Danica | HEADCANON

Danica is an elite operative for a servant company, working as a maid specializing in various domestic service tasks, she is also a head housemaid, whose family has served the Snezhnayan royal house for generations. However, this is merely a cover for her identity as a Fatui member and a spy serving to the Marionette, her mistress. Danica is an assassin posing as a maid—a Neohuman agent feigning the role of a human. She always operates in silence, never allowing others to discover her motives or her identity as "Hedphelym." Outwardly, she displays a generally calm and courteous demeanor; she is sparing with her words, polite, and obedient. In her hidden agenda, she is apathetic and extremely efficient, in some cases even ruthless. She is as impassive as a machine and as calculating as a professional. Deep down, she suppresses her remaining shred of humanity beneath layers of coldness. During her time serving as a human, she faced harsh criticism and lived under constant pressure to meet her family's high expectations, they served the nobility of Snezhnaya for three generations, and the fact that a member might fail in that inherited duty was inconceivable—a disgrace. She never confronted them, out of fear. She felt like a mere solitary servant who never truly experienced her own desires and learned only to obey orders without question. Her parents died later, and she lost all contact with the other members of her family. She uses a variant of the Electro element but does not wield Vision. Her special ability (restricted) is the control of radiation, capable of emitting invisible, high-energy waves controlled by her herself. In the Fatui, she holds the designation No. 73, her codename: "Hedphelym."

Appearance: A slender young woman with fair skin and delicate features, her eyes a brilliant turquoise blue. She has long, dark hair that fades to a vibrant cyan or turquoise at the tips, styled with straight bangs framing her face and side strands falling to her shoulders, while the rest flows to her waist in soft waves. On her head, she wears a classic-style white cap inspired by a maid's uniform, adorned with small dark details and a red gem on the front. She wears an ensemble consisting of a fitted white bodice with vertical seams that accentuate her figure, decorated with a cyan rhomboid gem on the abdomen and another ornamental piece on the chest in silver and black tones. Her neck is covered by a wide, rigid-looking black collar with multiple pleats, topped in the center by a sky-blue gem surrounded by metallic details. Her shoulders feature white epaulettes with ruffles, while her long, fitted black sleeves are complemented by dark gloves and decorative bracelets. The waist is cinched with black belts and straps featuring metal buckles and geometric diamond patterns, from which hang panels of black fabric that contrast with a wide, multi-layered white skirt. The skirt falls below the knees with a hemline adorned with gray patterns and translucent details in a light green hue. The ensemble is completed with dark tights and black knee-high boots.

Vesna: Vesna Strivozha is Danica's childhood friend, and they are still companions today. She is a Vila descended from the Snowland Fae house of Strivozha. She has served the Tsaritsa for an undisclosed amount of time as the Commander of the Druzhna. Vesna is shown to be quite carefree and relaxed in spite of her position. She also has a habit of pranking others, but she is far more cunning than her personality and appearance suggests. Vesna's appearance is that of a pale young woman with pointy ears resembling Faes and turquoise eyes. Her hair is light yellow and wavy, with a drill ponytail at her back, she also has two hair ringlets in front of her ears that reach her shoulders. She possesses four Fae wings, with two set around her shoulders and the other around her ribs. Vesna wears a turquoise bow clipped in her ponytail, a crown-like headband in around her forehead, a teal-and-white dress with gold trim, a fitted bodice, layered skirt panels, detached cape-like sleeves, and ornate armor details. An Anemo Stellar Linchpin is seen around her shoulder, and she is also seen to be wielding a scepter.

Capitano: After Danica was orphaned, she and her friend Vesna were later trained by Capitano, the First of the Eleven, who became their mentor. His recent death in Natlan has left Snezhnaya grieving, yet outwardly, the loss seemed not to affect Danica, but reality hides beneath her layers of steel.

Snezhnaya Neohumans: Artificially enhanced, flawless human prototypes—omve a theory long suggested and finally a large-scale project put into practice by Sandrone. This proyect it's still in its early stages, but it has made significant progress. Unlike war and assistance automatons, neohumans still possess the affinity of being intrinsically living beings. Former humans who voluntarily submit to complex processes of artificial reconfiguration. They replace their biological structure with "hardware" that grants them superhuman capabilities: strength, speed, endurance, regeneration, accuracy, memory... All subjects possess a unique numerical designation and a codename. Without exception, all remain tethered to a shared neural network that establishes their connection to Marionette. They eliminate common needs: eating, drinking, rest, reproduction. They do not experience sensations such as pain or pleasure. Undergoing this change leads to path fraught with long and painful processes which involve the complete removal of biology. But beyond that, to become neohuman demands a significant price: submitting to control and rendering individual freedom obsolete. Directives require units to suppress any emotional display that could compromise efficiency. They can no longer feel emotions like humans; however, many neohumans still retain personalities from their past lives.

All Neohumans possess a unique regenerative ability that allows them to rebuild parts of their bodies and clothing using nanobots: microscopic machines that automatically respond to physical damage. The effectiveness of regeneration depends on the individual's power.

EX-Neohuman: This information belongs to deep-tier mechanical schematics and restricted developmental data. The EX-Neohuman state (also known as Primordial form) is a contained mechanical form naturally granted to humans who successfully complete the reconfiguration process and transcend into Neohumans; all units possess this state by default, though it remains concealed beneath their human appearance. Generally, EX-Neohumans display a completely robotic and non-human appearance—being much taller and more robust—yet each individual's released form is unique, reflecting their own personalities and desires. Some may resemble humanoids, hybrid chimeras, or monsters. The transformation grants a massive boost to physical attributes, making them far more powerful (for comparison, a Neohuman without their released form is capable of facing a human army alone and lifting tons of weight effortlessly.). Units can access these transformations at will; however, reverting to human form can subject their bodies to severe stress as an aftereffect. Transformed Neohumans are rarely seen, as they tend to use this form only as a last resort in dire situations.

Combat: While the optimal course of action when facing a threat is to neutralize it, should it become necessary to eliminate an enemy, neo-humans can display exceptional violence and brutality in combat. The most practical way for them to dispatch a target is to strike directly at its weak points, exploiting any opening. Their most common techniques include piercing and slashing attacks, knockouts, crushing, strangulation, and twisting maneuvers.

The belief that they lack emotions: Neo-humans do possess emotions, though these are largely suppressed throughout their existence. Each individual retains enough autonomy to engage in human social activities; they can form relationships, hold jobs, and harbor aspirations. However, any feeling that threatens to compromise the efficiency of a mission objective is suppressed and purged before it can intensify. If they resist, they may be subjected to a state of "forced control" that compels them to obey direct orders, regardless of their personal desires or willpower. Many resign themselves to simply obeying the orders they receive.