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Princess of the Seven Monsters |
“Pan Human History is dead. The Earth lay frozen and motionless beneath our feet. Now, children, is the time to fight, now is the time to build the Paradise which we have dreamt of. With this Tree of Emptiness, we shall spread our roots throughout the world and create a world where we rule.”
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Profile |
Class |
Other Classes |
Allignment |
Lover |
Rider / Berserker |
Neutral Evil |
Height / Weight |
Region |
Source |
1.7m / 75kg |
Brazil |
Mythology |
Likes |
“My type? A stubborn man who knows what he will and won’t compromise. A true devil who will oppose the world and claim what he wishes. Good? Evil? They say beauty is in the eye of the beholder.”
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Dislikes |
“My relatives. They condemn my choice as Evil, slay my children as Monsters. They never gave us a choice to be anything but what we are. So that is what we shall be. They will either accept us, or collapse with the remnants of Proper Human History.”
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Parameters |
Strength: B
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Agility: B
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Endurance: B
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Mana: B
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Luck: E
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Noble Phantasm: ?
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Command Cards |
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Background |
“They say I was taken by force? How stupid can you be. I am a Primordial Human, a child of the Sacred Trees. Even Taú knew not to court death. Rather, you could say I left willingly after witnessing his battle for seven days and seven nights. My family just happened to disagree with it.”
A third generation Primordial Human, Kerana was born to the Generous Chieftain Marangatu. A young woman of great beauty and power, who was completely uninterested in the world around her. For how could she be interested in a world where nothing changed and she stood at the peak.
It could be said that Kerana saw the peaceful world her people lived in as flawed in its perfection.
What place was there for her in a world where all parts were already filled by the cast.
She would have remained as she was, a simple ornament, a testament to the perfect world built by her family underneath the branches of the Guajupiá, the Sacred Tree of Paradise. Where no ill or evil could exist and the bounty of the land overflowed towards her peaceful tribe.
And Kerana hated it.
Hated her role as the beautiful daughter of the chieftain.
Hated the futility of life where all they did was follow the same script day after day with no change. And hated her place in it as the most beautiful, a symbol of the status quo to be admired, and a prize to be awarded to the one who would take her father’s place as the next Chieftain and Sage of the Guajupiá.
She despaired over this fate.
Many times rebelling and fleeing the tribe.
Until one day, she happened upon the battle of the Spirits of Good and Evil. For seven days they had been fighting, and for seven days she watched the struggle, marvelling at the figure of the Evil God Taú, who fought the Spirit of Good which was seen as the great guide of her people.
Was that not what she had been doing this entire time? Struggling against something held up as good and righteous? Was this not the one who had, time and again, attempted to steal her away from her tribe for his own greed? To deny them their prize?
He was Evil.
The destructive force which sought to arrogantly and selfishly take what it desired with no regard for the natural order of their world and its righteousness.
He was like Kerana.
And so, the Princess came to a decision.
After Taú’s defeat, she snuck through the forest, nursed the wounded god back to health, and with his aid, ran away from the Tribe. Defying the laws of her tribe and the laws of her gods. Kerana fled with Taú in an act of defiance. The acceptance of evil as a necessity for humanity.
Cursed as she’d been for her rebellious act, Kerana gave birth to monstrous creatures which would haunt the New World.
Never before returning to her home.
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Personality |
“Evil? Me? Ridiculous. I just didn’t see the point in a perfect world where all I had to do was stand around looking pretty all day. I wanted my own place in the world, even if it meant to bring evil onto it. Think about it. To this day, I am still known as the Mother of the Seven Monsters and not just as ‘Marangatu’s Beautiful Daughter’. That is the fate I carved for myself.”
Kerana’s belief in the ideal of self-determination is absolute regardless of the outcome of one’s choices. Whether something is ‘evil’ or not is secondary to the idea that evil was a conscious choice of the person practicing it.
That is to say, evil is ‘freedom’.
And to be free is to be capable of evil and harbor evil within yourself.
This mindset developed due to Kerana’s own rebellion against the state of human life at the time of her birth, where Primordial Humans existed as part of a validated ecosystem and thus were not capable of self-determination beyond the point of the guidance of the Sacred Trees.
Her joining with Taú was an act of rebellion against the ‘natural order’, which saw her punished by the ‘avatars’ of the sacred trees, the divine spirits of the new world for going against her intended purpose.
Kerana relishes the idea of ‘evil’.
But sees the capacity of doing evil as a freedom granted to humans by herself, and her children with Taú as the ‘proof’ that freedom exists. Whether her actions are reviled or condemned is of no concern to her for she made the conscious choice of releasing evil onto humanity.
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Class Skills |
Devotion - [B+] |
Kerana’s love for Taú is a result of her admiration for the Evil God’s willingness to break taboos and disobey the ‘natural order’ enforced by the Sacred Tree Guajupiá, making him the most ‘humane’ and ‘free’ god. As well as a kindred spirit to herself. Kerana draws great strength from this once in a lifetime love, which increases if she finds a new paramour which resembles the Taú of her memories.
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Infatuation - [A] |
A skill depicting Kerana’s ability to overlook the true nature of a loved one while maintaining an idealized image of her lover. Similar to an imprinting process, it causes her to misconstruct the intent behind the actions and words of the target of her affection as being similar to the of Táu, the Evil God. Compare it to seeing other people through rose tinted glasses, aimed at spotting actions and behaviors ‘similar to the Evil God’.
Even if their acts are inherently good in nature, Kerana will fit them within her worldview of humanity’s freedom being Evil in nature.
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Personal Skills |
Curse of the Moon - [A] |
Kerana’s punishment by the moon goddess Jaci due to her siding with Taú, the Evil God. When under the light of the moon, all of Kerana’s parameters will decrease by a single rank, while also sealing her ‘Primordial Human’ and ‘Nhanderuvuçu’ Skills. The curse becomes inactive during eclipses and nights where the moon cannot be seen in the sky.
However, those inflicted by Taú’s evil will also share in this weakness. Meaning that by inflicting the ‘Evil’ allignment into others through her Noble Phantasm, Kerana also inflicts the Curse of the Moon.
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Primordial Human - [B] |
A descendant of the original humans, Kerana possesses high parameters despite being on the Lover Class. It could be said that the Parameters of a Primordial Human do not change regardless of the Class Vessel and will remain at their peak due to their nature as the immutable foundation of mankind.
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Nhanderuvuçú - [C] |
The ‘Intrinsic Feedback’ which first allowed Primordial Humans to live as a part of the ecosystem established by the Divine Trees. A form of communication which all living beings perform with the world itself. Similar to the Divine Words which transform the world around them, this Skill represents the ability Primordial Humans have to command nature through their own ‘voice’.
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Protection Against Evil - [A] |
The Blessing of Taú, the Spirit of Evil, was bestowed onto Kerana upon becoming his lover, gaining a resistance to all forms of evil. If the intent is to harm Kerana, attacks and magecraft will be reduced to a tenth of their strength. Those who possess the Evil Allignment will have an even harder time harming Kerana.
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Noble Phantasm |
Anhang Kerana: Birth of the Seven Monsters |
C-Rank / Anti-Unit |
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Kerana’s children, the Seven Monsters.
The ‘curse’ born from her union with Taú, the Spirit of Evil.
This Noble Phantasm allows Kerana to summon the seven monsters as familiars to fight alongside her. Similar to Phantasmal Beasts, the seven children act independently from Kerana. Though she can perceive the world through their eyes, Kerana’s policy as a mother is to allow them free reign to act as they wish.
Evil is Freedom.
And her children are incarnations of Evil through her connection with Taú.
Their very presence has the same effects of [Taubymana], Kerana’s second Noble Phantasm, corrupting the land and those who live in it with the ‘Evil’ allignment. Those who are exposed to their presence for too long a period become tainted and transform into lesser version of the Seven Children.
So long as there are lesser versions of them present, the Seven Children cannot be slain. They will simply find a new vessel to occupy and continue to grow in power until all tainted humans are gone or Kerana herself is slain.
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The Seven Monsters |
Teju Jagua - Hound of Kerana
Mboi T’ui - The Lord of Fish
Monãi - The Lord of Birds
Jaci Jarete - The Most Human
Kurupi - God of Desire
Ao Ao - The Mountain
Luison - The Death God
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Taubymana: Ever-Shifting Primordial Evil |
?-Rank / Anti-Good |
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Another name for the Spirit of Evil.
Taubymana represents the connection Kerana possesses with her lover, allowing him to manifest in any form he so wishes in order to aid her in battle. Though Kerana prefers to wield him in battle as a weapon, or ride onto him as mount. Taubymana’s real nature is perhaps much more subtle and dangerous.
The power to corrupt those harmed by itself.
In a way similar to All World’s Evil, Taú can be considered the ‘origin of evil’ within the South American texture, acting as the source of all evil thoughts and actions and the one who instructed humans on how to act upon their inherent evil. Taubymana, as an extension of the Evil God can impose the concept of ‘evil’, upon those who touch it, bringing about something called ‘Allignment Alteration’.
Those tainted by Kerana’s Noble Phantasm will suffer personality alterations, such as having their inhibitions loosened and emotions stronger. As well as an impulse to give into desires that are opposite in nature to their usual character.
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Relationships |
‘Delfinger Nesthesia’ |
“To defend this land is to oppose Proper Human History. Are you aware of the gravity of your choice? You are choosing a path which leads to countless deaths, sentencing your own people to being erased. The path you have chosen is nothing less than ‘Evil’. And that makes you human.”
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The Golden King |
“To live an existence ordained by a higher being… is unforgivable. A leash which renders us no better than beasts. I have broken such taboos before. Don’t think I won’t break it a second time just because it inconveniences you.”
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King Momo |
“You remind me of my son. That fool who only knows to drink and rest without moderation. Perhaps if he joins you, he might be able to be of use. Your excesses are Evil, and thus proof of your humanity.”
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God of the South Gate |
“My beloved… what has that perverse machine done to you. Why can I not hear your voice anymore? Can you hear me? I am here, waiting for you.”
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Goddess of the West Gate |
“O’ Goddess of the Moonlight. Sink into the depths and never return to this world. We have no need for your ‘blessings’.”
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Goddess of the East Gate |
“You… are the Moon Goddess’ enemy. The Celestial…”
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Ritsuka Fujimaru |
“So long as you understand that you hold no higher ground and accept the evil of your choices… we’ll have no problem. I won’t suffer hypocrisy from a boy seeking to burn my world to the ground.”
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Servants of Proper Human History |
“In order to preserve your world, you must end mine. That is the choice you are all making. And that choice… no matter how you justify it, is Evil. I cannot judge you for it. So please do not judge me for making my own choice… and slaughtering you all in turn..”
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