Cerastes

**Cerastes** (**セラステス**) is a young Naga.

Introduced in Taimanin Asagi Battle Arena and returning in Taimanin RPGX

## Personality

Cerastes is a battle fanatic who considers mercenary work, which always involves death, as her vacation. She can be slightly childish, such as showing joy when she obtains a new weapon, and often takes pictures with people she likes.

Depending on who pays her, she might ally with other forces. Cerastes hopes to one day meet somebody of her kin like Kaliya

Since she was born in the human world and raised by humans, she was unaware for some time that she was different as a Naga. Suffered a tiny trauma of being scorned as a snake-human since she was a child. She has a strong enmity towards humans, especially those who hold themselves in high esteem, and the Taimanin who pretend to be righteous are symbols of her dislike.

## Appearance

The upper half of her body is human, and the lower half is a serpent.

Learned later to disguise her lower body.

## History

### Background

Born into the serpent god clan also called the Naga and a high-ranking demon type.

She grew up with human parents, which adopted her, but her past is unknown, as a child she suffered some discrimination for her snake form and used a mask purchased from a witch doctor, that allows her to disguise himself as a human, but she fights in her true form. Originally, the Naga were able to transform themselves into people by their own power. However, Celastes, who was raised by humans, does not know how to do so, so she relies on the power of her magical mask.

She ran a mercenary business in the human world and spend her youth on the battlefield, but her real dream was to find somebody of the Naga tribe and learn about them. Cerastes has visited many countries and specially investigated the Snake Deity, which is supposed to be the ancestor of her species. Some considered it a devil, demon or god but nobody anything concrete about it. At some point, she decided to visit Japan in her search.

### Timeline TABA

Had been hired by a Task Force G friendly UFS group to protect one of their bases.

Rogue Taimanin, Fuuma Kotaro (TABA) infiltrated the base together with DSO forces, and searched for information about a Demon Gate or the "G" base his father used in Japan, to hide the kidnapped Fuuma Tokiko. It took not long until he ran into Cerastes, which began to attack, Igawa Sakura (ZERO) guarding him, with Koukawa Asuka causing trouble outside. In the end, Kotaro was able to avoid her and escape the base with the needed information.

Follow-up events with Cerastes, showed her still being hired by the UFS for some time, before acting more intendant. At some point, she sought the help of Neu Eazlane, to learn how to give herself legs by her own magic power. Afterward, she is hired by Fuuma Kotaro (TABA) and helps him out in certain events.

### Timeline RPGX

Cerastes makes her way to the Cave of the Snake Deity, in Japan, located near the mountains of Gosha, year **2083**. She encounters a number of Taimanin willing to fight, at first the Taimanin were busy, and she continued into the cave, she saw the Taimanin in a battle against what she thought was the snake deity, but it turned out to be only a leftover of the days, this cave had been used a Basilisk. She assisted the Aishu Hebiko, Uehara Shikanosuke and Fuuma Kotaro in their fight against the monster. Immune to the toxic Miasma and other abilities of the Basilisk, she was able to kill the monster in the end with the battle tactics shared with the Taimanin. Kotaro explained the situation, that this place was part of the former dwelling of a powerful man, which had used the powers of a Demon Gate in the past. Cerastes, is able to learn from Kotaro about Snake Lady and asks him should he fight her again to call her. She afterward forces him into a selfie with her, to remember.

## Powers/Abilities

**Main Weapon**: Guns and claws

* **Transformation Mask**
* **Naga Abilities**
	+ **Immune to Poison**
	+ **Transformation form with high strength and speed**
	+ **Weak to the cold**

## Media

* Taimanin Asagi Battle Arena
* Taimanin RPGX

## Trivia

* Like other Naga she is able to grow male genitalia if needed.
* She is the first Naga that is not a villain.