Mikage

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―Mikage Sakurako

**Mikage Sakurako** (桜子美陰), also known as **Bloodhound** (ブラッドハウンド), is an underground Pro Hero, working as an assassin for the Hero Commission.

She is assigned to help U.A. High School with the League of Villains as an informant through her brother's underground information network.

## Appearance

Mikage has ruby red eyes and short faded turquoise hair extending down her neck. Her fringe partially obscures her right eye. The majority of the right side of her face is marred by severe scarring.

She has prosthetic limbs in place of her left arm and left leg. They appear the same as natural limbs, except with obvious 'seams' around the joints. Her right eye is also a prosthetic with a distinct white pupil.

Her hero costume consists of a black high-collared jacket with long sleeves which flare at the elbow, black flared pants, black gloves with red palms, and black red-soled boots. She wears a black motorcycle helmet with a red stripe along the top and red antennae protruding from the sides. She wears a black metal collar and black metal bands around her wrists and ankles underneath her clothes.

She dual-wields pistols, which she keeps hidden in her sleeves. On special missions, she brings a sniper rifle carried in a large black case. She holds ammo in pouches on her hips.

## Personality

Mikage is reserved and quiet on most occasions. She isn't one to express herself, to the point of appearing emotionless. She was taught from a young age to act as if she didn't exist to the outside world, just a shadow on the wall. She never fully divested herself of this thought process and can spook others at times because they don't realize she's present.

She has no specific feelings towards her line of work. She simply believes that someone will have to do it, so she may as well be the one. Thanks to her years of training and being raised as an assassin, she feels nothing whenever she eliminates a target. She sees them only as her target, neither prey nor people.

She isn't completely without emotion, however. She was taught just as much to fake her emotions in certain situations, such as at parties or other social gatherings. She can come off as playful and outgoing, seeming to bask in the joy she displays. She cannot admit whether or not these performances are genuine in some way as she is unsure herself if that is the case.

### Etymology

**Mikage** (美陰): **Mi** (美) means "beautiful", and **Kage** (陰) means "shadow".

**Sakurako** (桜子): **Sakura** (桜) means "cherry blossom", and **Ko** (子) means "child".

Her hero name, **Bloodhound** (ブラッドハウンド), is the same as the name of her Quirk.

## Characteristics

### Abilities

**Bloodhound**: Her quirk gives her the ability to learn information about people through drinking their blood. The more blood she drinks, the more information she will learn. Surface level information includes things such as names, blood type, and the person's foremost thoughts in the moment. She will gain access to a person's memories as well, with fresher memories easier to reach while older ones require drinking many ounces of blood. Drinking blood that has been drawn and kept will only give surface information from when it was drawn. She cannot become full solely from drinking blood. Her saliva also has a healing effect on wounds.

**Weapon Mastery**: She is very adept at using guns normally, ranging from dual-wielding handguns to sniping from far-off distances. Her precise aiming and skill is a result of many years of training from a young age.

**Enhanced Strength**: She has great physical strength, with the ability to single-handedly take down several villains in a bare-fisted fight. She also has immense jaw strength allowing her to easily tear through flesh and bone. Her prosthetics in particular are strong enough to break through walls and bend steel. She is able to fall great distances and take great leaps which allow her to travel at much faster speeds.

**Enhanced Durability**: She is very hardy, able to take on major attacks without being severely impeded. Even serious injuries do little to stop her from completing her mission, lending to her one-track mind approach.

**Enhanced Agility**: She can move around her environment with nimble ease and has very quick reflexes. She's even able to dodge at point-blank range and retaliate in kind. This is mostly thanks to her prosthetics, which she can move at nearly blinding speeds when needed. Doing so does damage to her surrounding nerves and muscles, however.

**Enhanced Senses**: She has a strong sense of smell, specifically for blood. She can track people via the smell of their blood if they have any open wounds and she can identify people through the unique scent of their blood even when they're not bleeding. However, strong smells can overwhelm her to the point of sickness.

**Keen Intellect**: She has a knack for real-time strategy, especially in the use of her environment. She's also proven to be rather knowledgeable about villains and the underworld, with a very observant eye in regards to the subjects.

### Equipment

**Hero Costume**: The mostly dark design helps her blend in with her surroundings at night. The helmet has a built-in voice modulator and the visor has night and heat vision, on top of acting as a respirator. The pistols she always carries are semi-automatic and the sniper rifle is bolt-action.

**Restraining Devices**: When activated, these devices automatically magnetize to each other to fully restrain her limbs. The collar attaches to a chain in her room to keep her stationary while not on a mission.

**Prosthetics**: Her prosthetics are waterproof and stronger and more durable than her organic limbs, however they can still be damaged with sufficient force. They are able to absorb the energy of high impacts and redirect it so as to lessen the damage from falls or attacks. Her eye is also able to see with more clarity at greater distances than organics.

## Trivia

* She gets frequent nosebleeds.
* She has a constant hunger for blood.