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Appearence; A Sino-English woman of a meagre 5 foot 7, Kiyomi is more often than not one of the smaller members of any given D.A.P.P.E.R team. She has dark hair and emerald green eyes, and has a lean, fit body that betrays her intense personal training and impeccable conditioning. More often than not, she has a pretty smile on her face: even in the middle of combat when most are devolving into screaming, snarling fury. She has smooth skin and maintains her hair in a long braid, or simply has it trimmed down so that it doesn't get in her face. While her face seems to have taken on more of her father's western features, her height, hair colour and general disposition seem to reflect her mother's more traditional, Japanese heritage.
Age; Twenty-seven
Rank; Omega - Basic Access: Most combat operatives fall under Omega level. They are allowed to customize their loadout and they are usually assigned a Delta level operative to handle requests and manage their mission control. As any omega Level can tell you however, they operate on need to know basis half the time.
Brief Background; Born the only child of a British D.A.P.P.E.R Agent and his Japanese fiancée, Kiyomi was the subject of a lot of love in her early life. She remembers being spoilt often, and growing up to the sight of two adults so very clearly in love. Times were good in the young girl's early life.
Sadly, at the age of ten, the work of Kiyomi's father followed him home. A mid-level Oni had followed the D.A.P.P.E.R agent home, following a failed excommunication, and proceeded to attack Kiyomi's father while he was isolated at home. Kiyomi's mother managed to hide their daughter in a closet, before she ran back to try and help her husband. The screams of her parents betrayed the unsuccessful nature of the act, and Kiyomi was orphaned at a very early age. She would likely have joined her parents in the rather fatal fate, were it not for the prudent arrival of her father's peers, who then managed to slay the Oni that had orphaned the young girl.
Packing up a few of the belongings she owned and was allowed to keep (Most of the items were confiscated by D.A.P.P.E.R) Kiyomi ended up being left only with some clothes, a few photos and a family heirloom from her mother's side, before she was then shipped off to her only known living relative: An uncle that resided at a Shinto-Buddhist temple.
With nothing else to cling to, Kiyomi followed the Buddhist way and integrated herself into the lifestyle of the temple. She was one of the only female members in the sect, and was treated well by all that live there as a sort of communal daughter of the generally much older male populous. She was an extremely dedicated and driven woman, who practiced many forms of combat as means of meditation, to combat the less than infrequent night-terrors.
By the age of Twenty-Five, Kiyomi had become a fine woman, and a master of martial arts and several forms of weapon based combat: as well as being a woman of extreme willpower and tenacity. She was approached by her uncle, who had in turn been contacted by D.A.P.P.E.R, her father's old employers. The organisation was looking to diversify its combat forces, and they were looking for combatants 'suited for the dangers of fighting Humanity's threats up close and personal.'
Kiyomi jumped at the chance to do something meaningful with her life. She joined up with D.A.P.P.E.R almost instantly, and has worked alongside the organisation for nearly two years, now.
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Skills will include:
Area of Expertise; Extermination – Kiyomi is not much of a tracker, nor is she very good at diplomacy. While she is a smart enough individual, and she is considered one of the top-notch experts on artifacts and iconography, there is one thing that Kiyomi excels at above all else, and that is the extermination of threats. Be it down to her traumatic childhood experience, or down to her personal training and willpower is unknown, but Kiyomi is a damn efficient exterminator of threats. She is uniquely positioned as a front line fighter and a downright dangerous opponent to be against, and she has started to make a name for herself, both inside D.A.P.P.E.R and its rivals.
Major skill; Close Quarters Combat – For most members of D.A.P.P.E.R. it would be suicide to get close to the creatures they hunt. A single bite from a ghoul is potentially lethal, and if you get within half a mile of an Oni, you are basically dead already. Kiyomi is different. Armed with both Science and faith, Kiyomi is one of the only Close Quarters Combat experts that D.A.P.P.E.R has, and is a boon to any unit because she does things that others can't. She fights the demons up close, and she not only survives, but wins.
Minor Skill; Artifact maintenance and acquisition – Kiyomi's decade and a half in the Buddhist temple have made her very in tune with the mythical and the ephemeral. When it comes to either finding, charging or maintaining artifacts, both on the field and off it, there are few as handy as Kiyomi.
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Weapons; Kiyomi's main weapon of choice is a Katar, a sort of Dagger-gauntlet with a use on both slashing and piercing (It excels in the latter.) Kiyomi possesses several interchangeable blades of various metals: Silver, Gold, Cold Iron, various other allergen inducing metals or just the classic that is anointed Steel. In addition to her Katar, she uses a number of lesser daggers and, when things get particularly bad, her Vajra.
Specialized Equpiment; Kiyomi is considered an expert on Artefacts inside D.A.P.P.E.R, and uses a number of them in her combat focused duties. While she has access to a few small casks of Holy Water, her most used artefacts are a listed below, and are all of personal importance
>Feyglass Goggles: A basic requirement for any decent D.A.P.P.E.R Exterminator, the Feyglass goggles allow Kiyomi to see any invisible threats and act accordingly. They also happen to be snazzy as hell!
> Buddhist Rosary beads: A set of beads gifted by her Uncle when she left the temple they shared as home. They wrap around her right arm and augment her considerable strength with a mystical augmentation, upping her power to the point that she can pop the heads of Ghouls or Zombies with a single punch. Their power is used very moderately, meaning that it is strong enough to be used in a number of extended confrontations before being exhausted.
>Vajra: A much more potent Artifact, and a symbol of faith that has been passed down her mother's side of the family for generation after generation. Its age and elevated status as a holy icon in her Mother's family means it is a much more potent catalyst for augmenting Kiyomi's strength, and can be used to take on mid-level demons and fae.
>Demon's Blood: An experimental substance used by D.A.P.P.E.R agents. It is a highly addictive combat stimulant that supercharges Kiyomi's abilities beyond human capacity for a short period of time. The effects of the Demon's blood allow Kiyomi to tackle a Large class Oni or something of similar power head on, but the use of the Demon's blood is dangerous and best avoided. For one, the substance is highly addictive and can have corrupting effects on lesser souls, but perhaps more worrying is that after its use, the consumer is prone to almost catatonic crashes. They will be left unable to act independently for at least an hour, and would be unable to perform D.A.P.P.E.R Duties for at least 24 hours.