Angelia Lim

**Angelia Lim** (**林 安吉莉亚**) is a member of the Snake Tong and the leader of Unit 7 "Lightning". Angelia is the second daughter of the Lim family and is the younger sibling of Michelle Lim. While her sister built up her career to become a Drillmaster in the Shiai-shi, Angelia had the freedom to follow her own path, and she has had an illustrious career as the Snake Tong's enforcers for decades until becoming the leader of her own Unit. Notorious for her Black Iron prosthetics, trophies she earned after a deadly duel against a Grand Order Veilbrother. When targets hear her metallic steps approach, followed by the Lightning of Unit 7, lethal danger is imminent.

## Background

Angelia grew up with relatively little familial pressures. Her sister was expected to take over the Lim tradition of being Drillmasters to the Snake Tong, so Angelia was more free to pursue her own path. She unsurprisingly chose to fight for the Tong and continued to train in martial arts along with Michelle, and both served as skilled fighters for Unit 7. While her sister was reassigned to Unit 5, Angelia continued to stay with the Lightning Unit as its "vanguard", first to the battle and first to the post-mission celebrations. In her younger years, due to her always relegating the idea of leadership to her sister, Angelia preferred to just be the one following orders, content with just being given a target, confirmation if they are to be brought in alive or left dead, and additional intel. Each scar in her body remains as reminder of the hundreds of battles and missions she fought in the name of the Tong and her Family.

Her contentment to just being part of the rank-and-file soldiers changed after an encounter with several agents of the Grand Order Veil who intervened during what would have been a standard assault on a mage's workshop that a rival hired them to perform. The leader of Unit 7 during that time died in battle and Angelia was forced to assume the role during the heated conflict. With her in command, the mission was completed, but she ended up losing an arm and a leg after dueling "Black Knight Tarkus", one of the Veilbrothers who was notorious for his shifting heavy armor. After a brutal fight, she killed him with a precise blast of magical energy from her finger and into the eye slit of his armor. She and the rest of Unit 7 stole his armor and was able to return with only one casualty. After the incident, Angelia had prosthetics made from the magical armor of the defeated knight and she shortly became the leader of Unit 7 after a few weeks of decision. The incident has made her realize that she should put her skills to use not just as a soldier, but also as a leader of her fellow warriors, and she's been at the helm of the Lightning Unit ever since, directing them into ruthless efficiency during missions. With her new weapon-prosthetics, she has earned aliases like "Black Iron" and "Black Iron Angel" by those who she has rescued from tight situation by "beating the shit out of the enemy" in a timely manner. She herself admits that the last thing she'd be is to be an angel, despite her name, but nevertheless finds the alias funny.

While not a dedicated "Drillmaster" like her sister, Angelia nevertheless takes on pupils who prefer fighting with the explosive and brutal fighting style of the Black Iron.

## Appearance

Black Iron ProstheticsProsthetics magically hidden
## Personality

Angelia is a straightforward, but sometimes abrasive person to talk to. Angelia has never been much for formalities unless it's when addressing certain superiors like Fenghuang, and was a source for vexation for her older sister when they used to train together as teenagers. She can appear like a cool beauty at first glance, which is the initial impression she left on many of her peers. But this turns image is immediately changed when they see her in a fight. She revels in combat, and is a very ruthless and pragmatic fighter, known for breaking fingers and arms, lifting people up with a choke, and overall brutality, and she boasts that she still looks good doing it. When asked why she doesn't have her limbs regrown or her scars healed, she answers with a simple

*"Cause they're my trophies."*

A stark contrast from the ever-so-serious professionalism her older sister has, Angelia is laidback at most times, but she shows her experience in the business prominently when leading her Unit in battle. While her preferred method is facing an opponent head-on, Angelia's tactics can shift depending on the opponent. At the end of the day, she still follows the flexible principles of Lim Ga Kuen. Much to the surprise of many, other than her sister and immediate family, is that Angelia has an insightful side to her, especially in matters of philosophy that she can connect to fighting. Her favorite books are Miyamoto Musashi's Book of Five Rings and Sun Tzu's Art of War, which is a surprise to many since her first solution to most problems is "Punch it in the face".

While she has left the Drillmaster position for her older sister, Angelia is nevertheless a skilled teacher, particularly in her style of aggressive combat. While her preference for combat is aggression, however, she does not force it upon those who she trains and instead simply shows them the advantages and disadvantages of her style so that others can form their own opinion on whither or not it would suit their personal fighting style. Despite her free-spirited nature and sometimes rebellious nature when it came to family tradition, she still upheld the fighting philosophy of the Lim and their Forest Fist. While the members of Unit 7 would tell others that Angelia is a very rough teacher, she's does it for the betterment of those who learn under her.

She was an avid traveler in her youth due to her preference for missions that take her around the globe, and has given her an appreciation for the different cultures she visits. This also meant that she actively sought out the fighting styles and philosophes of different cultures as she finds that there's always something to learn from different places.

Angelia likes to mess around with her colleagues, and especially subordinates. Many warn not to show weakness around her or she'll use it to her advantage when she teases them. It's all in good fun, according to her, and she wouldn't do it out of malice. If someone were to actually insult or offend her, she'd resort to the classic "punch them in the face" solution. She flirts with both men and women equally, and is said to turn both into "bottoms".

## Abilities

### Magic

Angelia has relied on straightforward magic throughout her career, relying mostly on Reinforcement magic as well as Alteration in order to modify her prosthetics and turn them into deadlier weapons. While she doesn't use them, her decades of fighting magi has made her well-versed in different types of magic magi would use.

### Martial Arts

Angelia was taught Lim Ga Kuen since her childhood, and has used it as her foundation when creating her personal and rather aggressive fighting style. Using the fluidity of the Forest Fist, she has adapted different techniques from other forms of martial arts, from the explosive short-ranged attacks of Bajiquan, to the extremely acrobatic kicks of Shaolin, to the brutal wrestling techniques of Pankration, and even learning Teräskäsi or "Iron Hand" from fellow Snake Katja Nikula to compliment her style and the fact that "Iron Hand" fits her prosthetics perfectly. While her style is described as "facing an opponent head-on", her blending of different techiques have made her as unpredictable as she is aggressive.

### Tarkus Black Iron

After losing her left arm and right leg in fighting Tarkus, Angelia took his armor as a trophy and had prosthetics made out of them. The Black Iron material holds a surprising amount of magical resistance and is very durable but malleable when applied with the Alteration techniques, allowing her to reshape the prosthetics into different shapes. Angelia can use multiple Alteration spells to give her prosthetics spiked knuckles, palm heel blades, wrist scythes, and even temporarily turn it into one big pike. Angelia could also briefly empower her prosthetic arm to be able to crush an object with her hand at a pressure of 1,950 kg/cm2. As for her leg, she can also alter it to make knee and heel spikes, and strengthen it to "deliver one hell of a dragon kick" . As a downside, however, the Tarkus Black Irons are rather heavy and aren't as dexterous than normal limbs. Angelia has conditioned her body regularly in order to not let this hinder her. The heavy metallic footstep that comes with using the Tarkus leg provides a loud noise, but can be used as a psychological tactic, intimidating those that hear her metallic steps from a distance. She also has disguise prosthetics, perfect copies of her lost limbs, courtesy of Resnikov necro-artificing. But she only uses this when she needs to stay inconspicuous in a mission. She prefers showing the Tarkus Black Irons as a trophy.

### Equipment

#### Snake Key

Angelia had her original Key to be modified into a pile-bunker-pike variant, made to be more durable but retain the ability to disperses magical energy. They key was built in her prosthetic arm, specifically in the wrist similar to Chizuru Shiratori's Hidden Blade but larger and heavier. It is a single spike that can be launched forward upon voice command or magical energy being channeled into a launcher mechanism. It then retracts so it can be fired again, just like a pile driver.

#### S11 ‘BB’ Bulletproof Body Suit

Standard issue magic armor that Snake Tong provides its members. It is a black suit which was made to be bulletproof (tested with 9mm, 7.62, NATO/.308) and provides magic resistance, dispelling low level spells. It is considered to be one of the iconic uniforms of the Shiai-shi. The suit is made with a composite of multiple magical materials, a major one being Huohuan Bu Silk from a Spider Yaoguai. This makes the Suit durable (enough to withstand modern gunfire and magical projectiles), easily enchantable with magic, and has innate fire resistance. If the Suit was stained, one simply needs to burn the area with the stain and the mess will soon disappear without damaging the cloth.

#### "Shroud Ties"

Shroud Ties are standard issue magic armor and head protection, cleverly disguised as neckties that allow them to blend in with the Bulletproof Snake suit style. By pulling down the tie and channeling mana through them, the ties transform into balaclava masks that provide full coverage of the head and neck. The material is made to be as bulletproof as the suits and also provide the same magical protection. The Shroud Tie can be deactivated by the user removing the mask, and it will turn back into their necktie forms.

Angelia's mask is heavily modified, featuring the Lim's family crest in the front and angel wings in each side of the mask.