- Original Enemy NPC:
- Hangaku Gozen:
Enemy Name: Hangaku Gozen, the Dazzling Samurai
Enemy Tier: B Tier
Damage Required to Defeat: B Tier
Description: Gozen’s slender and tattooed frame lends to her fast-paced fighting, darting around at C Tier Fanalis speeds, using her small knife which deals C Tier damage along with kunais dealing D Tier damage. She is fairly small at not even 1.7m but compensates with her impressive acrobatic skills, leaping almost 4m in the air without abilities. Not only an assassin but also a beast-tamer, she also has a C Tier eagle acting as her companion whose claws deal C Tier slashing damage.
Abilities:- Hiding Behind Nothing: Gozen leaps backwards 3m at the same time as she hurls two kunai towards her target for D Tier damage each, whistling for her eagle to pick her up and fly 5m into the air before somersaulting back down.
- Skies Fall Down: Gozen leaps forward 5m to cut the enemy with her knife and deal C Tier damage, while her eagle swoops down from the sky behind her target - slashing them for C Tier damage.
- Everything Goes Red: Gozen signals for her eagle to fly 15m high into the air and unleash buffeting winds with their strong wings, pushing back at any targets 30m in front. These winds also accelerate the kunai thrown by Gozen in that direction, transforming them into lightning-fast projectiles.
- Heavens Meet Earth: Gozen has her eagle circle a target before unleashing a strong wind that pushes them to the ground, while Gozen takes advantage of that decreased movement speed to take a stab at a vital spot which deals A Tier damage.
- Hiding Behind Nothing: Gozen leaps backwards 3m at the same time as she hurls two kunai towards her target for D Tier damage each, whistling for her eagle to pick her up and fly 5m into the air before somersaulting back down.
Here is the version updated with combat NPC guidelines:
- Updated Combat NPC:
- Art for Gozen:
Name: Hangyaku Gozen
Tier: B Tier
Damage Required to Defeat: B Tier
Description: Wearing a smile at all times, Hangyaku Gozen seems an unusual combination between her shock of bright-red hair and small 1.7 metre frame. Moreover, since her body is covered with tattoos, she comes across as a rough-and-tough woman. In one sense, she deserves such a description since Gozen was part of the Aomori organisation, a criminal syndicate that dealt with assassinations and black-market dealings around Kina. Indeed, she worked as a professional assassin for them, taking money and lives with equal skill. Gozen did not take pleasure in killing, however, for assassinations were just business in her eyes - her pleasures are money and booze. As such, she has gone wherever she gets paid the most, resulting in her loyalty to Menat. After all, she knows that riches and smiles follow in her wake.
Weapons: She uses a B Tier knife and C Tier kunai (with fifteen stored for basic ammunition outside of abilities). In addition, she keeps a B Tier eagle called Yang as her companion:- Yang:
Name: Yang
Tier: B Tier
Description: Yang is a female golden-tailed eagle, a species known for their powerful wings. She has a height of one and a half metres with a wingspan of three metres. Her wings are flecked with gold and black, whilst her tail has a golden sheen that sparkles in the light. She is a rather mischievous creature, but she obeys Gozen nonetheless.
Trait Name: Able Flight
Trait Tier: A Tier
Trait Requirement: Must be Yang
Trait Description: Yang has a set of powerful wings and a strong stature which allows for extremely fast speeds of flight.
Trait Effect: Yang can fly at speeds comparable to a B Tier Fanalis and can carry two passengers while maintaining such a speed, though with each passenger it becomes harder to control turning angles and acceleration.
Trait Name: Iron Feathers
Trait Tier: A Tier
Trait Requirement: Must be Yang
Trait Description: Yang has a strong bone structure comparable to iron in her composition which protects her entire frame, especially her vitals and other such vulnerable areas.
Trait Effect: Yang may take an additional A Tier damage before being wounded.
Trait Name: Sensitive Wings
Trait Tier: D Tier
Trait Requirement: Must be golden-tailed eagle species
Trait Description: Yang has an arrangement of feathers which is able to monitor the change of wind currents.
Trait Effect: Yang can detect the movement of things which are in contact with the air and wind currents within five metres while she is airborne. She cannot tell the difference between similar creatures, but she can sense dynamic changes in mass and speed.
Trait Name: Devastating Wings
Trait Tier: D Tier
Trait Requirement: Must be golden-tailed eagle species
Trait Description: Yang has powerful wing-muscles, allowing her to create tailwinds, amplified through an arrangement of feathers that channel air through them in concentrated patterns.
Trait Effect: Yang may register wind-creating abilities based on her wings.
Traits: TBA
Abilities:- Hiding Behind Nothing: Gozen leaps backwards 3m at the same time as she hurls two kunai towards a target within 15m for C Tier damage each.
- Skies Fall Down: Gozen leaps forward 5m to cut the enemy with her knife and deal C Tier damage, while her eagle swoops down from the sky behind her target - slashing them for C Tier damage.
- Everything Goes Red: Gozen signals for her eagle to fly above her and unleash buffeting winds with their strong wings. These winds accelerate the four C Tier kunai Gozen will throw one after the other, transforming them into lightning-fast projectiles as they head towards a target within 30m.
- Heavens Meet Earth: Gozen has her eagle circle a target within 10m before unleashing a strong wind that pushes them to the ground, requiring B Tier strength to stand up from, while Gozen takes advantage of that decreased movement to throw a kunai at a vital spot which deals B Tier damage.
Menat has full access to Gozen's trait points (6 points at B Tier) and may add this trait for free:
- Mercenary for Hire:
Trait Name: Mercenary for Hire
Trait Tier: A Tier
Trait Requirement: Be a plot NPC
Trait Description: Menat has swapped Gozen's life of crime for a more savoury one. She has not entirely adapted, however, since she seeks money anywhere she can. As such, Menat needs to show her that pleasure can be found away from the more thrilling aspects of life.
Trait Effect: After three socials of B Tier word count or higher involving her, Gozen may be upgraded to an A Tier NPC.