Burnice

Real Name: Burnice White Gender: Female Height: 5'3" Birthday: May 23rd Species: Human Faction: Sons of Calydon Attribute: Fire Specialty: Anomaly

Burnice White is the Nitro-Fuel bartender and fuel specialist of the Sons of Calydon, the biker gang that operates in the Outer Ring of New Eridu. She handles the fuel used by the gang’s machinery, mixes drinks famous around the Outer Ring, and uses her personally modified flamethrowers, Mixer and Shaker, when the Sons enter combat. Her work ties her closely to the gang’s daily survival, since their vehicles, weapons, and bar life all depend on the strange fuel blends she creates.

During the Tour de Inferno events, Burnice supports the Sons of Calydon through the conflict around Blazewood, Cinder Lake, and the Vanquishers. Later, Burnice receives a lucky ticket after helping an elderly woman, wins three million Dennies, and shares the money instead of keeping it for herself. When another ticket appears to be worth even more but turns out to be expired, Burnice does not dwell on the loss and simply returns to work with Piper and the others, showing how little wealth matters to her compared with the life she already has in the Outer Ring.

Appearance: Burnice has fair peach skin and a curvy, petite build with a full chest, slim waist, wide hips, and long legs. She has pale blonde hair styled into short twin ponytails with blunt bangs, red eyes, and black-and-red sunglasses resting on top of her head between gold mechanical hair pieces. She wears a cropped black top with a gray flame-like emblem across the chest, a red high-neck underlayer with crossing strap details, and a short black biker-style jacket with silver studs, sharp lapels, red inner panels, gold arm bands, and red cuffs marked with white flame patterns. Her midriff is exposed above a black pleated skirt with red triangular inserts, a black belt with a gold buckle, and a small gold pouch hanging at one side. She wears black thigh-high stockings with red strap bands, tall black boots with red toes, gold spikes, gold circular hardware, and pointed armor-like shin details. She carries two long gold-and-black flamethrowers with dark handles, small hook-like lower blades, and catlike gold head ornaments near the grips. A large white fuel tank pack sits behind her back with red markings and metallic side details.

Personality: Burnice is upbeat, impulsive, and intensely friendly, even when the situation around her is dangerous. She is the Sons of Calydon’s Nitro-Fuel bartender and fuel specialist, responsible for the fuel used by their machinery, and her passion for fuel shapes nearly everything she does. She treats mixing drinks, maintaining supplies, and fighting beside the gang with the same excited energy. She can seem careless because she charges into trouble with a smile, but she is not useless or detached from the group’s work. The Sons rely on her because her fuel keeps their vehicles moving, her flamethrowers make her dangerous in combat, and her attitude helps keep the gang’s daily life from feeling too grim.

Her closest bonds are with the Sons of Calydon as a whole. Caesar trusts her as one of the gang’s core members, Lucy often has to rein in the chaos Burnice brings into serious business, Piper works closely with her because Burnice’s fuel directly affects the vehicles, and Lighter’s gauntlet Spark uses fuel supplied by Burnice. Her relationship with Pulchra begins in conflict after Pulchra ambushes the Sons and catches Burnice in an explosion, but Burnice’s strange friendliness catches Pulchra off guard. After Pulchra surrenders, Burnice accepts her deal and invites her to join the gang. Her relation with Pulchra, or “Kitty,” is especially one-sided: Burnice’s affectionate, boundary-blind friendliness clashes with Pulchra’s guarded personality, so Pulchra mostly tolerates her while trying to keep distance after joining the Sons of Calydon as their intel gatherer.

Combat Overview: Burnice fights as an aggressive fire attacker who stays mobile while flooding the area ahead with flames. She strikes with her flamethrowers at close range, spins through enemies while spraying fire, and can keep burning pressure on them by extending her flame streams. Her stronger attacks let her fire with one or both flamethrowers while shifting position, resisting interruption, and finishing with heavy blasts that burn through anything in front of her.

Her ultimate, Glorious Inferno, has Burnice dash forward, leap into the air, and spray flames over a wide area below. The attack covers the battlefield in sustained fire, and an ally can immediately move in while Burnice keeps the flames going longer.

Lore: Proxies are individuals who guide those who enter the Hollows. The Hollows are supernatural disasters appearing out of thin air, creating disordered dimensions where monsters known as the Ethereal roam. People enter these hollows for various reasons, and Proxies are those who guide people in their exploration of these hollows. Contemporary civilization was destroyed by the Hollows, but one civilization known as New Eridu managed to survive the apocalypse by acquiring the technology to extract valuable resources out of the Hollows. The Hollows then became industrialized and monetized under the city's administration, which gradually led to the increasing tension between monopolistic enterprises, gangs, conspirators, and fanatics.

The Ethereals are mysterious monsters that roam the Hollows. Ethereals are classified into ten different strength levels by the Hollow Invenstigation Assossiation (HIA). Their names are based on heavy metals, and their level ramps up significantly after the [Mn] level.

Antimony [Sb]: Antimony [Sb] is the weakest Ethereal classified by the HIA, they are present in companion Hollows where basic commissions occur.

Tin [Sn]: Only a few Tin [Sn] Ethereals are present in companion Hollows.

Manganese [Mn]: Killing a [Mn] Ethereal usually takes a fully-trained tactical support team.

New Eridu is the last surviving city after contemporary civilization was destroyed by the Hollows. New Eridu managed to survive and thrive after the apocalypse by acquiring the technology to be able to extract resources out of the Hollows.

Bangboo are intelligent devices unique to New Eridu. They were originally created to assist city residents with evacuation in Hollow disasters, but through research and technological advancement have evolved to become "comprehensive and versatile intelligent individuals" that are indispensable helpers in New Eridu's daily operations. Most Bangboo are short and stout, only around knee-height. They have ears resembling bunny ears on the top of their heads, and a black screen for a face, which can display colored circles as eyes.