#*vertebrae

this ability is a remnant of Vermin's shadow hands which was heavily inspired by Don't Starve Vertebrae's is obvi just much more pliable being able to make not only hands but also wings, tentacles and insectoid legs and similar to Vermin's shadow hands Vertebrae can use her shade to travel. She's able to cross into any space in any location, world or even dimension that shadow can be found. It's partly an excuse to for rp shenanigans but also in her story she's meant to be able to travel into a void space where she lives in a castle between the living world and the demon realm so it just makes sense to include reality breaking dimension hopping lol

La Muerte governs the land of the dead and cares for all the souls of those who have died. She's incredibly similar to how she's depicted in 'The book of life' movie if you've ever seen it

She's sweet, loving and cares for all souls. She also has the power to heal and save people from death though she doesn't use it unless she knows the soul isn't meant to die yet.

La Muerte is a massive gambler (again similar to The book of life version lol) and loves to make bets and wagers.

She also drinks a lot of alcohol, this coming from the whole tradition of leaving an offering of alcohol on ofrenda during Dia De Los Muertos. She's the one who gave Vertebrae the recipe for the pomegranate blood wine among others!

La Muerte is fully aware of Vertebrae's entire past and how she's not the original soul that her body hosted, aka she knows it was Mr. Tricksters. She knew the demon clown for years as they often hung out and played cards together. This is how Mr. Trickster won La Muerte's blessing/curse. He beat her in a card game and so he was given her healing powers.

She doesn't tell Vertebrae anything about her past because Vertebrae's still alive and needs to figure it out on her own but La Muerte likes to visit her monthly to check in as she's pretty fascinated by her. She's also slowly working to potentially crowning Vertebrae as a goddess herself one day.

La Muerte usually only speaks Spanish unless she realizes those she's speaking with can't communicate with her so she switches to English/whatever language is required, she even knows ASL and many ancient dead languages.

She can also change her appearance by shapeshifting to appear as a commoner and walk among the living. This is how she's met her previous mortal husbands/wives and she's had hundreds of mortal descendants by doing this. The skulls on her crown + gown are from her direct descendants. Aside from wearing their remains she doesn't give them any special treatment though and none of her descendants have any of her abilities or are godly in anyway. They're just normal humans.