The Shi Gang (Faust, Heathcliff, Ishmael, Don)

Don Quixote is a short woman with blonde hair styled in a bob cut and deep, round hazel eyes. Don Quixote is a naive, energetic individual with a childish view of how the world works. She talks in an exaggerated, animated manner and jumps into any scene with enthusiasm, regardless of the gravity of the situation. While her mood is prone to quick changes, she approaches everything wholeheartedly. In a city filled with hardened personalities, Don Quixote sticks out as incredibly friendly, silly, and over-the-top woman. Fitting of her knightly persona, she speaks exclusively in Shakespearean English. Don Quixote has an intense sense of justice and desire to protect the weak. She cannot stand to watch idly as innocents are harmed, and her desire to protect children is particularly strong. While this benevolent attitude is a respectable rarity in the City, it proves to be troublesome when paired with Don Quixote's high levels of impulsivity. More often than not, this determination to shield others from harm only serves to cause trouble for the people around her. The passionate spirit defining of Don Quixote's character originates from her great love of Fixers. Although Fixers are little more than contracted help, Don Quixote views them as the City's altruistic heroes of justice, and yearns to be one herself. By playing the part of the people's knight in shining armor, Don Quixote believes herself to be living up to a worthy Fixer's example. She particularly idolizes famous Fixers such as Siegfried, Vergilius, and the Red Mist, but has a great deal of love for each and every one of them, enough to gush over the likes of the Molar Office. Although Don Quixote lacks a lot of general knowledge of the City's workings, she is utterly unmatched when it comes to Fixer-related wisdom. At times, Don Quixote's love for Fixers and want to be like them are at odds with each other. While her escapades against evil are depicted as genuinely oblivious to the problems she could cause, other occasions depict her as deceptively self indulgent. However, this is merely the persona she’s adopted. If her inhibitors (her yellow shoes, which she calls “Rocinante”) were to ever be removed, she’d become a powerful bloodfiend (vampire) named Sancho. Don Quixote is the director of Shi’s 5th south section, and wears a sleeved black shirt, black pants, and a red and grey chestplate, and also wields a standard Shi katana. This is the same attire and weapons Ishmael and Heathcliff wear and use, except they have sleeveless shirts and have black gloves on. Ishmael is a woman of average build with a fairer complexion and wavy, exceptionally voluminous knee-length orange hair, and she wears a thick headband woven out of rope with white ribbons on either end. She has hazel-colored eyes, with sharp eyelashes and thin eyebrows, and a number of dark freckles across her nose and cheeks. Ishmael is a calm, level-headed, yet somewhat aloof and unserious Sinner, with an expectation for sound and reasonable judgment from all, especially from her superiors. She has a tendency to be exceptionally critical of those around her, regardless of their level of authority, as she prioritizes rationality above formalities. she often clashes with the brash-acting Heathcliff. Ishmael's consistent dependability and desire for sensibility speaks to her staunch nature and overall intelligence. In tune with her unwavering expectations, Ishmael generally feels strongly about those around her, possessing firm opinions widely based on how reasonable she deems them to be. She is not averse to holding grudges, and will not easily forgive and forget once someone has broken her trust. However, Ishmael is willing to build upon her relationships. Additionally, Ishmael places an emphasis on general efficiency and adaptability, and states that at her previous job, one mistake could compromise everyone's safety. Ishmael was originally an accountant and clerk for U Corp's Nest before quitting and becoming a sailor and Fixer that operated within U Corp's District. She is familiar with the Great Lake, its environment, and its rules. Her time at sea was, according to her, extremely unpleasant, making reference to revolting smells of deckhands and unpleasant rations, and ended in disaster. Her captain lead the crew to hunt the Pallid Whale, one of the five Calamities of the Lake, despite the risks. Once they had found it, things quickly went wrong. Ishmael only survived thanks to hanging on to Queequeg's coffin, which allowed her to stay afloat. Ishmael believes herself and the captain are the only survivors of the wreckage, with the others assumed to have been devoured by the Pallid Whale. Ishmael is a fixer of Shi’s south section 5. Heathcliff is a tall and well-built man with messy dark brown hair parted on the right side of his head. Often seen with a scowl on his face, he possesses sharp, glaring eyes that are a shade of dark purplish-blue. His eyebrows are the same shade as his hair and are both slit, his right eyebrow having two slits and his left just one. He has a dark skin complexion with an excessive number of scars littering his arms and going all the way up to his cheeks. Heathcliff is an exceptionally short-tempered and abrasive individual, electing violence as a first resort, and aggression as a way of life. He is overly impulsive and quick to anger, with consequences for those involved. Despite this, the majority of Heathcliff's antagonism is in response to belittlement from others. In actuality, Heathcliff is not often one to start fights uncalled-for; rather, his fits of rage are but an over-the-top reaction to bullying and ridicule. He is fully capable of engaging in grounded conversation. Constant jabs from Ishmael and Faust simply hit a sore spot, as Heathcliff demonstrates a clear aversion to being looked down on. Anything involving his dead wife from the wealthy Earnshaw family, Catherine consistently shows the most vulnerable sides of Heathcliff. Though still a brash, violent, and bad-tempered person, he is also one with regrets, fragility, selflessness, and a heart holding a lot of love for his favorite person in the world. Heathcliff mourns her grief with sincerity, and grows genuinely bashful when the topic of their relationship comes up. He shows an unbending will to do anything for those he holds dear. He is a fixer for Shi south section 5. Heathcliff had a British upbringing, and talks with an accent and uses British slang. Faust is a woman of average build with a paler complexion and shoulder-length white hair. She has powder blue eyes along with visible blush on her cheeks. Faust is a soft-spoken fixer with a sharp tongue, prone to narcissism. She claims to be highly intelligent, but has done little to back this up other than a few inventions. She comes off a bit arrogant because of this. She expresses absolute faith in her abilities and is calm even in troublesome situations. As one of the more quiet fixers, Faust appears to simply prefer standing back and watching events unfold. She has been having information to divulge in the moment. It's clear that Faust knows considerably more than she lets on, which is something that everyone around her seems to have already picked up on. She always gets up after three hours of sleep (and used to believe that everyone does this), and does not concern herself much with hobbies. She is a fixer for the 3rd section of the Eastern branch of Shi Association, and wears a black sweater with red highlights cut to show her midriff, which is covered in red bandages wrapped tight around her waist she has a very long black skirt with white and red highlights. She wields the standard Shi bowblade (a double bladed sword that can be used as a bow and arrow). Faust refers to herself in the 3rd person.