Our precious, sweet knowledge bean! Whenever I saw Aloy talking to Beta, I wanted to dive into the game to help mediate, because Beta needed help and Aloy needed patience. And it made me so happy when she finally acknowledged her as her sister.
Beta is gonna have much of the same problems as she did in the game, but this time she won't have the stress of impending doom to cause her panic attacks; that'll be for other things to trigger. But she'll still have her sister and friends to help her overcome it.
(Sorry for the format; this site doesn't like me doing this like a bullet list.)
I own nothing except my AU. The characters of Horizon Zero Dawn and the sequel game Horizon Forbidden West belong to Guerilla Games, Sony Interactive Entertainment, and Mathijs de Jonge.
~Elizabeth "Beta" Sobeck~
Online CSI/Computer Sciences major, working on adding another technical degree.
-Suffers from social anxiety and low self-esteem. Learns to lean on Aloy when it gets too much.
-She received advanced schooling while living with Tilda, so she's already really far ahead of the curve for her age. Unfortunately, she was denied much in the way of companionship and instead pushed to strive for academic excellence "just like her mother".
-She's very uncomfortable with large groups of people, especially strangers. At present time, she can really only handle small increments with the rest of the house before she retreats to her room.
-Sometimes, when she's had a rough day or has a nightmare, she stays in Aloy's room to reassure herself that she's safe now.
She knew Elisabet was her mom, but had only heard stories about her from Tilda, which were incredibly biased towards her ideal image of Elisabet.
-She didn't know she had a twin sister until she saw her own face staring back from a news article about how a young woman had won the Ban-Ur hunting competition. After that she started looking deeper into who this girl was, and managed to piece together that she was her sister. It was at this point she started planning how to escape and expose Tilda and the others of Far Zenith.
After Tilda and the other Zeniths were arrested, she moved in with Aloy and Co.; relationships are WIP.
-Growing up, she hated being reminded that she was just like her mom. Tilda would always address her as either "Elizabeth" or "Liz ", so she wanted to choose a different name when she came to live with her sister and friends. Zo offered the name "Beta" because, just as it can mean "the second of a set", and her name already has the letters in it, it can remind her that she has an older twin sister and friends who care about her now. She instantly loved it, and asked they only call her that from now on.
She loves Aloy and will always run to her first if she's in trouble, but she likes to talk with Varl and Zo when she's troubled, and they help her put her thoughts in order. It's been very helpful when her problem is with Aloy herself. Erend tries to help too, and has been good for getting a laugh out of her. He also helps shield her when Aloy isn't around and people are too much. She likes Kotallo, but he still intimidates her sometimes.
-She designed and built his prosthetic arm with help from Petra as a "thank you" for all he's done for her. Even though she knows he feels uncomfortable with the idea of wearing it all the time, it's enough for her that he uses it when he needs to.
Hobbies include reading, tinkering with Erend and Aloy, strategy games with Kotallo, talking to Varl and Zo, and in-depth discussions/debates with Alva.