Skirmisher

**Skirmisher**, also known as **Goubeng** (Chinese: 國崩 lit. Country Destroyer) or by his Soldat codename "**Balladeer**," was the supporting antagonist of Stella's Wondrous Adventure: Shendian Arc & Ostium Arc.

He is the Sixth of the Eleven Soldat Harbingers, Skirmisherk was created as a proof of concept to test Leiting's plans for an indestructible Gnosis-bearing puppet. With his creation accomplished, Leiting decided to leave him in a slumbering state, free from his control, as he had cried upon his creation. After awakening, Skirmisher came to believe that he had deemed him a failure and abandoned him. Following two other "betrayals," he became embittered by both gods and humanity, taking on the name "Goubeng" while wandering Shendian and joining the Soldat as its Sixth Soldat Harbinger, The Balladeer.

After recovering and learning that Medik was responsible for the Tabei-sha incident, Strelok erased all information of his entire existence from Irminsul, hoping to change the past and give those in the past a second chance in life. His efforts however only led to Athanor forgetting him rather than directly changing any past event. Skirmisher became the Wanderer as a result, though his new life of wandering only made him crave a purpose.

## Appearance

Skirmisher is described as having a slender figure and a beautiful face. He has a youthful appearance, short in height with indigo hair that covers his ears, as well as indigo eyes with bold red eyeliner.

His attire consists of black shorts and black sandals, and a large hat with four upwards-curving hooks along the circumference, and what seems to be his mask on the center. Two ornamental accessories hang from red threads attached to the back of his hat. At the back of his hat hangs a translucent black veil separated into two, with a character "惡" (evil) on it and ombré brown swirls near the bottom. Scaramouche wears a short-sleeved shirt with a crest resembling the Electro symbol on it, as well as a purple checkered pouch on his back. His overall attire resembles traditional Chinese wear.

## Personality

When Skirmisher awoke from his slumber, he was an individual that could be compared to a "blank slate" and was fairly pure and innocent in his gratefulness for the humans that had accepted him as one of them. However, his youth and lack of experience with the world prevented him from properly contextualizing and coping with the tragedies that happened in his life.

Accordingly, Skirmisher treats most people, especially regular humans, with contempt. While Skirmisher was one of the Harbingers, he would frequently abuse his Soldat subordinates, and he looked down on Beraneya and Znatny, calling them his "least reliable comrades."

## Abilities

**Semi-Immortality**: As a God's artificial creation, Skirmisher has a limitless lifespan and will not die of old age.

**Divine Physiology**: As a God's artificial creation, Skirmisher possesses physical abilities far greater than any ordinary Human. His body cannot be harmed by mortal weapons, however, he can still be harmed by unarmed attacks from individuals with superhuman strength and Divine Weapons.

**Expert Swordsmanship**: Skirmisher has also proven to be a master swordsman and being an extremely dangerous individual in combat. When he was confronted by Jianke Clan's Ancestor along with the Zuigao Clan, he managed to defeat multiple opponents in the "blink of an eye" as well as fatally wounding the head of the Zuigao Clan and nearly killing Jianke Clan Ancestor, who only survived because his hat blocked a fatal strike to his head.

## Battles

* Stella Ellison & Isabella vs Skirmisher