Adrienne

A half-Nymph and half-Oni pirate who loves to explore the world and play songs.

## Personality

Anri wasn’t like any other children when she was younger; she rarely cries, fusses, or whines. The only times she’d make any noise is when she’s hungry, wanting comfort, or in need of a diaper change. She’s so quiet that people don’t even notice she’d crawl away behind their backs until they’d turn their heads.

People would also get jumpy when they didn’t realize she was standing by or behind them until they could see her.

As they watched her grow, they realized she wasn’t an ordinary child. Small horns with black tips began to grow out of her forehead. Her complexion became paler no matter how many hours she spent under the sun. Her pitch-black hair grew immensely, longer than her height, like Rapunzel from the Fairy Tale. She even started to grow in fangs after losing her baby teeth.

Some people made some accusations that she was a demon, but others beg to differ. Even though she may appear weird or a bit scary, she’s very polite and affectionate. She blushes when she’s happy. She likes to give hugs and get hugs, especially from her caretaker, Maria. She enjoys the praises when the elderly pats her head for helping them with the heavy lifting. Her eyes would sparkle wherever her grandfather gives her gifts. Anri would sit on his lap and eat or snuggle with him when she got the chance to see him again.

Anri is rarely a temperamental child. She doesn’t cry when she’d drop her ice cream on the ground. She eats her vegetables without making a fuss. She puts on ointment on her knees after scraping them. She does not pull a tantrum if someone doesn’t give her what she wants.

Instead, she sulks when she can't eat her favorite ice cream. She’d grimace slightly after eating the bitter veggies. She would demand hugs from Makino to make herself feel better. Also, when she’s being refused something she wanted, she locks herself in her room, wraps herself in her blanket, and stays in bed until she calms down after napping.

Anri is good with taking care of babies and younger children, though. She would sing sweet lullabies to help them sleep, be mindful with her horns and claws not to harm anyone, allow other girls to weave flowers into her hair, carry them around in a piggy-back ride, which the kids would argue who should go first. Most times, her little sister Leuce demands she’d be the first since they’re both sisters.

Influenced by her little sister, Anri found pranks entertaining, especially when it comes to people who deserve them. One time, she pranked an older boy for being mean to his little sister by pretending to be a ghost. She taught him a lesson in scaring little girls by using her eerie appearance as she jumped on him after hiding in his smelly closet. She watched in satisfaction when she made the little boy cry with his pants wet. She also began to collect things, like animal skulls and bones, sea glass, small crystals from underground and caves, anything that catches her interest, while using them to accessorize. Her sense of fashion/beauty is a bit twisted and morbid.

## Relationships

### Leuce

Leuce simply adores her older sister: she would always involve Anri in her schemes or games; she’d be the first one to know what Leuce found from underwater; she would sneak into her older sister’s room during nap times and sleep beside her, and she’d always get all the hugs whenever she wants. She can get jealous of other people trying to drag her sister’s attention away from her, especially children her age. But, she’s willing to share with her sister if they’d join her in her games or pranks.

## Powers and Abilities

Since Anri is a hybrid of an Oni and a Nymph. She'll have a mixture of some abilities and physiologies from each races.

### From her Oni-half

Her body will be very resilient, and her bones are almost as durable as an full-blooded Oni but only partially.

She has teeth and nails (in both the toes and fingers) that are sharp enough to puncture through perhaps steel

She possesses a good memory. She can remember her mother's face before she died after giving birth.

She is capable of observing things from afar.

### From her Nymph-half

She often finds herself in-tuned within her natural environment

She can camouflage herself within the darkness or shadows in places like underground ruins, caverns, or heavily forested places.

Anri can perfectly see in and through the darkness perfectly, thank you very much.

When it's nighttime, and the moon's up, she would bathe within its glow to heal her recent wounds and ease the pain.

Animal Communication (minor)

She does, however, carry a powerful ability that only nymphs who live among literal darkness can carry: "Wither"

## Early Life

Adrienne was given birth nearby a small village in a cave deep in the jungle. Her grandfather, Dean, who was visiting Foosha Village, was told there was some strange occurrence in the jungle when they witnessed a humanoid creature lingering in the middle of a night. Curious, Dean went to investigate. He searched for a little while, and he found nothing. He thought the villagers were too paranoid. But before he’d turn back, he heard a baby crying. He quickly followed the cries, leading him to a cave, where he found a baby girl, covered in mud and dirt, alone in the dark. He swaddled the baby girl with his jacket, ceasing her wails, as he held her. Dean took her back to the village and had her cleaned with his stepdaughter’s help. The villagers were surprised to see Dean returning with a baby in his arms, but they were more outraged. Why would someone leave a baby in a cave? Dean decided to adopt the child and named her Adrienne (Anri). Whenever he leaves for work, Dean would have his stepdaughter responsible for taking care of Anri.

## History

Anri left Dawn Island at 17. Twelve-year-old Leuce was reluctant, tearfully pleading with her older sister to stay with her. She assured that she will be careful out at sea while having the best time of her years. Before she left on a small boat, she gave her little sis a kiss on the forehead. Anri only asked Maria to look out for Leuce until she’s next to set out to sea.

## Trivia

Her favorite food is fruit tarts.

Adrienne was inspired by Rapunzel from Tangled (by Disney) and the short film, Rapunzel (made by Juan Pablo Machado). In “Rapunzel and the Great Tree” (from Tangled: The Series), Rapunzel was singing the Reverse Incantation at the Big Tree, which turned her seventy-foot long hair from blond to black, and her eyes from green to black. As she sang, it unleashed decay and death to those around it: people, animals, and plants alike. In “Rapunzel” by Juan Pablo Machado, it takes the original story of the fairytale and twisted it into something dark yet refreshing. It started out as a group of knights climbing up a tower past corpses of past would-be rescuers and must navigate the towers own ‘maze of baubles’ before they could find the ‘trapped girl.’ However, the girl turned to be the villain and began killing off the knights while performing an aerial dance in the process. Combining Rapunzel’s black hair and the murderous aerial dancer, I created Anri who’s hair is as black as darkness and can dance and fight at the same time. I also add a few tweaks like some Oni horns and fangs, and I did make her a nymph (half-nymph) of darkness or shadows, which is unheard of, but I like the idea, so I’m going for it.