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[color=brown][h1]Kali Rana[/h1]
[h3](Mira Kaur)[/h3][/color]

[h3]Basics[/h3]
[b]Gender[/b] [color=brown]||[/color] female
[b]Species/Race[/b] [color=brown]||[/color] unknown
[b]Age[/b] [color=brown]||[/color] ~10,000
[b]Height[/b] [color=brown]||[/color] 5'9"/1.75 m
[b]Weight[/b] [color=brown]||[/color] 134 lbs./60.78 kg
[b]Hair Color[/b] [color=brown]||[/color] black
[b]Eye Color[/b] [color=brown]||[/color] hazel
[b]Skin Color[/b] [color=brown]||[/color] fair/unblemished tan; wrinkled brown in true form
[b]Figure[/b] [color=brown]||[/color] beautiful, but not overtly so
[b]Occuption[/b] [color=brown]||[/color] being a near-deity and attempting to maintain order in the world (and particularly Lavanya).

[h3]Powers[/h3]

[i]Dualikinesis (Yin & Yang Manipulation)[/i] - Mira possesses the ability to control all types of duality in herself and others. With this ability she can temporarily alter one's morality, effectively heal others, and counter against attacks.

[i]Chrono-Hyalokinesis (Hourglass Manipulation)[/i] - a combination of glass manipulation and time manipulation, Mira is able to weave a path through time via glassblowing.

[i]Psammokinesis (Sand Manipulation) - Mira can manipulate sand.[/i]

[h3]Weaknesses[/h3]

[i]You Only Live Twice[/i] - When Mira is "killed" and her true form appears, she is susceptible to mortality and being killed for good.

[i]Mage Ya Look[/i] - Mira has a balanced (offensive vs. defensive) ability set, but possesses no magical defense. Although she can cause a magic assailant to flip morality, there is no polar opposite to magic and thus she cannot manipulate duality to counter it. Her body has gained resilience against physical/elemental attacks, but nothing against magic (as she rarely encounters it).

[i]Dependence Day: Desert Edition[/i] - Unlike many abilities which seem to be able to generate out of thin air, Mira's sand abilities require sand in the vicinity to be used. For this reason, she always carries around a handful of sand somewhere on her person, but were she separated from it in a non-desert or beach climate, she would be unable to use her psammokinetic abilities. Naturally, the opposite is also true - her sand potency in desert and beach climates is significantly boosted.

[i]Strength in Numbers[/i] - Mira technically possesses four different ability sets, but although she is a very advanced user of all of them, none of them are capable of dealing OP damage on their own. She is thus much less effective in a 1x1 brawl than other forms of combat.

[h3]Personality[/h3]
Mira is a philosopher, a teacher and a cleric (of sorts). Deeply rooted in a large collection of traditions, she is calm and reserved, sometimes to the point of intimidation. Her eyes offer a window into her long journey and every emotion she has felt along the way.

[h3]Background[/h3]
Kali Rana is the name of a hallowed state of being from a collection of ancient Sarastrean religions that originated in the Sarolai. Spoken of in reverent tones, it was the ultimate goal of faith for many tribespeople throughout the Sarolai, and devoted monks spent their whole lives trying to achieve it. The Kali Rana was said to break free from the endless cycle of birth and rebirth to roam the universe for rest of time maintaining balance and peace. The belief among the commonfolk was that bad things didn't happen to people because the gods were angry at them; they happened because there was no Kali Rana. This was, of course, not accurate, but a more pressing problem was that as decades passed many began to believe that the concept of the Kali Rana was a hoax and nobody could ever achieve it.

Mira Kaur grew up in ancient times as a tribal girl in the unforgiving desert sands of the Sarolai, and soon devoted her life to the monastery. 96 long, diligent years after she was born (already a superhuman feat at that time), she successfully ascended to the mythical plane of existence that had been all but removed from the religious practice, becoming the Kali Rana. Immediately she began on a long journey to travel the world. If she was to maintain balance in Sarastrea, she needed to understand all of it as best she could - and now that she had been freed from the shackles of aging and death she had plenty of time to do so. For the next millenium she travelled all over the globe, assimilating herself into local cultures and learning all she could while discovering new things she was capable of. So profound was her effect on the cultures she spent time in that she quickly became legend the world over. By the end of the millenium she had already learned enough about the world and herself to have been fulfilling her duties as the Kali Rana for quite some time.

Ever since then she has continued to roam not only Sarastrea but the universe around it, and is exceedingly rare to witness. She is however written about in cave paintings, ancient texts, and other various historical sources all around Sarastrea, and her name carries significant weight historically and in popular culture. Yet, in a repeat of history, many people denounce her existence as nothing more than a myth.

[h3]Further Information[/h3]
Mira is able to time travel via a combination of all four of her abilities, the catalyst being sand. This ability, referred to as the Sands of Time, is able to cause irreparable damage to the universe and its timelines if used without caution (as is true of any form of time travel). It is primarily for this ability that a Dark Mira would be a massive threat to everyone else.

Mira possesses an ability called [i]Amita Nirvana[/i] that has not been performed in at least 2,000 years. Claimed eyewitness accounts of its last use have been retold through generations, and the ability has become one of the most widespread legends of Sarolai culture. Many have concluded that Mira is a prophet or even a diety specifically because of this ability's legend, and that the ability can only be activated when Mira is killed.

Upon her ascension to the Kali Rana, Mira was gifted with a beautiful, youthful form that never ages. However, her true form is still accessible at will, and may also be connected with Amita Nirvana.

Mira carries but one tool, a glassblower's blowpipe. She handcrafted the long, skinny tube herself millenia ago, and it is the most exquisite tool imaginable.

As her pictures indicate, Mira is known for always wearing elaborate lehenga choli - the traditional marriage ensemble of Indian women.

While Mira is universally known as the Kali Rana from legends, she has also been referred to as "The Seamstress of Time" and (more simply) "Mirage".

Kali Rana is both a name and a title. Made up of a Hindi first name followed by a Hindi last name, it could conceivably function as a birth name. However, in Mira Kaur's case, it functions as both, and is usually said/written in legends as "the Kali Rana".

Mira's given name means "prosperous princess" in Hindi, while Kali Rana means "ruler who devours time".

Mira's entire existence is a mystery to many. Due to her existence in legends dating back thousands of years to the present day, people who know the legends have varied opinions on what she is. Some believe she is a prophet, sent down to this world and kept there to preserve the ancient Sarolai tribal religions and their dieties. Others, particularly those who know the legends of Amita Nirvana and other such ability-related legends, think she is actually a diety or semi-diety herself. The reality is somewhat of a combination of the two. Others think that she was normal woman and died after a normal human lifespan, with subsequent legends being fairy tales. Still others believe that her entire existence is a myth.

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