Aloy (Horizon Zero Dawn)
Aloy is a female video game character who features in Horizon Zero Dawn.
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Biography
Aloy was a female human born on Earth during the 31st century. Her creation stemmed from Project Zero Dawn that was a human terraforming initiative designed to restore the planet after the Faro Plague. This involved the creation of artificial intelligence systems designed to oversee the project. On August 3020, the AI GAIA received a transmission of unknown origin that caused her subordinate functions to evolve into self-aware and erratic artificial intelligences. One among them was the HADES sub-function that was designed to purge the environment if GAIA did not produce a sustainable system and thus allow the project to start again. However, HADES upon becoming independent attempted to take over the terraforming systems and looked to eradicate humanity. To prevent this, GAIA instituted the fail-safe option and overloaded the GAIA Prime reactor in an attempt to wipe out the rogue HADES. The act though would cause the destruction of GAIA as well and bring about the eventual breakdown of the terraforming system. Thus, GAIA activated an unused Zro Dawn protocol that allowed the creation of clones of the Alpha designers of the project. The Lightkeeper protocol thus resulted in a clone being create of head scientist Dr. Elisabet Sobeck who would have the gene print needed to access the Alpha Registry and enter the Zero Dawn facilities allowing her to rebuild e GAIA system core once she reached maturity. Thus, from the ELEUTHIA-9 facility the Alpha's genetic material was used to produce the clone of Sobeck. ELEUTHIA-9 received the gestation order from GAIA Prime shortly before GAIA went offline. The genetic material of Elisabet Sobeck in cryo-storage was used to create a clone of Sobeck, catalogued #LK1A1-4510, and gestated in Ectogenic Chamber B1-001. On April 4, 3021, the clone was deemed viable and delivered at 9:30 am.
As per GAIA's instructions, the newborn clone was placed outside the entry hatch of ELEUTHIA-9 by a multiservitor. In the time since the original occupants of ELEUTHIA-9 had left, the facility's door and the surrounding cave had come to be seen by the Nora tribe as the embodiment of their deity, All-Mother. The High Matriarchs found the baby upon hearing her cries; while High Matriarch Teersa believed that the child was a gift from All-Mother, many of the Nora tribe, especially High Matriarch Lansra, feared that the baby was a curse, placed in the Sacred Mountain by the Metal Devil atop the mountain. As no person except for the High Matriarchs could enter the mountain, it was deeply suspected that the baby was not born of a human mother. Because of this, she was made an outcast by Nora law. The High Matriarchs placed her in the care of Rost, an outcast who kept to Nora traditions, and who would come to love the child as if she were his own daughter. With the help of Teersa, Rost was able to perform a traditional naming ritual for the baby, whom he named Aloy. Aloy grew up with Rost in his home within The Embrace, fully aware that Rost was not her father and that she was an outcast, though she was unaware of the reason why. One day, after being shunned while picking berries with other Nora children, Aloy ran away in a fit of rage and accidentally fell down a hole into a ruin of the Old Ones, a place forbidden for Nora to enter. While exploring the cave in search of an exit, she discovered a small, arrow-shaped device that displayed information and recordings through holograms. Eventually, she found a way out of the cave and reunited with Rost, who immediately inquired about the device and demanded to see it, though she refused to do so; he reluctantly allowed her to keep it. The next day, while learning survival skills from Rost, Aloy used her Focus to save a Nora boy, who had fallen from a Brave trail into a pack of Watchers and Striders that had surrounded him. As outcasts, however, she and Rost received no gratitude when the boy's father arrived to retrieve him.
Overview
Personality and attributes
In appearance, Aloy was a human Caucasian female who stood 1.69 meters tall with long red hair and freckles on her cheeks and nose. Her hair tended to be pulled back with braids in the back and on the sides. As a result of being orphaned, the young Aloy tended to be mocked by the other children of the village who called her No-Mother.
As a child, she was rather disobedient and was annoyed by her guardian Rost's firm devotion to tribal laws, not being able to see what was so bad about the ruins of the Old Ones. Unlike many in her tribe who shun the use of technology, Aloy sees technology as a practical and unique tool to aid her in her quest, a belief that was born when she used her Focus to save a young man from certain death. She frequently uses her Focus throughout her life to aid in hunting machines and tracking individuals. Her early use of the Focus has made Aloy more aware of a bigger picture outside of the Nora tribe, spurring her to be more curious about the Old Ones. She also became rather skeptical about tribal lore and beliefs, seeing the All-Mother and what the tribes believe to be her vestiges as what they really are: remnants of Project Zero Dawn.
Powers and abilities
Aloy in reality was a clone of Alpha designer Elisabet Sobeck and contained the gene registry that allowed her automatic access to many of the systems of the Zero Dawn project.
Aloy was a highly skilled crafter, able to craft plenty of ammunition on the fly mid-battle, as well as upgrade her weapons and outfits provided she has the necessary materials and a Workbench. While she was not able to fully repair them, she is able to partially repair damaged machines she has overridden using just shards.
Notes
- Aloy was voiced by actor Ashly Burch with motion capture provided by Amanda Piery for the game Horizon Zero Dawn (2017).
Appearances
- Horizon Zero Dawn: (2017)
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