Alicia Melchiott

Alicia Melchiott is the deutagonist of Valkyria Chronicles, and a reoccurring character in the Valkyria Chronicles series.

History
Alicia grew up in an orphanage in her hometown of Bruhl. Not much is known about her parents or the details of her birth, but as she grew Alicia tended to help care for the younger orphans.

One day a traveling baker came to the orphanage, and baked a delicious batch of fresh bread as a treat for the orphan children. Alicia was so touched by this that she immediately knew she wanted to someday become a baker herself.

When she came of age, she left the orphanage and got a live-in job at the local bakery studying under a master baker. After a year of training, Alicia began looking into a government scheme that would grant her a license and to open her own bakery.

Unfortunately those plans came to a hold when the Second Europan War broke out and the bakery she worked at shut up shop indefinitely. Refusing to give up, Alicia joined the Town Guard to protect her hometown and was quickly promoted to Town Watchman squad leader.

On the day the Imperial army invaded Bruhl, Alicia was doing her watchman rounds when she caught sight of someone she'd never seen before scribbling furiously in a notebook. Suspecting the individual of being an Imperial spy, Alicia arrested the man at gun point, and took him in for questioning. Welkin Gunther, the man she arrested, revealed himself to be a former resident of Bruhl and he was only here to help his adoptive sister, Isara Gunther, evacuate the town.

After Isara appears and reveals the story to be true, the Imperial Army attack leaving Alicia to fight the soldiers off in order to allow the townsfolk time to escape. Welkin joins Alicia as back up, and the two manage to hold off the invading scout troop before a tank appears. With no way to fight a tank effectively, Alicia tells Welkin to flee and she'll buy him some time to escape. Just when all hope seems lost for Alicia making it out of this skirmish alive, Welkin and Isara return...in The Edelweiss, a tank belonging created by Isara's biological father, and the one Welkin's father used to become a war hero. They pick Alicia up, and all three, plus Martha the Gunther's nanny, escape together. Alicia hopes for a better future, as they escape to the Gallian capital city of Randgriz.

Here Alicia, alongside Welkin and Isara sign up to the militia, and are placed in Squad 7 together by Captain Varrot. Alicia is made the Sergeant of Squad 7 working under Welkin's command. At first the newcomers have problems with veterans Largo Potter and Brigitte "Rosie" Stark who have issues with Welkin and Isara respectively, but through a successful few missions manage to get the two of their side by proving Welkin's knowledge of nature can be helpful and Alicia managing to keep the group together, although Rosie still dislikes Isara.

During a mission in the Barious Desert, Alicia, Welkin and Welkin's friend and Squad 1's leader, Faldio, explore the ancient ruins of an ancient race known as the Valkyrur. Here, Alicia accidentally opens a hidden doorway which leads deeper into the ruins.

As the three explore, they come across the enemy commander, Prince Maximillion and his bodyguard/general, Selvaria Bles. Sensing this as a good chance to bring the war to an end, Alicia reaches for her gun and demands Maximillion surrender to which Selveria instantly threatens them, pointing her lance at the girl. Prince Maximillion responds by stating he doesn't want to sully this sacred ruins but if they wish to battle to meet him on the surface. Alicia excitedly convinces Welkin and Faldio to follow so they can take out the enemy commander.

It's here on the battlefield that Alicia gets her first glimpse of Selvaria's Valkyrur power, as Selvaria devastates the battlefield, immune to tank shells and only through clever tactics by Squad 7 do they force her to leave the battlefield in order to prioritise Maximillion's safety first and foremost.

Trivia

 * Alicia's the only known Valkyrur to not naturally have red eyes.
 * Alicia's potential, Resist Crossfire, makes her incredibly useful for scout rushing enemy bases.
 * Alicia appears in Sega Heroes alongside Selvaria Bles, Welkin Gunther and Largo Potter.