"There's no such thing as natural talent. It's just the loser's excuse for failure."
Though she is of average weight, Aurora is quite tall for a woman, towering at height at a full six feet. The image pretty effectively communicates the rest.
Age: 24
Gender: Female
Race: Human
Role: Exorcist #10
Rank: Upper 2nd Class
Exorcist: Knight, Tamer, Dragoon (in that order)
Job: Secretly a Vatican assassin, though she teaches in her spare time
Weapons
As a Knight, Aurora specializes in spear fighting. As such, her main weapon is the demon spear Ascalon (above). It is the same demonic spear of legend used by St. George to slay the child-eating dragon in Silene, Libya. The spear is useful due to the fact that it can disassemble and reassemble itself at willâeven when shattered into thousands of pieces. As a demonic item, it may have extended capabilities, but Aurora has not explored them, focusing instead on training her body.
Her secondary specialization is with long range weaponry, i.e. sniper rifles and the like, earning her the tertiary meister class "Dragoon". Due to the phenomenally high long range shot/kill ratio she's managed to rack upâthanks in part to her Tamer-doppelganger strategy (below)âshe has earned the title of "Red Death" among higher level Exorcists and some demons.
Personality
Aurora is a harsh, unrelenting, and unforgiving combat artist. "Mercy" is part of her personal lexicon, sure... next to "never going to happen" and "fucking pathetic". She does not recognize nor consider "honor" when she takes action, which is why some people refer to her as a "dirty" fighter. She believes any and every tactic to be within the realm of fairness in this world, be it biting your nose or ear off, head butting, ambushing, taking advantage of the male anatomy, throwing sand in your face, using sunlight to blind you, splashing her blood in your eyes, picking up a rock and braining you with it, anything. People who think otherwise are just complainers to herâa thought she'll point out, even to members of her own team.
"Cheating? No. This is called winning."
Aurora has a very forceful disposition, so much so that she'll unconsciously walk all over other more timid personalities. Further, she will not usually tolerate contempt or discourtesy from anyone, even those that rank higher than her. She has no qualms about starting a scene or instigating a fight if she feels even the least bit slighted. Moreover, she is known to speak her mindâthough she is not without tact. She has a deep and intricate understanding of the politics of her position as an Upper 2nd Class Exorcist, and will take steps to restrain herself in cases where it could cause her undue trouble.
She may not be the most brilliant person in the room, but given her quick wits and gift for resourcefulness, she often times finds herself playing chess while her enemies are busy playing checkers.
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Likes
- Training. Her daily routine is insane.
- Spears; other people that like or use spears.
- Fighting; watching a good fight
- Teaching others. She considers this another form of self-training.
- Arguing
- Drinking
- Things she finds thrilling (motorcycles, guns, etc.)
- People with tenacity/moxie
- Others losing while she wins
Dislikes
- Arrogance, overly self-confident people, and those she considers pseudo-intellectuals
- Smoking and people that smoke
- Crying, whining, and vivid displays of emotion
- Timid and/or shy actions by others
- Demons. She really doesn't like demons, or anything even remotely related to Satan.
- People that she perceives to have slighted her (you've been warned)
- People making comments about her family members that she considers rude, derogatory, or ill-conceived
- People who give up (even her enemies)
- Others winning while she loses
Flaws
- Does not take people's feelings into account as often as she should
- May become so focused on a fight/training that she does not pay attention to other (possibly equally important) things
- Only good at shooting sniper rifles, and then only in the prone position. She's not proficient with handguns or the like
- Sometimes becomes subconsciously annoyed at students that, after several attempts, aren't "getting" the topic she's teaching
- A bit too eager and willing to fight any one at any time... yeah
Hobbies (when she's not on mission or teaching)
- Practicing; honing her skillsâsometimes she'll spar with others if she considers them enough of a challenge
- No really, practicing. She is religious about her training regiment. Eat, Practice, Work, Practice, Sleep, Practice, Repeat. Her whole life is centered around becoming better at what she does.
- Thinking about different strategies and tactics she's used in her most recent fights
- Pondering more efficient methods of honing her skills during practice
- Binge drinking and generally procrastinating (drowning out her worries with training) when something comes up that she doesn't want to deal with. This could arguably be considered a flaw...
Skills/Talents/Abilities
As stated, Aurora's specialty as a Knight is spear combat as well as general athleticism and dexterity. Her prowess with a spear is unrivaled, which is why she's been recommended to advance to the rank of Upper 1st Classâthough she refused the offer because she didn't feel that she'd trained enough.
Her efficacy as a combat artist is, counter-intuitively, increased when she's fighting multiple opponents simultaneouslyâeven without her spear. As such, she tends to go into the massive brawls solo, and does not do so well when placed on a team.
She's also a long-range Dragoon, using sniper rifles to pick off targets from afarâusually when on assignment for the Vatican, where discretion and secrecy is of the highest priority. Snipers are notoriously hard to locate, especially when they're acting as hitmen.
Along with the Knight and Dragoon designations comes her proficiency as a Tamer. Her primary familiar is the doppelganger demon Brunei, who has the ability to mimic the look, nature, voice, and mannerisms of anyone it sees. When acting as a Dragoon, Aurora uses Brunei to her advantage, especially when attempting to lure targets into her rifle's firing zone so she can assassinate themâbe they Demon or Exorcist. She calls this the "Tamer-doppelganger" strategy, whereupon she summons her doppelganger and has it either mimic her form to lure her prey out into the open or it will mimic the form of the target itself, confusing and disorienting the prey and leaving it vulnerable to assault from a distance.
This strategy is has been wildly successful for her, though most higher level targets are privy to her tactics by now.
Though Brunei may seem to fully mimic its targets, it is only an imitation. Brunei cannot mimic the person's special powers or non-physical abilities. She is able to summon other demons as well, though she calls upon them nowhere near as often as she does Brunei.
Backstory (Bio)
Aurora was born to a family of Exorcists, though she didn't actually begin Exorcist training until she was sent to True Cross at 14 years old. It didn't take long for her to make her mark and move on, quickly climbing the ranks. One of her main motivations for becoming an Exorcist and climbing the ranks with the goal of Paladin is to be able to shield her younger brother, Garic, from the True Cross Order and its Grigori, who would undoubtedly object to Garic's "unnatural" existence, should they ever find out. Further, she hopes to unearth the cause of the infamous "Blue Night" of sixteen years prior, and make those responsibleâespecially Satanâpay dearly for the sacrifices made that night.
Her intentions are not all pure, however. Another of her motivations is to surpass her mother, a Knight/Aria who became an Upper 1st Class Exorcist before retiring due to injuries sustained during the Blue Night. Aurora also just likes to prove that she's generally better than other people, and the title of "Paladin" would pretty much cement that in stone.
Relationships
Mother/Father: Retired Exorcists in their 50s, currently living somewhere True Cross Town. Father was an Upper 3rd Class Doctor/Tamer. Mother was an Upper 1st Class Aria/Knight, gunning for the position as one of the Arc Knights before the Blue Night incident.
Little brother: Garic Aguero Grant
Thoughts Towards Other Characters
Mavis Aria Jeska
While Aurora may be slightly annoyed that Mavis managed to attain Upper 2nd Class Exorcist status while being six years younger, she does respect herâthough they've never really spoken. Contemplates sparring her.
Garic Aguero Grant
Thinks of her little brother as a timid little weakling that will bring down the Grant name and hurt her chances of becoming the next Paladin. Generally annoyed by his presence. Annoyed that he attends True Cross Academy. Annoyed that they're related. Annoyed that he doesn't train as much as she does. Pretends not to know him if she can get away with it.
However, she secretly hopes that his attending True Cross will bring him out of his shell and up to her level. She really does love him, in her own way, and won't tolerate anyone else being mean to himâthough she has never "come to his rescue" directly. That for losers and bad anime plots. She'll wait around, perhaps observing from afar, and kick the crap out of the offender(s) in a back alley somewhere later in the day.
There was one time Garic did try to stand up to her. Once. It didn't turn out too good (he got smacked downâliterally), thought she did respect the effort.
Theme Song
Ming Tran by Gob
Better run away. run away.
'cause you know I can't wait for the next time.
You better run away. run away.
for nothing's gonna save you the next time.