Earta Dominic

> The sooner we get this done, the better... I don't trust Sable one bit.
>
> Earta Dominic

Earta Dominic is a side character and former minor antagonist in Team OPRA's story. She is a member of the Six Merry Murderesses in Vale, having joined them while serving a prison sentence for murdering her husband. Her weapon of choice is a collection of throwing knives.

## Appearance

### Physical

Earta stands at 5'6 and has a slender, feminine frame. She has dark brown skin with lavender purple eyes, a round head shape and dark brown hair that is locked into dreads and are tied into a half up half down look. Earta also has a beauty mark on the left side next to her lip.

### Attire

Earta's attire consists of a dark grey crop top with a matching dark grey long sleeved open crop top over it that is attached by three belts across her chest. Over that Earta then wears a black jacket with deliberately large sleeves that allow her to hide her throwing knives under. On her legs, Earta wears a pair of black leather pants that are tucked into a pair of knee-high black and white lace up boots.

## Personality

Earta is shown to be a level headed, casual, friendly and calm individual. She is a much-needed person in a group like the Merry Murderesses. She is shown to help Celia as a second in command of sorts, often giving her ideas as to how they go about their plans.

Similarly to the other Merry Murderesses, Earta shows no regret in taking the life of her ex-husband. However unlike them she is the first to show some hesitation in killing Team OPRA, which is quickly stamped out once intimidated by Sable Vedova. She is also shown to be a persistent combatant as evident with her fight against Anna Atwood.

## Background

Not much is known about Earta's childhood.

At some point she married a man and was led to believe that they had a happy and stable marriage. She then found out that he had numerous affairs behind her back and in revenge, she apparently strangled him to death as described by Gertrud. She is later arrested and sentences to serve time in Vale County Woman's Correctional Center.

During her time in jail, Earta met Celia Kelly and later joined The Six Merry Murderesses. Eventually the women are all released individually and decide to form an official group to stay safe together and find financial stability.

At some point, Earta and the other women are approached by Sable Vedova to kill Team OPRA for their interference in the assassination of Mei Lin Xun.

## Abilities and Powers

Earta is described to be a very competent fighter as shown with her fight against Anna Atwood who herself is a veteran huntress. With her weapon, Earta is able to nail targets with pinpoint accuracy from considerable distances such as driving one of her knives into Simon Stein's head from the other side of the room.

### Weakness

Earta is shown to struggle in fighting from close ranges as evident with her fight against Anna Atwood, who easily overwhelms her in cqc combat. Earta is also shown to be reliant on her semblance as seen when she avoids attacks that would be easily evadable otherwise.

### Weapon

Earta's weapons are a collection of silver and black throwing knives that she keeps hidden up her sleeves. With these Earta can be sharp and precise with her attacks from long ranges. Some of the knives are also described to use dust such as ice and fire.

### Semblance

Earta's semblance is called *Smoke*. Through her semblance, Earta can turn herself into a cloud of gold-coloured smoke and move from certain points. This allows her to evade attacks as well as make a getaway. She is also able to transport people with her as seen when she helps Celia Kelly escape her fight with Team OPRA.

## Relationships

### The Six Merry Murderesses

* Celia Kelly: Earta is described to be a close confidant of Celia and serves as her right hand woman when it comes to affairs regarding the Merry Murderesses. The two share similar calm natures and Earta isn't afraid to question Celia's motives and ideas while also offering ideas of her own to create the ideal outcome.
* Gertrud Festeni: Gertrud is someone that Earta is shown to constantly protect and care for. She is the first to agree with her on questioning the validity of their contract to Kill Team OPRA before ultimately succumbing to Sable's intimidation.
* Cora Arthurs: Cora's brash and narcassist nature is one that often clashes with Ebony's casual and calmer demeanor. Because of this Ebony is shown to take Cora down a few pegs and stop her from doing something reckless, as well as make sure see that she needs to think about the group rather than herself.
* Missy La Costa: Similarly with Cora, Earta is someone who has to check Missy's reckless and almost sociopathic nature, as evident when she warns her about Anna's status as the Dragoness of Mistral.
* Florine Wilcoxon: Florine and Earta are shown to have a more casual and amicable relationship. Unlike Cora and Missy, Earta is shown to have more sway on Florine's actions and is able to calm down her rather brutish nature.

### Others

* Sable Vedova: Earta is described to have low regards for Sable. She showcases distrust and is initially hesitant to go through with her deal to kill Team OPRA on the belief that they are children. However Earta is also shown to easily give into her intimidation and threats.

## Trivia

### Allusion

* Earta alludes to the character of Annie from the 1975 musical *Chicago.*
	+ Both Earta and Annie kill their husband in similar ways via strangulation.

### Colour Naming Rule

* Earta in an Armenian name that translates to 'The Golden One'.
* Dominic is a Welsh-English surname that means 'Of the Lord'.