LARENTIA -Jigsaw Planners-
Sacred Somnom Woods (Mario & Luigi: Dream Team)
Age: 18
Gender: Female
Specie: Dream angel (Onigryx)
Physical Description: Looks like a human girl, but with the head and tail of a black wolf (with silver bangs). Other features include a single feathered black wing, and striped gloves and boots tipped with orichalcum claws. Her attire consists of a jaunty black cap, a long black scarf, an open black shirt (with a form-fitting bra underneath), and a gray skirt.
Personality: Stern, honorable, brave - the very essence of a warrior. She's also loyal to whomever she deems a worthy soul. She has little tolerance for goofing around, and may react to such with a sharp tongue. She's also skilled in the arts of acting, to the point that she can deceive her enemies.
History: A noble guard of the Onigryx tribe. After hearing that one of their villages was under attack by the Malnoirs, she rushed out to save it, but was too late - and she was captured by the monsters (their master had use for her). However, the Malnoirs couldn't get away with Larentia, because Jigsaw and Theodora came to her rescue. Initially skeptical of Jigsaw, she soon swore her loyalty to him after he passed the Onigryx Trial of Truth. Oddly, Saffron bought Jigsaw a wolf plushy that looks a lot like Larentia before he even met her. Hmmm...
Equipment: For swordplay moves, she uses a parasol called Romulus. Its mithril spearheads can slice through the very air, supposedly getting sharper with successive swings. As stated above, her claws are made of orichalcum, a strange steel-colored metal that's nearly indestructible, yet adaptable in shape. When attacking with them, they flash a reddish-pink. They can meld into various shapes, like drills, spears, scimitars, even ax blades.
Abilities: Proficient in the element of courage, which makes all her attacks effective in vanquishing the dread Malnoirs. This power especially flows well through her orichalcum claws. Skilled in close-range martial arts, able to suplex things that are four times her own weight.
Other: She's somewhat vulnerable to magic in general, mainly damaging magic.
Specific Moves
- Lycan Mug: Lunges forth in a manner that lets her swipe something from the target.
- Lycan Toss: Grabs a foe at close-range, then hurls him/her overhead in a spinning throw.
- Lycan Rush: Pounces forth with enlarged claws swinging around. Known to bust through guards.
- Lycan Palm: A palm thrust charged with dark energy. Short range, massive power.
- Sirocco: Delivers an uppercut that conjures a dark-purple twister in front.
- Francisca: A very literal axe kick, swinging a foot upward, melding her toe claws into a large axe blade, then slamming it forth.
- Umber Wolf: Launches forth a disc of darkness. Instills terror in the wicked, leaving them paralyzed with fear.
- Spiral Wolf: An anti-air grab, sending the seized foe spinning downward in a piledriver.
- Double Dog Dare: Gets in a defensive stance, ready to counterattack.
- Brella Flash: Swings Romulus forth, cutting through projectiles with ease.
- Scary Howl: Unleashes a chilling howl, terrifying the wicked in the area.
- Shisuken: Also called "Mortal Draw", this sudden, focused slash cuts to the very soul of her enemies. Incredibly powerful.
Inspirations
- Riku (Kingdom Hearts: Dream Drop Distance)
- Jason Nesmith (Galaxy Quest)
- Zangief's Banishing Flat (Street Fighter series)
- Cody's Criminal Upper (Street Fighter series)
- Sekai Saionji (School Days)
Trivia
- Larentia is the name of a mother wolf that adopted Romulus and Remus, twin brothers that would later found Rome. In fact, her parasol is named after Romulus, whom dominated and slew Remus.
- Her specie name, Onigryx, comes from "onyx", Latin for "claw", and "nigris", Latin for "black."
- Sirocco is an uppercut that creates a tornado, much like Cody's Criminal Upper in the Street Fighter series.
- Brella Flash, which nullifies incoming projectiles, is based on - and shares the initials of - Zangief's Banishing Flat.
- Her axe kick, Francisca, is named for a type of throwing axe used by Frankish soldiers.
- Her orichalcum claws take on various shapes, much like Taokaka's claws in BlazBlue.
- To properly wield Romulus and her claws, she holds Romulus in reverse position.
- She DOES have a bra underneath her top! It's just form-fitting, that's all.
- A dream angel is essentially described as a human with a doll head, or the mid-phase between a human and a doll. This can symbolize a doll acting as a companion to aid in better dreams, as well as a "dream girl".