For those more serious moments 

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[u]Name:[/u] Hotaru Saitou 

[u]Nickname:[/u] Maryian

[u]Age:[/u] 16

[u]Gender:[/u] Female

[u]Species:[/u] Human

[u]Powers:[/u] Hotaru is an average human being and as such has no supernatural powers

[u]Skills:[/u] Hotaru has a definate skill in tracking and hunting that she developed in her time as a vampire hunter and lorechaser. She has something of an uncanny ability to find hidden information and put it to use, as if she just naturally stumbles upon lost information and important documents that will further her quest. More likely, she just knows where to look for such things. Hotaru is physically fit and capable of a good number of phyiscal feats, and has high stamina and impressive strength. Her skill at using a firearm is good, good enough to keep her alive in fights with Vampries and the Undead.

[u]Weakness(es):[/u] 
Hotaru is just a normal human being, anything that could kill a human can kill her.

[u]Crush:[/u]  n/a, at least not in this world

[u]From:[/u] OC

[u]Personality:[/u] Ever the optimist, Hotaru is the kind of person who pushes on to go from a bad situation to a good one, no mater what. Her optimistic personality may give off the idea that she is a happy and bubbly person, but his is not true. She is not a particularly happy individual and is mildly withdrawn, though friendly enough to not be some kind of a creepy loner. This optimism has given her an iron will, that she puts to good use in her position as a lorechaser, something of a detective, though more involved in the supernatural and occult that has popped up in the Americas.

Hotaru is a deeply spiritual and religious person, being an active and involved member of her city's local Japanese Nestorian Church, and holds the position of Acolyte and the chose Crucifer for services. Hotaru holds the tenants of Christianity at heart and has dedicated her life to being the perfect Christian woman. 

[u]Bio:[/u] Around 1968, two immigrants fleeing sectarian violence in Japan, Gorugi and Erishi Saitou, made their way to the Republic of Alaska, a common destination for the Japanese seeking a safe place to call home. There they would make a life for themselves among the community of Japanese Nestorian Christians who were running from an ongoing period of Violence between the native Japanese Nestorian Church and the local branch of the Roman Catholic Church brought by Portuguese explorers and missionaries. Both Japanese Nestorians and Japanese Catholics had relocated to Alaska, but violence was never a great issue there. Gorugi and Erishi had 5 children named Yako and Aiko, who were both born in Japan, and their children born in Alaska, Miyuki, Isaku, and their youngest Ruuka, who was born in 1973. Ruuka was, however, an unusual child, and was consistently unhappy and dower in life. At some point around the age of 11, Ruuka approached their parents and said that they no longer wished to be called Ruuka, and wanted to be called Hotaru, and for them to treat them as a girl. Though their was some resitance due to her age, eventually Gorgi and Erishi complied with Hotaru's request. Though the Nestorians were generally far more accepting, allowing Hotaru to take the Christian name of Maryian, Hotaru faced resentment and ostrization from the local Russo-Alaskan and Japanese Cathoic populations. Hotaru remained a social recluse until 1987, her meeting of a Russian social misfit named Valentin at the age of 14. Valentin was part of a group who were tracking down unusual cases in Alaska, and Hotaru would often tag along on his missions without him knowing. In one case, she ended up saving Valentin when he was attacked by one of the New Vampires, by stabbing the would be assailant in the eye with her crucifix, which gave Valentin the time to kill it. While initially angred that she had been following him, he later became aware of Hotaru's natural tracking skills and told her that he would not take her on unless she would join in the Lorechasers, which Valentin made her a part of. Together, the two tracked down and foiled the reemergence of the undead in the Americas, saving the world and ending a significant vampire presence in the world. Hotaru has been hard at work aiding her partner in keeping the Vampire threat from rising up once more in the world. 

[u]Appearance:[/u]
[img]http://safebooru.org//images/2150/33a48479eec30ea393419143db6457c13ae166f6.png?2241551[/img]

[u]Likes:[/u] Her Family, Her Religion, Valentin, the PC Engine, traveling, finding things

[u]Dislikes:[/u] dangerous situtations, vampires, cruel and evil individuals, fish, moose (they scare her)

[u]Other:[/u] 
Hotaru is a huge fan of the PC Engine/Turbografx-16. She has an imported console from her cousin in Japan, Koji.  

As Hotaru is part of an indigenous sect of Japanese Christians (who in this timeline were thoroughly Christianized by the Feudal Period by way of Mongol-Korean missionaries), she will often use Japanese Christian terms, the most common being 

[i]Eshi-masī![/i] - Jesus Christ
[u]Rabbu-san, Omo-San, O-Irra[/u] - God

Though she has killed many, in Hotaru's world, Vampires are not inherently evil, and she has faith that good ones do exist, and as such, she will not just kill vampires on sight.
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