Makkuro Sekinetsu

Makkuro Sekinetsu, known casually as "Mako", is a huntress employed as the personal guard of Aka Amaranth. She is a former member of Team MARS, and her weapon of choice is a glaive that converts into a shortsword via a collapsible shaft.
== Appearance ==
Makkuro is a fairly tall woman with tan skin and orange eyes. Her hair has a natural ombré; dark red at its root and growing lighter as it gets longer. She ties her hair in a small ponytail at the back of her head, reminiscent of Nanako Amaranth's, and the rest of her hair falls freely beneath it.
She wears a high-collared, sleeveless robe with swirly-patterned orange trim, under which she wears dark shorts. The robe has a cutaway exposing her left leg.
She wears two red boots with orange trim and soles, though the left is thigh-high while the right only extends slightly above her ankle. On her right leg, she wears a dark sock with a white fabric tied around it.
Makkuro covers her left arm with a detached sleeve that runs from her middle finger to her bicep, and wears a short glove on her right arm.
== Personality ==
Makkuro has a relationship with the Amaranth daughters that is somewhere between maternal and sororal; she refers to Akane and Nanako Amaranth as 'her girls' and greets them much like an older sister, but is as protective of them as a mother would be.
While a kind woman, Makkuro can be easily frustrated by her lack of power despite being such a powerful combatant; if she speaks out against Yukiko Amaranth's mistreatment of her daughters, she runs the risk of being dismissed from her job and would therefore be unable to look out for the children. She revels in the opportunity to remove Yukiko from the premises when Aka finally gives the command.
However, Makkuro is at ease around those she likes. It seems she is also open and accepting of others' life choices, considering she trained Akane and Nanako to fight, and the two both adopted aspects of her outfit and weaponry showing that they greatly respect her.
== Abilities and Powers ==
Makkuro is a prodigal huntress - a winner of the Vytal Tournament, which is a very exclusive group. Her team is noted to be in the top five percentile the year they graduated from Haven Academy.
== Trivia ==
=== Allusion ===
* Makkuro alludes to the mythological Japanese sun Goddess, Amaterasu.
=== Colour Naming Rule ===
* "Makkuro" is Japanese for "Pitch Black."
* "Sekinetsu" is Japanse for "Red Hot."
== References ==
Category:Characters
Category:Female Characters
Category:Mistral
Category:Team MARS
Category:Haven Academy Students
Category:Huntsmen
Category:Unsei Ridge