DONZIN KEIRA -Dominion-
Yang's Theme - Street Fighter 4
Age: 20
Gender: Female
Specie: Miome
Physical Description: A human female with a beastly head, forearms, feet, and tail (all with orange fur). Her head has a fairly long snout and long, pointed ears, with shaggy blue hair on top. Her hands and feet have large black claws. Her tail is long and whip-like, with fur poofing up at the tip. She wears a black top with a diamond-shaped hole in the center, and a black tanga with two gear pouches attached.
Personality: She has little trust for other kinds of humans (Taluns, Aqueans, Sorakins, and Dracovirs), especially after the heartache of losing so many of her friends and family to the Blood Tigers. Still, she manages to put her prejudice aside when performing, as she likes to bring smiles and happiness to others.
History: A Miome, a race of humans said to descend from dragon/human hybrids. After many of her kind were slaughtered by the Blood Tigers (a ruthless mafia that returned from the shadows a year ago) and her little brother was taken hostage, she decided to put her faith in the Rountable circus troupe, which doubled as a training regimen for the Ryuga Peace Officer Syndicate's espionage agents. When she first met Lucas, she thought he was just an eager fan and tried to distance herself from him. She eventually realized that he was a Templar, a Ryuga Peace Officer like her, and they joined forces to fight to save the future of Ryuga.
Equipment: Her one tool is the Lute of Wukong, a custom lute device given to her by Rountable. It contains a hidden crossbow that fires bolts of oneirite energy, and a durable pole that extends up to 6 feet. She can play the lute beautifully, even while while hanging from the pole's tip upside-down.
Abilities: As a Miome, she possesses superhuman dexterity. Her claws have incredible grip, able to hang from a branch with one hand for hours on end. Her prehensile tail can also keep a good hold, binding firmly like a vine. Also, she's trained in several special stances - Roost Stance (gripping onto the Lute of Wukong's pole, even hopping with the pole), Feral Stance (getting down on all fours and running about), and Swan Stance (using the Lute of Wukong's oneirite energy to create wings at her arms).
Other: N/A
Specific Moves
- Baroque Bolt: Fires an oneirite dart from the crossbow part of her lute. Can be curved by her very will.
- Sharp Chord: A sliding strike using the spearhead on her lute's pole.
- Aura Cleanse: Charges and transmits healing aura. Restores one's senses.
- Spirit Typhoon: Unleashes a vortex of aura power around herself.
- Roost Stance: Extends the pole and sticks its tip into the ground, perching up near the top. She can hop about with the pole while keeping off the ground. (Because of this, her colleagues sometimes call it the "Jiangshi Stance")
- Crystal Rain: Fires a wide volley of oneirite shots like a fountain.
- Pendulum: Wrapping her tail around the top, she swings around from it like a wrecking ball.
- Skysplitter: Springing upward with the pole, she drives it back downward with immense force.
- Feral Stance: Hunches down on all fours, attaching the Lute of Wukong on her left arm. She moves about swiftly while crouching low to avoid most attacks.
- Cross-Gem: Aims her lute's crossbow like a sniper rifle, focusing on a target, then firing a piercing oneirite shot.
- Hoop Dive: Leaps forward in a fast drill-tackle, casting an aura pulse on startup.
- Flash Step: Rushes forth at blinding speed.
- Swan Stance: Uses the lute's oneirite drive to project wings from her arms. With these, she can catch high air and swoop around with amazing grace.
- Rising Bat: A rising wing-punch with concentrated strength.
- Glitter Wind: Throws forth a small aura tornado from her wings. The tornado will launch any foe it strikes.
- Flying Trapeze: Swoops in a shuttle loop, then rushes forth in the air.
Inspirations
- Dragonborns
- Freya Crescent (Final Fantasy 9)
- Immorta (The Wonderful 101)
- Hsien-Ko (Darkstalkers)
- Squigly (Skullgirls)
- Chinese cynocephalus
- Baboons
- Bats
Trivia
- "Keira" is a Gaelic name meaning "dusky" or "dark-haired" as a sister contrast to Lucas's light-themed name. Her clan name "Donzin" comes from "dong xing", Chinese for "east star".
- Her specie name, Miome, is shorthanded from "mitad hombre", Spanish for "half man".
- Her head has similarities to those of dragons, bats, and baboons.
- The Lute of Wukong is named after Sun Wukong, a monkey deity of Eastern lore.
- Her oneirite element is classified as "crystal", relating to the power of the soul and its passion. Like Lucas's DRACOS Junction, her lute contains a drive that draws out her subconscious dreamtime energy.
- The circus troupe, Rountable, is actually named for King Arthur's Knights of the Round Table. There are a few performers named after the knights.