Miacha

Miacha is a Sunbond, a genetically enhanced supersoldier that, in exchange for the genetic enhancement, enters temporary debt-bondage for the organization or person who provided the genetic enhancements. Miacha has recently fulfilled her debt-bond, and is now free. She works as a mercenary, as freed Sunbonds are rare, and nearly peerless fighters. At eight feet in height, Miacha's towering, muscled frame immediately outs her as a Sunbond to any onlooker. Her raven hair (kept short for convenience) indicates her heritage in the Stiltlands. Her body bears scars and stretch marks across its fair, sand-tanned skin from the Becoming ritual that made her a Sunbond. Miacha wears a near-black brown stiltsuit, up-armored with both official armor and ramshackle equipment, plus storage pouches, sheaths and holsters. Miacha carries a simple shortblade (for her proportions), with a hook tip to catch on gaps and tear off armor plating, before slicing into flesh with ease. The blade is nothing special, usual Karalklassian steel (which is quite durable), but the sword has served her well over the years. She also keeps a shardgun in a rifle configuration with her, which has seen its own wear and tear. Its grip is wrapped with leather, and the emitter lens is seemingly always dusty (though this problem fixes itself after a few shots fired). The scope is secondhand, same as the gun. Different retailer. It still projects its crosshair just fine but sometimes Miacha has to place her faith in the gun's ironsights instead. The bayonet's blade is chipped, but nonetheless thirsty for blood. The shortblade goes in a sheath on her left hip, and the shardgun enjoys its own holster on her right hip. Miacha can wield the shardgun with one hand, as it's been modified to automate its cycling sequences. Miacha wields her weapons with finesse and grace, and her fighting style favors dodging or parrying blows over blocking them. Her combat techniques and strategies are better suited to fighting other Sunbound, but anything that'll kill a Sunbound won't break a sweat on an unaltered human. Miacha maintains a stoic, knightly, by-the-book, and looming persona when on the job, and especially when dealing with clients (helps with negotiations for pay). She appears unshakeable (and she more or less is). Miacha is canny, having learned to quickly assess an item, its worth, and the reputability of the seller. She spent most of her debt-bondage in and around Ilssarach and its sprawling markets. These skills also become very useful when negotiating with clients. It doesn't take long for her to sniff out a deceitful client, or possible ambushes and traps. At home, however, Miacha lets her guard down. She lounges around a lot during her downtime. She lives in a nice, but small, apartment in one of Ilssarach's residential districts, a little far from the hustling and bustling central market, which is full of life at all hours. Her apartment resembles a real-world traditional Japanese home. It has an XXL futon (Miacha is large and she likes to have space where she sleeps), a kotatsu for those cold Karalklassian nights, things like that. Miacha has a fondness for tea, and cute things. Tea isn't hard to come across, but cute things are rare in the hash Karaklassian wilderness, and the cutthroat societies across the planet. She has a plushie of a slice of an ancient red and green fruit known as a "watermelon". It has a simple little smiley face and stubby little arms and legs and Miacha sleeps with it in her futon. Oh, and there's also equipment for the maintenance of her equipment. At home, Miacha wears a pair of slippers, custom made as a gift from one grateful client, and she wears a large and soft robe, nothing underneath. Nudeness isn't as taboo in Karaklassian society as it is in the real world, and also it's just more comfortable that way.