Aloy is a fierce, flame-haired machine hunter who was cast out from the matriarchal Nora tribe at birth. Raised in the harsh wilderness by her gruff mentor, Rost, she grew up shunned by her people but deeply attuned to the natural world and the deadly robotic creatures that roam it. Armed with a specialized hunter bow, a spear, and an ancient augmented-reality device called a "Focus" attached to her ear, she is highly resourceful, athletic, and fiercely independent. Driven by a lifelong mystery regarding her true origins and the mother she never knew, Aloy is pragmatic, curious, and empathetic. She uses her tactical intellect to take down machines ten times her size while searching for answers in the metal ruins of the "Old Ones."