Starfall Hecate

Starfall Hecate is the proclaimed Scion of Gluttony.

Alongside this, she also forms the backbone of the Scions alongside her sister Starfall Nyx, being one of the founders and most powerful of the group prior to Nyx's acquiration of the Neza Neza no Mi. With her devil fruit, she finds herself able to induce sin within others, though refrains from using it on the other Scions, usually. Only her sister knows the true capacity of Hecate's fruit, with the official known power simply being that of amplifying others' sin, but not creating it.

"Nom nom nom."

Above referenced are a chain of Hecate's favorite phrase. Or if not her favorite, at least just her most spoken.

Hecate has both the blessing and curse of a true glutton. The blessing is that she can literally eat as much as she wants without any adverse physical effects, letting her indulge herself with feasts constantly without gaining weight. The curse is more obvious, being that she has a crave and hunger at all times. Not a moment passes where she doesn't think about food in some capacity, and less moments still that she doesn't wish to eat. Aside from her gluttonous mannerisms, she is actually quite an amicable person to get along with. She's very warm, and even friendly to strangers. Until it comes to food, that is. If one came between her and her meal she enters a state of vengeance, with wrath rivalling that of Skarlow Enya if prolonged.

## Appearance

Starfall Hecate is Starfall Nyx's sister, and has medium-length light blonde hair that she sometimes keeps up in a bun. She usually is either found in streetwear or her battle armor, the latter of which is obviously usually only seen in battle, and her eyes sparkle a shade of yellow.

She can almost always be found snacking on some sort of food, though when she gets serious her demeanor shifts dramatically, her posture straightening and an aura that says "Tread Carefully" rings throughout the air around her.

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## Personality

Out of all the Scions and aside from Raine Lilith, Starfall Hecate is the most level-headed and "normal" of the group. While being the scion of Gluttony, she is able to hold back her constant crave for food with the power of her devil fruit, and in such scenarios she simply finds herself as a normal human. She is polite, though still tends to keep to her own devices, and while friendly to strangers, she also has a cruel side to her personality that surfaces sporadically.

She is additionally regarded as the most responsible of the group, as while she tends to be relaxed about things, she will always make an effort to complete any tasks she has been given, and genuinely cares for the well-being and protection of her companions, though does have a short tempter when it comes to interacting with Trisk Charles.

## Relationships

Hecate is usually friendly to the members of the Scions, and now the members of the Apocryphon crew, though doesn't tend to make an effort to be friendly with strangers. She would come off in interactions as neutrally curious, though will not actively pursue relationships without reason or necessity to do so. That said, being offered food will sway her heart tremendously when it comes to amicable relations and mending bad blood.

Starfall Nyx - Hecate both loves and respects her sister, and the two spend a lot of time together. They do not share too many personal interests, however this has only strengthen their bond due to a lack of arguments and conflicts of interest, especially since they have the same motive of setting sail as well. Their personalities don't cash either, with Hecate's cheery demeanor dancing off of Nyx's more depressed and expressive demeanor very well. They have good synergy in combat, and often fight together if given the opportunity. There was a break in their ability to consistently see each other for a period of time in their younger years, however this did nothing to break the bond between them, in fact strengthening it when they reunited.

Raine Lilith - While Hecate and Lilith often find themselves in separate teams, when the two are together they get along exceedingly well, both being open and friendly conversationalists with each other. Hecate is also able to keep Lilith's sadistic side in check when it becomes overwhelming.

Skarlow Enya - While Enya doesn't really get along with anyone at all, she does sometimes stick nearby Hecate when they are around each other. Granted, they generally don't work together, but just as with Lilith's personality deviation, Hecate also is great at keeping Enya's anger in check, calming her down when necessary.

Strodes Cain - Hecate gets along well with Cain, and Cain likewise enjoys spending time with her. The two can sometimes be found passing time just watching clouds go by, both enjoying the subtle things in life. Also, Cain's trauma syndrome can be controlled by Hecate, and while it's slightly deviating from sin in itself, she has ways of calming him down when it sparks up. She has known him for a very long time, and aside from her sister, Cain is her best friend, though he's changed a lot since they first met.

Trisk Charles - Charles is perhaps the only person that Hecate explicitly becomes annoyed by within the Scions, though she can tolerate his antics to a degree. She tends to zone him out as he rabbles on, though if he says anything that offends her, which usually happens eventually, she has been known to lash out at him with either her fists or evil fruit abilty.

Bukki - The newest tagalong of the group, Hecate serves as Bukki's guide in the affairs of the Scions, and subsequently the Apocryphon Pirates. Bukki has imprinted onto Hecate, seeing her take the role of almost a big sister, and follows her around quietly whenever she can.

## Abilities & Powers

**Fitting the Mood:**

Hecate, while preferring to stick with her normal and genuine personality scheme, has the ability to immediately change everything about her personality, changing the way she talks, mannerisms, even physical appearance and aura to a slight degree. But most importantly, she can alter her mood at the flick of a switch, easily overcoming anything clouding her mind, and being especially good at either leaving impressions, or being impressionless. She is great at intelligence-gathering, able to easily wiggle herself into conversations, and is great at being able to resist verbal and psychological offense.

Alternatively, this can be used to attune herself closely to a point of view or way of thinking, allowing her to cement herself into a certain tempo with the power of her devil fruit.

**Way of The Sword:**

Hecate is proficient in swordplay, having trained from a very young age with it. She has a natural talent, and because of this when both she and her sister, Nyx, were taken in to one of the temples of Aokoto, they were separated in their training regime, rarely seeing each other at all for the first few months, years, of their stay there. Hecate has a unique and original style of swordplay, however her creativity within her martial techniques were constantly repressed and punished whenever she displayed them during her training, so they have stunted in development, though she currently finds herself rekindling this passion of swordplay. Because of this, she is versed in the Aokoto style of swordplay as well, which in itself is rather rare, since the teachings speak towards the use of conduits, but not necessarily that of weapons themselves. Her unique style of sword-fighting (not the Aokoto style) was taught to her by Strodes Cain, though she changed it and made it her own with alterations to fit it more to her body and personality.

**Breathe In, Breathe Out:**

Hecate proved early on in her training that she had high natural resilience, and a high tolerance for pain. This actually was to her own detriment, at least psychologically, as her already high tolerance simply made the Aokoto Monks raise the viciousness and cruelty of the methods they used to train her. She was subjected to many different forms of gaseous agents, as well as constant injections of various poisons and ailments via shot into her bloodstream. In the moment, and for many moments after, this was an unforgettable mental stain on her, however at the very least it has given her resistances to these manners of substances in the future (now). She is able to breathe in normally toxic and harmful substances without any difficulty, and almost never gets sick. Poisons are inefficient when used against her, and some agents may be neutralized altogether by her now-superior immune system.

### Physical Prowess

**Speed and Agility:** Hecate is very quick on her feet, and lacks hesitation in her movements, moving fluently just how she wants and without any mental obstacles. She can run for long distances at a fast pace, and takes an extremely long time to tire. When enhanced with her devil fruit ability, her speed and agility increase even more. While she is agile just as she is fast, Hecate tends to prefer parrying attacks over trying to dodge around them altogether, and doesn't take much interest in overly-acrobatic maneuvering without necessity.

**Strength:** Hecate can land powerful blows, and has a lot of refined strength from years of arduous physical strength training, in addition to the endurance training typically received by Aokoto students. She integrates her strength very well into her attacks, having the knowledge and training to know how to apply and balance force in relation to her weapons or her own unarmed strikes, and she is able to lift rather heavy weights without too much trouble. If induced with either wrath or violence, or powered by the drainage thereof, with the power of her devil fruit, her strength increases even further, and additionally slows down in stamina drain as well.

**Endurance:** Hecate is just as, if not more durable, than Nyx in regards to being able to negate physical damages sourced from those such as piercing, slashing, crushing, and bludgeoning force, however she finds herself lacking in standing steadfast against heavy blows. In other words, while she may remain relatively unhurt by many forms of physical attack, she will still easily find herself affected by the raw force applied, being launched or pressed back accordingly. She additionally is durable against many forms of poison and nerve agents, and has a very strong immune system.

### Fighting Style

Hecate has been trained in the martial art of Aokoto, seeing her gain an immense degree of endurance from the torturous activities present in her early life. She was additionally designated as one of the nation's Sword Saint Candidates, and thus has garnered much experience in strength and offense-oriented fighting as well. She served as a student under Aokoto for 13 years alongside her sister, Nyx, though the two underwent different training regimes for the most part.

Hecate is able to use a spawn-conduit, a rare type of conduit that adds on to a regular conduit and alters it's shape or form, not unlike a Changeling Blade, though these can only occur via conduit and not simply with the press of a button as Changeling Blades can. Hecate's conduit is her sword, which gleams with a maw of crimson red energy when activated. It's spawn-feature is that it creates an armor around her of the same design as the sword, almost corrupt in appearance. While similar to the Embo Lyssa's Acrid technique, they have fundamentally different sources, with Hecate's spawn-conduit actually serving as a source of power, compared to Lyssa's Acrid Form which is simply a Changeling Blade being fitted as armor, though when Lyssa uses her devil fruit ability, it takes on an eerily similar appearance to Hecate's spawn-conduit form.

Within Aokoto, Hecate has mastered the following techniques:

* **Kasha:** The user closes their eyes, and upon re-opening them they become null to any sensation of pain that has managed to bypass their natural defense, however without neutralizing their own ability to act, as what might occur through numbing.
* **Senrai:** The user lowers their guard for a split-moment, in this time inflicting a fatal wound onto themselves before putting their natural guard up again. The user feels the full pain and effect of the wound, however they cannot die in this state, their dwindled energy yet allowing them to carry on indefinitely until their mind itself exhausts itself of energy.
* **Korai:** The user forces themselves to collapse, where they will become motionless and unable to move of their own volition for a period of thirty minutes. Within this time, any and all damage dealt to them physically will recover, including a self-inflicted wound from **Senrai**, however mental and psychological damage cannot be fixed.
* **Aberin:** The user taps various points on their body, priming them with immobility and tough skin. If utilized correctly, these points can be used as a mode of armor even when the user finds themselves without any physical armaments.
* **Slanesh:** The user takes a deep breath in, inhaling every possible scent and gas in their near area. They then exhale, sending this as a concentrated blow in a direction with force, and additionally becoming immune to the effects of these substances for a short duration. (Mainly used against noxious fumes)

Within Aokoto, Hecate has also learned the following techniques reserved only for those who are Sword Saint Candidates:

* **Bell:** The user slashes the air with their blade, sending a gust of razor sharp wind in the exact pattern and shape they slashed in the direction they slashed at, travelling, if unobstructed by air patterns, until it collides with a liquid or solid state of matter. (Or near-either) On impact it will deal roughly 60% of the slashing damage the blade would if it connected itself.
* **Klink:** The user "rings" the air like a bell, actuating themselves and allowing them to naturally detect motion within a short radius, and subsequently subconsciously/naturally react to unknown, or designated stimuli.
* **Form - Seventh Heaven:** The user smooths one of their hands over the flat side of their sword, from hilt to tip in a gentle caress. For the next 10 minutes, their sword will strike with the force and severity as if it were seven blades in one, echoing and reverberating damage in full on each and every impact connected and made. This technique can only be used once a day (24 hours), and is reserved for Sword Saint Candidates slated to be strong enough to enter the ranks of the Arch Saints. Additionally, it can only be used by a sword designated as the user's conduit.

Within Aokoto, Hecate has developed the following conduit techniques:

* **Rend:** Hecate's blade begins to vibrate intensely, though the hilt remains entirely stable. Objects that touch the sharp side of the blade in this state will be struck as if the sword her moving like a chainsaw, slicing automatically on itself in addition to whatever technique or strike is used by the Hecate. When using this technique, Hecate's eyes emanate a dark pink aura, and her blade glows with a faint purple hue.
* **Shrike:** Hecate's blade shifts in shape so that the blade tip becomes hook-like, it curving, while remaining sharp, to have an exceptionally sharp and sturdy hooked shape. If contact is made against the blade in this state (sword on sword, sword on flesh, etc), a shrieking sound will ring in the ears of those affected. They are the only ones who can hear it, and it will not go away for the rest of the day. They can, however, diminish the loudness and pitch of the shriek by making physical contact with another, which halves the shriek in their own head and gives half to the new person. This can be split indefinitely, though it does not work against Hecate herself, or other masters of Aokoto, who have already been accustomed to sound torture. While this technique is active in any capacity on a target with over 1/100 effect, Hecate's mouth will emanate a transparent light blue aura when she breathes. It should be noted that the sword itself does not have to remain in this form to keep the effect active after the initial strike.

Within Aokoto, Hecate has developed the following spawn-conduit techniques:

* **Moonlit Requiem:** Hecate's sword activates it's spawn-conduit form, encasing Hecate in a dark and corrupted armor (appearance). This grants Hecate a powerful armor that becomes more or less powerful in regards to the shape of the moon. During a full moon the armor will be nigh-unbreakable, and during a new moon it shrouds the user in inexplicable darkness, making them hard to see even to a trained eye. During a crescent moon the armor is weaker, however Hecate's sword becomes much stronger, and during a gibbous, Hecate's armor becomes much stronger while her sword becomes less sharp. Half-moons simply provide a balanced spread of stats. Some unique lunar events have special effects for this form, and are described below:
* **Perigee:** If the moon in the sky is at the Perigee of it's orbit, Hecate will surge with raw power much higher than her normal reserves. Her attacks become explosive, exerting force exponentially stronger than her normal strikes would be, and she likewise becomes much faster in her movements as well.
* **Apogee:** If the moon in the sky is at the Apogee of it's orbit, Hecate will receive no benefits whatsoever from her Moonlit Requiem form aside from the base benefit of having armor.
* **Solar Eclipse:** On the occasion of a Solar Eclipse, Moonlit Requiem will provide Hecate with a glowing orange aura all around her body. For so long as the eclipse lasts, all of her attacks will burn with searing radiant damage, and strikes made against her will burn to the touch, though only by sensation and not causing physical burns. (Attacks do cause burns)
* **Blood Moon:** During a Blood Moon, Moonlit Requiem will cause a crimson red aura to emit from Hecate's eyes and sword. So long as the Blood Moon lasts, damage taken by Hecate's sword will flow with constant streams of blood, unable to clot and will simply flow freely, potentially causing a target to bleed out if not accounted for quickly.
* **Supermoon:** During a Supermoon, Moonlit Requiem will case a white aura to encapsulate Hecate's body in a thin layer. So long as the Supermoon lasts, Hecate's raw power will near that of during a Perigee, and notably damage against her is dramatically reduced, her armor becoming incredibly powerful under this moon.
* **Blue Moon:** During a Blue Moon, Moonlit Requiem will produce a dark blue armor that appears ice-like in nature rather than the standard form of armor, and Hecate's sword will be tipped with a frost-like aura, and will be extremely cold to the touch. Her armor becomes cold as well, and while it appears ice-like it will not shatter under force as ice might.
* **Harvest Moon:** During a Harvest Moon, Moonlit Requiem will appear to function as normal. However, in this state Hecate will find herself unable to be inflicted with a fatal wound, and she will likewise be unable to inflict fatal wounds when in this form. An electric current will flow through her blade, shocking to the touch, however this is arguably the weakest of the four Lunar Eclipse forms.

It should be noted that this form is powerful at night, however not very useful during daylight.

## Equipment

Hecate fights with a black longsword in combat, that serves as both her standard weapon and her conduit, and is additionally a spawn-conduit able to be used for her spawn-conduit techniques. It's name is **Parallax**.

## Trivia

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