Danica Gorman

Danica Gorman is a Level 3 Superhuman and an agent of H.E.R.O. She previously worked as an assassin for Klaus Aldain and his Aldain Syndicate.

## Background

Two years ago, Danica worked as a bartender for a strip club. One night, while walking home, she encountered M65: Gestas and was turned into a superhuman. A couple of days after that incident, she then evolved to Level 2. With her newly gained power, Cross Light, she decided to work as an assassin. She did this for around a year before being injured by Oscar Leicht in one of her botched assassination attempts. She was saved by Klaus before being hired to teach him how to use his power. Sometime later, after Danica fully recovered, she officially joined the Aldain Syndicate as one of their superhuman enforcers, alongside Klaus. They later hunted down Oscar before bringing him in as their third and final enforcer.

### Poker Event

After the events of the Frat House massacre, Danica, with Klaus, encounters MC and Alice at the Montero casino. Upon seeing him for the first time, she doesn't think much of him while Klaus can propose to give her to MC, in exchange for Alice. After that, she participates in a high stake's poker tournament against the MC for the big prize, later revealed to be the comatose body of The Fairy.

During the poker game, she converses with the MC, while wearing a smug grin. That was, until MC used his own ability to change the cards, which ruined her plans. Especially when he continually asked for a fresh deck. After all of the lost against the MC, the game went on a break. She then arrives with Oscar to observe the exchange between Klaus and MC. She comments that she thinks Oscar was the better investment and that the MC was a weakling after learning he has powers. Something which caused him to get in a heated argument with her before Klaus intervenes.

Returning to the poker game, after the MC beats Charles, Danica admits that she can't beat him. Stating that he had more tricks beyond his "stretchy arms" than they were led to believe. Seeing as she now knows she lost, she reveals a bit of her powers and that she marked the cards with invisible black crosses to cheat. Something which got her disqualified by Julius. Before that though, she showed the MC that she also marked his torso with a large black cross and threatens him to bring her the prize before the night is over or he'll be split like the card. After that, she leaves with Oscar while Klaus ambushes MC, Alice and Michael.

### Aldain Hideout

A bit later, after Klaus fled from the revived Fairy and Alice became a superhuman, they encounter Bramon Xanthe. Xanthe calling them useless for letting the specimen escape. Something that causes Danica to be pissed and threaten to kill him with a snap of her fingers. Xanthe isn't impressed though and tells Klaus he will put her down if she keeps talking, which makes him tell her to be quiet. Xanthe then tells Klaus to get him the specimen before being teleported away. Which shocked Danica because she thought he was human. Klaus then confirms that he is and that one of his men did it, presumably Nicolette Heart. He then orders Danica to call Gerald Palmer, Aldain Syndicate's trusted information broker, to see if he's made any progress in finding the Fairy.

When Danica and Oscar arrive to meet Gerald, she sees MC and Alice. She tries to stall to build up her mark on the duo, but the MC attacks her. As Alice sends Oscar flying, Danica and MC begin their fight. She puts a hole in his chest but is surprised he can still fight with that wound. Now knowing how he's still alive after fighting Klaus and getting bisected. She taunts him before stating she has no intention of letting him live and that he can keep on struggling, if he wants, but he'll be dead in a few moments. When she corners the MC, he runs away, which frustrates her.

As Danica hunts the MC down, she comes across Oscar but is shocked to be attacked by him. It is then that she learned that the MC could shapeshift, when his enlarged fist smashed into her. She wastes no time and sends a barrage of Kryqs at the MC as her X marks the spot splits his arms into pieces. Now being wary of his powers, she kills her own reinforcements that came to help. She still senses the MC but feels that he's far away.

Moments later, several pieces of rubble are thrown her way while MC charged at full force, ignoring the damage from all of her attacks before slamming into her. She manages to block the attack but is brutally impaled from behind by his tentacle. She was confused on how he got around her defense and really thought she was about to die. Having lost to the MC, he can decide her fate. A choice which affects if she lives later or not. Regardless of his choice, Oscar throws Alice at him before arriving at her side. Despite her protest, Oscar escapes with her.

### Aldain Finale

A bit later, Danica is recovering in bed after her fight with the MC, Klaus being surprised at how badly she was injured. She tells him that the MC is dangerous and much more powerful than they were told. After leaving, he calls her useless for losing to someone he deemed as a weakling. He also shows surprise that Oscar lost but Oscar states he didn't and that he only protected Danica. He goes as far as to say Danica faced a superior opponent in MC. Something which Klaus reluctantly agrees with and admits that it was his fault for letting MC survive their encounter.

A couple of days later, after MC and Markus Alderman are captured by Klaus, Danica awakens. She reflects on her battle with MC and can't believe he spared her, if the MC chose not to kill her. She detested him for it, accusing him of looking down on her. That said, she decides to visit him in his holding cell. Upon arriving, she talks down to him about the situation he's landed in. Revealing that she knows his hero identity and his weakness to electricity. She even tries to scare him by telling him his fate, but he shrugs it off. Danica's next reaction is different, depending on if MC said he would spare her or not.

### If the MC tried to kill Danica

She tortures him brutally before leaving at the sound of commotion caused by Alice, Michael and their Alderman reinforcement. She kills a few of the Alderman members. In doing so, it caused her wounds to act up. This is before the MC sneak attacks her, brutally killing her with his tentacles. As he devours her mind, her power and mind clashes with his own. MC's vessel being too weak to consume Danica. Who, unbeknownst to himself at the time, was a Level 2 superhuman.

### If the MC spared Danica

She'll ask why he spared her and will lightly banter with him. She will also develop a bit of likeability towards him. This is shown by her not being offended by him saying she's hot and that he would get her to join his "harem". Something she makes fun of, when he said he would "woo her". Yet, she doesn't outright reject his advances. She even agrees to repay him, though she won't let him escape. She also tells the MC how she gained her power or how she ended up apart of the Aldain Syndicate, if he asked. They're interrupted as Alice and Michael cause a massive amount of ruckus. Danica leaving him there as she goes to help out.

She kills a few of the Alderman members. In doing so, it caused her wounds to act up. This is before the MC sneak attacks her, opening up her chest wound again. He cuts her eyes and gets the answers he wants from her memories before letting her live again. She is later revealed to have been picked up by Nico and sent to H.E.R.O. where she remained in a coma, healing from her injuries. Something that Xanthe personally had a hand in making sure she did.

### Joining H.E.R.O.

Several months later, she meets the now Level 2 MC at H.E.R.O. and tries to attack him but is knocked out by Michael. As she awakens, she berates the MC for always attacking her from behind. MC rebuttals by saying she would win more if she did the same. As they're get back acquainted with each other, she exclaims that she's still pissed about him cutting her eyes and that she can hardly see still. She states that at least she doesn't have to look at his ugly face, which causes MC to call her mean. They continue their talk on how she survived. She shows a small amount of care for him by warning him about Michael being dangerous before Xanthe arrives.

### Post Battle of Diamonds

After the events of the Battle of Diamonds, the now Level 3 MC goes on a B-Class hunt where he's paired up with the now Level 3 Danica. While on their way to hunt the B Rank M72: Gorgon in the sewers, she reveals that she finally evolved after 2 years of being at Level 2 and that her body completely healed along with it. She tells him about how all of her evolutions went. That she evolved to level 3 during the events of the Battle of Diamonds while defending a town from a monster. She then glanced at the MC before saying she's glad the guy that beat her wasn't some weakling, as she notes he also reached Level 3. This is before saying that she'll now beat him if they fought.

While they're discussing why H.E.R.O. bothers saving people, she senses the Gorgon approach before it attacks the MC with its petrification ability. As it tries to kill the defenseless MC, Danica snaps her fingers from behind it and splits the Gorgon into pieces with her X marks the spot. Shredding the remaining parts with her Kryqs afterwards. She then asks if the MC was alright before helping him up. They then leave after successfully killing their target.

Before going back to H.E.R.O, they decide to stop and clean themselves at a public shower. She talks about how it was the MC's fault that she's not married to Klaus and living in a mansion. MC responds by asking if she really wanted to marry him, to which she said yes. Not because she liked him but because of what he could've provided her. Revealing that it's the only reason she followed him around and that he ruined her chances. MC then decides to end the discussion there and leave. She also decides she's done and does the same. The still naked duo bumping into each other, letting get a good look at his naked body before closing her eyes. Calling him a pervert as they get dressed and leave.

## Powers and Abilities

### General Superhuman Abilities

Danica's powers manifest almost purely supernaturally so she is physically weak when compared to other superhumans. The MC's blades were able to severely injure her even as a level 1 and she has no real regeneration or healing. However, because her powers rely on her sight line and senses, they are both extraordinarily enhanced. She seems to have a very wide field of vision and superb motion tracking, able to cut bullets from the air with her crosses. Her senses in general seem enhanced compared to superhumans without specific sensory powers.

### Powers

Danica named her power Cross Light, and it has two main abilities.

The first that she manifested - and most versatile - is the attack she named "Kryq", a word in her mother tongue meaning "cross". They are manifested from the tattoos on her body and can be fired without limit. As she has evolved, she can summon more Kryqs and has made the ability even more energy efficient. The Krqys are essentially energy bullets that cut through or carve apart most things and are her primary offense. On defense she can use the crosses to split or burn away physical attacks coming at her, but this has been shown to be unreliable. Very heavy or large impacts simply smash through the Kryq before they can be burned away.

The second ability she manifests is called "X marks the spot". Triggered through eyesight, she can mark living creatures, giving them a cross shaped tattoo of their own. These tattoos are invisible to everyone but her and those she allows to see them. The longer she stares at the spot, the larger it grows. Ranging from as small as golf ball when generated in a second, to larger than a car when developed for over a minute. Once the tattoo reaches the desired size, all Danica has to do is snap her fingers and her target receives a wound matching the tattoo, the magnitude of which depends on the size of the cross. The ability seems extremely damage efficient, easily ripping through both the MC's Level 1 reinforced flesh and M72: Gorgon's stone body. The only downside seems to be that it requires continuous sight line focus meaning fast or supernaturally evasive foes can be difficult to target.

## Relationships

### **Klaus**

Danica initially appears to be smitten by Klaus, constantly fawning over him and trying to get him to give up on marrying Alice in favor of her. However if MC spares Danica she reveals that she can't stand Klaus, saying that she thinks he's stupid for sparing MC and only fawns over him for his money.

When asked if she misses him as a person, she briefly appears sad before answering, implying that her opinion of him may have changed following his death.

### Oscar

Oscar considered Danica and Klaus his only two friends in the world, caring for them more then mission success or even his own life. Danica didn't really seem to reciprocate these feelings and would regularly insult him. She does however seem to respect his power, and is glad that they are no longer enemies.

## Trivia

* The mother tongue that Danica get Kryq from is Albanian in real life. Danica's name means morning star.
* She is currently the fastest known person to reach Evolution Level 2. Reaching it only a few days after being infected by M65: Gestas.
* She seemingly took the MC's advice about attacking from behind as during the M72: Gorgon fight, she kills her from behind to save MC.
* She apparently had 9 million dollars in her bank account during her time with the Aldains. It is currently unknown how her several months of absence and employment with H.E.R.O has effected her finances.
* Danica hates spicy food.