[hider=Nara Kan, the Child Prodigy of a Songdaenese Sky Soldier][img]https://i.imgur.com/VSEQBid.png[/img]
[color=ed145b]"Don't you worry 'bout a thing! I've got everything you'll ever need."[/color][hr][h3][b][u]Personal Information[/u][/b][/h3][hr][b]Name:[/b] Nara Kan
[b]Age:[/b] 12
[b]Gender:[/b] Female
[b]Nationality:[/b] Songdaenese
[b]Heritage:[/b] Songdaenese
[hider=Appearance:]Instantly recognizable, Nara stands out from a crowd with impeccable ease, due to her short stature, her heterochromatic eyes, her black gloves and the goggles that commonly rest upon her head... among the rest of her attire. She stands at 122cm (4' 0") and weighs in at 23kg (51lbs), significantly below the height and weight one would expect for someone her age. She's also lacking in the curve department, with her BWH Ratio sitting at 16-16-19 if measured in inches and 41-41-48 if measured in centimeters. Nara's left eye is violet in color and her right eye is red. Her belt looks to be way too big on her, and often falls at an angle around hip level, but amazingly, her trousers stay upright despite this. To complete the look, Nara wears a pair of black, steel-toed combat boots on her feet at all times.

[img]http://safebooru.org//images/2181/1c695ec92e3ead8dcef85ea2782bd69ab6707e43.png?2272824[/img][/hider][hider=Personality:]On the surface, Nara shows to be a relatively nice person. Her first impressions are good enough in that she has no trouble making acquaintance with any one person; regardless of whatever walk of life they've chosen for themselves. Nara typically tends to reserve her judgment of the other characters she meets, seldom asking any questions and never one too many. She can respect personal boundaries and classified detail, after all. Nara is surprisingly knowledgeable and has an odd sense of maturity to her as well, allowing her to easily hold an adult conversation with another person in spite of her age. As such, she highly disapproves of people treating her like a child.

While she may have a friendly demeanor about her outer personality, Nara's inner personality may show that her moral compass has... a few [i]screws[/i] loose, let's say. She's all for causing a little mayhem wherever she goes. She has no qualms selling the weapons and war machines that she creates to two nations that are at war with each other, and then sitting back and watching said war unfold at a safe location. She may even bet a few Gil on which specific soldier will make it through the war alive or which one will get X amount of kills. The only lives that Nara truly values, aside from her own of course, are those of some of the most faithful allies she's ever had. If anyone else had just so happened to be caught ablaze, as an example, she'd be more likely to roast a marshmallow over the fire that consumed them over making any attempt to douse the flames. And while she's not one for asking questions to others, there's always one question that Nara will ask herself before she undertakes any action; what's in it for [i]her[/i]? What exactly does she lose from it? And more importantly, what does she gain?

In her defense though, Nara's just doing what she believes she must in order to survive this cruel world. It doesn't matter however many shady characters have to serve as her customers; just so long as she gets the Gil that she needs to support herself, and keeps herself alive long enough to get each paycheck. One may question Nara's level of conscience, or whether she even has one, but sometimes it pays not to think too much into it. Fighting for the greater good is unnecessarily complicated as it [i]is[/i] these days...[/hider][hider=Biography:]Nara Kan had a fascination with machines ever since she was little. She would always watch her father Konu Kan, who served the Songdaenese Navy as a Sky Soldier, as he constantly tinkered with all the various machines that he'd been assigned to work on. Although a bit grizzled from serving his country, Konu tried his damnedest to set Nara straight, as she was the only person left in his world due to har mother having died during her birth. Konu was a Sky Soldier, and then his father was a Sky Soldier, and then his father before [i]him[/i] was a Sky Soldier. It'd been like that generations on end. However, since she was too young to start training as one and had no passion for anything else, Nara had to take a slightly different approach... and that involved her and Konu moving to Escain, much to the latter's reluctance.

While Nara couldn't train as a Sky Soldier due to age restrictions, she figured she could at least see if she could start of as a Machinist, and get herself into a university at Escain's capital of Zehendorf. She was surprised to see that the typical Machinist would be trained in the usage of firearms, but she had no qualms about it, even picking up on how to forge her own. Konu had returned to Songdae about half-way through Nara's course as homesickness seemed to get the best of him, but Nara continued on until graduation, passing through each test with flying colors. It was shortly after acquiring her scholarship, however, that Nara got mixed into the wrong crowd.

Due to needing the Gil to pay off the student loan that she had (among other expenses), Nara winded up selling weapons and war machines to all sorts of shady characters and organizations, and forging them specifically to be bought in the black market. Had Konu been around in Escain, he'd be there to stop Nara and lead her to a more honorable lifestyle. But although she quickly caught on to where exactly her talents had brought her, Nara didn't seem to mind. After all, all she really needed now was something to pay the bills.

She usually operated strictly in Escain, but Nara got hold of a possible buyer in Raelin, who seemed interested in a sniper rifle that she recently forged and had been meaning to test. Travel arrangements were not her forte, but the opportunity was too good to pass up, so she packed some bags and went on her merry way to meet with this guy. Nara had to sneak her way past all sorts of guards, but she managed to infiltrate her way into Raelin easily enough. Now it's only a matter of time before the meet with Nara's potential buyer.[/hider][hr][h3][b][u]Combat Information[/u][/b][/h3][hr][b]Level:[/b] 25
[b]Class:[/b] Machinist
[hider=Traits:][u][b]Anti-Mech Ammuninition:[/b][/u] Nara's attacks and skills deal 20% more damage against enemy mechanized units.
[u][b]Lightning Rod:[/b][/u] Nara does not take damage from lightning-based attacks. Instead, her Mind stat increases by 1 whenever she's struck by a lightning-based attack, until her next attack initiates. In exchange, Nara receives 150% damage from all earth-based attacks.[/hider][hider=Stats:]Strength: 1
Dexterity: 8
Mind: 6
Piety: 1
Speed: 6
Defense: 0
Soul: 3[/hider][hider=Equipment:][u][b][url=https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/ratchet/images/1/1c/Fusion_Rifle.png/revision/latest?cb=20130814234600]Eternity Fusil[/url] ([/b]Main Weapon - Sniper Rifle[b]):[/b][/u] A prototype sniper rifle that appears futuristic in design, and is loaded with all sorts of Escainian technology. Nara technically has another one in her backpack that she'd forged with a similar method, but that one is supposed to go to the buyer that she was supposed to meet in Raelin.
[u][b][url=http://impulse101.jp/5880-thickbox_default/tanaka-works-colt-python-357-magnum-6inch-r-model-nickel-finish-gas-revolver.jpg]Ironbark Revolver[/url] x2 ([/b]Off-Hand Weapon - Handgun[b]):[/b][/u] A pair of slightly less fancy handguns that are simply effective at their jobs. Each revolver has 6 shots.[/hider][hider=Techniques:][u][b]Assassin's Mark ([/b]D2[b]):[/b][/u] Nara takes a turn to aim down the scope of her sniper rifle. The next attack that she makes with it will ignore defenses, and cannot miss. Requires an equipped sniper rifle.

[u][b]Whack-A-Mole ([/b]SD6[b]):[/b][/u] Nara smacks all enemies around her with the butts of her revolvers. This knocks them back out of melee range, and each stricken victim has a 30% chance of staggering. Requires at least one equipped handgun.

[u][b]Bullet Storm ([/b]D8[b]):[/b][/u] Nara jumps up high, and fires all of the ammunition in her revolvers. Hits 12 times, spread as evenly as possible to all enemies. Requires two equipped handguns.[/hider][hider=Spell Book:][u][b]Scan ([/b]P1[b]):[/b][/u] Nara analyzes a single enemy, evaluating HP, MP, stats and elemental affinities (weaknesses, resistances etc.).

[u][b]Thunder II ([/b]M5[b]):[/b][/u] Nara drops a powerful bolt of lightning down on an enemy

[u][b]Quake II ([/b]M5[b]):[/b][/u] Nara makes the earth erupt with power underneath an enemy's feet

[u][b]Water II ([/b]M5[b]):[/b][/u] Nara shoots a large bubble of water straight at an enemy[/hider][hider=Limit Breaks:][u][b]Hole in One: ([/b]LB1 - D10[b]):[/b][/u] Nara fires a powerful shot from her sniper rifle that inflicts heavy damage. Has a high critical hit ratio. Requires an equipped sniper rifle.

[u][b]Forced Shutdown ([/b]LB1 - M10[b]):[/b][/u] Nara's violet eye glows and what looks to be a power symbol embeds itself into said eye, enabling Nara to hack into and shut down opposing mechanized units just by thinking about it. Reduces a stricken enemy's Speed to 0. Can only target mechanized units.

[u][b]Meltdown ([/b]LB2 - M15[b]):[/b][/u] Nara amasses nuclear energy in the palms of her hand, before firing it at a single enemy as an explosive "beam" of sorts. Deals a ridiculously poor amount of direct damage for a magick of its tier (think Tier 1 levels of damage), but anyone that gets struck by this attack has their Defense reduced to 0, greatly magnifying the amount of damage they take from all sources.

[u][b]Aerial Turtle Battlecruiser: Yamato ([/b]LB3 - DMP25[b]):[/b][/u] Nara unleashes her ultimate weapon; a gargantuan battlecruiser shaped akin to the feared Songdaenese turtle ships. Serves as an ally to Nara's party, but cannot be controlled. Has the following attacks and abilities:
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[*] [u][b]Bunker:[/b][/u] All other party members gain the "Bunker" command. This allows a party member to retreat inside the battlecruiser itself, thus disallowing them to be targeted by enemy attacks at the cost of preventing actions from that party member and also disabling their opportunities and traits. Attacks once again in a row for each party member "bunkered" inside.
[*] [u][b]Scan All:[/b][/u] Analyzes all enemies, evaluating HP, MP, stats and elemental affinities (weaknesses, resistances etc.).
[*] [u][b]Beam Cannon:[/b][/u] Fires a beam of pure energy at a single enemy. Inflicts heavy damage.
[*] [u][b]Mako Infusion:[/b][/u] Changes the element of all future attacks that it makes, including its Beam Cannon attack. It will typically prioritize on selecting the weaknesses of any enemies that had been scanned.
[/list][/hider][hider=Opportunities:][u][b]Magidroid Power Extraction:[/b][/u] After successfully using Forced Shutdown against a mechanized unit, there is a 10% chance that Nara will absorb all the Speed points that unit lost as permanent stat point increases. If this happens, the absorbed stat points will be distributed as evenly as possible towards Dexterity, Mind, Piety, Speed and Soul.

[u][b]Emergency FCS Scrambler:[/b][/u] If an enemy mechanized unit targets Nara or a party with an attack capable of depleting their remaining HP, there is a 30% (increased) chance that attack will miss.

[u][b]Nice Mech. I'll Take It!:[/b][/u] Shots from Nara's Eternity Fusil have a chance of inflicting a virus into a stricken mechanized unit that messes with their programming, allowing her to use that unit against her enemies for the remainder of the battle (and possibly even longer). Mechanized units must be already in critical state prior to Nara's attacks in order to become vulnerable to this virus. The more damage a mechanized unit had taken from elements it is weak to, the greater the chances of the virus being successful. Critical hits from the Eternity Fusil ensure that the virus is twice as likely to succeed in its task.[/hider][hr][h3][b][u]Miscellaneous Information[/u][/b][/h3][hr][b]Main Theme Song:[/b] [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7lEbeejgOE]Fire With Fire, by The Letter Black[/url]
[b]Battle Theme Song:[/b] [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHXITU__btE]Final Fantasy VII OST: Jenova Absolute, as remixed by BitSymphony[/url]
[b]Ideal Voice Actresses:[/b] Erica Lindbeck (En)/Aoi Yuki (Jp)[/hider]