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"I lived in a world where if you don't fight and kill, you lose your chance to survive. I strived for peace for a long time, whereas those who lived for constant war did not want it. My group has managed to bring some peace into our world, but it's not without its sacrifices. What makes you think I want to continue fighting if not for fun? Should I dampen your growth as a person by getting rid of your problems so easily? No, I think I will not."
Armor & Weapons : Little to no armor, if you count metal boots. Enchanted gems - Those gems embedded on the backs of her hand's turn/mold into indestructible clawed gauntlets (as long as her soul isn't weakened too low) that can deflect any magic (the deflecting bit uses her soul to do so, so she doesn't use it to protect herself most of the time). Finally, the spines that uncoil/extend from her back reach over 20-30 feet away. However, she often mutilates herself, and there will be nothing but muscle stumps there instead of where there was bone. "Why claws? It makes it close and personal when you rip something or someone apart with your hands. You'll accept or regret your choices when it is done."
Fighting Style : Instead of trying to dirty work within the shadows, she would rather be in your face or the mess of the battle head-on, so she's not shy or defensive in fights. A couple thousand years of practicing/fighting in too many battles helps her be almost unmatched in close combat. Her style is mostly a deadly dance of easily intercepting and redirecting attacks. Not only has she applied this instinctively, but she has mastered it. But, it doesn't seem to matter anyway because she never takes it seriously anymore, even with thousands of years of using it and training in preparation for worse times. She eventually gets the 'job' done or overdoing (taking it seriously) if it comes to it.
Extra : Later on she realized that she has some mental capabilities but only as far as telepathy. Nothing combat ability worthy yet, but it will come with a high cost on her soul if she tries anything beyond its general capabilities (The glow in her eyes flickers to bright blue when she uses it). Though not entirely superb, she can heal someone by using her soul/soul-energy (the liquid form that is more potent than blood for a blood-drinker in a sense) and give a part of it to mend wounds back together depending on the damage. It is also a cost and not something she usually does except in emergencies and those she deems worthy of saving.
Body Details:
Her body slowly petrified ever since she was brought back to life. Most of her muscles and fat atrophied/withered away, though, so her appearance is what you see now. The other bits like her organs, tongue, and eyes were melted instantly upon rebirth. Magic or anything magically imbued is usually the only way to manipulate/effect/harm her. What you see is just a shell of a body with a tattered soul powering it.
~ Hearing: Superior; Her hearing has been amplified since her other senses are now gone or barely working. Her soul can also pick up unusual things other creatures would ignore.
~ Sight: Average; Believe it not, she doesn't have supervision just because her eye sockets glow, though it kind of help in the dark but not by much.
~ Touch: Barely there; Most of her nerves are gone; this includes pain receptors. However, her virus has been expanding underneath her skin instead of on top and is evolving, bringing back some of those good and bad receptors that are still there.
~ Taste: Non-Existent; Besides not having a tongue unless she creatively conjures one up, this one is not coming back.
- Experience :Over the many thousands of years, her moves have been refined from all the training, fights, and wars she had to partake in during her lifetime and in others. Her life is a long one that she wants to bring an end to sooner than later. At first, her moves style of fighting reflected speed, redirecting, dodging, and using the opponent's moves against themselves. With more styles in many realities and regions, she incorporated many and all she learned into her style. With the unwanted corrupted energy and her neverending training and usage, there is now a deadly formidable force behind each hit that she gives despite her body build; With her gauntlets, it makes her twice as deadly to fight her up close.
- Undeath Endurance/Durability :Being dead-ish has its perks! Her nearly unlimited stamina makes it quite hard to keep up with her, and on top of that, she can't feel anything on her body, almost. Physical status effects will not affect her too badly because while she can feel, losing a body part, getting slashed, etc., does cause pain but will not threaten death. Temperature, poison, or other physical status effects do nothing to her. Also, the virus on her (shoulder/chest scar area and side of her face) tends to rapidly put her body back together for her by branching down and repairing it when cut, gutted, melted, frozen, broken, or reunited with the lost body part, thankfully, without leaving scars. It is like it is aware and unaware of the danger for its host, but then it retreats since it cannot infect that part of the body. Needless to say, unless you are very precise on where you attack her physically, it won't do anything. "I, at least, don't have to stitch myself back together every time it happens. Then I would look like an actual zombie."
- The Void :Then there is her... chaotic-destructive, yet occasionally purified power. She is a lot stronger than what her body shows and is not to be underestimated even slightly. A glancing blow from her can remove a 3-mile-wide mountain, but that's if she bothers using all her strength after ripping her soul apart to limit that power. However, as strong as she is, it comes with a cost and toll on herself, thanks to what she did. (Rarely/Never used unless under extreme stress)
"...I am deafened by it's haunting roar..."
She has two forms... (Power does not shift too dramatically between those forms) -
- The first is half-form, or almost to it. Three bits of herself will change. Besides losing half of her face, she will emit smoke/shadows in black, silver, and indigo colors. If she is in control, which most will hope for, then the color of her eyes/ribs will also be a part of it and change. Not only that, her shoulder and thigh down to her wrists and ankles will be engulfed in this, making it seemingly disappear. When changing back, the skin burns back on, and her limbs reappear.
- Her full/true form is the grand- daemon's image (Bethial). She will turn into a literal monster; that is what she is. Size varies when needed. Her gems on her wrists will disappear and turn into a giant chest plate (front only) to protect the obvious, but that is it. The more prominent she gets, the slower she is, but her strength is unthinkable. The form is only her minimum size in the picture.
While in both forms: She can go through solid matter and is seen as slightly transparent when flying/floating. She can turn invisible—all of these she can do simultaneously if in control. One of the other devastating things besides destructive strength is ripping the reality she's in, to open reality to her own but through the void instead. A portal to the void is near damning to whoever gets subjugated to it. She has the will to control all the daemons underneath her, but she rarely, if never, uses it. In rarest, controlled anger, she can unleash nightmares devastating that whoever it is directed to will be nothing left except maybe a memory. However, if she is not in control, the raw, corrupted, and unstable energy will make her feral and very unpredictable. Her combat experience becomes obsolete, and she becomes destruction incarnate rather than ethical and combat analytical. The longer she is in either of these forms, the more she loses control of herself, and it is harder to bring her back.
Forms
- The first is half-form, or almost to it. Three bits of herself will change. Besides losing half of her face, she will emit smoke/shadows in black, silver, and indigo colors. If she is in control, which most will hope for, then the color of her eyes/ribs will also be a part of it and change. Not only that, her shoulder and thigh down to her wrists and ankles will be engulfed in this, making it seemingly disappear. When changing back, the skin burns back on, and her limbs reappear.
- Weak Spot(s) :While it might not look it she has a HUGE weakness. Because she is dead-ish, she cannot feel anything, right!? Arrow to the shoulder? No problem! Did an arm rip off? Didn't feel it! A gash on the thigh and stomach? Who cares! But physically penetrate her through the torso to the other side, and she is gone. People don't realize that those hits take a toll on her soul when people can hurt her, whether they know it or not.
- To better explain this in-depth. Her soul is held together by a strong magic to her body and another soul (Bethial) as binding magic is the strongest in her world. The demon contracted a bind of Bethial's soul to Leth's and was aware of what it was doing and how much power Bethial had. Bethial is considered so dangerous that even knowing the consequences, the demon puts an Eternal's Seal. The seal is a safeguard lock that could only be released if something solid (physically) were to penetrate it (her/soul) completely to the other side. Should that happen, the seal will release, instantly extracting Leth's and Bethial's souls, killing them both (only her now). Should she ever lose control, and if someone is lucky enough, someone would be able to stop her no matter what. Be aware that people can rip Leth's soul completely/safely out of her body if they have enough power to do so and try to contain her in a relic should they want. It will be challenging and doable if people try to tear/mess with the binding magic itself, but Leth WILL die from it.
Should she be hit in the torso directly or not, but it's not entirely penetrated, she will slowly heal (again depending on how thick it went) and recover should the hole be sealed with something. With her soul broken and tattered, held together by magic and other forces/energies, this gets damaged first, not her actual soul. So the tiny barrier regenerates. It protects her, so while something might get close, they have to get rid/expel or gets past what's safeguarding and holding her together unless it is through and through hit, which would kill her instead. That's the helping energies and the seal's job.
Hit anywhere near her 'virus/plague' areas on her back, shoulders, and face will affect her a little bit or extensively, depending on the damage. This is because the virus has reanimated the nerves, and she can feel the full amount of pain as if she were alive again.
- To better explain this in-depth. Her soul is held together by a strong magic to her body and another soul (Bethial) as binding magic is the strongest in her world. The demon contracted a bind of Bethial's soul to Leth's and was aware of what it was doing and how much power Bethial had. Bethial is considered so dangerous that even knowing the consequences, the demon puts an Eternal's Seal. The seal is a safeguard lock that could only be released if something solid (physically) were to penetrate it (her/soul) completely to the other side. Should that happen, the seal will release, instantly extracting Leth's and Bethial's souls, killing them both (only her now). Should she ever lose control, and if someone is lucky enough, someone would be able to stop her no matter what. Be aware that people can rip Leth's soul completely/safely out of her body if they have enough power to do so and try to contain her in a relic should they want. It will be challenging and doable if people try to tear/mess with the binding magic itself, but Leth WILL die from it.
- Magic :Revenants, liches, zombies, and all 'living death' evil being of sorts are usually weakened or otherwise get destroyed by holy magic; that's a known fact. This weakness is as bad as her weak spot, and enough of it can kill her. Her demonic, constant negative energy attached to her soul makes it ten times worse. She does have her soul 'purified' to an extent every once in a while for her reasons and gained small tolerance to it, but with enough of it, it will have severe negative consequences. She can become 'soul blind,' as most put it. If a decent amount of it hits her, she will go blind, deaf, and mute all at once while suffering extreme pain. Her touch sense will be numbed so severely that it will leave her virtually open to anything to attack her. She wants to avoid it as much as possible unless it is in a controlled environment and small doses.
Regular magic, and persistent energy/magic attacks, will hurt her A LOT if she is hit. The cold spells will make her more stiff/slow in movement, and Fire will burn her flesh and cause her regeneration to be more delayed though she will not feel it. While she may not be physically vulnerable, anything magic in nature, aura, curse, or otherwise will be more productive and the right choice if fighting her and something she can't do much against.
Her soul and other magic cannot be infused. It will not be taken and will be refused, no matter what it is. It will have adverse reactions if you try to manipulate, force, or give her random energies; this includes raw magic.
- Recklessness/Death-Wish :Despite her making a promise to her friend, she often lets attacks that shouldn't hit her hit just because her self-preservation does not exist. It doesn't help when she often throws herself into fights trying to save someone she does not know. She has this silly notion that perhaps if she saves or takes 'fatal' or otherwise disabling hits that were for random people, she can atone for all the things she had done in her past. While it's not done out of pity or weakness, she wants to be forgiven in some way, somehow and will take the punishment she thinks she deserves more instead. She is a glutton for punishment, but not just because she likes it.
- Bones :While she can lose a body part and not feel anything, break her bones and she will regret letting it happen. Believe it or not, her bones are stronger than average, but they are very susceptible to breaking, considering she is a glutton for punishment and can take many hard hits as it is. She has a high pain tolerance, but that can easily be dispelled. These bones are filled with bits of her soul and mostly the other reason she can move at all; however, if a body part of hers is removed, she won't be able to move it until it is reunited. BUT, if the bone breaks while still connected to her or apart, the pain will be excruciating and almost crippling even without it. It will take much more time to heal than a simple, fresh wound because the virus cannot do anything for it.
- Distractions :Something easily can get her attention, whether it be from people watching, mind wandering, people fighting nearby, or an animal that has wandered too close and got suddenly startled. It varies, but she doesn't mind it at all; oddly enough might tie in with her recklessness. Usually, people wouldn't want such a short attention span when fighting, but she's tired, which shows she doesn't care anymore. She also doesn't take battles seriously and doesn't put forth effort unless someone she cares about or someone weaker gets hurt or is in mortal danger. Anything could happen, and she might take a couple of hits, that if she were not distracted, not giving a damn and self-sacrificing, wouldn't let it happen. This can be bad since the toll it would take would decrease her overall ability to fight back.
- The Void/Rage :This is probably her worst fear. Losing control isn't something she takes lightly; she often keeps her emotions in check and is guarded never to let this happen. Should she let go, the unbridled anger goes unchecked, and the raw corruption within her will flair with a vengeance and take over her swiftly without a chance to struggle or reconsider. No longer will she be calm and cautious but chaotic and borderline feral with no mindset controlling her actions except to kill and destroy everything in sight, just like a demon from her world. It's a huge, dangerous risk considering her power will no longer be restrained, but it might make her more predictable and easier to take advantage of.
- Mind Domination :Though she has a high willpower, extreme mind/magic powers can possibly succeed on taking control/dominate her soul. It happened before, so it's likely to happen again if she accidentally pisses off someone with amazing mind/magic abilities. Her soul is the only thing moving and powering the body that you see. Otherwise, she would be a typical zombie.
Magic messes with her soul and can kill her. This is a word of caution.
* Special: Since she is so heavily restrained and against using the reality-destroying powers that reside within her, she has cut off most of her soul. One-fifth of her soul energy is what she uses to function and fight. Otherwise, some of it is dormant for emergencies, and the rest is sealed off where she cannot reach it or be accessed by her in any circumstance. She is afraid of what it can do, being overwhelmed, and how much corruption it would have since she cannot purify it and will always have the dark energy she tries to ignore.
So, you see only one-fifth of her power, giving you a small idea of what it can do.
Suppose there is no other choice, for example. In that case, Leth can expel a large amount of dark energy toward a decent size planet and eradicate a specific species group without damaging anything else on the entire surface in some cases. She relies on that fifth of power to sustain her as if normally, but she is considerably weakened in this regard. There is barely anything left, and it could potentially put her into a coma afterward or kill her.
She has already butchered her soul so much to do this that it is incomplete, always. She knows this and is fine with keeping the rest of that power locked beyond reach with most of herself. She made this punishment for herself besides her guilt and keeping herself in check. It's why she can fight enough and expend only a certain amount of energy in a situation before it becomes too much, and her soul gives with what little it has left (all of her other weaknesses added to it makes it much worse).
