Cereza
Nox
Arronatta

Discord: @Enochk

TRIGGER WARNINGS! Mentions of Miscarriage, Domestic Abuse in History

Physical Characteristics

GENDER: IntersexPRONOUNS: Any (He/She/They)AGE: 27(Mentally 800+)SPECIES: BeastwalkerHEIGHT: 6'8/ 13'8 (shifted)WEIGHT: 270lbsEYE COLOR: Flax GoldHAIR COLOR: Dark brown/Maroon

Personal information

BIRTHDATE: October 31st, 1607IDENTITY: SecretALIGNMENT: Chaotic NeutralETHNICITY: Indian/African AmericanEDUCATION: Masters DegreeOCCUPATION: Matriarch of Heilung / CEO of Atlas Mines / Helios Fashion- Affiilations and Relatonships -AFFILIATION: ???
RELATIVES: Mother / Abydis Nox Arronatta(DECEASED)
Father / Vernon (STATUS UNKNOWN)ENEMIES: Acat, Lucious Puck

History

Long before the first eve of dawn, a drop of sun fell amidst the clay of the barren earth. From that droplet of sun was born a first deity of many, a primordial being of Earth by the name of Aotz.After her came the sisters of Wind, and the Seas. These primordial beings defended the likes of their wilder world, keeping the balance of growing life through the millennia. However, Aotz casted herself away from her sisters due to her ever exceeding curiosity of humans, and devoted herself to defend these creative, different beings.
Her contact with the common folk built a reputation for herself. A mother of all things living, protector of their women and children, she who brings fertile crop and seed to the lands. She blessed the women who gave their lives for her sake, or were treated without justice the power of merciless yet forgiving nature, becoming a fellow sister called Beastwalkers, and aiding her in protecting their lands.
It was unfortunate her sisters saw to this as "betrayal," and banished their eldest from the Sisters of Three, to which Aotz held no complaint.In the end, it was her own family and decieving humans who came to betray her.
Baring many children with men of the Archipelago, the father who sired them was not allowed to ever see his offspring, as they would be raised within the royal capitals of his thought to be lover's fortress. Driven by envy and anger, he spread hateful rumor amongst the people; turning them against Aotz, raging a raid that would in the end kill the children she birthed, and with a silver arrow- shot it straight through Aotz' throat, forever binding her voice away after it's healing.Then, after her weakening, Acat poisoned Aotz with her toxic venom after a perilous battle to fight her deadly tides to wash away Aotz' lands, and though she lay near fatal injury to her serpent sister, she lived, while Aotz slowly succumbed to her inevitable death. Her tears stained her cheeks, forming the dotted markings on her face permanently.Centuries go by. Decade after decade her soul would be reborn, only to be sacrificed or killed due to prejudiced judgement. After a millenium of failed reincarnationes, one truly lived upon the thirteenth birth. Born within the high mountains of Sri Lanka in a clan of dying beastwalker, barely yet given a name before being set adrift to the islands of the Caribbean, where her father had last retreated before they could all have been wiped out.Vernon, a rich Trinidadian noble- upon realizing the child at his doorstep was indeed his blood, quickly took her in to raise the child- as Abydis would have wanted, naming the little one Cereza due to her affinity and likeness for cherries.Urging to see his lover again, unknowing of her death, and knowing the child would barely be accepted in her strange, fanged, sharp eared, tattooed nature, Vernon took Cereza to India. Hoping to find some clue of her mother, no matter how minute.
His obsession lead to neglect. Leaving Cereza to be raised by her servants and nannies, and upon learning of Abydis' death, blamed her for it all.She grew distant, quiet, sheltered. But raised to be a respectable noble "princess" of her family lineage, gone untold of what she really is for 14 long years. Her only focus was achieving the highest grade in education, lest she feel another lashing from her Father.On the days of her lonesome, leaving to the woods far from her palace of solitude, she released her frustraitions, emotions, all of it within the forest. The only place she even felt accepted.
Until through her tears, she found another who watched her. A girl only three years younger, as pale as the moon itself.Cereza found she cared little this girl was inhuman. Learning her name was Sora, the both of them found friendship. Learning that she was not human either, and more than just a beastwalker- though her memories were heavily muted.As the years pass by, on her 18th birthday, Cereza was set an arranged marriage. Her tears gone ignored, she wedded to a man named Mako Puck, a man of the military and rival noble family. Though his name and face sounded and looked so familiar, she couldn't recall as to why.Their marriage was toxic. Constant fighting, gaslighting. Buying more and more things just to make her "feel better", never seeing what she truly wanted. Just someone to love and care for.
To which, Sora had given so, so much. Listened to her venting through the tears, hold her when she felt lost. They came close to realizing their love, but fear held Cereza back.It was until she caught Mako in bed with another. Even while pregnant with his child, he cared little for them. Enraged, unable to take further abuse, with her own bare hands, she killed the man. Tearing his heart from his chest to devour, unknowing of her own actions yet so fully wishing for more, awakening the vengeful beast that was once the mother of Earth, Aotz. Her memories all came surging back. The betrayal, her children, her death.Knowing he would soon be looked for, Cereza and Sora both fled. Rushing to leave the premises and head deeper into the wilds that Sora only knows, hiding from search parties and police.- TW -
The strain of it all was too much for Cereza to handle. The stress, pain resulted in a miscarriage. Her baby not yet even fully formed, a misshapen, pale husk that lie still in her arms, unmoving even from her sorrowful kiss to it's bloody little temple. She burried the child in those woods, watching as the land around it blossomed white lilies. Believing she was cursed to never sire another offspring.- TW over -Both Sora and Cereza left India by 1930. Taking Mako's and her own family's riches with her, they settled to America. Finishing her long, grueling education to college, even achieving her chances of becoming a fashionista. Wedding Sora, buying a cozy little cafe for her chance to work as well. Owning a mining company to stow her riches, having a keen eye for priceless metals and gems to sell.However. She'd grown a distaste for man and their filth. Promising to right the world of it's wrongs, she devoured the evil men that dared to harm another woman. Saving them, mothers and children alike, and forming a society far off the grid. A sanctuary for them to feel safe and protected, and coming to find of her true nature- willingly become beastwalker as well to aid her in her sworn vow, becoming the Heilung of today.Dangers for them still lurk. Though the records of Beastwalker history was long since burned away, Lucious Puck, Mako's father, knew of what she was. Even still living in the present, an old, horrid husk of a man only surviving through a machine, he and his men see to hunt Cereza's people to continue their hidden family tradition of hunting the likes of her kind for the "good" of humanity.

Personality

While at most times they can be quiet and reserved, Cereza can be outspoken and hyper once properly acquainted. She's kind and warm to those she feels deserve it, while the slightest bit sneaky, suave and very flirty, caring for the many well before herself. With Sora, she’s truly comfortable showing her true self to them. A silly fella who makes mistakes, someone who fumbles on their words- and absolutely horrible at keeping a permanent “noble” act of a facade.They're the ones who do their best to keep Cereza happy. Despite her protests, they remind her to eat, laugh, cry, and most importantly- rest.On a surface level, Cereza can be brash. Disdainful, blunt, and for the most part- constantly tired, sprouting a rude ego and anger issues. She trusts little to no one but the family she's cultivated through the years. She’s silent to many she finds frustrating to be around, which could almost count for everyone outside her close ring of people. Especially counting the so-called “heroes” and “villains” within Gotham city. Just the mere mention of them has Cereza rolling her eyes. So much chaos, and for what? With the memories of Aotz’s long living life, the world was never peaceful. But she crosses the line when not one hero could take the life of a recurring danger to society. She believes, thoroughly, that sacrifices are for the greater good. Most human morals do not apply to her.
Cereza knows it makes it more difficult for her in both worlds. Juggling her human and beast life, deciding who, or what she truly is.

Appearance

On a general basis, Cereza always wears her hair high in a massive, long puff of a curly afro with a curly bang flowing down her shoulder. It's to hide one of the scars on her eyebrow, given to her by Mako during a fight from a silver ring, thus leaving the scar that never healed well. Earrings can vary, ranging from hoops to cuffs on the cartilage. A hair pin with the roman numeral 13 lies on the side of her head as well.Cereza’s figure is defined with muscle built overtime from his athletic training. Taking gymnastics, hand to hand combat, and the constant relay of energy when taking runs through the wild.
She’ll almost always wear white, excluding times during her and her wife’s lonesome. The fluffy boa is essential, she must look stylish if willing to win hearts after all, adding to this, symbolizes the fur she grows no different to a mane in transformation. She wears the golden jewelry and a raven cane bought from Mako’s money, to pour salt on his dead wounds.

Attributes

Powers

  • | HEIGHTENED SENSES | with animalistic senses, she can hear, smell, and see 500x better than a human. This includes instinct and cat-like reflexes. Added to this, she could understand most animals.

  • | SHIFTING | With enough energy, Cereza can fully shift into what Aotz once was- a beast hidden by beauty. Growing 13ft tall, her speed doubles in this form, her claws can cut through diamond, fangs that can crush a skull in one bite.

  • Lacking in energy will result in a smaller form, capping 7ft tall, slender and a wilder, puffier mane.

  • | BLOOD FOR BLOOD | There are flecks of gold in her blood, a perk in which can heal others' severe wounds. It’s rare for a turned beastwalker to have this ability, but can be amplified if Cereza’s pack surrounds her.

  • | BLESSED CURSE | As their folklore tells, only by the person’s permission can the mother of all beastwalker turn another. If they so choose to abandon their humanity for the way of the beast, they become part of the family, and join the hunt for terrible men's hearts.

  • | FLORAL FAUNA | In her full form, she can sprout bundles of new plant life wherever she walks. She is able to grow blossoming fruit and strengthen crops, and if at her full capacity, regrow and renew forests.

  • At full energy, plants can grow between crevices of concrete and other forms of stone from deep below where earth is available, and cover up to a mile in tall greenery.

  • | EARTH CARESS | At full energy, at the slam of her fists could he disrupt and crumble the ground beneath her, causing a small earthquake and a shockwave powerful enough to shatter glass.

  • | EARTH TETHER | With enough energy, Cereza has the ability to shift the earth around her. Form pillars of any natural made mineral, even create small fortresses. However, the bigger the creation, the faster her power drains.

Abilities

  • | Tail Whip | Without shifting to full power, her tail is thin without any fur. It could easily be used as a prehensile, or a sharp and quick whip.

  • | Leap 100ft max, fall with little damage |

  • | Walk on water, sprouting lily pads. Only lasts for a few minutes |

  • | Blend into the darkness, reappear in neighboring shadows |

  • | Unhinge jaw for biting at a full force of 4 tons of pressure |

  • | Flexibility of a gymnastic, double jointed |

  • | Ability to switch voice tones from feminine to deep masculine |

  • | Immovable | - Due to her doubled strength and durability, she can tank 700 pounds of brute force. A mere punch from a human could sprain their hand.

  • | Pack Unity | In a powerful song-like howl, or a low frequency purr that little can hear, she could summon fellow beastwalker to his side if she should ever need the aid, no matter how far they could be.

Weaknesses

  • | SILVER | may seem like an allergy in his human appearance, causing rashes and itching, but it burns her if left on her skin for too long. Silver bullets will burn them from the inside, causing poisoning and internal bleeding. If not removed in days time, she will die.

  • | LIGHT | Too much brightness in a centered area will cause her to relapse, and find anywhere with the closest shade. Causes severe headaches.

  • | CHIMES | Sound relating to anything remotely holy sends her into instant panic attacks and migraines.

  • | HEIGHTENED SENSES | The ability to hear almost every little thing can have its downsides. Hearing voices yards away, shouting at close proximity can be disorienting.

  • | BLOOD FOR BLOOD | A beast’s own blood is toxic to them. When drawn and laid on skin for extended amounts of time, it will start to burn them after exposure to air. Healing another with her own blood can cause fatigue and weakness. The more she draws, the sicker she gets.

  • | HUNGERING ACHE | Some say no different to a vampire, Cereza needs a supply of human blood to sustain her true energy. As Aotz, she attained human sacrifice through ritual justice. With no record of her being and her history erased, along with moral code forming for the past maybe 10,000 years, there was none to supply them with daily intake of flesh. Without it, she and many beastwalker alike starve.

  • | FORGETFULNESS | Worried so much for his family in the community and workloads in the double, he forgets to care or feed herself most times. It leaves her terribly weakened, and unable to grasp his full transformation and abilities.

  • | NIGHTWALKER | As a creature who hunts in the night, it's difficult to get a proper human 8 hour sleep. To regain energy means resting in a deep, short hibernation period for up to at least 7 days.

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