• Quen Sign (Witcher) - produces two types of shields capable of absorbing and dispersing large amounts of kinetic energy before explosively shattering, sending foes reeling. The first is passive and offers lesser protection, while the second requires an active concentration and is capable of weathering greater stress. Starter Power.
• Igni Sign (Witcher) - launches a burst of extremely hot flames, capable of bubbling flesh on contact, heating metal red-hot, and igniting flammable gasses in the air. It is a versatile Sign, capable of being used at varying levels of power. It can be used for mundane tasks such as lighting campfires, as well as in combat to damage enemy armor or light them aflame. If Geralt focuses his concentration, he can spout a continuous stream of fire to focus the damage on a specific area or target. Level up Power.
• Yrden Sign (Witcher) - places a magical trap with one of two configurations.
  The Area Trap slows enemies that enter a circle with a radius of approximately one and a half meters. Additionally, any spectral enemies within the trap are forced into a more corporeal form, increasing their vulnerability to damage from physical sources (such as bombs and silver swords). Lasts for twenty seconds.
  The Glyph of Warding places a Visible Glyph on the ground which actively attacks hostile creatures and can destroy airborne projectiles within a ten-yard radius. However, the glyph can only attack approximately three times per second, and its attacks are not particularly powerful. Lasts for fifteen seconds. Level up Power.
• Axii Sign (Witcher) - A simple, yet quite unbreakable but effective sign, Axii assails the foes mind and bends them to the user's will. In combat, the sign serves one of two purposes: stunning an opponent, or, when focused on more actively, controlling an opponent in combat. Stunning an enemy is as simple as making the sign, and the attack will overwhelm the enemy's mind and leave them too disoriented to coordinate themselves for a period of about seven seconds.
  
  Overriding an enemy's mind and controlling them is a much more difficult task. Typically impossible on more mentally resilient enemies (usually boss or mini-boss level), Axii nonetheless can wreak havoc on a group of foes if they're not expecting to have to fight one of their own. It also serves a second purpose of taking the heat off Geralt if he's surrounded. Oddly enough, many enemies seem to be even deadlier when being puppeted by the sign. Whether the effect of a removal of some inhibition, or even breaking the biological inhibitors that adrenaline deactivates (in humans, at least) is unknown. It's simply...known, that enemies controlled by Axii are deadlier than they would otherwise be.
  
  Outside of combat, Axii must be maintained much more actively to produce anything more than a simple command. However, Geralt can use the sign to give complex orders to an individual. Of course, if others see him doing this to their friend, it tends to go over poorly. A few peasants may have lost their teeth or their lives trying to fight Geralt when he foolishly used this sign with others witness to what he was doing. Others...wisely ran in the opposite direction. Level up power.
• Aard Sign (Witcher) - Force incarnated, Aard produces a roughly cone-shaped blast of concentrated telekinetic energy, capable of forcing even hearty wyverns to stumble. It's also been known to knock barriers aside, blow open locked doors (Or sometimes knock them right off the hinges!), and knock grown men clean off their feet.
  
  Creatively applied, Aard can also produce a smaller and somewhat less powerful circular blast of force around Geralt, typically only strong enough to force men to stumble or risk losing their footing, rather than knocking them down outright. Level up Power.
• Second Life (Witcher) - When Vitality reaches 0, you become temporarily invulnerable and regenerate 100% Vitality. The effect can only be triggered once every 180s. Level up Power.
• Eldritch Lightning (Orphaned God) - Allows the host to call forth waves of electricity with a scream. From the Orphan of Kos Spirit.
• Hateful Flesh (Orphaned God) - Allows to pull the Orphan’s cleaver from within himself at a moderate health cost. The heaviest of his three weapons, it possesses an edge of siderate, a mineral said to have fallen from the great beyond, and rather than men or monsters, it deals extra damage to eldritch and spectral enemies. The host can pull clumps of extremely volatile tissue from the cleaver, which can then be used as contact explosives. From the Orphan of Kos Spirit.
• Identity (LCCB Sinner) - allows the host to switch out his current set of weaponry, equipment, and proficiencies to a different loadout, with additional identities available via level investment. Spirits applied to an identity will only affect that identity. This comes with the identity LCCB Assistant Manager, which comes with a set of riot armor that resists blunt and explosive damage, a tall ballistic shield, a pistol that shoots tremor-inducing Quake Rounds, and associated skills.
  
  Identities:
  
  LCCB Assistant Manager- comes with a set of riot armor that resists blunt and explosive damage, a tall ballistic shield, a pistol that shoots tremor-inducing Quake Rounds, and associated skills.
  
  Ardor Blossom Star- An E.G.O. Identity. Replaces all equipment with and orange coat, orange-and-black-striped short dress, black leggings, and boots alongside flaming moth wings, granting the ability to lob explosive fireballs at enemies. The fireballs can cause Burn, and if he puts more power into them, he can launch more fireballs albeit with a random spread. If she strikes an enemy she burned, it will cause an explosion of three more explosive fireballs that fly in random directions.
• Ardor Blossom Identity Ability - Ground Shaker (Dark Dragon) - A powerful stomp that unleashes a wave of heavy dark explosions forward, although it must by charged by dealing damage. From Barbatos's Spirit.
• Ardor Blossom Identity Ability - Shuriken Shower (Ninja Dragon) - Summons a rain of 14 shadow-infused ninja stars in an area, though this must be charged by dealing damage. The 14th star deals 58% more damage, and this ability also energizes the host and nearby allies, decreasing stamina usage and boosting stamina regen. From Shinobi's Spirit
• Brain Eater (Psi General) - Allows Geralt to permanently copy psychic abilities via aggressive grappling of other psychics' heads. Only psychic abilities can be taken for his own. From Karen Travers Spirit
• Foul Legacy: Raging Tide (Fatui Harbinger) - Allows the host to enter a melee stance endowed with weapons of pure Hydro energy. This allows him to execute quick attacks with dual blades, or stronger attacks with a joined twinblade. All attacks in this stance apply the Wet status, and critical hits apply Riptide, which deal additional Hydro attacks when triggered. From Tartaglia's Spirit
• Demon Fang (Paladin) - Sends a cutting shockwave along the ground to deal unaspected slash damage. From Flynn Scifo's Spirit.
• Basic Spells (Paladin) - Grants two basic spells, First Aid and Luminant Scythe. Each spell requires two seconds of uninterrupted channeling to cast, and require about as much stamina as casting a Sign. First Aid heals an ally for 25% of their maximum HP, while Luminant Scythe summons two angled rings of light to surround an enemy, along with four orbs of light which all crash into an enemy, dealing medium holy-aspected damage.
• Advanced Artes (Paladin) - Grants two more advanced abilities, Guardian Field and Holy Lance. Each ability costs roughly the stamina required to cast two Signs in short order, slightly exhausting Geralt after use and requiring a period of roughly fifteen seconds before he uses any costly abilities again, otherwise he risks severe physical exhaustion and an even longer period before he can use abilities. Guardian Field creates a ten-foot diameter field of blue light around Geralt, which damages enemies and heals himself and all allies within for 10% of their maximum HP over a period of three seconds. Holy Lance requires five seconds of uninterrupted channel time, after which it summons six lances of holy light, five around the target and one above. The five lances rapidly crash into the target in succession, each stunlocking the target in place for about half a second, and the final lance strikes into the target with tremendous force, knocking them up and back.

• Extreme Poison/Disease Resistance (Witcher) - Geralt is immune to all but the absolutely deadliest poisons, which allows him to utilize the Witchers’ deadly concoctions as medicine, where they would normally destroy a normal human’s body in minutes. Starter Strength.
• Superior Regeneration (Witcher) - While not enough to regenerate lost limbs, Geralt possesses regenerative abilities far beyond that of any human being. He can survive wounds that would be fatal to regular humans because he can simply heal them quickly enough to not die from them, and other, non-lethal wounds disappear significantly more quickly than they would for anybody without an absurdly powerful healing factor. Starter Strength.
• Encyclopedic Knowledge (Witcher) - Geralt’s mind is a trove of knowledge, owing to his advanced age, wealth of experience, and quick wit. He houses a nearly encyclopedic knowledge of the various potions, bombs, and oils he can create. He can easily and readily identify the ingredients to these, though they are not always readily available, of course. Along with that knowledge, Geralt also knows the names, appearances, behavioral patterns, and weaknesses of every type of monster to roam the Continent, though this knowledge is of less use against creatures he hasn't researched or fought, including humans. He can, of course, use this knowledge to approximate what may work against any monsters he comes up against. This knowledge is also useful in performing autopsies, though Geralt lacks the proper tools to perform all but the most basic autopsies. This knowledge also pertains to investigating and breaking curses, though those are often unique cases based as much on knowledge of the creature as they are knowledge of the personal circumstance. Level up Strength.
• Witcher Physiology (Witcher) - Geralt's mutations as a Witcher grant him a number of attributes that make him stand out from ordinary humans. His strength, reflexes, durability, speed, and endurance are enhanced well beyond that of the average person's. He is strong enough to stand toe-to-toe with a troll, fast enough to race a wolf, agile enough to dodge an arrow, and sturdy enough to...stand toe-to-toe with a troll. His nose rivals that of a bloodhound, allowing him to track scents he can get a good read on. Overall, a Witcher stands beyond an ordinary human in ways few can match. Level up Strength.
• Protective Instincts (Witcher) - Geralt's time in the maw has reawakened the instincts that once drove him to wage a war to rescue his daughter. When an ally of Geralt's is in danger (by his perception, so just fighting a few weak enemies wouldn't suffice as a trigger) or has been previously harmed by an enemy, Geralt is strongly motivated to protect or avenge them. He becomes faster, stronger, and more resilient (mentally and physically) when he is fighting directly on the behalf of or for the safety of others. Maw Strength.
• Famine (Maw Reward Skill) While hungry, gain speed boost and stamina regain that ramp up the hungrier you are. Maw Strength.
• Mutation Resistance (Witcher) - Owing to Geralt's history of taking (alchemically sanitized) monster parts into himself for power prior to Galeem's combining of the worlds, he has now gained a sort of resistance to the negative effects of Spirit Fusion. When Fusing with a Spirit, Geralt reduces the effects of any weakness they may impose. Fears become general aversions, and damage vulnerabilities are reduced in severity, for example. Level up Strength.
• Unrelenting Stamina (Witcher) - Owing to his Mutations and training as a Witcher, Geralt's stamina regenerates at a markedly increased rate. Signs can be cast more often, and summons can be called upon more frequently without over-taxing Geralt. Level up Strength.
• A Call Beyond (Orphaned God) - The Orphan of Kos has given Geralt an affinity for and insight into nightmarish things beyond mortal ken. From the Orphan of Kos Spirit.
• Monstrous Physique (Orphaned God) - The inhuman strength of the Orphan of Kos has suffused into Geralt, improving his already-impressive physical strength to levels far beyond human. This also improves his physical durability, allowing him to withstand more punishment. Level Up Strength from having the Orphan of Kos Spirit.

• Striker- Fizz: A playful trickster striking with an assassin’s dexterity, arriving in a flash and gone just as quickly. His quick flurry of trident attacks can cause bleeding, and he can also pull of a corkscrew dash attack
• Striker- Judicator: An abominable monstrosity, made all the more horrific for its undeniably human element. Although borne of the lowest depths imaginable, a cursed amalgam of sea creature and doomed mariner, it bears an undeniably connection to the cosmos–specifically the constellation Libra. It is slow and not that strong physically, although it takes up a lot of space, and can be called on reasonably often. Its scales, however, can induce stress in targets in a wide area,pelt them with spectral fire, of grant healing through the act of flagellation
• Monsoon: A Striker that excels in hit-and-run assassination tactics with a medium cooldown. When summoned, he can perform a handful of attacks with his sais, separate into a magnetic tornado and then corkscrew forward, perform a leaping stab attack with high crit rate, throw a smoke bomb, or take a couple seconds to gather up loose metal into a large mass to hurl at a target (though taking too much damage during the charge will stop the move). He has the passive of auto-dodging slash damage and can therefore not transfer that type of damage to the host
• Zero: A Striker that excels in hit-and-run assassination tactics with a medium cooldown. When summoned, he can perform sweeping elemental slashes with his katanas, hitting once with each, while moving in a desired direction. He can also throw two handfuls of energy kunai, or unleash a dual-element spin slash to clear an area. He has a passive that lets him deal extra damage to an enemy's back

• Apostle Persona- Valjean
  
  Valjean
  
  A Persona based off the protagonist of Les Misérables, Valjean represents Zenkichi’s desire to live a good and moral life after being granted a second chance. With no weaknesses and powerful offensive abilities, Valjean is a truly terrifying frontline combatant, as well as providing quality mid-range combat potential with Gun and Almighty skills, and a minor array of buffs and debuffs.
  
  Begins with the spell Megido, an Almighty spell that deals medium unresistable magic damage to enemies in a wide area, and the attack Triple Down, which deals light Gun damage to enemies in a wide area three times. Each “shot” of triple Down can miss or be dodged.
• Level 2 Power: -Kaja Suite- Zenkichi gains Tarukaja, Rakukaja, and Sukukaja, which can temporarily boost one ally's attack power, defense, or agility for a short period of time (roughly one minute). These buffs share a collective cooldown of one minute.
• Level 3 Power: Fury- A self buff for Zenkichi that increases his offensive capabilities in exchange for slowly draining his vitality. While Fury mode is active, Zenkichi's attack power and attack speed are increased, and each of his sword attacks lets out a small AoE shockwave in the direction of his sword swing. His Vampiric Strikes ability still works while Fury is active, but the vitality drain is typically faster than the absorption, unless Zenkichi is cleaving through a very large number of enemies, and even then it's usually only enough to roughly break even.
• Level 4 Power: Offensive Improvement- Zenkichi gains the attacks Deathbound and One-Shot Kill. Deathbound summons a swarm of hands from the ground to deal Medium Physical damage to a wide area two times, with each attack being dodgeable. One-Shot Kill deals Severe Gun damage to a narrow area, with a high chance of dealing Critical damage.
• Level 5 Power: Megidola- A powerful spell which deals Heavy unresistable Almighty magic damage to a wide area.
• Level 6 Power: Heat Riser- a superior buff skill that combines Tarukaja, Sukukaja, and Rakukaja, increasing the recipient's attack, defense, and speed for roughly 1 minute. Has a cooldown of roughly 3 minutes, separate from the individual buff skills.
• Level 7 Power: Megidolaon- The most powerful Almighty attack available to Zenkichi, Megidolaon summons a beam of energy that causes an explosion, which deals severe unresistable magic damage to a wide area, with a high chance of dealing critical damage.
• Free Power (Tycoon Battle Reward): Agneyastra- The most powerful physical attack Zenkichi can muster, Agneyastra deals medium physical damage, in the form of a swarm of meteorites, to a wide area three times, with a high chance of dealing critical damage. Each individual attack can be dodged.
• Ike Fusion Power: Eruption- Causes blue flames to build up on the host's sword when its held with both hands facing the ground. These flames continue to intensify over the course of a couple seconds, during which the host's stance is extremely difficult to break at all, until the blaze tops out. When the sword is finally plunged down, it unleashes pillars of flame that deal heavy damage and guard break. A longer charge boosts the size, damage, and number of eruptions.
• Tyrael Fusion Power: Smite- Calls down a blast of the host's primary element in an area to deal damage. It leaves behind a field that boosts allies' movement speed by 25% for 2 seconds. The field itself lasts for 6 seconds, the same as the ability's cooldown, though it still takes a chunk of SP to use.

• Combat Prowess: Whether as Wolf or Zenkichi, he is a formidable foe. Boasting excellent strength thanks to his Persona, a robust health pool, and a lack of elemental weaknesses, Zenkichi Hasegawa is a great ally to have in battle, as well as a fearsome enemy.
• Investigator’s Eye: As a public Security Agent, both before and after the World of Light’s creation, Zenkichi is an excellent detective, catching things that others might miss and being able to piece together clues with ease.
• Vampiric Strikes: Zenkichi has the ability to regenerate a small amount of life/health from each successful non-ability attack on an enemy.
• Paracryptozoologist: Grants a degree of strong intuition about supernatural creatures, specifically figuring out their behaviors and attributes.

• Self-Doubt: After the death of his wife and the alienation of his daughter, Zenkichi’s sense of self-worth took a nosedive. Even his codename is representative of this: he chose the moniker of wolf to separate himself from the dog of the state he felt he had become. When it comes to taking care of his daughter or others, he’s quick to be hard on himself, perhaps more than is necessary.
• Ties to Akane: While not strictly a weakness per se, Zenkichi’s relationship with his daughter is…less than ideal, especially given that they will be working back to the state they were at when Galeem destroyed the worlds. She can see right through him, and he strives to be somebody she can be proud of, even if he stumbles along the way. He is willing to do anything to protect her, which is what landed him in his unfortunate situation in the first place- threats against her life caused him to keep his head down, try not to rock the boat, and just deal with the corruption staring him in the face. And, of course, she can be targeted to hurt him, though that comes with the risk of angering the wolf inside and winding up in a world of hurt.
• Sluggish Striker: While Zenkichi is the strongest Phantom Thief, the great size of his weapon also makes his attacks slower and easier to dodge. While his revolvers can mitigate this weakness somewhat, they also have a semi-limited ammo pool (regenerating when Valjean is re-summoned at the start of a fight) and take quite a while to reload during a fight.
• Ladlubber: He is much less good at swimming. From Devinder Crousley's Spirit.
• Weapon Trilemma: Sword- Decreases the host's accuracy against (but increases the damage taken from) enemies wielding polearms, including spears, lances, halberds, javelins, scythes, and so forth by 15%.
• Mana Hungry- Increases the SP cost of all skills by approximately 10%.

• Sosha
  A spear-wielding dragoon with a wind affinity, fiery spirit, and short cooldown. She can attack with her polearm, performing rapid stabs or a lunging stab, or perform a high jump followed up a plunging thrust that pierces defense to deal serious damage if she managed to land it. Additionally, she can be summoned to grab and carry her host prior to a landing, which will negate fall damage.

• Psyche-Locks: Phoenix possesses the power to see Psyche-Locks, a psychic manifestation of a person's lies, taking the form of chains and locks. The more a person has, the closer the secret is being kept, or the harder the person is trying to keep it. They break as Phoenix delves closer to the root, though the act of breaking them doesn't force the person to spill - rather, it's just a representation of how tight-lipped they are. They only appear in response to a question Phoenix asks, too, and depending on how he words the question, could not appear at all.

• Sharp Wit: His time as an attorney has left Phoenix with a very sharp head, metaphorically speaking. He's quick to catch on and notice things others miss, and his sense of deductive reasoning is unmatched.
• Bluff: Flying by the seat of his pants more often than not, Phoenix has an impeccable poker face. Sudden shocks, surprises, and etc still make him react - he is human after all - but it can be pretty hard to tell what he's thinking, especially if he doesn't even know it himself.
• Born Lucky: It seems that along with his stunning spiky hair, Phoenix was gifted with immense luck at birth! It isn't the "find 50 bucks on the ground" kind of luck, but things tend to fall into place for him, or seemingly fatal accidents and injuries could leave him with little more than a scratch.

• Only Human: For all his quirks and lucky breaks, Phoenix is just human after all. He's not particularly strong or sturdy, incapable of anything truly impressive, and can go down in just a few solid hits. He's not much of a fighter!

• Maya Fey, a young spirit medium who is Phoenix's closest friend and trusted partner.
• Hershel Layton, a professor with a penchant for puzzles, and an avid pointer himself.
• Sissel, a mysterious ghost of a man - literally - who uses his powers to similarly change the fates of the innocent.

• Attorney's Badge: Proof of his status as an attorney, and symbolic of what it means to be one. Loves to show it off, though usually by accident.
• Magatama: A special stone ornament imbued with spiritual power. It allows Phoenix to see the Psyche-Locks, though anyone who holds it can see them as well. May or may not be needed anymore.

• Ace Cadet's ability to change his weapon and fighting style as needed, combined with his ability to quickly and accurately construct traps and other items, lends the hunter well to a back-up fighter that makes up for whatever his current group lacks.

• Strong Physique
  
  • The people that choose a life of hunting monsters are enhanced humans (or other races), able to lift more weight and take more punishment than normal people. The Ace Cadet can easily heft iron great swords larger than he is, is more resistant to mortal wounds, and has a speedier recovery rate than your typical human.
• Self-Replenishing Scoutflies _{(Lvl 3 Award)}
  These insects are hung from a cage on the Cadet's waist. There is no need to worry about keeping them stocked, a bunch of them are mysteriously always there. They can be used to track and locate people, monsters, items, etc. They normally glow green, but turn red when danger is near and in certain cases can also glow blue.
• Palico Rescue _{(Lvl 4 Award)}
  • When Ace Cadet or a teammate nearby would faint or otherwise be knocked out of the fight, the Palico Cart arrives to whisk them to safety! These felynes will bring their charge to the last known "checkpoint," usually a base camp, but are intelligent and can be instructed, though they won't do anything but ferry the injured. Has a hard limit of three rescues before the cats need to "rest," so to speak.
• Armor Skill Unlock _{(Lvl 5 Award)}
  • The latent power of the Ace Cadet's armor set has activated, opening new skills up to him whenever he wears it. Not only his own armor, but other pieces of armor he obtains gain "armor skills" when he dons them. The same skill can be stacked for increased effect.
• Hunter Arts: Long Sword _{(Lvl 6 Award)}
  • Advanced techniques utilizing a long sword. These arts include: Sakura Slash, an evasive slashing technique excellent at drawing blood; Critical Juncture, a parry developed in Yukumo that involves clearing the mind and unleashing a counter attack; and Devouring Demon, a temporary state of mind in which a hunter's attack power increases while their health drains - though health can be restored by successfully landing hits.
• Crush Shot _{(Aphrodite's Boon)}
  • Grants a "Cast" that lets loose a wide, short-range blast that inflicts that status Weak (Decreases damage that an enemy deals for a short time)
• Hunter Arts: Bow _{(Lvl 7 Award)}
  • Advanced techniques utilizing a bow. These arts include: Triple Volley, a powerful burst of three arrows fired at once; Haste Rain, a supporting technique that fires an arrow carrying a stimulant overhead, showering the area below with spores that temporarily raise allies' movement and charging speed; and Blade Wire, two arrows tied with razor wire that effectively create a flying blade when fired - it deals cutting damage and can entangle enemies.
• Hunter Arts: Sword and Shield _{(Lvl 8 Award)}
  • Advanced techniques utilizing a sword and shield. These arts include: Sword Dance, slashing many times in a graceful, dance useful for dealing damage to hard body parts, as you may continue attacking even if a hit is repelled; Round Force, a wide spin attack that slashes in a circle all around, the strong core needed to perform it makes one invulnerable during execution, and the force itself can lift allies into the air; Shoryugeki, thrusting the shield into the air in an uppercut motion after landing a slice attack, the follow-up attack with the shield is strong enough to even stun monsters.
• Hunting Style: Alchemy Style _{(Lvl 9 Award)}
  • A type of hunting that specializes in using alchemy to make new items that can be used to help them during a hunt - specifically through the use of an Alchemy Barrel. The barrel is a miraculous device that can not only grow and shrink, but combine different kinds of items to produce a separate desired item or effect by putting them in the barrel, activating and shaking it. The longer the activation time, the more options for creation, with the most complex creations taking the longest. In order of complexity the basic things that can be made with the Alchemy Barrel are: food, ammo, arrow coatings, earplugs, a sonic-bomb effect, an explosive fireball effect, and a healing effect that also cleanses status conditions.
• Power gained from the Maw: pending

• Team Player
  • Ace Cadet is more than used to working in a team, and he won't argue when given directions by anyone, even someone lower ranking than himself. He uses his abilities to support, heal, and empower those fighting with him. Always willing to be part of combos with another person.
• Crafty
  • Ace Cadet is good with his hands, and can create or combine items quickly and easily, including those not of his world if he's been shown how to do it or it's intuitive enough. This includes being able to make things while in the field, provided he has the items to do so. Sometimes they may be made of strange ingredients, but they get the job done. Fish + berry = bullet, right?
• Adaptable
  • Ace Cadet is able to seamlessly switch weapons or fighting style depending on what the situation calls for. There may be some initial confusion, but he is pretty quick to adapt to changes and unexpected situations during battle which keeps him from panicking. Weapons from other worlds are within his means to master, but it may take a bit longer.
• Feast
  • Gained after the experience on the Maw. Eating anything will restore health in addition to the food's actual effects. Also, receives a fast-diminishing attack boost after eating.
• Taunt & Evade
  • Gained after the experience on the Maw. The Ace Cadet has gotten much better at drawing the attention of enemies, but also at avoiding their gaze as well. Put another way he is better at "managing aggro," able to prompt enemies to target him or shirk their attention temporarily depending on the situation.

• Collector
  • Ace Cadet is wont to stopping to pick up every little shiny rock, insect or interesting item he sees. He also will keep as much equipment as he can carry, and then some, whether it's armor, gadgets, or weaponry. This can lead to over-encumbrance and slowing himself or the group down.
• Big Prey
  • Because most of his technique and strategy revolve around fighting what he was trained for, i.e. large monsters, he is not as effective in battle against humans or humanoids. He can be overwhelmed by great numbers, a coordinated group of smaller enemies, or seasoned warriors.
• Overeager
  • Cadet will jump at the chance for adventure even before any strategy is thought out, sometimes getting ahead of his allies or enacting a plan without any testing first. He is likes to use flashy moves, or go after the biggest and most dangerous looking enemy in an encounter. He especially likes to show off if he thinks it can impress the person he likes.
• Magic Aversion
  • Developed after the experience on the Maw. the Cadet has grown mistrustful of all magic. This includes beneficial spells from allies. When given the choice he will avoid helpful magic as well as magical enemies, and his performance against such opponents is diminished due to caution and suspicion. Other supernatural phenomena and superstitions are in a similar boat, though not to the same extent.

• Jamaica: Notable Spirit (Absorbed)
  • This spirit confers the Power Ship Shaped, giving the host a set of rigging that extends from his fauld. This rigging has two arms, each with a pair of tiny cannon batteries and a curved red blade. As long as the rigging is equipped, the host can skate over the surface of water. This spirit also confers the Weakness Burgeoning Justice, which makes the host more likely to do silly, inopportune things like pose or rant about Justice or Evil as he gets more excited.

• Ace Commander (Monster Hunter) - Cadet's master and leader of his former team. The Commander was not the first to notice Cadet's unique ability to handle any weapon given to him, but he was the first to make use of it, recruiting him as a Guild Knight and member of the Ace Hunters. They have fought side by side many times and Cadet looks up to him.
• ✓ Primrose (Octopath Traveler) - A beautiful, mysterious woman with dark hair and a beauty mark. She reminds him of Sophia the Guildmarm, one of his hardest crushes ever. Both women aren't afraid to face monsters either, though Primrose's monsters take a much different form...
• Amaterasu (Okami) - The Cadet has definitely been referred to as a dog before, but more like a yapping puppy than a majestic wolf. However they both happen to be weapons masters with a 'sunny' disposition.

• Traveler's Backpack, increases inventory space and can be worn with armor. Features a fluid tank on either side for storing liquids.
• Basic hunting tools: a spacious gathering pouch and an incredibly sharp carving knife.
• Slinger & Clutch Claw _{(Lvl 2 Award)}
  • ^{The slinger acts as a grappling hook and sling shot all in one. It can be loaded with rocks, ammo, small explosives, etc. and fling them a short distance. It is installed with a small net for capturing creatures. The clutch claw is a larger attachment for the grappling hook aspect, making it possible to attach to moving objects and monsters. Due to spirit fusion with Jamaica, the cord of the Clutch Claw is now a chain, and the claws can lock together to form a rough anchor shape capable of decent hits.}
• Alchemy Barrel, for use with the Alchemy Style of hunting.
• Little Red Cookbook, each page is packed with meaty recipes, and it's... oozing. When carried in off hand, slightly increases cutting damage and defense against being cut. If held while striking a foe, it has a 10% chance of causing Butchery. Enemies with special body parts may also drop those as well.
• King, fantasy novel that increases skill with two-handed weapons once read.
• Dragon Language: Myth No More, a book that details the discovery and translation of the Dragon Language.
• Hunting Life Magazine, latest edition of a monthly magazine from Cadet's own world.
• Fervent Fang, A "2 star" legendary gem that can be fitted into equipment. Each time the user damages an enemy, that enemy takes 2.4% more damage from the same user's attacks, up to a max of 10 stacks. Also increases damage the user deals to "elite" monsters by 6%.
• Hooktail Sticker, increases resistance to fire and fire-based attacks.
• Various Weapons:
  • Master Bang, Sword and Shield. Slotted with Fervent Fang and Hooktail Sticker.
  • Gough's Greatbow. And arrows!
  • Nightsky Ripper, if user attuned to Shadow: increase DEF when HP is 50% or above.
  • Scorpion Tail, powerful hammer (normal sized).
  • Breechshot, a straight-pull bolt-action sniper rifle curiously without a scope. Long range and high damage.
• Various Armor:
  • Rathian Armor, a complete armor set of head, chest, arm, waist, and leg pieces.
  • Vassal's Kote
    
    • ^{Gauntlets that cover the back of the hands and wrists, and made by fixing iron plates into a semi-cylindrical shape. Though heavy, they provide excellent protection. This Tosei-gusoku armor was worn by the hereditary vassals of a warlord. Grants 1 point of 'Punishing Draw' armor skill.}
  • Hermitaur Helm, Grants 1 point of 'Defense Boost' and 1 point of 'Guard' armor skill.
  • Rebreather, Grants the 'Oxygen Up' armor skill.
  • New Londoner Coat, grants the 'Cold Res' and 'Resentment' armor skills.
  • Banuk Werak outfit pieces. Arms grant 'Ice Res,' 'Windproof'; legs grant 'Ice Res,' 'Negate Mud/Snow'; waist grants 'Ice Res' armor skills.

• Defense Boost ●○○○○
• Guard ●○○○○
• Ice Res ●●●
• Cold Res ●
• Negate Mud/Snow ●
• Windproof ●○○○○
• Resentment ●○○○○

• Arrow Coatings: paralysis, poison, sleep, blast
• Mega Potions
• Lifepowders
• Blinding Potions
• Antidotes
• Elixir x1
• Sonic Bombs
• Flash Bombs
• Deku Nuts
• Paintballs
• Homeward Bone
• Ruby Gem - health boost
• Aquamarine Gem - defense boost
• Citrine Gem - potency boost
• Dark steel ingot x2
• Scylla's scales, skin, etc.
• Pieces of Sharq Attaq

• As a dancer, Primrose focuses on raising the stats of allies. Offensively, she utilizes dark magic at range.

• The Art of Dance
  • The skill Primrose learned in Sunshade. Rhythmic swaying of her body can grant buffs to the stats of allies, such as their attack, magic power, speed, and defense.
• Dark Magic _{(Lvl 2 Award)}
  • Primrose's aptitude for dark magic has returned to her. She can cast wide range waves of dark magic to damage multiple enemies at once with her Night Ode spell, or concentrate her magic into a more powerful single target spell: Moonlight Waltz.
• Battle Point Boost _{(Lvl 3 Award)}
  • During battle, Primrose accumulates Battle Points (BP) up to a maximum of 5. BP can be expended to strengthen or "boost" her abilities: either to deal more damage, attack more times in a row, or use more powerful versions of her skills depending on the amount of BP expended (up to a max of 3 in one "boost").
• Sealticge's Seduction _{(Lvl 4 Award)}
  • A particularly enticing display. When used on herself or a single ally, active skills used by them that usually target one foe or ally will affect all foes or allies instead. This can apply to damage spells, debuffs, buffs, or healing. It does not apply to talents, passive skills or items.
• Dancer Support Skills _{(Lvl 6 Award)}
  • Skills befitting a seasoned dancer, including Eye for an Eye, gain a chance of counterattacking with a dagger after being targeted by a physical attack; Second Wind, recovering a certain amount of SP over time; and Encore, once per battle, upon being incapacitated, recover with 25% of maximum HP.
• Vengeful Spirit
  • A gift from the Snail Shaman, a spell that conjures a spirit that will fly forward and burn foes in its path. It passes through invulnerable parts of an enemy, such as a shield or shell, but will not damage a fully protected enemy.

• Bewitching Beauty
  • Primrose can usually get what she wants out of people by utilizing her charm, grace, and stunning good looks. This is commonly called "using your feminine wiles." She can even get people to follow her and help in battle, but her beauty is less effective on the strong willed.
• Enduring Tenacity
  • She will stop at nothing to find the men who killed her father and avenge him. In order to reach that goal, Primrose has become an amazing actor, able to put on a front and endure any hardship until her revenge is complete.
• Strength in Numbers
  • Although she may not always show it, traveling in a group and making bonds gives Primrose more strength and confidence than she ever had while she was fighting her battles alone. She'll go the extra mile while in a group, and she more easily picks up the strength of others.
• Rosaria's Shadow Samaritan _{(Lvl 9 Award)}
  • Due to the spirit she fused with, Primrose has gained the knowledge of how to properly master a spear. She is now an adept wielder of polearm type weaponry. When using a polearm her critical hit rate is increased after using Ravaging Confession, and nearby party members' critical hit rate is increased after using Rites of Termination.
• Dark Magic Mastery _{(Lvl 10 Award)}
  • The power and potency of Primrose's innate dark elemental spells has increased. She also has gained access to the spells Dirge of Dusk (deals dark element damage to a foe up to 3 times and lowers their resistance to dark element) and Spell Song (deals dark element damage to all foes in a wide area and lowers their physical and magical defenses).

• Single-Minded
  • Primrose is so focused on her vengeance that it can sometimes blind her. She is prone to falling for traps or missing critical information when she's chasing down the object of her loathing. The sight of a crow tattoo will make her drop everything else in pursuit.
• Suited for Support (Nullified due to spirit)
  • Although she is more than capable of wielding a dagger with deadly skill, Primrose is ill-suited to fighting on the front line. Her frame is thin but curvy for the most alluring dances, and her physical strength is lacking.

• Hippowdon: Striker
  • ^{The Heavyweight Pokemon, ground-type. Its ability, Sand Stream, spins up a sandstorm whenever it's summoned that lasts a while. The sand buffets anyone without an earth or earth-adjacent affinity, dealing slight but continuous damage. Its slow but has high defense for a Striker, making it difficult to interrupt. Its moves are Yawn, Dig, Crunch, and Earthquake.}
• Makami: Striker
  • ^{A divine wolf god in Japanese folklore, also written as "Oguchi-no-Magami." It is often drawn on prayer boards to prevent fires and thefts, but it is also feared as a human-eater. Has a particular set of skills.}
• Animus of Will: Striker
  • ^{A thorned plant monster with a shape that roughly mimicks a human's and a short cooldown. When summoned, she will always attack three times, either with advancing stabs, sweeping slashes, or root lashes. This quirk allows her to lock individual opponents down either in hitstun or blockstun, allowing the summoner to apply pressure or continue a combo, but it also means she's open to counterattack for longer, especially if she misses.}
• Desert Pyromancer Zoey: Notable Spirit (Absorbed)
  • This spirit confers the Power Pyromancy Flame, allowing the host to bring forth a portion of primordial flame in the palm of her hand that can be used as a casting catalysts for pyromancies, although the Flame by itself is too weak to do anything but provide a little heat and cannot spread. The default pyromancies are Fire Orb and Flame Fan. This spirit also confers the Weakness Zoey's Bane, causing the host to take more damage from fire and physical thrusting/piercing attacks.
  • Fire Orb: The signature flame-manipulating spell common to pyromancers. Hurls a giant fire orb. The blazing fire orb explodes on impact, dealing fire damage to the surrounding area.
  • Flame Fan: Pyromancy of Zoey, descendant of the desert pyromancers. Upon cast, the player manifests a fiery fan and swipes it at enemies at melee range. Use repeatedly to brush the fan left and right.
  • Black Serpent _{(Lvl 5 Award)} Pyromancy discovered from the Abyss by High Lord Wolnir that inspired the black arts of the grave wardens. Releases undulating black flames that trace the ground.
  • Black Flame _{(Lvl 7 Award)} Pyromancy discovered by grave wardens after High Lord Wolnir fell to the Abyss. Creates a black flame explosion from the palm of the caster's hand. Leaves lingering flames after the initial combustion.
  • Black Fire Orb _{(Lvl 7 Award)} Pyromancy discovered by grave wardens after High Lord Wolnir fell to the Abyss. Hurls a black fireball. Inflicts dark damage, striking targets with weighty force. Explodes on impact, dealing damage to the surrounding area.
  • Warmth _{(Lvl 5 Award)} Peculiar pyromancy of the Mound-makers. Creates a gentle flame that restores HP on touch.
  • Profuse Sweat _{(Lvl 5 Award)} Advanced pyromancy that internalizes flame, associated with Carmina. Profuse sweating temporarily boosts resistance to bleeding, poison, frost and curses.
• Rosaria: Notable Spirit (Absorbed)
  • This spirit confers the Power Ravaging Confession, which allows the host to teleport behind a nearby opponent to deliver an energy-generating double slash in her element, and the Weaknesses Without Devotion, which decreases her effective Faith, weakening Faith-based abilities.
  • Rites of Termination _{(Lvl 8 Award)}: First Primrose swings her weapon to slash surrounding opponents; then she summons a large elemental construct in the shape of a lance that strikes toward the ground. Both actions deal elemental damage in an area. While active, the lance is embedded at it's impact point and releases waves of energy that deal elemental damage to surrounding opponents.
• Amazon: Notable Spirit (Absorbed)
  • This spirit confers the Power Berserker, which gives her a chance to temporarily increase her strength and speed on any physical hit landed, this buff being stackable as long as she keeps landing hits, and the Weakness All-Out Offense, which gives her an aversion to 'passive' and 'cowardly' gear and tactics, like shields, armor, poison, consumables, and keep-away.
• Cornelia Arnim (Cleobulus): Notable Spirit (Absorbed)
  • This spirit confers the Power Luna Λ, granting her access to potent Dark Magic. The moonlight that she can cast in outward blasts or explosive, tracking moons is not that strong, but it completely ignores magic defense / resistance. It also confers the Weakness Tomebreaker, which dramatically increases the accuracy and evasion of fist fighters and similar against the host.
• Primrose Azelhart: Recursive Spirit (Absorbed)
  • This spirit confers the power Rondo of Dawn, automatically giving her one extra BP when she hits an enemy with a dark element spell once per battle. As a Recursive Fusion, this spirit confers no Weakness.

• Olivia (Fire Emblem) - Another beautiful dancer and dagger user. However, that's where the similarities end. Where Olivia is timid and indecisive, Primrose is determined and self-assured.
• Alex Roivas (Eternal Darkness) - A young woman seeking the truth who becomes embroiled in a conflict beyond her imagining, much the same as Primrose herself. Alex also wields dark magic, although her source is the sinister Tome of Eternal Darkness.
• Chun-Li (Street Fighter) - Beautiful, gustsy women seeking revenge for their fathers' murders. What's more to say?

• The dagger of House Azelhart, emblazoned with the inscription "Faith shall be your shield."
• Yusufa's handkerchief, a memento of someone once close to Primrose.
• An ornate fan, a prop used in her performances.
• Linkshell, magic shell that enables communication over long distances. Creates Linkpearls of a rosy color.
• Royal Masque and Royal Pocketwatch, increases energy recharge and critical rate plus damage separately but increases the power of super attacks if together.
• White Robe Scarf, allows the wearer to glide through the air. The symbols woven into it disappear while the "fly power" is in use, and gradually reappear once on the ground.
• Hippo Robe, it's loose and comfortable, keeping out sun and sand, but deals with water well enough to provide practically no drag if the wearer is swimming.
• Night Maiden Twin Crown, a fanciful piece of protective head wear that incorporates elements of both nobility and asceticism into an understated whole. Much better than nothing or purely decorative head wear for physical defense, but stronger against magic, particularly sorcery and incantation. Boosts resistance to poison as well.
• Elven Bandana, slightly increases defense.
• Devout Beads, holy rosary, can be used as a whip but capable of rapid attacks when equipped as a sub-weapon.
• A bundle of bomb arrows
• Sleepy Sheep, a single use item.
• Spare Gerudo Outfit
• Various mining and camping gear
• Nyakuza Metro Pass: Yellow Line
• Baldur Shell, badge that bestows the ironclad fortitude of the Elder Baldur. When in the process of casting or charging a spell, the wearer is protected by a ghostly carapace that prevents damage and knockback from most attacks, although strong enough ones can overpower it. This protection can only happen four times before the badge breaks, although it will repair itself if the wearer takes a rest.
• Bile bomb
• Rancid Egg
• Glitterbug, a jewel beetle said to have inhabited the land of Wa, a mysterious island nation that vanished centuries ago. It was used in artworks and handicrafts, and was traded for its weight in gold.
• Uncommon Stone Gauntlet, item equippable by mages. Causes an eruption of fast-moving earth along the ground, damaging all opponents it passes through. Dmg falls off between 25m-40m. Travels down slopes easier. Must be grounded to cast. Can also be used to magic into existence and throw a boulder, once every 13 seconds.
• Thorns of Agony, senses the pain of its bearer and lashes out at the world around them. When taking damage, sprout thorny vines that damage nearby foes.
• Ice Lance, made from never melting ice. On hit it will ignite the struck foe with freezing flames that block passive hp regen (but not active regen like potions/spells) and deal another spear hit worth of damage over 0.5 seconds.
• A diamond

• As a thief, Therion excels at speed, stealth, and sleight of hand. In combat, his specialty is evasion and debuffing.

• Thieves' Specialty
  • The ability to debuff opponents. In this case, the skills Shackle Foe to lower an enemy's physical attack strength, and Armor Corrosive to lower physical defense. Perhaps most importantly, Therion can steal from enemies mid-battle.
• Battle Point Boost _{(Lvl 2 Award)}
  • During battle, Therion accumulates Battle Points (BP) up to a maximum of 5. BP can be expended to strengthen or "boost" his abilities: either to deal more damage, attack more times in a row, or use more powerful versions of his skills depending on the amount of BP expended (up to a max of 3 in one "boost").
• Energy Thief _{(Lvl 3 Award)}
  • A vampiric-like melee attack that enables Therion to steal HP or SP/mana from his target and transfer it to himself. Can steal up to 50% of damage dealt in HP, or up to 5% of damage dealt in SP/mana.
• Share Energy _{(Lvl 4 Award)}
  • A power that enables Therion to bestow up to 50% of his own SP/mana to an ally.
• Wildfire _{(Lvl 5 Award)}
  • A flame spell, and Therion's only natural magic. As an attack it deals heavy fire damage to a single foe.
• Aeber's Reckoning _{(Lvl 6 Award)}
  • A divine skill of the Thief class that conjures an assault of daggers. A very quick, very powerful attack that hits all foes in a large area, dealing bonus damage based on the user's speed. Costs three BP to use.
• Roar _{(Lvl 7 Award)}
  • The class skill of Beast Laguz, drawn from Ranulf spirit. Usable only in beast form and once per battle, when this skill is activated the enemy will be inflicted with paralysis for 6-10 seconds.

• Master Thief
  • He can slip in and out of a place without being noticed, pick all but the most complex of locks, lift items directly from people who remain unaware until hours later, and has enough of a discerning eye to tell when something is valuable.
• Fleetfoot
  • Therion is very speedy, letting him take the initiative in battle and more easily evade attacks. Of course it also helps him outrun trouble in the first place.
• Precision
  • Or in plainer terms, Therion is able to land critical hits more easily. It also help when throwing, catching, or really doing any kind of intricate work.
• Stem Cells
  • Upon contact they provided a big chunk of increased max health, as well as a small increase to the speed of all Therion's projectiles. The benefit remains even after the growth was excised.

• Short-Sighted
  • He doesn't think that far into the future. He has a tendency to go in to situations with no back up plan, with only the devil's luck to carry him through. If things don't work out he shifts into winging it. Naturally in a fight this can lead to some sticky situations.
• Prideful
  • The ego that kept Therion literally shackled with the message "caught red-handed." Therion's stubbornness means he relies on no one but himself, and he'll carry on with disadvantages just to prove a point.
• Poor Magic Control
  • Therion's low SP pool coupled with his lack of proper training means that his control over magic is sorely lacking. That's not to say he has no talent as a caster, but the only spell he really knows is called Wildfire for a reason. His spells have a tendency to spread wider or flare up stronger than intended.

• Junicorn: Striker
  • ^{An enigmatic monstrosity housed within armor. Though its arms and legs seem like a man's, slick with blood, one must doubt if the creature inside was ever human to begin with. It's highly durable and can tank a good impact, as well as just throw (or pull its limbs in and roll) itself to deliver blunt force, but its trump card is the lance on its head. It can be fired like a bolt from a ballista, only to be swiftly regrown. Its short-to-medium cooldown means that its simple strengths can be leveraged with convenient frequency.}
• Ranulf: Notable Spirit (Absorbed)
  • This spirit confers the Power Laguz Shapeshift, which allows the host to temporarily assume a strong, agile beast form and the Weakness Beast Bane, which causes the host to take double damage from weapons that are effective against beasts.
• Metro Cat: Fading Spirit (Absorbed)
  • This spirit confers the Power Cat Sense, which gives heightened senses of hearing and smell, as well as the Weakness Water Aversion, which makes the host dislike getting wet.
• Raziel: Notable Spirit (Absorbed)
  • This spirit confers the Power Wraith Blade, allowing the host to summon a spectral sword. It can be used to fire bolts of spectral energy, and if it's used to destroy a spirit, the wielder will be healed and empowered. If exposed to pure sources of elemental energy, the Wraith Blade can be empowered with them. This spirit also confers the Weakness Hydrothemia, which causes the host to be hurt by sufficient quantities of water. Water-based attacks will do extra damage, and immersion in water will burn the host like an acid.

• ✓ Raziel (Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver) - Big scarf prodigies betrayed by those close to them and cast over the edge of a cliff, Raziel to water and Therion to dust.
• Ratonhnhaké:ton (Assassin's Creed III) - Orphans that grew up with a knack for speed and stealth, though Ratonhnhaké:ton protected his people Therion focused on protecting himself.
• ✓ Ranulf (Fire Emblem) - Though their personalities couldn't be more different, they are both dexterous young men with plenty of experience traveling. One could also call Therion a "cat burglar."

• Linkpearl
• Thieves' Tools: lockpicks, rope and grappling hooks, small pry bar, etc.
• A simple short sword
• Stinging Dagger, a blade laced with poison
• Bronllavyn, deadly high-quality dagger
• A couple of throwing knives
• Yato
• Chill Out Badge: keeps the wearer from being hit by an enemy's first strike.
• Crystal Darts, deals magic damage when thrown.
• Spyglass
• Draught of Strength
• Potion of Healing
• Potion of Regeneration
• Nyakuza Metro Passes: Purple, Mint, Yellow
• Mythril shard
• Star piece
• Compass
• Various mining and camping gear
• Greed Shield, a successful parry with this shield on a melee attack will knock out an enemy’s tooth, turning it to gold. This can only happen once every ten seconds. A successful parry on a small ranged projectile like an arrow will also turn it to gold.
• Medium ammo box
• Ceremonial Robes, increases the wearer's attack power (retaliatory damage used up).
• The Last Laugh, silver like moonlight. Gold like greed. Strange, distorted laughter seems to whisper from these menacing looking sickles. Their light weight and sharp edges suit fast, short-ranged attacks. Mobs killed by them may drop emeralds as a bonus.
• Constrained Heart, on use regenerates health per second for 5s and grants 2 Stacks of defense-boosting Bulwark while heal is active. 3 uses, resets on rest.
• Loki's Horns, a removable horned headband. When the wearer shoots/throws/otherwise uses a projectile, there is a 25% base chance that three copies of that projectile fly out in different directions: 90% to the left and right of the original direction, and the opposite of the original direction.
• Double Knife Glyph, applied to the arm or hand as easily as a temporary tattoo, though is by no means as easy to remove. Allows the user to spend a small amount of mana to summon and toss two gravity defying knives. The knives do relatively low damage, but are very accurate and inexpensive to cast, making them good for striking nimble foes, or for those with low mana pools.
• Basilisk Boots, provides a damage boost to physical ranged attacks (darts, arrows, bolts, javelins, spears, throwing knives, etc) but doesn't offer great protection.
• Canyne Kamura Blade, weapon for Therion's beast form. Sharpened to easily cleave hard bone and shells.
• Canyne Nargacuga Set, armor for Therion's beast form. Better resists ice and dragon elements.
• Sterilized bandages, stops bleeding and increases rate of healing. Decreases chance of infection.
• Hiveblood, heals the bearer's wounds over time, allowing them to regain health.
• Zombie Bullet Artifact, 25% chance to refund the ammo used to launch a projectile if the projectile misses. The projectile "misses" if it doesn’t hit an enemy, even if the target was not an enemy. Only works for finite ammo.
• Cat toy
• Friend's Yo-Yo
• Amber x4
• Opal x2
• Sapphire x2
• Eridium x4
• A large umbrella

• Pit is a battle master that specializes in raids and prefers ranged attacks; capable of quick and/or powerful burst damage.

• Sacred Bow & Arrow _{(Lvl 4 Award, starting power upgrade)}
  • Sacred Training Chamber experience used in conjunction with the Palutena Bow. The ability to use the light arrows manifests as two golden halos of light that encircle the archer's firing arm, letting them shoot unlimited arrows of energy. Though its standing shots are on the weaker side they can be charged for more power, and its dash shots are mighty. The arrows' path can be directed somewhat after being fired and gain speed over a distance - or they can be fired straight with a wider spinning fireball around each arrow.
• Guardian Orbitars _{(Lvl 2 Award)}
  A pair of shield-shaped weapons that act as satellites, floating around Pit when active. They can block enemy attacks and can be deployed in two ways: Smash-style where they are appear as quick medium-sized shields that can stop an enemy's attack and reflect projectiles, or Uprising-style where they replace Pit's currently equipped weapon. When in Uprising-style, these Orbitars can fire weak shots or be used as weak melee weapons, but their real strength is in summoning a very large energy shield that can be projected out and damage opponents that touch it. The large shield only lasts for a couple of seconds, similar to the Smash-style shields.
• Uppderdash Arm _{(Lvl 3 Award)}
  An Arm-type weapon that fits over the entire limb, used mainly for melee damage that can be deployed in two ways: Smash-style where it can be briefly summoned for a fast forward dash and uppercut that plows through attacks and projectiles to deal significant damage and heavy knockback, or Uprising-style where it replaces Pit's currently equipped weapon. When in Uprising-style it keeps it's forward dash attack and gains the ability to fire short-range discs and a back-dash charge shot that sends foes flying into the air, leaving them vulnerable to follow-up attacks. Both dash attacks have a short recovery period, instead leaving Pit vulnerable if he whiffs.
• Violet Breaking Palm _{(Lvl 5 Award)}
  Another divine weapon initially appearing as a whirling rainbow orb, the palm allows its user to harness their own life energy in the palm of their hand, conjuring projectiles with the best homing and rapid fire capabilities of any of Pit's arsenal. When summoned it replaces Pit's currently equipped weapon and the orb is absorbed into his skin, appearing as a colorful glowing tattoo on his right arm and hand. It has the ability to fire near constant barrages of homing shots like arcs of light, limited only by Pit's stamina as it draws on his vitality to do so. The shots don't do much damage individually, relying on quantity of hits, but they do more damage the closer they are to the target and the energy can be combined into one much larger, stronger shot by charging or dashing. It also boosts the power of Pit's melee attacks, particularly palm strikes.

• Plucky
  • Pit is brave and determined, even in the face of danger - maybe even because of the perils he regularly faces. It's very hard to break his spirit.
• Winged
  • Despite not being able to actually fly, having a pair of wings comes with advantages. He can flap them to 'jump' higher a couple times in a row, use them to slow his falls, and if the wind is good he can glide down from places.
• Hardy
  • Pit is tough even for an angel. He's spent many missions getting shot at, pummeled, and plummeting from incredible heights only to get up and walk it off after impact despite the pain. Plus he can eat dubious foods from the ground with no ill effects - perhaps he has an iron stomach too?

• Angel Sense
  • An innate ability that lets Pit weakly sense irregularities. For example he can tell if someone or something is divine in nature (or the opposite), and if a person possesses abilities like PSI or magic. Unless the aura is particularly strong, Pit has to be close enough to sense it. The sense is not strong enough to tell the location of said someone or something if they are hidden, and doesn't help if someone is actively suppressing their nature.

• No Natural Flight
  • Although Pit has a healthy set of wings on his back, for reasons unknown he can't actually fly on his own. While the wings can help with other things, without outside help he is flightless.
• Lightweight
  • In a trade off for being a bit quicker, being light means the Pit takes more damage when he is hit by particularly strong attacks and gets knocked back much farther as well. He's easy to send flying, and doesn't have much pushing power.
• Illiterate
  • He straight up can't read. Maybe he's been too busy with his angelic duties to learn.

• N/A

• Pittoo (Kid Icarus) - Actually hates being called "Pittoo," Dark Pit is a "failed" clone of Pit, created by the Mirror of Truth. In a way, they are like twins with a complicated relationship. They may not always get along, but they are tied to each other regardless.
• Lute (Monster Hunter Stories) - A courageous boy that traveled across his continent to protect his home and friends. Being a human, he also gets some help flying from his partner, Ratha.
• Samus Aran (Metroid) - Kid Icarus and Metroid are sister series of sorts, with the titular aliens of the later somehow finding their way to Angel Land. Actually, Pit is just a big fan of Samus.

• The Palutena Bow - The bow the Goddess of Light granted to Pit, and his favored weapon. While it's primary form is a bow, it is capable of taking the shape of a single sword with reversed blades, or two short swords.
• His credit card - yup, it's a credit card. Don't worry, it's not maxed out yet.

• Prisoner (Dead Cells) - A headless entity who no longer possesses the ability to die. He constantly switches from corpse to corpse if the one he is using has been desecrated. While he loses everything he owns when zed body is destroyed, he does, however, keep any abilities or powers he has gained in total.
• Snifit - A common and simple Shy Guy equipped with a cannonball firming mask that often comes in handy. From the Super Mario Series, and originated from Super Mario Land 2: Yoshi's Story. The cannon shots fired from the mask (Much like other Super Mario physics), defies common physics and is extremely accurate.
• Ninja/Blank (Final Fantasy) - Black Mage's closest friend and companion he met on his quest to return the light. He is a kind and quiet soul similar to the Mage's personality but tends to take higher initiative when needed. They both have close reasonings and motivation and have been friends multiple years after their quest.
  
  In FF9, he was a member from Tantalus, and befriended Vivi in the quest to save the Princess from being terminated.

3rd Year High School Uniform [+]

• EX(tra) Special Attacks: Dealing and taking damage allows Sakura to channel additional strength, power, and speed into an attack. Redirecting the punishment she recieves and the energy of the strikes she deals out into further, more impressive hits.
• V-Triggers: Through dealing and taking damage, a secondary resource allows her to power herself up. This state lasts for about thirty seconds, and dissipates quicker if she does the advanced techniques granted to her by the V-Trigger.
  
  Haru Arashi: Sakura's palms to begin to glow bright blue. Her Ki based projectile attacks hit harder, dealing more damage and becoming more difficult to block, with greater knockbock. She also gains greater control over her Ki, allowing her access to moves like the "Hogosho" a short range concentrated blast of Ki energy.
  Sakura Senpu: Sakura's fist and feet become enveloped in blue flame. Her strikes heat up, dealing more damage and becoming more difficult to overcome. Her melee and special moves become more lethal and unpredictable, letting her defence flow quicker into her offense
• Focus Attacks- Sakura generates swirling ink energy that absorbs blows and can be used for an unblockable, armor piercing melee attack. Sakura must assume a still, grounded stance in order to charge attack. Upsetting this stance cancels Focus Attack. (Cannot absorb grapples or throws. Extremely powerful or armor piercing hits will also interrupt.)
  
  Two Levels- Black and Red. Both take one second to charge, "super armor" or absorption ability begins immediately. Black Focus can absorb one hit, Red Focus can absorb infinite hits. Red Focus costs V-trigger resource to use, Black Focus is free.
  
  Absorbed damage can be released if she is struck while not blocking or absorbing, causing her to take the damage she previously absorbed. This window is a few seconds, and she is usually safe from this if she actually hits the opponent with her attack. If she misses a Focus Attack she is locked into high recovery.
  
  Can use EX to start a Focus during recovery or when she is otherwise compromised position.
• V-shift:
  
  After accruing a bar of V-Meter, instead of saving it for a V-Trigger or expending it on a powerful defensive move, Sakura can instead do a high risk, high reward maneuver called a V-Shift. A V-Shift is an evasive dash that grants "invincibility frames" to Sakura. This makes her immune to most damage, acting like a super dodge. If mis-timed, Sakura will be vulnerable for a second, any attack done on her being a crushing strike that leaves her open for further damage. If properly timed, this doesn't happen. Sakura gains half a V-meter back and can either peform a normal attack that might miss, or a fast, high pushback attack called a V-Shift Break, launching the opponent backwards and giving her room.
  
  In order to time the counter properly and safely, Sakura needs to be sure what her opponent is going to do next. She could gamble and make an educated or uneducated guess, but doing so could leave her open to damage. She can also use it in safer situations like, against predictable projectiles in order to more safely close the distance or find cover.
• Round Two: When Sakura takes too much damage and defeated, she falls unconscious. Round Two activates after ten seconds, rousing her and letting her continue fighting at full health. Critical injuries are not undone, so while she can ignore and fight through grievous injuries, they are still weakened areas.
  
  The Round Two timer is reset if Sakura takes any damage while unconscious. If she takes too much damage while unconscious, Round Two will fail and she will remain comatose as she would have normally. Round Two also activates after ten seconds if Sakura is still awake but pain and shock have rendered her incapacitated.
  
  Round Two is useable once per encounter or battle. Once this second health bar is depleted, she will react to injuries as she would have otherwise. If Sakura is healed before Round Two activates, it will still activate, but she will be back into the fight without any wounds vulnerable to increased damage.
• Tag-Out
  Sakura can spend a bar of V-Trigger of EX Meter for a new special move that applies to one ally at a time. Sakura ‘Tags-Out’ a willing ally, swapping places with them. The Tagged Out ally gains a short burst of speed, and a bonus to their health and stamina regeneration. The effect lasts until they have regained all of the health they most recently lost, or until they begin attacking their enemies. Sakura can Tag-Out one ally at a time. Upon Tagging Out an ally, Sakura gains access to a single ‘Tag-In’ attack that has high knock back and stagger. The Tag-In attack's purpose is used to cover the allies temporary retreat.
• Revenge Gauge:
  Sakura gains access to one more gauge: The Revenge Gauge. This is an independant gauge that fills up when Sakura takes damage. When Sakura is at 50% health, she can now perform a powerful Ultra Combo. The lower her health is, the more damage the Ultra Combo does.
  
  The 50% health applies to her health separately before and after Round Two activates. GUTS scaling is also not taken into account. In other words, she can perform these moves while sparring, so she doesn't need to be truly injured for her to qualify for Revenge Gauge. But if she is wounded, the attack will be exceptionally powerful.
  
  This allows her to spend her EX meter more freely without having to worry about saving up for a big special attack for the end of the fight. With Revenge Gauge, if a fight extends for too long she will now be able to turn the tide or finish the fight with an Ultra Combo attack.

• Mobile: Sakura is light on her feet. Exceptionally so- able to start and stop her momentum on a dime and run faster then most humans can. She is agile and knows how to fall. With her enhanced human characteristics there are few things that can stop Sakura from zipping around the battlefield and scaling climbable surfaces and falling great heights.
• Tough: Despite her civilian appearance, Sakura knows how to get hit. Techniques have hardened her body to be a regular taker of damage. While things can still hurt and kill her, she can deflect sharp blades with her bare arms if she has time to react or predict her opponents moves. Even thrown knives, energy projectiles, and fire arms can be thwarted by the young woman's defensive measures. The fighter can be struck many times before she gets knocked down, and she can take more before she stays down.
• Ki: Sakura is a self-taught student of Ki. This grants her access to the aforementioned benefits. It is a mastery over one's body, granting one access to almost supernatural powers- but make no mistake, all of these abilities are drawn from nowhere but within herself. Using this ability, she can jump great distances and keep herself floating in the air. With the right breathing and movements her very energy itself can be projected into the environment and strike enemies as a hard hitting, fast moving projectile. Her fists and legs strike hard and true, with power far beyond a woman her size should be capable of. This is the power of Ki, and it requires balance, focus, and determination.
• Advanced Hado Practitioner: Sakura's fireballs fly farther, do more damage, and have more accuracy at longer ranges. She can change their speed easier, from extremely slow, to max speed. When fully charged, they explode on impact, causing AOE damage.
  
  They are even more effective in V-Trigger Haru Arashi. She can fire up to three with one Hadoken motion.
  
  Hogasho, Sakura's short ranged, defensive blast, can be used outside of Haru Arashi. If she does use it while in Haru Arashi, it can last up to three seconds and be used while moving.
• Street Fighter Strength: Sakura's super strength is in full force. Such that her spin kicks create forceful gusts of wind and the impact of her Shouokens can break nearby objects, and her throwing someone to ground can knock down bystanders. Her melee attacks are faster and deal more damage. When she successfully lands attacks, particularly heavy ones, the stagger (or 'hitstun') inflicted on an enemy allows her to continue landing attacks in a continuous combo chain without giving her foe the chance to fight back. Certain combos require her precise strength and timing, and hitstun decays the longer the string goes on, allowing the opponent to recover if the combo drops or the hitstun bottoms out. Combos aren't feasible against all opponents or many opponents, and are susceptible to interruption.
• Maw Strength- GUTS Scaling: Being on the Maw has reinforced her belief that she should never give up, no matter what. The less health Sakura has, the less damage she takes. She's got the guts to keep fighting!
• Rival Schools Crossover-
  Sakura can now do multiple normals, and all of her special attacks, in the air. Gains access to a one handed fireball which she can shoot in the air or on the ground. Some attacks will knock both her and her opponent upwards, allowing her to do extended aerial combos.
  
  Her Chin Buster Kick can launch large sized enemies in the air, and Sakura Drop can slam them into the ground. Her jumping ability is increased, and her ability to control her momentum in the air is made more precise.

Jesse Faden [+]

• Health Elements: A protective force shields Jesse from harm. Damage still hurts but it allows her to withold much more than a regular person. When she damages enemies, they drop blue crystals that only Jesse can see. If she picks them up, her health bar is restored.
• Launch: Jesse can telekinetically pick up and throw inanimate objects that weigh up to 5000 pounds. She can do this three times every fifteen seconds. Each use takes 5 seconds to recharge. The range is 50 yards.
  
  This also grants her a precise, low level telekinesis. She can also just release the energy in a short range blast, or melee attack.
  
  -Jesse Level Up: Launch Expanded
  
  Jesse can now hold up to three objects at a time with Launch. She can also grab projectiles out of the air and use them. If a target is on very low health or unconscious, Jesse can use them as Launch objects.
• Material Acquisition Jesse Faden needs Materials in order to upgrade and create new forms for her Service Weapon. Now she can find them again after defeating enemies. Materials and Modifications can be found relative to the strength of the enemy. Enough Materials and Jesse can create new Forms, and Modifications can add extra bonuses to all Forms. Materials and Modifications exist only within Jesse's mind and cannot be percieved nor collected by others, and they do not have weight.
• Evade: Jesse uses a relatively small amount of Energy to dash in a chosen horizontal direction. She can do this while jumping or falling. The dash is very fast, to the point where Jesse becomes a blur to the naked eye. She can dash through inanimate objects, but cannot push through living creatures.
• Shield: Jesse summons a powerful defensive barrier infront of her using 50% of her Energy. It is bolstered with chunks of the ground and nearby objects, but does not require them to function. Upon destruction or release, physical fragments within the shield are shotgunned outward at high speed. She can use Shield in combination with Evade to push past, through, or damage enemies.
  
  Both Shield and Evade activate as soon as Jesse commands them too- there is no start up. Thus they can be used as fast as her reactions allow.
• Levitate
  
  Jesse gains the ability to jump up to twenty feet in the air and float around at a running pace. She can use all of her Abilities while in the air, and Levitate can be activated and deactivated any time during a fall or jump. It costs no Energy to use, but she can only float for 60 seconds before beginning to slowly drift downwards and needing to touch a solid surface again.
  
  
  For Jesse [+]

  You have acquired:
  Saturnus
  When faced with combat, a dim ring of light appears around Jesse. Seven small chunks of debris are torn from the environment to orbit around her, moving slowly along this ringed path. They can be used to hit targets, which destroys them, be pulled from orbit to be thrown, or potentially block shots. Slow-moving projectiles that aren’t too strong can also be caught or deposited in the orbit if they touch the ring, making them Jesse’s
  
  
  Unlocked Forms:
  
  Shatter: A high damage, short range, shotgun like Form capable of close quarters devastation. High recoil, slow recoil and firing rate. Best used in near close quarters combat.
  
  Spin: A new Form for Jesse's Service Weapon. Six floating rotating plates revolve around the barrel of the Service Weapon. This fully automatic form has a high rate of fire and surpressive spread. Most effective at a medium range, where the damage is still high by the bullets can still strike multiple enemies.
  
  Pierce: The Service Weapon’s barrel recollects into a large, lethal X shape. It now fires a single shot that must be charged several seconds before firing. The weapon is perfectly accurate, relying only on Jesse’s aiming skills. The weapon has high penetration, useful against shields and armor, physical and magical alike. It can blow through most conventional cover. On shot, it has a cool down, and Jesse must hold the weapon steady to charge up a shot.

• GUIDING LIGHT: Jesse is linked with a benevolent, otherwordly entity she called Polaris. Polaris cannot communicate with Jesse verbally, however their bond is very close. Polaris can silently indicate things Jesse can see. Polaris posseses great knowledge of space, and often helps Jesse find where she needs to go, no matter the distance. She also can point out safe places or objects of interest for Jesse.
• CHOOSE TO BE CHOSEN: Jesse is qualified to be the Director of the Federal Bureau of Control. This implies a certain level of strength and potential. She is immune to most attacks on her psyche and mind, including mind control, hypnosis, fear, etc. A stillness of mind that cannot be broken.
  
  This also means she is a Parautilitarian. Objects of Power can be bent to her will, their abilities transferred onto her. This process is facilitated by the Board, a group of beings living in the Astral Plane.
• PRETTY DECENT SHOT: Not as fancy as her other Strengths but just as important in her line of work.

Service Weapon [+]

THE SERVICE WEAPON: Every Director's pride and joy. A handgun psychically linked to Jesse. It will improve in power as she re-establishes her bond with it. It's borderline sentient, reacting to Jesse's presence. Only the Director can wield it. If anyone attempts to use this weapon other than Jesse Faden, they will experience severe pyschic damage until they put the gun to their own head and pull the trigger.

The Service Weapon is a long barreled, sleek black hand gun. It is made of smooth black pieces of an unknown mineral. It twitches and shifts, made of many disparate pieces, held together by it's own power. It has infinite ammo, only needing to be recharged if fired too often.

Right now it has been reduced to it's basic form, Grip, a versatile and powerful semi-automatic form. It has high accuracy, good range, and good damage. Able to drop an average human in two-three shots, or a single headshot. It fires as fast as Jesse can pull the trigger, which is actually pretty fast. In Grip, it "holds" 15 rounds. As Jesse levels up, more specialized and unique forms will become available to her once again.

When not being used, the weapon vanishes and exists only in the Astral Plane. She can summon and unsummon it at will.

• V-Meter: Karin's two barred V-Meter gives her access to two powerful defensive options. She builds V-Meter by blocking, dodging, getting hit by, and countering attacks. Both defensive options deal Gray Damage, a special type of damage that fades over time and is only made permanent if Karin lands a true attack.
  
  V-Reversal: Spend a bar to push through the enemies attack with unflappable strength, knocking them and all enemies around back and away from Karin. Very easy to execute, and difficult to avoid. Though skillful enemies could counter it if she overuses it.
  
  V-Shift: A perfectly timed dodge on an opponent Karin has read. She becomes immune for a momentary window of time if executed correctly. Time seems to slow for Karin and she can counter and punish her enemy for their insolence. Upon a successful V-Shift, she regains half a bar.
• Super Gauge
  Karin gains access to her Super Gauge. Gained by dealing, taking damage, and avoiding or dodging attacks, this three barred meter gives Karin access to enhanced special moves. At level 3 Super Gauge, she gains access to her Super Combo, a powerful finishing move that deals high damage to a singular target.
• V-Trigger
  When Karin’s V-Gauge is full, she gains access to two modes of higher power. The “Kanzuki-Ryu Guren No Kata”, and the “Tenha no Kata.” One is geared towards offense, the other defense.
  
  Guren gives Karin access to dodge moves, advancing palm strike moves, and powerful grappling attacks that cannot be blocked. Her footwork becomes even more immaculate, allowing her to outmaneuver several opponents at a time instead of just single enemies.
  
  Tenha no Kata gives Karin access to a powerful parry attack. If she reads her opponents correctly, she can counter extremely powerful attacks, even beyond those that would normally break her guard. Upon a counter she can perform a series of follow ups. Such as crumpling her enemy to their knees for a combo, sending them up into the air for a juggle for either her or a teammate, or simply sending them flying to create distance or make use of her environment.
• EX-Meter Transfer to Super Meter
  
  Karin Kanzuki's gauge system changes with this power up. Now, she has three bars that can be filled up once. Every time she fills up one bar, she can do a powerful Super Move, which is a more powerful version of one of her techniques. At three Super Gauges filled up, she can do the most powerful Super Combo, or, alternatively, a Critical Art.
  
  She can still use EX-moves using her Critical Gauge, but EX-Moves will drain one third of a Super meter, preventing her from using Super combos for longer despite being separate gauges. However, overall, this will allow Karin to do more powerful bursts of damage more often to help change the tide in her favor.
• V-ISM: Karin Kanzuki gains access to a new fighting style. With a brief moment of meditation, usually before or after a fight, she refocuses her Ki and gains access to new abilities, with some trade offs.
  
  She loses access to specific and powerful Super Combos, and instead gains access to the versatile Custom Combo. Entering this state will allow Karin to chain her special attacks together instantly, and give her advanced speed. This will allow her to do very long combos, trapping opponents (such as Sakura) in an infinite combo until the duration of the move is over. Each Super gauge now charges faster, and gives access to two seconds of Custom Combo for a maximum of six.
  
  Unlike Super Combos, The Custom Combo state will be interrupted when Karin takes damage, draining the rest of the gauge she would have spent on attacks. It is a state of intense offensive focus. Blocking is not possible, and walking backwards ends the state.
  
  It also grants Karin the ability to block and recover from getting knocked down mid-air.
  
  There are a few draw backs. Her guard is less durable, meaning focused or sustained attacks will break her guard. V-Trigger becomes unavailable, and V-Reversal can only be spent using 50% of a Super bar. Her attacks also do less damage in general.

• Footsies: Karin always knows where to stand. Simple adjustments of her stance and foot position allow her to outmaneuver and outplay even the most skilled melee combatants. A centimeter can be the difference between victory and defeat, and Karin always knows where that centimeter is.
• Kanzuki-Ryu: Karin's fighting style allows her to endure large amounts of damage, perform incredible athletic feats, and send people five times her size flying into the air with a simple well placed palm thrust. She can also dash with incredible bursts of speed, moving in and out of combat range at her leisure. Much like any Street Fighter, she can use her arms to block attacks, blades, bullets, and bursts of energy and plasma. As long as she isn't walking forward. While she has no long ranged attacks, she is an expert at surpassing the defenses of those who would rather keep her out. She is no slow moving grappler- zoners fear HER.
• Forceful Personality: The heart of a lion beats within Karin's chest. (Not literally, though she could have that arranged). Karin is difficult to dominate or intimidate. Indeed, she is capable of doing these things herself. Once per fight, simple minded beasts can be pacified with a glare, and enemies of weak willpower tremble before her. As if they know their foolish arrogance will only waste Karin's time- as if they know their blood is not worthy of getting stuck under her perfectly manicured fingernails.
• Victory In All Things: Karin embodies the Kanzuki motto by regaining full access to her many learned skills. She is good at miscellaneous tasks that can be learned on Earth, and will be smug about it.

• None yet.

• Sandwich: While also serving as a healthy snack for The Heavy and possible allies, the mysterious Sandwich has the power to heal significant damage and injuries just by being digested.
• Showdown: With a flick of the wrist, the Heavy mimics a quick-draw Pistol Showdown and shouts before blowing out the imaginary smoke from the "barrel". This attack has the chance of killing an enemy outright in one blow, or severly injure a stronger enemy.

• Strength of a Siberan Bear: As his apperance suggest, Heavy is a incredibly strong Russian giant, much stronger than the tiny baby men of BLU. Heavy can lift things most men never could, and then some. Whether or not he should is a completely different matter, but he will certainly try.
• Taunter: Taunting your enemy into submission is an art it itself, one Heavy has plenty of from his days in RED. Heavy has the ability to call out to his enemies, throwing mean names and insults at them to gain their attention, focusing their ire at him instead of his comrades. After all, they are so small, it's funny to him!
• "Get behind me!": As the designated tank of team RED, Heavy is used to soaking up damage directed at his comrades in arms. Heavy can take more damage than most normal humans could, shrugging off minor wounds with his bellying laughs in Russian. Not invulnerable by no means, but this Russian bear can take one heck of a beating.

• Slow runner: Not blessed with a strong constitution, nor particulary long legs, Heavy is a slow runner, easily falling behind his faster compatrions. He's meant to take on the enemy head-on, not chase after them.
• "Less talking, more fighting": Violence is more often than not the answer to Heavy's problems, at least according to himself. He wasn't hired by RED to talk in long, boring board-meetings with BLU after all, he's there to fight it out. Heavy thus has the tendency to fight instead of talking, much to the dismay of his less violent friends. Don't get on his bad side.

• Medic (TF2)- His very best friend and most useful teammate in RED. This German doktor with the medical knowledge of a genius and ethics of Frankstein always has Heavy's back, blasting him full of healing energy. The two of them working together, nothin can stop them!
• Bentley - The Brain (Sly Cooper-franchise) - Although they have never personally met, in some way and form they once shared the same destiny. While quite the opposites, with Bentley the brain-gifted, wheelbound turtle, they both live their lives at odds with normal society; one a mercenary, the other a thief, both fiercly loyal to their friends and their causes.
• Gordon Freeman - The One Free Man (Half Life) - Dr. Freeman, Gordon Freeman, The Free Man, Anticitizen One, a man of many names yet few words. They both hail from similar worlds, both are formidable fighters in their own right, able to defeat an enemy against overwhelming odds.

• Cathletic – As a Feral in good shape, Nadia has a slew of catlike abilities. Her sight and hearing are enhanced, her agility is superhuman, and she can extend her sharp, sturdy nails on both her fingers and toes into claws. Even her tail can pack a wallop when rigid.
• Pawsibilities – Nadia is highly creative when it comes to using her power, and generally everything she has at her disposal. For instance, she will use jets of her blood to change her direction in midair, use her detached head as a projectile or distraction, extract her own muscle fibers to use as binding, extend her blows using tendons like ropes, spin her hand or limbs like a drill, wield her detached tail as a weapon, and more.
• Purrty Thing – Owing to both her (cheery, forthcoming, and slightly dorky) personality and looks (scars aside), Nadia has no shortage of charm. She prefers to act naturally, but she can play up the playfulness if need be
• Tag Team - Camaraderie in the face of adversity has allowed Nadia to work much more effectively as part of a group. This connection to her teammates gives her a better sense for both when she can help them out and what she can do to help, be it in or out of combat. This means she can better follow-up her allies’ attacks, potentially even continuing their combos
• Feast - Eating anything will restore health in addition to its actual effects. Also, receive a fast-diminishing attack boost after eating
• Su-purr-conductor - the Lightning type gleaned from Cat-5 helps shore up some of Nadia’s weakness while granting new strength. Now, instead of being flash-frozen by Ice attacks thanks to her purr-manent Hydro status, Ice attacks grant her Multitarget for thirty seconds, and so do Air, Metal, and Water attacks. Multitarget causes her attacks to burst on successful hit, dealing splash damage in a 5 ft radius of an appropriate type (her normal attacks ‘burst’ with blood, which is treated as Hydro/Water)
• Big Mamie - For each ally fighting alongside Nadia, her ranged damage, damage against airborne enemies, and evasiveness increase by 8%, stacking up to 24% at 3 stacks
• The Power of Water - Nadia’s affinity for the Hydro element has deepened, and her skill with Rhodeia's powers has increased, modifying her 'Copycat' ability into 'Hydro Mewmicry' which allows her to create more varied and powerful Hydro Mimics instead of just copycats

• Cat-astrophe – Nadia relies completely on the magic power of the Life Gem, which is suffused throughout her body. Anything capable of extracting or reforming it would kill her instantly. If subjected to an anti-magic effect, like Silence, for any longer than a second or two she would also die. Additionally, blood manipulation is an incredibly hard counter for her
• Mew-nimum Range – With the sole exception of throwing or hitting her head as a projectile, which doesn't necessarily solve this issue, Nadia has no ranged attacks. As such she has to commit to a potentially dangerous close range when fighting virtually anything, and she has a tough time against keep-away
• Phagophobia - The fear of being eaten alive. Whether Moreau, the Guests, or even in a literal sense the Maw itself, Nadia has come to treat the possibility of being eaten alive with a terror that goes beyond normal. This can apply with things like leeches, maggots, and piranhas, or even mouth-shaped things like cave entrances, but especially with large monsters. If being eaten is on the table, and with it the chance of an eternal, undying existence of torment within the wet, crushing, acidic guts of monsters, Nadia can’t keep her head on straight. She’s also highly averse to being bitten in general even if it wouldn’t really harm her
• Watery - A permanent Hydro status means that she can be briefly flash-frozen if struck by ice magic, electro-charged by electricity, and vaporized (dealt extra damage) by fire
• 2,700 Pounds of Justice - increases her effective weight by 2.7 times via density. This lowers her air mobility, makes her easier to combo, and makes her harder to be carried, lifted, or thrown
• Lightning Reactions - If hit by Earth, Plant, Glass, or Plastic-type attacks, the host will be Grounded. If she has Multi-target, that buff will be removed, and if she doesn't, her accuracy will be reduced for 30 seconds
• Darkbane - Increases the damage taken by Dark-type attacks by 30%

• Rhodeia of Loch
• Massachusetts
• Kronya
• Cat-5

• Havel’s Ring (?) - A ring for warriors keen on heavy accouterments. Increases maximum equip load. This ring was named after Havel the Rock, the battlefield compatriot of Gwyn, the First Lord–or so it should be. This ring is but an imitation, only providing a measly 15% extra equip load instead of the original 50%
• Blue Dancer Charm - A cloth doll depicting a dancer garbed in blue. An ancient heirloom of some sort. The dancer in blue represents a fairy, who in legend bestowed a flowing sword upon a blind swordsman. Blade in hand, the swordsman sealed away an ancient god — a god that was Rot itself. Increases physical damage as equip load lowers, with a maximum of 14% extra damage dealt at the lightest threshold, but unfortunately since the ratio is not percentage-based, Havel's Ring doesn't really gel with it
• Bait Launcher - A gun that fires steaks. When a steak hits the ground, it leaves a small pool of red liquid and a tiger will appear, run to the nearest enemy, and maul it. The damage dealt by the steaks themselves is negligible. The tigers don’t attack allies. The Bait Launcher has 36 shots left, a 1 shot magazine, and 1 second reload time. The steaks are perfectly edible and pretty tasty, but the quality varies
• Kagari Rokushikisouken - A pair of grips, designed to be triggered when held in a reverse grip, and a case (fused with her rigging) with twenty disposable segmented blades with a single razor edge. The blades can be inserted into the grips easily and quickly, and detached with a squeeze of the triggers. These ‘box cutters’ are dexterity weapons that can slash, stab, and sever with speed and finesse, leave their blades inside stabbed targets, or send them flying with a well-timed trigger pull
• Athame - a dagger that increases attack and speed somewhat in combat against a wounded enemy. Weakens enemies' physical and magical defense on hit for 15 seconds. Grants ‘Vantage’: while blocking an opponent’s offensive pressure, Nadia can counterattack with this weapon, essentially functioning as an alpha counter. This attack cannot lead into a combo
• Ripened Heart - On use, which involves holding it up to her chest, provides a quick burst of fast healing (about 20%) provided by a prolonged stretch of slower healing, about 40% over 5 seconds. Only three uses between rests
• Second Stomach - A gastrointestinal mutation that doubles the health received from health-restoring items
• Utility Belt - A special belt stolen from an upscale leather shop in the Home of Tears. Each of its six pouches can hold one item perfectly
• Magic Wallet - Can hold infinite funds!
• Free Lemonade - A pitcher of lemonade with no strings attached that can either be drunk or emptied to create a puddle that lasts 10 seconds, damaging enemies that step in it. It can be stashed when not in use, and after four minutes it will refill itself
• Hivestone - Boss material that can be made into a bug-themed weapon
• Lumenite Crystal - A prized crystal that emanates a warm glow, inviting light amidst the darkness. Its scarcity increases its value, as survivors seek it out to gain an edge in their battles. Used for upgrading special weapons

• Musical Ensemble - hidden within Band’s cybernetic body is a whole orchestra of instrumental weapons, from the tiniest horns and triangles to trumpets and trombones to enormous tubas and saxophones, all of which can strike physically or release physically damaging sound blasts depending on their strength. He’s even got kick pedals and music stands in there. The instruments have a variety of uses, giving him a tool for every job, be it short-range pokes, sliding smashes, head-ringing grabs, or earthquakes
• Sound Stun - Once per combo, Band can release a sound-based follow up attack on any instrumental hit that will momentarily leave his opponent paralyzed, allowing him to string together a longer, more damaging combo or open his foe up to allies
• Dramatic Tension – Once a fight begins, Band can begin building up Dramatic Tension by dealing and taking damage. If he accumulates enough she can perform Blockbusters, powerful moves that cannot be broken out of if a hit lands at any point. His Level 1 Blockbusters are:
  
  • Super Sonic Jazz - Big Band transforms into a French Horn and charges forward hitting multiple times, the last hit launching the opponent up and behind Big Band
  • Timpany Drive - Big Band pulls out several timpani and bangs on them with mallets causing multiple sound blasts to shoot out of the bottom of each timpani. Big Band floats and can move around during the attack
• Even the Sky Ain't the Limit - In a marvelous display of ASG's technological prowess, Band can reconfigure his lower body into a rocket and blaze through the skies. He can't sustain it for too long, and he can barely turn after blasting off, but it's still an effective tool for travel. For slower, more precision flying he must deploy the inner rockets into Timpany Drive position, although the strain of flying like this gives him only a few seconds for maneuvering
• Satchmo Solo
  Big Band’s level five Blockbuster, requiring five times the dramatic tension of Super Sonic Jazz or Tympani Drive. Big Band deploys a tuba, stopping time for as long as he plays it up to a maximum of seven seconds. When the duration ends or he stops playing, he receives a massive power boost and can unleash the Satchmo Death Blow, a hydraulic brass-knuckle beatdown that deals an absurd amount of damage
• Take Five - Big Band’s Outtake. A strategic option taking the form of a high-knockback, non-damaging attack. If a foe is fighting as part of a team, this special attack not only stuns the victim but drags in whatever enemy teammate Band wants. If the foe is alone, this attack prevents the foe healing until the battle is decided
• Bagpipe Blues - After playing his bagpipes for a moment to built up energy, Band gains two buffs. One allows him to finish off his next Super Sonic Jazz with Satchmo Blow, a weaker version of Satchmo Death Blow. The other gives him armor on his attacks for ten seconds, making him much harder to stop in close-range combat

• Hard Bop - Band’s mechanical body commands both great strength and weight, meaning he can take and dish out a hefty amount of punishment. Sound mind, sound body
• My Favorite Things - While a pretty good musician himself across a variety of instruments, some better than others, Band shines through in his expertise with the subject itself, jazz in particular
• Never Miss a Beat - Due to his time spent with New Meridian’s ‘finest’, Band possesses a number of useful skills from investigation and observation (including risk assessment) to forensics and criminal psychology. He even has a feel for Esprit de Corps, the spirit of policing, giving him an understanding of fellow officers of the law
• My Feet Can’t Fail Me Now - Prolonged overuse of Band’s reconstructed body in extreme conditions has toughened it up somewhat, giving him increased endurance, temperature tolerance, and durability

• Lazy River - When it comes to covering distance, Band is neither quick nor agile
• Bright Size Life - Band is a big target, both easy to hit and easy to notice. Dodging and stealth just aren’t his jam
• Miles Beyond - Though his melee attacks have some good reach and he has tools to get in, Big Band operates at close range. He has no projectiles and attacking someone from far away means getting close to them first, however long that may take, so keep-away tends to take its toll

_{"I will... never be a memory..."}

Game Origin

• Final Fantasy VII.

Appearance

• Sephiroth is, unless he has access to his ability to shapeshift or cast illusions, typically a tall man with a muscular build clad in a long black coat with silver pauldrons, black boots and black trousers. The top of his coat is open to reveal his chest, under which a pair of leather SOLDIER suspenders crisscross diagonally. As for his hair, Sephiroth has bangs that he keeps parted to either side of his face, though they still manage to get in his way at times.

Personality

• Although he once maintained an aloof and ultimately professional demeanor during his time with Shinra, Sephiroth has since grown cold and arrogant following his fall into madness after his investigation of Nibelheim and the revelation of his true origins. This has twisted him into an exceedingly ruthless, murderous, vengeful, and downright sadistic being with a messiah complex to top the whole ensemble off. A far cry from the well respected, and yes even more humane, man he used to be. Despite all of this, however, Sephiroth does not display his insanity in outbursts of extreme rage, anger, or even spite like one would expect. Instead he retains the same cold and calm demeanor from his time following the end of the Wutai-War, barely seeming bothered by setbacks in his plans no matter how large or inconvenient they may be. Granted, there is one notable exception to this. One thing that can truly break his downright inhuman calm. That exception is Galeem, or his light rather, which put an almost irreparable end to Sephiroth's original plan of attaining godhood by assuming direct control of the planet's lifestream. This has, quite predictably, made the Lord of Light the sole focus of his rage here in the new world, to the point where even the briefest mention of Galeem's name sends a wave of revulsion and hate coursing through every fiber of the One-Winged Angel's being.

Background

• Five years after his supposed death in December 0007, Sephiroth returned and sent out a call, one that would not only be heeded by those who bore Jenova's cells, but her remains as well. From here he traveled via cargo ship to Costa del Sol after murdering the current president of Shinra and leaving a piece of Jenova behind to slow Cloud's pursuit even as he taunted him with their fated reunion. From here he made his way to the Temple of the Ancients to retrieve both their knowledge and the Black Materia so that he could summon a meteor with which he might wound the planet, with the damage at the impact site hopefully being severe enough for him to reach out and take direct control of the lifestream as it rushed in, thus completing his plan of becoming a god.
  
  Things didn't go exactly as he had envisioned however, for even though he was able to keep Holy at bay long enough to render anything it did to stop the incoming meteor useless, a light brighter than any he had ever seen swooped into the area and destroyed everything it touched. And though he tried to evade it, tried using the vast power at his disposal to flee, Sephiroth quickly found himself engulfed alongside the rest of the planet and its many inhabitants. For a time he merely wandered in what appeared to be total darkness, his spirit lost until it found the body of a puppet fighter to anchor itself to. From here he merely fought, trapped under the Lord of Light's spell until someone or something managed to set him free. While he is unaware of who gave him this second chance, Sephiroth definitely doesn't intend to waste it. His one and only goal now is to become powerful enough to utterly destroy Galeem, though whether he will do so from within the confines of a group or completely on his own remains to be seen.

Specialty

• Long/short range zonal specialist.

Level

• 3

Experience

• 24/30

Powers

• Flare: Flare serves as the first tier of Sephiroth's neutral special, being a fairly large projectile with the longest range out of all the tiers that explodes on contact.
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• Megaflare: Charging Flare for a short time causes it to become Megaflare, a blue flame that is more powerful and has a larger explosion, but travels a shorter distance.
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  Gigaflare: Charging Megaflare even further causes the move to become Gigaflare, a small projectile that results in an large and extremely powerful explosion, though significantly shorter-ranged, barely past melee range.

Strengths

• Expert Combatant/Master Swordsman: Being not only a renowned veteran and the strongest member of the SOLDIER program as well as the hero of the Wutai-War, Sephiroth has proven himself to be a highly capable combatant time and time again, especially where the art of the blade is concerned. This notion is only furthered by the fact he was able to take on both of his allies, Genesis and Angeal, at once during a combat simulation while also destroying the Junnon cannon they stood on with ease. Additionally, his prowess in combat only grew following his fall into the lifestream, or so it would seem. Exactly how much of this was actually him, considering the fact his real body was still encased in mako at the heart of the Northern Cave, Jenova's remains assuming his form to act on his behalf, or merely an illusion is unknown.
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• Superhuman Physiology: While the exact limits of his powers, physical and metaphysical alike, are not actually known due to his tendency to hold back during battle, what feats of strength, speed, and durability he has demonstrated thus far have more than earned him his spot at the superhuman level. Even if this is not entirely accurate to his true potential, Sephiroth is still well beyond your average human in terms of condition, only being matched or defeated by people who were clones of him due to the cells they were implanted with or his former allies. Some feats of his in this regard include moving so fast it appears as though he is teleporting, wielding the eight-foot long Masamune with only one hand, blocking attacks from Genesis that crushed the metal beneath his feet, carving a mako cannon to pieces both from afar and up close as mentioned before, and withstanding both Genesis' fireballs as well as Cloud's Buster Sword being run through his back. One would be wise to remember that a few of these displays were done either during a simulation or after his submersion into the lifestream, meaning he is technically much weaker and slower following Galeem's assault, though still more than capable of holding his own thanks to the presence of Jenova's cells along with the mako energy introduced to his system as part of the SOLDIER program.
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• Strong-Willed: Sephiroth is, thanks to his training and nature in general, in possession of an incredibly strong will. One so powerful it not only let him overwrite his own "mother's" will, but also subsist for at least five years within the depths of the lifestream itself, although it should be noted that Jenova's cells did play a huge part in this. Nevertheless Sephiroth's will remains ironclad, meaning it's going to take a hell of a lot to wear him down.

Weaknesses

• Insane: To put it plainly Sephiroth is completely insane, as his ruthless and vengeful side more than proves. And as if that wasn't convincing enough, his messiah complex should be more than enough proof to demonstrate just how mad he actually is, even if he doesn't always show or seem it. Because of this he is most certainly not one to be trusted nor aided unless one shares a goal similar in nature to his and it becomes readily apparent that working together would be far more beneficial than working alone.
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• Withheld Potential: Sephiroth for all his power, arrogance, and might, has the nasty habit of holding back during a fight. Why exactly no one can truly say, though his behavior suggests he does so in order to toy with his opponent and thereby increase their despair when they realize their approach simply will not work. It reduces his effectiveness in combat either way, though not by too much.

Spirits

• Cia (Red): The host has gotten shorter, tan-skinned, and somewhat less muscular. His hair has shortened to half its original length, and gained a bit at the front that sweeps to the left side. His coat has become a dark red with faint yellow stripes, the chest window has gotten longer, and one pant leg has become a shorts leg. He's also gained golden bracelets and an extra golden belt. His obsession with Cloud has developed (and become somewhat conflated with Link) so that can't quite decide whether to kill him or 'claim him', but it's definitely gotten stronger, to the point where it's seldom far from his thoughts. This spirit confers the Power Dark Magic, allowing the host to fire off orbs or condense darkness into explosive geysers or cutting disks, draining appropriate amounts of MP. It also confers the Weakness Weak Point, leaving the host vulnerable to being stunned by exploitative attacks after pulling off special moves.
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• Scharnhorst: Fusion with this spirit has made the majority of the host's spirits, and thus the host, female. The host has gotten shorter again, reaching 5'6”, and lost some more muscle mass. Her voluminous hair has gotten long again, reaching her knees, and is streaked with violet. On her left side her longcoat (now a dark purple with yellow-striped red on the inside) shortens to the length of a skirt, and the pant-leg turned shorts-leg is now completely gone, although the boot on that leg now reaches to mid-thigh. One eye is covered by an eyepatch, and the other is an opalescent mix of sapphire blue, cruel red, and Mako green. She also has a beret cap with two earlike protrusions on either side. In terms of personality, she's gotten somewhat more dutiful, but also aggressive and brave, with a profound dislike for retreating. This spirit confers the Power Ship Shape, giving her rigging that extends from her back. Scharnhorst's rigging includes three cannon batteries that can launch explosive shells, although ammunition is limited and aiming can be difficult. Also included is a fearsome mechanical shark, although it's part of the rigging and not deployable. The rigging functions as an extension of her body, and while it can be taken off, she can't truly discard it and damage to it is shared with her. As long as its active, rigging allows her to skate across any water surface. It also confers the Weakness Monocular, limiting the host's field of vision, giving her a blind spot to her left, and increasing the difficulty of tracking moving objects, judging distances, and perceiving depth.

Kindred Spirits

• Cloud Strife: Less of a kindred spirit and more a constant source of annoyance and hate for the former Shinra vet, Sephiroth wishes to meet Cloud a second time if only to torment him further. Namely because he, the chosen one, was bested by someone who was naught more than a mere infantryman and a wholly mortal one at that.
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• Genesis Rhapsodos: Fellow SOLDIER and former rival, if Genesis has somehow found his way into the World of Light then there is no doubt that Sephiroth will go out of his way to face him. If only to settle the matter of who is stronger once and for all...

Inventory
Along with his typical long coat, black boot and black trouser combo, Sephiroth also possesses the following gear...

• Materialzed Masamune: An eight-foot long katana that he is rarely seen without despite apparently losing it when he fell into the lifestream. Because of this it is assumed that the blade he now carries is one that he both summons and maintains via his own power or will. Sephiroth's battle stance with the sword is to hold it over his left shoulder with the blade curving downward, though he has also been known to hold it in a reversed fashion with the blade curving upwards and behind as well. When actually engaging in combat with the blade however, he often uses only one hand-typically his left-although he can technically wield it with his right or even both if he so desires.
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• Gold Pieces x75.
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• Manservant Collar - A garment best suited for the groveling, beetle-like men who exist to satisfy and be made mockery of by their betters.
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• Empty Vial - An empty glass vial, formerly filled with blood, but still able to be filled with other kinds of liquid.

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_{"I looked for the truth. Found it. Didn't like it. Wish to hell I could forget it. Alex Mercer... This city suffered for his mistakes, for what he did at Penn Station. And whoever he was - that's a part of me. When I close my eyes, I see the memories of a thousand dead men, screaming as I take their lives. Moments I'll relive forever. What have I become? Something less than human. But also something more."
―Alex Mercer}

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Game Origin
PROTOTYPE

Personality
Perhaps as a result of his difficult childhood, Alex was a callous, spiteful, and cold-blooded individual, being both paranoid and borderline sociopathic. Most notably, prior to his human death at Penn Station, he released the deadly Blacklight virus simply to spite those who denied him information. As such, it is plain to see that his motivations and plans were utterly personal as he rarely took the true cost of human life into account. Being more than capable of callously murdering scores of people and inflicting untold misery those who managed to survive the initial outbreak without the slightest hint of hesitation or remorse, not to mention engineer a far more effective strain of the original bioweapon to begin with, all while straight up ignoring the most basic of ethical qualms. Of course, this was Mercer before his first death and duplication on behalf of the virus. Following this the main thing that drove him was a deep-seeded sense of revenge, as that had been the clearest thought burning in the original Alex's mind at the time of his passing, one which saw him carving a bloody path through New York as he searched for answers both about himself and his past. As he did this, however, he slowly began to change. He was still dead set on finding and consuming the ones who had wronged him naturally, but in those instances where he'd consumed the odd marine or civilian who had the misfortune of being caught up in the crossfire, their memories and personalities had imparted subtle changes unto his own.

Whereas before Mercer had been downright vicious, following these absorptions he found himself becoming increasingly restrained. Some might say merciful even. This was, as you might expect, not a fluke of chance. In its consumption of biomass, the virus that was Mercer had gradually begun developing a conscience and, after a certain point, a sense of familial duty and protectiveness as well. Most of this protectiveness was greatly heightened upon the revelation that Mercer did in fact have a sister, and upon reuniting with Dana for the second time following Elizabeth's capture of her, the virus' fate as a more benevolent - yet largely inhuman - force was sealed. As a matter of fact, it was because of this shift that - when he finally did learn about the truth of his condition - Alex even bothered to strive toward a redemption of sorts in the first place. Or a manner of atonement at the very least, minuscule as it might have been all things considered, and why he has continued to do so even now...

Millions of miles away from anything that could be considered home and anyone who could be considered an ally or friend, standing tall yet alone in the eternal battlefield that is the World of Light.

Background
Having faced a life of abject poverty from a very young age, Alexander J. Mercer's first years were spent in foster care. Upon reaching the age of ten however, he was finally returned to his mother, who had spent the last nine years in prison, but for Mercer, it would have been better had he remained in foster care. He was the only parental figure for his sister, Dana, and as kids they would play together and watch scary movies all while doing their best to avoid the ire of their estranged and often violent mother. It was because of this that Alex developed an interest in fighting and martial arts, mainly to ensure that if the worst ever did come to pass, he could protect both himself and his sister. As the years wore on however, and the two slowly grew older, they were forced to fend for themselves more and more since their mother was around less often. And this increasing rate of absence is actually what drove Mercer to discover his natural aptitude in the scientific field, his intellect providing him the perfect opportunity to leave behind his troubled past and start anew. So, after earning his doctorate degree in genetics at Columbia University, Mercer was hired soon after by GENTEK and quickly rose through the ranks to become the head of their Blacklight project. It can be assumed that his excellence in his profession was due mainly to his lack of empathy for human life, general paranoia, and borderline sociopathy breeding a lack of inherent morality, rather than him simply being forced to set such things aside in the interest of self-preservation.

All traits he was keenly aware of mind, but just didn't care about.

In any case Alex's team was tasked with engineering weaponized viruses from samples given to them by the government. The samples that were provided exhibited curious behavior, including mimicry and retention of genetic information from infected hosts. With Mercer’s help, the team soon engineered a particularly virulent and potent virus codenamed "Blacklight". Mercer’s skill in altering genes made him a valuable asset to GENTEK, as his work was years ahead of their nearest competitors. Despite his successes, however, Alex Mercer was considered a potential liability by Blackwatch, an elite army created to combat exotic threats. Over time, GENTEK became scrutinized by Congress and investigations were proposed. Fearing an information leak, Blackwatch decided to cover it all up. Mercer, due to his paranoid nature, began to launch his own secret investigation on GENTEK. With the assistance of his sister Dana, an investigative reporter, Mercer realized that GENTEK employees associated with the Blacklight project were being silenced by Blackwatch; usually with a bullet between the eyes in the depths of a dark alley.

When he learned that a general purge was about to be unleashed upon the GENTEK scientists, Mercer fled, fearing for his life. In the event he was caught, Mercer had brought insurance - he had smuggled a vial of the Blacklight virus out of quarantine and taken it with him. He also mailed a laptop with classified documents to Dana, but Blackwatch was too quick for him and intercepted it. While attempting to escape the city by train, Mercer was cornered in Penn Station by Blackwatch agents. In a fit of frustration and rage, he threw the vial to the floor, smashing it and unleashing a biological apocalypse. He was promptly shot by Blackwatch operatives as the virus began to spread to everyone in the station. As he fell, he collapsed onto the viral sample, becoming infected as he died. His body was taken back to GENTEK in a body bag. Little did they know, as he was transported, the virus was reconstructing Mercer's body, cell by cell; his biomass feeding the virus as it replicated the still-living matter it had infected. A few hours later and Mercer woke up in a morgue on a slab just as two scientists were about to cut open his torso with a scalpel for an autopsy. The two men panicked and fled, terrified of Mercer. Mercer, however, didn't understand why they were so frightened and had no recollection of his previous life.

Therefore he ran after the scientists in an attempt to escape also.

Though Mercer was now an amnesiac, he was sufficiently aware to realize that the Blackwatch soldiers were certainly not friends when he saw them kill the two scientists as they tried to escape the facility. The soldiers noticed him, but his body regenerated the damage caused by their fire instantly. Surprising both the soldiers and himself, Mercer cleared the several feet high fence around the facility in a single leap. After escaping, he found himself trapped in Manhattan, being pursued by the military. He soon discovered that he had the ability to consume others and take on their appearance and memories, along with their special skills. So, with no recollection of his own past, Mercer decided to track down those responsible for his situation and consume them in order to uncover the truth behind what has been done to him, caught between the Blackwatch Special Forces and an ever-growing population of civilians infected by the virus he released. It was during this time that he began to grow a conscience also, as every person he consumed - military and civilian alike - added their personalities and traits to his own. Thus, while he was still primarily focused on revenge, his pursuit was undercut by a sizeable current of restraint, with Alex going out of his way at times to avoid killing people if he did not have to. It was during this time that he learned of the existence of his sister Dana as well after consuming a certain Lt. Charles Perri, and sought out her aid, infiltrating the perimeter Blackwatch had established around her apartment with ease after assuming the form of their commander.

Gaining her help had been a precarious thing, but Mercer had managed it, and the two set about trying to figure out what was going on. Fast-forwarding a couple of months and Mercer had learned the truth of his existence, defeated Elizabeth Greene, built up several contacts within the military with help from Dana, and was on his way to confront McMullen, though he committed suicide before Alex got the chance. Despite this setback however, it became readily apparent that General Randall was planning on nuking Manhattan to eliminate the virus. Falling back on the mysterious contact he and Dana had been working with over the past couple of months, who turned out to be Captain Cross, Alex was directed to consume a certain Colonel Taggart who was attempting to flee the city. The reason for this was that Cross had been ordered to capture Taggart and had Mercer impersonate him in order to get onto the USS Ronald Reagan where the bomb was being held.

Unexpectedly, Cross betrayed Mercer once he was on the ship, revealing himself to be the Supreme Hunter having consumed Cross at some point and taken his form. It battled Mercer on the deck of the Reagan, but proved the weaker and was subsequently decapitated by him. Following this Mercer boarded a helicopter and dropped the nuclear bomb into the Atlantic Ocean, allowing it to detonate at sea but leaving himself well within the blast radius. His remains washed up on the city shore as lumps of red tissue, but he was able to take human form after consuming a crow that attempted to devour him. Taking a moment to reflect on all that had happened as he walked along the shoreline, Mercer found his thoughts disrupted by a piercing light, one that tore at the earth and sky even as it tore at his very being...

Emerging from yet another mental darkness, his memories of himself and what had happened thankfully intact, Mercer set off to figure out just where the hell he was; additionally, he set off in search of his younger sister as well, believing that she too is alive and stuck here in this strange new world.

Specialty
Close quarters/melee combat.

Level

• 2

Experience

• 1/20

Powers

• Consume: Mercer can absorb the biomass and DNA or essence of other entities, copying and assimilating it into his own in order to gain the entity's genetic memories and physical presence. At least, that's how it used to work. This power has changed slightly following his transportation to the World of Light. Most notably, given how almost all usable biomass is reduced to ash upon a sentient entity's death, Mercer can no longer consume people and creatures whole to heal. Rather, he must selectively remove certain parts of his enemy's body and absorb those in order to regenerate from inflicted damage. A side effect of this is that, unless he's able to snag and consume his opponent's brain, the biomass gained from consumed body parts will not impart their memories unto him. Otherwise, a fusion with a spirit is required, and even then there are new forms of nuance to this process. For one thing, Mercer can only fully shapeshift into the form of the being whose spirit's he's been consuming after eating five or more, otherwise he can only manifest about twenty percent of the spirit's traits at any given time. Finally, if Alex lethally consumes a target, he will automatically fuse with their spirit.
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• Claws Power: Mercer transforms his hands into deadly edged weapons to slice and dice for up-close crowd control.

Strengths
Superhuman Condition: Mercer possesses downright inhuman levels of strength, speed, agility, durability, and adaptability thanks to his viral physiology. This is due to the fact that every particle of his being from clothing to cells is composed purely of biomass, a material he can manipulate at will. Generally such usage consists of morphing his body parts into various implements such as claws, blades, or hammers for killing, or shifting his physical form to create a suit of armor with which he may defend himself from hostile attacks; Alex can consume the biomass of other living beings, however, adding it to his own for the purposes of regenerating and recovering from injury, in addition to taking on his victim's form and memories. Although even without access to the majority of his shapeshifting abilities for the duration of time he was infected by the parasite implanted in him by Robert Cross, Mercer was still a very formidable threat. He had retained his superhuman strength and speed, though he was unable to consume others and take on their forms until the parasite was removed by Dr. Ragland, which saw Mercer gaining the armor and blade powers as a result. This is important to take note of as, following his arrival in the World of Light, Alex found his formerly godlike abilities reduced to the levels they were at following his infection with the parasite. He found he'd retained his claw ability however, in addition to his strength, speed, durability, and adaptability, as well as his capability to consume the biomass of other living beings provided said biomass was detached from the target first as they had the odd tendency to turn into ash upon death.

These are nowhere near what they should be as far as advancement or power is concerned of course, and Alex knows it all too well.

Web of Intrigue: The Web of Intrigue is a collection of memories Alex Mercer has collected from those he has consumed. He is able to review these memories whenever he wishes, and has a grand total of 131 memories absorbed from individuals he considers important. Because of this and the fact that he gets the memories of everyone he consumes, Mercer also has a veritable maelstrom of stolen final moments raging relentlessly in the depths of his mind, forcing him to relive the deaths of every single person he's killed every time he closes his eyes. Due to this unendingly chaotic state of mind, Mercer has gotten quite used to having multiple personalities bouncing around his head. It is for this reason that he's able to adapt to fusions and their negative effects quicker than most, though it should be noted that this does not make him exempt from them.

Intelligent: Mercer possesses a high level of intelligence, having earned a doctorate in genetic engineering from Columbia University, in addition to being the man responsible for the creation of the Blacklight virus as head of GENTEK's Blacklight project. Obviously this, when combined with his current ability to consume his enemies and absorb their memories, makes it highly likely that his intellect post-infection has grown to an inhuman degree. Despite these alterations however, he is still anything but all-knowing, and is still reliant on the consumption of others to further his base of knowledge.

Weaknesses
Cold: While not entirely pitiless or utterly lacking in empathy thanks to the people he's consumed, Mercer is still largely introverted, blunt, and downright awkward in most social situations. He does not like being touched for example, both because it violates his personal space and because he is a walking hunk of viral biomass that generally eats everything it comes into contact with, and will remain in a largely broody state a majority of the time regardless of whether or not he is socially engaged. Furthermore, while he goes out of his way to take down his enemies with as little violence as possible, Mercer will not hesitate to brutally murder them should they push him too far or target those he cares about.

This makes for quite the frightening sight, as it gives one a glimpse of just how ruthless he can really be.

Thaumaturgical Flaw: A strange side effect of his arrival here in the World of Light, Mercer has developed an almost crippling weakness to magic. While able to resist most basic effects, such as flame spells and the like, other more esoteric cantrips have the potential to wreak untold havoc on him right down to the molecular level. As such, while he can adapt to become more resilient to the effects of mystical agents and sorceries, he can never truly overcome them due to the sheer incompatibility between his more scientifically aligned reality and the nonsensical nature of this one.

Restrained: While many wouldn't consider this to be a weakness, the desire to outright avoid combat or engage using as little violence as possible is a major detriment in this mishmashed new world. For the Gleaming are many, and unwilling to cease in battle once blood has been spilt, making every encounter in which one cannot Friend Heart a matter of life and death. At least for most beings anyway. And even if one manages to avoid them, there are still numerous monsters and beasts roaming the lands to worry about. Now, while not entirely threatened by many things, Mercer has still run into quite a great deal of risk while wandering the land, and his immense restraint has gotten him more than his fair share of one-sided beat downs.

Spirits

• N/A.

Kindred Spirits

• Dana Mercer: Dana A. Mercer is the younger sister of Alex Mercer. She is an investigative journalist and Alex considers her the only person he can really trust, more so after his emergence of a conscience. As such, he will stop at nothing to see her kept safe from harm here in the World of Light.
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• Cole MacGrath: Originally, he was a simple bike messenger who was delivering a package for someone to somewhere in the Historic District of Empire City. In the midst of his delivery however, the package exploded, destroying half the city and killing thousands in the process. However, this event resulted in Cole activating his power of Electrokinesis, and forged a distant connection of sorts between himself and Mercer. The two, despite knowing nothing of the others existence, both died the victims of circumstances beyond their control, but each went on to forge their own fates. Thus are they bound by something far stronger than blood...
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• The Monster: The monster is a red tentacled amorphous being. Its covered in eyes and gaping mouths and can manipulate its body at will as shown when it creates a protective shell around its body and created sharp spikes all over itself. The creature itself is incredibly swift and fast especially for its size. Despite breaking free from its containment and subsequent slaughter of all personnel on the premises, this creature merely wishes to be left alone, and has shunned most interaction with other beings following its escape thus far.

Inventory

• N/A.

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• Kamui - Through the power of the Amahagane, the user has a slowed perception of time, allowing for quicker and more efficient parries, blocks, and counter-attacks. (Stackable, up to 3 levels currently.)

• Dual Swordsmanship Mastery
• Wall Running (short distances)
• Agility

• Physical Strength
• Takes a lot of damage when hit.

• Sparking Spirit Consumed:
  Roader x2
  The host has gotten a little shorter. His eyes are bright yellow, without visible pupils. He has a separate tri-spiked helmet and mouthguard, as well as triple-spiked red shoulder and thigh pads. His lower legs below the knees are mechanical, with a tire in place of each foot. These spirits confer the Powers Roader Motor, allowing him to 'drive' around with a very low rate of stamina consumption and perform wheel-based maneuvers like drifting, and Roader Charge, allowing him to boost forward in a strong charge move that's difficult to interrupt. They also confer the Weaknesses Puncture Prone, which cripples his driving ability if his tires get popped, and Unsubtle Motors, which makes him easy to hear and track (thanks to the smell of gasoline) when he uses the motors.
  Spirit absorbed:
  Vandal
  The host has gotten taller, with glowing blue irises. His helmet’s changed again, gaining two winglike protrusions to either side, and he’s gained a purple scarf. His wheels are smaller, held between talon-like toes, and he’s lost a digit on each hand. His cuirass is also reinforced. This spirit confers the Power Four Arms, which is self-explanatory, although not being hard-wired to have four arms since birth like normal Vandals it will still take time to get used to. This spirit also confers the Weakness Goon, decreasing the host’s attack and defense by 15%

• Spellcasting: Sora can cast a number of spells, each one with a varying affect. Fire: A small ball of fire flies at his enemy. Cure: When low on health, can heal himself to full. Cannot use any other spells for a minute afterwards. Aero: A shield of air swirls around him, halving all damage done against him.
  Valor Form: With the assistance of a warrior in the party whose heart fuses with Sora's, Sora can double his physical damage, take half damage, and wield a second Keyblade. This lasts for 1 minute. The second Keyblade resembles the heart of the warrior involved. This can only be done with consent of the partner.
  Power of Friendship: When Sora becomes good enough friends with someone, his heart connects to theirs, creating a Keyblade that matches that friend in both appearance and abilities.

• Optimism
• Friendliness
• Physical Strength

• Easily depressed at times
• Stubborn
• Low intelligence

• Striker: Craw

• Power Absorption: Through physical contact, Delsin can permanently copy someone else's power at its most basic, enough to imbue his chain for melee combat, fire off small projectiles for ranged combat, do a short dash with the "element," and absorb said "element" from around the area. He can only have a maximum of 4 acquired powers at a time.

• Parkour
• Quickly mastering new powers
• Making Pictures (primarily with spray paint)

• Stubborn
• Can be ignorant
• Hotheaded