[list][*][u][b]Name[/b][/u]: Sekiguchi Akane, also known "Higanbana Shoujo" to local residents [*][u][b]Age[/b][/u]: Physically, she is no older than 9 or 10. In actuality, she is around 469 years in age. [*][u][b]Gender[/b][/u]: Female [*][u][b]Appearance[/b][/u]: [url=https://safebooru.org//samples/1254/sample_497f03b863873442edc80fd0f9f1905dc7cb3114.jpg?1307620]"Would you like to test your courage~?"[/url] [*][u][b]Personality[/b][/u]: Akane is motivated largely by the things she finds interesting. At times she could be considered quite lazy, but the moment something catches her attention, or she finds herself interested in someone, she immediately pursues that topic of interest with considerable fervor. Indeed, entertainment is one of her chief pursuits. In the past, she has entertained herself by frightening locals or people from out of town. Akane finds people who believe they are in danger to be quite amusing. Indeed, the reaction of human beings who are scared, confused, annoyed, or some combination of all of those three traits is something she takes pleasure in. Indeed, she enjoys nothing less then causing others difficulty. Even inflicting pain is enjoyable for her, though she has never casually killed anyone purely for the sake of her amusement. That is not to say there is no blood on her hands, however. Regardless, her pursuit of that which amuses her conceals two things: As a sort of guardian for the land, she feels some level of obligation to ensuring its safety, and the fact that she can be rather lonely. Even if she expresses her interest in people in ways that are likely to frighten them(and enjoys it) she is still liable to follow people simply to be near someone else. That being said, her interest in someone can easily turn deadly, if they are an opponent. Akane may not casually kill others without reason, but she has no qualms with the act. [*][u][b]Skills[/b][/u]: Akane has little to no practical skills of her own. [*][u][b]Abilities[/b][/u]: To begin with, Akane's existence is conceptually tied to the land itself. As long as the local land exists, killing her is a remarkably difficult prospect. This is not to say it is impossible, but even grievous injury or destruction of much of her body will simply cause her to reform within the bounded field containing her home. She does not age, nor does she suffer from illness. Some injuries can be mended on the spot, while others force her to break her body down and reform it within her bounded field. One way to end her life properly would be to sever her connection to the land itself, but this is difficult without the capability to interact with such connections. A large-scale ritual with the explicit purpose to denying her existence would be one method, and placing her within a reality marble and attacking her there is another. While truly killing her is very difficult, her body is no more durable then it appears and thus forcing her retreat into bounded field is no more difficult then inflicting sufficient damage. In terms of her capabilities as a practitioner of onmyodo, as opposed to more western methods, it can be said that she is possessed of exceptional circuits of exceptional quality. As an onmyouji her compatibility against spirits is high, though this does not mean she is capable of dispelling Servants. Still, spiritual existences are easily dealt with by her. As a part of the process that rendered her an existence tied to the land, Akane produced a bounded field containing her home, an expansive Japanese mansion surrounded by higanbana. She can freely manifest higanbana around herself, as well, creating an area of denial that drains the energy from those who enter it, though it is considerably less effective against Servants it can act as a defense against attack. She is also capable of utilizing ofuda to apply an energy-draining curse to a target, or even erode solid objects. Indeed, due to the nature of her existence she has a high compatibility with curses. Her ofuda can also be used for various methods of attack, such as causing them to erupt with magical energy or fix a target in place. As a highly adept onmyouji, Akane is highly dangerous to potential opponents. However, she can only defend herself from most Servants. [*][u][b]Brief Backstory[/b][/u]: In the local area, there is the tale of a mysterious little girl known as Higanbana Shoujo. A child no older then nine or ten, with long black hair, pale skin, and red eyes wearing a red kimono. It is said she is accompanied by higanbana, and when she appears to someone something terrible will befall them. The most well-known version of the myth states that she will offer those who meet her a test of courage. If it is rejected, they will die in ten days, suffer terrible misfortune, or any other number of negative outcomes. If it is accepted, it is said something truly terrifying will occur, that may lead to the person's death anyway. This myth originates with Sekiguchi Akane. Hundreds of years ago, she was the child of a family that had long worked to create a 'permanent' human, someone who would exist even if the entire family perished. In order to accomplish this they had devised a ritual sacrifice that would tie the offering to the land, thus creating an artificial guardian spirit rather then resulting in the sacrifice's death. Their young daughter, Akane, became the subject of this ritual. It was out of a warped form of affection, her parents believing that their daughter living on forever was worth the process that it required, something Akane was unable to understand. An agonizing experience followed, her limbs broken and her body buried while she was still alive. Even though it succeeded, she suffered greatly in the process. The result was a living human being whose existence was thoroughly tied to the land itself, thus rendering her nearly immortal but incapable of leaving the local area. She was swift to reject her family in the aftermath, and did not mourn them when they perished. She has spent many long years, now, entertaining herself by scaring locals and other endeavors. It is only natural, then, that she was drawn to this Holy Grail War...[/list] Phew. This is a weird idea, I know.