Jewel Mikoto

Jewel Mornia Mikoto is the main character of Neon Millennium and is one of the central character's to the story's past and current events. She is a mage of Azar Crest and the only person alive who possesses Kumaic Magic. Jewel is the founder and leader of Team Endanta. She is also know by her epithets of Kumari the Undaunted, She Who Uses Law, the Pillar of Magic, and after gaining Convergence, the Pillar of Change. 
== Appearance ==
In her human form, Jewel is a tall, plus sized and voluptuous woman with knee length jet black hair and straight cut bangs, alongside a peculiar strand of hair that involves a curled part that caresses one side of her face, while another strand connected to the first one lays against her neck and shoulder. Her hair, despite her traditional hime cut bangs, is generally more roundish and flowy more than straight, and is very thick compared to others' hair. She has dark brown skin with a semi-olive undertone, with a singular, large angular scar that extends from her upper to lower parts of her right hip. Her eyes are a deep azure blue, and often on her face, dons mascara to extend her long eyelashes and eyeliner, and either wears a glossy lipstick or dark lipstick, with the latter usually only on her plump upper lip. She has a prominent hooked nose on her face, as well as thick black eyebrows, making her look very distinct from other female members of the guild and her team.
In her younger/weaker forms, she is much shorter with a younger looking face, and long, curly rose pink hair. 
For clothing, Jewel often dons unique clothing, often custom made for her due to her height and body type, and generally wears body con, upper thigh length dresses with window openings that expose her cleavage. In her first outfit, it is a simple, dark grey outfit with strappy sleeves and a unique, cloak like shoulder coverings with straps connecting them to the body of the dress. She also tends to wear boots and thigh high socks, usually tall and often with a generally punk or goth aesthetic in general with her clothing, although later on she wears softer and more colorful clothing later on, but usually she tends to wear neutral colors with regular color shades acting as accents. In some occasions, Jewel also wears traditionally masculine attire, such as suits and blazers, often for either formal or casual reasons. A lot of her outfits are inspired by high fashion and runway fashion, the most notable eras of fashion inspiration for her being the 1960s, 70s, 80s, and 90s. 
In her kitsune form, Jewel is larger than the average human or even a dragon. She appears as a giant fox-like creature with white, almost silver-colored fur (her Miasma form dons golden fur), nine gigantic, articulate tails of which each ends with a brush like tip dipped in bluish purple (sometimes red) ink, with hoods covered by masks below the brush tips with the exception of the central tail, which is simply a hood with a set of blue beads around the base. Like other divine characters, she has a set of markings, although hers are blue and she also dons a mask on her face, hiding her eyes which the sclera of are a deep black with simple yellow dots for eyes. On her shoulders and heels of her four legs, she has wispy, fairy-wing like tendrils protruding out of her body that move as she does, like shaped fur tufts.
When possessed by the Miasma in human form, Jewel's hair becomes a sickly blonde color, as well as possessing a stringy, frail texture that covers her face like spiderwebs, with her now deformed face possessing no nose, wide eyes with heavy eyebags with dark circles, and a distinct lack of lips and a sharp set of teeth alongside a smaller mouth settled underneath her chin at the top of her neck. In this form is also much frailer and more emaciated, with an all-around uncanny and unsettling look. 
In her Convergence form as the Pillar of Change, Jewel gains a more ethereal, fairy like form with massive glittery arctic blue wings and a flowy light turquoise/teal outfit with various glowing tendrils that flow around her body and sole less strappy sandals which curl around her legs and feet and glittery off-white powder blue gloves. 
== Overview ==
Jewel Mikoto is the main protagonist of Neon Millennium and is a mage of Azar Crest. She is one of the strongest members of the guild and theorized by Sieghart to be the strongest mage alive due to her magic and supposed connections to the Cult of Kumari. "Born" in Jamakai City in Anachoria, she travelled to Ertho to experience the industrial boom and exciting technology, and after a scuffle with a criminal, a member of Azar Crest notices her strength and resolve and offers her to join the guild. After getting situated and used to living in Ertho, she becomes a loyal and friendly member to Azar Crest. Her main goal is to eliminate all those around her who are evil, per creed of Amanareth in the Temple of Law back home, as well as regain her lost Holy Instrument: The Fox Rods. 
== Personality ==
On the surface and to those she barely knows, Jewel is a generally amiable person who is playful and humble. However, towards those she knows, she is incredibly brash, insouciant, passionate, and has a love for showing off her strength and skill to her friends. Her braggart nature also extends to her having a sort of "gentleman thief" attitude, especially when in service to those weaker to her and helpless individuals. 
Jewel also appears incredibly patient and in control of the moment, such as her not flinching in danger and even reveling in chaos at times, such as her not reacting when Gascon's father, King Iovis Parsaeus, stabbed "her" in the back, even turning around nonchalantly and pulling the knife out of her back before giving him a sarcastic smile. This nonchalant nature is due to her nearly invincible body and heightened senses, as well as her ability to quickly heal herself, which has caused Jewel to adopt a worldview where she views herself as easily disposable, due to the fact that it is incredibly difficult to "dispose" of her in a paradoxical sense and stems from her recklessly selfless nature and desire to constantly help and protect others, almost constantly never thinking of herself in any scenario. 
Her selfless nature also extends to her never thinking of herself in any relationship as anything but a friend or leader, such as her unwillingness to acknowledge her feelings for Caius Oni due to her believing that she possessed no redeemable or positive traits, also highlighting her self-deprecating nature and unwillingness to move on from her mistakes or personal failings from her high skill level raising her standards for herself continously. However, despite her carrying a lot of personal worries, Jewel is skilled at hiding such, possessing a strong and nearly unbreakable veneer of confidence, making others believe she possesses no issue or worries. 
She tends to reveal only certain aspects of her personality to certain people, or entirely fake her emotions or personality to others, this is due to her upbringing, and her aggressive side is mostly a façade, except in certain situations. This desire to maintain complete control over her emotions and appearance also stems from her fears of letting her emotions get out of control and hurting others, especially those close to her. Jewel also feels a lot of internal pressure to keep getting stronger so she can keep protecting her friends, and losing or even slightly failing to protect them is a big source of anxiety for her. She also distracts herself with work and hobbies to attempt to avoid the fact that she is one of the few aware of how much threats they have and will have to face, as well as the fact that she always overestimates herself with every new threat her and her friends face. She feels incredibly ashamed when she feels weak and vulnerable around others, constantly apologizing for it and often being less social or confident when feeling weak. 
Due to her immortal nature, she has had plenty of mortal lovers and as a result has experienced grief due to losing said lovers. Jewel is a very compassionate, giving, and emotional lover, often pouring her feelings into a relationship without realizing it, which results in great heartbreak for her when she inevitably loses said relationships either due to her immortality, or her own insecurities and fears of commitment resulting in a breakup. She wants nothing more than to love and be loved due to neglect of such in her youth, but as a result of losing so many relationships Jewel began to close herself off when she felt a relationship grow beyond friendship, often putting herself down as a way to push said partner away without hurting their feelings. As she grows up into a much more mature adult throughout the series, she begins to shed her personal insecurities, especially about romance and becomes more open and braver about committing to a long-term relationship, unlike before where she could only tolerate short term, less serious and emotional ones. 
 
== Powers and Abilities ==
Immense Durability- As a result of being a kitsune, Jewel possesses immense durability, able to take hits frequently and still be able to keep going. However, if hit in weak spots, especially in human form, Jewel can be incapacitated for a period of time.
Dexterity-Jewel is skilled in using her hands in resourceful ways, especially with weapons like swords and knives. However, she rarely uses external weapons and tends to use her dexterity for things such as performing healing evocations. 
Skilled Reflexes- As a result of personal training, Jewel has skill in reflexes and can move incredibly fast as a result. 
Perceptive Senses- As a kitsune, Jewel possesses immense sensitivity to the world around her with her senses. While she can control the level of sensitivity when she shapeshifts, often simply settling with human-level senses, in cases where such senses would be needed, she can perceive and detect things with great skill and detail.
Immense Strength- From both training and being a kitsune, Jewel possesses great physical prowess and strength, being able to effortlessly lift things and subdue enemies, even able to send them flying when focusing her strength enough into a single punch, or most commonly, a single kick.
Immense Augur Storage and Power- As a result of her species and heritage, Jewel possesses a great wellspring of augur, even able to perform normally dangerous spells which can easily drain any wizard of their augur quickly in frequency. However, unlike most mages, if Jewel loses a lot of magic power, it takes her far longer to recover it than the average mage.
Resourcefulness- As a result of having slow augurial charging, Jewel prefers using as little as possible magic to defeat her enemies, preferring to be as efficient as possible and use the situation before her to gain the upper hand. This resourcefulness also is her greatest skill when it comes to spell-making, as she often makes spells based on what situation she is presented or predicting will happen. However, sometimes she will just use her strong spells to win if she can't find an opportunity.
=== Kumaic Magic ===
A yielding, venerable type of augur that is the origin of all human magic. It's most unique ability is the power to become any type of magic with external help, and therefore is the most versatile magic to exist. With Kumaic Magic, a mage can create or use any type of magic that it falls under, but it requires certain ingredients and techniques to use and create magic. It is essentially the magic equivalent of carbon, and can bond with multiple things to create multiple magical compounds. Kumaic Magic is also just simply pure magic, meaning it is effective against all types of magic. This augur is the base for all of Jewel's spells, with the exception of her lacrimal healing. 
===== Spells =====
* Kumari’s Lapis Manalis: A spell to make a tower of blue light appear and shoots the target into the sky and explode. 
*Grim Jaw Maw: Summons a giant skeleton monster to swallow enemies whole and trap them. 
*Static Volley: A spell that creates a ball of lighting. While small, the ball bounces around quickly and will not stop until it hits a target. Works best in an enclosed area. 
*Kumari’s Grand Wind Rend: A spell that grinds a ratio of the target's form into a dust-like consistency. 
*Paragura Shot: A magic spell that can forcefully inject or remove great amounts of magic into a target on contact. Can cause magic poisoning or even death if the target is too weak to handle it. 
*Diablo’s Guerra Casco: A spell that multiplies a kick to the degree of a brood of horses walloping, very powerful. (Translates to Devil’s War Hoof) 
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=== Skilled Kicking and Lower Body Based Combat ===
As a result of training to use her lower body for combat, Jewel is incredibly proficient in fighting with her legs, being able to destroy or defeat things and enemies with a strong kick. She also uses her thighs and hips for combat as well, often using her durable and hardy hips as a blunt object of sorts to attack her enemies when magic is not a viable option for combat. 
=== Lacrimal Healing ===
A form of yielding augur which involves the user being able to heal wounds with their tears or other bodily fluids and is a rare power due to it's only form of acquisition originating from the user's own emotions and true desires. Formed from powerful empathy and desire to heal others, Jewel gained this augur through the shame and guilt she felt after hurting a dear friend and considers it her most important power. 
=== Convergence Pretamorphosis ===
==== Pillar of Change ====
As the Pillar of Change, Jewel is given a powerful new form as well as a new arsenal of spells which relate to the principle of change:
===== Spells =====
* The World Will Always Be Wide Enough-
* Lambda Constant-
* Lemaître's Law-
* Redshift Maw-
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== Equipment ==
* Book of Kumari- Jewel's former diary and spell book. After the Rao Arc, she managed to steal it from the members of the Kumaic Cult, and it contains a myriad of spells she invented. It also contains her personal philosophies and mantras she written as a guide for humans.
*Magi Guard Shield-A black and white shield which has an eight-pointed (resembling the Star of Ishtar) star in the center. This shield is considered to be impenetrable and unbreakable, it's material unknown. Unlike most shields, it is somewhat transparent like glass, but when hit, it makes a metallic sound. It is Jewel's most used tool besides her spell book, and she uses it in many ways alongside defense, but can wield it offensively. She affectionately calls it "Vena".
*Mary-A pistol gifted to Jewel by Mahkah Meriander. It is black with a wooden handle. Rarely uses it, but finds it cool.
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== History ==
Born 11,223 years ago as a singular kitsune that emerged from a star in the Vulpan Star System, 
== Relationships ==
=== Family ===
Amanareth-Due to her unique birth, Jewel was raised by her aunt and uncle. Amanareth, being her aunt, in Jewel's early years of life, while kind and nurturing, was also closed off and not very present in her niece's life. She is also very supportive of Jewel's identity as a fellow trans woman. Jewel views her aunt as very kind, wise, and loving, but somewhat cowardly and used to hold a slight grudge against her aunt for not stepping in when she was being abused by her uncle. However, despite her grudge, Jewel truly views her aunt as someone who she can trust and rely on, and outwardly Jewel displays a lot of traits that her aunt possesses as well, such as their sunny dispositions and willingness to share their wisdom and kindness to strangers. They also both enjoy food a lot and have massive appetites despite not needing to eat.
Tsuruname-Jewel did not know her father for the majority of her life due to his imprisonment, but once he was released and began to reintegrate with society, Jewel took to bonding with her father easily. While Tsruname is not outwardly affectionate, he very much loves his daughter and expresses it in other ways, such as protecting her dreams from nightmares, not invading her dreams to respect her privacy, and being very hands off and understanding of her boundaries and acknowledges her as an independent adult. Jewel often responds with physical affection and words of affirmation/love, and she deeply appreciates his understanding of her boundaries. They often have tea whenever Jewel visits, and Jewel honestly views her father as one of the most honorable, kind, and brave individuals she knows, and Tsuruname views her as the most terrifying (in a good way), lovely, and the most perfect thing he has ever created, always willing to do anything for her and her friends. Inwardly, Jewel is almost identical to her father, such as her poor temper, melancholic qualities, artistic outlook on life, and her willingness to go against the system to do what is right.
Surano-o-Jewel dislikes her uncle for many reasons, the most being that he was the main abuser in her life, as well as being unaccepting of her identity as a trans woman. During her childhood, Surano-o often pushed her to be the strongest, as he viewed her as someone with a lot of potential, and she was as a result isolated from others, beat when she underperformed, and often was treated more like a project than a person. This abuse resulted in Jewel becoming violent, angry, and self-destructive, believing herself to only be worthy when she was in service of others, and that her strength was her only sense of self. Jewel currently rarely gets angry, but her uncle is the one person who can make her truly angry by his mere presence, and she has no respect for him, not even referring to him as her uncle. Surano-o on the other hand, in the early years of their relationship did not see what he was doing as wrong, and thought that she would come around to realize that he was helping her to become strong, not realizing that he was projecting his own insecurities onto his niece, and when he entered his nihilistic state as a result of the Era of Elation, understood why Jewel disliked him and even grew a passionate hatred for himself, preferring to be her punching bag to her insults and not retaliating like he used to as a sort of "penance" for his horrible behavior. The two do not interact well, with the most cordial of their interactions often being Jewel glaring at him and insulting him, and him simply leaving. 
=== Friends ===
=== Acquaintances ===
=== Allies ===
=== Enemies ===
=== Others ===
== Misc. ==
== Trivia ==
* According to Kit2ne9, Jewel's types are: "guys with facial hair, redheads, next-door neighbor type girls, side characters, and men she can easily annoy or fluster."
* Jewel shares a birthday, November 22nd, with her creator. 
* Jewel is also a Scorpio Moon and Gemini Rising.
* If Jewel was born in the real world, she would be born in Fukuoka, Japan. She would also have heritage from Syria and Central Africa.
* Jewel's favorite food is Aburaage in udon. Her least favorite food is chocolate, mostly because she is allergic to it.
* Jewel hates picked flowers, and if someone were to give her flowers, she would rather be shown the field the flower grows.
* Jewel's least favorite holiday is Valentines Day, mostly because it combines two things she hates: picked flowers and chocolate.
* Her favorite, however, is Easter due to it's traditions and history reminding her of her mother's homeland.
* Jewel's other name, Kumari, is a reference to the Sanskrit word "kumar" which usually refers to a title for a boy or son of a family, and Jewel's is feminized to symbolize her transitioning into a woman. It also relates because her deadname, Kumarbi, also relates to her previous affiliation with the Manmare Authority because in the first usage of the word "kumar" in various Puranic texts of Hinduism, there are four sons of Brahma known as the Four Kumāras, similar to how there were once four male gods in the Manmare Authority.
* In very early concept stages, Jewel was simply a supporting side character to another. However, she soon became extremely developed, eventually becoming the protagonist to many of Kit2ne9's works.
* Jewel's pink hair in her past and weakened forms is a reference to a concept of magic effecting the body physically. This concept is also carried out with many other characters, often gods and lites changing hair colors or style to reflect a drastic change in their character.
* If Jewel lived in the real world, her job would be either a marine biologist or zookeeper.
* Jewel is a panromantic demisexual trans woman.
* Jewel's main name, "Jewel", was given to her by Incu, referencing how he believes her eyes sparkle like "jewels" when she is truly happy.
* All of Jewel's spells in her Convergence form are references to principles and theories in cosmology, especially ones concerning change and expansion of the universe.
* Jewel's favorite colors are green, purple, and vermillion red. 
* Jewel is partially inspired by both Arsène Lupin III from Lupin III by Monkey Punch, and Ryo Saeba from City Hunter by Tsukasa Hojo. Both characters share similar goofy but competent, vigilante natures to Jewel.