Nanri Misaka
Straight-laced moe.
Background
Misaka was raised and trained from early childhood by the ancient archmage Muhime, Queen of Swords and lived most of her life in the small, sheltered Horizon realm of Mayohiga. Her mentor having been of strange disposition at best since at least the Edo period. Misaka grew up as the straight-laced voice of reason, well behaved and always desperately trying to maintain some modicum of propriety in her master and keeping her from getting too silly. Later, she was booted out of the house to various realms lower in the umbra, ostensibly to repay favors and complete her training but probably mostly just to tease her. After the latest traumatic stint at a Sengoku themed maid cafe in Akiba(True), she was finally deployed Earth itself for the first time.
Her appearance is a fairly petite Asian girl with shoulder length hair. While short on worldly experience, Misaka is pretty good with a sword and fulfills the cabal's requirement for a bit of muscle on the ground quite nicely.
Lore (Misaka)
1: She is the sole student of legendary archmage Muhime.
2: ?
3: Worked for some time at a maid cafe in Akiba(True) just before coming to London, Earth.
4: Misaka's avatar is exceptionally weak and hardly capable of magic at all without intense training and effort. Secretly, she's afraid of having wasted her illustrious master's years of effort.
5: Was actually born on Earth.
Vital Statistics
Name: NANRI Misaka
Age: 19
Tradition: Akashic
Avatar: Questing
Demeanor: Conformist (Regain Willpower whenever your group accomplishes something because of your support and aid.)
Nature: Penitent (Regain Willpower whenever you achieve absolution for some grievous deed or imagined wrong.)
Arete: 3
Quint: 3
Tass: 0
Dox: 0
Damage: -
Willpower: 5/5
Exp: 1/0
Init: +8
Move/Dash: 17/35yds
Attributes
Physical [56+8]
Strength: 3 [8]
Dexterity: 5 (Precise)
Stamina: 3
Social [24]
Charisma: 3
Manipulation: 1
Appearance: 3
Mental [32-4]
Perception: 3
Intelligence: 2
Wits: 3
Abilities [80+33]
Academics (Cosmology): 2 [3]
Academics (Philosophy): 2 [3]
Alertness: 2 [5]
Athetics: 3 [9]
Awareness: 2 [5]
Craft (Housework): 3 [5]
Do: 3 [9]
- Peaceful Way: Meditation
- Soft Fist
Dodge: 3 [9]
Etiquette: 3 [9]
Fast Draw: 3 [9]
Intuition: 1 [3]
Linguistics: 1 (Japanese, English) [3]
Meditation: 4 (Clarity in Chaos) [15]
Melee: 5 (Swords) [23]
Stealth: 1 [3]
Spheres [65+25]
Correspondence: 3
Entropy: 1
Forces: 2
Life: 0
Matter: 0
Mind: 1
Prime: 0
Spirit: 0
Time: 2
Backgrounds [21]
Avatar: 0 [0]
- No more than a twinkle reflected in her master's eye.
Mentor: 1 [3]
- Though powerful, the Queen of Swords is restricted to the deep umbra and has been quite distant for years.
Resources: 1 [3]
- A small mundane allowance.
Talisman: 3 [15]
- Prime 3/Arete 3/Quint 10/Difficulty 5/Str+5 Damage
- The sword her master has lent her is Fantasy of Enlightenment, the First Sword of Mayohiga. It is thought to be the katana with which the eccentric archmage fought very early in life. Muhime recently noted that "It wasn't very useful after all. There are a lot of things it cannot cut." That said, the weapon is exquisitely made and was once renowned for the keenness of its edge. It can strike spirits and deals aggravated damage to the supernatural by default. Finally, the sword can slash through magic itself at difficulty 6, expending quintessence as in Parma Magicka.
Merits [18]
Prestigious Mentor [3]
- Muhime is a legendarily powerful Akashic archmage. Although not a player in Council politics, Muhime is still well known among elder masters who generally assume something must be special about her first and only student.
Sword Saint [15]
- Misaka is p. good with a sword.
Flaws [-21]
Anachronism (-3)
- Just a bit out of sync.
Compulsion (-3)
- Her master's cook and cleaner.
Dark Secret (-3)
- Hasn't come away from Akiba(True) completely free of vices.
Echoes (-3)
- Things get just a little bit jidaigeki/wuxia around her.
Insane Mentor (-3)
- And how!
Minor Phobia: Romantic Advances (-3)
- Either gender.
Shy (-3)
Magic
Paradigm
- As without, as within; the microcosm within oneself reflects and is a reflection of the cosmos.
- The First was the sword; and its purpose is to cut; its foundation is separation; and there is nothing that it cannot cut.
Foci
Meditation
Because the inner microcosm is ultimately the same as the outer macrocosm, searching within oneself can reveal the answers to even the most profound questions.
Swords
The soul of the warrior is sharp enough to cut anything.
Rotes
Disciplines
Heart of Clear Water (Mind 1)
By suppressing the self and emptying the mind, it becomes as impossible to strike and grasp as a mountain stream. Increases difficulty to intrude or detect with mind magic by up to 3. Will also remove up to 3 successes against static magic.
Succession Techniques
Hidden Sword: Immeasurable Crescent Moon (Correspondence 2, Forces 2, Entropy 1)
One of the succession techniques taught to her by her master, the Immeasurable Crescent Moon is a hanging spell triggered when an opponent successfully dodges a sword attack and Misaka follows the blow through in a certain way. Unless countered by true magic, the attack hits anyway, though a dodge that succeeds by large margin might make the attack vulgar.
Slashing Space: Earthrise (Correspondence 3, Forces 2, Entropy 1)
A technique triggered by a successful fast-draw of a sword against a distant opponent. At Misaka's present skill level, it has a range of 108 paces but is obviously vulgar for most of that range bracket. By slashing away 107 of those paces, Misaka is instantly in range with a single step. Remaining successes are converted to Forces 2 damage.