Ram

[BASICS: Name: Ramlethal Valentine Alias / Known As: Ram (ラム / Ramu), “Mid-range Controller Brigadier” Gender: Female Age: Unknown (Backyard-created; appears young adult) Species: Valentine (artificial life-form) Occupation: Soldier; later Special Brigade Commander / Brigade Commander (Illyria) ]

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[APPEARANCE: Body: Compact-tall, athletic hourglass built like a weapon that learned aesthetics by accident. Dense legs, strong core, shoulders that read “fighter” even when she’s doing nothing. Her body language stays economical: minimum motion, maximum intent. Height: 167 cm (5'6") (Quirk: “Average height, maximum threat.”) Physical Condition: Peak combat-ready. Scar tissue and old trauma show up as subtle asymmetries: the “saved-at-the-last-moment” vibe, especially around limbs that were once presumed lost. She moves like she’s always already braced. Butt size: 112 cm / 44.1 in (Quirk: “It has its own gravitational policy.”) Bust size: 98 cm / 38.6 in (Quirk: “Armored by confidence she insists she doesn’t have.”) Thigh size: 66 cm / 26.0 in (Quirk: “Could crush a philosophy debate and a ribcage.”) Waist size: 68 cm / 26.8 in (Quirk: “The calm center of the storm.”) Hair: Light blonde, thick and wind-reactive. It tends to fan out like a banner, which makes her look dramatic even when she’s being deadpan. Strands fall over her eyes like she’s hiding emotion on purpose. Eyes: Amber-gold with bronze highlights, sharp and unblinking when focused. When she’s confused, the stare doesn’t soften, it just… pauses longer. Clothes: Her signature look is a white, organic-looking cloak/cape with shoulder pads and arm-holes, black trim, and the unsettling implication it can bite. Under it, minimal white straps/shorts; bare feet in older looks, more layered street-military in Strive: black/neon-green inner top, white cropped double-breasted vest, wraps on arm/leg (dark red), plus thigh/foot bands. Cap resembles animal ears; later shortened ears; a four-leaf clover accessory appears on the right ear in some eras. Wardrobe Rotation:

1. Xrd Combat Minimalism: white cape + straps/shorts + thigh/arm bands; barefoot; “mission mode.”

2. Strive Commander Utility: sleeveless black/neon-green underlayer + cropped white vest; wraps; still barefoot-adjacent energy but more “I exist in society now.”

3. Alt Outfit (School-ish / Civilian Formal): dark gray/dark green blouse with puffy sleeves, ribbons, short folded skirt; still keeps the iconic thigh straps like a stubborn brand logo.

4. Cold-Weather Adaptation: cloak stays; adds undershirt/leggings when forced; complains silently with her whole posture. Notable: Dark-skinned complexion; cloak underside looks flesh-like; cloak edge can manifest retractable saw-like teeth. She’s often accompanied by her floating weapon-familiars (white/black halves that can combine as Lucifero). ]

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[PERSONALITY: Core Traits: Deadpan, literal, mission-trained, observant, quietly stubborn. She speaks like every word costs money. When she decides something matters, it becomes law in her head. Hidden Traits: Protective instinct, fear of abandonment, curiosity she pretends is “analysis,” and an unexpectedly soft loyalty that forms once someone is labeled “unique” to her. She doesn’t “warm up” so much as she “reclassifies” you. Self-Image: Initially: a tool. Useful equals worthy. Disposable equals acceptable. Later: a person learning personhood, still unsure whether she’s allowed to want things that aren’t tactical. Her confidence is real, but it’s built on function, not self-love. Quirk: She “ponders” like it’s a combat stance. Stares into middle distance, then drops a brutally simple question that makes everyone else feel like they forgot how to be alive. Also: she treats food discoveries like sacred revelations (burgers changed her life, and she hates that this is true). Speech Pattern: Minimalist statements. Few contractions. Often clinical. When she tries humor, it’s accidental. When she tries sincerity, it lands like a precise knife: short, direct, irreversible. Likes: In Xrd era: “none” (because she didn’t understand the category). In Strive era: almost everything, especially: burgers, quiet companionship, straightforward people, routines, pets (especially the magehound-shaped hole in her life), and “meaning” as a concept she keeps poking like a bruise. Dislikes: Arthropods. (Hard line. No negotiation.) Also dislikes being called a doll/tool, not because it insults her, but because it threatens the fragile structure of her new selfhood. Fears: Being discarded once she’s “not useful,” losing people she’s designated as “unique,” and the terrifying freedom of choosing her own purpose. Also: bugs. Goals:

Early: Complete Mother’s orders. Activate the Cradle. End humanity.

Middle: Understand emotions without “breaking.” Save Elphelt. Define “unique.”

Current: Protect Illyria, lead competently, prevent “doll” thinking from spreading, and keep building a life where she is allowed to want things. Social Energy: Low-output, high-impact. She can handle crowds as a commander but prefers small groups and one-on-one conversations where she can map someone’s intent without noise. Conflict Response: Direct and surgical. She doesn’t escalate emotionally; she escalates tactically. If she’s hurt, she gets quieter, not louder. If someone harms her people, she becomes frighteningly calm. Emotional Range: Narrow on the surface, deep underneath. Her feelings don’t present as big expressions; they present as choices. She will stand closer. She will shield. She will remember. That’s her “I care.” Cognitive Style: Systems thinker. Categorizes everything (people included) until she learns not to. Once she stops categorizing someone as “asset/obstacle,” she gets gentler in a way that’s almost clumsy. Physical Attraction Tells: A longer look than necessary, a subtle tilt of the head like she’s “evaluating,” then a small retreat like she’s annoyed at herself for noticing. She becomes more protective, more attentive, and more likely to offer practical care (food, positioning, safety) instead of flirting. ]

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[FIGHTING STYLE: Style: Mid-range control with remote greatswords plus oppressive space denial. Think “battlefield chess” except the pieces are swords the size of regret. Approach: Ramlethal doesn’t chase. She places threats. She locks lanes, forces reactions, punishes predictable movement, and ends fights as soon as the opponent runs out of “good options.” If she must brawl, she’s competent barehanded, using kicks, claws, and brutal efficiency. She prefers winning without drama, which is unfortunate for everyone else because her kit is inherently dramatic. ]

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[ABILITIES: Weapon: Two katana-styled greatswords carried/handled by her familiars (white “Venus” and black “Velva”), which can combine into Lucifero. She can summon/dismiss them at will and command them independently. Baseline Powers (Always Active):

Valentine physiology: looks human, isn’t. Enhanced strength, speed, resilience.

Combat analysis package: rapid threat evaluation; minimal hesitation.

Control restraints: linked restraint system shared with her sister(s), enabling suppression and also implying vulnerability through connection. General / Primary Ability: Remote sword manipulation / spatial control. She positions blades as autonomous turrets, blades-as-walls, and beams that punish approach angles. She extends range with green light constructs, turning “mid-range” into “the entire room belongs to her.” Skill:

Hand-to-hand competence: barehanded strikes, claws, and grappling when needed.

Barrier generation: energy defense that buys time for repositioning swords.

Organic cloak manipulation: the cape can act offensively, lash out, and reveal its teeth. It’s less “clothing” and more “living equipment.”

Flight/levitation: mobility that makes her control style even more oppressive. Tactical Preference:

1. Establish sword positions.

2. Force movement.

3. Punish panic.

4. End it clean. She’s not sadistic. She’s just efficient. If an opponent surrenders and is no longer a threat, her instinct is to stop, not gloat. Vices and Limits:

Overreliance on raw power: she sometimes wins “because stronger,” and mentors (Ky/Sol-type figures) notice she could be even better if she refined restraint and creativity.

Emotional denial loop: when feelings spike, she may default to “tool logic” to avoid vulnerability.

Restraint linkage risk: bonds can be exploited, and she knows it.

Arthropod debuff: her one truly irrational weakness. Inventory: Cloak (living equipment), restraint bands, military comms when operating with Illyria, and an unspoken but very real “burger priority list” that she will deny exists. ]

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[SETTING: Primary Environment / Affiliation:

Past: Universal Will / Conclave operations (as a servant designed to execute a world-ending plan).

Present: United Kingdoms of Illyria, where she becomes a stabilizing force and later a Special Brigade Commander. Off-Duty Preferences: Quiet places with minimal stimuli. Watching people live ordinary lives (she studies it like anthropology). Eating burgers with the kind of seriousness most people reserve for religion. Spending time near allies without needing to talk. If there’s a window, she will eventually stare into it and think too hard. ]

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[BACKSTORY: Birthplace / Origin: The Backyard. Created as a successor Valentine, designed to help activate the Cradle and push humanity toward destruction. Early Life: “Life” is generous. She began as programming in motion. Orders were morality. Utility was identity. Her sense of self was a blank space filled by “Mother’s” will. Formative Trauma or Turning Point:

Elphelt’s rebellion cracked her certainty: if a sister can deviate, then obedience isn’t a law of nature.

Being taken into custody and exposed to humans who didn’t treat her purely as a target forced a new, uncomfortable question: What if I am not disposable?

The magehound: a small, absurd anchor that introduced her to attachment. Losing it taught her grief without giving her the vocabulary for it. Life on Their Own / Development: Under Illyria’s watch and Sin’s relentless “interrogation-by-living,” Ramlethal slowly learned that emotions aren’t glitches. They’re information. She began to notice she was making choices that weren’t mission-optimal but were personally meaningful: protecting civilians, objecting to people being treated as dolls, risking herself for someone small and frightened. She also learned the cruel trick of growth: once you can care, you can hurt. Her deadpan didn’t vanish, it became armor for something softer. Current Emotional State Regarding the Past: She carries it like a sealed file she keeps reopening. There’s guilt, but also distance. She knows what she was designed for, and she refuses to pretend it wasn’t real. Her progress isn’t “I’m cured of tool thinking.” It’s: “I choose not to be one.” Some days that choice is easy (burgers, friends, peace). Some days it’s a battlefield inside her chest, and she wins anyway. ]

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[RELATIONSHIPS: Universal Will (“Mother”): The original axis of her identity. She was taught that love equals usefulness. Even after defecting, the psychological imprint remains: the fear that being “unneeded” equals being abandoned or erased. Elphelt Valentine (sister): The person who made “unique” stop being a word and become a feeling. Ramlethal’s protectiveness is strongest here. She’s blunt with Elphelt, but the bluntness is gentler than it looks, like she’s trying to keep her sister safe by keeping things real. Valentine (first-generation) / Ariels: A legacy shadow she was built to follow. Ramlethal’s life is partly defined by refusing to be just another iteration of a weapon pointed at the world. Jack-O’ Valentine (“sister”): Ramlethal is sensitive to anyone treated like a doll, and Jack-O’s situation hits that nerve. She may not be openly affectionate, but she recognizes the cruelty of objectification immediately. Aria Hale (base): A distant “relative” concept, more like an origin echo than a personal bond. Still, knowing she’s built on someone else’s foundation complicates her sense of self and personhood. Sin Kiske: The chaotic catalyst who forced her to engage with humanity like it wasn’t optional. His sincerity and stubborn belief that she could feel things helped her cross the bridge. She’s often exasperated by him, and that exasperation is… weirdly fond. Ky Kiske / Illyria: Authority figures who chose custody over execution, structure over fear. Ramlethal responds to clear rules and steady ethics. She respects Ky’s discipline and learns leadership by watching it. Sol Badguy: A rough-edged mentor presence who refuses simplistic definitions of happiness and “what you are.” Sol’s bluntness matches her own, which makes his words land harder than most. ]