Katana Tsume

The Lioness

> "*Pretty? Yeah I guess I am; pretty and pretty fucking badass.*"
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**Katana Tsume** is a Japanese, Hasekura-made tribrid, based upon a lion with the feathered wing patterning of a butterfly. She is the only non-ARCDA Synth of the Rogues, and one of the few Hasekura made Synths shown in the series.

## Appearance

### **Description In Stormbite**

*She ducked, and her hood fell back, revealing a pair of huge rounded ears that were flattened back against her hair. They growled and stared in surprise and awe at the girl, not having expected Hasekura, a company renowned for its terrible bootleg Synths, to have produced such a beauty. Narrow monolidded hazel eyes dark against the unblemished olive skin and mane of silky golden-brown hair, gave her a sweet and innocence appearance, even with the rounded ears and tiny blue feathers that were visible along the sides of her neck and scattered throughout the fur of her tail.*

#### **Tribrid Features**

> "*Its a strange look, I know. If you want someone to act as a stealth killer then why give them big butterfly wings?"*
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Where as most non-preternatural based ARCDA Synths have the traits that give them animal resemblances limited and strictly controlled to make them either as human looking, or as animal looking as possible, Katana has a more human look with the ears and tail of a lioness, and wings of a bird, due to the specifics of what her former owner wanted.
Kat makes a note that the pattern of her wings are meant to resemble the butterfly, Panacea regina, or the Queen Flasher, and are approximately at the latter end of 14 feet long, and in shape resemble the elliptical wings of a Kingfisher.

> *"He was met with the wings that more resembled the pattern of a butterfly than any bird he knew of. Velvety feathers of brightest azure to black with the shape of a kingfisher’s wing, with tiger striped patterning along the marginal coverts with a pristine streak of turquoise down the vanes of every feather and edged in black along the primaries. The undersides contrasted the bright blue with a flaming red along the secondaries that turned to purest midnight blue with a lone white band along the tips of the primaries. They were stunning."*
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## Personality

Katana is a very bold individual, unafraid to argue back with people and readily stands her ground be it in the face of danger, or when arguing on the topic of fashion. She is passionate in everything she does, and goes through life with her head held high.

When it comes to loyalty, she is unwavering and resolute in who she will stand beside, and isn't afraid to be the first one into a fight, though she often gets hurt from not watching her back. If goaded Kat will retaliate in kind and the only time she is hesitant to express herself is when talking to Storm, as she neither wants to upset her, exasserbate any issues, or make her angry.

When she's not working, she spends her time reading erotica and writing, and likes to go out exploring and shopping.

## History

Katana was a custom made tribrid, courtesy of ARCDA's main rival, Hasekura, growing up as a bodyguard in training in Kagoshima, Japan, with her brother and sister, Tanto and Tachi.

> *"I'm still not sure why he wanted to have me made this way, but he did. He was pretty eccentric though....His office was covered with real butterflies pinned to the walls. Sometimes he'd point to a pretty blue one and say to me, 'this one is you if you misbehave' then throw a knife at its wings." - Katana*
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> *“How long have you been …free? If you don’t mind if I ask?”*
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> *“I’ve been free since I was seventeen, but I’ve been with the Rogues for a little over a year*
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> and a half now, and I’m nothing like what I was when I first arrived.”
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Prior to Raoul, and then subsequently Malana and Palmer's arrival, Kat was the youngest Rogue at 19 going on 20.

## Abilities

Unlike Wilny with his muser abilities and Storm with her bioelectricity, Katana does not possess the same abilities. Instead hers are physical, with enhanced hearing and a sense of smell, as well as great speed and flexibility.

She is proficient in close quarters combat, as well as defense and evasion, with her primary weaponry consisting of knives. Though she can use firearms, she doesn't like to as it doesn't fit her aesthetic.

#### **Feral**

As an ex-Feral Kat can sometimes go into a berserker type mode. In this mode she will bite, use her claws, and leap and flex about very quickly.

## Relationships

### **The Rogues**

* **Storm Fraser-Swann**

Katana would follow Storm to the ends of the earth, although she doesn't always agree with what Storm does. It was thanks to Storm that Kat was rescued from a Hunter Unit that had been tracking her and her siblings down in Japan, since then Kat has given Storm her upmost respect. She cares deeply for Storm, worrying about her and being quick to try to help set her back on course.

* **Beth Lovelace**

Katana and Beth talk more often than they appear to, able to understand each other with little more than a nod of the head or the twitch of a wing. Together they act as a support crew for Storm as both are vary aware of different distructive behaviours of her and so work in tamden to help. Though they don't always see eye to eye, Beth and Kat get along just fine, but they do have their share of small conflicts with one another however, with Kat getting angry that Beth hasn't solved the myster of where Kat's family is despite being able to find out information on most other things. Even so they do not hold any grudges against one another.

* **Wilny Mira**

At the beginning of Stormbite, Kat and Wilny appear to be in conflict over many things, however this is little more than just playful banter between the two. They get along very well despite their constant teasing.

* **Amell Rakena**

After their fist meeting, Katana was a little wary of Amell, however upon introducing him into the Rogues and fighting with him against Kathy, they have a friendly raport with one another.

* **Raoul Hunter**

Kat is the quickest to warm up to Raoul. Within a few hours of knowing him, she tells him about her past and quickly defends him when Wilny begings to act hostile and suspicious of him. She is also highly comfortable with being in physical contact with him, letting him sit with her and holding him.

* **Malana Été**

Katana spoils Malana a lot. Having a sense of fashion and style, Kat takes Malana out to get her new clothes and to be pampered, and on the side shows Malana how to use a knife (under the watchful eye of Wilny)

* **Palmer Hunter**

### **Family**

* **Tanto and Tachi**

Tanto and Tachi are Katana's younger siblings

* **The Owner**

Kat's former Owner was apparently a Hasekura investor who put a lot of money into commissioning her. He was apparently eccentric, keeping pinned butterflies and weapons in his office which he would threaten Kat with if she didn't behave.

## Quotes

* "Yeah I'm pretty. Pretty fucking badass."
* "I love being a honey trap."

## Trivia

* Katana's name is a pun.
	+ Kat - Cat, whilst Tsume means Claws.
	+ Her name can be read as the Cat's Claws or Sword Claw.
* Her siblings are called Tanto and Tachi, both of which are different types of blades, which also matches her name.
* Although trained with handguns and other firearms, Kat prefers to use knives and swords. As it fits more with her aesthetic.
* She thinks in Japanese according to Wilny.
* According to Kat, her name is the third most common name used for Pards.
* She was origionally going to have her tail cut off during the encounter with ARCDA, but that was changed.
* Origionally, Kat's wings were going to be based upon a blue jay.

## References

1. ↑ Stormbite: Chapter 1
2. ↑ **Stormbite**: Chapter 2
3. ↑ **Stormbite**: Chapter 3: *"Panacea regina..."*
4. ↑ **Stormbite**: Chapter 3

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