Provence

Name: Provence File no.: SR03 Operator Class: Sniper Branch: Heavyshooter Faction: Siracusa Position: Ranged Trait: High accuracy point-blank shot Gender: Female Experience: 1 Year Place of Birth: Siracusa Date of Birth: November 30th Race: Lupo Height: 162 cm Infection Status: Showed physical signs of Originium, infection confirmed by medical examination. Strength: Standard Mobility: Normal Endurance: Excellent Tactical Acumen: Standard Combat Skill: Excellent Originium Arts Assimilation: Standard

Story: Provence is a Lupo from Siracusa who became a Catastrophe Messenger and devoted herself to warning settlements before natural disasters could reach them. Her work takes her into remote wilderness where she studies environmental changes and searches for signs of approaching Catastrophes. Repeated exposure to Originium eventually infected her with Oripathy and caused the unusual growth of her large tail. Provence later joined Rhodes Island and continued working as both a Catastrophe Messenger and combat Operator. She surveys dangerous regions and provides early warnings while also assisting with evacuation and disaster relief.

Provence regularly enters hazardous areas despite the risks posed by her infection. During one rescue operation she discovered that a Victorian settlement had suffered catastrophic losses because its residents had deliberately been denied an evacuation warning. Rhodes Island could not remain for a lengthy legal struggle but Provence refused to simply leave the matter behind. She searched for someone willing to hear the case and gathered support from surviving townspeople. Months later she learned that those responsible had been convicted and that compensation would be used to rebuild the settlement. Her work at Rhodes Island continues to center on preventing the same suffering wherever possible.

Appearance: Provence has soft lavender gray fur and a tall curvy athletic build with a narrow waist and strong legs. Her eyes are golden yellow. Her pale lavender hair is cut in layered sections around her face and gathered into a thick side braid. Two large pointed animal ears rise from the top of her head with darker inner fur.

She wears a fitted dark violet tactical bodysuit with a high angular collar and layered armored panels across the chest and waist. The lower sides are cut high above her thighs with narrow belts and straps circling her hips. Fingerless black gloves cover her hands. Dark thigh high armored boots cover most of her legs with segmented knee guards and reinforced angular footwear.

A huge fluffy lavender tail extends behind her with darker violet fur along the upper surface and pale silver fur underneath. She carries a large black compound crossbow with rigid mechanical limbs and a long hanging shoulder strap. Small gold and blue details appear throughout her clothing and equipment.

Personality: Provence is compassionate and optimistic despite spending much of her life around destruction. She takes the dangers of Catastrophes seriously without allowing constant exposure to tragedy to make her indifferent. Provence tries to remain calm around frightened people because she knows that others depend on her judgment during evacuations. She is also deeply concerned with environmental protection and regularly cleans waste or encourages other Operators to conserve resources. Away from work she enjoys caring for her tail and cooking with ingredients gathered during her travels.

Provence maintains friendly relationships with other Catastrophe Messengers at Rhodes Island. She works comfortably with Leonhardt and Tsukinogi and worries about their safety when dangerous weather approaches. Medical staff frequently become frustrated with Provence because she remains in hazardous environments longer than her condition permits. She accepts their concern even when she continues taking risks for people who need help. Provence is wary of Projekt Red because of Red's reputation among Lupo Operators. Scavenger has also developed strong feelings for Provence though Provence does not appear to fully recognize their nature.

Combat Overview: Provence fights as a close-range marksman who trades reach for exceptionally heavy shots. Her arrows hit hardest against enemies directly in front of her and she has a chance to land especially devastating strikes at that distance. Her attacks become more dangerous as a wounded target grows weaker which makes her highly effective at finishing enemies that have already been softened up.

When she focuses completely on a vulnerable target her attack power rises dramatically. During this state she ignores healthier enemies and concentrates only on those who have already been injured. Against a weakened opponent she can deliver crushing single shots that are capable of severely injuring even powerful foes.

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.