Elaine "Mirror"

**Elaine,** better known as "MIrror", is a member of the Snake Tong, and part of Unit 9, the Bad Batch. A bubbly and passionate woman who disrupts the battlefield for her Reflection magic, living up to her moniker. A troublemaker outside and inside of battle, she makes sure the spells of any magi work against them.

## Background

Elaine was born in a declining traditional magus family from the Netherlands that was seeking to reach the Root. When she was young, her parents were desperate to have a good heir for the family. They often had her compete with her younger sibling on who could be the better heir. Noticing her sibling wanting the position more than she did and Elaine didn’t like the responsibility that came with being the head, she purposely did bad on purpose. It was unknown to her at the time that this was what decided who was getting sent away from the family. Eventually it was decided her sibling is the better choice for the family head which leaves Elaine with hardly anything left to inherit. She thought that matter would be over now however her family decided to send her away to live in their other house to gatekeep their family craft. She didn’t fully grasp the meaning behind it due to her young age because her parents simply told her she would be happier there and she did believe them at first. Her parents did invite her to come back occasionally; however it soon became limited to only holidays and then hardly once a year.

Elaine was then raised by the servants that were stationed at the house to be her caretaker and they became more like her parents than her biological ones, but she did miss her family. After realizing she was ostracized from her family, she asked her caretakers to teach her magic in hope of her family possibly taking her back or loving her again. Only one of the caretakers was somewhat familiar with magic and the one they taught her was completely different from her family’s craft. After learning the magic to a decent level, she paid her family a visit to show them what she learned, hoping to impress them. Her family marked her off more as a joke when she thought she could amaze them with her amateur magic. Feeling humiliated and foolish for holding on to the false hope of her family loving her back, she gave up on trying to get their affection back.

She started to study hard on the magic her caretaker taught her to spite her family and honor the people that actually raised her. Even though she does love the caretakers, they were still hired by her family and she noticed they still report back to her family if she is misbehaving and they would quit as soon as they could retire. Elaine chose to not study at a Covenant because she was aware her family has some connections there. She wanted to cut ties with them and gain independence from her family as soon as possible. She tried doing office jobs at first to collect enough money to travel on her own even though sitting at a desk to work bored her to no end. Once she had enough money to travel, she traveled from places to places to join an organization. It was difficult for mercenary organizations to take her in because she found her to be lacking in experience. Elaine found it funny because how could she get experience if no one was willing to hire her and not like there was an internship available either for those organizations.

Thanks to her talking skills and outgoing personality, she was able to befriend a member of a small organization called the Moths and recruited her into the group. It didn’t take long for her to get to know other members of the group and she did realize the members were quite disconnected from each other. She spent a year as a member and tried her best to keep the group together and she became more of a leader figure but as time went on, it simply got worse till the point it was on the verge of collapsing and some members were at each other’s throats. Elaine did like the people in the group but she figured the members would turn against each other soon if nothing was done. She decided to play as the villain to prevent that from happening even if it will cause her to leave the group. The group had been on Shiai-shi’s radar for some time due to the group having worked on their territory. Elaine tipped off the information subtly to Shiai-shi that the Moths would be working there on a specific date.

On that day, the Moths were being cautious and found it suspicious how the Shiai-shi seemed to know where to find them. Before they go at each other’s throat, Elaine reveals she was the one who betrayed the group and left the group, wishing everyone would do well without her. The group was shocked and some of them chased after her because she set them up for the Shiai-shi trap and demanded an explanation from her. She was injured during the process of fleeing from them and fortunately, Unit 9 came in to fight the group off. They would have finished her off if it wasn’t for her former group members calling her a traitor. Elaine was fascinated by their teamwork and cooperation that she wanted to join part of the group.

After the fight, she willingly let herself be taken into questioning by the Shiai-shi of her strange situation. Elaine revealed she was the one who gave the information to them. She promised the Moths would disband shortly afterward and true to her predictions, the group was no more after their leader was gone. Although she was saddened by her being the cause of her group disbanding, it was better than her group members fighting each other. She insisted on joining Unit 9 and she managed to get a spot there. She soon adopted the codename “Mirror” and she is the third non-adoptee to join the Bad Batch.

## Personality

Due to her childhood, Elaine turned to outside people in hope of getting affection from them to replace her lack of familial love. She hardly ever speaks of her childhood because she didn’t have many fond memories of it. Compared to the rest of the girls in the group, Elaine is the most girly one that enjoys shopping in her free time and dragging others with her. She cares deeply for her own appearance and doesn’t mind flaunting her gorgeous figure. She also enjoys complimenting other women’s looks, especially the ones in the Bad Batch. Joining an organization full of hot women in suits is one of the biggest reasons why she joined and she isn’t afraid to admit that. She often comments on how many cute “cats” are around which confuses Grim at first because she also has a fondness for cats. She is very talkative so she can tolerate her squadmate’s communicative nature as well even though she sometimes has a hard time comprehending what she meant. At times, she would use metaphor to be more poetic but ultimately failed because they usually make no sense to others.

In her previous and current group, she has a reputation for never lying but it also doesn’t mean she will reveal all her secrets. She will simply smile and direct the conservation elsewhere. Despite her honesty, she is cunning when the situation demands it like how she played as the villain to prevent her group from destroying itself. With the close relationship of her current group, she found it unlikely she had to do so for this group. After her time being the leader in the previous group, it made her dislike being in charge and found the position difficult to handle even if it has a nice title to it. Elaine found it unfortunate she lost ties with her previous group but it was understandable they no longer want anything to do with her. She is hardly ever seen in a bad mood and always seems to be in a genial mood. It is easy for her to befriend strangers and often tell people to call her “Ellie” so they could be closer to each other. She cares deeply for her teammates because the squad’s close ties with each other was something she had been looking for years. She finds it to be precious and enjoys every moment with them.

## Relationships

### “Cap”

The leader of the squad and she admires his leadership which is something she wants to learn more about. She told him to invite her if he ever managed to find those hot Amazon women in the forest and sometimes tag along on his strange travels if they interest her.

### “Sleeping Demon”

As an affectionate person as well, she welcomes Isa’s hugs and headpats. Unfortunately when she was newer to the squad, she was a victim to be in range when Isa fell asleep. She hasn’t got much chance to interact with her as the others due to her sleeping most of the time.

### “Crosshair”

Elaine found her to be enjoyable to interact with and often complimented her appearance. For fun, she even wrote an anonymous guide for others on how to interact with Crosshair. She wondered if Crosshair ever read it herself.

### “Grimoire”

Since they are both talkative, it didn’t take long for her to become close friends with Grimoire. Elaine even called her “Grim-senpai” since she seems to enjoy taking on that role. She often asked her to teach more about magic because she is trying to expand outside of her specialty. As Grim is knowledgeable in Dutch, she is the only person in the organization she can speak to in her native tongue.

### “Courier”

Elaine found it hard understanding him. She kept telling him to get his eyes checked because he seemed to be blind to the romantic advances from other agents. She sincerely felt sorry for the people that had feelings for him.

## Abilities

### Magic

Elaine got the codename “Mirror” from her specialty of reflection magic. She learned the magic not from her family but from her caretaker that raised her. It is a magic that is based on reality being the mirrored reflection of the Root. All things on Earth are just reflections of the Root and as mages, they seek to see beyond the reflections to find the source, the Root, however Elaine isn’t interested in reaching the root. She is simply using magic to carry out her daily tasks and life. Her magic is based on reality being like a mirrored reflection that allows her to reflect things back. She specialized in reflecting back attacks with her spells. As for countering other spells, it is best for her to chant as many lines as she can to reinforce the spell if she is uncertain how powerful the enemy’s spells are. The reflection spell would break if the opponent’s spell is greater than the amount of energy the spell can reflect back. She has to be precise and analytical with her opponents in order to not use too much magical energy and enough to do the job. Mirrors are her most ideal tools for examining those reflections and returning the attack although it is possible with other objects that have reflections on them as well. It is also why she often adorns her outfits with objects that reflect even if they can only reflect small attacks.

Her signature move is her bounded field that surrounds an area that looks like a crystalline dome. The appearance is more for the aesthetic but it allows her to bounce attacks easier back to the opponent or if she shoots at the bounded field, the attack goes to the opponent. She also has familiars made of mirror shards placed throughout the battlefield that can mirror attacks if it is shot at. Unfortunately, her spells would not work against physical attacks like punches and kicks. Her magic knowledge had expanded in her time being in the organization and now she learned from Grimoire. She is knowledgeable with bounded fields, elemental magic, and formalcraft. She also learned martial arts but she found herself to not be competent with it and prefers sticking to magic.

### Equipment

Elaine has an enchanted bow that allows her to gather magical energy as an arrow to shoot at opponents. The magic weapon allows her to split that arrow of energy to be divided into five smaller arrows. Although it is not really that special, Elaine likes using it in the bounded field to make it harder for her opponents to dodge her attacks. Like the other members, she does have the Snake Key and the black suit mystic code but she hardly ever wears it and dislikes the formal attire of it on her. Her Shroud Tie Mask is a bright pink mask, almost the same color as her hair, as well as some mischievous elf themed designs.