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[hr][h2][color=#3cb8d7]♨[/color] [b][color=#F74E00]Basic Information:[/color][/b] [color=#3cb8d7]♨[/color][/h2]
[b][color=#F74E00]Name:[/color][/b] Rena Berit ⋏ݍ⋏🇩; [s]Julie;[/s] [s]Heigen[/s]

[b][color=#F74E00]Age:[/color][/b] ≅438 years

[b][color=#F74E00]Gender:[/color][/b] Female

[b][color=#F74E00]Species:[/color][/b] Nekomata (Siamese) 

[b][color=#F74E00]Canon:[/color][/b] OC
[h3][u][b][color=#F74E00]-> Main Thread <-[/color][/b][/u][/h3][/center]
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[indent][indent][indent][b][color=#F74E00]Personality:[/color][/b] Living life as if dancing and spinning on top of a tightrope hanging over a death pit, Berit is a hard character for most to grasp, having no real worth on her or others lives, nor treasuring interactions all that much. Instead, Rena prefers to rile others up, acting as if a god itself, constantly embiggening her own actions and thoughts. Her outlook on humanity is a grim one, that after seeing so many conflicts after each other, has come to the conclusion that they’re on a path to senseless mutual self-destruction, to which death would be mercy at this point.

The same way the humans fate has been sealed and follows according to script, so has her’s. After all, the end of a monster is always to be slain by the hero; Rena does not believe herself to be worthy of love, pity, or sympathy. And why would anybody? She’s a vengeful powerful Youkai, filled with nothing but contempt for humanity, people are no more than food for her! ...That’s what they should be, but as the Nekomata spent more and more time near a certain cleric, she found herself attached to that lifestyle. It’s less that Rena doesn’t care about others and more than she’s rarely given that chance. Her ‘independence’ being a defense mechanism against rejection, a sign of apprehension in trying to truly live in a world that has brought nothing but betrayal and suffering.

To those that can bear with her, they might find an unexpected brand of loyalty and obsession, akin to a stray they fed once and kept coming back. Rena also has a soft spot for children, especially younger girls like her owner once was; Others may see themselves studied with curious eyes or followed around because they’re not boring. For those that can’t, however, they may never go past a facade and see themselves charmed, messed with and even targeted when she’s out of food.

Do keep her well fed.

[b][color=#F74E00]Equipment:[/color][/b] Her necklace, which is a bag of holding with a form-changing enchantment. It's just filled with raw meat, for an emergency. Seems to last a week or so.[/indent][/indent][/indent][center][h2][color=#3cb8d7]♨[/color] [b][color=#F74E00]Attributes:[/color][/b] [color=#3cb8d7]♨[/color][/h2][indent][h3][color=#3cb8d7]--Spiritual Fire--[/color][/h3]Like many fire Youkai, Berit may choose to summon fireballs to attack with, anytime, normally born out of the tips of her tail so they’re aimed like a gun or the palm of her hands, for easily getting lunged around. A defensive formation takes the form of fiery whisps, making a circle around her and serving to shield or match with attacks, disappearing as their purpose is fulfilled. 
This variety of flame is similar to Onibi, harming the target physically and spiritually, making it useful against other spirits and seemingly intangible entities. Once out of Julie’s control, the flames fade into a normal orange to make tracking her arson more challenging.
[h3][color=#F74E00]--Shapeshifting--[/color][/h3]Nekomata have their original cat forms, an in-between form that can either be the nekomimi style or more anthropomorphic and a fully human form that they can change at will. That last one is what they use to lure in prey, able to mimic even the voice of someone they’ve seen and amazing actors to the point of grasping body language and habits after a couple hours of observation. A picture would also do, though then the voice that goes with it is more of a guess than a certainty. Berit can also walk on her hind legs even in cat form, but rarely does so because it may look too goofy to her tastes.
[h3][color=#3cb8d7]--Pseudo-Necromancy--[/color][/h3]After their tendency of causing fires and killing millions, Nekomata are well-known for their ability to raise the dead to do their bidding. Now, differently from real necromancy, this is more akin to [color=#3cb8d7]making a recently killed corpse into a puppet[/color] as they have no will of their own and are merely empty vessels. Berit has to keep some of her attention on the ‘puppet’ and can at max control two of them at once, each ‘tied’ to a hand. A skill in ventriloquism is then added to the mix when she needs it to manipulate and trick somebody.
[h3][color=#F74E00]--Enhanced Physiology--[/color][/h3]Nekomata retain their feline counterpart's agility, balance and enhanced senses. With stealth, graceful movements, Rena is as fit as both an Olympic runner and a gymnast at once, capable of great feats of speed, flexibility and superhuman jumps having employed these in her trapezist side-job before. She can also tell when something is 'off' somehow, similar to the ways some animals can tell when a threat or natural disaster is approaching. Or just being able to tell when it's about to rain. Animal Youkai are also a lot more sturdy than their normal counterparts, capable of feats of superhuman strength when in their human forms and peak human strength while in their animal forms.
[h3][color=#3cb8d7]--Feline Communication--[/color][/h3]Independent of the form, Brit can understand other cats' speech as if they were actually speaking. Not that they say anything useful though, usually, they're just complaining at her. In a similar way, they can also understand her just fine, without the need for actual meowing, the only catch is that cats raised with different languages also acquire different meow patterns, making her have to deal with accents that might make little to no sense to her.
[h3][color=#F74E00]--Sleight of Hand--[/color][/h3]As if having a manipulative, ventriloquist cat wasn’t already enough, Rena is very apt at sneaking into places without being noticed and stealing/swapping objects while not being watched. After all, it’s an important skill if you’re going to be blackmailing and stalking others for a meal. Also for counter-espionage. Knowing how to control one’s attention was a must for her modus operandi.[/indent][/center]
[indent][h3][color=#F74E00][b]Biography[/b] (In bullet points, for now)[b]:[/b][/color][/h3][/indent]
[list][*] A Siamese kitten is presented to the daughter of a Daimyo, being named Heigen and becoming the little girl’s companion for life;
[*] A year later, a war between Estates is lost, in the true Edo era fashion, the victor orders the execution of the family, the destruction of their home and the imprisonment of the cat, so that the spirit of the animal didn’t come back for revenge;
Heigen is put in a small cage in the center of a room and expected to starve to death soon. Despite her thin and sickly visage, the cat does not die, resisting beyond the time she should;
[*] Wondering if the cat has been possessed by some creature and might attract bad luck, Heigen is once more moved, now thrown into an underground dungeon to be forgotten forever;
[*] Many years pass and the cat bides her time cursing and hating on her captors; On her 100th birthday her tail splits and as a newly emerged Nekomata Heigen enacts her revenge on the descendants of her captors, destroying their estate;[/list]
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[*] Heigen continues to rampage even after, burning villages, terrorizing people, battling other Youkai for territory, eventually, the people attempt to appease her by building her a temple and making an agreement;
[*] Revered like a guardian spirit, Hengei spends many moons protecting her village from other Youkai and given sacrifices to sate her hunger with in exchange;
[*] The decline of the Edo era and with it Youkai themselves. It all comes with a change of mind as the villagers hire a monk to lead a party to slay the Nekomata. She manages to flee for her life after making her defeat, but harbors a distrust towards humans as they’ve betrayed their deal;
[*] Sticking to the shadows, she spends a long time feeding on the freshly diseased resulting from conflicts. Times of war and peace and more war seem forever never-ending, she concludes that the humans would eventually self-destruct at this pace and that perhaps her actions aren’t as evil as they might seem;[/list]
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[*] Japan finally opens its ports to international commerce by request of the United States, it’s Heigen’s chance to seek new hunting grounds by sneaking into a ship and seeing where it leads;
The destination ends up being the UK, where the nekomata finds her way into 80’s center London and is picked up by an unsuspecting woman who takes her home;
[*] The Nekomata makes the actress’ life a living hell, costing her career and popularity, raising several rumors and collecting blackmail on Julie Taylor Luckett, previously loved star of the movies;
[*] Backed into a corner, Julie attempts suicide only for the Nekomata to strike instead, carving her heart out of her chest and taking the woman’s identity for herself;
[*] It would only make sense that the one that ruined things would know how to fix them, as the Nekomata now has a good position for hunting in society, seeking drunkards in bars at night that mysteriously go missing, some without even family to account for their disappearance;[/list]
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[*] Eye of the Falls happens; Other than her interaction with Orbeck, the event leaves no deep marks on the Nekomata;[/list]
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[*] A hangout organized by Remilia Scarlet leaves 'Julie' and Hershel Avad face-to-face, where he makes the mistake of calling her ‘cute’ and continuing to underestimate her, driving her to threaten to ruin everything and everyone he cares about, even after he’s dead in pettiness;
Not taking nicely to such a threat, Hershel uses a Wish spell to compel Julie to target him and only him from now on. She’s unaware of the effect until next time they meet;[/list]
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[*] Having eventually stalked Hershel back into his world, the Nekomata furiously attempts to make the cleric pay by constantly trying to kill him, or rile him up. There’s little to no effect and that only makes her want to try harder;
[*] The attempts quickly exhaust themselves, and the banter becomes a daily occurrence; Soon they’re bearing with each other in the same space, making all sorts of conversation;
[*] Julie officially moves into Hershel’s room without permission, putting her cat bed on a corner and bidding goodbye to London and corsets… And high heels. A lot of that wasn’t a fun time; Since this is now her territory, she performs rounds for trespassing critters and assassins, basically becoming the castle’s guardian;
[*] Hershel confesses his love to her and she’s just… extremely confused about it.[/list]
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[*] Events of MP: Dystopia follow, Rena 'allies' herself to Crow, a sky pirate, as a way to keep her hold of the forest's edge territory, making it her personal hunting grounds, challenging other beasts for its domain and assuring her survival;
[*] Reencounter with Hershel is unexpectedly heartfelt, and in the following year, now home, their relationship becomes a tad closer with the cleric conceding her a new name, as a symbol of her new life.[/list][center][h3][color=#3cb8d7]♨[/color] [b][color=#F74E00]Theme Songs:[/color][/b] [color=#3cb8d7]♨[/color][/h3]
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