Stolz

* **Overview**
* Gallery
* Synopsis
* Relationships

**Stolz** (シュトルツ,, **Shutorutsu**?) is a B-ranking villain who embodies the **Sin of Pride** (眉高の罪,, **Hanadaka no Tsumi**?, *lit. meaning "Sin of the Raised Brow"*), due to this she is hardly known by the name she gave herself but rather **Pride** (誇り, **Hokori**?); which is ironically the same as Stolz. She holds a mutant quirk known as Mermaid.

Stolz is currently in the U.S., Hawaii, hunting heroes with the Seven Deadly Sins; a small group of villains who have banded together and focus on copying the ideals of the sins and disrupting society.

## Appearance

Stolz is a beautiful figure that takes the advantage of the beauty and youth gave to her by her quirk. By looking only the age of nineteen and her figure being picture-perfect, Stolz has pride in her beauty and will often show it off. This constant swing of her body and pride can be mistaken for Lust as she often uses it to make males do what she wills.

TBA FACIAL APPEARANCE

TBA BODILY APPEARANCE

Referring to clothes on Stolz is rather impossible and instead, it is more a list of the number of materialistic items and accessories she hordes. With her body being covered - barely - with scales from her quirk, she often only wears accessories and a small veil that flows like a skirt and covers some of her too revealing sides of her body. This veil is pale blue in colour and even follows her behind, often floating due to being in the ocean. The skirt is part of the same veil that is attached and detached depending if she is undersea or not as it can very well get in the way of swimming. As such she often was seen wearing this skirt that covers more of her back end and flows to the ground. It is made to mimic her tail.

Aside from this veil, her body is adorned with many rubies and golden items as well as other accessories. Her most impressive is a crown that helps keep her hair be far more tamed in the water. It is based on the empress crown from Chinese culture as not only is she from China but she also feels she should be an empress of her own land. As such she often claims the ocean as her own. The golden crown has four tiers in an oval as the set before a large golden spike sits in the middle. The fourth oval at the outside region also has smaller golden spikes that copy the drawings and ideas of Neptune's crown - a fabled God of the sea. The inside oval is the only one that is filled and takes on most of the strain of the crown as four spectres of gold sprout out, almost looking like spoons. This crown is then covered in many different red jewels (mainly rubies as they are her favourite jewels). A small tiara is also placed on her head with a thin gold line used to place a red jewel in the middle of her forehead.

The rest of her arms and legs are covered in bands of the same gold design with a red ruby in the middle, her bracelets being far thicker than the bands covering her legs. Lastly, around her neck is a golden band that trails down to her chest. There the largest red jewel of them all sits and often lays gently in the middle of her breasts. The lack of clothing and height of materialistic items represent her pride of money, a sin that is often mistaken for greed.

There is only one thing that is not filled with gold and pride. Two earrings that copy the style of her fins are on her ear and often dangle freely. No matter how many times people get on to Stolz about what these earrings could mean or if they are of any value she goes deadly silent. It is rather odd seeing as she often goes on about the rest of her clothing - or the lack of it - if someone was to ask.

### Gallery

Mugshot of StolzStolz General AppearanceStolz General Appearance (right side view)

## Personality

The only true way to describe Stolz personality is twisted. She views everyone around her as peasants, people who are below her status and abilities and looks down on even her own teammates if they fail to be above her impossible standards. Thinking of people as less than the dirt she stands on, it doesn't take much to imagine the rude and lack of trust she has for all. It is points in battle and conversation that she could be mistaken for being wrathful and plain evil as she often fights and belittles the abilities of those who dare to stand toe-to-toe with her. Though quite right, it is instead her pride taking on a level where she believes no one can ever touch her. Those who challenge this authority are doomed to be killed and used as an example. That is the simple belief system Stolz holds and values as a person and expects everyone to follow, no matter their history or experience in life.

There is a clear line between stupidity and pride on which Stolz understands but crosses anyways. Part of that is to do with her lack of care if people were to find out about her as she is extremely confident that her tracks are covered. This results in her pitying and looking down on those who are scaredy cats in nature. She sees hiding as a sign that you are weak and unable to do anything and as such she greets them with a deadly smile before an attempt to expel them.

It's Stolz pride that she can get a bit too chattable during battle and is happy to discuss anything and everything. She views information as useful but the information on her useless as once again she sees herself as perfect in every way. It's for these reasons she can be rather straight forward and ask personal information without care. Stolz wishes for answers and cover-ups is just another sign of people being a coward. This cocky nature can get her into a lot of trouble but with her own views of her never slipping up, it is clear her personality could never be calmed down enough for her to see the reason.

## Abilities

### Quirk

*Main article: Mermaid*
**Mermaid** (人魚, *Ningyo*) is a Mutant-type quirk that changes the user into the looks and abilities of the mythical beings of mermaids. This grants some minor abilities to control the sea during certain conditions while also the ability to swim and breath underwater. This then comes with the drawbacks of being unable to live on land like a normal human and dependent on the ocean. If away from water for a couple days she becomes dry and rather ill and fatigued, unable to use her powers. If kept even longer she starts to find the air around her choking. As such she requires to have baths daily just to soak the water or live underwater, choosing the latter as she lives in the reefs of Hawaii.

## Techniques

### Moves

**Gurgle**

**Deep Dive**

### Super Moves

**Tidal Wave** (KANJI, *ROMAJI*) is a Super Move where Stolz creates a tidal wave that pinpoints a small object and smashes everything as it rushes towards that. Though the most powerful move known on her quirk, Stolz has very little control and often becomes the victim of this move as much as the target.

**Sea Serpents Rage** is a known Super Move of Stolz that uses the seawater to craft a rather large sea serpent. Though it is not real and is only made of water, it can be rather intimidating as it looks down before the target Stolz chooses. On choice, the beast dives down and that area is quickly covered in water. To use this Super Move, Stolz must be in the air and be able to see the sea to draw its powers. It is often coupled with Vortex.

**Vortex** is a rather easy and small Super Move where Stolz gathers water to allow her to travel quickly. By making it in a tunnel shape she is able to gain enough speed to outspeed people on land, for the most part. This requires quite a lot of water to use.

### Fighting-Style

**Tai Chi** ...

Though the water in a general term comes off as gentle, it is that very gentleness that allows it to do almost everything. It can mirror, it can mould and it is able to yield if needed. If someone is to thurst the main idea is to retreat a little, but when they recede the user goes closer. These are the main ideas that Stolz follows and tries to integrate into her Tai Chi or small other titbits she had learned during her life in China.

**Water Principle** (水風(すいふう,), *Suifū*?) is one of the many ideals and philosophy in martial arts that Stolz follows. "To be like water" is what most of the move-sets and skills are based around. Much like her quirk, she focuses her body and stances on a flow that follows water, even going as far as to never strike her opponent if such an opportunity arises. With this flow and defensive style, the main goal is to surround someone like running water and to absorb attacks for the end goal of tiring the attacker out.

In a natural environment, water flows in a straight line unless an outside force is in play. It can also be found to be still and quiet either in small harmless puddles or large lakes that can drown unsuspecting and uneducated people. Despite not moving, water is still highly effective while still and is used in every day for a number of reasons while in this state. It also always flows downhill, heading towards sea level so it can join the ocean. These core features are vital to remember while following this Principle of Arts.

In a more translated manner to focus on what a martial artist does with this information, you should focus on going straight unless there's an outside reason not too. You should conserve your energy when you can and not make sudden movements as breaks can be just as useful as periods of fighting. The flow of the fight and your avoidance should follow a downward pattern like gravity wills as it is much easier and far more natural.

This technique is a non-violent way to fight someone as for the most part the artist is not engaging but rather the objective of ending the fight without a striking landing on either party. Even so, it is highly effective for Stolz when she is stuck on land where she is at a natural disadvantage and unable to use her quirk to its full potential. The idea of following this philosophy is that Stolz is able to keep herself safe when she normally would be unable to do much. This, in turn, allows her to absorb the incoming attacks and make the disadvantage look neutral. Instead of absorbing attacks, the flow of a user can also be used to avoid attacks before finding or creating an opening in the opponent. This is usually used on a far less talented target who is unaware of this Principle, or the factor of the attacker holding any of this knowledge in advance. In short, it is only useful when caught in surprise or looks down on the user.

## Equipment

**Shuǐ Zhī Jiàn** - or in English **Sword of Water** (KANJI, *ROMAJI*) - is the sword Stolz has used ever since she left China. Created by a weaponsmith in China, this is the only factor that could even connect Stolz back to her Chinese Origins and therefore her real identity. Though a rather odd weapon in style due to its complex look and lack of blade, it is highly deadly as it was created through a quirk itself known as Zhùrù.

A small sliver blade rests on top of a complex and elegant serpent style decor. The blade, if removed, is actually quite a bit larger than first assumed as it travels all the way down to the jewel in the middle. The blade is covered though and as such it's effectively turned into a knife rather than a sword as a design of blue metal that looks like the tail end of a mermaid. This leads down to the opal jewel in the middle that glows a soft green whenever the Zhùrù's properties are active. The metal then shapes off to form two sea serpents with large fin-like wings before joining at the bottom again to form the handle. A metal pole that has some slight decor that is rarely seen due to it being held here. There is also a small groove made by the creator of the weapon as a type of sign that it was a creation by them. This mix of blue is quite similar to the blue that covers the body of Stolz due to her quirk.

Appearances aside, the weapon is not that great being used as a sword against another sword or akin weapon. This is mainly because it was never designed to be used for anything but deflecting attacks, quick jabs and for the powers vested in it due to the Zhùrù quirk. The Zhùrù or rather injection of power as the quirk grants is rather minor but allows the weapon to create seawater at the tip of the mermaid tail. Stolz uses this water either to mould it when she is stuck on land without any sea or to allow her to stay on land for longer times when her body starts to feel heavy due to the lack of seawater.

In terms of Stolz using this weapon, she has a rather odd bond with the sword. Be it because of the person who created it or because the sword has saved her many times due to Zhùrù powers inside, Stolz can be erratic and rather scary when wielding this weapon. Talking to it as if it's a living being as well as treating it as a child can cause quite a stir. This is the action of her seeing this sword as her pride. The pride of her quirk and abilities poured into this very weapon as a source to allow her to overcome the set weaknesses.

### Gallery

Shuǐ Zhī Jiàn's "Relationship" with StolzShuǐ Zhī Jiàn Without HandleShuǐ Zhī Jiàn in Action
## Battles & Events

 Spars

 Villain Life
* Pride and Lust's Mission - Pride and Lust are sent out on a mission, though if they two can work together is another question.

 Seven Deadly Sins
* A Meeting to Silence the Overgrown Ego - After the recently revealed ranking of Stolz in the news, the Sins come to have a chat with her.

 Vs. Heroes

 Others

## Trivia

* The appearance of Stolz is based on *Kougyoku Ren's Djinn Equip* from the anime series *Magi*.
* Stolz is German for Pride.
* Stolz was the first B-Rank villain on the wiki.
* Jing Hong, the real name of Stolz, means Sparkling Rainbow.
	+ Stolz is the main antagonist in another roleplay where she holds the most player kills out of the entire RP.
* The author really wanted to find a theme song that fitted Stolz and took a couple of days to find either theme.
	+ Her theme song, in general, is Lionize by Jeff Williams.
	+ Her battle theme song is Impossible by Two Steps From Hell.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 A Trip To The Sea: The RP mentions the known villain name given to her.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 A Trip To The Sea: Stolz appearance is of that of a Mermaid.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 A Trip To The Sea: Stolz shows small control over the sea.
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 A Trip To The Sea: A Newspaper refers to Stolz as a villain to be weary of.
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 A Trip To The Sea: A group of seven people arrive referring themselves as sins.
6. ↑ A Trip To The Sea: Newspapers about Stolz new acquired B-rank is revealed.
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 A Trip To The Sea: Stolz is seen on a Hawaii beach.
8. ↑ A Trip To The Sea: Stolz disregards the sins as above her in authority.
9. ↑ A Trip To The Sea: Despite knowing that Wrath does not take lightly to being called weak, Stolz does so anyway as it argued against her pride
10. ↑ A Trip To The Sea: Stolz is asked to lay low but denies, feeling that is proof of weakness.
11. ↑ A Trip To The Sea: Out of nowhere, Stolz requests to know all information about Gluttony.
12. ↑ A Meeting to Silence the Overgrown Ego: It is revealed the meeting is for Stolz and the issues she has caused as of late.
13. ↑ A Trip To The Sea: Stolz grabs her sword with hostile intent.