[@Queen of Aces][@Dark Cloud]
Here's the profile for Empusa, Seiji's contractor. Let me know if anything needs to be tweaked. As mentioned before, her only participation will be in character interaction, and only if stakes get extraordinarily high would she petition Gello to get involved in Events, battles, etc. Otherwise, the only one she'd bother would be Seiji...and maybe whoever has the bad luck to sleep on the other side of his walls. And maybe under his floors. And over his ceiling. And...probably just anywhere in the same building.

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[hider=5'2"/157.5cm*110lbs/50kg*Eyes: Bright Green][img]https://i.imgur.com/eBuSJdP.png[/img][/hider]
[h1][color=orchid]♡ Empusa Svartalfar ♡[/color][/h1]|| [b][color=orchid]Age:[/color][/b] ??? || [b][color=orchid]Gender:[/color][/b] ♀ || [b][color=orchid]Race:[/color][/b] Demon || [b][color=orchid]Lineage:[/color][/b] Full-blooded ||
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[h2][color=orchid][b][P O W E R][/b][/color][/h2]
[h3][b][u]Chalybeium Diabolus[/u][/b][/h3]
[b][i][sup]The Infernal Armory[/sup][/i][/b]
[hider=Brimstone and Steel][img]https://i.imgur.com/WeR4mBF.png[/img][/hider]
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[hider="Artifact Creation"]
Empusa's special ability is to condense magic, demonic energy, alchemy, metallurgy both mundane and supernatural, and even the essence of living beings into specialized tools, most commonly weapons. If they are created solely from resources she has available, her own stores of energy, and so forth, they are beyond the greatest works of any human smithy. Their steel far surpasses the lost methods of Damascus, and even the microscopic edges made possible by carbon nanotube technology. The artistry of their work puts Masamune to shame, and their cursed power would make Muramasa scream in agony.

But when she is able to use the essence of another being in the forging process--whether through that given to her by a Contractor, taken from a defeated victim, or a few more "intimate" methods--then her creations truly shine. At their peak, with a strong enough essence, they could even surpass Holy weapons like Excalibur or the Lance of Longinus. Even if the essence is weak, they could still hold their own against such legendary blades.

Weapons are her true passion, but at a greater energy expenditure she can also make shields, armor, and tools for manual labor. Making more complex devices, or Artifacts with magical formulae attached, is far more intensive and takes too much time to be done without preparation. She can also easily replicate anything the human world can produce and optimize it, but modern technology doesn't seem to interact very well with the magical interference surrounding demon domains...
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[list][*][b]Full Fledged Demoness[/b]
A graduate of Mistress Gello's Home, Empusa is a fully capable member of Hell's legions with all that entails.
[*][b]Magic[/b]
Though it doesn't come to her as easily as her forging abilities, Empusa has learned a great deal of magic. Her specialties lie in manipulating the elements of Fire and Earth, and her enchantments are befitting of her...physical assets.
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[h2][color=orchid][b][P E R S O N A L I T Y][/b][/color][/h2]
|| [b][color=orchid]The Face:[/color][/b] The Innocent || [b][color=orchid]The Soul:[/color][/b] The Lover || [b][color=orchid]The Self:[/color][/b] The Creator || [b][color=orchid]The Ego:[/color][/b] The Caregiver ||
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[hider=Beliefs]Empusa believes life must be enjoyed to be a life at all, and that such enjoyment can only be found with other people. She knows well the dangers of spending all one's time alone, having experienced long periods of isolation in her own forge, and firmly attests that the process of creation means nothing if those creations are not serving some purpose. If weapons and tools are made, there must be hands to wield them. Total freedom of action, expression, and intimacy are important to her worldview. This is part of the reason why she was drawn to Seiji--when she first met him, his friend brought her to the young man's house on an unexpected visit. From the state of his room, it was clear he had not left his seat at the computer in days. She wanted to pull him out of that dark, cluttered environment to see the true person underneath the baggy eyes and bad attitude.[/hider]

[hider=Desires]Empusa desires stimulation of many kinds, mental, physical, and emotional. Creating new Artifacts engages her mind, as does studying magic, but lately she's also found it quite interesting to try and figure out the complexities of the human heart. What stimulates her body need not be said in pleasant company...but as of late, she finds her heart aches in a way it never has before. Emotionally, she desires intimacy of various levels with various kinds of people--sometimes, including that spark of hate or anger to spice things up.[/hider]

[hider=Strategy]Her strategy can be said to be either nonexistant, or extraordinarily adaptable. Empusa is known to make rash decisions and act on feelings in the spur of the moment, regardless of any information she's been given beforehand. With that said, she isn't exactly stupid, and her inventor's mind quickly engages when presented with any problem. In the blink of an eye, a myriad of thoughts pop into her head, and she fires them off like bullets. Whatever doesn't work is hastily tossed aside, and she's always willing to try something new.[/hider]

[hider=Fears And Weakness]
Empusa cannot stand feeling alone or ignored, and after experiencing complete bondage to the will of another she also cannot stand to have her own independence hampered. However, she is sometimes too eager to please others in order to not be hated, and while she doesn't hesitate to spit fire in a disagreement, she can't take it nearly as well as she can dish it out.

Her lack of planning and forethought in the heat of the moment will often come back to bite her. For every masterwork she has produced, there are dozens if not hundreds of broken failures thrown aside. If she isn't careful with her behavior, she can do the same thing to any other kind of plan...and to people. She doesn't stress out about messing up--and by the same token, she doesn't make a special effort to be efficient or effective past the point of her goals.

She is also exceedingly impatient, and cannot stand being bored. She will often annoy others around her to the point of screaming if her needs are not being met, and some of those needs can be very...inconvenient. Especially to poor Seiji. That lucky sonnuvabitch.[/hider]

[hider=Strength and Talent]
Her creative mind is absolutely boggling. She will come at problems from angles that no one ever expected, and no reasonable person would ever consider possible. It is very hard to trip her up on a problem, even a two-sided ultimatum. Whether through sheer optimism, some spark of intelligence in that beautiful ditzy face, or just plain luck, she can and WILL come up with a third option.

It's hard to bring her down, no matter what happens in life. She seems to always bounce back, and is uplifting to others around her as well. Of course, the fact that she's a Demon probably means that maybe you SHOULDN'T do what she's encouraging you to do...but c'mon, it'll be fun, right!? Of course it will! Let's go!

And, in more somber moments, she is genuinely kind. This trait is not often found among the denizens of hell, and Empusa is wise enough to only show this side of herself to those who have earned her absolute trust. To those people, she is perhaps one of the only true friends a Devil can have.[/hider]

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[h2][color=orchid][b][H I S T O R Y][/b][/color][/h2]
[i]"You want to know more about li'l ol' me? Sorry boys, I'm spoken for! Oh, there's my man now--isn't he so cool!?"[/i]
Empusa was not traditionally "girlish" as a child, and was much more interested in playing with the big, shiny, sharp, and sometimes bloody instruments that surrounded her family's forge. In a volcanic environment where tongues of flame sprouted like grass, the Svartalfar beat infernal bronze into shape for the Legions of Hell. Among burly cyclopes, minotauros, and two-headed ogres, Empusa's first playthings were blades and bludgeons.

But as she grew up (and filled out), her seductive nature began to blossom as well. She left quite the pile of broken hearts--and impaled ones--in her wake during her schoolyard days at Gello's Home, and graduated at the top of her class. From here she took to the sorts of activities all Demons take to...until that day.

Where he had gotten the grimoire was anyone's guess. One reason Gello's Home existed now was for this very reason--to keep track of Human Contractors. Because if they didn't, not only did they risk the Humans misusing whatever powers they might be granted, but they also risked exposure to the mortal realm. At some point in history, probably during the medieval period, surviving Contractors and occultists had pooled their knowledge into this tattered little book. Somehow, it fell into the hands of what the modern day Humans in this land called Japan referred to as a NEET--a fat, greasy, neckbearded slob with nothing better to do but fall deeper and deeper into his illusions of grandeur. Whatever he learned from that book, there was no denying it was powerful. And it was a power that Humans had cultivated for themselves--Demons had helped them attain it, but they had mastered it all their own, and passed down their secrets. So it was no wonder Gello's agents hadn't marked this fellow already. What [i]was[/i] surprising, was just how proficient at it he had become.

Empusa found herself trapped in the human world, her powers and even some of her speech sealed away, and a slave to this unappealing waste of flesh. Luckily, he knew that if she shared any form of essence with someone else that she could use that power to try and free herself, so there were certain abuses even he abstained from. But he was clearly growing more powerful day by day...if left alone for a decade or so, this ugly bastard might actually become a threat even to Demons. Empusa kept a sharp eye out for anything, anyone, that she could manipulate or entice into helping her escape...and when she saw Murakami Seiji for the first time, everything else went out of focus.

She didn't have her powers, but she was a Demon, Satan-damn it! With good old fashioned psychology and charm, she pushed things along. Her "master" got along well with this young man, so he never suspected the seeds she had planted until the other boy had finally had enough. Murakami Seiji came storming into the house that day, and found her--along with what was left of the many sacrifices. Just like those Heroes the two youths always talked about in their video games, cartoons, and wild imaginations, he swept her off her feet. Even though his life was on the line, he didn't [i]have[/i] to accept that Contract. For her sake, he did.

But there was no denying now that his world would forever be changed. So to help him on this new path, she brought him to [i]her[/i] world.

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[h2][color=orchid][b][P A R E N T S][/b][/color][/h2]
[h3]Volundr Svartalfar || Beadohild Svartalfar[/h3]
+Head Smith of Hell's Forge || Nag of Hell's Forge
+Stoic as the steel he shapes, but dotes on his daughters. || Fawns over Volundr. Whips her children into shape.
+Perhaps the greatest smith since the days of legend. || An absolute terror to any smith that isn't her husband.
 
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[h2][color=Orchid][b][F A M I L I A R][/b][/color][/h2]
[u][b]The Distorted Hero, Wielder of Gydroibolg[/b][/u]
[h1][color=steelblue]Murakami Seiji[/color][/h1]
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