Little Red Riding Hooded Mercenary

* Little Red Riding Hooded Mercenary
* Wolf in her Nightmares

* Stats
* Resistances

* Stats
* Resistances

> *"…Watch out. The Wolf is the sole reason for the Red Hood to exist, in a way."*
> - Gebura
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Little Red Riding Hooded Mercenary is an Abnormality support unit, and the first Abnormality Battle of the Floor of Language.

Having her deal the final blow to the Wolf in her Nightmares or suppressing both of the abnormalities will make Gebura's Floor level up to Level 2 and provide its 3 Abnormality Pages: Prey, Vengeance and Crimson Scar.

Little Red Riding Hooded Mercenary's stage consists of a forest landscape, with bare trees in the background. The sky seems to have thick clouds and a bright blue crescent moon in the background, but the background turns a bright crimson color as her Rage Meter increases.

Little Red's appearance is of a dark figure with black clothes and a red hood. She wears a mask resembling a fanged mouth that covers half of her face. Only a single yellow eye can be seen on her face. She has several scars and bandages on her body. She wields shotgun-like pistols and a scythe-like ax. On the other side of the stage is the Wolf in her Nightmares, resembling a big wolf. It has black fur, blue eyes and a sharp jagged tail. Little Red has 200  HP and 400  Stagger while the Wolf has 500  HP and 100  Stagger. Little Red has 2  Speed Dice of 4~6 and starts with 3  Light. The Wolf starts with 3  Speed Dice of 2~5 and starts with 5  Light.

Little Red uses a deck consisting of 5 Combat cards. The Wolf uses a deck consisting of 4 Combat cards. With a grand total of 9 Abnormality exclusive cards.

Little Red Riding Hooded Mercenary has 5 **Passive Abilities**:

* **Speed I**: Speed Dice Slot +1
* **End of the Nightmare**: "The battle is won if the Mercenary finishes off the Wolf; the battle is lost if the Mercenary dies before the Wolf does."
* **No Hesitation**: "Uses 'Strike Without Hesitation' every 2-3 Scenes, targeting all characters."
* **Rage**: "When the Rage meter is filled, enters a state of rage. The Rage meter rises upon taking damage from the Wolf, and decreases upon dealing damage to the Wolf. The screen becomes redder as the Rage meter fills. Rage: Lasts 2 Scenes. Gain +2   each Scene, and use mass attack pages"
* **Fury with No Outlet**: "If a librarian lands a killing blow on the Wolf, the Abnormality enters an 'Fury with No Outlet' state, and gains additional Max  HP and  Stagger Resist. Afterwards, recover 50% of Max  HP and fully recover  Stagger Resist. Fury with No Outlet: Permanently persists. Gain +5   and   each Scene, and use mass attack pages"

Wolf in her Nightmares has 3 **Passive Abilities**:

* **Speed II**: Speed Dice Slot +2
* **Roaring Wolf**: "Uses 'Howl' every 3~4 Scenes, targeting all characters."
* **Howling Nightmare**: "When HP falls to 50% or lower, gain a  Speed Dice and use Howl every Scene."

## Behavior and Decks

Little Red's deck includes many pages that deal debuffs and  Stagger damage to the Wolf, while the Wolf is trying to anger and  Little Red.

After 2-3 Scenes, Little Red will use her Mass-Summation Attack page,  on all Allies and the Wolf. As a Mass Attack, it targets a random  speed die on each target and will take effect immediately at the beginning of the combat phase. To block the attack, each target must play a Combat Page in the targeted die, whose dice rolls sum equal or higher than the Mass Attack's die roll (this Combat Page does *not* need to target the Mass Attack's Speed die). Each enemy or ally hit by the attack will give Little Red +1 .

After 1-2 scenes since Little Red used her Mass Attack page, the Wolf will use his Mass-Summation Attack page, , targeting all Librarians and Little Red.

Every time the Wolf in Her Nightmares deals damage to Little Red, it will increase her rage meter by 15%, while a hit from Howl raises it by 30%. Every time Little Red deals damage to the Wolf, it will decrease the Rage meter by -10%. The current Rage is indicated by a red tint extending from left to right across the screen. Once it reaches 100%, she will gain 2  and use the Mass Attack page . This effect lasts for 2 scenes and should reset the Rage Meter back to 0% afterward. Unlike the other two Mass Attacks, Bullet Shower is a Mass-Individual attack; the attack page played by each target must block all three  attack dice to fully negate the damage.

When the Wolf drops under 50%  HP, his  Howling Nightmare passive activates; he gains one  Speed Die and uses Howl every turn.

If Little Red is not allowed to finish the Wolf herself, Little Red will enter a Berserk Mode, "Fury with No Outlet." This effect doubles her Max  HP (300), decreases her  Stagger multiplier (0.25), and she will only use Mass Attack Pages in her first slot (Strike Without Hesitation and Bullet Shower) and gain 5  and  every scene. This effect is permanent and will not be removed.

Dice:
- 4~8  Evade
On Clash Win, All dice on this page gain **+2** **Power**
- 3~7  Slash
On Clash Win, Recover 6  **HP**
- 3~7  Slash
 3x Beast Hunt    **Range**:  Melee - **Cost**: 0  Lights
Dice:
- 2~9  Evade
- 5~10  Slash
 2x Hollow-point Shell    **Range**:  Range - **Cost**: 0  Lights
Dice:
- 4~8  Pierce
 Strike Without Hesitation    **Range**:  Melee - **Cost**: 2  Lights
Dice:
- 4~8  Slash
 Bullet Shower    **Range**:  Melee - **Cost**: 1  Lights
Dice:
- 2~6  Pierce
- 2~6  Pierce
- 2~6  Pierce

Dice:
- 3~8  Slash
- 3~7  Slash
On Hit, Inflict 3  **Bind** next Scene
- 3~6  Block
- 4~8  Block
 3x Ferocious Fangs    **Range**:  Melee - **Cost**: 0  Lights
Dice:
- 5~9  Block
- 3~6  Pierce
On Hit, Recover 10  **HP**
- 4~8  Block
 2x Bloodstained Hunt    **Range**:  Melee - **Cost**: 0  Lights
- 4~8  Slash
On Hit, Inflict 3   next Scene
- 4~8  Pierce
On Hit, Inflict 3   next Scene
- 4~8  Slash
 Howl    **Range**:  Melee - **Cost**: 3  Lights
Greatly increase the Mercenary's Rage meter if it hits the Mercenary
Dice:
- 7~11  Blunt
On Hit, Deal 5  Stagger damage to target

## Strategy

One 'game plan' is to focus on debuffing the Wolf with conditions like  ,   and   so that Red can win clashes. Librarians should generally only force a clash with the Wolf on  speed dice that would otherwise result in one-sided attacks, or to mitigate damage if Red is low on health.

* inflicts 5  , crippling the Wolf's defensive and counter dice and allowing librarians to launch effective one-sided attacks.
* is a major source of  Stagger damage on the Wolf and further inflicts  , but is likely to lose clashes unassisted.
* Mass attacks: Librarians with Slash resistance (or that can simply afford to take the damage) should let  hit them to give Red the   boost.  causes unpleasant amounts of  HP and even more  Stagger damage and should be blocked.
	+ Avoid letting Red go into a rage if at all possible; the friendly fire from  is highly troublesome to block and can rapidly stagger or kill librarians.

## Flavour Text

* Screen
* Librarians

* "I’ll hang his head over my bed. Only then can I get up in the morning without having a nightmare."
* "I’m a professional. I appreciate your gesture, but no thanks; I can kill it myself."
* "I’ve been grinding the blade to behead that damned wolf."
* "Don’t stand in my way… This is my duty. I have to finish this request by my hand."
* "If you help me kill that son of a bitch… Then I’m willing to return the favor."

Rage
* "You think you can win against me? Don’t be ridiculous…"
* "DIE!!! Let me hear your horrendous yelp again!!!"
* "I can’t die to that bastard… Die… DIE!!!"

**Fury with No Outlet**
* "Are you trying to show off how stronger you are than me? Or couldn’t you trust me?"
* "Alright… If this is how you challenge me… Then I’ll slaughter you as you so wish!!!"
* "That blue mutt was mine to kill!!"

*On Kill*
* "She was still devoted to her one duty."

**Assistants**: *Combat Entrance*
* "Dude, that’s tense… What’s up with these two, anyway?"
* "This is why… We had to stop the two from facing each other at all cost…"

*On Kill*
* "Feels weaker than before… But still scary nonetheless."
* "That was a nasty crossfire we were caught in…"

## Gallery

Little Red BackgroundLittle Red Background (after rage meter is full)Little Red Sprite SheetWolf in her Nightmares Sprite Sheet**Combat Sprites**

Little Red

DefaultMovingAttackRanged AttackEvadeUsing Mass-Attack 'Strike Without Hesitation'Using Mass-Attack 'Bullet Shower'DamagedWolf in her Nightmares

DefaultMovingAttack 1 'Claw'Attack 2 'Bite'BlockUsing Mass-AttackDamagedAttack VFX

'Hollow-point Shell' VFX'Strike Without Hesitation' VFXBullet Shower VFXWolf Slash VFXWolf Pierce VFX

## References

1. ↑ "Red Riding Hooded Mercenary Help?" — r/libraryofruina, Reddit.