Scarlet

* Season 4
* Season 3
* Seasons 1-2
* Demonic
* Demonic (Controlled)
* Demon

**Scarlet**, born **Yue Jiang**, is the main protagonist of *I'm the Grim Reaper* and one of Satan's three reapers. Prior to her death, she was affiliated with the Red Spades, and was later sentenced to the Ninth Level of Hell, but made a deal with Satan to escape it. Scarlet has to kill one sinner a day in order to save herself from her eternal sentence.

## Appearance

Scarlet has apricot skin, unevenly-cut black hair with a red underside and bright red eyes. Initially her hair was bobbed and short, though throughout her time in the 9th Circle it grew to knee-length. According to Satan, it looks like it’s been stuck into a wood chipper.

Her torso is dotted with small scars, which may have to do with her occupation while she was alive. One of her most prominent features is a small X shaped scar on the left corner of her lip.

Her outfit is designed by Satan, with the primary colors being red and black. It consists of a white long-sleeve shirt with a large red X (the mark of a sinner) in the middle, although the Sinner’s Mark on her outfit seems to only be part of her shirt. On top of that, she wears a cloak that bears an arrow-like pattern on its sides. Scarlet also wears a red scarf and black combat boots.

As a reaper, Scarlet has two small horns that look like tufts of hair, and a long black tail with a spade-shaped tip.

Her pupils are slitted like those of a cat or reptile. Once she starts to use the powers of a Grim Reaper, the horns on her head grow in size as the demon inside of her takes control.

When Scarlet’s demon takes over, her head becomes a large, red, shapeless blob, bearing a resemblance to a pair of jaws. Her hands also become big and pointed, like a demon’s. Her tail grows longer and thicker. All of these new attributes are black with red outlines. Scribbly red eyes fleck the demonic features.

## Personality

Scarlet is a secretive individual, except with trusted people. She is sincere, but also gives away her emotions easily. Whether it be from her amnesia or her personality, she often doesn't get double entendres and appears naive. Over the course of her time as a reaper, she has chosen her emotions over logical decisions, contrary to what the former leader of the Red Spades thought. She developed a bleak view of the world and its inhabitants. She is driven by frustration and fear of her sentence in Hell, but also her attachment to Chase, which often gets her into fights. After spending time with him, she developed a more vulnerable and warm side.

She has past affiliations with a criminal organization called the Red Spades. As a human, she was "the worst of the worst,” and was therefore sentenced to the Ninth Circle of Hell after her death. At first, not much was known about her past self as an human and what she had done while she was alive to earn her a place in the Ninth Circle. The only clues we had to what she might have done were the several scars everywhere on her body, and the leader of the Red Spades presenting a human heart to her, saying that it had been her “usual”. Later on we learn that she was in fact buying organs from the Red Spades in order to delay the progress of the Scarlet Rot she infected herself with in order to infect the world’s population with it, then develop a cure for the disease and make billions of money off of selling the cure, during the process of which she acquired a massive debt with the organization.

## Powers & Abilities

* **Biological Immortality:** As a reaper, Scarlet does not physically age and thus is not susceptible to dying of natural causes.
* **Enhanced Condition**
	+ **Super Strength:** Scarlet can perform feats of strength greater than that of a normal human, such as carrying 9 unevenly stacked heavy crates with ease.
	+ **Super Speed:** Scarlet is shown to be fast enough to intercept a bullet after it was fired.
	+ **Enhanced Durability:** Scarlet is capable of surviving injuries that would be fatal to a normal human, such as getting her arm and leg ripped off by Brook.
	+ **Pain Negation:** As a Reaper, Scarlet can turn off her pain receptors and be able to not feel pain at will.
	+ **Self-Sustenance:** Like all reapers, Scarlet does not need to eat or sleep to function.
* **Regeneration (Limited):** Scarlet can have any wound healed so long as a part of her body remains. However, this ability is limited by the fact that she is dependent on Satan to do the healing and that she needs to kill a sinner in order to be teleported to hell and fixed.
* **Demonic Empowerment:** As a reaper, Scarlet has a demon soul bestowed by Satan living inside of her along with a human soul. The demon soul can enhance her body and takes the shape of a wolf. If she allows the demon to control her, it will indiscriminately kill everyone in its path. When in this state, it is very powerful, being able to obliterate Brook, who was previously able to defeat her controlled demon form with ease. Her demon is implied to be above average in strength.
* **Weapon Manipulation:** Scarlet can manifest her demon into a weapon of any sort, (according to GRAVEWEAVER) as well as manipulate the properties of it (making it longer, smaller, etc.). Scarlet's preferred weapon form is a scythe.
* **Sinner Clairvoyance:** As a reaper, Scarlet can see those who have sinned as being marked with a big red 'X' on their torso.

## Trivia

* In a trivia session with the author, GRAVEWEAVER, on Instagram, the following were confirmed:
	+ Scarlet feels indifferent about her real name because it is merely the name of someone who used to inhabit her body.
	+ Her thoughts on Chase's cat Lightie is that the cat scared her at first. She thinks Lightie is a very caring cat and convenient that the cat doesn't cough up hairballs.
	+ She thinks that it's "unreal" how much people sleep each day, and usually messes around with Chase's computer when he's asleep.
	+ While Scarlet does have the ability to change her clothing, if transported back to Hell, she'd automatically be dressed in her reaper clothes.
	+ Chase is aware of the scars on Scarlet's body.
	+ At the moment, Scarlet seems to like Brook for getting her out of the ninth level, thanking him around 15 times.
	+ Her tail does not have the ability to do anything, it just thrashes around.
	+ When her demon takes over, she feels as if asleep. She can faintly hear the outside world, but is unable to respond.[1]
* According to character profiles:
	+ Scarlet's age is revealed in Episode 50 when Chase's mother reveals her name and appearance. Scarlet was age 28 at the time of death.
	+ Her name is derived from both her reaper color (red) and the scars over her body and face.
	+ Unlike sinners who are alive, her x is just a red design on her shirt.
	+ Her sleeve patterns are actually a derivation of a Leviathan Cross.
* Her demon is named Barghest, a name that is used to designated a supernatural type of black dogs in British folklore, more specifically Yorkshire.

## References

1. ↑ Episode 1
2. ↑ Scarlet QA (Week 4)
3. ↑ ITGR Character Profiles Sneak Peek