Marsala Sulezahn

Marsala Sulezahn is a submission for an OC contest that involves something to do with the Dragon Claw for the upcoming arc planned by the DB:X staff. Unfortunately as I have updated this page, the former does not matter anymore and DBX is now considered a dead game.
Also a revised and a revisited character page. Info here may be outdated.
Because some things didn't make sense in here.
== Description ==
This is the revised version of the character that was a submission in some OC contest I took part in a long time ago. Some things here may be outdated. 
== Appearance ==
Marsala wears an unusually bright yellow denim jacket with a white undershirt and black pants. She wears a sort of necklace as shown in the mugshot and has blonde hair with a yellow visor on her head.
== Personality ==
Marsala is well known for her blistering speed and cunning magical powers in battle, taking down her enemies with ease by blitzing into the sides and unleashing fast magic bursts against them. She could easily take down a few opponents before they could unleash their weapons on her, making her a formidable foe when challenging her. Outside of fighting, she can act tough towards others as she doesn’t trust anybody who isn’t her friend or ally; and does not like to be bothered. She is also a very athletic person as she runs laps three times a week, mostly she only jogs on days when the week comes to a close (e.g. Friday-Sunday). She is mostly independent and does not rely on anyone else unless she is urgently needed; only when she wants to hear something important. 
Within Dragon Claw, she likes to work as a stealth operative for recon missions whenever she gets assigned in one. While working within the group, she is often looked down upon by Yuuto Aoi, thinking that she’s just another one of his folly working for his mafia crew. She is intimidated by the attitude of Ikasanam, who would beat her up just for mentioning even the smallest insult; which she tries to avoid. However, she is most comfortable when socializing around Shirazu Kinnes, who taught her the ways of the Dragon Claw and other pieces of advice that she may find useful. For her relations with Raimei, the two don't usually go along well together, they don't talk to each other but no physical harm befell between the two.
== Backstory (fanmade) ==
Marsala was one of the athletes at her former high school, always scoring the best awards, in which 8 of those 14 awards were her winning first place. She would always strive to be the best in everything she can be, in terms of her athletic training and her academics. In her household, there were no problems involving her family, and they gave her the utmost support they can give while working in town. Nothing out of the ordinary ever happened and she lived a relaxed yet productive life for the rest of her days.
At one point, she looked to the news on television and watched a headline that just came up recently, labeled "Mafia activities and threats at large". She sat on the sofa to listen out for any particular information that will affect the neighborhood that she is in, and of course whether or not it will affect her training schedule. The news briefly described a group of people that wreaked havoc throughout a certain area with their mysterious power. Come to think of it, Marsala was actually born with a Helios flame, although she did not acknowledge its existence yet. Back to the news, the reporter did not mention where the group were headed, but it was clear to Marsala that she would have to be wary the next time she goes on training. She turned off the TV and went to bed in order to prepare for tomorrow.
The next morning was a normal day for her. She went through the day with also nothing out of the ordinary happen, and proceeded to go to the same park to train for 2 hours there. Before she realized something it was already night time and no one else seemed to be around. The air got a little cold and Marsala decided that it was time to head on home, so she packed up her stuff and started to make her way out of the park. On the way home, she did not know that she was being followed by an unknown person behind her who was quietly breathing so that she could not feel his presence. The person slowly advanced towards Marsala's back before reaching out to touch her shoulder but as soon as he did that, Marsala sensed something press against her right shoulder and decided to jab with her left elbow, hitting the person's stomach. She looked behind her and saw that a male adolescent was slightly hunched over to the ground, and started making a run for it. As soon as she started running, something awakened in her. She ran faster than the usual dedicated athlete, possibly faster than Usain Bolt. The huge bag that was strapped on her right shoulder felt lighter than its usual weight and Marsala somehow had control over her coordination on where she's running. She kept running and running until she could no longer see that person following her.
Eventually she came to a complete stop. She was tired out of what she just did, but then realizes that she had just awakened her Flame of Fate. Although it surprised her a little, she now gained the ability to run a little faster once it activates, which would give her an advantage in the long run -- to escape sticky situations. From a few hundred meters away, she heard an explosive sound somewhere not so far from her. She ran and saw that the school she was studying in was under attack by three - no, four people that were either wearing suits or pitch-black uniforms. Upon seeing them, she realized that these people are in fact the ones with a mysterious power as mentioned on the news yesterday - so she readied herself and kneeled on the ground, just like how athletes ready themselves before they start running -- and left her bag at the school park.
These people also possess the same powers as hers, and one of them was shooting flames out of his hands, setting fire to the school. The other two were also doing the same, and one looks like he's rummaging through a chest in search of weapons to possibly use for this situation. They were completely unaware that Marsala was closing in on their position -- and apparently she arrived at the school real fast just to knock out one of the group members dealing damage to the school, rendering him unconscious. One of the members saw her coming and whipped out his baton before dealing with her. She manages to deal with the other person as well, causing the guy who unleashed FoF flames out of his hands to focus on her instead. She dodged every attack the guy acting as a living FoF flamethrower unleashed his attacks from time to time, weakening him until his flame runs out. After a few minutes he gets confused and starts to do a spinning attack out of pressure, giving her a close call. But she outsmarted him by using an ability that caused her to summon her phantom reflection behind the guy, causing him to be defeated. 
But the guy rummaging through an out-of-place chest started to pick up something from it. He lifted it up and revealed an M249 aimed at Marsala and unleashed a hail of bullets at her, but she dodged and ran off to nearby cover as she reveals that this guy would be extremely dangerous. She took her time considering her strategy before heading straight to the man with an M249 as one small mistake could result in death. Eventually he stopped firing and all that's left is that Marsala gave him the finishing blow right on his face, knocking him out. All the students who were stuck on the building cheered her on, praising her for the "good" deeds she had done. But apparently, she didn't even think she could step in a territory that not even one could turn away from. She waved goodbye to the students and started to make her way back home.
She went back to the park where she left her bag and saw a man standing near it, and another person knocked to the ground for some reason. Turns out the guy on the ground was actually the person that tried to follow her when she was leaving the park, and the one standing next to her bag somehow knocked him out without looking. Perhaps she had technically been saved? 
After a brief moment of silence, the both of them spoke and initiated a conversation. He then mentions that her bag would have been stolen since she did not watch over it and that he was responsible for knocking the guy out. Shortly after he mentions that the whole neighborhood had been ravaged, which may have included her house as well. She didn't listen to him at first but when she made her way home, she saw a man in red at the driver's wheel looking at her and the guy behind him. For some strange reason, the guy invited her to the group, but she stopped him midway as soon as he mentioned something about "a group that praises dragons as gods". In her perspective, it didn't make sense to why a group would praise dragons as gods, but as soon as she spoke to the guy in charge, it is revealed that this was intentional, and to that she agrees on helping them find the so-called "god" they were going to look far. This is the moment when she met Yuuto, the guy in charge of leading the group, and Shirazu, who happens to be the nicest person she's met so far.
And from this point on, things are going to be hard on her from there on out.
(ik, this stuff's outdated as heck.)
== Moveset ==
Ability Name 	Function 	Damage 	Cooldown
Passive - "Bold Resilience" 	This passive reduces the enemy’s knockback strength depending on how many players there are in the server (5% knockback distance decrease when players are in your server, including yourself). This also reduces her stun time from enemies by 35%. 	N/A 	N/A
Semi-Passive - "Immense Force"	After F’s aura nearly fades (2 seconds before it fades), Marsala will absorb the remaining energy from the aura to charge up a powerful attack. Once pressed, the next LMB attack will be a powerful magic slam that will knock Marsala back 80 studs away from her current position while the enemy becomes silenced for 2 seconds. Upon using this attack Marsala’s walkspeed goes down to 15 as well as having reduced damage for 5 seconds. After that the stats are reverted to normal.	400 	14 seconds
LMB 	Fires a magical sparkling orb from Marsala’s hands. Every 3 attacks, she will fire an armor-piercing orb that explodes upon contact damaging enemies near it. 	150 	1 second
E - "Blazing Fission" 	Marsala creates a phantom in the opposite direction activating Blazing Fission, dealing damage to all enemies on the path. If the phantoms happen to fuse together, then an average-sized explosion will occur dealing slightly larger damage. Marsala’s next LMB attack after using this skill will give the enemy a 45% damage reduction for 5 seconds. 	100-200 on the path, 240 on explosion	5 seconds
R - "Celestial Blitz" 	Dashes 15 studs in the direction you are facing. Once the dash hits an enemy or is close to an enemy, 20 points of armor and a shield that gives a 1-second invincibility will form around Marsala, absorbing damage that she takes. After using this ability, the next LMB attack will deal 33% more than LMB’s damage. Hitting an enemy with this attack will reduce the CD of the next use of R by 4 seconds. 	200 on the next LMB attack 	10 seconds (initial CD)
F - 
"Rustrali Force" 	Marsala summons a large circular aura below her position and anyone around it will be slowed to an extreme extent, as well as their bullet speed and cooldown times. If Marsala is in the aura, her Blazing Fission's cooldown will be reduced to 3s and her Celestial Blitz will be reduced to 2s. The aura lasts for 10 seconds. 	N/A 	40 secondsCategory:Female Characters
Category:Users of Helios
Category:Devil Beater
Category:Characters
== Upgrades ==
- Decreases the cooldown of Rustrali Force.
- Increases Marsala's HP.
- Increases Marsala's LMB and E damage.
== Relationships ==
=== Yuuto Aoi ===
During her time in Dragon Claw, she is basically assigned to recon missions where she will spy and look out for enemy movement within a certain area, reporting back to him as soon as possible if anything ever happens. However, he considers her as another folly for the Dragon Claw, thus leaving the impression that she bears less significance to him. In her eyes, she thinks that Yuuto does not care about her skills at all, so she strives to show him what she can be capable of by training extremely hard.
=== Shirazu Kinnes ===
The only person that Marsala is comfortable speaking with since he doesn't give off an intimidating aura unlike most of the other members of Dragon Claw. She often takes advice from him just to show how things in the Dragon Claw work, learning of other people's behaviors and the atmosphere which caused her to adjust to this new "lifestyle" around the group. When Marsala is not doing her recon thing, she often approaches him and later on formed a strong friendship with him; this causes them to be close allies. However, this still does not change Yuuto's attitude -- although it is heard that he starts to respect her a little by word of mouth.
== Trivia ==
* This character was a submission in an old OC contest I took part in. She made top 5 but I didn't win overall, or was so close to winning.
* Marsala's moveset is loosely based off of Harith from the mobile game "Mobile Legends", except there's a slight change within the moveset.