Scourge

Scourge, born Kartia Von, is an Arlion terrorist and a member of the Cardinals, designated "Envy". An agent of Mammon, Scourge terrorizes the Core colonies close to the Reach and helps to manipulate various powers in Aeos against one another for her master's benefit. Lethal with her extensive use in knives and poisons, Scourge employs numerous underground gangs, mercenary groups, and Haktu marauders to achieve her ends.
== Appearance ==
Scourge has half of her hair sheared on one side of her head at the beginning of the series, with the other half being long and spiky and colored a purplish-grey. Her eyes are a large and a vibrant, emerald green with slitted pupils and her teeth are sharp but small. She has large, pointed ears that can rotate similar to a felines'. Despite her age, she appears rather young but rough, with a wicked smile that has been said to send shivers down the spines of even the hardiest of soldiers.
Her skin is a light grey with a hint of green to it, smooth but having faint scars here and there from countless engagements. Her Perdition Seal rests on her left eye, being green for her post as Envy.
When undercover, Scourge will wear whatever is appropriate to allow her to blend in. As a terrorist, however, she prefers a dark, hooded longcoat that is a bit tattered from wear on the coat tails.
== Personality ==
Cruel, sadistic, and morally depraved, Scourge delights in the suffering of others and joyfully torments those she feels are beneath her. To her superiors, she shows blind loyalty and respect, but to everyone else, they are but playthings. Often comparing her victims to insects, Scourge makes a morbid game of finding their breaking points through torturous exercises.
Having been overlooked all her life by her older sisters, Scourge showed homicidal tendencies early on, poisoning her grandfather and, eventually, lighting their estate ablaze as her family slept, burning them alive.
Scourge feels the Daemonas are superior to the denizens of Aeos due to their inherent malice and quest for domination. While she finds these qualities in races such as the Haktu, the Heskra, and the Nirvaan, she singles out the Daemonas as being "the ones who will win", displaying a very "Survival of the Fittest" mentality. In truth, however, she cares only about her self and has thrown her cards in with the lot she believes best likely to be victorious.
While Scourge is generally abusive of her subordinates and enemies alike, as well as disrespectful to her allies of equal standing, she displays a degree of self-loathing and paranoia when in private. Along with the many scars lining her body from conflicts are those that are self-inflicted, such as slash scars both faded and fresh on her wrists and legs. She feels that love and kinship are lies and weaknesses adopted by others, and yet secretly craves it for herself, hating that all she can illicit from others is fear and hatred.
She hates the memory of her family, having been molested by her uncles at a young age and believing the rest of her kin knew about it and did nothing. At her lowest, however, Scourge will remember her mother and feel a sense of guilt over killing her, and the regret that she feels is the primary source of her suffering.
Foul-mouthed and vulgar, Scourge delights in making others feel uncomfortable, whether through the things she says or by unwanted physical contact. She shows visible enjoyment at making others nervous, scared, or angry and actively will seek a response from those who feel are above her. However, this is only to those she knows cannot or will not attempt retribution, and never to those she answers to.
== History ==
== Skills and Abilities ==
*Knife Training - Over the years, Scourge has mastered the art of knife play from various cultures, becoming a master at the use of throwing knives and hidden blades. She keeps a collection of various blades hidden on her person for these purposes, some laced with certain poisons she has concocted. She boasts of being better with a blade than most trained surgeons, flipping the weapons over her hands and spinning them over her fingers in overt displays of skill. Without qualms for honor in fights, she will often utilize underhanded tactics such as striking blind spots and targeting already wounded areas.
== Weapons and Equipment ==
*Hunting Knife - One of the few large knives she uses, Scourge owns a rather large serrated hunting knife that she uses primarily as an intimidating weapon or for use in cutting off heads. It has a black handle with a steel blade and a dark steel skull on the pommel. She keeps it openly worn in a leather sheath at her hip.
*Curved Daikaro - Resembling the real-life karambit, the Daikaro knife (Org. "Claw blade") is a sinister blade weapon made prominent by Orgrokkì raiders. Small and easy to use and conceal, the Daikaro has a curved blade resembling a talon and is sharp enough to slice through muscle tissue and even disembowel most humanoids with ease.
== Ships ==
*The Defiler - A heavily modified bastard ship that seems a grafted-together collection of Xhormic and Saleluki designs, the Defiler is an unregistered vessel made in the underworld under Scourge's strict specifications and with a heavy price tag behind it due to the extensive modifications and upgrades it has seen. It defies classification, being roughly the size and shape of a small freighter or sloop but having all the speed and stealth of a Saleluki Seeker. It is outfitted with a pair of high-powered twin laser cannons along with a high-yield ordinance launcher, stealth field generator, signal jammer, and long-range hackware.
== Quotes by Scourge ==
== Quotes about Scourge ==
*"She has become a local bogeyman among the colonies. Her atrocities are known throughout the Core. On the Council's Most Wanted list, she stands at three. Frankly, I think because the others haven't been proven dead yet." -Ord'krel Byros
== Trivia ==
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