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Beyond the Looking Glass: A CYOA Magical Girl Roleplay [Completed]

@Erode

Thus, the tragic story of the Knight of Rose had reached its conclusion. She tried so hard, so much. A foolhardy heroine walking the path to certain doom, her bravery was commendable, but hardly mattered. Within the implosion of effluvium, she was gone without a trace.

”Heh...” With a satisfied smirk, the golden-haired Harbinger, retracted her hand. The swirls of tangible darkness flowing back into her, feeding the Queen with their gathered materials. Well, time for her to go. ”I’m done here, Mistress.”

”Ara, ara, Noir~ are you sure about that~?”

---

@Rune_Alchemist

The Monster

”Wha-?!!” A glint of steel at the corner of her eyes was the only warning. Noir only had time to turn her head there before an oversized ‘arrow’ - a javelin really - made of enchanted steel tore right through her right arm and wing. In less than a second, said arm and wing were gone, effluvium spilling out of the missing limbs like a broken valve.

”Aaaaaaaaaaaargh!!” A roar, louder than the one elicited by the Knight of Rose, violently reverberated through the air. A horrifying wail of agony, shock, and most importantly, rage. Noir fell through the air, plummeting towards the asphalt as smaller metal projectiles grazed her petite frame. ”Nnngh...!” She slammed against the ground with a wet thud, effluvium splattered around her like a ruptured water balloon.

”Our little swordswoman had friends~“

Oh... oh, so this was it’s going to be, huh? Fine then, she’ll slaughter each and every one of these Metal fools! ”Rrrrrgh!!” Seemingly losing all traces of her elegant goth-loli facade, she fueled her fury through pain. The loss of her arm and wing didn’t seem like much of an issue as the darkness raged on around her.

The blonde Harbinger melded with them, slipping into the tangible shadows, then like hordes of angry wasps, the darkness sped rapidly towards the red-clad archer, aiming to surround her, and then, the wounded monster would emerge, swiping and biting to tear Katarina into literal pieces.

Beyond the Looking Glass: A CYOA Magical Girl Roleplay [Completed]

Relevant: @Erode @Crusader Lord

”Haaaaaa... mmmh~” A hum of pleasure escaped the golden-haired Harbinger’s fanged lips as she fed. The nourishing essence literally flowing into her body via her Effluvium, while more of the creeping taint seeped out from her at the same time, gathering up every consumable organic material around her. Plants, bugs, and even discarded food and drinks in trash cans, none escaped the shadow locusts’ hunger. By the time she was done, the area would be an urban wasteland. A simple enough task, Noir had done this countless times by now. She should be done soon...

If not for the arrival of this... stick-wielding girl. The Harbinger felt a twang at the back of her neck, the kind that instinctively sent her on alert. Her slitted pupils turned towards the unknown blunette. Oh, she was one of those, huh? Nosy self-righteous white knights who has nothing to do but intruding the businesses of others. Sigh... what were the odds she wield the accursed power of Metal too? Although... she did look like a tasty treat. Heh, if she wanted to play the heroine then fine, Noir would humor her. Who ever said heroes always triumph?

”Oh? Thee seeth yourself as a heroine? How absurd!” Noir grinned, spreading her effluvium-coated wings in a grand display, even as more and more began to surround the blue-haired girl. It wasn’t just for show as Knight of Rose could feel the taint sapping away at both her body and soul. ”Tis’ most amusing to see thee hunting after me, even when I hold no responsibility for the severing of these mortals’ coil. A foolish heroine parading on equally foolish notions. If it be true thee wisheth to square me, then com-!”

”Oh, Noir~” Her Mistress playful mental poke suddenly interrupted her from the blonde’s impromptu play, ”I don’t mean to rain on your parade, but a certain someone’s servant is here. Mind if I borrow your body for a little bit?” Of course, it was a rhetoric, under what notion would her Harbinger refuse her wishes?

”Our humblest apologies, o’ Harbinger of the Infinite Abyss.” The Effluvium-coated girl turned slightly towards Annabelle, her voice carrying an otherworldly echo not present just before, her eyes glowing dimly red. Yes, one look at that Barrier of Nothingness, no Horror wouldn’t recognize Soth’s fearsome reputation. ”We have claimed this territory. In good faith, we would have to ask you to leave... or just stand idly and watch. Much appreciated~” With that, Mistress Hazak released her possession over Noir’s body, leaving the winged girl blinking then chuckling in mirth. ”Yeah, you heard us. This one’s mine.”

With the fellow Horror addressed, the villainess returned to the dashing heroine, ”Then come! Come and abandon all hope!” With her wings unfolded in full display and arms outstretched, the storm of Effluvium rushed towards the Rose Knight. Soon, she shall wilt and be consumed, such was the ultimate fate of all roses.

Beyond the Looking Glass: A CYOA Magical Girl Roleplay [Completed]

A few days ago. Somewhere on the open seas...

The storm raged on. Thunder and lightning conspiring with the heavy rain and strong winds, creating a terrible symphony of Mother Nature’s wrath. Woe to all sailors caught within the turbulent waves. Alas, a medium-sized vessel could be seen rocking here and there, her crew currently being tossed against the cabin walls. Why would they deserve this?

Well, considering this particular vessel were carrying illegal goods to the United States, perhaps Uncle Sam convinced Poseidon to enact divine retribution. Pirates and Smugglers didn’t deserve to live after all. However, one could just say they were shit out of luck.

..........
.....
...

”My Huntress, it looks like you have found yourself in quite a pickle~”

”Well, it is indeed so, Mistress.” A muffled girlish voice came from behind the pile of stolen cargo, echoing ominously within the storage hull. ”I had thought it’d be simple, just hitch a ride across the Atlantic, arrive at North America, go to Penrose, my next hunting ground. Sigh... why does everything have to be so complicated?”

”Now, now, a good huntress knows when to adapt, and besides...”

”Yes, Mistress. These sailors will not survive the storm anyway...” A creeping taint, akin to shadows had they could move on their own, began to spread around the hold. ”Let’s have a little meal~” Ah well, it looked like she’d have to continue by herself. Sigh... right, time to eat up for the journey ahead.

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Present Time. Penrose, United States.

Relevant: @Rune_Alchemist @Erode

Perched on top one of the many rooftops around the block, a blonde young girl dressed in a casual goth-loli outfit looked down upon the commotion below. Slitted reptile-like red eyes narrowing in mixed concern and thought. ”Mistress, it looks like something or someone just unsleashed their spirit minions upon these humans...”

”Oh my~ just look at them, how despicable, how deplorable. They... they are wasting food, ‘my’ food! At the very least, they could have eaten them, use them, something. Not leave those precious morsels out there to rot... haaaa... I didn’t come to this realm to watch food being needlessly wasted with abandon.” The exasperation in her Mistress’ voice was obvious, Noir could sense the seething anger just beneath her elegant exterior. To be honest, she shared her sentiment. These individuals who kill for no reason at all, they sickened her. There was nothing to be gained from a mindless massacre.

”Good thing I’m here then, Mistress.” A fanged grin curled from the corner of her small lips, ”Let’s harvest them for ourselves.” With a mental permission from Mistress Hazak, the blonde leapt forward from her perch then spread her oversized chiropteran wings.

”Most excellent, my Huntress, but always be prepared for rivals claiming our meal~“

Landing on the streets near the concentration of massacred civilians, Noir’s presence alone was enough to unnerve the rampaging spirits, the Horror that was Hazak sent them fleeing away from the location, their genodical duties forgotten.

Her signature Effluvium began to spread from her body, spreading in the form of creeping shadows, enshrouding the general area in darkness, blocking sight and sound with a dome of tangible darkness. Having exerted her dominion over the bodies, Noir began feeding immediately, her shadows wrapping around each body like a cocoon, absorbing them into her. Once she was done, there’d be nothing left of them except for whatever clothes they wore, not even a speck of blood or a strand of hair.

Beyond the Looking Glass: A CYOA Magical Girl Roleplay [Completed]

Noir

Name: Valerie "Noir" Herzstein

Age (Chronological): 17

Age (At time of Death): 13

Gender: Female

Gender (Before Magical Girl): Female

Appearance:

Untransformed

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Transformed

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Specialization:
-Darkness: Reigning over the realm of shadows, weaving in and out of darkened corners with unnerving speed, and literally blending into the darkness. Noir's mastery over the dark makes her a fearsome huntress of the night. Additionally, she possesses an array of curses and hexes, all ultimately serving a single purpose, weaken her preys enough so she may devour them. The strong, the weak, the young, the old, no life last forever. Slow and steady, she patiently stalks her prey, or overwhelm them with a torrent of shadows, either works for her. As long as she can consume to satisfy Mistress Hazak's hunger.

Conveniently, even in her human form, she is able to see in complete darkness.

-Effluvium (Oddball): Noir's darkness isn't the mere absence of light. It is tangible, physical, a creeping taint that drains the life and energy of everything it touches. Once deployed around the vicinity, the taint actively works to spread and consume akin to hordes of locusts, also conveniently providing Noir with shadows to use. They are her drones and she is the Queen, she let them consume and they nourish her in return.

Conveniently, even in her untransformed state, this odd specialization enables her to consume any organic matter via physical contact.

Weakness:
-Light: Hiss! The light, the blinding searing light. The bane of all nocturnal hunters. She never liked bright lights, not as Valerie, and certainly not as Noir. May doom fall upon anyone who wields this accursed thing, from flashlight-wielding security guards to the self-righteous so-called Beacons.

Unfortunately, even in her human form, Noir suffers from hypersensitivity to intense light... which might not even be intense to the average human.

-Metal: Ah yes, iron and steel, hunk of lifeless matter. Utterly useless for her, they can't be drained, nor consumed. Even worse, both her curses and effluvium are powerless against them, she has to rely on her brute strength and wiles to overcome beings of metal.

This weakness extends its effect to her human form, Noir has allergic skin reactions upon prolonged physical contact with objects made of metal.

Weapon:
-Fangs and Claw (Fist-type): Unlike the insecure fools who feel the need to use pieces of sharp of metal as weapons, Noir simply make use of her own body. Her fangs and claws are sharp enough to match blades toe-to-toe, durable enough to dent plate armor, and even if they break, a simple matter, they'd regrow within seconds.

Power:
-Regeneration: Being the Harbinger of Hazak has its many benefits, most notable one is an endlessly mending body. Noir heals and recovers mana at the speed in which few beings can match. She can live through almost any injury, short of complete annihilation in a single blow. Should one of her limbs be severed, she can simply reattach them or grow a new one entirely. Lesser wounds even heal as they are being inflicted. A relentless huntress, she will get her prey, even if it literally costs her an arm and a leg.

Mutations:
-Body - Wings: A pair of Chiropteran arcane wings can sprout from her back at will, granting her the gift of flight and levitation. Simple but versatile power.

-Mental - Devourer: Consume, feed, and devour, these are the noble tasks her Mistress has given her. Whoever it is, Mistress doesn't care, she's free to pick her preys but pick them fast. Noir has the instinctive need to drain the life and/or energy of living beings, whether they be physical or magical. Of course, hostile entities and 'bad' people are very convenient targets.

-Soul - Powerful Aura: When she chooses to reveal herself, her presence is overwhelming. Hazak's Otherworldly nature can be felt bleeding from Noir's deceptively petite stature. As her Darkness spreads, those who stand against her can sense their doom creeping upon them as they futilely try to find the huntress. Inversely, allies of Noir can feel safe and protected in her territory, for the huntress' Effluvium are not hunting them that day.

-Soul - Weakness: Light and Metal, both are anti-thesis to everything her Patron stands for. As explained before, light significantly weakens her and most of her powers are useless against metal.

Perks:
-Blood Magic: A misnomer of a perk, really, but partially true nonetheless. Noir's health and mana are one, she consumes and use both life force and magical energy. The Harbinger makes no distinction between the two.

-Tooth and Claw: Her mistress has given Noir powerful limbs, enabling her to use her own body as a weapon.

-Immortality: It takes a lot to kill the Harbinger. One must be able to damage her constantly enough to outperform her regeneration, disable it somehow, or overwhelm her with a single powerful blow to down her for good. Else, she will just renegerate and drain her opponent of their life and mana as the fight drags on.

-Parasite: She hunts, she feeds, she consumes. Any organic matter and magical energies are fine offerings to the All-Consuming Mistress of Decay. Feeding in combat enhances her already impressive regeneration ability even further.

-Sapper: Face the Harbinger with magic and she too shall consume your mana. Yes, give everything you have, and once you are exhausted of your precious mana, she will consume your body as well.

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Patron: Hazak Kys, The All-Consuming Mistress of Decay

Patron Benefits:
-Magical Overload: Yanked from the jaws of death just as Valerie breathed her last. her dying body was fed with so much of Hazak's essence, she violently burst. It was only by the regenerative power of her Patron that she survived, torn apart to be stitched back together, as something new, as Noir.

-Marked: Being the Harbinger of Decay - a huntress with the hunger to consume any living being, physical or magical - triggers the instinctive fear even in monsters. With the exception of the most powerful and/or savage, monsters are terrified by her mere presence. This combined with her Powerful Aura mutation enables her to rout out lesser foes before the fight even begins.

-Reasonable: The Mistress is patient, she's aware that the best meals are those prepared and savored properly. What is the point of consuming everything that her preys have no chance to breed? A proper hunter know where and when to hunt.

-Creeping Doom: The Effluvium, Hazak's taint, can creep gradually as it can overwhelm. The Mistress of Decay prefers the best harvest and that can't be obtained by blindly sweeping through a village, killing every man, woman, and children. Nay, the best harvests are the ones with select, fulfilling, preys.

-Retrieval: Noir has proven to be a valuable agent, a reliable huntress, and a loyal servant. She enjoys her job and The Mistress enjoys her offerings. Why should Hazak allow her to perish needlessly? When possible, the Mistress of Decay herself will step in and shift Noir out of mortal danger.

Patron Drawbacks:
-Monstrous Form: Noir's awakening permanently changed her. She is now the Harbinger of Decay, Mistress Hazak's right hand, carrying the scythe to harvest these succulent preys. The uncultured may see her as a 'vampire', but she doesn't mind, the less preys know about their predator, the better for the latter.

-Bane: If the accursed Light and lifeless Metal weaken Noir, the combination of the two is her Bane. A weapon such as a Sword of Light, shining metal, will be very effective against her. Her darkness and effluvium shredded away, her form exposed, and protection useless against the combined power.

-Health-Sapping: The Mistress hungers and Noir can feel her hunger.

-Mana Starved: The Mistress thirsts and her Harbinger thirsts as well.

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Fighting Style: Best described as nocturnal predator combined with a mighty glacier, Noir is patient and enduring. Coating her general vicinity in Effluvium will be her action in a general combat situation, transforming the area into her home turf, no matter where she fights. Durable and regenerative, what she lacks in sheer brute strength and speed are made up with the taint, curses, and fearsome aura. The longer the fight goes on, the better for her as sooner or later, her opponent will run out of stamina, mana, and resources. When they are weakened and ripe, she will devour them, another fine offering to her Patron.

Stats (Untransformed):
STR: 3 - 1 (Drawback) = 2
AGI: 3
VIT: 3 - 1 (Drawback) = 2
MAG: 3 - 1 (Drawback) = 2
LCK: 3 - 1 (Drawback) = 2

Stats (Transformed):
STR: 4 - 1 (Drawback) + 3 (Specializations) + 3 (Weapon) + 1 (Tooth and Claw) = 10
AGI: 4 + 1 (Wings) = 5
VIT: 4 - 1 (Drawback) + 3 (Specializations) + 1 (Blood Magic) + 1 (Immortality) + 1 (Parasite) + 6 (3 Silver) + 3 (3 Bronze) = 18
MAG: 4 - 1 (Drawback) + 1 (Specializations) + 1 (Outfit) + 1 (Sapper) = 6
LCK: 4 - 1 (Drawback) = 3

Personality: Cheerful, bubbly, and free-spirited. Valerie was blessed with unyielding optimism, yet cursed with a sickly body. After succumbing to her sickness and following her 'resurrection' as Noir, the latter part of her condition is all but gone. Now granted a form more powerful than a young teenager could ever imagine, Noir is more than happy to travel the world, see all the new things, and of course, serve her Mistress' purposes. Besides, some people clearly don't appreciate their healthy body, she won't mind devouring them... and not to mention, they taste delicious. Fufufu~ <3

History: Valerie Herzstein, youngest daughter of the wealthy Herzstein family, was born a sickly infant. It was clear she didn't get a good roll in the Fortune Wheel of Eugenics. Unhealthily pale skin that burned in sunlight, weak composition, and chronic anemia all but confined her in her family's manor for all of her life. Constantly needing blood transfusions to replace what she lacks, her condition was sometimes joked upon by her siblings, that she's a vampire, only without all the powers.

Everything she knew about the outside world mostly came from the various medias she consumed, the internet, television, books. Really, it was such a shame that the girl was such a bundle of joy, making the best use of what her flawed body could do. Her time on Earth was limited, to no one's surprise and her family's denial.

It was only at a tender age of thirteen winters when her body suddenly gave up on her. Rushed to the best hospital in her home country of Germany, treated with the best Doctors and services money could buy, even with all those, it still wasn't enough. She was fated to die... and her time was up. Nothing could prevent this...

...except for the power of an otherworldly being, one powerful enough to cross dimensions and gave a proverbial middle finger to time and space. Hazak Kys, the All-Consuming Mistress of Decay, saw a glint in the young blonde's dying eyes. She didn't want to die, she wished to live on, a desire so strong, it curled a smirk in the Outer Goddess' face.

In the middle of the night, the two met for the first time. The Mistress asked if she'd like another chance at life... and if she was willing to kill for it. Then, just as her heart monitor flatlined, a monster was born. Valerie Herzstein was no more, there was only Noir, the Harbinger of Decay.

Incantation: "Hazak. Aspida. Effluvium. Vale. Consume and Devour!"

Additional Info:
Theme Song

Hazak Kys

Name: Hazak Kys, The All-Consuming Mistress of Decay

Type: Horror

Appearance:

A Form You Are Comfortable With

Behold My True Self, and Despair

Personality: Sophisticated, patient, secretive, like most other Horrors lurking out there, it takes considerable amount of effort to even decipher what Hazak has in mind. Even then, that's assuming she even thinks in a way comprehensible to a puny human mind. However, at least she sees merits in the tiny Earthlings, in that they serve a better purpose being farm cattle than annihilated. Well, there are almost 8 billion of these cattle, she just needs a rancher or two...

History: History? The Mistress of Decay is above and beyond your severely limited perception of space and time. It is futile effort to construct history with your flawed chronology. Cease this fruitless endeavor and be consumed instead.

Resources: Ah yes, my huntresses, fear not, you shall always find prey to harvest. I will guide your senses. As you are my Harbinger, you shall too wield my power, feel my hunger, and project my presence upon your preys. I can give you anything you want, as long as I don't miss my dinner.

Additional Info:
Theme Song

Beyond the Looking Glass: A CYOA Magical Girl Roleplay [Completed]

@Izurich
Is MHW fun in single-player? Have been thinking of getting it to PS4.

Getting back on-topic, Valerie's a fun vampire girl with her debuffs. Her Immortality may be a bit too strong if she can revive herself endlessly in combat, so that should be slightly toned down. The Oddball also seems very dangerous, but her powers are balanced well against her Weaknesses, so that's fine. Also happy to see someone use the Corruption module.

@Ariamis

Yep, more than previous MH because the monsters are scaled to single-player vs multiplayer (MP version has 2.6x more health to be specific).

Gotcha, changed the wording to make it clearer she can be defeated.

Beyond the Looking Glass: A CYOA Magical Girl Roleplay [Completed]

Would all of you new assholes stop posting songs from my playlist as your themes?

Also MHW hype tomorrow, wew.

@FamishedPants

PC release Hyyyyype!

I'm playing on PS4 myself, and I can tell you, it's a blast of a game. If you don't mind the grinding but this is MH we're talking about lol.

and the- Gets banned for being off-topic.

Beyond the Looking Glass: A CYOA Magical Girl Roleplay [Completed]

Hello, everyone!

I've been invited here by @Erode and have arranged my participation with the GM through PM. I look forward to RP-ing with you all wonderful peeps.

With deep regards,
Izurich

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@Ariamis

Posted my completed CS draft, sir GM! Please tell me if I need to change anything or correct any mistakes.

Thank you!

Beyond the Looking Glass: A CYOA Magical Girl Roleplay [Completed]

Noir

Name: Valerie "Noir" Herzstein

Age (Chronological): 17

Age (At time of Death): 13

Gender: Female

Gender (Before Magical Girl): Female

Appearance:

Untransformed

--

Transformed

--
Specialization:
-Darkness: Reigning over the realm of shadows, weaving in and out of darkened corners with unnerving speed, and literally blending into the darkness. Noir's mastery over the dark makes her a fearsome huntress of the night. Additionally, she possesses an array of curses and hexes, all ultimately serving a single purpose, weaken her preys enough so she may devour them. The strong, the weak, the young, the old, no life last forever. Slow and steady, she patiently stalks her prey, or overwhelm them with a torrent of shadows, either works for her. As long as she can consume to satisfy Mistress Hazak's hunger.

Conveniently, even in her human form, she is able to see in complete darkness.

-Effluvium (Oddball): Noir's darkness isn't the mere absence of light. It is tangible, physical, a creeping taint that drains the life and energy of everything it touches. Once deployed around the vicinity, the taint actively works to spread and consume akin to hordes of locusts, also conveniently providing Noir with shadows to use. They are her drones and she is the Queen, she let them consume and they nourish her in return.

Conveniently, even in her untransformed state, this odd specialization enables her to consume any organic matter via physical contact.

Weakness:
-Light: Hiss! The light, the blinding searing light. The bane of all nocturnal hunters. She never liked bright lights, not as Valerie, and certainly not as Noir. May doom fall upon anyone who wields this accursed thing, from flashlight-wielding security guards to the self-righteous so-called Beacons.

Unfortunately, even in her human form, Noir suffers from hypersensitivity to intense light... which might not even be intense to the average human.

-Metal: Ah yes, iron and steel, hunk of lifeless matter. Utterly useless for her, they can't be drained, nor consumed. Even worse, both her curses and effluvium are powerless against them, she has to rely on her brute strength and wiles to overcome beings of metal.

This weakness extends its effect to her human form, Noir has allergic skin reactions upon prolonged physical contact with objects made of metal.

Weapon:
-Fangs and Claw (Fist-type): Unlike the insecure fools who feel the need to use pieces of sharp of metal as weapons, Noir simply make use of her own body. Her fangs and claws are sharp enough to match blades toe-to-toe, durable enough to dent plate armor, and even if they break, a simple matter, they'd regrow within seconds.

Power:
-Regeneration: Being the Harbinger of Hazak has its many benefits, most notable one is an endlessly mending body. Noir heals and recovers mana at the speed in which few beings can match. She can live through almost any injury, short of complete annihilation in a single blow. Should one of her limbs be severed, she can simply reattach them or grow a new one entirely. Lesser wounds even heal as they are being inflicted. A relentless huntress, she will get her prey, even if it literally costs her an arm and a leg.

Mutations:
-Body - Wings: A pair of Chiropteran arcane wings can sprout from her back at will, granting her the gift of flight and levitation. Simple but versatile power.

-Mental - Devourer: Consume, feed, and devour, these are the noble tasks her Mistress has given her. Whoever it is, Mistress doesn't care, she's free to pick her preys but pick them fast. Noir has the instinctive need to drain the life and/or energy of living beings, whether they be physical or magical. Of course, hostile entities and 'bad' people are very convenient targets.

-Soul - Powerful Aura: When she chooses to reveal herself, her presence is overwhelming. Hazak's Otherworldly nature can be felt bleeding from Noir's deceptively petite stature. As her Darkness spreads, those who stand against her can sense their doom creeping upon them as they futilely try to find the huntress. Inversely, allies of Noir can feel safe and protected in her territory, for the huntress' Effluvium are not hunting them that day.

-Soul - Weakness: Light and Metal, both are anti-thesis to everything her Patron stands for. As explained before, light significantly weakens her and most of her powers are useless against metal.

Perks:
-Blood Magic: A misnomer of a perk, really, but partially true nonetheless. Noir's health and mana are one, she consumes and use both life force and magical energy. The Harbinger makes no distinction between the two.

-Tooth and Claw: Her mistress has given Noir powerful limbs, enabling her to use her own body as a weapon.

-Immortality: It takes a lot to kill the Harbinger. One must be able to damage her constantly enough to outperform her regeneration, disable it somehow, or overwhelm her with a single powerful blow to down her for good. Else, she will just renegerate and drain her opponent of their life and mana as the fight drags on.

-Parasite: She hunts, she feeds, she consumes. Any organic matter and magical energies are fine offerings to the All-Consuming Mistress of Decay. Feeding in combat enhances her already impressive regeneration ability even further.

-Sapper: Face the Harbinger with magic and she too shall consume your mana. Yes, give everything you have, and once you are exhausted of your precious mana, she will consume your body as well.

---

Patron: Hazak Kys, The All-Consuming Mistress of Decay

Patron Benefits:
-Magical Overload: Yanked from the jaws of death just as Valerie breathed her last. her dying body was fed with so much of Hazak's essence, she violently burst. It was only by the regenerative power of her Patron that she survived, torn apart to be stitched back together, as something new, as Noir.

-Marked: Being the Harbinger of Decay - a huntress with the hunger to consume any living being, physical or magical - triggers the instinctive fear even in monsters. With the exception of the most powerful and/or savage, monsters are terrified by her mere presence. This combined with her Powerful Aura mutation enables her to rout out lesser foes before the fight even begins.

-Reasonable: The Mistress is patient, she's aware that the best meals are those prepared and savored properly. What is the point of consuming everything that her preys have no chance to breed? A proper hunter know where and when to hunt.

-Creeping Doom: The Effluvium, Hazak's taint, can creep gradually as it can overwhelm. The Mistress of Decay prefers the best harvest and that can't be obtained by blindly sweeping through a village, killing every man, woman, and children. Nay, the best harvests are the ones with select, fulfilling, preys.

-Retrieval: Noir has proven to be a valuable agent, a reliable huntress, and a loyal servant. She enjoys her job and The Mistress enjoys her offerings. Why should Hazak allow her to perish needlessly? When possible, the Mistress of Decay herself will step in and shift Noir out of mortal danger.

Patron Drawbacks:
-Monstrous Form: Noir's awakening permanently changed her. She is now the Harbinger of Decay, Mistress Hazak's right hand, carrying the scythe to harvest these succulent preys. The uncultured may see her as a 'vampire', but she doesn't mind, the less preys know about their predator, the better for the latter.

-Bane: If the accursed Light and lifeless Metal weaken Noir, the combination of the two is her Bane. A weapon such as a Sword of Light, shining metal, will be very effective against her. Her darkness and effluvium shredded away, her form exposed, and protection useless against the combined power.

-Health-Sapping: The Mistress hungers and Noir can feel her hunger.

-Mana Starved: The Mistress thirsts and her Harbinger thirsts as well.

--

Fighting Style: Best described as nocturnal predator combined with a mighty glacier, Noir is patient and enduring. Coating her general vicinity in Effluvium will be her action in a general combat situation, transforming the area into her home turf, no matter where she fights. Durable and regenerative, what she lacks in sheer brute strength and speed are made up with the taint, curses, and fearsome aura. The longer the fight goes on, the better for her as sooner or later, her opponent will run out of stamina, mana, and resources. When they are weakened and ripe, she will devour them, another fine offering to her Patron.

Stats (Untransformed):
STR: 3 - 1 (Drawback) = 2
AGI: 3
VIT: 3 - 1 (Drawback) = 2
MAG: 3 - 1 (Drawback) = 2
LCK: 3 - 1 (Drawback) = 2

Stats (Transformed):
STR: 4 - 1 (Drawback) + 3 (Specializations) + 3 (Weapon) + 1 (Tooth and Claw) = 10
AGI: 4 + 1 (Wings) = 5
VIT: 4 - 1 (Drawback) + 3 (Specializations) + 1 (Blood Magic) + 1 (Immortality) + 1 (Parasite) + 6 (3 Silver) + 3 (3 Bronze) = 18
MAG: 4 - 1 (Drawback) + 1 (Specializations) + 1 (Outfit) + 1 (Sapper) = 6
LCK: 4 - 1 (Drawback) = 3

Personality: Cheerful, bubbly, and free-spirited. Valerie was blessed with unyielding optimism, yet cursed with a sickly body. After succumbing to her sickness and following her 'resurrection' as Noir, the latter part of her condition is all but gone. Now granted a form more powerful than a young teenager could ever imagine, Noir is more than happy to travel the world, see all the new things, and of course, serve her Mistress' purposes. Besides, some people clearly don't appreciate their healthy body, she won't mind devouring them... and not to mention, they taste delicious. Fufufu~ <3

History: Valerie Herzstein, youngest daughter of the wealthy Herzstein family, was born a sickly infant. It was clear she didn't get a good roll in the Fortune Wheel of Eugenics. Unhealthily pale skin that burned in sunlight, weak composition, and chronic anemia all but confined her in her family's manor for all of her life. Constantly needing blood transfusions to replace what she lacks, her condition was sometimes joked upon by her siblings, that she's a vampire, only without all the powers.

Everything she knew about the outside world mostly came from the various medias she consumed, the internet, television, books. Really, it was such a shame that the girl was such a bundle of joy, making the best use of what her flawed body could do. Her time on Earth was limited, to no one's surprise and her family's denial.

It was only at a tender age of thirteen winters when her body suddenly gave up on her. Rushed to the best hospital in her home country of Germany, treated with the best Doctors and services money could buy, even with all those, it still wasn't enough. She was fated to die... and her time was up. Nothing could prevent this...

...except for the power of an otherworldly being, one powerful enough to cross dimensions and gave a proverbial middle finger to time and space. Hazak Kys, the All-Consuming Mistress of Decay, saw a glint in the young blonde's dying eyes. She didn't want to die, she wished to live on, a desire so strong, it curled a smirk in the Outer Goddess' face.

In the middle of the night, the two met for the first time. The Mistress asked if she'd like another chance at life... and if she was willing to kill for it. Then, just as her heart monitor flatlined, a monster was born. Valerie Herzstein was no more, there was only Noir, the Harbinger of Decay.

Incantation: "Hazak. Aspida. Effluvium. Vale. Consume and Devour!"

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Hazak Kys

Name: Hazak Kys, The All-Consuming Mistress of Decay

Type: Horror

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A Form You Are Comfortable With

Behold My True Self, and Despair

Personality: Sophisticated, patient, secretive, like most other Horrors lurking out there, it takes considerable amount of effort to even decipher what Hazak has in mind. Even then, that's assuming she even thinks in a way comprehensible to a puny human mind. However, at least she sees merits in the tiny Earthlings, in that they serve a better purpose being farm cattle than annihilated. Well, there are almost 8 billion of these cattle, she just needs a rancher or two...

History: History? The Mistress of Decay is above and beyond your severely limited perception of space and time. It is futile effort to construct history with your flawed chronology. Cease this fruitless endeavor and be consumed instead.

Resources: Ah yes, my huntresses, fear not, you shall always find prey to harvest. I will guide your senses. As you are my Harbinger, you shall too wield my power, feel my hunger, and project my presence upon your preys. I can give you anything you want, as long as I don't miss my dinner.

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