Jaimi "The Hammer" Kalimohan

### Dislikes

Insubordination, those who stray too far from their Dharma (from petty criminals to corrupt politicians)

## Magic

### Principle

Death

**Jaimi Kalimohan**, otherwise known as *"The Hammer"* and *"Bladedancer"* is a member of the Snake Tong and leader of its Unit 11, the "Peacekeepers". She is also a Chakrajan whose lineage hailed from an old Indian Assassin sect. Known among her peers as a ruthless swordswoman in battle, her blade is notorious for "bringing down" the weight of Kali's hammer with every wound dealt. Just like how the Peacekeepers keep both Snake members and outsiders in the organization's territories in line, Jaimi makes sure individuals follow their path, their Dharma, and not stray too far from it. Those who have gone past redemption and strayed too far from their Dharma are granted death, for the Chakrajan must keep the Wheel of Existence moving, with the sins of the strays culled.

## Background

Jaimi’s mother was part of the Shyama Sangeet, or the “Music of the Night”, a sect of Chakrajan Assassins and devout worshipers of the goddess Kali. For centuries they trained in their hidden temple in Kashmir, hunting down the people that became sources of corruption and misery in the subcontinent in order to maintain the turning of the  “Wheel of Ages”. Their temple's destruction after a coalition of Akashics and Eight Court magi forced her mother to flee to the Philippines after their sect dissolved, finally defeated after centuries of combat with Akashics. Fenghuang convinced Jaimi's mother to join the Tong, understanding the Chakrajan beliefs and reasoning with her that joining the organization would provide both guaranteed safety and continued practice the Shyama Sangeet's ways, which also involves ensuring that those tainted with "Jhor" will be given death. Overtime, her mother distanced themselves from the rigid dogma of the Shyama Sangeet, who viewed it as the reason why they were defeated. Stubbornness and refusing adapt to the ever turning world was foolish. Young Jaimi was taught this once she was old enough to be trained, and she continues to hold these beliefs to this day. By the time of Jaimi’s initiation into the Tong, other surviving members of the Shyama Sangeet joined in and adopted her mother's new beliefs. While she dedicated herself from ensuring that "The Wheel" turns, she also had second duty, the duty to serve the Tong as elite agents that specialize in capturing traitors to the organization, a duty not that different to a Chakrajan’s duty. Those who stray from their duties of the Shiai-shi need to be brought back, be it through negotiation or force. However, they continue to uphold their Dharma of shepherding those who stray from their Dharma, as well as providing the Good Death to those who are too far gone the path.

Jaimi was quick to rise through the ranks, joining Unit 11 by the age of 16. She was reticent but loyal, carrying out missions without hesitation, and earning a reputation as a cold and efficient enforcer. Armed with her sword, the *Paap Ka Bojh* or the *“Burden of Sin”*, her name became a nightmare for those who even dared to have treasonous thoughts. Part of Unit 11’s work also included dealing with outsiders, from criminal organizations like Triads and Yakuza, to rogue magi who refuse to adhere to the Snake’s “house rules” whenever they step into their territory. Jaimi has experienced dealing with these outsiders, to the point where she carefully studied their own traditions and cultures in the hopes of better understanding their foe and possessing knowledge that can be used against them. Such diligence in her work eventually earned her the leadership spot of Unit 11, which she keeps to this day.

While she was certainly stoic and generally unsocial in her youth, the experiences she has accrued throughout the years has forged her into a rather reliable senior, savvy in leadership both in and out of battle.  Although some might consider her too strict, she has nevertheless become one of the “ideal” images of a Snake veteran, loyal and efficient. Unlike her mother who raised Jaimi alone with a man who she used just for procreation, Jaimi herself was married and has a son who has just been recently initiated as both a member of their sect and the Snakes, and is currently fresh from Shiai-shi training. Unlike his mother, however, he seems to be a bit more care-free, but he is nevertheless as dedicated to the Chakrajan way as her mother. Jaimi currently has her son assigned as a provisional member of Unit 11 for further training.

## Personality

Stoic, and serious, a diametrically opposed foe to fellow Peacekeeper and Chakrajan Caius, Jaimi is as composed as she is ruthless in battle. She carries an air of sagely experience that could immediately shift into that of a killer whose blade has tasted the blood of countless foes. She is also a loyal member of the organization, almost as if serving the Sneks is like a secondary Dharma to her. This is because Jaimi has chosen a meditative path in dealing with her Jhor, the taint of death that slowly decays the soul that comes from casual acceptance of death and destruction, a powerful negative energy that pervades the Chakrajan who become too callous, too revenge-driven, or too distant from the eventual hope of rebirth. While the Shyama Sangeet has adapted and evolved new ways, they are still devout worshipers of the goddess Kali. Like how Kali drives the wheel of cosmic time forward, Jaimi parallels this with the cycle of personal growth, as she constantly strives to improve herself both physically and spiritually. And yeah, Kali’s depiction of bloody slaughter of Ashuras also parallels Jaimi’s history of cutting down the foes and traitors of the organization. This desire of constant self-improvement is her method of keeping the death decay of the Chakrajan at bay. Another form of personal meditation she had is by raising a family, whose duties and hardships serves as another path for her to improve herself mentally.

While she gladly shares her insights with fellow Chakrajan, she does not expect others to openly “convert” and join her on the duties of these Wheel-turners since she knows that this path can tax the mind of those who aren’t fit for it. It is this reason that she prioritizes a peaceful approach of bringing back to the path those who strayed from their Dharma. This also applies to her work as a Peacekeeper in the Snakes, as she always approaches problems with diplomacy first, unless of course the orders are to kill on sight. Those who know of the Chakrajan are regularly reminded by her that “One must confront unpleasant realities about the people they influence and the Wheel that sets all things in motion.” Like Caius, she believes that the Chakrajan are given the hardest Dharma of all. To attain enlightenment, they must enforce the Dharmas of all other beings, and judge when a person's moral degradation has grown too harmful to themselves or others to be allowed to continue, and so she must take on the role of judge and when it is appropriate, provider of the “Good Death”. Her family has developed this reputation as vigilantes who take justice in their own hands when the law fails to do so. From punishing corrupt officials and rich families that take advantage of the poor, to providing the “Good Death” to rapists who had connections to influential figures in the government. Fenghuang has strategically allowed this in order for the locals of Quezon, the home province of the Kalimohan family, to view the Kalimohan and the Snakes as an ally of the people in the shadows, and thus propagating this folk-hero-esque respect for the organization among the common folk, and telling any would-be troublemaker to not mess with the Snakes and the people who are allied with them.

She admits that she was too unrestrained in her younger years, despite her stoic looks, she had the knack for bloody combat, and has since dedicated to better herself as she grew older. Now more patient and introspective, she has the mindset fit for a leader of her squad and commands with the respect of her peers. Always mindful of her fellow Peacekeepers, taking note of their strengths, weaknesses, habits, and flaws, and she regularly tries to set them on a path of self-improvement as well, something to make Kali proud. She is actively seen trying to “help” Yurie  get over her obsession with a certain armored Spectre, but sometimes she fears that it might take several reincarnations just for the obsessive girl to get over her obsession.

Like many of her ancestors, she views Kali as this primordial mother figure, the dark ocean of the void where all things emerge from, and thus she is seen as a representation of the “Root”. She thus ensures that she also follows the nurturing side of motherhood and while she has technically followed a path of death-dealing, she has been an active and caring mother for her son, as well as a loving wife to her husband, who is technically a Sleeper, but has had many encounters with Chakrajan in South Africa and was rescued by Jaimi during a contract in Zimbabwe. Her son still cannot believe "the balls dad had in marrying mom after seeing her decapitate several criminals in front of him."

## Abilities

### Magic

Like many Chakrajan, Jaimi views magic as a tool for their duty, nothing more. Since joining the Snakes, the Kalimohan have expanded their otherwise small repertoire of magic. They primarily use **"Kalananda"**, magic practiced ny the Shyama Sangeet which allows Jaimi to communicate with Ghosts and Spirits that remain in the world due to grudges and unfinished business, and even temporarily bind them into his service through rituals, turning them into temporary familiars. She primarily uses this for information gathering and scouting. Unlike Caius, she has complete mastery over it and has not shown any body discoloration as a result. Kalanda also allows Jaimi to embody the concept of death to both her own body and her weapons, making both her unarmed strikes and weapons more lethal and even capable of directly applying Death to entities like undead, which the Shyama Sangeet abhor. A single stab from her sword or her crushing an undead's head while embodying Death can instantly prevent undead from resurrecting.

Her magic primarily on hand signs or Mudras, as well as dance-like movements and mantras in order to cast spells. In general, she is highly proficient in the Combat magic used by Shiai-shi agents, and she mostly uses magecraft to compliment her fighting capabilities.

### Martial Arts

**Talavaar Ke Saath Nrty** or "Blade Dance" is the signature fighting style of the Shyama Sangeet assassins. It is a weapon-based martial art primarily utilizing swords, and heavily emphasizes agile and acrobatic dance-like movements. This turns its practitioners into highly dynamic, unpredictable foes in battle. While it might look like a highly intuitive form of martial art, it actually has a heavily codified plethora of techniques, many of which Jaimi has mastered over the years called “Dances”. These dances include offensive, defensive, counter-offensive, and several other techniques meant for different scenarios and foes. The drawbackof relying on weapons and emphasis on agility instead of raw strength is balanced by the versatility that Jaimi can wield with the several different “dances” she can pull out in a fight, turning her into this unpredictable dervish of destruction, akin to Kali’s rampage during the battle against Ashuras in Hindu myth. Thanks to its parallels with the Dance of Death, Caius and Jaimi regularly spar with one another in order to keep their Dances lethal at all times.

The most powerful of the “Dances” is the **“Kaee Shastron Ka Lay”** or the **“Melody of Multiple Arms”**. Similar to the multi-arm form of their goddess Kali, the greatest technique of the Shyama Sangeet allows them to “metaphysically” strike as if they had four arms, four swords. Initiated by short and sharp rhythmic movements, Jaimi can “manifest” an Multiple Arm form, visible only to those with sharp intuition. Although it does not literally make Jaimi a four-armed woman, the technique allows her strikes to feel as if it hits four times, deadly when she’s using her Burden of Sin. The Melody of Multple Arms also has a defensive purpose as well as an opponent might notice that even though they for example slipped through her defenses and struck at her exposed right side, it is as if she grew another arm and it has deflected her attack. And this is where intuitive opponents might visualize her having multiple arms that cover multiple spots in her defenses.

### Equipment

#### Paap Ka Bojh

Also called ***”The Burden of Sin"***, is an ancient sword said to have been forged by the Shyama Sangeet during the Mythic Age. Like the name implies, the Burden of Sin induces this heavy intangible “weight” when it wounds a “Sinner”, and the more severe the sins, the heavier this burdensome force. The “sins” that influences this burden are deception, murder, theft, rape, and blasphemy against Kali. The weight is gradually added by each landed strike, and can even result in a target being crushed by the weight of their own sins if they are that severe. This resulted in Jaimi being called the Hammer of Kali since she can sometimes comically crush a person flat with her sword, despite the fact that she has only ever slashed their bodies. Even when the burden does not fully immobilize someone, it can still drastically hinder their movement as the foe would feel their bodies still being weighed down by some invisible force.

#### Snake Key

Jaimi's Snake Key is made with a combat knife design. The blade itself was made with special materials that are not necessarily strong enough for heavy combat. The pride of the Pranaja Empu smiths, the steel during forging blessed the property to disperse mana. Since it disperses magical energy, the blade of the knife can't be reinforced with magic. However, the reason why it's named a key is because users can create holes within certain points of a Bounded Field. Since the blade merely disperses mana and not outright destroys it, it creates thinned and weakened areas in a Bound Field that is more susceptible of being bypassed physically without triggering an alarm for the owner.

It can also be used against an enemy using Reinforcement on his body. If the Key is stabbed onto the target's arm, for example, the magical energy of the reinforcement spell disperses to other parts of his body and his arm is now more weakened thanks to the lower amount of mana for reinforcement.

#### 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.

#### "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.

Jaimis' mask features a customized visage of the Goddess Kali's terrifying angry face during her battle with Raktabīja, with a crimson mouth after drinking the ashura blood.