Priya

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**Priya** (プリヤ) was originally the ruler of the Cryptid Country and the mother of Kumara.

## Appearance

### Humanoid

In humanoid form, she appears as an adult female with fox ears, five thick tails, and four thinner ones.

### Humanoid (Named)

After being named and becoming Nine-Tailed Fox, all nine of her tails had become equal in thickness. Her beauty was unworldly. Her originally simplistic black hair had become a striking obsidian and her dark tails became as black as midnight with streaks of purple that made them appear like the cosmos.

Following her awakening, changes in her appearance include her hair turning a shade so pitch black that it could be indistinguishable the abyss itself and all nine of her tails becoming spectacled with radiant streaks of purple and blue littered in small miniscule white dots.

## Personality

Originally a calm, gentle soul that preferred to avoid conflict at all costs. After Kanzis and his men attacked and destroyed her nation, Priya was left with a heart devoid of feelings of any kind beyond a cold, vicious, and calculating demeanor. The feelings of helplessness and hatred permeated in her heart even after being saved and patched up by Eira and crew. It all boiled over when she finally reunited with her daughter after the events of Walpurgis when Rimuru rescued and named a young fox like majin that just so happened to be her offspring. Collapsing into a puddle of her own bitter tears while grasping at the young kitsune girl showing that all along she was in an unending pain that scarred her for the centuries they were apart.

## Background

She was the ruler of the Cryptid County on the border between the Eastern Empire and the Puppet Nation Jistav, living peacefully until soldiers of the Eastern Empire, led by Kanzis, attacked and wiped them out, with the only survivors being herself and her unnamed daughter who had already been taken by that point.

Managing to escape with the little strength she had left, the cryptid matriarch made it to the inner brush of the Jura Forest where eventually she would be found by one of the goblin riders stationed under Akira. Having been brought back to Eira's residence near Dwargon, the dragon had used restoration magic on the fox woman. Awakening with a start, she viciously attempted to attack them but was quickly subdued by Eira personally.

After calming down and explaining her situation, instead of being shunned away or looked down upon, she was embraced tightly and could do nothing but listen as she heard the heartfelt and sympathetic words of Eira, causing her to burst into tears. Eventually Eira had decided to name the fox woman which caused her to evolve and make all nine of her tails become thick and plush unlike before.

Eventually Priya who was still desperate to grow stronger begged Eira to name her 8 tailed beasts which Eira complied with little to no apprehension, causing them to also grow rapidly stronger to the point they were easily considered Calamity-level threats individually which tremendously boosted the already powerful fox woman.

While they were all still on the main continent, Priya was introduced to the ogre saint who would often teach her the hazy style alongside that of her fellow subordinate Akira, a man who, despite being originally nothing more than a mere goblin began to be seen as an idol of admiration in the eyes of Priya. She would eventually develop something of a small crush on the man, often watching from afar and blushing whenever she trained alongside him.

When Gle-Cresch eventually attacked, she was one of the key figures that proved vital in the war, being one of the few who could prove to be more than capable of holding off the powerful enlightened class human, Luka Semenov, giving Eira and Grad enough leeway to take on the heroic king Lancelot. She also managed to be one of the few that could fight off the harvest slumber unlike the majority of her fellow subordinates who had to rush off to safety due to their quickly diminishing consciousness. She, Elmesia El-Ru Sarion, Leon Cromwell, and Luka Semenov fought off the explosively awakened rampaging demon lord Eira while Lancelot escaped. Her harvest festival gift was enough to make her rank as Eira's strongest subordinate nigh unquestionable next to that of Serkan and surprisingly enough, Akira.

Following the war against Gle-Cresch, the abrupt coronation of Gazel, and the eventually rematch against the now deranged king, Priya rarely played much of a major role up until she and the rest of her fellow executives took on the now complete Jeremiah Alwyn and his paradisiacal cult of deranged followers. Managing to crush his Jeremiah's most powerful subordinates alongside Luka, Akira, Meldrey, and Serkan while leaving the rest to the likes of Eloise, Ayuna, Veto, and Alba.

Following that tiring war, Priya's last particularly big role would not really appear until the war against Avalon which was long down the line where she would fight John Stoll, the artificial cryptid human who proved to be no match for herself, swiftly being killed after he went berserk from using his medical skill The Beast and becoming one with the eight subjugated beasts in his possession.

Returning home, she would quickly be on the move again as Eira informed her that she found a fox like majin by the name of Kumara. Eventually she reunited with her daughter after arriving in Tempest after its own small scale war against the Western Holy Church. Crying bitter and cathartic tears as she squeezed Kumara tightly, not wanting to ever let go.

Often so, she would make trips to Tempest from then onwards to make sure she could be in contact with her daughter as often as possible. Even getting to know the children she befriended and helping in their training which was typically handled by her own teacher, Hakuro, as well as a human by the name of Hinata Sakaguchi which she came to get along with well.

She would eventually take part in the war against the Eastern Empire, after catching word that Kanzis would be showing up from a man named Gadra. She alongside her daughter would absolutely decimate the man known as Kanzis, ripping in to him and easily wrecking his plundered beasts.

## Beast Forms

### Mouse (Ratatoskr)

The mice are small and dark auburn, much like Kumara's black mice, these one's spread filth and disease wherever they go. Though, when combined into a singular large beastly rat, Ratatoskr's teeth can be said to have a hardness of diamond and a sharpness comparable to a unique grade sword. His claws are sharp like swords and his tail is like a whip, making both his scattered form and complete form quite troublesome. He's also quite adept at the likes of intelligence gathering as his forms received a greater boost due to both Priya and Eira's awakenings.

### Tiger (Byakko)

The tiger is bulky and much larger than your typical tiger, white fur with golden stripes. Even compared to the likes of blade tigers and thunder tigers. He had a great degree of control over thunder and lightning, and after Eira's awakening he had obtained black lightning, amplifying his own destructive power.

### Rabbit (Jade)

The rabbit is small but super agile. A big fluffy mane around its neck, and silky smooth snow white fur. It possesses the power to manipulate gravity, casually creating anti-gravity zones as well as hyper gravity waves that crush opponents.

### Snake (Quetz)

A large winged serpent with a gold underbelly and dark teal scales with crimson feathers around the back of its head. Due to its naming, and influence from Eira, it obtained the power to control wind and rain. Most likely due to it being intentionally named by Eira who viewed it in a great similarity to that of the Aztec god in media depictions. Such gifts being granted unto it turned its already horrifying air content powers into a real nightmare.

### Sheep (Aries)

A large golden sheep with fluffy wool and rough horns with hard edges. It has control over heat and light to a considerable degree turning it into a walking sun. If that wasn't enough, while it's powers over one's consciousness aren't nearly as strong as Mink's, it's still rather scary, and when used in tandem with light manipulation to create illusions, it can become a nigh impossible obstacle to surpass.

### Ape (Wu-Kong)

A silver grey lean ape who is rather skilled at hand to hand fighting though also incredibly skilled in the likes of magic and arts. He can utilize sound and wind creating powerful storms on a degree far higher and far deadlier than that of Byakuen, even attaining the power to corrode things much like storm based skills.

### Bird (Helios)

Named after a prominent sun god, this bird has extraordinarily powerful flames which can effectively reduce entire armies to ash. Thanks to Eira's gift, it had obtained a greater kick behind its flames, achieving enough strength to turn steel into molten magma.

### Dog (Lobo)

A huge, lanky pure white wolf with eyes that stare into your soul. With incredible speed and agility coupled with its mirror like ability, Lobo puts even Igami to shame. With Eira's gift, and a bit of modification, it gained the power to absorb energy and build it up into a devastating attack. It can also create cages of ever reflecting rays of energy.