Belle Coquavin

**Belle Coquavin** is a character from Miraculous: Defenders of London. She is the current legal guardian of her younger cousin Adam. She also practices karate in her spare time.

After Belle is devastated by a simple mistake related to a karate tournament, she gets Akumatized by Cakal and becomes **Kickstarter**, a supervillain who declares herself "the greatest martial artist in the world".

After receiving the Crow Miraculous from White Swan, when the Miraculous is inhabited by Zemier, becomes **Agent Corvus**, a crow-themed superhero who helps White Swan and La Flamme during tougher battles.

## Appearance

**Physical appearance**

Belle is a French young adult girl with black hair.

**Civilian attire**

In normal circumstances, Belle wears a green shirt and blue tights.

**As Kickstarter**

As Kickstarter, Belle resembles a red-skinned demon with two long horns protruding from her forehead and bushy white hair. She wears a golden karate outfit, a black belt, and a pair of leather sandals.

**As Agent Corvus**

As Agent Corvus, Belle wears a skintight black jumpsuit with green lines added for detail. She wears a pair of large hi-tech goggles with green lens covering her eyes, while her hair flows free.

## History

Belle is Adam Coquavin's cousin who was forced to become his parental guardian after his parents tragically died in a car crash. While her initial job was enough to cover the bills at first, the rising costs eventually forced her to move to London along with Adam. While the two were unpacking, Belle assured Adam that they would be alright when they were suddenly interrupted by strange noises coming from the attic. Belle told Adam that they should just get some sleep and she would investigate the noises in the attic in the morning. Despite this, she struggled to sleep due to her stress over the move and she decided to check on Adam to ensure herself that he would be just fine, only to discover that he wasn't in his bed. She panicked for quite a while, eventually determining that he must have gone into the attic. While she could tell that he was lying about being up their cleaning this whole time, she lied herself by saying that she believed him and tucked him into bed.

### As Kickstarter

One day, Belle was overjoyed learning that she had been chosen to represent her dojo in a local karate tournament. When she arrived there, she was heartbroken to learn that her master had made an error. Belle's invitation had been sent on accident, and a different girl had been chosen. Belle ran off and cried in the stadium lobby, upset and angry at all the people cheering for the person that could have been her. That's when an Akuma revealed itself, quickly possessing the karate belt in her hand. At that moment, she heard a voice inside her head.

*"Kickstarter, your master has wronged you. The one who should be representing the dojo is you, not that poser who is there right now. I am giving you the power to take back what is truly yours."*

Belle felt overjoyed at the words being spoken to her. Her negative personality surfacing, she accepted the Akuma and transformed into Kickstarter.

### As Agent Corvus

*"Belle Coquavin, I grant you the Raven Miraculous which will give you the power of Third Vision. You will assist us on this mission and those deemed worthy of your aid. Once the villain is defeated, you will return the Miraculous to me. Do you accept?"*

Belle was the first Miraculous-user recruited by White Swan and La Flamme after meeting the Guardian of the Greek Miraculous.

## Personality

Belle is very mature and well mannered because of the important job she has caring for Adam as well as herself. Having been to college before, she is also notably intelligent. Adam and his friends trust her due to her age and often ask her for advice, which she happily supplies. She is also noted as being physically attractive, which she often reacts to with embarrassment. She secretly suspects that Adam is hiding something from her, but chooses not to investigate further since she trusts him not to get into danger.

Her greatest weakness is her difficulties with handling stress. She personally questions whether she is raising Adam correctly and worries that she is unable to live up to Adam's biological parents. This causes her to suffer from sleep deprivation and bad mood swings.

As Kickstarter, her stress has completely taken her over. She therefore tries to proclaim herself as the greatest fighter in the world and attacks anyone who disagrees with her. She becomes selfish, cruel, and unpleasant. Her Swan Song involves her finally accepting responsibility as Adam's guardian and vows to not let her fears get the best of her again.

As Agent Corvus, Belle treats most situations like an obedient soldier would. She acknowledges that this likely stems from her outfit resembling a professional uniform, which in theory embodies her feelings of responsibility.

## Abilities

**As a civilian**

Belle is mentally intelligent, having almost graduated college before being forced to leave. She possesses parental skills like cooking and cleaning, capable of also providing discipline when needed. She has trained in karate and her skill is impressive, although several fellow students are superior to her.

**As Kickstarter**

Kickstarter possesses the same karate skills as her original self at first, although she possesses the ability to drain karate students of their knowledge to enhance her own using her breath. She also can coat her body in red energy to increase her striking power, shoot lightning bolts from her eyes, and gather energy between her hands to shoot a yellow energy projectile.

**As Agent Corvus**

Like all Miraculous holders, Belle as Agent Corvus has superhuman strength, speed, and agility. She uses her karate skills and intelligence in physical combat, although she prefers to fight strategically if possible. She is armed with a frisbee, which she is magically returns to her after being thrown unless it is caught or hit in midair. Her goggles also possess access to three distinct modes: a normal mode colored green, a thermographic mode colored yellow, and an X-ray mode colored red. Her special power is Third Eye, which colors her eyes and lens purple and allow her to psychically see anything no matter the obstacle. Using her superpower will leave Agent Corvus with five minutes before she is forced back into her civilian self.

## Symbolism

Like the other Miraculous holders in Defenders of London, Belle's Miraculous form represents one of the 88 modern constellations. Specifically, she represents **Corvus** the crow.

## Trivia

* The given name **Belle** is French for beautiful, usually referring to a physically attractive young woman. The name is also associated with the main heroine of the French fairy tale *Beauty and the Beast*.
* Coq au vin is a French chicken dish made with wine, mushrooms, and lardons. It was made famous by celebrity chef Julia Child and became commonly associated as one of her signature dishes.

* Belle's supervillain name is a reference to Kickstarter, a famous funding website. The design is overall based on a Japanese demon and a karate student.
	+ The face is intended to resemble a *hannya* mask, which is worn in traditional Japanese noh theater. Fittingly, the mask is used by actors portraying a jealous female demon.
	+ The appearance is also influenced on Ryu from *Street Fighter* and Jiraiya from the anime *Naruto*.

* Belle's superhero name is based on the Corvus constellation, which itself is named after the Latin word for a crow. The design is based on a female spy outfit.