Maribelle Blackpyre

Age	Height	Weight
25	5'04 ft (Including Horns)	130 lbs

Appearance

Maribelle is a short high elf with fair skin, purple and pink hair, and one orange eye. She has a long red scar down her right eye and scars on the left side of her face. She is missing her left eye and has part of her jaw exposed just under where the left eye was. She has intense burns on the right side of her head, face, ear, neck, shoulder, armpit, ribs, hips and the top half of her right leg, a scar down her abdominal region and one on her right leg. She has a tattoo sleeve of a skull breathing what is meant to look like stylized poisonous gas on her right arm and a Eye of Vecna tattoo on her left hip. Maribelle's new tattoo is made to resemble a stylized, abstract angry face around the shape of an ahnk.

Maribelle typically wears a one sleeved dark blue and pink dress with a laced skirt and a heart shaped accessory on the chest and has skull shaped buckles down the abdominal region of the dress. The sleeve has a blade on it that only serves the purpose of looking aesthetically interesting so it cannot be used as a weapon unfortunately. The outfit is also equipped with a pair of slightly torn thigh highs with the same aesthetic blades so no stabbing with those either, they also come with shoes to match them. She usually wears a cloak that she fashioned out of what remained of her sister Incineryn's clothes when her body was returned after a battle against Gwynevere.

Maribelle's second outfit is a bodysuit that she wore when she was trained to fight by Incineryn, it has been fitted with more fabric to cover the left leg to cover the Eye of Vecna tattoo. She wears the same gloves, shoes and thigh highs as Incineryn to pay homage and still being unable to let go of the loss of her sister.

After she unlocked her astral abilities her hair completely changed, it grew out to its intended length and color.

After becoming an astral elf, Maribelle's hair grew again and now shines like the stars. It goes from a lavender color to a bright blue. And from her quick trip in the Astral Plane she grew curled horns made of crystalized dark matter. The color of her arm tattoo has changed to black and white and it emanates a purple astral glow.

Personality

Maribelle is a brash and angry young high elf, she likes to fight and is prone to resort to violence before thinking about her actions. She is very stubborn and refuses to ever admit when she's ever beaten even when it is abundantly clear when she's out matched, she wouldn't even admit to refusing to admit that she does that either. She drinks to try and cope with her depression and self loathing, despite not actually liking alcohol in the first place.

When Maribelle awakened her astral self it took the form of a representation of the aspects of her personality that have been repressed throughout her life and once she awakens it, Maribelle herself will start to inhibit the personality and behavior she would have originally had before, the death of her parents and sister and before the crippling depression. She is not fully letting go but is no longer allowing it to consume her. Thus after a long fought and successful battle Maribelle can finally smile once more.

Abilities

Astral Self Monk - With the help of Runa, Maribelle has awoken a new power within herself. No longer being held back by the clutches of Vecna's power, Maribelle is now faster and stronger. On top of that Maribelle can manifest an extension of her soul and summon an astral projected representation of her other self. Maribelle realizes that the astral self resembles her but isn't identical so she felt weird about calling it Maribelle as well, so she decided to name it Sekhmet because Maribelle thinks it sounds cool. The shift from Death Cleric and Mercy Monk to Astral Self Monk represents the fact that she is taking power back into her life and her own power from within and rejecting Vecna’s power. Soon after, her original astral self died protecting Maribelle but through this a new one manifested, one made of the parts of herself that she would prefer to keep hidden. Rather than naming this one herself, this astral self refers to itself as Nyx and Maribelle goes with it because she can't think of another name.

During any use of any of the listed Astral Self abilities will activate Maribelle's Astral Battle Suit. This black and white glowing suit allows her to harness her astral ki and properly control her new astral self.

- Zan-ei: Maribelle manifests astral gauntlets around her arms for her punch enemies within 5 ft and an astral sword called Zan-ei that rends apart space around her to tear apart enemies from 10ft away. She can also have these gauntlets and float within 10ft of her.

- Cosmic Visage: A visor is summoned in the center of her face, as if Nyx herself is assisting her vision.

- Nyx's Rampage: The spectral figure of Nyx is summoned to fight with Maribelle, in this state Maribelle won’t be the only attacker in her assault, Nyx will help in combat and slash at the enemy with her sword, as if in body and soul Maribelle is ganging up on the enemy.

Poison Expert - Maribelle is very familiar with poisons, she worked with them for most of her life and know the basics, now that Maribelle is immune to poisons, Maribelle can now taste test poisons without consequences to test if a poison is fully tasteless.

Relationships

Incineryn Blackpyre - Was all that was left in her life, the fact that she's gone still leaves an empty void in her heart. She cared for her for 20 years and for her to disappear in the blink of an eye makes her furious. But before that happened Maribelle respected her and disagreed with her on one thing constantly, Incineryn wanted to protect Maribelle from the world by teaching her how to defend herself but never let her have the chance to fight alongside her. This frustrates her more now that she never can. She just wanted to stand as an equal to her sister and be self reliant. "The warmth is gone, it's hard to go on but I will anyways."

Hildr Firebrand - Quite literally the first friend Maribelle ever made, still likes her better than the rest of the party. "Hildr? Coolest motherfucker I know, you got a problem with her, then you got a problem with me."

Aiden Thorin - At first Maribelle found him to be a boring square with money, but after seeing him fight without the wolf and Wintershield he's cool. "You're alright Thorin, you're alright."

Aiden Thorin 2 Wolf Themed Boogaloo - At first liked this version of Aiden better than the regular version but now they are at equal footing. "I'm sorry, he's just cooler when he gets like this, look at that. It's so cool, still wouldn't get too close to him though."

Aiden Thorin 3 Wolf "Among Us" - She is both glad but also salty she missed this form. "I want to see it but I don't want to see it you know what I mean."

Aileen Locket - You will one day be avenged, I swear it. "It seems some think lives and souls are to be thrown to the death domain like poker chips, unfortunately you were made to be an example of what happens when someone gambles with other lives rather than using their own. I thought being cold handling this would help suppress how I really felt about this but after seeing you die right in front of us all I can think is, this isn't the death you deserve."

Andol Thorin - I think we've been through enough, sure Andol, we're friends. "Even I'll admit it he's pretty cool."

Barbatos - Barely remembers him. "Who?"

Clymene - I understand you've been through a lot, really I get it. But. Most dealings we had with the death domain has had a bigger negative impact than positive, just keep that in mind next time one of us dies and you pray into the void. "Another day, another deal with another death God, you're on thin ice green hunter, very thin ice"

Omerok - You're quite the warrior and lifesaver, and I appreciate you bringing me back but, please, don't involve another death god, please. "He's cool and all but there's something off here."

Marilka Thyrnmur - She reminds her of herself when she was younger, and it frustrates her that everyone underestimates her, because that's how Incineryn treated her, she believes too much protection will lead her to end up like her and even she thinks that's not a good fate. "Just give the kid a weapon already and call it a day, she'll survive, hopefully. Hell I'll teach the kid to fight if no one else will."

Jordun Brunhilde - Maribelle met him once and thinks he's a bitch, wants to get rid of him but will let the party decide his fate first. "He's not a clown, he's the whole fucking circus."

K'jalias - Never met him but she wants him dead since he's associated with the Forsaken. "When I see him he better hope he can get a hit before I tear out his throat."

Logan Karstark - Thinks he would be a lot more tolerable if he knew when to put a cork in it. Was very close to killing him. "To be fair he isn't as bad as everyone says, but not by that high of a margin."

Laura - Never met. "I hear she died in the same battle as Incineryn..., I'll crack a few skulls for her too if it helps."

Raiah Theron - Thinks she's cool, but that's about it. "She's cool, I'd drink with her."

Sayrax - She wants to talk to her more. "I don't know much about her but Incineryn saved her, and Incineryn usually has good insight on things."

Skulk Greymind - For a while she thought of him as a reliable warrior, but now she can never look him in the eye and will never speak on why. "I don't want to talk about it"

Ygrid Ironborn - She treated Maribelle how she wanted to be treated by a older and wiser warrior. "I wish my mother was like her, maybe then things would have different back then."

Runa Stormborn - She respects her and wants to fight her again one day, very grateful she helped her break free from what was holding her back. "Next time I see her we're going to have a few drinks and trade a few blows. Respectfully of course."

The Raven Queen - She thinks she's cool but doesn't want to mess with more death god shit. "she's so god damn cool"

Vecna - Was using him, knew he was using her. When she did use the power he supplied her it felt good, like her claiming lost power back into her life she grew dependent on it, addicted to it. She wanted to break away, so she did. "Fuck you."

Gwynevere Aural - Maribelle is quite literally out for blood with this one. "When I get my hands on this witch, I'm going to claw her insides out of her chest and destroy her from the inside out. This is exactly why I was done with this necromancy shit."

Background (Spoilers)

Maribelle is Incineryn’s half sister. They have the same father but different mothers, although all three are dead. Once she was about 5, she lived with her father, his new wife and their 25 year old daughter Incineryn. They lived in a small settlement named Innsclave next to a small river. Around the time the father was a blacksmith and the wife made clothes. One day someone burned the whole village down, killing everyone while Incineryn was out in the church with Maribelle. Incineryn ran with Maribelle escaped the destruction. During this fire, Maribelle was burned a bit as well. Incineryn ran to a village called Vattlegarten, she raised her sister to follow the teachings of Pelor but Maribelle instead "worshipped" Vecna instead in hopes that he would help bring back her parents once she realized this was bullshit, she used Vecna’s power for revenge. Maribelle's father’s family, the Blackpyre family, is a family of doctors and sages that don't make too much of a name for themselves and like to just help people most of the time, they helped raise Incineryn and Maribelle even a bit after their parents died but this didn’t do much for Maribelle she felt out of place. Once Incineryn joined Croak and Dagger, Maribelle was busy training, once she learned of the forsaken she believes that they were a potential threat to her. Once Croak and Dagger defeated Hildr and went to the casino, Maribelle was left behind with no one to talk to since most people avoided her. While she waited for Incineryn to return she decided to hang out with Hildr until she left to go help Croak and Dagger, once she was gone she was stuck with Robynn so she gave him the “special task” of watching a close eye over Skulk, but she doesn't know where he went. Upon hearing that Croak and Dagger returned she went off to see her sister, but, she didn't return alive.

Trivia

- Maribelle's name was inspired by a character of the same name from Fire Emblem Awakening who is also a healer, but the similarities end there

- Maribelle's first outfit was inspired by Ruby Rose's volume 6 outfit and also takes inspiration from Stocking from the Panty and Stocking series which is also what Maribelle's hair color references

- Maribelle's old fighting style was very aggressive, Incineryn taught her to fight aggressively but not to the degree that she did before, once Incineryn died Maribelle stopped protecting herself during combat as much because she no longer cared if she lived or died in combat, if she did end up blocking or dodging it was either coincidence or a kneejerk reaction.

- The name of Maribelle's old fighting style was called, "Fists of the Dead Killer", Maribelle called it that because in combat she wanted to kill or be killed.

- Maribelle's new fighting style is still very aggressive but now Maribelle is no longer trying to get herself killed, she will now become more cunning, stealthy and can now pounce and prowl more effectively thanks to the overwhelming ki. She would rather wait until she can guarantee a fatal blow then get just out of the opponent's reach before getting back in.

- Maribelle spends most of her free time diversifying her fighting style to deal with multiple situations

- The name of Maribelle's astral fist heavy fighting style is called, "Blood Red Rampage", Maribelle calls it that because she wants to use her abilities to run the battlefield red with her enemy's blood, Maribelle took a little inspiration from Aiden's werewolf form and uses the claws on her gauntlets to attack up close and tearing the enemy to shreds. However, this style has now been replaced by the new style, "Fury of the Night" since her old astral self has died and been replaced by Nyx.

- The name of Maribelle's punching fighting style is called, "Star Shower", she uses her astral fists sometimes to compliment this style but she mostly relies on using her overwhelming speed to punch holes into her enemies. But if she uses her astral fists she ends up impacting the things behind the target.

- The name of Maribelle's more agile and patient fighting style is called, "Lethal Ram Reaper", she keeps the helmet she got from Aileen on and wears a cloak to cover her arms, in this fighting style Maribelle will only attack with her astral arms so that she doesn't have to take her hands out to fight, keeping a silhouette similar to a grim reaper and opting to use patient defense more often. However, if an enemy gets too close then that is when they are in range of getting beat like a drum by her bare hands.

- The name of Maribelle's kicking fighting style is called, "Spider Flurry", she delivers a series of multiple kicks to overwhelm and daze the target, often opting for stunning strikes delivered via a kick to the face. This style is rarely used but it works better for more non giant or monstrous enemies.

- Maribelle doesn't mind the taste of poison, it's the fact that it kills you is the problem, but now she can safely drink it.

- Maribelle's favorite drink is black tea

- Maribelle has hidden tattoos that are harder to spot, they are a skull located on the tongue, a snake eating itself in the shape of a figure 8 located on the lower back, and an eye of Vecna on the left inner eye lid