Mizuhale

Mizuhale is a former antag turned good guy. She is reintroduced later down the line.

## Summary

As a prodigy in the Spirit Institution, Hale was scouted by the Azurian kingdom and climbed her way up the ladder in their military ranks. She decided to join HG after realizing how corrupt Azuria was.

## Appearance

Long, two-layered blue hair. The outer layer of her hair curls in to frame her face while the bangs clump up in the middle and are swept to the side. Can't forget about the cowlick. Hale's eyes are blood red. The Spirits who attend the Spirit Institution have white wings instead of ears. The white military inspired outfit is Hale's school uniform. The other outfits have yet to be developed.

## Personality

Hale is kuudere/borderline tsundere who's calculative, cunning, and cruel. When she's not in fight mode her mannerisms make her seem a tad bit awkward.

## Powers and Abilities

**Water Elemental Abilities:**

Water elemental spirits are able to manipulate water at their will. Abilities differ based on their aether pool and creativity.

「Water Dragon's Reign」: An enormous, flashy move. A dragon head made of water rockets up to the sky and explodes, resembling New Year's fireworks. The water comes down at such a high velocity it pierces through all the surrounding area.

「Puppeteer's Accomplice」: A giant sea monster that resembles a skeleton with a robe is created from ground up. Hale's motions are mirrored by the monster. It's moves consist of crushing arm sweeps. It's immobile and thus cannot be used for transportation.

「Stomach of The Whale」: Barrier made of water, acts as a shield and allows for 1v1 battles without outside disturbance

「Lull of the Sea」: Water encases the enemy in a ball til suffocation

**Swordsmanship:**

Hale trained with weapons for close combat at the Spirit Institution for instances in which she couldn't use aether. She received a specially crafted sword after completing her schooling at the Spirit Institution. Her swordsmanship was highly complimented by other military officials. In most instances, Hale would combine her water elemental ability with her sword for a heavy blow. (will make a ref of sword)

**Taekwondo:**

Taekwondo.

## Spirit Institution Lore

Like many other spirits, Hale was created by the authorities of the Spirit Institution. When the old generation has nearly died out, they create a another large batch of spirits, which takes place every few hundred years since spirits naturally have long lifespans.

Spirits have the choice to decide what form they will take on (old, loli, teen, etc.). Spirits are randomized upon creation. Their physical appearance, aether pool, and element are decided randomly. Those in the same elemental group look quite similar, though.

Elemental powers differ from each spirit. During their school time, spirits develop their own moves by understanding how their element works. There are always a few spirits mixed into the batch who are one with their element and are able to easily control/create new elemental powers. Being naturally gifted, having a large aether pool, plus devoting all your time into training to become better than those who were naturally gifted, is what makes you a prodigy. Prodigies are highly wanted by kingdoms but in the end, it's up to the spirit to decide which offer they'd want to go with.

The purpose of this Spirit Institution is to prepare these spirits for battles. Because of their perfected techniques and long lifespans, they are ideal for military positions because kingdoms don't have to recruit as many normal soldiers (saves them money) since a single trained spirit could have the strength equivalent to 10 soldiers. It's unheard of to find a spirit in a basic soldier position for long (they all start off in a lower position but are known to climb ranks fast, but of course the speed at which they do varies on the spirit). Because of this, there is resentment towards spirits from the average soldier. The Spirit Institution is infamous because of their previous role model students who held high ranking positions.

## Backstory

Growing up in the Spirit Institution, Hale often wandered down their hall of fame to pass time. It displayed all famous graduates. One in particular was a male water aether spirit whose appearance was strikingly similar to Hale's. It was a portrait of the previous royal guard for Azuria. No matter how many times Hale walked by the painting, she'd be intrigued each time, and stared for what felt like hours. At some point, Hale dug through the records at the Spirit Institution's library and found an old copy of his autobiography. Of course, she read it. It described his adventures, friends, and detailed moments in his life that occured while working in the Azurian military. Since then, Hale was set on being scouted by the Azurian kingdom.

Hale had no friends at school. After realizing her goal, all she would do was train and study to make that goal a reality. Even though Hale was naturally talented upon creation, her intense training made her even more powerful and well known throughout the school. As well as always ranking first on exams.

Hale has a load of stories to share about times when other spirits tried to slither their way into being friends with her, with the sole purpose of benefitting, of course. It never worked because of Hale's cold attitude and devotion to her studies. Which was unintentional. Hale is bad at communicating so when put on the spot, she reverts to doing what she knows best, which is giving people the cold shoulder. All while never realizing they only wanted to be friends with benefits.

Hale's efforts were finally noticed and as soon as she graduated she was scouted by Azuria.