Maresi Invictus

Maresi "Dawnshot" Invictus is a Legionnaire and Dawn Caste member of the Invictus Family. Maresi is a well respected member of the family and currently serves as a member of the Legion team Oculus. 
== Personality ==
Maresi is a bit rough around the edges, and has a tendency to speak her mind without concern for how it might offend others. Maresi is happy with her place in the Sunraisers as it lets her stay far away from petty noble politics. Maresi despises the "games" politicians play with each other and prefers to be out in the field where she can make a difference with a few well placed bullets. Maresi feels no sympathy for monsters she must kill, and occasionally enjoys killing desperados, particularly those who use their abilities to exploit or assault the powerless. Maresi's temperament and blunt nature often makes her the voice of reason among the commonly over zealous Sunraisers. 
== Backstory ==
Maresi Invictus was born "Maresi Ladrian", the daughter of a powerful banking family operating in Instinct. In her youth, she was sheltered and kept at home, until her Awakened powers began to manifest. At this point it was decided she would help in the family's business. Maresi came from a bloodline that possessed eyes that could do a great many things, the most prominent of which was it's ability to influence the minds of others, and scout other Awakened individuals. Maresi learned to use her powers to influence the clients of their banks, avoiding direct interference on Awakened Individuals who might see through the suggestion, and focusing on common people. Maresi's father Edwarn believed that using their powers to get favorable deals from their clients was no different from negotiation, as it was an inherently born skill.
While most of her family, including a couple of siblings, took to the family business well, it never sat right with Maresi. Maresi noticed a contempt, even hatred in her family toward anyone they couldn't exploit for more money. In Maresi, hatred developed for her family. Tensions eventually reached a boiling point when Maresi snapped, running away from home and using her powers to fight injustice in a fairly underdeveloped land in the Valiant Sphere simply known as "The Roughs". While Legion and Military Police presence was light there, after years of acting as a vigilante, Maresi was eventually branded as a desperado. 
Eventually, Legionnaires caught up to Maresi, who willingly turned herself in. Opinions were split on what to do with her, with some wanting to induct her into the Legion, and others wanting to arrest her for undermining the Legion's authority. The decision was swayed by one Elend Invictus, an Eclipse Caste member of the Invictus family who managed to convince the others presiding over the hearing that making Maresi a Legionnaire was the wiser decision. Maresi became well acquainted with Elend after this, and the two eventually married when Maresi was in her mid-twenties, and the two remain married to this day. After joining the Invictus Family, Maresi naturally fit in when assigned to the Legion team known as Oculus, due to her time as a Vigilante. 
== Powers and Abilities ==
=== Sage ===
* Natural Energy Manipulation
* High Champion Level Physicals, Monster Level Speed
* Shurikenjutsu (Clone bullets)
=== Dawn Caste ===
Maresi is a member of the Dawn Caste, and as such she excels at all things combat. Her Caste Mark has sped up her training in marksmanship by years if not decades, granting her a level of skill uncommon even among Legionnaires. 
* Invictus Ignis: Maresi's use of the Invictus Ignis is quite different from the norm. She is not able to produce the flames in large quantities, but is able to produce them in more refined shapes and with greater potency than practically any other Invictus. This fits her style very well as rather than traditional bullets, she uses blasts of Invictus Ignis when firing her revolver. Her precise control over the flames makes them that much more effective, as rather than harmlessly making contact with obstacles in their way like the Invictus Ignis normally do, Maresi's downright ignore the physical presence of anything other than their target. 
=== Sharingan ===
The eye power possessed by the Awakened Sages of her family, Maresi is able to activate the Sharingan at will. While legend says the eyes were traditionally always black and red, Maresi's line eventually developed the ability to change the appearance of the eye however they chose, aiding in their secret manipulation of their clients. Maresi's own sharingan is gold with white tomoe, to match the colors of the Invictus family. 
* Visual Prowess: Maresi's sharingan allows her to see sources of awakened energy normally invisible to others. Her sharingan also massively increases her reaction time, giving her a sense of where attacks will be coming from before they even occur. These powers couple with Maresi's speed to make her a very difficult opponent to keep up with in a fight.
* Genjutsu: The power that eventually caused Maresi to loathe her family, Maresi is able to subtly or strongly influence the mind of anyone she makes eye contact with. She regularly uses this in combat in subtle ways, such has hiding attacks from her opponents view. Maresi is capable of producing complex and grandiose illusions, though they are obvious and more likely to be broken by capable individuals. 
* Dawnshot: The power that granted Maresi her namesake, she is able to use her left eye to produce marks that look like golden aiming reticules on any surface she looks at. Maresi can see through each of these marks as if they were her own eyes, but can do more with them than that. Anything infused with Maresi's energy strikes one of the reticules, will come out of another one of her choosing. Naturally Maresi most commonly uses this power with her bullets to make them come at her opponents from unexpected angles. These marks can not move, and will remain in place even if the physical object they were placed on is moved or destroyed. Maresi is able to produce over a dozen of these reticules at once, and can remove and replace any of them after they have been set. Maresi's right eye produces a more powerful but smaller scale effect. It produces a single reticle that moves with it's target. This mark is often placed directly on a person's heart or head, allowing Maresi to kill many unaware opponents quickly. 
== Equipment ==
=== Vindication ===
Vindication is a Sunforged Revolver made specifically for Maresi. Should Maresi ever choose to use traditional bullets, which she occasionally does to conserve stamina, Vindication is able to make them orders of magnitude more effective than a normal bullet. Rounds fired from Vindication ignore wind resistance and fly for greater ranges than bullets from much higher caliber firearms would. When used with her awakened powers, Vindication serves as an amplifier, allowing Maresi to produce more potent attacks without needing to put as much power into each shot.
Category:Sage
Category:Female
Category:The Legion Association
Category:Junior Legionnaire
Category:Invictus Family
Category:Colonel
Category:Oculus
Category:S-One
Category:Awakened
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