Bean

Mariko (Best friend)

Bean is a nomadic kitsune, on a quest to find new people and experience the world. After being sheltered for 2 centuries, she was finally allowed to explore by herself.

## Backstory

Bean was born into a long line of spiritual priests. As a kitsune, they are born with high amounts of aether, specializing in paranormal activity as well as shape-shifting. This family line has been known to be faithful guardians to the gods and other beings, compared to the stereotyped trickster. They are seen as “witch animals”, being able to summon other creatures, and cast spells.

As Bean grew up in the shrine, she was vigorously trained to be the successor of the temple. Day and night, she would train and learn new things to protect other beings, but after 50 years, it became extremely stale. The same routine, the same memo. Eventually, it seemed like a curse, being trapped in a house, not allowed to explore the world.

Through the years, she cultivated a passion for summoning and speaking to the recently deceased. Being able to console a disturbed soul, and putting them to peace gave her immense satisfaction. Listening to their life stories, and writing them down, never to be forgotten. That’s what gave her an insight to the outside world. It was so different from what she’d usually do, which were creating talismans, scrolls, and chanting mantras of protection.

After another 5 years of staying at the shrine, her parents found out about her secret, discovering her secret stash of books by accident. It recorded her experiences with the deceased. Seeing how much Bean wanted to stray away from the shrine, they let her go. Although they had high hopes of her becoming a lead shrine maiden, they also knew that she wouldn’t be happy doing so. Either way, she had numerous other siblings, and all of them are adequately trained. After saying her goodbyes, Bean embarked on a journey of self discovery and exploration.

Although Bean’s parents allowed complete freedom for her, it made more sense for her to be enrolled in an academy so she can learn about the world, and slowly accept new responsibilities and culture outside of the shrine. They enrolled her into AoA, the Academy of Aether, to cultivate new methods of using her aether as well as providing a safe environment for her while being outside. After leaving AoA, Bean knew that she needed to make a living for herself, a niche that only she’s able to accomplish and thrive easily. By bouncing from town to town, she can both meet new people, explore, and be self sustainable. Bean decided to be a nomadic medium. Linking the living and the dead, soothing them both. By renting out some land, and having her house placed, it saves a lot of money and time. Her mount summon Ted, wears traveling japanese robes, with a big hat that camouflages as her house. If he’s too massive in the city, Bean will put a shape shifting talismen on Ted, and everything will shrink to size.

## Appearance

She is a short kitsune with a short kimono resembling a shrine maiden's uniform. There is a massive roll of fur drapes around her shoulders with jewels at the end. Her kimono is multi layered, with the main color scheme being white, red, and yellow. There is a scroll on her back, attached to her sash. Her socks go up to her thighs and and wears zoris. Bean has a massive fluffy tail, and anyone looking upon it is inclined to puff it. It is almost the size of her entire body.

## Personality

When meeting Bean, she is extremely shy, and takes a little bit of time to break out of her shell and greet a new comrade. Although she is shy and more reserved, she trusts people easily. When you get to know her more, shes seen as a bubbly and eccentric character, always there to brighten the mood and get the ball rolling. When she's upset, she becomes closed off from the world, and locks herself away until its the right time to come back. Her emotions can get the better of her sometimes, so taking a step back is her best option. When Bean is mad, she can really raise hell to the person at the brunt of that anger. Her friends classify her as a "tsundere loli", but she says otherwise.

## Powers and Abilities

Using talisman and rolled up scrolls, Bean is able to see through the eyes of her summons and directly talk to them in their head. She uses talisman to communicate, and scrolls to see through their eyes. Talisman doesn't take any aether, but using the scrolls constantly drains her aether. The more scrolls she puts up, the more aether is drained (but not a substantial amount) . If she has all 5 scrolls up, it only consumes 1/5th of her aether.

Active
 Soul Split
 Synchronize

## Summons

Bean is able to create summons to guard her. She can summon a maximum of 5 guards, and they all have different classifications. Each summon has a common trait such as a fox mask, or eastern-Asian themed clothing. Each summon comes from different backgrounds, and in some cases, different races.

 Age
 Race
 Skills
Using this skill allows the damage to seep out of allies in the form of skulls. The user can then absorb it into themselves, transforming them into extra firepower. Allies will increase in HP as a result.

Chant
Chants unholy scripture increasing the strength and defense of allies while being in a certain range of the tank.

Counter Dash
 Backstory
 Weapons
A massive shield which can be used as defense or offense.

Fists
Better with hand to hand combat and crushing enemies than using an actual weapon. That’s what the hero/warrior is for you. Super close range and his mass is enough to intimidate.

 Name
 Age
 Race
 Gender
 Skills
Being able to switch places with another party member. Usually done with the tank.

Reflect
Being able to reflect the attack on his blade. It only works if the attack isn’t stronger than her. If someone else is stronger than her, her sword will crack. She replaces her sword often as she's quite ignorant.

Dragon Dance
 Backstory
 Weapon
A regular, everyday sword.

 Name
 Age
 Race
 Skills
Revealing all enemies within a given enclosure. This lasts for about 3 minutes, and applies to all allies. For the user themselves, each kill will stack up their damage. Up to a 3 stack within the 3 minute time limit.

Cloak
Disappears into the shadows, using it to escape. This can apply to stationary or mobile units. He can even hide in an ally’s shadow. During the night, he can blend into the darkness, only seeing his red eyes gleaming.

Piercing Shot
 Backstory
 Weapon
A standard, everyday bow.

## Trivial Information

* Bean has one tail as a base, and the number of tails increase with the number of summons she creates.
* Each summon has their own health bar and aether bar, and their own stats. They basically just work independently, with Bean's guidance.
* Summoning them takes large amounts of aether, but afterwards, they work independently.
* Unless another character’s a soul user, or can see spirits or the undead, they cannot see the health or aether bar of Bean’s summons.