Asuramaru

== Asuramaru ==
=== Status ===
unknown
Asuramaru is a high-ranked possession-type demon of the Black Demon Series. She formed a contract with 089A and became his Cursed Gear. Asuramaru can refer to the physical sword vessel itself as well as the sentient demon occupying her own realm within and both respond to invocation to grant power.
Having a singular purpose of attempting to possess Leo and take over his body, Asuramaru often takes the form of Nezuko Teich to attempt to break Leo. Granting Leo her power is also to this end although her very specialized knowledge and capacities have assisted Leo beyond providing extraordinary fighting prowess.
=== Appearance ===
She appears as an adolescent female with long dark purple hair reaching beyond her feet while her bangs cover her left eye. Her hair often gently waves in the faint breeze when she is within her realm. The only instance when it does not is when she is walking in the physical world and her hair is parted at the back in two sections. As a vampire-gone-demon, she has red eyes, fangs, and pointed ears. When the curse restraint loosens, her horns grow larger and the nails on her hands and feet become claw like.
For clothing Asuramaru wears a sleeveless open-back dress including a collar with gold beads covering her throat. The chest piece is black while the rest of the dress is white, and the gown splits open at her outer thighs which frees her legs for movement. She wears black sleeves separated from the gown that reach her mid-upper arms and come down to her middle fingers, where each sleeve is attached to a ring.
She is barefoot. On her head is a headband formed of two parallel golden strips that match the horns piercing through her hair from the edge of her hairline.
As Asuramaru exists as a mental concept, she can appear as anyone within Leo's memories she chooses. She often takes the forms of the 12-year-old Nezuko as well as Lucifer Thornton and the other Fireteam Zero members, and can interweave them into memories such as those featuring Leo's parental figures. She chooses her forms depending on what she believes will be best for breaking her host's will.
=== Personality ===
Asuramaru is an emotional and blood-thirsty demon who delights in drinking Leo's blood. She can be haughty demonstrated when declaring as a being with actual power and how she could easily crush Leo. Similar to all demons, Asuramaru is manipulative and uses nightmares to consume the one she possesses in order to take over her host's body. At creating a contract with Leo, she interrupts her host's dreams every night with visions of Nezuko asking why he was weak and let her become a demon.
Lively when it comes to possessing her host, Asuramaru appears to view it as a game where moves such as inducing traumatic nightmares, to biting Leo's neck, are just moves to be played. Irked when the 'rules' are not adhered to, Asuramaru expressed anger when the sword was thrown before her when she was dashing to attack Leo. Rather than a serious threat to Leo, the presence of vampire nobles seemed a personal experience for Asuramaru to enjoy as she crouched beside Leo, exhilarated that Leo could possibly outright turn into a demon. She felt Leo's actions would get them both into trouble one day and Asuramaru seemed to enjoy such a prospect.
Regarding other beings, Asuramaru warns Leo that humans are vile, greedy creatures who are even worse than vampires and demons. On the latter Asuramaru looks down on weaker demons, yet makes no comment towards other Black Demons like herself even after one's power rendered her human host unconscious. For other extremely powerful beings such as vampire nobles, Asuramaru pays them no mind whatsoever, even with Leo's life at risk. It is not so much indifference but complete detachment when in the vicinity of such threats where she still concentrates on encouraging Leo to acquire more power for possession purposes. Viewing them as they entered her sphere, Asuramaru considers seraphs as they enter her realm but is aware of their power and voices, they can be worse than demons. She was against Leo accepting a seraph trumpet and viewed it as betrayal for Leo to consider their power.
Largely due to a demon-based nature she is more of a trusted enemy whose purpose others know, rather than a friend or ally. However she does provide information to Leo namely informing him that he had non-human aspects to him. Asuramaru also speaks of Leo's good traits and told him when Lucifer was nearby all which gave herself no benefit.
=== History ===
She was bound as a Black Demon to a katana and kept in the bowels of The Separatist's Vault. Asuramaru is within her namesake sword ready for acquiring in a demon themed room with traditional depictions of them in statue form.