Sylvia

"This is a cruel world. And yet... so beautiful...."

Sylvia is the daughter of The Grim Reaper and the Primordial Goddess of the Earth, Gaia. She is the lover/fiancé of Ronich Vermon, a homunculi necromancer-turned-reaper.

Appearance
Sylvia is a young girl with green eyes and silverish hair. She has a striking resemblance to her mother, Gaia. In all her outfits, she always wears black and gray, a skirt, and a hood with a cape, jacket, or something similar.

Personality
Before becoming an assassin, Sylvia appeared to be a cheerful, outgoing, and gentle child. Her innocence allowed her to push anxious thoughts to the back of her mind, continuing to live with her mother and loved ones happy. Growing up, Sylvia has become emotionally withdrawn and noticeably dangerous, sometimes intimidating her enemies or even her comrades. She is quite stoic and level-headed, rarely seen to lose her cool or be at a loss of what to do, no matter how bleak the situation seems to be.

Sylvia is a person that rarely openly talks with other people unless needed with only a few exceptions. She isn't a shy person, but more of an unsocial type of girl.

She can be a bit reckless or aggressive if she has a goal or purpose to fulfill; she's also willing to do something that someone else wouldn't do to accomplish such goals.

Sylvia cares deeply for her friends and caretakers, seeing them as the last remnants of a family she cannot afford to lose. She also appears to have a soft spot for children, when she bowed to a young girl she saved and instantly saved a soldier despite the latter having earlier killed one of her comrades. Sylvia is not completely immune to the effects of her emotions: Her strong feelings for her beloved ones, particularly when they are in harm's way, does at times cloud her judgment in fury - sometimes to the endangerment of herself and others.

From an early age, Sylvia was unusually perceptive, aware of the harshness of nature by witnessing the manner in which predators hunt and kill weaker prey. Her peace was shattered when a band of criminals brutally murdered her mother before her eyes in a failed kidnapping attempt, only saving herself and her rescuer when she managed to abandon all inhibition and hesitation to kill one of her assailants. Following this traumatic event, Sylvia would gain a generally cynical outlook on life and accepted the world as a cruel place where only those who are strong are able to survive. Her determination to protect her beloved ones as much as possible have contributed greatly to her phenomenal skills as an assassin. Though being among the best of the best, she remains humble and refrains from putting on airs or displaying arrogance.

Sylvia has a strong sense of right and wrong, doing everything she can to make her most impulsive friends to follow what she thinks is the right track. Despite that, she knows well that she cannot always sway them in decisions and makes it a point to follow them whenever they go, just so that she can be around to help out when trouble arises.

Despite her stoic, reserved nature, Sylvia does have a breaking point; she does not like the word "death" being used lightly. This is due to the fact that her powers can easily take away a person's life, and so she knows all too well how painful dying is. However, her experiences with the dead and her childhood means she isn't particularly perturbed by most situations related to it, such as eating breakfast with a pair of disembodied eyes watching her the whole time.

Sylvia also has cripplingly low self-esteem; due to the incredibly lethal nature of her powers, Sylvia implies that she killed a lot of friends by accident. As such, she considers herself a monster.

Sylvia later admits that she is ashamed and even terrified of her abilities, and she wished for someone to be by her side in spite of her frightening ability.

Despite not being vain, humorously, she is still unintentionally narcissistic about her beauty. She would often comment about her own beautiful face, and loudly laments and regrets how much trouble she causes around herself simply for being too beautiful. And even to the few who have ever been unfazed when seeing her face, she would ask them if they are okay after seeing her "beautiful face".

Powers and Abilities
Vertical Maneuvering Equipment: While she was still training, many of her peers noted that Sylvia's performance is exemplary in every subject and that she is truly a genius. Having a prodigious skill in vertical maneuvering equipment, she can use blades to easily strike and slash with speed and efficiency. This has led to her being mentioned as a military genius many times and "as valuable as a hundred average soldiers." Her mastery and remarkable will allows her to displaying a lethal force against people rarely seen among assassins, mercenaries or knights alike.

Super Strength: Owing to the need to protect her loved ones, Sylvia had honed herself to be a talented fighter at a very young age. She often threw boys bigger than her with ease and scared them enough to run away at see her despite their superior numbers. Having undergone intense training, Sylvia is strong enough to lift a big man and several equipment boxes off the ground without effort.

Soul Sealing: Sylvia is able to seal a soul or a part of it inside a body or object. By sealing the entire soul of a victim, she can prevent reincarnation or resurrection. Sylvia can also seal only a portion of a soul, granting the target a form of immortality, as the sealed portion anchors the "main" soul to earth even if the body is destroyed. This can also be used to seal a portion of the victim's souls "body-parts", with the corresponding body part suffering necrosis and paralysis, and cannot be used for life-force abilities anymore.

Soul Reading: Sylvia can perceive and read the souls, whether free or in body. She can study and observe the nature of one's soul and find weaknesses based on the nature of the observed souls. By reading souls, Sylvia can see the being's characteristics, personality, feelings, memories, whether they even have a soul, damage others' souls have endured, and whether or not another entity is possessing or influencing the person on a spiritual level.

Soul Mutilation: Sylvia can inflict an enormous level of agonizing damage to the soul of an opponent which not only damages the spiritual being of an opponent but their physical form as well. The damage this ability deals out to the soul is permanent and may kill another living being with, potentially destroying the victims' soul in the process.

Soul Splitting: Sylvia can split or divide her own soul or the souls of others to create new beings, including basing the division on personalities and emotions to become separate beings, as well as having the divided portions possess other people. She can even achieve immortality by sealing a fraction of her soul in certain objects and having them anchor the "main" soul onto the earth should the body be destroyed.

Soul Healing: Sylvia can heal and repair any damage done to the soul of herself or others. She can repair damage done by soul-affecting abilities such as Soul Mutilation and even rejoin soul fragments done by Soul Splitting.

Soul Removal: Sylvia can remove the souls from others, possibly resulting in apathy and psychopathy due to lack of emotions, especially empathy. Once removed, the souls will be vulnerable to damage, and restoration of the damaged soul may cause mental damage to the victim, such as madness.

Soul Retention: Sylvia has the power to keep the souls of the people in their bodies until they die, without the need to absorb them.

Love Curse: Due to her half-breed origins, Sylvia has been cursed so that anyone that looks at her face will fall in love with her. Those subjected to this may develop a strong infatuation for her but will remain in control of themselves, or they may feel so much love for her that they have an intense desire to make her happy, becoming completely submissive to her. The effect is usually instant, but in some cases it may slowly take effect the more the victim meets Sylvia. Unbeknownst to most people, Sylvia hates her face for this very reason. She hates for others to see her face, and thus she wears a hood at all times.

Soul Trapping: Sylvia can trap souls into other objects or other dimensions.

Soul Projection: Sylvia can project souls to varying degrees, such as storing a portion of one's own soul in an object or containing the souls of the dead and is even able to draw souls in from the afterlife and project them into other bodies. She can affect spiritual/immaterial beings to varying degrees.

Soul Sharing: Sylvia can share pieces of her soul with other persons. By filling part of the recipient's soul with her own piece of soul, Sylvia can even heal the recipient's physical, mental and spiritual wounds that wouldn't normally heal on their own. Sylvia is even capable of awakening powers in the receiver when sharing part of her soul.

Soul Absorption: Sylvia can absorb souls, while removing them from the source, into her body and use it in various ways, gaining some form of advantage.

Soul Channeling: Sylvia is able to channel energy from souls, whether her own soul or others', and use the energy for a myriad of purposes. While similar to Soul Absorption and Soul Energy Absorption, Sylvia does not necessarily have to absorb souls, and is perfectly capable of using her own.

Soul Merging: Sylvia can merge souls together into either one single soul or vessel.

Trivia

 * The name Sylvia means 'woods, forest'.


 * According to the creator:
 * Sylvia likes: Cats, Winter, Children, Orphanages, A quiet room, Sweet scents, Smell of old books, Ronich Vermon
 * Sylvia dislikes: Rules, Horses (somewhat), Royalty, Unnecessary murder, Herself, Her face
 * Sylvia has equinophobia, or the fear of horses.

Quotes

 * "I am strong. Stronger than any of you."\
 * "Assassin's rule #1- Silence: Dissolve in the darkness and erase your breath. Wait for an opening to attack your target."
 * "Assassin's rule #2- transpositional thinking: Analyze the target in order to predict their thoughts and movements."
 * "Assassin's rule #3- Speed: Take out the target before the target notices your presence."