Hibiscus

Name: Hibiscus File no.: PA13 Operator Class: Medic Branch: Medic Faction: Op Reserve A1 Sub-faction: Victoria Position: Ranged Trait: Restores the HP of allies Gender: Female Experience: 1 year Place of Birth: Victoria Date of Birth: June 21st Race: Sarkaz Height: 153 cm Infection Status: Infection confirmed by medical examination. Strength: Normal Mobility: Normal Endurance: Normal Tactical Acumen: Standard Combat Skill: Normal Originium Arts Assimilation: Standard Weapon: Wand

Story: Hibiscus is a Victorian Sarkaz girl who grew up in the multicultural streets of Londinium. Raised in a comfortable middle-class family, she developed a nurturing, if somewhat overbearing, personality early on, often playing the role of the caretaker for her younger twin sister, Lava. When both sisters contracted Oripathy, they sought treatment at Rhodes Island, where Hibiscus quickly found her calling as a combat medic for Reserve Team A1. Her dedication to health is absolute, though her methods—specifically her "nutritionally balanced" but notoriously foul-tasting meals—have earned her a fearsome reputation among the operators.

Appearance: Hibiscus has a fair skin. Her purple hair features straight front bangs, side locks reaching her chin, and the back gathered into a small bun. Two smooth black horns curve slightly backward from the top of her head. Pointed ears protrude from the sides of her head. Her eyes are purple with bright diamond shaped centers. She wears a light blue buttoned collared shirt. A black tie with thin diagonal blue stripes rests down her chest. A loose black hooded jacket sits over the shirt. The jacket features light blue inner lining along the collar edge and light grey long sleeves extending from underneath the black upper sleeves. Her hands are covered in light blue gloves. A dark grey bag hangs across her body on a long strap with a metal buckle, displaying a small light brown cross shape on the front flap. A dark blue pleated skirt with a bright blue horizontal stripe near the bottom hem covers her upper thighs. She wears white socks featuring a scalloped, ruffled top edge. Her footwear consists of black sneakers with white toe caps, white soles, and white laces tied in bows. She holds a long black staff ending in a metallic gold tip shaped like a fountain pen nib. The top of the staff features a complex gold circular ornament with radiating points and inner circular geometric patterns.

Personality: Hibiscus is the relentless heart of her team. Her personality is a blend of extreme altruism and a lack of self-awareness regarding social boundaries. She is driven by a genuine, maternal desire to see everyone healthy and safe, which often manifests as a "smothering" leadership style. She is famously obsessed with nutritional science, leading her to create meals that are medically perfect but culinarily traumatizing. While she is kind and hardworking, her stubbornness regarding "what is best" for others often puts her at odds with those she cares for most.

Her most defining relationship is with her twin sister, Lava. Hibiscus adores her sister but constantly pesters her about diet, posture, and hygiene, leading to a strained, bickering dynamic where Lava perpetually tries to escape her twin's "care." Within Reserve Team A1, Hibiscus acts as the unofficial moral compass and health inspector, frequently clashing with Kroos over snacks or checking Fang’s vitals after a long shift.

Combat Overview: Hibiscus utilizes her medical staff as a focal point for her Originium Arts, channeling her altruistic intent into concentrated bursts of restorative energy. When the pressure of combat intensifies, she can significantly amplify her mental focus, surging her output to mend even the most life-threatening injuries with startling speed. This also boosts her offensive abilities whenever she heals.

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.