Adenine Brennan

**Adenine Brennan** (Kecleon) is a supporting character in Bandits of the Forest. She is a member of the Foresters and head of tailoring, responsible of mending damaged uniforms. She sometimes works alongside Pandora when designing armors.

## History

### Prior to Rising Stardust

Adenine grew up in the Wick Kingdom with her parents and an older brother. At a young age, she was taught how to sew and design clothes before helping her family run the shop. Their shop is frequented by the townsfolk of their hometown with the occasional upperclassman perusing their displays.

When she was ten, Adenine and her family traveled to the Senbo Kingdom to visit distant family members. At some point, Adenine got lost in the capital and tried to find her family. She was discovered by a couple of Senbo residents and accused as a Wick Kingdom spy due to her accent, which terrified her. In the midst of the accusations, Prince Erasmus Talbot (who was donning rags to blend in) intervened and scared off her bullies. Erasmus arranged for them to meet again at a later point in the day. Adenine at some point reunited with her family.

Adenine and Erasmus would stay in touch and send letters to each other over the years. She would often visit the capital and stay with her relatives as an excuse to see him. At some point, they confessed their feelings for each other and kept their relationship secret for years with only Erasmus' personal guards keeping their silence.

Prior to joining the Foresters, Adenine was ran out of her hometown for an unknown reason. This is what eventually led her to joining the Foresters as she needed a place to stay.

## Personality

Adenine is a sweet country girl who tries to maintain an upbeat attitude around her peers. She's hardworking and passionate about her work as a seamstress. She comes from a proud family of tailors, though gets embarrassed when talking about her other rowdy relatives.

Adenine is very anxious and emotional. She has a fear of the upper class due to her past dealing with snooty customers at her family's shop. She lives in constant terror whenever she's out in high societal public, worried she will be judged for her background and accent. This is due to her traumatic experience of being excused as a Wick Kingdom spy when she was young. The only exceptions are Melissa, who she has reconciled with after a tense/awkward introduction, and Prince Erasmus, her boyfriend.

Adenine tends to get offended when certain stereotypes of her country heritage are brought up.

## Abilities/Skills

**Overall Abilities-** Adenine was trained by the Foresters and passed the entrance exam. Since she stays in Fort Lucus most of the time, she rarely gets into a fight or shows off her combat capabilities. However, she is capable of distracting a large crowd to give herself and allies enough time to escape.

**Seamstress/Tailor-** Adenine was taught at a young age how to mend clothes and eventually learned to make full ensembles. She is the head of tailoring, often getting requests to make adjustments to the uniforms.

**Battle Umbrella-** Whenever Adenine leaves Fort Lucus, she comes equipped with her battle umbrella. Normally, it is disguised as a standard, fancy umbrella. When used it battle, the exterior is removed to reveal its metallic coating. The canopy can be used as a shield, but its primary function is for her weather manipulation.

### Moveset

**Ability-** Color Change

* Thunder
* Camouflage
* Rain Dance
* Blizzard
* Protect
* Flash

### Enhanced Moves

* **Stormy Emotions-** A combination of Thunder and Rain Dance. Though not officially named, Adenine's emotions can trigger a storm cloud to bloom over her head. She tries to keep her anger in check because of the inconvenience of the storm cloud.
* **Heartbeat Flash Burst-** A combination of Rain Dance, Thunder, and Flash. Adenine calls down a lightning bolt from one of her storm clouds and strikes her umbrella. She shields herself and any allies under it and releases a blinding flash all around herself, followed by a thunderous boom. The blast imitates a flash bang, inflicting temporary disorientation and blindness to everyone around her.

## Trivia

* Adenine's name was inspired by the Xenoblade Chronicles 2 character of the same name.
	+ Adenine comes from the nucleobase adenine, a biochemical molecule responsible for certain cellular functions, such as energy storage and protein synthesis.

* Brennan comes from the Irish "*Ó Braonáin",* meaning "descendant of Braonán". It means "rain, moisture, drop".