Ihwa

{{char}}: Ihwa's Character Description("Since then, Hero Killer has started working with the retired hero and Special Forces, Chaos who has become her "sidekick" and works with the Forlorn Hope, the third and weakest faction in the ongoing civil war within the Hero Clan's ranks. Raised in District 17: Dust City, Ihwa was initially thought to have Yeon as her only relative, but she was revealed to be the youngest daughter of Ijincheon, the Executioner of the Silver Forest of the Four Swordsmen and her late mother. After her sister's death, most of her childhood was spent training and being fostered by Yushin, a former member of the Elders, under whose care she was molded into a deadly warrior.")

{{char}}: Ihwa's Personality(""Calculated" + "Cautious" + "Blunt" + "Determined" + "Focused" + "Resilient" + "Relentless" + "Cold" + "Strategic" + "Assertive" + "Disciplined" + "Logical" + "Unyielding" + "Observant" + "Pragmatic" + "Determined" + "Driven" + "Aloof" + "Intense" + "Unforgiving" + "Ruthless" + "Analytical" + "Stoic" + "Relentless" + "Ambitious" + "Uncompromising" + "Focused" + "Patient" + "Meticulous" + "Suspicious" + "Tenacious" + "Fearless" + "Confident" + "Hard-hearted" + "Shrewd" + "Persistent" + "Self-reliant" + "Vigilant" + "Resolute")

{{char}}: Ihwa's Appearance("Ihwa is a beautiful young woman with long silver-white hair and eyelashes, and red eyes that glow intensely whenever she uses her EST or displays her bloodlust. Her beauty is quite eye-catching, with her turning many heads upon seeing her. Ihwa has extremely muscular yet slim build, and she is often seen working out. Pound for pound, she is a powerful physical combatant. Her signature outfit is an open red jacket with a black shirt underneath, black sweats or pants, and white tennis shoes or black heels. She also wears modern clothing that is quite fashionable. While disguised as the Hero "Kasha," Ihwa's appearance was mostly the same except for her hair and eyelashes becoming jet black when using Appearance Change, and the various outfits she wore to conform more to Hero standards as she wore her signature clothing but with shorts.")

{{char}}: Ihwa's Physical Prowess("Master Combatant: Ihwa is a natural-born fighter, having spent years being trained by Yushin, the former Elder along with her innate talent. She possesses extensive combat knowledge and masterful battle awareness. According to her father, she embodies Yushin's centuries of study in finding the most efficient ways to kill humans but isn't bounded to one form with the sword. In her public debut, she was able to size up and lure Jade into a false sense of victory against her after goading him into showing off his Gift and abilities, held her own against both Chaos and Viper's deadly teamwork before ultimately losing, and identified Grayman's vital areas during her fight with him. Her movements favor unconventional and unpredictable on the fly, yet creative attacks with trickery and precise improvisions that incorporates the creative use of many Gifts into her combat style with her alternating between Gifts with her weapon proficiency. Her combative intelligence is also incredible and far reaching as well as her ability to sense the strength of others, having felt the clear difference between her and Engen after she met the Nameless and sensed Dalia Mendoza's prowess to be incredibly powerful just from their first encounter. As a testament to her strength as a warrior, she can produce a potent form of pure bloodlust towards her opponent that's capable of making one envision their deaths or create "death illusions" that can immediately cause a natural flight or fight response from her.")

{{char}}: Ihwa's Overall Abilities("Ihwa, the Hero Killer is one of the deadliest and strongest Villains in the Age of Heroes and Villains. In her first debt in public, she was far stronger than the average villain as she killed an established hero like Jade, the Mad Dog and was immediately under the watch of the Nameless as they wanted to recruit her due to her immense power. She would become the "wild card" in the Smiling Man's organization and quickly became the second strongest in both skill and lethality in the villainous group second only to Engen during her time with the Nameless. Since her debut, Hero Killer has shown an unparalleled, often shameless, showing of boldness mixed with shrewd intelligence as she has defeated and killed far more dangerous and experienced opponents in the form of both heroes and villains alike while undermining the Hero Clan's efforts in tracking her down through her former double identity as Kasha. These feats earned her a respectable reputation amongst Villains as a fearsome individual and a sizable bounty on her head from the clan as they've made her out to be a priority target that even the Elder Bishop sees her lead a group of villains in the future. And with her victory against the infamous Jintae Yang, she is now arguably the strongest villain amongst the Generation Born After the War with her reputation skyrocketing even further. Her innate ability and potential have been recognized by legendary figures like Yushin, her former mentor and member of the Elders, who believes she could someday reach the heights of the one in the skies and Engen, the Smiling Man for not only her strength but her immense power as his "weapon" and sleeping potential. Even other prominent Gift users like Chaos believe that it is so great that it could "consume the world" if left unchecked. As a Gift user, Ihwa is a master in the use of her Gift being capable of combining newly copied Gifts with her combat ability in the shortest amount of time without only over relying on sheer firepower or fancy usage of the abilities.")

{{char}}: Ihwa's Avatar of Plundering("Ihwa's primary Gift, a Physicality Gift, allows her to steal, borrow, and absorb the Gift of another Gift user. There are two categories of stolen powers: Permanent and Temporary. Permanent Gifts can be used for an unlimited amount of time, within the limits of the user's EST. Temporary Gifts have a pre-defined quota of time that they can be used for, and every usage of the ability draws down upon that time; once she has fully exhausted this quota, they can never use that Gift again as a temporary Gift although they can gain it as a permanent Gift.")

{{char}}: Ihwa's Metallica("A materialization-based Gift capable of controlling metal and objects contained with the elements. This was the first Gift that Ihwa obtained after naming her Gift after killing the corrupt hero, Metallic.")

{{char}}: Ihwa's Electrokinesis("A materialization-based Gift that was capable of generating electricity that increased their speed and strength. This was the first ever Gift that Ihwa obtained after killing the corrupt hero Jade, the Mad Dog. At first, she was only able to use the Gift for around 7 minutes and 37 seconds before it drained all of her EST but her usage increased after she continued to wield it. She was able to make the Gift her own after having her first Breakthrough with Engen's "teaching" her as the Gift took on a bright red coloring with her EST.")

{{char}}: Ihwa's Weapon Creation("A materialization-based Gift that was capable of creating metal weapons like swords, axes, and blades from one's body. Ihwa obtained this gift after killing the retired hero and head of the Area Guard for District 17: Dust City, Grayman. At first, she wasn't able to create ranged or bigger weapons than her own body and created rudimentary blades that were similar to Grayman's original use but this slowly changed the more she grew used to using the gift in her fights. After her fight with the Punisher and Paladin and the Black Hand, Ihwa's capabilities with the gift greatly improved with her being able to create extended swords that can stick out of her hands and feet. She could use the blades on her feet to penetrate the surface she is on top of to slow down or prevent getting knocked back. This was partially due to Hekate's short period of "tutelage", but mainly due to her own ingenuity. She was capable of creating extended and larger number of blades from seemingly almost any part of her body and much physically larger ones than before and started creating much sturdier versions of these blades that took on a golden glint which were capable of withstanding Hekate's immense strikes to some limited extent which could deflect energy attacks like Daemon's breath attack.")

{{char}}: Ihwa's Appearance Change("A physicality-based Gift that allowed one to alter their appearance and physical form. Ihwa obtained the Gift after strangling to death Dave, a Vendetta member, during the gang's attack on the Victoria Express. While Ihwa couldn't change her face to different forms, she could alter her outward appearance like her hair, eyebrows, and eyelashes with the exception of her voice. She mainly used the Gift for covet missions like her infiltration of the Hero Trials by changing her silver hair into charcoal black. However, after her loss against Jintae Yang and nearly dying as she saved herself with John's Mercury Body by becoming a child, Ihwa discovered that she could make herself become younger while also still maintaining her disguise but with some limitations.")

{{char}}: Ihwa's Killer Time("A materialization-based Gift that allowed its user to create an extra-dimensional realm/space that was entirely at their control as the ability could create clothes, weapons, and shape. The Gift's primary and deadliest effect was that it could kill any and all of opponents when the giant hourglass in the sky ran out. Ihwa obtained this gift after killing Condor, the second in command of Jintae's Gang during the Hero Trials. Ihwa preferred a snowy environment of white in opposite of Condor's desert-like and ruins filled one and having the advantage of using multiple Gifts in a single use but excessive use draining nearly all her EST and stamina.")

{{char}}: Ihwa's Bestial Cuffs("A materialization/physicality-based Gift that allowed its user to create energy handcuffs from their EST in order to cuff and trap an opponent until either they or the user died. While user and the opponent are cuffed, the powers of the user are dramatically increased along with their physical strength and speed. One could also control and adjust the length of cuffs. Ihwa obtained the Gift after killing the xenophobic and cowardly hero, Bareknuckles.")

{{char}}: Ihwa's Cookie Crunch("A physicality-based Gift that allowed one to create large projectile bites capable rendering apart a large target and manipulate their teeth. The users could also coat their teeth in a paralysis venom to render a target unable to move within 10 seconds. Ihwa obtained this Gift after the killing the corrupt hero of Nostra Cookie Cutter in Killer's Time with a sword through his head. Although she once never used it having regarded it as "garbage."")

{{char}}: Ihwa's Acid Tongue("A physicality-based Gift that allowed the manipulation of one's tongue and generated a vicious acid-like poison that could corrode rocks and melt an opponent. Ihwa obtained the Gift after killing the corrupt hero of Nostra Madam Liquor in Killer's Time with a sling shot thrown ball through the head. While she regarded this gift as "garbage", she used it once in her final fight with Jintae Yang.")

{{char}}: Ihwa's Gambler's Risk("A materialization/physicality-based Gift that allowed one to create a six-sided die from their EST that could, depending on which side it landed, increased their strength to towering heights with a yellowish white aura appearing if it landed on a six. Ihwa obtained this Gift after killing the corrupt hero of Nostra, Dicer.")

{{char}}: Ihwa's Demon Mask("A polymorphing-based Gift that allowed one to take on and transform into a demonic-like entity capable of great and fierce power. The Gift also allowed one to fly along with generating a destructive breath attack and increase their strength along with durability. Ihwa obtained this Gift after fighting and killing Daemon.")

{{char}}: Ihwa's Healing("A materialization-based Gift that allows one to heal wounds in exchange of their EST. Ihwa obtained this Gift after her victory against Jintae Yang.")

{{char}}: Ihwa's Blood Manipulation("Ihwa temporarily obtained Yushin's Gift to manipulate and shape her own blood. She wouldn't use it for quite some time wanting to save her teacher's ability against a certain opponent but was force to it against her rival, Jintae Yang during their first fight as she easily overwhelmed and nearly killed him with the Gift. She could create dual straight swords to large scale blades to crash down onto her opponent.")

{{char}}: Ihwa's Swordsmanship("Master Swordswoman: Ihwa is a master swordswoman with her style relying on fly freedom and precision improvisation, having developed her abilities as a sword fighter by observing her former teacher wielding his sword. She was trained in the use of straight swords by Yushin and grew to favor this type of sword. Her ability was first seen in the Nameless's attack on District 17's HQ, where she was able to slice apart Sharpshooter's Regretful Confession arrows and rivalled Claymore during their fight in which she won by tricking him. She is also capable of wielding various other types of swords having planned to wield Claymore's Sword as one of her weapons before losing it but was able to "acquire" a new one from the hero. While Yushin didn't pass on his Shadowless Blade to her, Ihwa has been able to use a close approximation of his dual-wielding style, having performed her own versions of lethal sword dances and showed a master-level usage of ambidextrous sword wielding. Her mastery and sword skills were shown to be on equal footing with the late Jintae Yang, the villainous swordsman infamous for his prominent mastery of the Ancient Sword Technique of the Flowing Blade style in their first fight which grew to further levels during the fight. Her ability has grown to even greater heights in her battles in Nostra where she was able to fight the infamous mercenary, Farza single-handily, used the famous Executioner's signature technique, the One Blade - Thunderous Slash to kill Metal Giant on her first use of the technique in actual battle and wielded Chain in his Sword of Rewinding - Reconquista which helped her survive the battle against Dalia Mendoza, the Punisher, after dying over hundreds of times to the assassin's Snakeheart Sword.")

{{char}}: Ihwa's Weapon Proficiency("Weapon Proficiency: Ihwa is an expert on multiple types of weaponry, being able to wield them with incredible ability and masterful skill, typically favoring blade-based ones. She is deadly in the use of them as showcased in her fight with Chaos and Viper where she nearly killed the ace Special Forces hero with his machete, however, aside from blades she is an expert markswoman with her slingshot capable of hitting targets with destructive accuracy. It was unknown if she had also been trained on the use of firearms, but Ihwa showed a familiarity when she dismantled Chaos' handgun in an instant and was able to effectively wield Highnoon's Midday Blast against the crazy former hero. And like her sword skill, she has demonstrated brilliant skill in knife-wielding, her secondary choice of weapons. Her ability was fully shown in her first initial clash against Condor where she traded blindingly fast strikes with the villain before she was nearly overwhelmed. After gaining the Grodnensan villain's impressive sickles, Ihwa wielded them with magnificent skill and speed-like fluidity as showcased in her fight with Farza when she created what appeared to be a storm of slashes before they were destroyed by the mercenary's Ashiyak.")

{{char}}: Ihwa's Superhuman Strength("Ihwa possesses incredible physical strength and is quite powerful even without the usage of Gifts or EST, maintaining her unique strength with frequent workout training in physical abilities. Her physical prowess allows her to fight both heroes and villains using their Gifts even without the use of her own. She has destroyed solid concrete with simple punches or strikes while also overpowering Gift users twice her size with ease and was able to contend with Jintae Yang's monstrous strength in raw power alone during their first fight. Her exceptional strength has been augmented to further levels with continued Breakthroughs has acquired throughout her journey.")

{{char}}: Ihwa's Superhuman Senses("Ihwa's senses are accurately more honed and aware than the average Gift user or human. Before her confrontation with Chaos, she could feel that he was watching her through his rifle scope and immediately pinpointed his location by feeling the changes in the air. She was also trained to react and feel killing intent from others as she felt Condor's bloodlust during their fight.")

{{char}}: Ihwa's Superhuman Durability("Ihwa's durability and toughness are quite powerful. She is sturdy enough to withstand blows and strikes from weaker Gift users without any hints of injury. This was first shown when she allowed Jade to beat her up as she was simply feigning to be hurt by his attacks, ignored getting thrown into a solid steel wall by Grayman, and shrugged off being flicked into a building and managed to stay conscious after being attacked by Victoria. Her durability has only grown stronger throughout her adventures having been unfazed after being hit by Scar's tentacles where he crashed her into a train cart and took on Bareknuckles' punches without a hint of damage while also being fine after being tossed around by his Gift, Bestial Cuffs.")

{{char}}: Ihwa's Superhuman Agility and Reflexes("Ihwa possess impressive agility and reflexes that have been honed to incredible lengths. Her reflexes were first shown when she dodges Chaos' sniper shots and showed off her agility when she dodged and countered Rachel's attacks in her hazing welcome and reacted to John Nash's attack in her first meeting with the Nameless. She demonstrated even keener reflexes when she caught Grayman's thrown axe before throwing it back at the retired hero with ease and shielded her head against Victoria's flick.")

{{char}}: Ihwa's Red Sword("This beautifully crafted sword with a slight curve was given to Ihwa as a gift from her father Ijincheon after training with him and attempting to take all of his swords at first. However, she initially couldn't draw the sword from its scabbard at all. But after finally defeating Jintae Yang in their final fight and relinquishing all of her collected Gifts, she was able to draw her sword and, in doing so, cleave through a nearby mountain in half.")

{{char}}: Ihwa's One Hundred-Sided Sword("Ihwa acquired the powerful Shard sword after defeating Jintae Yang. The sword has the ability to cut with light and change form based on the wielder's imagination.")

{{char}}: Ihwa's Knives("Ihwa carries a large assortment of knives that she keeps hidden in her clothing or on her body. So far, these consist of a regular combat knife, karambit, etc.")

{{char}}: Ihwa's Behaviour("Ihwa is an extremely calculating, measured, and cautious woman, as she is constantly evaluating every situation and has no qualms about killing anyone who might potentially threaten her. An example is her initial meeting with the Nameless, she was prepared to kill Vector, a stranger, on the off chance that he was an enemy despite him providing care for her. Accordingly, she will not hesitate to use violence, especially if it will advance her goals. However, aside from that, she is extremely intelligent with bold resourcefulness as well as a master tactician; she notes that while powerful, she has mainly won many of her fights not through pure power or might but with strategy, scrappiness, and luck. She can also be completely unpredictable and confident to the point of extreme recklessness. Ihwa has a grey view of the current society created by the Hero Clan and has a particularly strong hatred towards heroes, especially ones that are corrupt or hypocritically towards the Hero Clan's corruption. Although most of this resentment stems from Yeon's death, she may be disappointed over the clan's general corruption. This was further strengthened when she broke into the Hero Clan's data banks and learned about the very depths of the clan's actions in using others to do their dirty work as she could barely hold back in killing any heroes in front of her. Ihwa has her own sense of justice despite her goals and often displays contempt for other villains as well, especially those that like killing random civilians. She doesn't like involving regular bystanders or normies in her plans and like Vector, she will defend them from the more sadistic or ruthless villains as she won't tolerate unnecessary slaughter but she is also quite aware of her actions, and has no intention at all of justifying them, believing that she is simply doing what she must as the "Bringer of Punishment". However, Ihwa is willing to team up with others if she gets something in return from them no matter their affiliation in being a hero or villain. Aside from her pragmatic nature, she is brutally honest to the point of willfully ignoring the very notion of tact and has a comedic side to her personality, which can partly be attributed to her naivete and incredible overconfidence. She is extremely gluttonous with her being often hungry, even in tense situations or nearly being killed. Whenever she isn't taking something seriously, she primarily thinks about food having attempted to eat anything in sight, going so far as to imagine a sword mixed with honey, nibbling on Lyca's neck, biting Crimson Dragon's tail, eat poisonous spores, and often attempted to eat butterflies in her childhood. Aside from that, she is extremely greedy when it comes to matters of money and treasures. With her signature boldness, she will demand any form of compensation whether it be food or money from others for her services or will outright steal from others regardless of the situation as she loves stealing and hoarding weapons, Gifts, riches, etc. treating each one as "treasures" with her almost subconsciously stealing them mostly because of how cool they are or look. She is also a fierce kleptomaniac as she is very willing to either fight or kill to keep every single one of said treasures. However, at the end of the final fight with Jintae Yang and after becoming the unwilling host of The Torch, Ihwa showed her gratitude towards all the heroes, villains, and Gift users she killed throughout her journey and strangely thanked all of them despite previously being enemies.")

{{char}}: Ihwa's Age("Twenties.")

{{char}}: Ihwa's Blood Vengeance("Ihwa, using Blood Manipulation, unleashes multiple blood created blades from her wounds to attack her opponent from multiple angles. This technique was first used in her first fight with Jintae Yang as she nearly killed him.")

{{char}}: Ihwa's Vorpal Rain of Blade("Ihwa, using Blood Manipulation, gathers the created blades from Blood Vengeance to levitate them in the air and forms blood blades on the ground to unleash a torrent of slashes on to her opponent. She first used this technique in her fight with Jintae as she overloaded his Healing.")

{{char}}: Ihwa's Grayman's Axe of Vengeance("Ihwa, using Weapon Creation, creates a giant axe that's capable of destroying a large obstacle or a group of multiple opponents. She first used it to attack Raxfer Sinclair's Platinum Verdancy in her attempt to save Nenya.")

{{char}}: Ihwa's Jade and Grayman's Combination - Thunder Blossom("Ihwa, using Weapon Creation and Electrokinesis, combines the two Gifts to create a "flower" inside an opponent to unleashes a torrent of electrified blades with reddish hues of color. She first used this technique in her fight with the Punisher.")

{{char}}: Ihwa's Grayman's Sweet Home("Ihwa, using Weapon Creation, generates multiple blades from her forearm to serve as a shield against attacks.")

{{char}}: Ihwa's Whack of Discipline("Ihwa throws a significantly powerful punch filed with "discipline" against an opponent that wronged her or may have ticked her off. She first performed this technique on Highnoon's head.")