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Official character blurb: Capricious modern girl, Amarante Irazoki, is both a role and rule breaker.

Mini bio: Originating from an ill-starred birth, Amarante's life has been peppered with bad luck from its very start. However, she's survived, stubbornly if not at times delightedly over the many long years of her too-long life. The title of 'general' she'd worked for amongst a demon army proved to be unsatisfactory, as the butchery of thousands of humans over many a year proved to be more of a systematic chore than anything enjoyable. The post was soon abandoned, as she sought real purpose within the world of her origin. Taking up residence in a place with a stronger belief in the paranormal left her both energized and vulnerable to a stronger sort of defense. Sealed in a cave for over six hundred years, it was only by chance that she was found and freed by a boy that she swore fealty towards for the rest of his life. In his service she learned to accept others regardless of their roles in life. In the years that followed she found renewed purpose in operating her own cafe, complete with her own line of coffee. Though in this comparatively tranquil stage of her life she hasn't forgotten her determination, to use her power and strength to protect what's important to her and not simply do as she's told.

Current:

• Residence: Durem (Ishetum); additional residences: apartments in Roppongi, Sendai, over Caffè Sospeso
  
• Occupation: styled 'prima barista': coffee line/coffeehouse owner (Caffè Sospeso)
  
• Legal Status: naturalized Japanese citizen, Kememou ethnicity

Name:

• Common Name: Irazoki Amarante (family name is Irazoki)
  
• Aliases: General Irazoki, the Witherless Rose, the Grey Hornet, Prisoner of Fate
  
• Other Names: Japanese name: Suzumebachi no Amarante (Japanese citizenship used to require adopting a Japanese name)

Origin:

• Originated: December 10, 1804 BCE (3823; aging halted at 20)
  
• Place of Origin: Itjtawy, Egypt
  
• Eastern Zodiac: Dragon
  
• Western Zodiac: Ophiuchus
  
• Alignment: Chaotic Good
  
• Arcana: The Empress
  
• Birth Card: Star/Strength
  

Element:

• Family Element: Earth
  
• Personal Element: Fire
  
• Combination Master Element: Lava

Personality:

• On the surface, Amarante easily falls into the stereotype of having a 'tsundere' personality; disdainful at best and hateful at worst. This works in tandem with the self-assured aspect of her personality, as she more often than not does what she thinks is correct and cares not about the consequences. Playfully violent and cheerfully snide, she is also prone to wild assumptions and kneejerk reactions towards most anything and most anyone. Her capability towards affection is hidden deeply within her resplendent shell, unlikely to be accessible at all to most. Still, she's capable of being at least neutral to most if absolutely necessary. It's just that that's not any fun for her.

Interests:

• smoking (kiseru, cigarettes, cigarette holder), drinking (alcohol or coffee), alcohol, coffee, chocolate, motorcycles, making money, playing piano/guitar, singing, weapons, partying, social bathing, consensual fighting, dressing in costumes, her heart's desire
  
• above average cooking skills, above average singer, above average dancer, average piano player, average guitar player, average shamisen player

Languages Spoken:

• Abyssal, Middle Egyptian, Japanese, English, German, Italian/Neapolitan, Ilythiiri

Music Selection:

From Amarante's perspective

• Tokusatsu - Katte ni kaizou shite mo ii ze (It's Fine to Remodel as You Like) (translation)
  
• Kishidan - Kenka Joutou (Bring on the Fight) (translation)
  
• Tokyo Jihen - Yume no Ato (After a Dream) (translation)
  
• Shiina Ringo - Mayonaka wa Junketsu (Midnight is Pure) (translation)
  
• Shiina Ringo - Honnou (Instinct) (translation)
  
• BUCK-TICK - Kagerou (Mayfly) (translation)

About Amarante

• Golden Bomber - Torauma Kyabajou (Trauma Hostess) (translation)
  
• DJ OZMA - Macchibo (Matchstick) (translation)
  
• Rachmaninov - Prelude in C Sharp Minor
  
  (Any you/we in any of the lyrics is to be interpreted as subjective.)

As a creature of non-human origin and considerable years, Amarante has a sizable set of both passive and active skills that make her never-ending life somewhat simpler.

• Dual Elements
  Amarante has both a family element, earth, and her personal element, fire. She's highly capable of using both to the point of combining them into her own master element, lava.
  
  
• Immense Strength
  While not absurdly strong, Amarante is considerably stronger than a human being and many of her paranormal peers.
  
  
• Defensive Strength
  Defense is where Amarante's true strength lies, as while she may not win every battle she's almost certain to survive injuries that may be fatal to even her paranormal peers.
  
  
• Healing Factor
  Amarante can heal from her injuries more quickly than the average human, quickly enough to never scar but still not instantly especially if considerable disfiguration is involved.
  
  
• Regeneration
  Amarante's body can completely regenerate itself. Two key parts will always remain, one of which is her left hand.
  
  
• Weapon Proficiency
  Amarante can learn the ins and out of any weapon rather quickly. However she only has average skill for most. She excels in demonic scythe, katana, dagger, and kunai.
  
  
• Spiritual Communication
  Amarante's ability to communicate with spirits is scant in comparison to her other skills, but is developed enough to the point of having the ability to touch otherwise incorporeal creatures.
  
  
• Resourceful Energy Collection
  Amarante's body is incredibly resourceful at collecting energy and generates more energy than other creatures do with the same amount activity, with collection methods included but not limited to: sleeping, eating, drinking, sex. And being that she is basically always sleeping/eating/drinking, she's generally doing whatever she's doing out of pleasure rather than any need and topping off her energy reserves rather than filling them. Going without one energy source is completely possible for her as long as she's obtaining energy in some other way.
  
  
• Channel Energy
  Since origin she's had a biological amplifying engine in place of a right eye. By itself the engine has no use, but when an outside source of energy is channelled through it, it can amplify the energy far beyond the source's limits. Application is nearly limitless, but an additional force for limitation is required for collosal projects such as creating complex permanent portals between worlds.
  
  
• Shapeshifting
  Though she's capable of looking pretty much however she likes, Amarante chooses to stay close to her true features. Even her gender can be changed, but she prefers her original female gender. She can maintain a constant shapeshift as well as apply this skill to others due to her great capability of generating energy and her large energy reserves. Two things she refuses to change: her red hair and short body. Two things she cannot change: her generator and the brand upon her left wrist.
  
  
• Phasing
  Amarante's body can become incorporeal as she pleases. And while this might render her too powerful to capture, it's more likely that she'll forget that she can do this when she really needs to to escape and remember it later when she wants to suspend herself amongst the innards of a piano to take a nap.
  
  
• Teleportation
  Amarante's experienced at finding her way between dimensions with ease. As long as she's seen the location in particular and retains a memory of it, she can easily make her way back there. And while she can disappear at will, she'd rather just trace a doorway open with her index finger.
  
  
• Resonance
  Amarante's resonance with the earth, when active, manifests itself in the form of a soft pink glow and promotes an advanced feeling of peace and relaxation to everything around her. This connection is a result of her earth element and is used in part with her incredibly skillful ability to fix things. It can also be applied to other situations, such as seduction. This skill is incapable of forcing decisions the person wouldn't have made for themself otherwise, however; it only promotes a feeling of peace with said decision.
  
  
• Body Temperature
  Amarante is incredibly resistant to both heat and cold, to the point of being able to control her own body temperature. She is also incapable of burning or even tanning due to sunlight.
  
  
• Night Vision
  Amarante possesses a cat-like tapetum lucidum within her eye. While these leaves her with an eyeshine and an advanced ability to see in the dark, she mostly uses it to read whilst confined within dark spaces.
  
  
• Blood Contract
  Amarante is able to form a contract between herself and another, involving the blood of both herself and the blood of the contractor being joined upon a disc of obsidian. She then serves as the bodyguard and servant of the contractor, and can be summoned by said contractor at any time. This comes with a stable connection to the generator, which can be used for any number of purposes. The two maintain a mental connection as well, maintaining an ability to find each other as well as the ability to direct thoughts to each other. The price is, of course, the contractor's soul, though it's unknown what she does with said souls.
  
  
• Accumulate Literature
  Locations inhabited by Amarante for an extended amount of time tend to mysteriously accumulate books over time. It is nothing of her or anyone else's doing. It simply happens.
  
  
• Obsidian Creation
  As a lava creature, Amarante is capable of creating obsidian as she pleases. She can do it on the fly whether through laziness or in a combat situation, or expertly to create items like jewelry and scalpels.
  
  
• Ninpou
  As an appointed and trained shinobi from the Sengoku period, Amarante has various (mostly useless) techniques that she's developed that can be performed even when other abilities are sealed whist in a human guise. To be added to as the kunoichi job is developed over time.
  
  • ability to cause the clothes of others to explode off of their bodies
    
  • ability to stand/walk/run on walls/ceilings/etc
    
  • transforming items into waffles
    
  • summoning giant waffles
    
  • clone technique
    
  • kawarimi

A brief collection of notes about development and events that have changed the story.

• 16.01.07: Subject almost exclusively chooses to wear the wadjet eye instead of other more concealing face coverings.
  
  
• 15.12.03: Subject shows burgeoning confidence by starting to gradually wear the wadjet eye again, showing much more of her face than seen previously in years.
  
  
• 14.06.XX: Subject falls in love with the catalyst.
  
  
• 14.05.XX: Subject's confidence is weakened, for unknown reasons.
  
  
• 14.03.XX: Subject takes on a considerably more human appearance, presumably to avoid further violence towards her person.
  
  
• 14.03.23: Subject meets the catalyst.
  
  
• 14.02.21: Subject enters a new stage of development.

A select few typical avatars for Amarante. To be edited as seen fit.

Names of the various entities associated with Amarante. To be edited over time.

Bon: shadow cat, composed of part of Amarante's shadow
Sen: white automaton cat
Dai: black automaton cat
Patches/Patchy/Patcchi: himalayan rabbit
Aya: pink rabbit
Edel: black rabbit
Kiya, Magda, Misa, Asa, Yuya: littermates of Patches
Dahlia: black pig
Maraschino: purrstachio
???: black lion cub
???: cria
???: stagony
Reginald: corgi
???: katana
???: wakizashi
???: flying V guitar
???: red guitar
???: acoustic guitar
???: cat-shaped guitar
???: blue bass guitar
???: standard motorcycle
???: red sport motorcycle
???: black sport motorcycle
???: black frame motorcycle

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