World of Animals/Unaris

Unaris is the fifth party member players encounter in World of Animals, and acts as a physical powerhouse.

## Bio

Unaris is a trainer inside the Tender Touch gym. She can be seen relatively early on post Buhemon, but she only joins the party after the group uncovers a wicked spirit in the decrepit land of Eden. During that moment, players realize she's the star of a secret wrestling show hosted at the gym after hours. After bringing clergywoman Brusis over to help fill her shift, the group was able to bring her along to overpower the wicked spirit, who'd then be revealed to be Muerdio, the young lord of Eden.

## Character Description

Unaris stands at a staggering 7'2". She is a mighty tiger with fiery orange fur and black stripes, as well as a white-furred underbelly. She boasts biceps and legs that, individually, exceed Camiko in width. She's commonly seen wearing white shorts and a yellow short-sleeve, and commonly wears yellow boots tied up with shoelace. Her tail peeks out between her shorts and shirt.

* As a Wrestler - In turn-based battles, she stands upright with one foot planted forwards in a sort of fighting stance, and holds her dumbbell by one of the weights, her seeming to casually hold it behind her shoulder as her thick fingers wrap around said weight. When performing a normal attack, she rushes up towards her opponent, before performing an overhead swing and smashing the other weight upon the foe from above. A critical hit has her swing the dumbbell around before she holds its shaft with both hands, at which she swings it around in a circle several times, seeming to hit the opponent each time, before releasing with one hand and hurling the other end towards her back. When casting spells, Unaris flexes her free arm, before pulling it to her side, the spell seeming to manifest in her palm, before she thrusts her hand forwards and sends the spell at her target.

* As a Gladiator - Unaris stands nice and alert, wearing a set of gleaming, yellow armor while her glaive rests on her shoulder, blade raised high. She sizes up the enemy while occasionally tapping the head of her glaive on her shoulder. When she performs a normal attack, she flips the head to her other hand, before rushing forwards and ramming the blade into her foe. If she crits, she twirls her glaive around as she rushes towards the enemy, before jumping up and delivering a powerful stab downwards. If she uses Smash skills, she dashes forwards before ramming her fist into the enemy. Damaging spells has her flip the head towards the ground as magic pools into her hand, before she hurls it forwards.

* As a Heel - Unaris takes an offensive stance, one leg positioned forwards with her training her weight on it, her other leg back behind her as she keeps on arm in front of her. She wears a black wrestling singlet, it having yellow-colored vines running over it to make it spark. Normal attacks have her race towards the enemy, before rearing her leg back and delivering a powerful knee slam to the enemy. If she crits, she stretches her legs a little, before rushing towards her enemy and jumping to deliver her knee strike. Slash skills as her approach before kicking her right leg right to left across the enemy. Stab skills has her run towards her enemy, arms outstretched, before she brings her hands together to deliver a finger-first charge into her foe. Magical skill has her cup the magical spell, as if she's a street fighter preparing a fireball attack, before she hurls the spell forwards.

## Gameplay Stats

### Wrestler

Unaris wields a dumbbell, normal attacks dealing Smashing damage. She starts out with a couple of fire spells, attack buffs, and a few devastating physical skills. Attack attack attack is the name of her game. She's intended to deal more damage, via both physical and magic, though suffers from a lack of defense. Additionally, her MP growth is not terribly reliable, limiting the total amount of skills she can use.

The below assumes that Unaris is at about Level 1. Each stat is accompanied by their growth rate, representing approximately by how much either stat goes up each level up.

* Healthpoints (HP) - 30 (70%)
* Spell Points (SP) - 6 (5%)
* Strength (St) - 10 (60%)
* Magic (Ma) - 6 (40%)
* Endurance (En) - 3 (35%)
* Mentality (Me) - 2 (30%)
* Agility (Ag) - 5 (20%)
* Luck (Lu) - 7 (30%)

### Gladiator

Unaris wields the Glaive, and deals stabbing damage with normal attacks. As a Gladiator, Unaris gets a big boost to defenses, though her speed suffers harshly. She also gains access to some self-buff skills, which makes her quite dangerous, if not a more single-minded fighter in combat. Just be weary, as she becomes one of the more powerful physical classes.

### Heel

Unaris wields Muscle Braces, and deals Smashing damage with normal attacks. She gains a boost in attack ability, as well as access to more ailment-dealing physical attacks. Additionally, with the Heel class, Unaris has access to a wider array of physical skills, granting her access to Slash, Stab, and Smash attacks, with which to exploit any of those weaknesses if necessary! Just be weary, for her defenses begin to falter.

## Social Link

1. This starts out after she gets recruited to the team.
2. Unaris and Simone are in the field beside the church, where the tiger stretches. She says that she hadn't imagined working so close to the church before. Simone can then ask "Have a problem with them?" or "Think they're too wimpy?" To the former, she says no, they each work to better people's lives, she just does it differently. To the latter, Unaris scoffs and says that there are some scary people in there, even remarking that she can feel something powerful in Sesuna. Either way, right now she says that if she's going to work with church people, then she'll have to get to know this place. She asks Simone for a tour, at which he says that he's pretty new. Unaris seems surprised, saying that with how Mullo hung out with him, she thought for a moment... She then says that she could probably approach one of the clergy then.
She then asks him what's led him to serving the church. Simone can either say "I'm just coasting along" or "I'm hoping to meet someone". Unaris remarks that he doesn't sound very committal to the church. She supposes that may be ok for now, but he's probably not gonna be happy if he's just doing the bare minimum in his career hunting. She then apologizes for getting invasive there, and says that she just kinda wants to dive into a problem to get it dealt with. Simone can either say "No problem" or "I'd prefer if you didn't". Unaris will then say that now she supposes she'll get acquainted with the church, and says that she might want to know more about her teammate.
3. Unaris decides to bring Simone with her to Tender Touch. There, depending on how frequently Simone visits, she'll either say she sees him here a lot, or that Simone should visit here a little more, considering his line of work. She tells him that she'll spot him. He approaches a bench to perform bench presses. There, he lifts the provided weight while Unaris stands overhead, where she tells him to keep it up. As he does, the guy he saw Unaris wrestling before shows up, that wolf named Barry. There, he asks to make sure Unaris is ok. The tiger assures him that she is and asks why he's concerned. The wolf says that ever since he's been hanging out with that mink that she's been coming back with cuts and bruises. Unaris assures him that it's now big deal, though the wolf persists and asks what they're doing.
Simone can then say either "Beating bad guys" or "Exploring new places". Either way, he says that it sounds like she's getting into a lot more dangerous stuff than a workout, and says that the gym'd hate to see her hurt badly. Unaris waves off his concerns and says they can talk later, she's with someone. With that, Barry leaves, and Unaris and Simone continue the session. Eventually, they finish, at which Simone can remark "That seemed like a genuine concern" or "You're too strong for warnings, right?" To the former, Unaris says that she's kind of the woman of metal, and kind of indestructible. To the latter, she says "for sure", and says that those guys don't gotta worry. She's trying to make things better, so of course things are going to get hard for her. Though, she can't blame the guys, she's sort of been made the face of the gym. She appreciates them, she really does. They're kinda like a small family for her. She then stretches and says that it seems like their workout is ending. They should probably clean up and head out now.
4. Unaris brings Simone with her to a section of Tender Touch, where she brings her arm up to arm wrestle. She says she could tell he was strong, but figured she'd like to personally see how strong he is. Simone can either say "Ok, bring it" or "I'm not confident". To the former, she nods enthusiastically and assures she'll bring it. To the latter, she remarks "nonsense", and says that this is just a moment of fun. Either way, Simone is coaxed into approaching her, and arm wrestling. It quickly ends in her winning.
She remarks that he wasn't too bad. She also says he could use some more training under her, though. Simone seems to ask how she got so tough herself. And Unaris says that, for a while, that was all she had to gain. Her family was awfully poor, to the point that they couldn't afford education for her. So, she had to work some hard labor to gather money, which meant she had to get tough. From delivering letters, to helping with stocking the market shelves, to helping move crates full of the guards' equipment around. The tougher the job, the more money she got, and one day she was able to get his family somewhere nice. The city doesn't exactly have a middle ground between those in the slums and those in the shiny houses, so she helped them to move out. But, around that time, a few people she got to know through her work began to set up an establishment that'd really help her out.
So, her family went to a nice town, **Migu**, and she stays here. She helps people workout, puts on a nightly spectacle for certain parties, and would send bonus money to her family out there. Simone can then ask "Why the workout?" or "Do you think you'd go out with them?" To the former, Unaris says that she owes her current standing to all of her workout back in the day, and she didn't really have a convenient way to work her muscle besides labor. To the latter, she says that that's a toughy, it isn't a totally glamorous city, but ultimately it's what she's familiar with. She says that she'll keep up her muscles, try and raise morale around here, and right now she's interested in bringing Simone's muscles up.
5. Unaris and Simone are working out, Simone doing some weightlifting while Unaris is spotting. As she does, her wrestling partner, Barry, comes in looking a little shaken up. Seeing him, Unaris brings the session to an immediate halt and turns to the wolf, asking him what's wrong. He shudders and says that her replacement was really rough with him last night. Unaris seems alarmed and asks him what she did. Barry assured that she fixed him up, certainly.
She wound up breaking his arm and ribs and got the owner to cut off the match and send everyone out. Brusis cast some restorative magic on him, which was good because if they were to take him to an infirmary, his bones would've probably partially healed and left him permanently screwed up. Hearing that, Unaris seems steamed and turns to Simone, saying that they have to talk with that bear fast. With that, she immediately rushes off, Simone following behind her. Eventually, the duo makes it to the church, at which Simone can then say "This isn't like Brusis" or "What'll we do if we have to replace her?" To the former, Unaris agrees that she was awfully friendly when they first met, and perhaps there's something wrong going on. To the latter, Unaris says that she's not sure, but assures him that replacement will be a last resort.
Once entering, Unaris quickly finds Brusis, who greets the tiger. She greets her back, though says that she has important matters to discuss. The bear wonders what she means, when the tiger brings up Barry's injury. Brusis said that she was confused, it seemed like a normal fight, but then there was confusion when she inflicted actual damage. Unaris asked if no one made sure she knew that it was just a show. Brusis seems more confused, though Unaris proceeds to explain. There should've been rehearsals, directions, safe words, so on. Otherwise, people get hurt, like Barry did. Brusis admits that she just sort of thought someone was volunteering to fight to incapacitation. Unaris says that that's not what it is at all. She tells her that she needs to seek those guys out about performances, asap. At the very least before she fights Barry again.
After that, the two are out by the church, and Unaris sighs and says that she's sure that bear should be fine now. Simone can say "You got pretty scary there" or "I didn't realize so much went into those matches". To either, Unaris says that, though people make fun of it, wrestling is still a performance that could still get people hurt. It's spectacle, but there's still an element of danger to all of it, as seen with Barry. Still, she's alarmed over Brusis just thinking such a thing was the norm here. She supposes she should look into that bear more at a later date, though for now they'll hope that Barry keeps safe.
6. Simone finds Unaris at the town gate, speaking up one of the trolley-men. Seeing him approach, Unaris turns towards Simone and address him. She sees that Simone's wondering what the occasion was. To that, she replies that she spoke to Brusis about those matches she talked about before. Apparently, she grew up in **Ruum**, and there boasted arena battles tougher than anything she's ever seen. Unaris figured she'd check one of these out, Brusis said that those offered an awful lot of money.
Simone can then say "Will you be safe?" or "This doesn't sound good." Unaris laughs the reaction off and says that Simone saw her fight, they should know she'll be safe! With that, they step onto the trolley, and the horseman manning it rides off... The dup soon arrives at Ruum, a lakeside city dressed in marble, or at least it was. There's a bunch of modern houses built around and between the various ruined houses, them being taped off with velvet lines to keep the average passerby out. The streets themselves seem perfectly walkable. And at the far end of the city is a large, cylinder-shaped structure with layers upon layers of archways and a main gate with a few people lining up before it. Unaris says that a bunch of high-class guys apparently swooped in and bought out the place. Now they're treating the ruins like some kind of zoo. The residents get new housing, though are made to act the way they've been living, just with an audience.
Unaris looks at the big cylinder, and furrows her face. Unaris says that she thinks she'll be here for a while, and recommends Simone to check out the town and wait. She's not sure if she'll be back soon enough. Unaris walks away, and now Simone can look around, seeing a few farmers tending to fields that are beyond red velvet lines, people manning less-developed shops, so on. Eventually, Unaris returns and says that she's managed to sign up. Simone can then say "Shouldn't you just watch?" or "Is it safe?" Unaris then says that she's not sure if she can get a proper read on the event unless she's actually in the thick of it. She says it may be a while, so they should head back to Rusal now.
7. Simone finds Unaris back at the gate and paying the horseman. She sees Simone before noting that they're right on time. One of her fights was about to happen right here, and she felt that at least someone from the group should see it. Simone seems uncertain about whatever Unaris wrapped herself up in, though feels he should keep an eye on her. He joins her on the trolley, and the roll out to Ruum. Once there, the group approaches the line before the cylinder. Unaris says she already paid for a ticket for Simone, just look out for her. She rushes off, and Simone reaches out towards her.
Either way, he enters into the building and is positioned on one of the chairs down at ground level, where he notices several onlookers are either Ruum residents, or well-dressed individuals. And in the middle is a large, sand-covered arena, it even in level all around. A pair of gates on either side open up, and out come one warrior from either one. They each wear gladiator-like armor, one being a gator guy wielding a warhammer, the other being Unaris wielding a glaive. Simone feels uncertain, and watches as the two rush towards each other.
The gator tries to ram the head of his weapon, though the tiger's able to swing the shaft of her weapon down to deflect the oncoming attack, before rushing in to smash her elbow into her opponent's abdomen. While he's stunned, she brings up her glaive and rams it forwards, slamming the butt into his chest. The battle keeps on going on, Unaris taking a few dangerous smashes from the gator, though her replying with a few swings and strikes of her glaive. After enough work, she's able to overpower the gator, though is looking worse for wear.
Following that, and some cheers, Unaris is out and Simone can talk to her. Simone asks "What was that?!" or "You could've died!" Unaris says that this is far from her first rodeo. Simone raises a brow and is obviously concerned. Unaris says that she's been putting on a show this whole time, and to be honest, the more she gets involved in with real world danger, the more she's realizing how much her training isn't going to cut it. And, well, she's been getting to learn more about fighting through a trial by fire.
She knows it looks scary, but the organizers make sure nothing lethal happens. Simone still seems worried, and can say "I don't think you should" or "Please be careful". To the former, Unaris says that if it gets too much for her, their friend group will know first. To the latter, she says that she will.
8. Simone goes to the gym, ready to go through another workout. However, when he's there, he can't quite find her. As he's searching, Barry comes in. He says that after the two of them spoke with Unaris' substitute, she's been appearing less and less. And when she does come back, she's significantly more wounded than ever before! Simone takes in the news, and assures Barry that they'll keep an eye on her. Barry says that Simone better, they're all getting worried at Tender Touch. And with that, Simone quickly rides over to Ruum.
The carriage soon stops there, and he gets off. He rushes out into the streets, and sees the arena he'd visited before empty, many people coming out. And among them is Unaris, who's seen clutching her arm while hoisting a burlap sack. She sees Simone before her, the mink saying "Your friends are really worried" or "I'm getting concerned". Unaris says that she's toughing it out, she can take a blow or two. Simone then explains about Tender Touch, at which she announces that that'll be the best part! Though, Simone'll have to keep this a secret, there's no telling what they'll do if they find out where the influx of money's come from.
Simone seems alarmed and seems to suggest that this isn't worth keeping a secret over. But Unaris assures them that this is the best plan. She knows her strength, and as a result, she can get to the higher rungs of the fights. And now, she's getting a lot of money as a result! She can make things so much better for her friends! Especially if she takes out what the guys are calling the **Blade Breaker**. Simone still seems unsure, though can say "I don't know if I can stay quiet" or "You're getting really into this". Either way, Unaris says that she'll know when to throw the towel.
9. Again, Unaris is beginning to head out. Simone looks in the direction of Tender Touch in concern, unfortunately feeling compelled to do what Unaris asks. They rush after the tiger, before coming into the carriage with her. She greets Simone and asks if they're coming to see her fight. Simone can then say "I want to keep an eye on you" or "I'd like to see you fight". Unaris nods and lies back. The carriage rides until they eventually reach Ruum.
Simone follows her, she goes into the arena entrance, and Simone goes towards the spectator's area. He looks down, and soon Unaris enters, dressed in her armor and wielding her glaive. Meanwhile, on the other side, a gate far larger than the others opens up. And from out of it comes a large lioness wielding a greatsword seemingly as large as its wielder. She holds the blade aloft and approaches, Unaris holding her glaive and rushing towards her foe. She's about to swing her glaive down on her opponent, when the foe blocks her. She swings the butt of her sword forwards, managing to disorient Unaris.
While she's stumbling, she swings at her midsection and manages to bring her stumbling around. While she's stumbling, the lioness swings her sword around to hit her from the other direction, making her stumble again. Simone was starting to feel weary at Unaris' struggling against this foe. Moreso as Unaris only narrowly sidestepped an overhead swing. She went in to strike the foe with her glaive, making her shudder a little, though the lioness grabbed the shaft of the weapon and yanked Unaris in for a headbutt.
The fighting went on, Unaris seeming to struggle against the lioness though still managing to land what looked like dangerous blows on her. Still, it seemed as though the Blade Breaker was eeking out over Unaris. Simone grows more and more worried, especially as Unaris is forced down onto a knee as she blocks a flurry of overhead swings. And then, the time seems to freeze as players are told that "This is a life-changing decision. Choose your ally's fate". They're presented two options: "Help her" - which leads Unaris down the path of the Heel, who has some of the highest physical power, as well as access to the widest range of physical skills. "Believe in her" - which leads Unaris down the path of the Gladiator, who garners more defense, though has many moves intent on delivering painful ailments on the foe.
-**Help her** - Simone decides they can't keep watching this. They leap down from the spectator seats and into the arena, before rushing at the Blade Breaker. They're met with loud boos, netting the intention of the two combatants. Unaris seems alarmed by Simone's boldness, while the Blade Breaker seems disgusted at their rashness. Simone comes in and swings, though the lioness swivels her blade around to block them. Fortunately, this puts less pressure on Unaris, who's able to toss the blade off of her and deliver a powerful punch into the Blade Breaker's stomach. They're winded, and this is followed by Simone bringing their sword off of the greatsword to strike at her. The two are able to utilize a combo, though one harsh swing from the Blade Breaker sends Unaris' glaive hurtling into the distance. She's fine with this, for show rushes in to grapple the foe and deliver some harsh suplexes, sucker punches, and finishing her with a monstrous body slam that seems to shatter her armor. With the Blade Breaker down, several of the business men begin to come down into the arena, at which Unaris says that they should run. With that, the two are forced to beat a hasty retreat.
-**Believe in her** - Simone looks on Unaris with concern, though seems to believe that she can pull out of this. They grip the railing tighter and tighter as the tiger keeps on resisting. Eventualy, she's able to hurl herself to the side to avoid a swing that would've broken her defense. Once down, she swung at the lioness' legs and causes her to trip a little. This is followed with her delivering a rising uppercut right to the opponent's chin. The Blade Breaker's stumbling back and dazed, and she delivers a combo of glaive swings, going from beating her with the blunt end of the weapon to scraping the armor with the sharp blade. The Blade Breaker's able to pierce her armor and dig into the tiger's side, though she's not losing to that! She holds the foe's sword and keep her in place long enough for her to swing her head in an uppercut motion, clocking the Blade Breaker right on the chin and making her stumble. Unaris tosses the greatsword aside, before grabbing the Blade Breaker by the throat and chokeslamming her, dealing enough damage to knock her out. Seeing that, Simone emphatically cheers at her victory. The two are able to meet outside of the arena, Unaris now with a sack that seems about half her size. She seems to be in pain while walking, so Simone approaches to give her a helping hand and lead her out of here.
10. Rank 10 is different depending on the Life Changing choice at 9.

* **Heel Route** - This occurs if players helped her out during her fight in the arena. Here, players are back at the gym, though hanging out near the locker rooms. Unaris remarks that, despite common sense, she tried to approach Ruum, and, sure enough, they don't want to see her anywhere near there. Though, she supposes that that's for the better, that lioness was pretty dangerous there... Simone can then ask "Are you feeling ok?" or "How're you holding up?" Unaris says that she's doing alright, but she's just a little miffed about the gold.
That could've really helped out people around here in Rusal, but for it to be behind such a dangerous wall... Simone seem solemn and pats her shoulder. As they talk, though, Barry and the porcupine owner step up to her. Barry says that he really appreciates seeing her come here again. Unaris says that she's always visiting, but Barry says that the more she goes out, the more he gets worried, because she seems to always come back with another wound. And, he's gotten really scared that one day she wouldn't come back. Hearing that, Unaris gives pause.
Simone suggests that they speak somewhere else, and so they're brought to one of the backrooms of the gym. It appears that Unaris has explained a little bit of what's going on. The porcupine especially seems stunned, remarking at how much money those guys are putting on people's livelihoods. Barry says that it sounds like Unaris was under a lot of threat there. If anything had happened... The porcupine does admit that while that gold would've been nice, it wouldn't have been worth it if it meant losing her. Unaris is a very special lady around here.
Unaris assures that, even if she wanted to now, she won't be able to go back there. The two guys give pause, before the porcupine speaks up and says that they've been through worse, and they'll get through any money troubles together as well. If it ever looks like Unaris will be under threat, the porcupine wants her to promise that she'll come back here. Unaris says that the church's getting involved in more and more, and she's kind of become part of something bigger. But, she promises, that she will be careful. After all, she does have some good friends keeping an eye on her back.
After that, the two leave the room, with Unaris saying that she is thankful for what Simone did there. Unaris herself could use the extra sense, especially after the thrashing that Blade Breaker gave her. Simone gives her a thumbs up. She says that she's gotten to understand her limits a little better, and she's greatful for that. She knows that she'll be working her hardest to get past those, but she also knows that she has a guardian angel to keep an eye on her back. Simone smiles and says "I'll be sure to spot you" or "I'll keep an eye on you". With this, the Social Link is finished, and Unaris is officially awarded with the title of **Heel**.
* **Gladiator Route** - This occurs if players stood back and let her fight. After this, the two are seen in an Unaris' room in the church, them looking over the various pieces of gold and counting. Partway through, Unaris remarks that those guys in Ruum don't want her back, she's a bit too tough for them to handle. And as funny as that is, it's probably for the best. That Blade Breaker got really close to really hurting her. Simone nods at that, seeming happy with her decision.
She supposes it makes sense why Brusis wouldn't be willing to stay in a space like that, but also makes sense why she's so tough. Simone can then say "You flew real close to the sun" or "That could've gone a lot worse". Unaris admits that they're right. After the Ruum stuff, she decided that she'd have to work on her own defenses, which is why he started looking into that armor she wore to battle there.
She says that it was still pretty exhilarating. And on top of that, this gold is going to make a lot of people happy. It may take a while for the gold to do its work, but she'll be sure to hand this off to Tender Touch and prepare things. Simone nods happily at that, though seems curious about her herself. Unaris says that, when she got really harmed there, she had a thought back to her behavior.
Barry was really worried for her, and she didn't remark it to much. But no, she is very fallible. So, she thinks that once her responsibilities with the church are over, that she should call it quits with adventuring, at least for a while. Simone can then say "That sounds like a good idea" or "I understand". Unaris nods at Simone's affirmation, before thanking them for standing by her, and trying to talk her out of her inanity. She'll still do whatever she can to benefit the group.
Simone nods and reaches to shake her hand. Unaris grins and takes their hand in a rough grip, remarking that Simone's grip is feeling a bit tougher too! Simone is still visibly pained. Unaris releases her grip and again thanks Simone, and tells them to not stop getting stronger. With this, the Social Link is finished, and Unaris is officially awarded with the title of **Gladiator**.

## Trivia

* Tha and subsequent fire skills is based off how the word for "fire" in welsh is "thanau"
* Phw and subsequent strength up skills is based off how the word for "pump" in welsh is "phwmpio"
* Rhu and subsequent multi-target fire skills is based off how the word for "scorch" is rhuddo