Gweni

—Celeste

* Demon Form
* Human Form

## Information

***Gweni*** is an Unusual who currently holds the rank of ***Lower Rank Four*** within The Mezurashi. She is known as "*The Enigmatic Assassin"* due to her mysterious personality and emotional manipulation abilities, coupled with her impressive stealth and skills as a serial assassin.

Gweni grew up in a small town near City R, where she was surrounded by crime and misfortune for much of her childhood. In order to protect herself and her family from harm, Gweni became proficient with knives, training herself in case she would need to defend herself from criminals who attacked her and her family. However, as she grew into her early adolescent years, she became obsessed with the idea of killing, an obsession which sparked from her first murder, an act of self defense when she was 11 years old.

Her favorite weapon is a long kitchen knife which she used to stab an intruder 14 times many years ago when she was all but 11 years old. Following the killing, Gweni became obsessed with the warmth and fluid texture of human blood, and developed an intense craving for it as she continued to age. Gweni would go on to become a serial assassin, diving into the dark world of crime and taking hits for payment. She worked for numerous different criminal syndicates in her 20s, and would go on to become a legendary assassin and one of Minerva's most wanted criminals.

## Becoming an Unusual

Before becoming an Unusual, Gweni was a human named *Gwyneth Ishihara*. When Gwyneth was in her mid 20s, she had risen to fame in the criminal underworld, earning the nickname "*Mistress Death*", due to her status as a legendary hitman. Gwyneth assassinated numerous powerful individuals from corrupt government officials to rival gang leaders for much of her early adult life, until she retired from the criminal world in her early 30s, as her name was becoming too well-known following her addition to the list of Minerva's most wanted criminals.

When Gwyneth was in her early 30s, her acts of terror and violence caught the attention of many Unusuals across the country, as she had managed to kill more people as a human than many unusuals. Many years after her retirement, Gwyneth had gone off the grid, living in a secluded village in The Mitsurin Jungle away from standard civilization, as if she made any public appearances, she would be arrested on the spot. One day whilst traveling to the Iboju Village, she was intercepted by Zichi on horseback. He inquired her about her criminal past, to which Gwyneth refused to talk, unsure if Zichi was an undercover cop. Once Zichi revealed his true identity to her, Gwyneth opened up about her past, diving into great detail regarding the crimes she committed.

Zichi, impressed with Gwyneth's tales, offered her a position in The Mezurashi where she would be guaranteed safety and security from all forms of government and police operations, in exchange for a part of her. Originally skeptical, Gwyneth requested to speak with the leader of the organization, to which Zichi accepted and brought her to Ankou. Once in The Enigma Dimension, Gwyneth had an interview with Ankou, and ultimately ended up joining the organization. Ankou himself turned her into a demon, blessing her with incredible power, more than a standard Lower Rank demon. She was initially placed as Lower Rank Seven, and has since climbed to the fourth rank, where she sits today.

## Relationship with Hachiro Karasagi

Following Kukicha's defeat at the hands of Hachiro and Eisaku, Gweni is selected by her superior, Takai-Mezu Three Qira, and tasked with apprehending Hachiro and returning him to The Enigma Dimension. Gweni accepts the task, preparing herself with her signature knife and many different types of masks before disembarking on her journey to find and capture Hachiro.

Upon discovering Hachiro and his friends, Gweni adopts a human form and interacts with them, befriending them. Because of her incredible stealth and ambiguity, Celeste is unable to detect that she is a demon, and mistakes her for a student, assuring Hachiro that she is of no threat to him.

Gweni accompanies Hachiro and his friends on a few of their adventures, even assisting them in taking down Unusuals, as her obsession with death goes far beyond just humans, and she feels no remorse killing her own kind. However, as she explained to Qira numerous times, it's all a ruse, and she fully intends on capturing Hachiro when the time is right. Until then, for much of the early story, she develops a close relationship with Hachiro (est. Ch. 70+).

## Appearance

In her human form, Gweni takes on the appearance of her 20-year-old self, the age she was when she subscribed to the criminal underworld. In this form, she stands at 5'0, has pink hair that she wears in a ponytail, and sports a black sweater, white skirt, and black pumps.

In her demon form, Gweni retains many of her human traits, such as her height, bone structure, and pink hair. However, in this form, she develops numerous black dragon-tail patterns on her skin, produces demonic horns, and wears different clothes. She wears a black and red kimono with a cape, dragon-tail leggings that extend halfway up her right leg and all the way up the left, and black and pink heels.

## Fighting Style

Gweni fights with a large chef's knife with an incredibly sharp blade, using it to gut her opponents and disembowel them. She uses a unique fighting style in which she equips numerous types of masks, each representing a different emotion and providing her with different buffs, a comprehensive list of her masks can be found below:

Mask of Lunacy: A deep red mask depicting somebody crying of laughter. Wearing this mask greatly increases her attack power at the cost of her defensive capabilities. While it allows her to hit much harder and kill much quicker, she is also at her most vulnerable, able to be injured and killed more easily while wearing it.

Mask of Shame: A deep blue mask depicting somebody frowning in shame with a single teardrop. Wearing this mask increases her defensive capabilities at the cost of her speed and agility. She becomes nearly invulnerable to most attacks, but moves lethargically and is ashamed to fight.

Mask of Amusement: A vibrant orange mask depicting somebody smiling with glee. Wearing this mask sharply raises her awareness and evasiveness, at the cost of nearly all her attack power. While wearing this mask, she becomes incredibly challenging to hit, and can out-maneuver you and mess with you, though her attacks won't carry much strength.

Mask of Cowardice: A violet mask depicting somebody with a fearful expression. Wearing this mask increases her speed and has no drawbacks, making it particularly powerful. She usually equips this mask when trying to gain a positional advantage over her opponent, or when she is fleeing from battle.

## Location

For much of the early story's progression, Gweni travels alongside Hachiro and his crew, gathering information about each of them and their fighting style before choosing when to attack. Because of this, she has made her temporary stay in City X close to Eritoakademi main campus.

## Quotes

"I'm going to gut him, tear out his insides, and use them like a jump rope. He destroyed Kukicha's heart, so I'm going to destroy his..."

"My name is Gwyneth, but you can just call me Gwen. I couldn't help but notice you fighting in the tournament earlier today, you did a fantastic job! I was wondering if by chance I could duel you later?"

"I find it hard to control my emotions sometimes, I apologize..."