Exosister Martha - Karmael

Name: Martha Age: Late 20's Gender: Female Eye Color: Amber Occupation: Exosister Deserter blessed by the archangel Samael. Formerly the head of a certain parish and its orphanage, having abandoned both at the onset of war. Abnormally adept at normal combat for an untransformed Exosister due to secretly learning black magic, further able to Arment into the heretical Exosister Karmael. Mother tongue is German, but speaks fluent English and Latin. Still battles demons in the name of God while mostly avoiding other Exosisters, but has added Nazis to the kill list and turned her blade to murder some select senior members of the Corps. Her personal Holy Command, Bat Mater, allows her to coopt other Exosister's abilities, essentially transmuting their holy water into her red variant to add to her own reserves; Bat Mater also allows her to transform off other Exosisters' Arment, counter their techniques, and extend the duration of her own transformation. Appearance: Martha is German, standing tall at about 5'10"; she has an attractive, womanly figure with large F-cup breasts, wide hips, and a small waist. Her long hair, which is usually worn in a tight but flowing ponytail, used to be naturally blonde like her sister, but became a light pink hue as a side effect of her losing her transformation. Thus, Martha is technically half-transformed at all times. Martha' Exosister uniform is colored a dark purple with white highlights and black belts. Instead of a dedicated jacket, Martha's outerwear is a combination of her jacket, shirt, and capelet. It has black sleeves that are usually tucked into a matching pair of black gloves with attached white cuffs. She wears multiple loose belts around her waist and her skirt is a longer dress design with a slit running down one side to allow access to her black thigh-high boots. Dark pantyhose are worn underneath while her Exosister pendant necklace hangs from her collar. Also wears small, triangular earrings. In her transformed Exosister Karmael form, her uniform becomes an even darker shade of purple and her skirt is blown to the back to forming more of a flowing waist cape while her boots now sport a dark pink strip running up the front and her sleeves open wide like mouths with red insides; physically, her hair and eyes turn a deep, mesmerizing red while dark energy radiates off her in waves. Instead of her Holy Commands turning water into holy water like normal, it instead becomes red like communion wine and flows in a halo-like figure eight above Karmael's head. Wields a large butterfly blade as her primary weapon. History: When Martha was only a teenager, she lost both of her parents in the Great War. This left her alone to raise her kid sister, Elis, while navigating the harsh reality of Germany both during and after wartime. Due to her experiences, Martha has learned that sometimes rules need to broken to survive; while she hasn't become completely ruthless, she is guileful and not above her own secrets. During her operations in the late 20's, Martha's partner Exosister was killed in action and she herself was badly wounded, leaving her a reservist tending to the parish orphanage and training younger Exosisters throughout most of the decade, especially watching Elis. She secretly begun studying the occult during this time and thus lost her archangel's blessing, permanently revoking her ability to transform even though lingering injuries already made that impossible. Things continued this way until just before the war, when Martha had enough and deserted without a word in the middle of the night, overcome with frustration and long bottled rage. Her grief and resentment, combined with her occult learnings, attracted the blessing of a new archangel: Samael. With a new transformation in tow and a repaired body, Martha made it her new mission to oppose the Nazis in any way she can, now roaming to intercept troops at key points as a reaper of the battlefield. Personality: While she used to be a kind if stern teacher, Martha has been consumed with hatred and pain for both the suffering of her country and her own personal hardships, from the loss of her parents, to her partner, her own wounds, and ultimately being forced to contend with her own sister while her world collapses. She has essentially driven herself to the edge of both weariness and valiant delirium in her contempt for the world around her and has developed something of a dramatic streak, losing the subtlety that she used to wield as part of the Corps in her full blown transition to rebellion. Though, she prays more often for salvation now than she ever did before. Far from insane, Martha is still very much lucid, just frayed with little opportunity or motivation to relax. It has made it so she can be a little goofy when she does let her shoulders down though, her inhibitions naturally eroded around the edges. Sexual: Chaste when she abandoned her post as head parishioner, Martha's longing for romance has fallen by the wayside with her new self bestowed mission. Since striking out on her own, some sadistic desires have begun festering towards the girls that she used to train, chastising them while bringing them to submission with sexual punishment; while most of her hatefucking enmity is directed towards Stella, Irene and Sophia aren't exempt either. Even Elis gets some of it, though Martha imagines her pillorying to be a bit more gentle even as she forces her to squirt all over the place. Wooden horse, shackles, paddling and spanking, everything to keep the girls subjugated and mercifully off the frontline. Though, this only applies to her fellow Exosisters. With a guy, she's likely to be much more like her old self as more of an equal who desires romance and support. That is, tenderness and somewhere to rest her head while offering the same in return. Likes: Unsweetened chocolate and coffee, which reminds her of growing up; cold weather perfect for sidling up next to the fireplace; baking, hunting, venison and other game meat; killing those who did the world wrong in her blood stained purge Dislikes: The National Socialist Party, who twisted the German spirit and plunged the world into war; the Exoschwester Korps, who allowed themselves to have their mission corrupted for an unjust cause; foolish Stella, who refuses to leave the conflict; American isolationism, a country that could bring Germany to its knees but does nothing. Relationships: With her desertion, the respect Martha used to command among her peers and younger Exosisters has turned to fear as an adversary they might meet during excursions. Most of her ties to the Exosisters have been thoroughly cut, though she still dearly loves her younger sister as much as she loathes her misguided nature; Stella is someone that she holds particular ire for as Elis' partner. Martha's reservation about the National Socialists from years ago has evolved into a full blown self righteous hatred and despair for the Germany that she was born under, believing the country's spirit to be well warped and beyond saving; if Germany is to be reborn, it needs to perish first. The Exoschwester Korps is no exception, having lost its way to become little more than a tool for a dictatorial regime. Despite her lamentations, Martha still believes in God but questions why the world was meant to suffer as it is now. In that way, she believes her crusade to be one of deliverance and justice through destruction. Tactful, big sisterly. Appears very by-the-books, but secretly follows her own agenda