Name: Kiba Shinjurui
Age: 15
Birthday: March 14
Gender: Female
Personality: Kiba is a happy-go-lucky soul, and enjoys having fun. Almost oblivious to her own blindness due to compensation with echolocation, she exudes a positive energy without being unreasonably optimistic. She subscribes to the philosophy of living in the present, and laughs when she can. However, years of abuse from her brother has left her drawn back, and she doesn’t really approach people if she doesn’t have to. But those she befriends she feels a strong sense of loyalty to, and she will protect them at the cost of her own life. She has a strong appreciation of life, as she often has to hunt down large creatures and drain them completely of their blood, killing them in the process; she never kills without reason and tries to be mindful of nature around her. She fights to protect, and that alone.
Appearance: A pale girl of slight stature, Kiba stands at about 5’1” and has long black hair with large, batlike ears sticking up from behind her messy bangs. Her eyes are a pale red that likely would have been brighter had she not been blind. Her back is covered with a layer of fine, soft fur, from which extend her batlike wings that span nearly 15 feet when not folded, and four long, sharp fangs are nestled between her teeth where her canines should be. Scars crisscross her body all over, but are mostly covered by her clothes, and aren’t terribly conspicuous when uncovered, most appearing like cat scratches or accidental knife cuts at the worst. Her features are soft and childlike, thick lashes casting small shadows on fine cheekbones and full lips, and her body isn’t all that developed, though it is lean and muscled.
Clothing: Usually in oversized hoodies/T-shirts and bike shorts, though she wears loose jeans in the winter. Her clothes have large slits in the back to accommodate her large wings.
Quirk: Vampire Bat - the user has all the abilities of a vampire bat with this mutant-class quirk, including enhanced hearing, both volume and pitch; flight, though it requires some effort, unlike with birds; and a mild blood control ability, which can act as a band-aid of sorts to crust over wounds or to shoot small amounts of it at opponents to blind them (though this could be more impressive if developed through training). However, the user must recharge their abilities by consuming blood, human or otherwise, or else they will go berserk, attacking without heed for their own life until they either consume a sufficient amount of blood or die. Regardless of whether the user uses their quirk, they must recharge at least every month to avoid this berserk state. Less human blood is required to recharge than animal blood, and if the animal is living when drained, the blood has more nutritional value.
Stats:
Power: 3/5
Speed: 4/5
Technique: 5/5
Intelligence: 4/5
Cooperativeness: 4/5 - goes down proportionally to how long it has been since Kiba’s last recharge
Hero name/Hero costume:
Night Wings Hero: Echo
Costume: A cropped, short-sleeve, hooded jacket over a tight-fitting cropped shirt, and loose pants that cinch halfway down her shins, as well as gloves with small blades at the tip for self-injury to most effectively utilize her blood control. All clothing is black or dark gray with gold and red embossments. A metal cage-style muzzle fits tightly over her nose and mouth to avoid biting her allies if she goes too long without a recharge. It has a loose piece that can be slid between her teeth if she begins to lose cognitive function with a high-potency tranquilizer that will knock her out if she completely loses control.
Backstory: Deep in the mountains, surrounded by the craggy peaks, lies a crystal clear lake. On the banks of this lake, nestled in a clearing in the woods nearby, is a camp. The camp of the Shinjurui clan. This is a clan of people with batlike quirks, including a medley of winged, bat-eared, snub-nosed humans with secondary abilities of all shapes and sizes.
The customs of the Shinjurui are far different than those of regular society. Inbreeding is not an uncommon occurrence to keep batlike genes while still creating more powerful secondary abilities. Names are chosen by each individual once they reach the age of ten, and often hint at the abilities of the individual. Sustenance consists of lake water, fish, hunted meat from wild boars, squirrels, and rabbits, nuts, and berries. The stronger rise to power while the weak are left to do menial tasks, and shelter is often crude or natural landmarks.
Kiba, as middle child of the clan head, never had particularly high expectations. Her brother, Ryuhei (meaning “dragon warrior”) was one of the clan’s most prominent fighters with his sound wave control abilities. Not to mention he was incredibly charismatic and striking, with white wings, porcelain skin, and blonde hair. These characteristics made his more sadistic qualities more tolerable to the majority of the clan. Her sister Mizuki (meaning “water moon”) was also highly praised in the clan, as despite the paraplegia she inherited from their mother, her water control and healing abilities were strong.
Kiba, on the other hand, was neither terribly useful or charismatic. If anything, she was a hindrance to the clan, as she drained the blood from their game and scared prey animals away with her unorthodox hunting techniques. If she refrained from hunting for too long, she would go berserk and cause chaos within the camp, as she did at a point when her need for blood first manifested and killed one of the clan. It seemed all she was good for was protecting her younger sister from their brother’s abuse.
As such, Kiba felt like an outcast in her clan, and often went on long walks and flights, sometimes staying out for days at a time. One day, she came across civilization unlike any she had ever known. Thoroughly intrigued, she began to come back more and more often, until she found out about the hero academy U.A. Her father jumped on the idea of her enrollment, if it meant that she would no longer cause trouble within the clan. Kiba believed that if she could enroll and become stronger, she could finally be accepted by the clan and protect the clan from the darkness within her brother.
(I may make Kiba’s brother a villain in the future if this goes well)
Likes: Rare meat, dango, long night flights, weekends
Dislikes: History class, children, her brother
Other: Kiba has an eating disorder stemming from her unwillingness to hunt to recharge, although she doesn’t require human food to survive as long as she drinks blood.
((As for the name, Kiba means “fang” and Shinjurui means “eutherian” which is the class of mammal a bat is