Nickname: Ninjou*
Gender: Female
Age: Depends on which part of her you ask. The Youkai possessing her is several hundred years old, Meiiri’s body is 24 years old, but the Ninjou is only sixteen months old.
Role: The Villain
Species: Human made Youkai
Personality: To make things brief, Meiiri was a sociopath before she managed to manipulate a Youkai to her whims. She was always an expert liar and a manipulative person, even at a young age. Growing up alone didn’t help her already twisted mind. She suffered the abuses of a group of bandits for many years, ending in their inevitable death by her own hands. After her first taste of blood, she began toying with the minds of innocent people around her. She is able to pass for an innocent, trusting person, often in need of friendship and someone to talk to, while secretly she is plotting the demise of her victims. She’s willing to keep up the façade for months, making use of her extreme patience. Using this trick, she managed to convince a Youkai to allow her to live when he took her to devour her. She convinced this Youkai to possess her body, absorbing its power and personality into herself. Her will overpowered the ancient Youkai and she took control of the creature’s spirit, while still maintaining its powers. From this union, Ninjou was born. Every so often Meiiri is overcome by Ninjou, a creature made from the consciousness of the Youkai. It has an insatiable bloodlust and will mercilessly butcher anything that moves. Ninjou doesn’t have much of a personality and hardly speaks anything other than hate-driven insanity. Meiiri can calm her beast within, but will often resign to allowing it to have its way until her body’s energy is spent to keep it in check.
Appearance description: Meiiri can pass for human, as she essentially has two forms. Her original body is a little shorter than average height and she sports shoulder-length dark hair and brown eyes. Her skin is pale and marred with the scars of her Youkai half as well as some from her time with the bandits. She dresses in a faded blue tunic and dark pants, along with a stained black cloak, which she refuses to remove, although she does not always have her hood up to cover her face. The first thing most people notice about Meiiri is that she is barefoot, with scars from her travels stretching up to her mid-calves. The next thing that catches most people’s eyes is the shackles around her wrists and neck. The iron shackles have thick, broken chains that hang down from them and she frequently has to lie to explain their existence, as they can’t be removed by any conventional means.
Ninjou has a very different appearance from Meiiri. When it takes over her body, her pupils narrow to slits and her eyes turn yellow, with the whites of her eyes turning black. Her mouth distorts and widens with large, gnashing teeth meant for ripping apart her victims. Her hands also change in shape, her fingers elongating and her nails becoming diamond-hard needles. Ninjou is hardly ever seen without a healthy amount of blood splattered across its body.
*Meant to be read as ‘bloodshed’