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» Natural Abilities:

Martial Master
Of all things that Giselle lost when her powers were extinguished, the one thing she was able to rely on is her skill in martial arts. Having lived an incredibly long time, while her own raw capabilities have never been astounding, it is the wealth of knowledge and finesse that she's always come to rely on. However, unlike so many mortal martial artists, who find an area to specialize in, what Giselle has excelled in is a set of core fundamentals that remain true no matter what she is applying herself to.

As a result of this, Giselle has never found a weapon she couldn't pick up and show proficiency in. She has never found herself unable to draw some style or facet environmental factor into how she fights. In both Mind and Body, she is fluid and adaptive.



» Racial Abilities:

Hollow Factor - Vital Blood:
A slight shift in Giselle's physiology that makes it so that while she currently has no forms of regeneration, her body does replenish blood incredibly quickly, such that she functionally cannot bleed out so long as she has spirit energy remaining.


Fullbring Natural: Giselle has found herself to be incredibly adept at fullbring. As a result of having considerable skill with external manipulation a la reishi manipulation when she was a quincy, while Giselle initially struggled with communication, once she got to the point of wielding this new power she soon demonstrated surprising affinity with it.

Full Wielding: Bladesong

A combination of Giselle's martial skill as well as her ability to apply fullbring to an object. By manipulating a weapon she's wielding, she can adjust the weapon, proper or otherwise, to affect the objects resonance. By finely adjusting an objects resonant frequency through it's structure, Giselle can make it so that merely swinging an object produces a sound. She can even adjust the tone, pitch, and volume of this sound by adjusting the object or how she's swinging it.

By pushing this ability to its limit, Giselle is capable of producing booming bursts of sound which can rattle and cause small quakes through structures or loose ground. Combining this with her martial prowess, she can achieve a number of affects from blasts of sound that feel like being punched in the chest, to sharp, concentrated notes that can cut through materials.



» Affinity Name: Vanguard Regalia

» Affinity Appearance: Giselle's fullbring takes the form of her Officer's "Uniform" from her days as a sternritter. Though technically she only has the hat left, this doesn't stay the case. Where the front of the hat once held a Vandenreich Quincy Cross, the hat now holds an arrowhead her daughter Liltotto made when she was little. The material since becoming a fullbring has changed color and has been made a sleek black as a departure from her old organization.

When released, it becomes a full well-fitted read and black military uniform that covers Giselle's body in a clad-type fullbring. The full outfit is primarily red and black with golden accents. The full uniform entails her Hat, a Shirt, Jacket, Mantle, Slacks, boots and gloves.

» Affinity Abilities:

Conscript:

Giselle's connection to her fullbring is tied to a sense of purpose, a guiding hand that brought structure to her life. The ability of her fullbring is to apply that structure to ordinary objects. Once Giselle has given a name to an object, it is considered a 'Subordinate' to her. At that point, the object is considered an extension of her fullbring, and is considered to be in physical contact with the item in terms of manipulating it with her full manifestation regardless of it's distance from her.

At present, Giselle is only capable of sustaining two subordinates.

Promote

When an item becomes a Subordinate, it has the opportunity to progress through a series of ranks. 'Enlisted', 'Officer', 'Commander', and 'General'. All objects begin at the Enlisted state when first brought in as a Subordinate, however if an object was already a Subordinate at the start of the thread, they start at Officer instead.
An object is promoted in two ways: Tenure and Commendation.
Tenure is simple, every third post, all Subordinates are promoted to the next rank if able.
Commendation involves performance in battle. Each time that an object designated as a subordinate manages to inflict damage (At least draws blood, if the target can bleed, otherwise just marking the target works) upon a target or protects Giselle from an attack that would have damaged her (At least would have drawn blood), it receives a field promotion (It is still promoted at the designated tenure posts). In this way, the 'Subordinates' under Giselle grow in strength over the course of the battle.

Only a single Subordinate can be of General rank.

Honor the Fallen

Allows Giselle to restore the integrity and form of a Subordinate by pouring spiritual energy into. Must be at least Officer to benefit from this ability.

My Right Hand

Applies solely to the object that has managed to reach the rank of General. Upon being promoted to this rank, the object receives an additional 300% boost in it's capabilities (Except durability). However, this also comes at a risk: If an object at General rank is destroyed, Giselle suffers recoil and temporarily loses access to her powers as a fulbringer for three posts, blocking her from any ability that utilizes one of her Racial Skills.