THE AKAGUMO (OFFICIAL CHARACTER SHEET)
HOOO BOY! Finally, I got this done! This character was basically my passion project for the longest time. And finally, I get to see a character sheet made. Good lord, this took me more than a week.
Well, hope y’all enjoy having another pasta in 2023 lol
TW FOR: Arachnophobia, mention of cancer, radiation, human experiments, and a drawing of a gun.
(Click on each sheet for a better viewing. I swear websites always condense these things)
v Overview of what may be hard to read down below! v
AGE: Unknown. Appears to be in
ETHNICITY/NATIONALITY: Japanese American
SPECIES: Human (formerly),
BIRTHDATE: March 11, 1958
BIRTHPLACE: Los Angeles, California
APPEARANCE: Dark brown hair and eyes with an
athletic, androgynous build.
Slightly tanned skin. Some describe
her gaze to be extremely focused,
almost in an intimidating, uncanny way.
PERSONALITY: Feral, yet conniving. Patient, yet ruthless. Brutally messy, yet skillful. That’s how most people would describe the Red Spider according to the urban legend of the forest cryptid. And although true, that’s just how Clara is when she goes out as the Red Spider. She fights like an animal and is sort of unpredictable if she’ll stand up or go on all fours. But that whole jig is all for show.
In reality, Clara is a more down-to-earth sort of person. As much as the description above is not too far-fetched, it doesn’t truly describe her. She keeps most things to herself, only really talking to others when need be, so she can come off as stand-offish. She’s also formal and a little strict, keeping to her moral code, or whatever is left of what she used to follow as a human child. She dislikes talking about anything vulgar openly. A rather interesting being when it comes to the world of monsters and killers. But overall, she’s a pretty calm, collected, and sane individual…or at least the closest one gets in these parts. If you don't meet her as one of her targets or prey,
you're pretty much in the green.
BRIEF BIO: Clara was born during the Cold War era, a time when political tensions were at an all-time high. The two global superpowers of either hemisphere that emerged from the Second World War were now in a nuclear arms race against each other. It was also a time of experimentation, as the Pentagon sanctioned Dr. Saenger's proposal to conduct experiments on cancer patients to see how much radiation the average person could take. This experiment was mostly known for being conducted in Cincinnati but was more widespread around the country. Clara was unfortunately part of the sample, as she developed leukemia as a young child. Though, throughout the treatment and further irradiation she received, she and others like her began to show signs of mutation. Taking a more clandestine approach to the phenomenon, the government began to gather patients who were beginning to mutate, conducting further studies on them. Some had to be exterminated due to the lack of human semblance they were developing. Others began to form what they saw as a potential edge to victory, thus beginning the ‘mutated soldier program’ for lack of a better description.
However, the war was beginning to die down, and the need for soldiers diminished. But, they didn’t want to waste the efforts taken. So, they were dispersed into the many branches of the nation's defense, Clara being inducted into the CIA against her will. Of course, she went AWOL and is now on the run, traveling wherever she can go to outrun them.
▼ TENDRILS/BLADES: Like most Slender-esc characters, Clara has the ability to use
tendrils. In her case, she uses eight, sleek blackish-red ones. Unlike her taller counterparts
however, she uses her tendrils as blades that run along her arm. Also uses them as extra
legs or other types of weapons depending on the situation.
▼ VENOM: Her mandibles can secrete venom that can melt a victim's insides. Functions
similarly to actual spider venom.
▼ SHORT DISTANCE TELEPORTATION
▼SHRIEK OF SICKNESS: Although Clara doesn’t emit any sickness naturally, she can
do so in the form of a scream. She usually doesn’t like doing this unless the
situation is dire however, as it leaves her stunned and with a sore throat.
▼ SIXTH SENSE: She has the ability to sense danger/another’s presence without
having to look. Like a shiver down her spine, she’ll sense something’s up. This
doesn’t mean she’ll auto-dodge everything though, as that’s up to her reaction time.
▼ MARTIAL/GUERILLA TACTICS: As a mutated ex-agent, she’s basically taught in
your usual martial and guerilla tactics.
▼ LOW STAMINA: The biggest weakness to Clara is time and energy, as the time being in her
mutated form will slowly deteriorate her energy. She can only use her abilities for a short
amount of time, and the more she uses greater abilities such as teleportation and the
sickness, the faster it drains. If she loses all stamina, she immediately faints.
▼ FORM RESTRAINT: She can only use her supernatural abilities in her other form, which
limits her to only using skill and weaponry she has at hand. If you can somehow suppress her abilities, then you’ll have a greater advantage.
▼ SIZE: Compared to other entities, Clara is rather small. As much as this can be an advantage, this is also a major disadvantage when facing up against her natural counterparts and others.
▼ NOT DEFENSIVE: This is where she lacks the most. As much as she is an offensive fighter,
Clara lacks a good defense. She can get her wind knocked out like any other, and cannot
sustain much damage before having to surrender. Weak points of contact include the
scarred part of her face, her heart, and her neck.
▼ Due to the mutation, she tends to get a certain craving for raw meat, as it's a dietary
need. If not sated, she tends to become ill, throwing up what appears to be black sludge. Not sating it could also be fatal.
▼ PARTIAL BLINDNESS: She's blind in her right eye. Self-explanatory.
▼ Clara is quite the nerd, enjoying comic 1980s media. Her favorites include the original Star Wars trilogy and Marvel comics. She also has a fondness for cafes and cats.
▼ She's an adapted concept of the whole "slender girl" trope. Despite that fact though, her aesthetic and traits are heavily influenced by the DOOM Slayer, Hank J Wimbleton, Venom, and Nathan the Nobody.
▼ She has a dislike for loud areas and crude humor. Definitely has a distaste for innuendos.
▼ Due to the experiments and mutation, she's now unaging and infertile.
▼ She has no official saying, but has a few common quotes. Some include:
ᐉ“It really is a shame how the good must pay for the sins of the evil.”
ᐉ "I’m not too far from your average beast. The only difference is that I’m one with consciousness.”
▼ Since her tendrils are a physical part of her, they rip through her clothes and create holes in her back. She begrudgingly fixes them up though.
▼ Due to her physique and appearance, she's sometimes mistaken for a man. Yes, has an androgynous appearance.
▼ The Japanese translation of her name was given to her teasingly by a rather common customer. She now uses it as part of her alias.
▼ Clara is bilingual! She can speak both Japanese and English.
▼ Technically, her last name is Watanabe, but mixed families tend to have their children change
names (sometimes first, sometimes last) depending on where they are. Anderson just lets them fit in better and acts as an English localization.
▼ Her mother is of slight Russian descent.
▼ Her secondary weapon of choice is a retractable staff. Good for on-the-go.
▼ She's rapidly approaching your location /j
▼ To pass off as a forest cryptid, she has to go bare. The things you gotta do to pass as a creature.
Ever since she's been running from the government, she's become a self-employed hitman. You have to 'be in the know' to know that the Red Spider isn't just a name for some forest cryptid and to be able to contact her. She pays a high price for her services, so you best believe she gets the job done.
Though, if the target pays her a higher sum, she'll end up coming after you as part of her 'contract plan' per se, unless you pay her a bigger sum, and so forth. Basically, she'll keep taking your money unless you or your initial target can't pay or you two end up evening out. It's dirty, really. But, a good portion of these profits goes to her family and whatnot, so maybe this sort of manipulative robin-hooding is justified?
This is a 'brief' overview of Clara's character. I wasn't able to fit everything into a concise, digestible character sheet. So, having questions about this character is natural. I'm more than happy to answer them through Clara's tumblr @akagumoasks or just DM's in general. I also allow headcanons and whatnot as long as basic traits (build, abilities, and the like), Japanese ethnicity, and asexuality/asexual spectrum are kept. Other than that, go ham! I am very open to changes to the character, since the term/species of 'slender beings' are rather flexible, so it's only fair that this 'subclass' is flexible as well. Add weaknesses, traits, etc. Hell, she doesn't even have to be a subclass or anything or have the same background. Do anything with my
character, just don't make it boring.
