[hider=Ruina, The Lady of Pain.][center][img]https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/826921270296707095/893174926914248754/zhong-lin-e0cw5ioucaiowl9.jpg[/img][/center] [center][h1]Ruina[/h1][b]She who Tests. The Lady of Pain.[/b] [b][u]Aspect[/u][/b] Destruction. Ruina is the goddess of destruction, but unlike what would expect she isn't a force of chaos that seeks to bring ruin to everything and everyone. Instead she seeks to ensure that the creations of other gods and goddesses do not fall into soft and sorry states. What good is a garden that produces nothing? Of what use is an army that fights no battles? It is here that Ruina's purpose lies. Ruina serves as a sort of "filter" for the creations of other gods. If they couldn't stand up to her, how could they stand up to someone that was much more cruel than she? Though others will likely curse her name, Ruina believes her existence to be a boon to their designs. After all, the minor inconvenience that she inflicts will be nothing compared to the wrath of the Monarch of All should they be found wanting. [b][u]Persona[/u][/b] Ruina is surprisingly quite polite in most instances despite her status as the goddess of destruction. She's additionally quite courteous to those who are polite in return, and only grows cold and distant when people initiate hostilities towards her. When it comes to her role as a goddess of destruction she doesn't really take an excess of joy from destroying things. To her, it's just a job. An important job since it is something key to ensuring that the Monarch of All is happy, but a job regardless. So even if she's going to destroy things she'll be quite polite about it. However when she's in the process of subjugating something to one of her tests then she will certainly go "all in" and will withhold nothing, as is required of someone who tests things. But when she's not doing her job and stress testing the creations of others she likes to relax and explore. When she isn't preparing for a test or carrying one out one can frequently find her resting off the stresses and injuries sustained in one of her tests, or otherwise just venturing around and exploring, seeking out the next in an infinite list of things that need judging or complementing. This makes her appearance somewhat of an enigma to the more mortal races. Will she complement what they've done or turn and leave in silence, tolling the coming of a hail of death and pain? [b][u]Base form[/u][/b] Ruina's base form is surprisingly similar to her true form. What most people notice first is that she stands at a hugely impressive eight feet tall as standard, though she is capable of changing it on a whim. Her "minimum" seems to be about six feet tall, and her "maximum" seems to be about twelve feet tall. Aside from that her physical form is quite robust in appearance. Her overall body shape is well muscled and quite atheltic, and this is complemented by an ample and well defined hourglass figure. To say that Ruina adheres to some of the usual definitions of beauty is quite accurate. Ruina's face, however, stands apart from this. Extending from her lip across her right cheek is a set of scars from some unknown incident. They don't seem to bother her much, but in moments of deep contemplation she seems to touch at them. Aside from that, Ruina's eyes are a strange seafoam-ish green and possess a pair of slit pupils like a snake. Around each iris is a pink limbal ring that adds to the oddity that is her eyes. Ruina's hair is as white as snow, and it's kept woven into a tight ponytail to keep it manageable. The ponytail reaches just beneath her shoulderblades in length. Strangely her hair and eyebrows do not match in color, though this could be due to anything. Aside from the scarring, Ruina's face is quite refined and almost regal looking. Finally, one of the most striking features about Ruina is that she appears to wear an organic suit of sorts, though in truth this suit is as much of an extension of herself as anything else. Made up of what appears to be some sort of organic tissue the suit moves and reacts as if it is a living being. Though Ruina assures everyone that it is living no longer. In keeping with this organic theme the suit it maintains the appearance of having bony plates, what could be either teeth or claws, and powerful muscles beneath it all. This suit clings tightly to her form, and Ruina can modify how it looks at will. This includes shaping it into weapons if needed, though everything will need to be attached in some way. In its general default state the suit covers most of her body, leaving her head and a generous amount of keyhole cleavage exposed. The suit also covers her hands and feet, much like a full diving suit. As a default the suit leaves her hands and feet with a set of sharp claws and talons, allowing her to climb nearly anything as she wishes. In addition to this the suit provides her with a powerful tail that both augments her balance and provides her with many creative ways of attacking someone or something. The suit is also capable of hardening itself to shield from blows, though this is largely a cosmetic thing due to Ruina's divine protection. Overall, the suit is a useful tool for Ruina in spite of the fact that she doesn't really require it. Something quite intriguing is that Ruina seems to be willing to manipulate and change her regular form beyond the limits that have been previously detailed, though she doesn't really talk about it too much. Ruina's voice in this form is also quite gentle and kind, a startling surprise for one who holds the appearance of someone that is ready for combat at all times. [b][u]True Form[/u][/b] Ruina's true form cranks things up to 11. Allowing the suit to expand across her head, Ruina's beautiful if flawed face is replaced by a horrifying visage of lipless teeth and stiff bony plates. In place of her eyes she has a single oval-shaped amber plate that serves the same purpose. The suit's keyhole cleavage expands itself a bit to allow the material to reinforce the exterior outline of Ruina's form, sacrificing a small amount of stabbing protection to allow for better protection against broad swings. This is once again pointless as the suit is merely an extension of Ruina and doesn't provide any additional defense, but the reaction is one that Ruina seems to have happen instinctively. Moving on, the suit's arms, legs, and tail bulk up with some additional plates. Beyond this, Ruina's form seems to bulk up as well, becoming less of an athletic form and more of a bodybuilder type form, though she is still recognizably feminine. One could even say that those traits are enhanced too in order to avoid having them be lost beneath the more terrifying visage. Ruina's claws thicken and enhance themselves, becoming capable of rending nearly anything with ease. Interestingly, Ruina's feet seem to harden into what could be best described as something similar to hooves. In spite of the loss of her talons Ruina retains her ability to climb whatever she wishes and instead just walks on whatever surface she seeks to ascend instead of even pretending to follow the rules of gravity and friction. Finally, Ruina's height is additionally enhanced. Where she could reach a maximum of twelve feet tall in her regular form, twelve feet tall seems to be her standard height in this form. In addition to that she could boost her height to a staggering fifteen feet tall if she wanted to. In addition to the changes in her physical appearance, Ruina's voice drops its gentle and kind tone and instead adopts a raspy and grating one. Along with this she's quite capable of producing some ear-bleeding inducing shrieks and will use them to announce the coming of one of her dreaded tests. [b][u]Origin[/u][/b] Unlike most other gods, who came into being without much issue, Ruina's birth was a complicated affair. What is one today was originally two. Ruina had a twin, but that twin was twisted and malformed, and clung to Ruina with greed and spite in its heart. Clawing at Ruina's shaping form, it attempted to steal some of her divinity for itself, scarring her in the process. With the small spark that it gathered it began to shape itself into a goddess of monsters, eager to use its wrath at its malformed birth to bring ruin to the world. But Ruina awoke while only partially formed. Using her granted divinity over destruction, Ruina obliterated the consciousness of her misbehaving twin. Wrapping herself in the now empty shell of what could've been her sister, Ruina felt the self-imposed designs of the twin push themselves onto her and was wracked with pain as her form reshaped itself in order to reclaim the lost spark of divinity. This is where Ruina's suit comes from and why she keeps it tightly bound to her. She could potentially remove it at this point as the stolen spark of divinity has long since been fully re-integrated into her being, but the suit would likely be almost impossible to destroy. Not to mention that leaving the husk of an almost-goddess somewhere feels risky. Thus, she keeps it on. Not only to keep herself safe, but also to ensure that it doesn't fall into hands that would want to use it for some nefarious purpose. [b][u]Musical theme[/u][/b] [hider=Non-Combat theme][youtube]https://youtu.be/PQ0lTTiDtBo[/youtube][/hider] [hider=Combat theme][youtube]https://youtu.be/Htjy65kW7Bo[/youtube][/hider][/center][/hider]