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Character Name: Suzy Choi

Squad: 4
Squad Position: Member | Medium
Primary Weapon: Woldo. [Reference vid.]

Combat Style:
Fast, light, maneuverable. Su prefers to dance around rather than directly engaging -- she's more of an ambush artist who prefers to lie in wait, surprise, or herd enemies toward the harder hitters on her squad, though she is capable of significant damage if pushed.

Put most generally, Suzy is a good team player, and her style and strengths reflect this. She'll step up to fill in for you if you make a mistake, need assistance, or have poor timing, adapts well to new maneuvers, and never forgets that she's part of a collective. Collaboration makes her happy. That said, she can be pouty if you don't show her ideas and approach the same courtesy, and is always a bit nervous if asked to lead the charge or take initiative alone.

Attribute: Speed.

Persona Name: Haamiah.
Persona Appearance:
Haamiah is the angel of ritual, and it presents like a nine foot tall wayward priestess: a feminine body cloaked in a light gauze that obscures its shape, head crowned by a circlet of sharp points.

The persona floats, mobilized by a breeze of its own making, often wreathed in white and blue mist reminiscent of sweet-smelling incense. It punctuates attacks with bursts of high, biting wind, using these to push shadows away or hold them at a distance.

Hidden behind haze and gauzy veils, the total amount of Haamiah's limbs is ambiguous. It presents between a normative humanoid two and a slightly alien four arms, sometimes more. This seems to reflect Suzy's stress level in "real" life, though there's no way to verify.

References.

Affinity: Air.
Weakness: Earth.
Ailment Susceptibility: Despair.

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Arcana: The Star.
Persona Name: Chamuel.
Persona Appearance:
A prehistoric nightmare of a tiger. Chamuel is immense and well-muscled, bigger than a horse, with the oversized canines of a sabertooth and a furious roar that is disturbing on a primal level. As if forever out in the cold, his breath comes out in foggy bursts and his fur is laced with frost and crystals of ice. Between his shining yellow eyes is a golden emblem in the shape of a starry snowflake.

When not engaged with Shadows, Chamuel lounges. He likes to bop his gargantuan head against Suzy for attention, like an oversized tabby, and will put bared fangs between her and a potential threat. The tiger's magic manifests as slow-creeping frost that radiates from his claw-points, and a fascinating (yet intimidating) ability to freeze things solid with his stare.

References.

Affinity: Ice.
Weakness: Lightning.
Ailment Susceptibility: Enervation.

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Arcana: The Devil.
Persona Name: Zephon.
Persona Appearance:
A sorrowful girl in antiquated mourning garb. Zephon has the appearance of an animated painting: rich colors, rich darks, a smooth, angelic face glistening with tears. She walks at a stately clip, clutching a flower in one of her hands. Occasionally she can be heard making a sound that resembles sobbing.

When Zephon attacks using earth magic, she flings her flower down like a gauntlet before the desired Shadow, which is viciously choked by the vines and thorns that spring from it like a snapping trap. Her crocodile tears turn to smiling laughter, and her face twists into a distorted sneer.

This persona generally doesn't seem to notice or care about other humans, but when Suzy dismisses her she likes to offer a pretty bloom in farewell. If taken, it crumbles to ash that smells of sulfur.

References.

Affinity: Earth.
Weakness: Water.
Ailment Susceptibility: Forget.

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Arcana: The Moon.
Persona Name: Ophaniel.
Persona Appearance:
A drifting astronaut with a broken helmet, visor caved in and skull grinning out. Ophaniel floats untethered, feet never touching the ground, surrounded by a field of glass shards that glimmer in available light. They give off the impression of being.... well, dead. Or close to dead. In fact, they often appear to have little to no control over the direction of their movements, as though truly lost in space: bouncing off the environment, slowly turning in circles in the squad's periphery, etc. Suzy is the center of a meandering orbit. If urgency is required, Ophaniel seems to simply reappear where needed, but even that has the floating, dance-like quality of a space walk.

When attacking, magic sparks like a mis-wire or short-out from somewhere in their suit. Lightning shoots from glass shard to glass shard around them, forming branching, beautiful displays.

This persona is mostly nonreactive, but occasionally crackles with static and garbled voices, like someone trying to make contact over a fuzzy radio.

References.

Affinity: Lightning.
Weakness: Stone.
Ailment Susceptibility: Sleep.

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Arcana: The Emperor.
Persona Name: Hamal.
Persona Appearance: A drowned king in ragged finery and crown, fused atop a bony, long-fanged Kelpie. River weeds entwine in hair and around limbs, with dark water forever rolling around their hooves, splashing as the horse-shaped creature moves (not exactly like a horse; in subtle and hard to describe ways, a bit more like a giant predator).

When Suzy directs an attack, the water grows troubled below Hamal's hooves, swelling in waves and lashing out with force. The king directs the kelpie around the battlefield with an authoritative point, and their horse head complies by biting and tearing at Shadows with relish.

Despite an unsettling appearance and apparent enjoyment in killing things, Hamal has a playful attitude toward both Suzy and her squadmates. The king occasionally removes his crown in salute to them, and the kelpie is capable of a kind of panting, doggy smile, greasy black tongue lolling out of its wolfish mouth.

References.

Affinity: Water.
Weakness: Thunder.
Ailment Susceptibility: Charm.