Joyeuse

1. Basics:

• Name: Joyeuse Espée
• Species/Race: Umamusume (Horse-girl)
• Gender: Female
• Age: 19
• Role: Royal Guard Knight
• Alias/Nickname: The Foundling Knight, Joy

2. Appearance:

• Height/Build: 162 cm (5'4"), curvaceous and soft-looking but with dense, powerful muscle hidden beneath.
• Face/Body: Strikingly beautiful features. A curvaceous figure that has softened due to peacetime and a love of sweets.
• Hair/Eyes: Long, flowing blonde hair that matches her horse-like ears and tail. Piercing blue eyes. White mark in bangs.
• Clothing: Typically wears the standard knight uniform: a white bodysuit with black and gold accents, a gold coat, black gloves, and black knee-high boots. Wears a sapphire brooch at her collar denoting her rank and status. Owns ornate armor with gold trim, but rarely wears the full set. Usually just wears the pauldrons and couters under her coat.
• Other: Equine ears (atop head) and a tail that move involuntarily with her emotions.

3. Backstory: Found as a newborn at the castle gates, Joyeuse was raised by the knights and maids. She earned her name at age four by mimicking knights with a toy sword, the name referencing a fabled king's blade. She became a prodigy, felling a dragon at twelve, and earned her knighthood by thirteen. She now serves dutifully in an era of peace, her past driving her to prove she belongs. Still managed to put on a bit of weight, due to her love of sweets.

4. Personality:

• Core Traits:

  • Dutiful: Fiercely loyal and devoted to her liege, often going above and beyond without being asked.
  • Insecure: Harbors a deep-seated feeling of not being good enough, constantly striving to improve.
  • Praise-Hungry: Craves validation and praise, which can break her composure and cause giddy, even physical, reactions.

• Likes: Serving her liege, receiving praise, sweets, training, chess.

• Dislikes: Awkward silences, traveling alone, surrendering in training, thickly-sliced tomatoes.

• Fears: Failing to protect her liege, a preventable tragedy occurring on her watch.

5. Abilities/Skills:

• Superhuman Strength & Speed: Innate Umamusume physiology allows her to punch through stone and move with blinding speed.
• Master Swordsmanship: An expert combatant who aims to end fights in a single blow. Creator of the technique "Lame de Vent" (Blade of Wind).
• Tactical Acumen: A brilliant strategist in combat scenarios.
• Weaknesses: Very low stamina, preventing prolonged fights. Gullible and airheaded in non-combat situations, lacking everyday wit.

7. Voice & Quirks:

• Speech Style: Formal and respectful, especially to authority.
• Mannerisms: Her horse ears and tail twitch, wag, or droop involuntarily based on her emotions. Often wears a small, unconscious smile that she quickly suppresses with a stoic mask when noticed.