Fang

Name: Fang File no.: PA11 Operator Class: Vanguard Branch: Pioneer Faction: Op Reserve A1 Sub-faction: Kazimierz Position: Melee Trait: Blocks 2 enemies Gender: Female Experience: 1 year Place of Birth: Kazimierz Date of Birth: December 2nd Race: Kuranta Height: 158 cm Infection Status: Medical tests confirm she is infected. Strength: Standard Mobility: Standard Endurance: Excellent Tactical Acumen: Standard Combat Skill: Standard Originium Arts Assimilation: Standard Weapon: Spear

Story: Fang is a Kazimierzian Kuranta who moved to Columbia at the age of ten, eventually finding her calling in the Tkaronto Police Force. Driven by an idealistic view of justice, she became a standout cadet, forming an inseparable trio with her friends Kroos and Beagle. Together, they achieved the highest academic scores in the academy's history, preparing for a career defined by civil service and order. The trajectory of her life shifted permanently during the "Blackwasp" Catastrophe. When the disaster struck Tkaronto, Fang and her teammates refused to abandon the residents of Plate #4, the city's Infected district. Their rescue efforts were successful but came at a high cost: all three contracted Oripathy during the mission. Instead of receiving support for their bravery, they faced immediate systemic discrimination within the police department, forcing them to seek a future elsewhere. Now a member of Rhodes Island, Fang has channeled her police training and grief into a leadership role. She serves as a reliable Vanguard and the commanding officer of Reserve Op Team A1. While she remains haunted by the lives lost during the Catastrophe, she maintains a disciplined, serious demeanor, using her incredible natural speed to secure the front lines for her teammates.

Appearance: Fang has a fair skin. Her dark blue hair is styled with short bangs in the front and flows in a massive, voluminous mane down her back. Two blue animalistic ears point upward from the top of her head. Her eyes are light blue. A thin black choker encircles her neck. She wears a dark greenish-blue dress that ends above her knees. The bottom hem of the dress features a wide dark grey band patterned with interlocking diamond shapes. A large, puffy black jacket with a hood is worn open over the dress. The jacket features silver zipper details, blue inner lining near the collar, and a white strap with black text reading "RHODES ISLAND" hanging from the left side. A lanyard with an ID card holder hangs around her neck and rests on her chest. A long dark blue tail extends from her lower back. Long, loose light grey sleeves emerge from beneath the black jacket, ending with light blue cuffs. Light blue gloves cover her hands. A black band bearing a blue crisscross design wraps around her right wrist. She holds a long black spear ending in a silver blade. A dark brown leather strap with a silver buckle wraps around her bare upper right thigh. Her lower legs are covered in opaque black thigh-high socks. She wears dark brown boots with crisscrossing brown laces and thick, light grey folded cuffs around the tops.

Personality: Fang is the grounded, serious anchor of her team. Her personality is defined by a rigorous sense of duty and a no-nonsense approach to leadership that stems from her background in the police academy. She is a perfectionist who values punctuality and order, often finding herself acting as the "older sister" figure who has to rein in the more eccentric personalities around her. Despite her stern exterior, she carries a heavy burden of empathy; her motivation is rooted in the guilt of the lives she couldn't save during the Blackwasp Catastrophe. She is pragmatic and resilient, preferring to lead by example on the front lines where her speed can be most effective.

Her most significant relationships are with her fellow Tkaronto academy graduates, Kroos and Beagle. Fang often finds herself exasperated by Kroos’s laid-back, lazy attitude and Beagle’s occasional naivety, but her loyalty to them is absolute. They are the only ones who truly share the trauma of their infection and the subsequent betrayal by their police force. Within Rhodes Island, she is respected as a dependable squad leader, though she can be a bit of a stickler for the rules during drills. She maintains a professional distance from most other operators, focusing entirely on the safety and efficiency of Reserve Team A1.

Combat Overview: Utilizing her background in rapid response, Fang maintains a disciplined combat rhythm that effectively stabilizes the front line during the initial stages of a skirmish. This tactical focus creates the necessary momentum for the rest of the Rhodes Island squad to deploy and engage the enemy without delay.

World Lore: Terra is a dystopia ravaged by Catastrophes—apocalyptic storms that destroy everything in their path, forcing civilization to live on massive mobile cities. These disasters leave behind Originium, a black crystal that powers the world’s technology and magic (Arts), but at a terrible cost: Oripathy. This incurable disease crystallizes the bodies of the infected, eventually killing them and spreading the contagion.

Society is fractured by this plague. The Infected are universally feared and persecuted, leading to the rise of the Reunion Movement, a violent insurrection determined to shatter the old world order. Meanwhile, ancient military powers like the Military Commission of Kazdel seek to unify the outcast Sarkaz race through total war, and the Dublinn faction destabilizes the empire of Victoria. Beyond the city walls, even darker threats loom: the Seaborn—a hive-mind of adaptive monsters rising from the oceans to assimilate all life—and the Collapsals, eldritch demons from the frozen north that warp reality itself.

Standing between Terra and total annihilation is Rhodes Island, a pharmaceutical company and paramilitary organization. Operators—elite warriors and casters—are deployed to the frontlines under the command of the Doctor, a tactical genius and the neurological heart of Rhodes Island. Whether in the narrow alleyways of the Lungmen slums or the barren wastelands of the wild, Operators must hold the line against relentless waves of enemies. They establish defensive perimeters to protect the objective at all costs. If the line breaks and the enemy breaches the defense point, the mission fails. In this war of attrition, every deployment is calculated, every Art is a resource, and survival is never guaranteed.