Merry Klausen

Merry Klausen

Aliases	Nana Shinobu
Campaign	Beast Bind Trinity
Age	Unknown
Birthday	Unknown
Birthplace	Earth Dominion (England)
Current Location	Ikebukuro, Earth
Occupation	Social Worker
Race	Human???
Gender	Female
Height	Unknown
Weight	Unknown
Hair Color	Burning Red
Eye Color	Dark Blue
Relatives	None
Player	AncientSpark

Merry Klausen is a character from the Beast Bind Trinity campaign.

Game Information

Overview

• Blood: Void (Reaper)/Hermit (Black Coat)
• Style: Attacker
• Type: Human/Concept (Divine and non-Human while in Beast)

Life Path

• Origin: Sealed
• Relationship: Friendship
• Ego: I want to give peace
• Cover: Social Worker

• Mutation (40): Pale blue fire is reflected in your eyes.
• Mutation (20): Your skin grows cold as ice
• Mutation (0): You become unable to conceal your weapon

Bonds/Egos

• Bond:
• Ego:

Statistics

• FP: 35/35
• Humanity: 55/55 (57 without equipment)

Ability Scores

	Body	Tech	Emotion	Blessing	Society
Score	4	5	6	8/10	4
Bonus	+2	+2	+3	+4/+5	+2
Armor	5/10	5/10	6/11	7/13	5/10

Combat Statistics

	Melee	Ranged	Evade	Initiative
Base	8	8	4	9
Adj.	9	8	4	9

Equipment

Weapons & Armour

Name	Type	Check	Attack	Dodge	Guard	Armour	Initiative	Range	Notes
Bare Hands	Weapon (Melee)	9	Body + 1d6		3		0	Close
Pistol	Weapon (Ranged)	8	Tech + 1 + 1d6		1		0	Scene
Four Wheel Car	Vehicle	9	Body + 3 + 1d6		6		10	Close
Magic Flight	Vehicle	9	Emotion + 2 + 1d6		4		11	Close	Treated as flying while equipped, requires Emotion or Blessing 7
Blade of Soul Internment	Weapon (Melee)	9	Blessing + 4 + 2d6		3		0	Close	Beast Form Only
Spellcloth	Armor			0		3	0		Requires 6 or more Emotion or Blessing to equip

Common Gear

Name	Type	Timing	Target	Range	Effect
Communicator	Other	See Effect	Self	None	A cell phone, transceiver, magical network, or other means to speak with people from a distance. Normally usable at any time, but the GM may judge it to be blocked by the environment or magic.
Vessel Fragment	Other	Passive	Self	None	+1 to Melee, -2 to starting Humanity
Home	Other	Passive	Self	None	+1d6 FP to backstage recovery
Medical Kit	Healing	Major Action	Single	Close	Restore 2D6+10 FP to one target, once per scene.
Recovery Medicine	Healing, Consumable	Major Action	Single	Close	Cure one bad status
Subordinate/Servant (???)	Other	Passive	Self	None	You have an Extra who serves you in some manner (not chosen yet)

Arts

Name	Type	LV	Timing	Check	Target	Range	Cost	Effect
Beast Form	Auto	1/1	Minor Action	Automatic	Self	None	1 (4)	Shift to your Beast form for the remainder of the scene. You may cancel this effect with a Minor Action.
Create Arena	Auto	1/1	Major Action	Automatic	Area	Scene	0	All Unknown Men present become Extras, and are unaware of anything happening in the scene. The effect remains until you cancel it with a Minor Action or the scene ends.
Strike Form	Auto	1/1	Passive	Automatic	Self	None	0	While using {Beast Form}, add your highest [Attribute Bonus] to all damage you deal. You may use {Beast Form} as a Timing: Set-Up Process ability.
Overthrower of All Things	Auto	1/1	After Check	Automatic	Single	Scene	Love	Use immediately after the target rolls dice. Modify the result by -20. May only be used once per scenario.
Killer Instinct of the Beast	Auto	1/1	Before Damage	Automatic	Self	None	1	Add 1D6 to your damage roll.
Void Aura	Choice, Beast	1/1	Minor	Automatic	Self	None	4	Any melee or ranged attack you conduct during this Main Process has no element at all and treats the enemies Armor score as 0.
Incant Verse	Auto	1/5	See Effect	Automatic	Self	None	2	Use at the same time as an Attack, Support, or Recovery Art. Add [Blessing Bonus] to the effect of the Art. May be used a number of times per round equal to this Arts level.
Blade of Soul Internment	Beast, Auto	1/5	Passive	Automatic	Self	None	4	When in Beast form, equip the following melee weapon. Cost of your Beast Form is modified by +1. Type: Melee, Accuracy: 0, Guard: Lv +2, Attack: [Blessing] + (LV x 2 + 2) + 2D6, Initiative: 0, Range: Close
Elusive	Attack	1/3	Major	Melee or Ranged	Single	Weapon	4	Perform a normal move or withdraw action. Afterwards, you may immediately perform a melee or ranged attack. If you are Hidden, add +(LV x 5) to damage.
Like a Shadow	Beast	1/1	Reaction	Blessing	Single	None	3	Use your [Blessing] for a Dodge roll. If successful, you may immediately perform a withdraw action or normal move.
Saint Recognition	Beast	1/1	Passive	Automatic	Self	None	0	While in Beast form, add your [Blessing Bonus] to your damage and Armor score, and you are treated as Type: Divine. Add +2 to the cost of your Beast Form.
Living Miracle	Beast	1/1	See Effect	Automatic	Self	None	0	Requires Saint Recognition. While in Beast form, add +2 to your [Blessing] (FP does not change), and you are no longer treated as Type: Human.

Description

Merry is noticeably taller than most female adults; that combined with the fact that she is almost always in a business suit gives her a bit of an intimidating look. In a half-hearted attempt to ease this look, her firey red, short hair is usually put up in a side ponytail, although it really does not do its job whenever she is either scowling or giving the evil smile. Completing the look is usually some kind of black jacket, since she is obligated by her connections with the Church to always have at least some black outerwear on.

In her Beast form, Merry's form seems to otherwise disappear into shadows, covered up by a black cloak where her expression and her body otherwise appears in total darkness. The only part of her face that remains visible are her eyes, whose blue irises seem alight with fire. Although her dark wings can sometimes be seen in human form whenever she takes flight, they always appear in her Reaper form and they are tipped with burning blue flame, giving her an even larger presence despite otherwise not changing size.

Relationships

Minami Kaede Merry's granddaughter (or technically, the granddaughter to who Merry was originally). They met each other by sheer coincidence and, unfortunate for Merry, Kaede happened to have a good memory and remembered photos of Merry from back home. Now newly graduated from college, Kaede has inserted herself into Merry's life as an assistant, although she does work as a programmer on her own time. Endlessly energetic and positive and just a little bit naive, Kaede is an endless source of worries for Merry (who keeps questioning where the heck did she go wrong to have such an over-eager, careless granddaughter). Still, Merry's instincts cause her to act on those worries, causing her to endlessly try and guard Kaede from the uglier parts of half-breed life, even as the curious Kaede tries to push further into it.

Caden Graves Merry's current freeloader. After an agreement between Merry and an otherwise irritating little fairy (Zinnia), Merry has let Caden stay in her home for the most part, despite the fact that Reapers and ghosts usually do not get along. For the most part, Merry makes it a point to express her displeasure at this arrangement, but can't help but have a weak spot for Caden whenever he's in trouble. (It might be that Merry has problems with kids in trouble, for the most part). This leads Merry to putting some of her priorities on trying to find a fix for Caden's predicament, as well as perhaps finding a solution for ghosts in general so that Reapers can otherwise handle them more peacefully.

History

The Reaper that eventually became Merry originally had no name. She did not need one or a real identity, really. Just a weapon, power, and a mission, given by the Void, to bring true rest to those who refused it. With her wings of blue flames and her scythe of shadow, she brought legions of souls to the netherworld, destroying those who dared to defy death. Over the decades of her existence, her deeds became so well-known that she was given a title, whispered in fear by the long-lived. “Azure Hellfire.” Even nowadays, long after many Reapers disappeared from public view, some still mention the title in hushed company, making preparations should she return to kill again.

But, after the Void vanished, the Reaper organization collapsed. Since Reapers often eschewed physical form, instead preferring conceptual form, they began to die out as the basis of their concept collapsed. Only those avoided a conceptual existence or those who had enough fortitude to find a human form survived the Void’s vanishing. The Azure Hellfire was fortunate enough to be in the latter category, as she had enough energy to possess a young woman before giving out entirely. So was Merry, the half-breed Reaper, born into the world, entirely stripped of her former fearsome power.

This possession came with some unforeseen, but life-changing responsibilities. Having lived life purely on death’s side, Merry had not gotten the chance to understand the cycle of life from humanity’s side. The human known as Merry was both a cleric and a mother and having to carry that torch for herself made Merry learn much about her former and current self. So her mission, free from the guiding hand of the Void, began to subtly shift. Bringing peace was not just about the restful death, but the fulfilled life for her now.

Still, Merry’s time in her body’s old life ran out. Cognizant of the fact that she was an unnatural presence who would raise questions with her otherwise unaging body, she disappeared from her former home in Germany and, through a connection with a former enemy in the Church, moved to Japan under a new identity. Throughout that time, she found herself being a custodian of sorts, giving shelter to a bunch of half-breeds (although much to her ever increasing annoyance), as well as dealing with various supernatural phenomena through her new cover, a social worker named Shinobu Nana.

So Merry’s life continued undisturbed for another generation, until, in a freak coincidence, she ran into the biological granddaughter she did not know she had, a half-Japanese college student named Minami Kaede, who recognized Merry through photos she had taken. After some rather insistent investigation by the young woman, Merry finally had to capitulate and reveal her identity to Kaede, marking Kaede as one of the Known Men. Thankfully, Kaede was quite understanding and promised to keep Merry’s identity secret (or, in Kaede’s words, “Being the granddaughter to the goddamn Grim Reaper has to be the coolest secret ever!”). In fact, just a few years later when Kaede graduated from college, she insisted on becoming Merry’s assistant, both in her cover and her Reaper work, even though Merry knew her granddaughter did not really understand the ramifications.

And throughout this, yet more disturbances was about to rear its ugly head in her life. Another set of half-breeds to take care of, the Void returning, and unseen threats coming to Ikebukuro...And the Church, who Merry has had a cordial relationship with due to her body's former life as a cleric, may be calling on her to take on some jobs that she might never have otherwise wanted, the kind of dirty work that the Church usually does not bother with themselves.