Reina

Name:
Reina

Age:
23

Race:
Human

Height:
5’7” (170 cm)

Weight:
124 lbs

Occupation:*
Wanderer

Personality:
Optimistic, sarcastic, logical, and intelligent. Reina is well spoken and has become cultured from her many travels. Due to time spent with bandit gangs she picked up on some sarcastic and dismissive traits but overall she is kind and tries to look at the bright side of everything.

History:
A small fishing village along the coast of southern Salvar is the home of a small tribe of peoples who have lived there for centuries. They harken back to an old tradition of a pantheon of angel worship through offerings of fish, monthly ceremonies, and incredible swordsmanship. Training most of their lives to fight off demonic advances and bring honor to their patron angels. This too was Reina’s fate and she had proven to be quite talented with a fishing rod, a katana, and was attractive enough to catch the eye of more than one village teenager.

At the age of sixteen Reina departed into a fishing schiff with her elder brother Riste. The pair had discovered a wondrous fishing spot nearby that proved to yield a bountiful catch. As they neared the spot the skies darkened and the waves began violently crashing upon their small schiff. Terrified and disoriented, Riste attempted to paddle back towards their village while Reina clutched to the side of their boat fearful for her own life. As the brave youth turned their vessel around a swirling of waves appeared in front of them and out of it sprang a sinister and vile aura.

Encased within this aura was a foul looking demonic entity that glared down at the two teenagers. Cackling in his booming voice the entity shouted, “Reina, my child. I have been watching you.” As Reina’s shoulders tensed her brother cut her a look in bewilderment. Before either could speak the demon proceeded, “I have sought out a being who could harness my gift for far too long. It had to be someone from your tribe, I have hated the angels your people worship for eons and what better way to see them and your puny people decimated than from one of their own.”

Hearing these words Riste spoke up and ordered that the demon, “back down, we are followers of the angelic path!” Waves crashed over the bow of their ship as the demon took on a humanoid form on board their schiff. With a clawed hand he knocked Riste over and then grabbed at Reina’s very soul. With a squeeze the young woman let out an agonizing scream as the demon began to twist and manipulate her spirit to his own sick desires.

Once Reina awoke she was in the shaman’s tent of her home. Hours passed into days which turned to weeks. The village’s magic was of no use, their prayers to the angels they followed went unanswered as it was made clear that the girl was an outcast now. Reina set off on her own to discover the meaning of her dark ‘gift’ and to try and cleanse her soul of the terrible magic she had been cursed with.

She joined with a band of thieves for a brief period of time, they found her ‘gifts’ were useful for getting information out of those with knowledge they wished not to share. Eventually she tired of the safety in numbers, she despised using her abilities to simply harm others for profit. Striking out on her own she continues to seek answers or possibly an atonement. Though there are times, dark and lonely times, when she wonders what would happen if she fulfilled her demonic caretaker’s prophecy.



Appearance:
Reina is a fair skinned young woman with shoulder length pink hair and piercing emerald eyes. She has a relatively small frame and tends to wear common clothing and a lightweight sack in order to remain swift on her feet. Ultimately she values her ability to get in and out of danger quickly and aside from her unusual hair color she dresses in a manner to avoid being noticed. Left-handed, she wears a katana housed within a black sheath on her right hip. Across her neck is a silver necklace and lotus charm that was given to her by her parents as a young girl.

Skills:
Reina is an excellent fisher, spending much of her youth learning to fish.
Reina has an above average skill with a katana. Better than a novice but not as good as a fully trained swordsman.
Reina is quite agile, slightly more so than a regular human.



Abilities:
Torment - Reina interlocks her fingers and presses them to the back of her neck. Doing so causes immense pain with the intensity of the pain determined by how many fingers she presses into her neck. Currently Reina can only stand pressing four fingers into her neck before passing out. If she presses more than four fingers she will immediately pass out from the pain.

Degrees of pain, for clarity,

One finger on her neck causes a mild pressure around her and her bound target’s flesh. It’s uncomfortable and only mildly painful. Typically it’s only useful for distracting someone.

Two fingers causes the pressure to build up from under the skin, the intensity feels bad enough to inhibit movement slightly for Reina and would be comparable to a bad headache except all over the body.

With three fingers the pressure continues but there is also the sensation of one’s flesh being cut slightly all across the body.

At four fingers the pressure increases to a migraine and the cuts begin to feel like deep lacerations. Reina can currently hold this for around 5-10 seconds before fainting.

Anything further currently feels like Reina is being burnt alive, she passes out instantly from the trauma. Anyone bound to Reina ceases to feel any of torment’s effects after it ends.


Delusion - This ability is Locked as Reina does not know the name of her demon.
Reina speaks the name of her demon lord which causes her to experience an array of hallucinations including burning figures and terrifying roars. If she speaks the name once more it will end the delusion.

Soul Link - Reina makes physical contact with a sapient being, linking the two in a bind that lasts a few hours (its duration is dependent upon how long physical contact is made). During the link any pain, pleasure, or sensations felt by one of the two is felt by the other. Thus if her target is injured she is injured in a similar manner. If her target is intoxicated she is intoxicated. These effects also work in reverse. If Reina were to link with someone and they then proceeded to slap her they would, in turn, feel the same pain and sensation of their hand slapping her face.

Reina can break this bond whenever she chooses but doing so will cause her to become incredibly dizzy and fatigued. Otherwise the bond will diminish within hours. Regardless of how long she made contact the bond always lasts for at least one hour unless Reina breaks it.

It should be noted that Reina’s tolerance for pain could be higher or lower than someone she has bonded with. In the same way Reina could be more or less tolerant to mind-altering chemicals or feel sensations differently from a bound target.


Equipment/Weapons:

Fishing line, iron katana, traveling boots, and common clothing.

Since torment can affect others VIA soul link, can you prove a more general example of pain. For instance, four fingers might make Reina pass out, but not someone else. That’s it. Otherwise, cool new character!

Thanks!

For clarity,

One finger on her neck causes a mild pressure around her and her bound target’s flesh. It’s uncomfortable and only mildly painful. Typically it’s only useful for distracting someone.

Two fingers causes the pressure to build up from under the skin, the intensity feels bad enough to inhibit movement slightly for Reina and would be comparable to a bad headache except all over the body.

With three fingers the pressure continues but there is also the sensation of one’s flesh being cut slightly all across the body.

At four fingers the pressure increases to a migraine and the cuts begin to feel like deep lacerations. Reina can currently hold this for around 5-10 seconds before fainting.

Anything further currently feels like Reina is being burnt alive, she passes out instantly from the trauma. Anyone bound to Reina ceases to feel any of torment’s effects after it ends.

I went ahead and edited the above into my profile. Let me know if I need to adjust anything.

Sounds good.

Approved!