Annabelle Bradley (Cyberpunk)

Annabelle Bradley
Annabelle Bradley - 2077
Personal Details
Age	33
Birth Date	Year 17 ADP (Azeroth Calendar), arrived 2074 (Cyberpunk Calendar)
Race	Human
Class	Sharpshooter (formerly Mage)
Faction	Independent (formely Kirin Tor)
Roleplay Info
Status	Active
Occupation	Mercenary
Location	Night City

Calendar Note

The Azeroth Calendar uses the After Dark Portal (ADP) system, where Year 0 marks the Dark Portal’s opening, and Year 16 ADP aligns with the Culling of Stratholme during the Third War. The present Azeroth day is roughly Year 40 ADP (circa 2049-2057 in real-world terms, adjusted to 2077 for Cyberpunk’s timeline via Warpweaver magic). Annabelle, born in Year 7 ADP (five years before Ellienore’s Year 12 ADP), was a young adult during the Culling. She arrived in 2073, the same year as Ellienore, blending Azeroth’s timeline with Cyberpunk’s setting. Dates are flexible for roleplay.

Biography

Annabelle Bradley, a 33-year-old woman with a mage’s past and a mercenary’s grit, carries the weight of a fractured family across two worlds. Born in Year 7 ADP in Stratholme, Azeroth (circa 2044), she was raised by her father, Edwan Bradley, a rogue famed for his crimson scarf, and her mother, Estella Bancroft, a revered alchemist whose posh English accent shaped Annabelle’s own refined speech. Unlike her younger sister Ellienore, who gravitated toward their father’s roguish ways, Annabelle was drawn to her mother’s intellectual pursuits, spending her early years under Estella’s tutelage. At 15, in Year 15 ADP, she left Stratholme to study arcane magic in Dalaran with the Kirin Tor, her prodigious talent earning her a place among the city’s elite mages. Her absence spared her from the Culling of Stratholme in Year 16 ADP, but it came at a cost—she learned of the city’s fall and the possibility of her parents’ transformation into undead, a horror she couldn’t face, refusing to return in fear of seeing her family as walking zombies.

In Year 20 ADP, Annabelle took a break from her studies, retreating to the family cottage near Alterac, nestled down the mountain on Lake Lordamere’s shores. There, she discovered Ellienore and Gwendolyn Palerose had taken refuge after escaping Stratholme’s purge. The sight of her sister, the only family she had left, broke Annabelle—she collapsed into sobs, embracing Ellienore in a tearful reunion. The sisters, always close, grew even closer, their bond sometimes seen as too intimate by outsiders, a connection forged by shared loss. They spent weeks together, sharing stories of their parents and healing through their grief, before Annabelle returned to Dalaran, promising to stay in touch. When Ellienore vanished in Year 36 ADP (2073), Annabelle’s investigation uncovered her sister’s hunt for a rogue Warpweaver. Following the trail, Annabelle was also banished, arriving in Chicago in 2073, the same year as Ellienore’s exile to Maine.

Annabelle’s Cyberpunk persona reflects her adaptation: dark ginger hair cascading in waves, often tied back in a practical yet striking style, brown eyes sharp with cybernetic enhancements, and a lean frame clad in a tactical armor gear. Her posh English accent, a stark contrast to Ellienore’s, marks her as an outsider, but her mercenary skills command respect.

Warpweaver Transition

Annabelle’s arrival in Chicago in 2073 was a brutal descent into a frozen, gang-ridden hellscape. Unwillingly warped by the same rogue Warpweaver who banished Ellienore, she landed in the city’s South Side amidst a blizzard, her mage robes shredded by the icy wind, her staff shattered in transit. The first three months were a grueling survival ordeal—scavenging from abandoned megabuildings, fending off Barghest gang raids, and enduring frostbite that scarred her hands. Her arcane powers, severed by the transition, left her vulnerable, forcing her to rely on wits honed by years of Kirin Tor training. A near-fatal encounter with a Barghest enforcer ended when she outsmarted him, luring him into a collapsing structure, but not before taking a blade to her thigh, a wound that still aches in cold weather.

Desperation drove her to steal. In late 2073, she infiltrated a derelict NCPD outpost, using her survival knowledge to bypass a security drone, securing credits for implant-compatibility surgeries by early 2074—a necessity to survive Cyberpunk’s implant-driven world. Her posh accent drew mockery—“the fancy lady,” they called her—but her sharp mind turned the tables. She bartered her combat skills for protection, forming a tenuous alliance with a street doc named “Iron Stitch,” who patched her wounds in exchange for guarding his clinic. These months forged her into a survivor, her Kirin Tor discipline channeling into sharpshooting and tactical prowess, her posh accent a haunting echo of her past as she barked orders in Chicago’s underworld.

Rise as a Mercenary

With implants, Annabelle’s strategic mind adapted to Chicago’s chaos. By mid-2074, she carved a niche as a mercenary, taking gigs for fixers like “Iron Fang,” a former Militech operative with a cybernetic jaw. Her first major job in 2075—escorting a nomad convoy through the city’s gang territories—earned her the moniker “Frost Mage” for her icy precision, though she never spoke of her magical past. The convoy job wasn’t without peril; a Barghest ambush in the West Side forced her to snipe from a crumbling rooftop, her cybernetic eye locking onto targets through the snow, saving the convoy but earning her a new scar from a stray bullet. Her reputation grew, but so did her enemies—Viktor “Steeljaw” Kane, a rival merc, sabotaged her contracts, leading to a brutal showdown in 2076 where Annabelle outgunned him in a Chicago megabuilding, her cybernetic eye locking onto his heat signature through smoke.

Work brought her to Night City in early 2077, a gig to secure a datachip for a fixer named “Chrome Viper.” During the job in Watson, she crossed paths with Ellienore, who was on a rival gig to retrieve the same chip for Apothecary Inc. The sisters, unrecognizable after years apart, clashed in a neon-lit alley—Annabelle’s sharpshooting pinning Ellienore behind a dumpster, while Ellienore’s netrunning disabled Annabelle’s optics. A tense standoff followed, their eyes locking in a long, mesmerizing stare, each sensing something familiar yet impossible. Confused, they walked away, hearts pounding with unspoken recognition.

Reunion with Ellienore

Later that night, Ellienore, haunted by the encounter, secretly followed Annabelle to her dingy Night City apartment in Little China. Netrunning the door open with a silent hack, she slipped inside, confronting Annabelle in the dim glow of a computer screen. Ellienore pinned her sister in a corner, her cybernetic strength unyielding, and stared into her face, stroking her cheek with trembling fingers. Recognition dawned—Annabelle’s dark ginger hair, her brown eyes, the posh accent whispering “Who are you?”—and Ellienore broke down, sobbing as she realized her sister stood before her. They collapsed onto the couch, Annabelle turning on the TV to a mindless Braindance channel, while Ellienore lay down, her head in Annabelle’s lap, tears streaming as Annabelle caressed her cheeks, their bond rekindled in a moment of raw vulnerability.

Roleplay History

• Arrived in Chicago, 2073, unwillingly via Warpweaver magic, entering survival mode.
• Stole credits from an NCPD outpost in 2073, funding implant surgeries by 2074.
• Became “Frost Mage” in 2075, outgunning Viktor “Steeljaw” Kane in 2076.
• Arrived in Night City, early 2077, clashing with Ellienore during a gig.
• Reunited with Ellienore in 2077, sharing an emotional moment in her apartment.

Personal Details

Annabelle’s cybernetic implants and Kirin Tor-etched gear complement her mercenary role. Her dark ginger hair and posh English accent mark her as distinct, but her bond with Ellienore, rekindled in Night City, remains her anchor, their closeness a testament to their shared loss.

Trivia

• Favorite weapon: A custom smart-rifle with arcane sigils etched into the barrel.
• Companions: Her lingering hope for Ellienore, now fulfilled.
• Signature style: Tactical elegance with a mage’s mystique.