AHHHHHH!!!! This is the first OC I have ever created. I was super inspired by @cloudcountry 's recent post of their tkdb OC and suddenly Rose was born. She's definitely a mix of yume and actual OC, but I am so proud of her and all of the work I put into her backstory!! Now I just wish I could draw so I could draw her (∩︵∩)
Full-body picrew link here, chibi picrew link here, and the picrew I used to make her lil profile pic on the relationship chart is here.
Her detailed backstory, stigma, pact, etc. are below the cut for anyone interested in reading more! (Warning: long as hell lmao)
Highlights of her personal details:
Her birthday - July 11th, was chosen due to the meaning behind the angel number 711 - “a positive message from the universe, encouraging you to trust your intuition, embrace new beginnings, and stay focused on your spiritual path”
Her MBTI - “The Defender” is characterized by being deeply caring, loyal, and practical, with a strong desire to support others and maintain harmony, while also being introverted and sometimes struggling with change or self-doubt due to their "Turbulent" trait, making them highly sensitive to criticism and needing reassurance in their actions.
Her magical abilities - Rose specializes in both Lunar and Herbal herbal magic. A common combination due to their similarities - both are heavily focused on spellwork, both with candle magic and with spell jars/bags. This type of spellwork is similar to simple manifestation, but having more potent results (especially when spells are cast with a whole coven). There is always an outcome or goal in mind when casting, and it can really be anything; more power or wealth, love, success, improved health, protections, etc. Lunar witchcraft is also known for purification and protection rituals. Herbal witches are also known to keep a tidy garden for having fresh herbs (and anomalous plants) in stock.
Her artifact: A golden staff with a large amethyst adorned to the top. The staff helps serve as a concentration point for her magic, and the amethyst helps to keep her centered and grounded in battle - something that is extremely important when using her stigma.
Rose’s Lore (broken up into sections but written as one narrative):
Personal Backstory: Rose is a direct descendent of Sarah Bishop - a witch who was able to escape from prison with her husband and avoid persecution during the Salem Witch Trials. Coming from a family with a long line of powerful witches, her parents began her magical training as soon as she was old enough to walk. Throughout her early childhood, they helped her explore different schools of magic before discovering her talents in Lunar and Herbal witchcraft. When she was old enough to begin school, she attended a normal public school, but continued her magic studies at home in the evenings and weekends. As an introverted only child, she struggled to make friends, causing her to become very close to her parents. She began attending a private boarding school for witches in Maine after turning 11 years old. This school provided both a mix of traditional American curriculum and specialized courses on each student’s personal school of magic. It is here that she was finally able to open up and make friends - who have become more akin to family over time. She was also able to discover her love of research and magical experimentation - testing different combinations of herbs, crystals, incantations, etc., to see what new spells can be created. She was very happy and fulfilled - having incredibly deep relationships with each of her friends and her parents (who she still regularly visited and called while away at school), and having access to a wealth of knowledge and resources to help cultivate her research. However, when she was 16 years old, her headmaster broke the news that her parents were killed in a car accident with a drunk driver. Thrown into a deep depression, Rose spiraled into feelings of guilt for not being able to protect her parents, for not being strong enough to prevent the accident, and after months of despair, she resolved herself to do anything she could to become stronger. Now, all she had left were her friends, and she was determined to do anything possible to make sure nothing happened to them.
Pact/Stigma Details: Rose turned to researching methods for strengthening her magical abilities. After weeks of digging through every text she could get her hands on, she found a book detailing demons and demonic pacts. Though she would normally shy away from Shadow Work due to the risks associated, reading about demonic pacts and the enhanced supernatural abilities summoners receive made her consider otherwise. After scouring the text cover to cover, taking extensive notes, and preparing a space for the ritual, she drew a summoning circle and began reciting incantations. Once the demon materialized, she confidently, maybe even stubbornly, told them that she would do anything- trade anything- to become more powerful, to protect the ones she loves. And thus, the pact was established.
Rose was given the ability of transmutation, the act of changing physical matter into something new. When activating her stigma, she has the ability to control how much matter is transmuted, and in what way - either simple nuclear transmutation (for example, turning metal into liquid, changing the shape of rocks) or nuclear bombardment (blowin’ shit up). Bound by the laws of equivalent exchange, large attacks or long-lasting battles require large amounts of matter and physical endurance. The more she engages with her stigma the quicker she loses stamina. Similar to the physical ailments Subaru experiences when intentionally casting his stigma, Rose also can overwork herself to the point of losing consciousness very quickly if she is not careful.
Darkwick Lore: After graduating from her boarding school, Rose enrolled in the Institute’s American campus. Because the United States is such a large country, the school is also quite large - even more so than Darkwick with over double the number of admitted ghouls. Her first year passed by rather uneventfully, until she discovered the existence of the anomalous garden in Obscuary on Darkwick’s campus. This piqued her interest as she had not had many chances in the last year to continue her experimental research, and being able to do so with anomalous plants would open up a lot of new possibilities and theories to test. She inquired with her professors about the possibility of transferring to Darkwick’s campus, but was initially met with vague and curt responses. That is until the Chancellor of the academy called her to their office with a very interesting proposal. Darkwick was searching for ways to improve their general student population’s negative perception of the Obscuary ghouls. After hearing from several professors about Rose’s inquiries for transferring, the Chancellor reached out to Darkwick to propose the transfer themselves. It was beneficial for Darkwick because Rose fit into Obscuary’s category of “creature” since she is a witch, but the general students would feel at ease around her since she is, for the most part, human. It would also be beneficial for the American academy since they already have such a high number of enrolled ghouls, and, they had also negotiated into the agreement a clause which states that any research published by Rose during her stay at Darkwick would not just be credited to her and to Darkwick, but also to their academy as well. Rose easily accepted these terms, beginning her journey to Japan.
Notes on her relationships:
Rose met Luca and Kaito at the opening ceremony where she and Luca were both introduced as transfer students. The two of them immediately connected due to this shared background, and because they could freely converse in English whenever they became too overwhelmed with Japanese. They both are protectors of the ones they care about and it didn’t take long for this to begin manifesting for each other. They are very similar in a number of other ways as well - both being kind and gentle, but also well equipped for battle. Luca’s gentlemanly behavior immediately caught Rose’s attention, since it is not very common to see those mannerisms in the states, and she sees him as both a knight in shining armor and a prince. Unfortunately, they are both a little oblivious, so it took them both a little bit to acknowledge their own feelings, and even longer to act on them. Eventually, they were able to sort out their feelings together and became an official couple.
Rose and Rui became quick friends due to Rui’s laidback and playful nature, and because Rose was deeply and genuinely interested in his anomalous garden. She is extremely fascinated with the way he creates mocktails from anomalous plants, which leads to her helping out in his bar quite frequently (which also leads to friendships with ghouls who are frequent customers, like Haru). In return, he helps her with her magical research whenever he can! Their bond quickly becomes deeper than a friendship, and develops into something much more familial, with Rui filling in the role of a big brother to her with ease.
When Lyca joined Obscuary, Rose became very close to him very quickly, adopting the role of a big sister to him. She is fiercely protective of him and will call out anyone on campus who dares to say anything negative about him. The two of them quickly begin acting like true siblings - randomly barging into each other's rooms, purposefully annoying each other, roughhousing, sending each other memes, and spending a lot of time together either actively or via parallel play. Lyca’s close relationship with Subaru inevitably causes Rose to become close to the Hotarubi captain as well - and the other two ghouls, Haku and Zenji. She and Lyca often visit Hotarubi together and soon find the dorm to be just as comfortable as their own.
Rose feels a bit unsettled by Ed. She doesn’t have a lot of experience with vampires in general since there is not a large population of them in America (most of which is centered around New Orleans), and she can sense he is hiding something big behind his old man shtick. She is friendly, but guarded with him.
Rose was given special permission from Professor Nicholas to conduct her research at Mortkranken when needed. Though her research isn’t focused on health sciences, Mortkranken still has many useful equipment and laboratory spaces for any kind of scientific research. This is how she came to meet Jiro and Yuri. It took her a bit to adjust to Yuri’s demands and teasing, but now she finds his moments of softness endearing and is able to tease him back. She was able to easily befriend Jiro due to their common interest in anomalous plants, and because of his quiet but curious nature. He sometimes assists with her experiments when available, and they both find working together in silence easy and comfortable. Rose really admires both of them for their incredible dedication to their research, though she does wish they would take more breaks!
If you read this far thank you!!! I appreciate you and any feedback you may have:3
