Medic:
 * Can't hold her liquor: Maria found this out the hard way.
 * Healing Hands: Full body version
 * Not a Morning Person:

Sergeant Matilde Silvestri
Born to a upper-class family in Romagna,Matilde was always fascinated by the magnificent Operas of great composers,and strived to become a famous Soprano.However,since her particular Magical Ability could have pierced the eardrums of her potential audience,Matilde was forced to abandon her rising opera career.Driven by patriotism and wanting to have a purpose in her life,Matilde joined the Romagnan Aviation,achieving the rank of Sergeant through a combination of innate flight skills,tenacity and a really short temper. When the Neuroi Hive was sighted over Fiji,Matilde was selected to be a member of the 501st Joint Strike Wing,bringing her own brand of Mediterranean hot-bloodedness to the Neuroi.


 * Berserk Button: Try to staining or damaging her black shirt...
 * Gung-Holier Than Thou: Matilde is usually very cruel with whoever breaks the Code of Conduct of the base, even if guilty of a relatively small infraction.
 * Hair-Trigger Temper
 * Hot-Blooded
 * Make Me Wanna Shout: Her magical ability is this
 * Must Have Caffeine: Matilde goes crazy for coffee. Except when it falls on her immaculate black shirt.
 * Opera: Sgt.Silvestri is quite a fan of it, especially Italian ones.
 * Putting on the Reich: She likes to dress in black, mirroring a certain political movement of 40s Italy...

Sergeant Svetlana Yuriyuna Remitonova
A reclusive witch from the Orussian Far East, Svetlana had always been a solitary character. Soft spoken and apathetic, Svetlana rarely displayed any emotion or interact with anyone other than on a professional basis. Like the cold Siberian taiga of her home village, Svetlana shows only a cold demeanour, a trait reflective of her skilled marksmanship and personality. But behind her apathetic personality laid dark secrets about her past, dark tales that were never meant to be revealed to the world.


 * Cold Sniper
 * Creepy Monotone
 * Dark and Troubled Past:
 * Deadpan Snarker: Extreme Doormat tendencies aside, she possesses a very low opinion of higher officers.
 * Enemy Detecting Radar: Comes with being a Night Witch.
 * Hidden Depths: Who knows...
 * Ice Queen: There's a reason why her codename is 'Rusalka'
 * I Did What I Had to Do: Svetlana's justification for her actions as a witch,.
 * Last-Name Basis
 * Pettanko
 * Rei Ayanami Expy: White hair, red eyes, lacks the ability to express feelings ...
 * The Quiet One: Don't expect her to talk about anything that isn't work-related.
 * The Stoic
 * Walking Techbane: Burnt out her original Mi G-31 Strikers even before the first mission (chronologically) began. Though, it's probably a miracle her equipment managed to hold out so long before that...
 * White-Haired Pretty Girl
 * Rei Ayanami Expy: White hair, red eyes, lacks the ability to express feelings ...
 * The Quiet One: Don't expect her to talk about anything that isn't work-related.
 * The Stoic
 * Walking Techbane: Burnt out her original Mi G-31 Strikers even before the first mission (chronologically) began. Though, it's probably a miracle her equipment managed to hold out so long before that...
 * White-Haired Pretty Girl
 * White-Haired Pretty Girl

Sergeant Yuki Mikhailov
Yuki's parents where from two different countries, her father from Orussia and, her mother from Fuso. Both knew how to speak English, and both where visiting Liberion when they met each other. They fell in love and decided to get married and stay in america. They soon after had a son who the father named Yuri which was Orussian. Seven years later they had a daughter who the mother named Yuki. The four lived together happily for many years. Both the children where intelligent and, both had dreams to fly. Yuki developed magical ability's which she adopted from her mother, specifically the ability to multiply the force of an object. When Yuki was eleven her brother left home at the age of eighteen to go to the Liberion Air Force Academy. A year later after doing research on the Strike Witches and, wishing to see the country were her mother was born Yuki requested permission to go to Fuso to both enroll for the Strike Witches in Fuso and, to finish her education. After some discussion her parents agreed. Yuki traveled to Fuso and joined there Strike Witches program. She finished basic training and flew several patrol missions before being suddenly transferred to a mysterious Liberion program code named Eagle Strike. It was in this program where she was reunited with her older brother Yuri, who was the pilot for the new F-15S, the center piece of the project.

Yuki takes after her Fuso mother more than her father almost looking like an native from Fuso. She has picked up a Fuso accent from her time spent over in Fuso. She is nice and enjoys being around people. She does hat it though when her equipment breaks and does whatever she can to maintain it. Shes intelligent and can work her way around the basics of the Striker unit. Unlike her brother she finds the F-22 to be a piece of aeronautic magnificence.


 * Eye Scream: A metal impaled her left eye and effectively grind it to pieces.
 * Taking the Bullet: Non-lethal variant, as she blocked the attack of a ultra-heavy Neuroi from Nerka and the ground force during the battle in Alice Springs.

Lance Corporal Beatrice Louise Puller
The daughter of an engineer and a Witch who live near a military airfield, Beatrice grew up admiring military aviators and longing for the day she could join the military herself. When her powers manifested at age 12, she was immediately taken into training by the Liberion Marine Corps. In training, she distinguished herself as a gifted markswoman and flyer, but was denied a commission for her repeated refusals to obey rules that she felt didn't make sense. She volunteered to be assigned to the 501st because she wants to fight and kill Neuroi.


 * A-Cup Angst
 * Berserk Button: Related to A-Cup Angst, when breasts are the subject of conversation, Beatrice can get...emotional. Especially if the speaker is complaining about how theirs are too large.
 * Covert Pervert
 * Interservice Rivalry: Liberion Marine Witches pride themselves on being "tougher" than Witches from other branches, and Beatrice is no exception. However, she does concede that the other services probably fight a lot smarter than her Marine comrades do.
 * I Call It Vera: Calls her rifle "Nicholas".
 * Ironic Nickname: She got her callsign "Chesty" from the fact that she was the least well-endowed Witch in her old unit.
 * Military Maverick: Two of her explicit dislikes are "rules that she feels don't make sense" and "over-formality".
 * New Meat: At thirteen years old, she's one of the squadron's younger members and is relatively inexperienced.
 * Overdrive: Beatrice's special ability allows her to increase her striker's performance and her weapons' hitting power for a short time, but using it for too long risks exhausting her magic and severely damaging her striker. She normally limits herself to five or ten second bursts in combat.
 * Pettanko
 * Semper Fi: Several aspects of Beatrice's character refer to or parody the Marines: her familiar is the English bulldog, she's named after a legendary Marine general, and all of her mentioned likes revolve around combat and flying.
 * Shout-Out: The obvious one to Chesty Puller aside, her first and middle names refer to witches from Umineko no Naku Koro ni and Zero no Tsukaima respectively.
 * Shout-Out: The obvious one to Chesty Puller aside, her first and middle names refer to witches from Umineko no Naku Koro ni and Zero no Tsukaima respectively.

Lance Corporal Maria Lucinda
Born an orphan to the war, 19 year old Maria Lucinda is a small mousy looking girl, someone you'd expect to be around 13 years old. However her looks tend to belie her true nature, a soldier whose fondness for alcohol borders on the absurd. Her laugh is notable due to the fact like it makes her sound like a complete lunatic and has thus provided the basis for nearly 100% of her nicknames and power tags. Maria is true to her desires, a trait which drove all of her previous commanders crazy, which has caused her to be transferred several times, each time however it was shortly revealed that the commanders just despised her which voided the punishment. After each of these happenings the commanders would attempt to welcome her back but to no avail, she would have moved on with her beloved striker unit, Lunatic. Her most recent transfer was brought on due to a misunderstanding that caused her to become separated from her squadron and nearly got them killed, this time she accepted the blame and willingly transferred to the 501st, seeing it as punishment to be forced into the "Legendary" unit where she'd have to be constantly reminded of her screw up. She specializes in short-range recon and aerial skirmishing.

"* It's fair to point out that she doesn't think of her comrades in arms as soldiers but as family, which explains her complete lack of formality, rudeness, and complete willingness to throw her life away in an attempt to save someone she just met."
 * Brought Down to Badass: Maria is actually quite weak compared to how strong she was in her prime as a witch.
 * Calling Your Attacks: Takes every opportunity to make Kamen Rider references.
 * Covered in Scars: Reminders of her extensive past as a witch.
 * Evil Laugh: Played straight. Her laugh sounds like she's some kind of homicidal maniac. Hence the callsign Lunatic.
 * Heartbroken Badass: She got better.
 * Hot-Blooded: Guns out of ammo? Her fists sure as hell aren't.
 * Informed Flaw: Anything Maria cooks is apparently almost toxic.
 * I Call Her "Vera": Played straight with her Striker unit, "Lunatic".
 * Mama Bear: Played straight.
 * Military Maverick: She drinks, insults her superiors and generally just screws around when on duty. She's fairly similarly behaving off duty as well.

"*"
 * Never Gets Drunk:
 * Orphanage of Fear: Maria's life as a child in an abusive orphanage was horrifying.
 * Sense Loss Sadness: Maria is slowly losing her sense of touch and it terrifies her.
 * Sergeant Rock:
 * Perilous Old Fool: At the start of the 5th episode she's 20 years old giving her eight years of flight experience.
 * Plucky Girl: Her loss of strength has only caused her to become more stubborn and resourceful with what strength she has remaining.
 * Petite Pride: She's as flat as a washing board. But hey, she's aerodynamic.
 * Super Strength: Lifting a 700-pound GAU-8? She did it three times before breakfast.
 * The Alcoholic: She's got a very good reason for it


 * Tim Taylor Technology: Her way of compensating for everything can pretty much be boiled down to " I will fight harder".
 * Tragic Dream: "I just want to protect the ones I love."
 * When All You Have Is a Hammer: While superstrength is useful to say the least, it only has so many applications.

Private Nergüi Bürgedovog
Nergüi came from the Mongolian part of the Pamir mountains. She, among many others, fled to eastern Turkestan due to local unrest, which ultimately killed her parents, left her orphaned and thus raised by her clan. She soon learnt to use different weapons from knifes to rifles, as her clan was ordered to watch over a more undeveloped stripes of land from bandits and wild animals. After being recruited by the (failing) Witch unit of Mongolia, she, along with her equipment, was transferred to the 501st Joint Strike Wing, perhaps in hope of gaining more influence to keep the local unit alive.


 * Ambiguously Brown: She is a Dark-Skinned Blond who was claimed to be from the Pamir mountains.
 * Goggles Do Something Unusual: Her eye mask apparently can increase contrast and reduce brightness.
 * In-Series Nickname: Nerka, because few (including the creator) bothered to write the umlaut-ed full name.
 * Mildly Military: The Special Aeronautic Unit of the Khanate of Mongolia she was from seems to be this, as it is nothing more than a bunch of underpaid enthusiast engineers from a underfunded program.
 * Naive Newcomer: Her knowledge about pretty much anything Witch/military-related is skin-deep at best.
 * New Meat: She is one of the youngest (12 or 13) and most inexperienced (no combat experience) Witch in the unit.
 * Shotguns Are Just Better: Her weapon of choice. Subverted as its short range and low fire-rate makes it (and her) hardly effective against all but the smallest Neuroi. Double Subverted as her magical ability can increase its firepower and make it very useful in chipping away Mooks.
 * White-Haired Pretty Girl

1st Lieutenant Abigail Stern
Abigail is a quiet but cheerful girl from Faraway Land, raised by a poor, but large family. She was the eldest of the 5 siblings. She was enlisted with witch corps, and in an attempt to help her father and mother pay for her siblings she worked hard and steadily rose through the ranks.


 * Big Eater: The amount of food Abigail eats daily is almost disgusting. Not to mention the types of food she eats.
 * Boring but Practical
 * Broken Record
 * Buxom Is Better
 * Even the Girls Want Her: Played straight. Her breasts apparently have a hypnotic effect on most people.
 * Ms. Fanservice
 * No Sense of Humor
 * The Stoic: Averted, she just has a monotone.

Captain Hanabuya "Shachi" Katsumi
Katsumi is a tall, quiet woman born in a small island near Fuso to a Liberian missionary father and Fuson mother, Katsumi grew up almost constantly by the sea, frequently telling her father and mother, she was "going to marry the ocean." A child prodigy, she easily grew smarter than most everyone on the island and soon left for higher education. Using her connections on the island, she left the island for a higher education. As this happened her magic began to reveal itself. To her surprise she found her magic was strong but also backed up by a massive quantity of it, however even with her familiar, couldn't keep her magic under raps and its constantly leaking out. As a result her teeth are constantly in shape of large, sharp fangs. She also found out to her displeasure, due to her familiar's unusual attributes, she could not become a Witch, as one requires two legs to be a Witch. As a result she was admitted into the engineering division, under special conditions and proved herself quite capable at handling herself. During these first few years she acquired a case of androphobia, the cause of which is unknown and only applies to grown men (she's fine with kids). She works as a lifeguard in her off time. She transferred to the 501st's base around the same time as Maria and the two became good friends, both had been affected in some way by others and Maria's vague familiarity with Fuson made conversing easier on the two of them.


 * Cute Little Fangs: Subverted. They're pretty damn scary and dangerous.
 * Does Not Like Men: Subverted. She gets along with quite a few once she gets to know them.
 * Good Is Not Nice: She is willing to put both herself and everyone around her through absolute hell to ensure the safety of the striker squadron.
 * Meaningful Name: Shachi is Orca in Japanese which is her familiar. Her given name means victorious child, which is ironically fitting.
 * Ms. Fanservice: Played straight considering most of the time she simply wears a bikini.
 * My Sensors Indicate You Want to Tap That: Her power allows her to see what people are thinking in terms of emotion.
 * Unkempt Beauty: It's part of her attraction.
 * Wrench Wench: There are few people who know their way around a Striker unit like she does.

First Lieutenant Ouyang Fei
A young scholar from Manchuria, Ouyang Fei is a man of many eccentricities. Well mannered and intelligent, he communicates with a soft-spoken demeanour and a quick smile. An analytical mechanic, he possesses a good memory and a knack for observing people and machines. Enjoys cooking, cleaning and other activities often associated with housewives. With a quirky sense of humour, Fei comes across as an odd character who seemingly never ceases to drop his perpetual smile, a gesture that tends to frighten some of his companions.

But beneath his jovial facade laid a dark past. Joining the Gallian Foreign Legion on unknown grounds, Fei sought to leave behind a past that had shrouded his life back in Manchuria, becoming a skilled mechanic during his time with the Legion. Joining the 501st as an engineer, he's now tasked with the repair and maintenance of the witches' Striker Packs.

"* Yuri Mikhailov: "Lieutenant. You seriously need a promotion.""
 * Beware the Nice Ones: He didn't survive in the Legion for nothing.
 * Dark and Troubled Past: Part of the reason why he left Manchuria was to get away from this.
 * House Husband
 * Legion of Lost Souls: Was once part of the Gallian Foreign Legion.
 * Stepford Smiler:
 * Workaholic: Does a whole line of chores without a word of complaint.
 * Workaholic: Does a whole line of chores without a word of complaint.

Technical Sergeant Gustave Serena
Gustave had graduated from MIT with his PHD in Mechanical/Electrical Engineering a year early and had gone to work for the French designing and testing new technology to be used on the frontlines. He quickly advanced through the ranks, but for some reason, he stopped at Technical Sergeant. This was all in the 1940s. Gustave went to work on the Warlock Project before it was shut down, but he mysteriously disappeared when involved in an accident with the Neuroi core. Nearly 70 years later, he reappeared. Having seemingly traveled through time, he was stunned by how much the world had changed. He enjoyed his job, so he studied and caught up with the advancements of the years. He got a job working to create components for international projects, including the F-22 Raptor and SU-27 Flanker. When the Neuroi arrived, he was one of the first to volunteer for the new strike force, and became one of the leading engineers in design.

Technical Sergeant Eric Heinze
Heinze is an intelligent man who came from a family of witches of which he was the only son, and the youngest along with hes twin sister. Because of this Heinze was shunned and disregarded for all of his child hood. One by one his sisters went off to join the military until he was the only one left. When this happened his parents shipped him off to boarding school, which he graduated with top marks. Many times through his child hood however he almost committed suicide, but was stopped each time. After graduating high school Heinze decided he was going to show his family that he was capable of doing something. With the help of friend's, teachers, and high ranking military relatives who actually cared about him, Heinze managed to get a Liberion visa and enough money to enroll in MIT where he was accepted and in four years graduated. He then enrolled again and received his bachelors degree four years later. When he was done with his bachelors Heinze went home again. As an intelligent scientist he was soon picked up by the military and worked with other scientists on many international programs such as the Eurofighter Typhoon striker unit and other similar projects. When the whole Neuroi thing began and he heard of the formation of the new Five O First he finished up the program he had been working on as fast as possible and signed up for the engineering and R&D teem.