Kai Abadite

official character art by @cevicci

Kai Abadite (She/Her), a confident and fearless Earth-Genasi Barbarian who will stop at nothing to protect her friends and her trusty ferret-sidekick Cooper. After traveling with the circus for three years as a burlesque  dancer, she settled down in Troutbeck where she became the right hand woman at Griana’s Meats n More. Through the adventures of the campaign (and unknowingly signing a deal with the King of Hell ) Kai has discovered a much higher power that lives inside her...will she ever learn to control it?

## Description

### **Appearance**

Kai stands at an impressive 6'9" with the physique of a female bodybuilder. Her hair, left long with a sick undercut, and skin are both purple, and she is adorned with flecks of amethyst growing from her body. In her own words, "I'm pretty attractive, if I do say so myself."

After the meats and more crew awoke from a night of vivid, horrifying dreams, Kai discovered that much like the rest of her team a mysterious gold tattoo had appeared on her body. A bright gold arrow marking on her chest, she learned that this was a mark of a potential Trueguard. Following her resurrection from Ekairos after being killed in an encounter with members of the Pantheon, her tattoo turned an obsidian black.

### **Personality**

Kai is bold and big-hearted. She is quick to trust, which has unfortunately come back to bite her more than once. Kai likes to give people chances, but one too many rude remarks and she'll go into a rage. She doesn't like to cause harm, but she also doesn't take any shit. Kai is also very flirty, and loves spending her free time practicing her burlesque routines in front of her roommate Phibi or her ferret Cooper.

## Relationships

### Marjiani Kulamarsh

A small spark ignited between Kai and Marjiani after dancing and drinking together at Authenticity. They flirted on and off between meetings during Gauntlet events. The night before the wine barrel challenge, Kai visited Marjiani at team Septice's inn, The Refuge, after receiving a note from her signed with a kiss and a heart. Kai asked to borrow a beautiful peplum ballgown covered in black feathers for Team Langdale's inevitable victory party. Marjiani says she can keep it if she can be her date to the party. Flattered and flirty, they slept together.

After succeeding in the gauntlet challenge, Kai and Marjiani danced together, but their night was cut short by the attack from the metallic raven. Marjiani became petrified in the attack, but after being revived by Aelizia remembered very little from the party. The two grew closer as time went on, making many fun memories as they faced off in different challenges and on the boat to and from the hags forest. On the boat, Xjomari was killed and possessed by a Despara member. Unfortunately, this had to be kept secret and so his eventual death was disguised as an attack. Team Septice's name was further besmirched by an artificial cheating scandal, and they were disqualified from the Gauntlet.

Kai caught Marjiani just as Team Septice was leaving the hospital with the newly-released Gjina. The two of them went for a walk arm in arm, the beginning of a storm rolling in over Burnfort. They sat together beneath the trees, Marjiani giving her soft comfort as Kai uncharacteristically stammered to find the right words to say goodbye. Marjiani had Kai promise that when she wins the tournament she'll visit Septice. Kai gave her a Ring of Warmth, Marjiani gave Kai a beautiful Ruby bracelet, and they shared a passionate final kiss.

### Ekairos, Prince of the Nine Hells

Coincidentally, Kai also made a first connection with Ekairos the night of the Authenticity party, after striking a deal with Asmodeus. She agreed to escort him to the docks, and on the way he tells her that their souls have been linked. He gives her the infamous glaive, The Fellguard. Though she doesn't see him for some time after his departure at the docks, she feels connection to the glaive growing stronger with each passing day. After her deadly run-in with the Pantheon, he brings her back to life. "As long as you and I are bound," he tells her, "death will never stop you.

On the quest to retrieve the phylactery that would break the royal curse, Kai meets a fire Genasi on the boat named Mercaeum. He tells her he was sent by Ekairos as a representative of the Sons of Hell to protect Kai. In the forest searching for the hags, Kai meditates and briefly communicates with Ekairos. Tensions escalate quickly between Kai and the rest of her team after returning from the forest, especially between her and Zil. The two of them argue over her connection to hell, eventually leading to Zil asking Aelizia to have Kai arrested. Ekairos uses a portal from an activated planesbreaker to free her from imprisonment, briefly popping in to the team's apartment to retrieve Cooper and leave a single amethyst on the mantle while the team is frozen in time. The two of them have not been seen since.

## Trivia

After getting wasted at the cast party for the performance of Ryloryn & Jessico, Kai woke up in an alley with a tattoo of Cooper on her left butt cheek.

Art Gallery

Portrait of Kai Abadite by Victoria