Seras

Art by Neptune

Seras is a demon hunter who once worked along side Devil's Kiss. Now she acts as an adversary to Devil's Kiss, and a minor antagonist to Paradise Corporation. Within Ovum and the demon hunting world she is most well known as the "Jinn Hunter" because she specialized in hunting down Calamity, Omen, and Oracle class Danima. Danima that can either create great fortune or cause great suffering in others.

## Appearance

Seras is a pale skin woman with silver hair, it's on the shorter side with longer side bangs. She has a small nose and amber eyes. Her frame is somewhat small but she is in good shape. Seras' cheeks naturally blush due to her pale skin.

Normally she wears Victorian era style attire. This includes a black tricorn hat and shoulder cape with a lavender gem as the buckle. Along with this she wears a brown corset vest, purple puff sleeve shirt, black dress pants, and knee high brown boots. Accented throughout her outfit are belts and gold jewelry.

## History

### **Early Life (1878-1893)**

Seras' childhood was one of hardship, her family struggling to live day to day. Her father, John, would tell Seras and her mother, Jane, that they would not accept handouts in this life and that they, and more so himself, had to make it through this life by their means. Jane would protest saying that they should take anything they could get their hands on. The most notable handout that Jane would always bring up would be John's friend Jack, a well off entrepreneur that wanted to help out John. He understood the struggles that they were going through. John would refuse the help, saying that he and his family must succeed on their own by any means necessary. Seras' family would continue to live in near poverty until she was 11 years old. This is when a break in would occur at her home resulting in the death of both John and Jane, leaving Seras the lone survivor.

After the death of her parents Seras would be brought in by Jack to live with him. Seras at the time was confused as to why this was the case. Jack would inform her that before John died he had told him "To help my family if I die" Later on Seras would find out the actual quote was "You can help me over my dead body." Seras would live in luxury whilst with Jack, being treated well and fairly. Being treated even better than her parents treated her. This would be one of the first times Seras would feel content with her life. Jack would become a new parental figure for Seras, being someone that she trusted and looked to provide for her.

When Seras was 15 she would discover a friend of Jack's was extorting him for money without anyone's knowledge. This infuriated Seras because to her they were hurting Jack and were taking her wealth from them. Jack's wealth was also Seras' wealth now. Seras never wanted to live like she did before and that fear would drive Seras to confront the friend about the extortion. She would accuse them of potentially ruining not only Jack's life but hers as well. The friend would brush off the accusation, saying that no one would believe her. She was "nothing but a penny in mud" and that Jack was "a boy still eatin' mud." This would angry Seras even more, causing her to burst out and yell at them. The friend would then hit Seras in retaliation. This would be the tipping point, resulting in a fight between the two. Seras would get out of the fight by killing the friend. This would greatly trouble her, causing her to seek comfort in Jack. Returning to him she would inform him of what was happening, about how his friend was treating him and her, and how she killed him. Seras hoped that Jack would be understanding and caring for her in her time of need but Jack would only be concerned and even angry himself. This was an emotion that Seras had never seen from him. He told her that he would have her thrown out to an asylum, that something was wrong for her to do such a thing. Seras, feeling the same emotions as she did when confront Jack's friend. She only saw one way out from this, the death of Jack. Much more easily Seras would be able to subdue and kill Jack unlike his friend. She wouldn't be able to take all his wealth with her, so she took what she could and left. This would be the turning point for Seras, and would be when she slowly started to turn into a Fallen Angel as the sin of greed started to overtake her.

### **Storm Approaching (1893-1972)**

Over the next few years Seras would fully become a Fallen Angel, though unlike most who fight the demon within themselves Seras would use her demon to it's fullest potential. She would learn the ins and outs of it, how to appease it without losing control of herself. Eventually her and the inner demon would come to an unspoken agreement. Seras would fuel this demon, this sin, within her in return she would continue to have control of her body and call upon her demon when in need. Seras would start out simple, committing petty theft at a small level. But as she grew older and older she became more ambitious. With these ambitious she became wiser and started to learn more about demons, the Danima, and how different they were from agents of humanity. Specifically she learned of that of Omens and Calamities, Danima that she believed could help her fuel her demon even more. Hunting and stalking them she would be able to amass more riches exponentially. Eventually she would start to harvest and keep certain Omens and Calamities to herself, using them like attack dogs.

Because of her specific hunting of Omens and Calamities she would earn the moniker of the "Jinn Hunter" the one that hunts for gains rather than for other reasons. There would be occasions when she would team up with other hunters, though only for one or two jobs. It wouldn't be until she stumbled across one hunter that things would change.

### **Midnight Demons (1972 Onwards)**

In the early 70s Seras would run into the quickly new notorious demon hunter "Devil's Kiss" a giant of a man feared not only by Danima but other hunters as well. Seras would take an interest in him upon finding out they were hunting the same Omen, like previous hunters she would offer to hunt along side him. However unlike previous hunters she would propose that they continue to work together, Seras would offer this upon finding out that Devil's Kiss would regularly traverse to Ovum to hunt Danima. Though Seras was prolific in her hunting she had never stepped foot in Ovum. With Devil's Kiss' help she would be able to hunt in all different planes. The two would hunt for many years and despite the longevity of their hunting partnership Seras would always keep Devil's Kiss far away. She didn't have to have someone close to her again. She couldn't trust someone like that.

These true feelings would be finally revealed to Devil's Kiss when during a hunt in Nubilus, a plane in Ovum, against a Colossus Calamity she would try to sacrifice Devil's Kiss in order to save herself. Seras would be able to escape the fight unscathed but Devil's Kiss would only be barely able to defeat the Calamity, smiting it into the Erased itself. Before Seras fully abandoned Devil's Kiss she would reveal her true feelings and intentions with him, souring any future relations the two would have. She would then leave.

From the 80s onwards Seras would very much be a hunter that lurked in the shadows, doing most of her own hunts and doing them alone. She would never take any contracts of help anyone with problems with Danima. Instead she just continued to grow her own personal wealth and power. Continuously amassing Omens and Calamities to use for future endeavors and hunts.

## Personality

Seras' main goal in life is to gain power and wealth. She wishes to have these things because it makes her feel strong and untouchable. This greed is the main driving force in her life. It is strong enough to make her take whatever measures to obtain more. Her childhood of being poor and less fortunate in her mind pushes her towards this. Seras wants to avoid ever being in a position like that again, where she is helpless, even if it means putting people in that same position. To her there does not seem to be a cap to how much she wants. She understands that the world is limitless when it comes to wealth, so rather settling for what she already has she chases more. Seras wants to be the better person in the saying "there will always be someone better than you."

To those she is not trying to trick, lie, or steal from she is very upfront with her intentions. She does not hide her intense need for things. It's a good reason to be chasing such things, she sees it as a drive. Seras sees it as a much easier to comprehend goal than most. She thinks that most other people are stupid to have much more metaphorical or intangible goals. In general she also just sees herself above most. After many years of hunting she feels that she is an extreme round and diverse individual. She can admit when there is someone better than her, but until proven otherwise she will always think she's better than anyone around her.

Despite her ego, she doesn't seek out others to flaunt herself. Rather only flaunting to those that she comes across. Seras wishes to be alone mostly. She doesn't feel that she could grow close to someone as she feels that if she did they would just betray her. Why that is the case varies in her mind, anywhere from emotions, wealth, or just general evilness. Intimacy to Seras only seems like a means to an end rather than something meaningful. Because of this she will keep everyone she meets an arms distance away never letting anyone get too close to her. Never letting those find out why she is the way she is. This mixed with her honesty can come off as rather callus most of the time.

## Powers and Abilities

### **Hunting Prowess**

Compared to most hunters Seras probably has the most experience among all of them. However her knowledge and prowess would truly grow and shine once meeting Devil's Kiss, who would open a literal new world to her. Once this happened Seras became an extremely formidable Danima killer. She quickly was able to gain more wisdom of both Ovum and her perception of Earth had shifted to a broader one.

On top of this because of her experience she became an extremely deadly fighter and hunter, being able to take down Danima and even other hunters that came in her way. She is extremely ruthless and a force of nature.

### **God's Gift**

"Infernal Paths" is the power to summon portals around different parts of her body and have said body parts appear in different disconnected portals. This can be used both in and out of combat. Out of combat Seras uses it to reach far away places, whether it be for pick pocketing or steal objects from far away or inside something. She herself cannot use these portals as means of teleportation or transportation. In combat she can use this power to offset her attacks, making them harder to predict and counter. Seras can for example throw a punch into one of her portals and have the portal appear behind her target. The radius in which Seras can use this power is roughly 10 meters, though anything that goes through the portal can reach a little further. She also needs to be in direct line of sight of where she is summoning the portal.

### **Danima Powers**

When using her Danima powers every inch of Seras' body is covered in a black and purple infernal flame. The flames themselves are not hot, radiating a cold from them, however they are able to still burn things the same as normal fire. She can also manipulate this flame to be bigger or smaller, making it so she can make her limbs change size. Seras could also change the size of her body as well though the power required outweighs the benefit of doing such thing so she just uses it to increase the size of only singular limbs.

Another benefit to this infernal flames across her body is that they act as a "storage" as the flames do not have a bottom to them. This means that she can place things inside her flames and keep them there. Seras uses this power to store wealth, that can withstand the heat, along with any captured Danima that she comes across. She can summon any trapped Danima from within the flames and use them as a companion whenever she needs. Because she can manipulate the size of herself in this state the size of the Danima she can store can vary as well.

## Trivia

* Seras' favorite form of wealth is emeralds.
	+ Despite having a great ego and desire for wealth she will very rarely show the wealth itself. This is the reason for her lack of emeralds in her outfit or jewelry. She doesn't need to prove her wealth to anyone, she just needs to know that she has it.

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