Cora Arthurs

> Shut up! I'm here to kill you not be your best friend! .... But I did like that store, you're right.
>
> Cora Arthurs to Pierre Navarro

## Media

### First Appearance

"The Mystery Cat Part 2"

Cora Arthurs is a minor character and former antagonist in Team OPRA's story. She is a member of the Six Merry Murderesses, having joined them while serving a prison sentence for stabbing her husband 10 times. Afterwards, she and the other merry murderesses are hired by Sable Vedova to kill Team OPRA. Despite managing to capture Pierre Navarro, Cora backs down alongside Celia after Gertrud convinces them to do so. Her weapon is a kitchen-style knife combined with a semi auto pistol.

## Appearance

### Physical

Cora is described as a slender woman with semi-tanned skin and dark brown hair that is tied into a high ponytail. She has a semi-ovular head shape with teal eyes, full lips and an aquiline nose with a piercing on the right side. She commonly wears a light touch of make up including pink lipstick.

### Attire

Cora's original attire consists of a dark grey sleeveless turtleneck tucked into a pair of high-waisted black jean shorts. Over that she wears a black semi-puffy jacket that is zipped up halfway. On her feet she wears a pair of black heels. She then wears a pair of black fingerless gloves on her.

## Personality

Cora is shown to be a narcissistic, vain and very self-centered young woman. She is constantly the type to touch up her own appearance and have an unhealthy amount of confidence in herself. Despite that however, Cora also shows herself as a kind and protective woman towards the other Merry Murderesses, having a deep kinship with the other women.

She is also shown attempting to have a tough exterior when on the subject of stabbing her now deceased husband. But that facade can be easily broken and underneath also lies a scared little girl who went down a path to escape the horrid abuse she faced, evident in how Sable easily intimidates her when confronted.

## Background

Similarly to the rest of the Merry Murderesses, not much is known about Cora's upbringing.

At some point she married a man and their relationship quickly became that of abusive with no means for Cora to escape. When her ex-husband accused her of cheating on him with a milk-man, Cora apparently snapped and stabbed him ten times, though according to Gertrud, the official press states it was over 100.

Afterwards she was sent to Vale County Woman's Correctional Center to serve jail time. While there, she befriended Celia Kelly and joined the Six Merry Murderesses with 4 other women who shared the same fate as she did. Eventually they are individually released and decide to take up residence in Vale.

At some point, they were approached by Sable Vedova to take out Team OPRA for interfering with the assassination of Mei Lin Xun.

## Abilities and Powers

Cora is shown to be a skilled combatant, easily able to fight Pierre. With her weapon she fights at both short and long ranges thanks to its dual forms.

### Weakness

As evident in "Cell Block Tango", Cora is easily manipulatable, evident in how Pierre can talk her up as a way to trick her to by time figuring out his escape. She is also shown to be a reckless combatant with easily-telegraphed attacks, evident in how Pierre outmanoeuvres and easily hits her.

### Weapon

Cora's weapon is shown to be a kitchen-style knife that has a built in semi-auto handgun into the hilt. The blade itself is silver and the grip is black in colour.

### Semblance

Cora's semblance has not been revealed within the story.

## Relationships

### The Six Merry Murderesses

* Celia Kelly
* Gertrud Festini
* Earta Dominic
* Missy La Costa
* Florine Wilcoxon

### Other

* Sable Vedova
* Team OPRA
* Pierre Navarro

## Trivia

### Allusion

* Cora alludes to the character of June from the 1975 musical *Chicago.*
	+ Cora and June both murder their husbands in similar ways: both stabbing them 10 times. Though it is stated that Cora had stabbed him over 100 times.
	+ Her weapon is a nod to a line June says in Cell Block Tango. In the song June says "And then he ran into my knife. He ran into my knife ten times".

### Colour Naming Rule

* Cora is an Ancient Greek name meaning 'Maiden', bringing to mind colours of purity such as white. It is also a variation of the word 'Kore', which was the birth name of Persephone, the Greek Goddess of Spring which brings to mind the colour green.
* Arthurs is an English-Welsh surname meaning 'Bear'.