Ghost Blade CS

Name: Ushkal

Age: 24

Gender: Female

Appearance: 

Pale, blue-gray skin covers Ushkal's 5'6, 120lb. body.  Almond-esque eyes are pitch black with trails of red burning down her cheeks.  A small button nose sits above round, purple lips.  Long, blue-black hair sits just above the small of her back.

Human Appearance: 

Pale blue spheres peer out from a soft, alabaster face.  A straight, short nose makes its way towards her pink, full lips.  Dark brown hair gracefully curls down past her shoulders.

Personality:

Many hateful words can be said about the personality that Ushkal puts forth, the fact that she is cold and blunt are two of the kinder words that could be used.  Even though she is cold at first, she usually shows warmth to those she becomes close to.  However, getting to that point is incredibly difficult due to how insensitive she is.  Ushkal is also desperate for a place to belong.  She longs to find a space where she feels she fits- like a piece of a puzzle. 

Skills:
Lock picking: Unlocking a lock by manipulating the components of the lock device without the original key

Destruction: This magic provides many means of inflicting damage on enemies; Ushkal's case is fire, blades, or any objects she finds around the fighting area

Tracking: The ability to follow the course, or trail, of someone or something 

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Lip Reading: Understanding speech from observing a speaker's lip movements

Lying: The telling of lies, to misinform

Stealth: The cautious and surreptitious action or movement

Abilities:

Ushkal is unable to be harmed by heat- no matter how intense said heat is.  The cold, however, harms her immensely.  Think of her as a sort of lizard.  She requires heat to move, so if she does not receive enough heat, she will be unable to move.

Pyrokinetic Wing Manifestation is something Ushkal has been working on for a few years.  Her wings can barely support her further than a few hundred yards before she loses control of them, but she continues to work on it.  Water-based abilities can and will extinguish Ushkal's wings.

With the power of Ushkal's ring, she has the ability to use Demonic Empowerment.  She rarely uses it as she only has a 30% chance of returning to her Demi-Fiend self without someone intervening.   The last time she used it, she killed her younger sister.

Powers:

 

Demonic:

Hell-Fire Manipulation:

The power to manipulate the demonic flames of Hell.  Only when Ushkal is close to losing her humanity can she use Hell-Fire.  Ushkal's Hell-Fire is white with a black core and causes excruciating pain upon contact.  Another possible use for it is bringing a deceased spirit back from Hell, but this only lasts for ten minutes if she strains herself.  

Hell-Fire is incredibly difficult to control and Ushkal often gets second-degree burns- if not worse- all along her body.  These burns take longer to heal than regular wounds considering the fact that they're Hell-Fire.  She will have an incredibly hard time using it around comrades, for she won't want to cause unintentional casualties.  Holy-Fire or holy items can extinguish or repel Hell-Fire.  

New Moon:

Unfortunately for Ushkal, she becomes fully human and has no remnants of her half-demon self.

Weapons

Flame:

She can throw fire at will, but she has to have a flame around her (like a campfire, a candle, an oil lamp, etc.), or only when it's day time.  

Paroxysm:

Absolutely must be used with Hell-Fire.  That is the only way it can be used.  Considering the fact that Hell-Fire is already incredibly difficult to use,finally being able to generate Paroxysm will be incredibly difficult.  Once Paroxysm is generated, Hell-Fire becomes tamer and will be easily manipulated.  Lots of training is required to used Paroxysm.

Weaknesses: [are you weak against the elements, tempted by your demonic tendencies, etc. I want 3 weaknesses. They can be personal, physical, etc. But I want 3 weaknesses]

Ice/Cold: Ushkal is sensitive to the cold.  She requires heat at all times, but the moment she gets cold, she can no longer use Flame.  

Demonic Empowerment: Because Ushkal requires a ring to be able to use it, she is very susceptible to surprise attacks, for she won't be able to activate the ring in time.  That, and she will most likely lose control.

Iron:  Iron can and will hurt Ushkal, but only if it touches/breaks her skin.  Being around it makes her antsy, but can't harm her.  Wounds from Iron can take up to a week to heal.

History:

Ushkal doesn't know the origin of her birth, but she has been told many times by her adoptive parents that they found her, crying, by a river of lava.  There had been rumors of a fire demon falling in love with a human, but when she gave birth, she died.  A volcano had erupted the night Ushkal was found.  Her adoptive parents had been fleeing from the aftermath of the eruption when they heard crying.  As a baby, Ushkal had some sort of glamour on.  She appeared to be a human baby, but her rapid growth and slow discoloration of skin and the increase of size of her irises revealed the demi-fiend bloodline Ushkal truly belonged to.  Ushkal was allowed out of the house less and less, but she taught her how to fend for herself, teaching her to cook, clean, fight, sew and more.  They taught her how to survive.

This being said, Ushkal was hidden.  The family had grown fond of her throughout the years.  When Ushkal became 12, her parents told her they were pregnant.  She was so excited to have a younger sibling.  Once the baby was born, it was revealed to be a little girl.  They named her Adah.  Adah was allowed out of the house, was shown love and affection everywhere.  Ushkal became jealous.  When Adah was five, Ushkal was seventeen.  They were alone one day when, suddenly, Ushkal's father appeared.  Adramelech spoke to his daughter for the first time since his lover's death.  He told her how he wished for her to be a full fledged demon like him, told her tales of power and then gave her a gift.  It was a ring.  A ring of power.  

"With this ring, you become more like me.  You will have the strength of a thousand demons, the speed of Surya and the healing abilities of Apollo.  You will become a demon, like me.  But first," He warned as he pointed to Adah, "You must sacrifice her to me."

As Adramelech vanished, Ushkal looked to Adah.  She had to.  Ushkal wanted to be closer to her father.  She had to kill her sister.  

While her adoptive parents were away, she began to gather flammable items together.  Once that was completed, she went to find her sister.  Instead of finding Adah, she found the ring her father spoke of earlier.  It looked as though it would fit her little finger perfectly, so she tried it on.  The world blurred and she felt power surge through her.  She looked around as she transitioned into a full demon and could see the heat signature of her sister, Adah, and went to get her.  One thing lead to another and she snatched her sister out of her hiding place and tossed her across the room.  Adah's body slammed against a column and sharp crack resonated in Ushkal's ears.  Adah slumped to the ground and Ushkal realized what she had done.  She ripped the ring from her finger and ran to Adah's body.  Adah gasped for air as Ushkal moved her to rest Adah's head in her lap.  

"Adah... Adah, I'm so sorry." Ushkal sobbed.  "I wish I made a different choice...  I was so jealous of you...  I love you.  Please, forgive me..."  Ushkal sobbed.

Adah's dying words were, "I love Uska."

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Years after Ushkal ran away, she learned more skills.  She learned to pick locks, to steal, to track...  She prays to Adah's soul every day just before she sleeps.  She will never tell a soul about her life before now.  She will forever keep her past hidden.  The only Ushkal is the demi-fiend you know today.

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