Nephrite

## Physical Informations

Nephrite is a secondary character from the Ministry Succession Tournament verse. A humanoid robotic being created by Illyricus, she acts as an idol and entertainer inside the Cube, being very popular due her cute appearance and her passion while hosting events of any kind. She acts as the hostess and referee of the Ministry Succession Tournament. She's part of the Seven (Fake) Heavenly Maids.

## Appearance

Nephrite appears as a slightly tall, lithe and fair skinned android with dark green hair and purple eyes. She has very long hair that she wears into two high twin-tails. She wears earrings on her ears.

She wears a marine blue uniform consisting in a tight, short jacket with long sleeves and a short skirt, also displaying white parts, overall giving the image of belonging to a religious order with a very customized uniform. Her legs are covered with a pair of elegant black boots, that are in truth her feet. A pair of green tron lines are present on her legs, a signal of her non-human nature. They glow in a greenish light when she activates them, and can generate more on her body when she uses more of her power.

Depending on the round, she changes her outfits in order to fit the “mood” of the fight better.

She carries a green gemstone in the inside of her body, that is basically her soul.

## Personality

By far the kindest and most sociable of her sisters, Nephrite is girly, easygoing and friendly, rarely getting mad at someone. Due to her good qualities, she’s some kind of idol inside the Ministry, being very popular and having a lot of fans. She can be terrible the rare times she gets angry, though, but usually hides that with a smile due to professionalism.

At the time of commenting events, she switches between two personalities. On one hand, she acts cutesy and idol-like in casual, lighthearted events; on the other, she becomes very hotblooded and excited to the point of looking incredibly deranged in extreme, more dangerous events. She believes a good commentator is fundamental at the time of entertaining people, so she always gives the best of her. Her over the top narration (contrasting with her cute appearance) also plays a factor in her popularity.

## History

The fifth of the Maids, carrying the **green** gem. Created 40 years before the current timeline. The motive behind the creation was because Illyricus wanted to give some life to the Cube by hosting events and he needed someone with the charisma to pull it (the other four Maids didn’t meet the expectations). Nephrite was an instant hit in the audience, as her more affable behavior compared to her oldest sisters made people like her more.

Nephrite got more and more popular with the game, hosting all kinds of events, from wrestling, to cooking shows, investigation reports, New Year Eve’s programs, Leviathan hunts and, especially, the Famine Plays, the star event of the Ministry. It went to a point almost every show was presented by her in some way. Her charisma transcended even the Cube, with some countries inviting her to TV shows and other events of national level.

## Abilities

**Strength:** Very high. Way stronger than the mob gods and normal humans, but not to the level of those participating in the tournament.

**Speed & Agility:** Very high. By far the fastest and more agile of her sisters, can travel at the speed of sound at maximum and easily evade attacks.

**Durability:** Above average. Can withstand strong hits due to having a metallic body, but very strong attacks will damage her.

**Stamina:** Unlimited. Due to being a mechanical being, she doesn’t feel fatigue of any kind and can fight non stop until she’s destroyed.

**Automaton Physiology**: Due to being a mechanical being, she not only possesses a sturdier body than those of flesh beings, but can stay in water indefinitely without drowning and, due a lack of lungs, nerves and other fleshy parts, is immune to most poisons and gas (though she’s still vulnerable to corrosive substances like acid). Likewise, she’s unable to feel pain.

**Regeneration**: Being fabricated with a self-regenerative material from some world Illyricus visited, she can recover from certain wounds and regenerate her body. However, if she receives more damage than what she can heal, she’ll be destroyed.

**Unarmed Combat Expert**: Unlike her sisters, Nephrite doesn’t possess any weapon, fighting entirely with her body. As she normally uses her arms to shoot energy attacks, she fights almost exclusively with her legs, being able to throw devastating kicks and produce gusts of winds with a mere swing of her legs.

**Leg Modification**: Due to not possessing any weapon, Nephrite cannot generate them out of her body. Instead, she can modify the steel around her legs to make herself heavier and add power to her kicks.

**Energy Absorption**: Nephrite has the ability to absorb divine energy from her surroundings (similarly to what Slend does) to reunite it in her and charge attacks of energy. Depending on how much energy she accumulates, she can either shoot small attacks like an arrow, or perform more destructive, complex attacks. She can also shape the energy at her liking, usually in the shape of angel-like wings and a halo. The color of her energy is green.

**Dimensional Traveling**: A spatial manipulation ability given to her by Illyricus. With this, Nephrite can move freely from dimension to dimension through the space-time continuum without needing portals or Illyricus help.

## Techniques

“**Volund”**: A technique from the past performed by the Valkyries. With this, both the Valkyrie and the human connect their souls and by resonating with a similar emotion, turning the Valkyrie into the preferred weapon of the human. Due to Nephrite's automaton physiology, she cannot perform this technique perfectly, but can use a similar version with Illyricus. While doing this, she’ll adopt the shape of a pair of mechanical shoes, and will give the weapon her special ability. Because the technique is imperfect, she will only add her unique power to the weapon she turns into, so the dimensional techniques will not work.