Cyphr Wolfchild

Cyphr as she interacts with her putative father Skeleton in "In the Name of the Mother"

### Aliases

* Wolfmädchen
* Daughter of the Wolf
* Lone Cub (her artist pseudonym in post-epilogue material)
* Leggy (by Shaz)
* Cyphy (by Lejl)

### Relatives

* Granney Rößmudder (grandfather, deceased)
* Unnamed father (deceased)
* Lyca Rößmudder (mother, deceased)
* Ange "Skeleton" Skallen (putative stepfather)

## Appearances

### Appears in

* L.B.R.H. (as a kid)
* Schwarzerblitz
* Tales from Schwarzerblitz
* Inaho Town Dynamite Bomb (background cameo)

### Debut

L.B.R.H.

**Cyphr Wolfchild** is the female lead of the game, sharing this role with Aylin Mary Yang and (arguably) Lejl Kaleidos. She is a hot-blooded, hot-headed German member of Delta Team, daughter of the mercenary known as Der Wolf and Tiger's second-in-command. The loss of several body parts when she was a child forced her to learn to live without arms, something that she managed to master to an impressive degree.

## In-game character profile

Quoted from her in-game profile:

> Cyphr is an easygoing, stubborn girl whose sense of duty is second only to her sharp tongue-in-cheek sarcasm. Despite being physically impaired, she doesn't let any circumstances make her feel different and she adapted to her handicap pretty well - mostly, due to her obstinacy in refusing the use of mechanical prosthetic arms.
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> She is the granddaughter of the notorious gangster Granney Rößmudder, to which most of her misfortunes are to be ascribed.
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> Her childhood was marked by horrible traumas, which shaped her to be what she is now: when she was four, her parents were brutally assassinated by her grandfather's gang, due to her father being a policeman.
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> At the same time, she was kidnapped by his organization and used as an "organ reservoir" for her grandfather, thanks to her genetic compatibility. Some of her organs were also sold on the black market, as well as both her arms, before she could even turn eleven.
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> After a secret bargain with the Black Bat - a criminal cartel raging in Germany and Austria in the wake of 2050 - Granney Rößmudder managed to acquire parts of a sonic cannon, and used his niece as a sort of "biological safe", sealing the power unit inside her body.
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> During a police raid on one of dens of the Rößmudder mob, she was freed and sent to a lab to be vivisected in order to recover the stolen technology, but fortunately she was saved by the bounty hunter known as Der Wolf, who also killed Rößmudder once for all.
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> The power unit was extracted from her body and she went to live with Der Wolf, changing her surname to Wolfchild and growing up following the trails of her savior.
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> After Der Wolf disappeared during the Black Lightning disaster, Cyphr joined Delta Team to find out what happened to her. She outperformed more than fifty possible applicants, got the place, and quickly became Tiger's right arm.
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> Despite her horrible past, Cyphr is a pretty optimistic girl who cares a lot about her appearance and enjoys her life. Still, it's clear to everyone who knows her that the scars of her childhood will never get completely healed.
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## Appearance

   Cyphr is a tall girl in her late teens, with short, white-ish ash blond hair and yellow eyes. She lost her arms when she was a kid, as she was used as an organ reservoir for her grandfather. Her cheeks are marked by two vertical sets of coloured led bands that can be used to check the status of her prosthetics and to display various messages. In her most common depiction, the data bands are bright red and surround a black core band. During story mode, Cyphr wears a variety of attires, including her default black and blue jumpsuit, a more revealing black and green one, and a brown tanktop with pants. She usually equips small cylindric metal addons on her shoulder and hips that are called "gyroscopic weight balancers" and are used to help her exploit her momentum better for stronger attacks. Cyphr also wears a radio earpiece in place of her lost right ear. The shape of this earpiece varies wildly between her various depictions.

## Personality

Cyphr is extremely stubborn and independent, wanting to outperform everyone else despite (or because of) her inherent physical handicap. She initially refused to have her arms restored as artificial prosthetics because she wanted to prove to herself that she didn't need any help with her condition. She is also quite jealous and used to hate when other people steal her spotlight. Cyphr is bisexual, but (unsuccessfully) tries to hide her attraction to girls serveral times during story mode, only to quickly fall for one in a post-epilogue sequence.

## Fighting Style

Cyphr uses both her kicks and her body to fight, with the help of her weight balancers to keep her momentum and balance in check. Her fighting style is reminiscent of tae kwon do, mixed with a more self-taught approach. She can enter the flamingo stance referred to as "Rosenhaltung" (Rose Stance), which she can use to mix up her approach. Her powered boots amplify her attack power and speed, turning her into a lightning bruiser.

## Concept and inspiration

   Cyphr was originally created as the co-protagonist of the short 2016 comic L.B.R.H.: An armless nine years old kid, used for organ harvesting by her grandpa and saved in extremis by Der Wolf.

Later in 2017, the author re-designed an adult version of Cyphr, with a blue and black jump suit, power boots and a cape. This version would then become the base for her appearance in Schwarzerblitz.

Before she was added to the roster, however, there were already plans for an armless fighter - a girl called Lumi Hivanera, who was scrapped with not even a finished 3D model. Cyphr inherited her role and replaced her as soon as her design was finalized.

## Trivia

* Cyphr is the only character in the game whose punch buttons command her kicks (for obvious anatomical reasons).
* According to the developer, she was originally meant to get together with an unnamed male character (whose model is a palette swap of Amy's) in her arcade ending. However, he changed his plan when the idea of saving Lejl crossed his mind.

## Quotes

* *"Armless does not mean harmless!"* - generic win quote
* *"Ehm... sir? I fail to understand. Are you REALLY having a coffee break with that so-shy so-polite wannabe-fangirl or is my hearing device just sending my brain random words?"* - Cyphr, while talking with Tiger about Amy
* *"That goddamn bolthead! "Galactic excellence" my ass! Once I fix my power boots, I will kick his butt so hard that he will PRAY never to have been assembled in the first place! Verdammter Eisenscheißkopf! Du bist so gut wie tot! Ich werde dir..."* - Cyphr while repairing her boots and swearing against Krave
* *"WHAT?! I'm not into girls! Not at all! And, even if I were, not in the blond-haired gold-eyed glowing-skin reality-altering kind!"* - Cyphr while talking about Lejl
* *"Oh, please! I've already told you: I'm not into reality-warping girls who randomly appear inside my own mind during a hallucination! Still, it was... great to meet her again. She saved us... one more time."* - Cyphr, while talking about Lejl

## References

1. ↑ Schwarzerblitz - Cyphr Wolfchild's in-game character profile
2. ↑ Schwarzerblitz - Story mode, chapter 3: In the Name of the Mother
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 See L.B.R.H.
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Tales from Schwarzerbtliz - Tales from Jackson's: Lone Wolf Cub
5. ↑ "Gyroscopic weight balancers, at least those which are attached to her arm stubs and hips. They allow her to boost her momentum even more. And keep stable even in inherently unstable positions. She can also use them to alter her own momentum to achieve additional versatility" - Andrea Demetrio on Discord
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Schwarzerblitz - Story mode, chapter 5: Roaring Regret
7. ↑ "Friendly reminder that in Schwarzerblitz: Shaz is gay, Blade is bi, Cyphr is bi, Lejl is lesbian, Kiyoko and Kaya are lesbian too. I want to draw a celebratory picture for Pride Month, but I feel I am not good enough with pencils for that so here you are some renders instead!" - Tweet by Andrea "Jens" Demetrio (link)
8. ↑ "Schwarzerblitz's LGBTQA+ cast wishes all of you a wonderful Pride Month!" [the picture shows Shaz, Blade, Cyphr, Lejl, Kaya, and Kiyoko] - Tweet by Andrea "Jens" Demetrio (link)
9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Schwarzerblitz - Story mode, chapter 10: The Night Calls
10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Schwarzerblitz - Story mode, chapter 19: Hunting Ground
11. ↑ Schwarzerblitz - Lejl Kaleidos's (New Life costume) arcade ending
12. ↑ "Huh, where to start? Cyphr, the main female character in Schwarzerblitz, had her parents killed by her mafioso grandpa and was used as an "organ reservoir" for the black market. She lost her arms because of this" - Tweet by Andrea "Jens" Demetrio (link)
13. ↑ "Before Cyphr was added to Schwarzerblitz's roster, I was already trying to design an armless fighter: Lumi Hivanera. However, I didn't manage to maker her "tick" and quickly shelved her concept. Cyphr fixed all the issues I had with her and took her place." - Tweet by Andrea "Jens" Demetrio (link)
14. ↑ Schwarzerblitz - Story mode, chapter 15: Trip to Darkness