<div class="floatleft">(http://i50.tinypic.com/wmcvwm.jpg)</div><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 10pt;"><br/><strong>  Character Name:  </strong>Friederike Hansen, called Franka<br/><br/><strong>  Nationality:  </strong>German<br/><br/><strong>  Age:  </strong>22<br/><br/><strong>  Appearance:  </strong><br/><br/>  Curly, brown, rather short hair, light green eyes, freckles<br/><br/>  Height: 1.68 m or  5'6" <br/>  Weight: circa 58 kg or 128 lbs<br/>  Well-proportioned, light-boned, muscular body<br/><br/> <br/><br/><strong>Training/skills/specific knowledge or experience:  </strong><br/><br/>Sixteen at the time of the outbreak, she didn't even have her Abitur (University qualification) or a driver's licence when everything fell into chaos. Has talent for and had interest in languages and the humanities. A sports loving child and teenager who loved running, gymnastics, martial arts, mountaineering and free-climbing, which led to her grand passion for Le Parkour (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkour (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkour)) she discovered at the age of eleven. Fairly good swimmer.<br/><br/>Has considerable knowledge about the infected, communities and nomadic groups, cities and possible routes of travel in the Rheinland. Knows how to survive, deal with animals and people she comes across. <br/><br/>Her greatest 'gift' is her perceptive, highly developed instinct and understanding of how people (survivors or infected) and  animals 'tick' and will behave or react. This allows her to approach and interact with them in ways that minimise danger. Has observed, if not downright studied the infected. When it comes to hiding from them, sneaking past them, outrunning them or getting rid of them (not only by killing them), few survivors are more experienced or efficient than her. <br/></span></span><br/><div class="floatright">(http://i47.tinypic.com/14ae71f.jpg)</div><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 10pt;"><br/><strong>Background:  </strong><br/><br/>Grew up in well-off middle-class intellectual household, lived in the country, later moved to Hamburg. Was an open, popular, fun-loving, sometimes cheeky girl, great at sports (did it for fun, not very interested in competitions)and a good student. Came down with the 'flu' in 2012, but recovered quickly. Was on a holiday in Berlin with a clique of Le Parkour and mountaineering friends when the epidemic broke out in June 2013. Berlin soon was run over by hordes of infected. The constantly shrinking group of friends tried to make it to the nearest evacuation zone, but by the time the three who had survived this long arrived, evacuations had stopped and the safe zone wasn't all that safe anymore. <br/><br/>To her knowledge, none of her family or friends survived. Like most, she tried to find out what had happened to them in vain. During her search for them and later while keeping on the move, she has joined and been joined by several groups and individuals, most of them dead or infected by now, too. In the past two years, she has regularly visited three small, stable communities of survivors in the region near Bonn which she helped scout, cleanse of infected, and secure. Carries news between the communities and secures goods (often from nearby cities) they need. Wants to join one of them and would be welcome. <br/><br/><strong>Languages:  </strong><br/><br/>Excellent German<br/>Rather fluent in English, speaks with British accent, understands all accents and dialects from the British Isles well, but has (considerable) difficulties with American accents (hardly ever heard them spoken), especially when combined with slang or a blurred pronunciation <br/>Speaks a very broken French and doesn't understand much, either, when spoken fast and with strong accent<br/>Spanish, Italian, Swedish, Dutch and similar languages she can pick up quickly when she hears them spoken (her listening understanding of them will increase very fast)<br/><br/><strong>Personality:  </strong><br/><br/>Her formerly cheerful, open and fun-loving personality is almost entirely buried. Will, if necessary, explain for hours how best to cross a territory or survive in a city, but says almost nothing when it comes to personal or private matters. Sought contact and to bond with others in the early years after the outbreak, but seeing others die and having made hard decisions a few times too often, she has become emotionally detached. Doesn't encourage or respond well to attempts to get to know her or make her interested in another person on any but a superficial and 'functional' level.<br/><br/>Had a healthy, steady personality and psyche to begin with. Has much willpower and determination, is enduring, a survivor through and through. Relies on her own judgement and instincts, applies logic and analysis, doesn't respond well to bullying or attempts at intimidation, but won't challenge the decisions or authority of others unless they try to force them on her. <br/><br/>Hasn't degenerated through the events, still acts according to a set of morals, is rarely aggressive, not overly selfish or unscrupulous, will help others if motivated to. <br/><br/><strong>Behaviour under Stress:  </strong><br/>Applies logic and follows her own judgement. Tough, enduring, resists stress over a long time, remains calm, calculating and rational in most situations. Doesn't hesitate to abandon or even kill someone who becomes a danger if she sees it as the only way to secure her or her group's survival.<br/><br/><strong>Weapons, equipment etc.:  </strong><br/><br/>As she actually lives in the area, what she wears and carries with her varies depending on what it is she is doing. <br/><br/><strong> Sexual orientation:  </strong>Straight, possibly a touch of bi she isn't aware of. A virgin, inexperienced when the outbreak happened. Contraception being almost impossible to come by among survivors, sex didn't seem worth the risk, to her, a pregnancy would equal certain death.</span></span>