Elise

A hitman by the codename Andante and a part-time bartender.

## Appearance

Elise has black messy hair and a left silver eye, his right eye having an absent iris and pupil, and he also has eyebags. On the right side of his face, it has black marks that resemble lightning strikes. These marks also show up on his whole right arm as well as some part of the right side of his body. Elise has four plain black piercings on both of his ears. He is seen most in a white button up shirt with a black tie along with a silver cross tie clip and a dark grey vest and a black band above his elbows. Elise wears black dress pants with a black belt that has a silver buckle and wears black dress shoes, for he prefers a more formal look (and also is required to look more formal). The main part of his appearance is a black hooded trench coat (note: he doesn't wear it when he works at the bar).

## Personality

Elise is a fairly quiet person, keeping to himself constantly. Most of the time he were to start a conversation would be for needed information, for example, taking ones order for his part-time job. When it comes to talking to and about his father, Elise is rather aggressive and and more easily annoyed. He is very short tempered and can easily come off as rude because of how low his patience is. Elise finds playing the cello as a stress reliever and frequently plays in his free time.

With fighting style, Elise is patient and waits for opponents first move. He wants to take down the enemy as quickly as he can, thus being careful and quick with his movement to also reduce damage inflicted to him. However, in his Shadow-kin state, he becomes more reckless and impatient.

## Powers and Abilities

### Overture

The more injured Elise is, the stronger his basic attacks and Aether will become.

### Lightning based

 **Black Voltage** | A Lightning bolt is able to shoot out of one shadow to another. No limit to how much lightning can shoot out. Using the shadow manipulation, he can range out the shadow to where he wants lighting to shoot out.

### Possession: Shadow based

 **Possession: Shadow Strike** | Can make parts of his possession come out of the shadows.

## Weapon

### Vita Diminuendo

Signature sniper rifle. Its around the size of his cello.

### Basic gun

Random gun with his family symbol carved on it.

## Equipment

### Briefcase

Always carried when on missions. Stores essential items like ammo, basic first aid, and other supplies if needed.

### Cello Case

Mainly uses his cello case (when not carrying his cello obviously) to hide his rifle. Also used to store his weapons, ammo, and other supplies when on hitman missions. Doesn't carry this all the time, only for missions where he is seen (ex. intel for father).

## Transformation

### Shadow-kin State

Enters a state in which Elise's full conscience is merged with his possession.

Overture is enhanced to which he can deal even more damage from the hits he takes. He becomes more reckless and vulnerable, though. Using his vulnerability to his advantage, Elise can do damage heavy attacks.

In this state, Elise's trench coat and hair becomes shadow-y and misty like. He also gains features from the shadow-kin possessing him.

## Backstory

backstory notes to flesh out later

* elise's father is a gang boss AND owner of the bar elise works at (He also lives there). elise works as a bartender and hitman for his father (both against his will [questionable] and for money). gang is involved heavy in murder, fraud, and trafficking [questionable]. elise is also supposed to be the next leader of the gang after his dad passes eventually. his dad doesnt care that elise is a minor, still wanted him to work as a bartender anyways.
* elise fucked up a mission once and his father tazed his right eye becasue of it [questionable] and now leaves the veiny cracked look around that eye
* possession origin: on the way back from a mission, elise got followed by a demon (shadowkin). He had a gut feeling he was being followed, though wasnt sure on it. couldnt tell he was being followed due to the shadow blending in with surrounding shadows. demon enters elises shadow and elise has a schizo moment where he sees the demon and freaks the hell out because of how terrifying it was and the atmosphere seemed unsettling (he looks insane from a bystander POV). elise's right iris and pupil dissolves leaving just the sclera, the vein cracks become black and extend. he shocked about what happened and continues going back to the base. father finds out about waht happened and is furious. his father quick;ly starts to believe elise could use his new power to further help gang, in which elise does not want.
* shadowkin and elise have *different* minds, they are NOT the same person. shadowkin can turn against elise at any moment
* elise continues to work as a bartender and hitman for money

## Trivia

* Often seen talking to himself because the shadow-kin possessing him is talking to him.
* Elise is part of an orchestra and is the first chair cellist
* He had a best friend in the orchestra named Al that played violin, but Al moved away
* Elise enjoys smoothies.
* He had an older twin sister, but she died due to unknown reasons