Finished the second antagonist subordinates set. (First one here)
Struggled a lot, especially with Franziska due to the colors I needed to use for her, but in the end I think I like it. Kouya’s my fave, he kinda looks like he’s mainly powered by spite and red bull lmao
Short info of each below:
Nadja Jaeger (Surname means hunter)
Age: 36
Franziska’s younger sister/former teammate from Amalia’s mercenary days
She is the member of Amalia Marek’s sect. They do intelligence gathering/search for other “Reverence” infected people to join their ranks.
Nadja and Franziska used to work with Amalia before she left to search for a solution to her problem with her powers. Sometime later, the sisters had a run-in with a feline Reverence-infected demon, that in turn infected them. The pair decided to go and try to find their former comrade to see if she’d found a cure or a solution. The pair end up joining her new group as they didn’t really have much better options.
Nadja is pretty silent and largely respected/admired by people around her, despite her Reverence infection only being at stage 1 (the weakest) because she was already so strong and capable even as just a normal human. Apart from her eyes, the only thing that changed for her physically, was that her hair feels more like fur than human hair, and also the color turned orange mostly from the original brown. She’s sometimes mistaken for a male from behind, up until she speaks as her voice is distinctly feminine. (even then it’s typically not until they see she got boobs that they realize this is a woman)
She’s friends with Sasori from Belladonna’s sect, both being the quieter, introverted type (and a bit scary) and she’s often seen hanging around him, or asking him jokingly to poison her to get away from an annoying situation. Usually he just pulls out a whiskey or other alcohol drink for her. A fellow sect member, a young girl Kujaku has a bit of a crush on her, although Nadja doesn’t take it seriously given she’s only 18, I.E far too young in her eyes.
Kiyoi Nakano (First name means clear/pure/noble) His original surname was Saitou, but he started using his mother’s maiden name after leaving his former home
Age: 20
Belladonna’s nephew she took in after his mother was executed as a witch, and the townspeople attempted to kill him too. A rare case of a male child of a witch being born with magic.
Member of Taiga’s group; they work as assistants to other sects/handle mundane tasks like cooking, cleaning, looking after Hanzoku’s body while he slumbers, etc.
Kiyoi used to live normal life as the son of the town’s Mayor, albeit secretly studying magic with his aunt’s guidance, as his mother had disowned magic use and stopped using her own. Unfortunately the townspeople found out that she was a witch, and executed her out of fear. They then went after Kiyoi himself (including his father who hadn’t known his wife was a witch) and Kiyoi ended up accidentally killing everyone while defending himself, overcharging his strongest spell that basically banished everyone’s souls from their bodies. He was taken in by Belladonna after this, but Kiyoi’s relationship with her is strained, because he feels she only cares about him because he’s a rarity.
Kiyoi’s strongest ability is his Charm (the same one that he accidentally killed the townspeople with) that can basically charm just about anybody and get them to do whatever he wants/just make sure they don’t hurt him. (the reason why it killed the townsfolk was because he basically made them so enamored their souls floated away, you know, “head in the clouds” type of thing) He applies this reflexively to every new person he meets, and tends to become curious of anybody who is immune to it AND still nice to him. He’s friends with Yoruga the moth boy, and has a crush on Kouya.
Kiyoi is physically very weak, so he mainly monitors people with his vision abilities to see what needs to be done, if anyone requires assistance with some of the tasks, and occasionally is asked to take notes because his handwriting is so pleasant to read.
Kouya Garou (name translates to desert/wilderness & hungry wolf)
Age: 22
A hotheaded orphan with canine Reverence infection & Kiyoi’s crush
He’s from Azure’s sect, who are the warriors/warriors in-training to potentially join Amalia’s group if they are deemed skilled enough/have enough control over their abilities. Also hunt down threats or traitors.
Grew up in an illegal fighting club, rumor has it he was sold there by his parents as they couldn’t afford taking care of him. He’s always been a lone wolf and preferred to be by himself; even now he struggles to work with others. He does respect his boss a lot though
He ran into a Reverence infected wolf when he was 18 just hours before a match, where this demonic wolf bit and infected him too. he ended up activating his power and transforming mid-fight, accidentally killing his opponent and going on a rampage where lot of onlookers were injured. He spent over a year hunting down the wolf that bit him, thinking killing the demonic entity would turn him back to normal.
When that didn’t happen he fell into despair and almost let himself freeze to death, but he was picked up by Amalia, who promised they could help him learn to control his newfound powers. He met Kiyoi the first time in kind of an awkward manner, as he ended up crashing through his wall after a training match gone wrong, and Kiyoi realized his power didn’t work on him, resulting in the blond asking his friend Yoruga to stalk Kouya around for a bit out of curiosity, namely because Kouya had been nice to him and even apologized for the mess.
(Kouya does find him cute, but also feels like he’s too wild and unpredictable for someone that weak, which basically means these two idiots don’t know how to act around each other)
Franziska Jaeger
Age: 38
Nadja’s older sister and a former comrade of Amalia from her mercenary days.
Member of Belladonna’s sect; the medics/poison & cursed objects and seals creators.
Between the sisters, Franziska was the intl/stealth mission person, and enjoyed putting on disguises and flirting with their targets to trick them into positions they could be dealt with/captured for interrogation. She enjoys her new work as Belladonna’s assistant, and like many others, very much is a fan of hers, loving her sense of style and flamboyant nature. She’s also Belladonna’s favorite assistant, partially because she is a friend of her GF Amalia, partially because Franziska is devious and really intelligent, much like her, and partially because Belladonna loves her sense of style.
(She also loves how in her new job, she can dress up more often and have much flashier outfits by default than she could back in their old job)
Her reverence is much further than Nadja’s, meaning her skintone has mostly changed to the ashy color apart from her arms, and she has permanent animal features. (the ears and the tail) Both she and her sister used to have brown eyes, though their haircolors were different; her sister had dark brown hair, Franziska had light brown that has now turned blonde, matching the color of the fur of the infected feline demon who attacked them.