Alex Chen

"For the first time in years, I can really believe in hope."

- Alex to the crew

Alexandra "Alex" Chen is the one of the tritagonists of Life is Strange: The Guardian. She is based loosely on the characters on the same name.

Alex is a 19-year-old girl with the power of empathy. She has become rather aloof and prickly after spending eight years in the foster care system. She can be rather sarcastic even while speaking to those she adores, and she is rumored to have done some questionable things in the past to live. Given that she never sought to discover her powers, she is presumably also a less complicated person. She had believed that her main ability was empathy, but it turns out that she can also control other types of energy.

Personality
Alex is described as sharp, witty, and hardened from her time in foster care (children must be in order to survive). Due to the nature of her powers, she is also highly observant to her surroundings and sensitive to the needs of others. While initially shy towards most people she meets, she is generally friendly and approachable. Alex has always put the needs of others first rather than confronting her own emotional turmoil. As a consequence, strong negative emotions can take a great toll on her well-being.

Appearance
Alex has short black hair stylized into a pixie cut with a large protruding bang swept to her left. She wears large red glasses, diamond earrings in her earlobe piercings and two helix piercings with silver hoops on her right ear, and a silver stud in her left nostril piercing. She has two small tattoos on her right hand, one of a shooting star and a shield on her middle finger. She wears black nail polish and dresses in a blue denim jacket with three different patches, a navy blue hoodie with a yellow bird and lettering over a black shirt with long sleeves, black skinny jeans and brown hiking boots. However, she also has a selection of other outfits she can choose to wear in her room.