(Test) DropoutxDream/A real MC/The real MC

[Noone0]

A story based off the peerage I made in Dynastylights' thread: Highschool DxD CYOA

Link: The Link

This test is in preparation for the story that I'll drop soon. I had finished reading all 25 volumes of DxD a couple days ago. Once I finish reading Shin, Slashdog, and ExE, I'll post.

Just thought I'd give it a shot since it seems pretty fun. I vow to write 100,000 words before dropping it.

Also, did anyone like the little joke in the potential titles?

The/A real MC -> A real Miracle Child/Main Character

Get it?

...I'll help myself out the door.

 

[Noone0]

After conquering the Dream, Cardinal's newly obtained Great One form combines with his Nephilim flesh, turning him into a transcendent amalgamation of the two. Accompanying him are his two new little sisters and the doll. Heavily traumatized by his time in the Dream, Cardinal breaks up with his girlfriend, drops out of high school, and focuses on recovery and improving his healing magic. During this period, he meets ??? and takes them under his wing as an apprentice.

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A terrible barebones outline:

Two months before the story begins, ??? finishes scrying for someone who could help with her affliction and finds Cardinal, who is known as Saint Cardinal to many in the area because he heals people for free in a seemingly run-down building that people call the chapel. Desperate to end their pain, they convince their King to allow them to seek his aid after evaluating him. After a couple of weeks of distant observation by the peerage, they enact their plan. Some enroll in his school, others observe him around town or while healing people in his "chapel," and ??? acts as a cat.

A month later, Cardinal undergoes a sudden change, drops out of school after injuring a classmate, and becomes extremely reclusive. This causes ??? to disregard the plan and beg for his help.

The story begins in Fourth Heaven, or Eden's Garden. Cardinal, with his pet Cappy the Capybara, finishes picking fruit from the Tree of Knowledge. This fruit is Cardinal's favorite and the reason his sisters have adapted so quickly to the modern world. After collecting all the fruit, he waves at a gobsmacked Gabriel, gives her a kiss on the cheek, and departs. (I know the fruit hasn't produced any fruit since the Great War, and that Rizevim has the only preserved fruit. There's a reason for this.)

Cardinal Law is a Nephilim (human-angel hybrid) who has endured a harrowing adventure. One day, Cardinal is approached by ???, the pawn of ??? who, defying their king's wishes, reveals that their group has been watching him for some time.

They explain that after observing him, they concluded that pleading earnestly and offering compensation would yield the best results. They are also extremely desperate and want to be rid of their pain.

After questioning ??? about their affliction and examining them, Cardinal admits he is currently unable to break the curse. However, he can alleviate their pain and diminish the effects, allowing them to live more normally. Although he lacks a complete magical education, he believes he could eventually develop a spell to break the curse if they are willing to return for further help.

He eases their symptoms using Reversal: Restoration, gives them his contact information, and rather brusquely sends them on their way to tend to his next patient. They are bewildered by the contrast between his gruff demeanor and his kindness.

When they return to their king, ??? understandably upset, but understands the situation. Still, they are unwilling to allow a rogue exorcist/priest near their beloved bishop without supervision. As a result, they insist on arranging an appointment with Cardinal.

When everyone meets up, the King comes clean about the entire situation.

At this, Cardinal reveals that he had been aware he was being watched the whole time and mentions he had dropped out of high school right then, when they enacted their plan, just to piss them off, causing their knight to attack him.

In reality, he had just woken up from the dream and injured a classmate while he was at school. So, he dropped out of school to avoid harming anyone else.

He handles ???'s attack with patience, and when they ask why an ex-priest or exorcist is so willing to heal a devil, he tells them he doesn't care about species and that he's just a regular guy who is good at healing magic.

??? and their peerage know he's full of shit.

???'s presence is noticed by the

Ideas:

• ??? mentions a prestigious all-girls school in Japan. While Cardinal doesn't particularly care, his mother believes this is an excellent opportunity for the sisters and decides to enroll them at Kuoh Academy in Japan with Ghislaine in tow to protect them.
• Castrating the Red Dragon Emperor?
• Obviously, the masquerade will be broken.
• The devils with king pieces actually found a way to develop weaker king pieces and distributed them to their allies and servants. Ajuka. Your plan was to wait thousands of years to get them back? Smartest devil my ass.
• Great War restarted?
• Blood Ministration. The Old Blood. Vampires. What's gonna happen?
• Is Kaori the biological mother/father???
• Should I add the death womb paintings?!
• Cardinal's Goals (Guys Literally Only Want One Thing and It's Fucking Disgusting): Destroy/Consume a black hole, time travel, go to Heaven when he dies, create standardized healing magic/spells, other dude stuff.
• Aria and her peerage get terrible titles/monikers that they absolutely hate.
• Cardinal goes to Heaven and asks for help to heal Kuniko.
• As angels, they easily identify him as a Miracle Child and give him a warm welcome.
• Kokabiel, Satanael, what are they doing?
• Going to have to kill Azazel. It's on sight. (kidding) Nothing Personal, kid.
• Rating Game: Sairaorg or Riser versus Aria?
• A trip to a magical institute for some curse-breaking spells.
• Asia wouldn't be excommunicated yet. What do I do with her?
• How many years before canon? I was thinking of it being between 1 and 5 years.

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A snippet:

[Great Basin Desert, Nevada]

Even with my experiences and powers, I don't think I'm some protagonist. I'm just a guy who likes to read, play games, and cast spells. You could find guys like me anywhere. Honestly, if you wrote a story with me as the lead, it'd probably be... pretty boring.

I'm nothing special, really. Just your average reincarnated, seven-foot-five and still growing Great One, half-angel amalgamation trying to recover from the severe trauma I got from the Hunter's Dream while figuring out how to make a quick buck in this crazy world without resorting to mind control, theft, or indiscriminate slaughter.

Turns out being violated, killed, and subjected to body horror and eldritch knowledge has a way of irrevocably changing you. Burning you out, too. But I'm a guy, so the number of people who gave a fuck was low, if not zero. The only time I could show weakness was never. So, I dropped out of school, dumped my girl, and isolated myself to avoid goring someone again out of muscle memory.

Don't worry, they're okay now.

I raised my right arm and pointed at a boulder. In an instant, my mind ran through the calculations for Fireball, and a small ball of fire burst from my fingertip and struck the rock, sending debris everywhere.

I whistled.

Before, a spell like that would've been a chore. Now, it was ridiculously easy. Devils and youkai had it easy because they could use their imagination or some shit, while I was stuck with fucking math. Must be fucking nice.

I could freely manipulate my light powers as a miracle child, sure, but that didn't really compare to a devil's power of imagination, or whatever the hell they called it.

So here I was, in the titty world, blowing up boulders in the desert, and honestly, it was pretty enjoyable. Ten out of ten, would recommend. Way better than therapy.

In fact, it was so enjoyable that I spent the rest of the day blowing up boulders with fireballs while making minute improvements to the spell until I felt hungry.

Once I was finished, I got up from the ground and dusted myself off.

"You ready, Cap?" I gave my pet capybara a light pat on his haunch.

The serene rodent grunted and briefly glanced at me before closing his eyes and continuing to rest on the rock.

I took that as a yes, scooping him up and holding him against my chest like a football while I opened a portal to Heaven.

As I stepped through into paradise, a golden halo materialized above my head, and a single pair of lily-white wings materialized from my back. Entering Heaven always did that, so I figured that was probably Heaven's system scanning my halo like a badge or something.

The thought of angels leaning over to get their halos scanned to enter heaven was amusing.

I had yet to see anyone else up here, so I assumed I was free to enjoy the place as I pleased. The tension in my body released as I took in the breathtaking sight.

[Fourth Heaven: Eden's Garden]

It was exactly what you'd expect Heaven to look like: lush green grass, a clear blue sky without a cloud in sight, a forest of trees, and four large rivers stretching across the land. It had a serene aura that made you feel completely safe.

There was also an elevator that looked extremely out of place, but I paid it no mind. It was none of my business. I just came here for the fruit.

There were plenty of fruit-bearing trees up here, but the largest one, the one that produced golden apples, was my favorite. They also had the curious side effect of permanently increasing the memory and intelligence of whoever ate them, but that wasn't really surprising. What kind of magical world didn't have magical fruit?

I pressed a hand against the tallest tree in the land and focused. Cursed energy flowed from my gut with practiced ease and was converted into positive energy before being channeled into the Rot Technique to produce its reversal: Restoration. Soft pink light suffused the tree as half a dozen apples sprouted from its branches, ripening in moments before dropping into the grass below.

"Nice. Let's go-"

I paused, my head swiveling as I felt a substantial amount of light power in the distance. It was unlike anything I'd felt before. Even my own light power couldn't compete with such a pure and radiant aura.

Was this what an actual angel felt like? Despite coming here for years, I had yet to ever see one!

Speaking of which, shouldn't my mother or father be up here?

Hold on... If all the angels were created by the Lord, that meant I had, like, a million aunts and uncles. Where had they been all my life? Surely a guardian angel or two wouldn't have been too much to ask for. I couldn't imagine there were that many Nephilim, so what was the deal?

No, they were angels. They probably had a good explanation for all of this.

I shoved the gapples into my pockets and flew toward the power I'd sensed.

Eventually, I spotted the source.

Spoiler: Auntie Gabby

A blonde woman sat at the edge of a river, her bare feet lazily kicking through the crystal-clear water. She hummed a soft tune to herself, seemingly content to enjoy the scenery.

Well.

That was definitely an angel. If it wasn't, I'd eat my capybara.

Cappy shifted in my arms.

Once I got close enough, my wings dissolved into motes of light, and I floated down behind her as quietly as possible before reaching out and giving her shoulder a friendly pat.

"Water you doing there, auntie?" I asked.

The pun had barely left my mouth when she exploded into motion.

"WAAH!"

She shrieked loudly and nearly launched herself out of the river. Water splashed everywhere as she turned around to face me, eyes wide with shock as she gaped at me like a fish out of water.

I stared back and took in her features.

The angel had long curly blonde hair that reached her knees, bright blue eyes, and wore a white sundress. On her back were twelve brilliant white wings, and above her head floated a golden halo just like mine.

When I was done examining her, I waited for a response.

Nothing.

I waved a hand in front of her face, but she was still completely frozen; her face a mixture of confusion and shock.

I leaned left, then right, and her eyes followed me, but she couldn't seem to speak up.

With the way she was acting, you'd think she hadn't expected anyone to be here, but surely angels came here to chill during their downtime, right?

Either way, it didn't look like I was going to get anything useful out of her anytime soon.

With a shrug, I pulled a gapple from my pocket and dropped it into her lap.

"There you go. I'll be back Sunday. See you soon."

Before she could recover enough to say or do anything, I leaned forward and gave her a quick kiss on the cheek.

The angel's face instantly turned bright red.

Then I opened a portal to Earth behind me, gave her a deuce, and stepped through.

The last thing I saw before it closed was the angel still sitting there, completely motionless, clutching the golden apple with bulging eyes and looking even more troubled than before.

Once I was back on Earth, I teleported home and dropped Cappy off in the backyard before heading inside through the Workshop's back door.

After mutilating one of my classmates, I'd made the wise decision to move out of my mom's house and bring the Workshop from the Hunter's Dream into reality.

It was surprisingly easy, actually.

Refurbishing it by myself through entirely mundane means was another story. That had taken time, effort, and more money than I'd like to admit, but it had been worth it. Having something productive to focus on made it easier for me to keep myself from attacking everything with a pulse. I hoped that focusing on stuff like this and healing magic would do good for my mental health.

It wasn't like there were many other options available to me. There wasn't a supernatural therapist hotline, so I had to make do. Not that I would go to one anyway.

As soon as I stepped into the "reception area," which was just the front of my house, I found Malina standing beside a woman who looked deathly pale. The moment she spotted me, her shoulders relaxed in relief, while I was keyed up.

Spoiler: Mal

What exactly was a devil doing here?

Spoiler: The Pale Devil

My "apprentice" spoke up. "I know we were supposed to be closed today, but I couldn't turn her away. If you could please-"

"It's not a big deal, Mal," I interrupted. "I'm not going to let someone die in front of me if I can help it."

Malina was a cambion, or half-devil. I found her healing people in the streets, just like I was, and took her under my wing, because she was out of her element in the city.

Helping a devil even if she was reincarnated was another thing, though.

Malina and the patient both flinched as several crimson eyes across my face and arms blinked open in unison.

Shoot.

The eyes snapped shut and melted away. Seconds later, the weeping gashes they left behind knitted themselves together, smooth skin replacing the wounds without so much as a scar.

I casually wiped the blood from my face and arms.

The room fell silent.

I lowered my head and forced myself to calm down. I couldn't just assume every devil was a bad person. There was a small bias because a stray devil had attacked my mom a couple of years ago, but devils were better nowadays, at least, that's what I've heard.

"My bad." I apologized.

Malina immediately shook her head.

"No, this is my fault. It was your day off. If you'd like, we can tell her to come back, and I can call on one of my ancestors and see if they can help you. A few of them were healers of the mind!"

I actually contemplated it. If this were before my adventures in Yharnam, I actually would have taken her up on her offer, but now...

"It's best if we don't."

The cambion frowned.

"Why?"

"Worst case scenario, the eldritch truths of the universe make you grow eyes on the inside of your body before turning you into a bloodthirsty monster. The best case is your head exploding, killing you instantly."

Malina's brow furrowed in confusion as she mumbled to herself. "Eldritch truth? The best-case scenario is instant death?"

I turned toward the woman, who suddenly seemed to be reconsidering whether seeking treatment from me was a good idea, and gave her what I hoped was a reassuring smile.

"Anyway, I'm fine. I'm not the one in excruciating pain. I'm just startled easily."

She looked surprised that I could tell at a glance.

The perk of having good eyes. On the inside.

I held out a hand for her to take and hoped hamming it up a little would ease the tension.

"Sorry if I scared you with the eyes. You're so beautiful, eye couldn't help myself. I'm Cardinal."

The joke was awful, but it seemed to do the trick. A small smile tugged at her lips before she took my hand in both of hers.

"Yes, I'm well aware of Saint Cardinal. The Gentle Hand. The Saint of Second Chances."

I couldn't stop myself from cringing. Yes, some people actually called me that, and it was the worst.

The pale woman with red eyes, a shade darker than my own, looked seconds away from breaking into a grin.

She continued as though she hadn't just inflicted critical psychic damage on me and introduced herself.

"My name is Tsuchimikado Kuniko, and if you haven't noticed already, I'm a devil."

 

[Noone0]

Cardinal Law

Age: 16
Species: Great One (Miracle Child)
Description: Cardinal Law: 7"5', black, red eyes, dreads, orange shades, blue clothes, silver cross.

Spoiler

Build Name: Join the serpent king as family... Together, we will devour the very gods!/Blood Angel/Biblically Accurate Angel?/The best big bro/A chill guy

Points: 360

Innate
(Free) Tempes Lazulite
(-20) Half-Blood (Angel)
(-20) Elemental Affinity (Light)
(-20) Cursed Energy (Blood Manipulation)
(-20) Cursed Energy (Rot Technique)
(-20) Beastly Physique
(-20) Regeneration
(-20) The Cain Method
(-20) Enduring Will
(-20) Harem Love
(-20) Conceptual Domain (Emanation)
(-20) Increased Virility
(-20) The Garden of Eden

Other
(-20) Hero's Reputation: Saint Cardinal
(-60) Autonomous & Sacred Gear: Heavenly Imperial Storm (Cardinal Law)

Scenario
(-40) A Hunter Must Hunt

Perks:

• The Old Blood
• Trick Weapons
• Inner Beast
• Reality Marble
• The Hunter's Dream
• The Lonely Sisters

= 360

 

[Noone0]

Okay, Threadmarks and Indexing are down...

Am I missing anything?

 

[Noone0]

Also, would the Appendix or Extras be a better place to put a character's information?

 

[Noone0]

RIKA! Sofia

Age: ???
Species: Doll? Cursed Corspe/Tool? Shikigami?
Description: 6"7'. pale porcelain-like 'skin' with faint cracks, visible seams on finger joints, silver-white hair, white blood, empathetic, calm, views herself as a tool to serve the hunter, echoes of Maria's memories.

Spoiler: Pathetic

Previously referred to as the Doll, she is now a cursed tool and a familiar of Cardinal. She serves as a secondary blood reservoir, though hers is mysteriously pale. She can also act as a medium for his spells and cursed techniques. He primarily uses her for ideas, innovations, calculations, help with magic, and assistance for healing people in The Chapel. She also stores the knowledge of every spell Cardinal has obtained and can cast them via blood magic. While she is incapable of using his Cursed Techniques, the blood she stores is inherently harmful and can harm those it hits. In addition, her existence as a Cursed Tool, in close proximity to Cardinal, boosts the power of his Cursed Techniques.

A very pleasant person to be around.

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Henriette and Violet Law

Age: 14 and 15
Species: Human
Description:

Spoiler: The Lonely Sisters

Violet and Henriette, the two daughters of Father Gascoigne, their lives were almost cut short, due to how unfair the Hunt usually is; however, they lived thanks to Cardinal. They are both worth a single pawn, but each has the blood of a Hunter and the potential to become an excellent warrior.

It's a good thing that they won't need any of that. Nothing but a peaceful school life awaits them in the peaceful town of Kuoh!

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Ghislaine Dedoldia

Spoiler

A simple yokai who did what she did best (after being forced through school by her parents) and became a bodyguard and tutor for anyone willing to pay. She is also a mercenary on the side, taking care of any Stray Devils that need to be taken care of. She had just finished her latest job when she came across Cardinal, who hired her after his mother was attacked by a stray devil. When she is not teaching Cardinal, Henriette, or Violet, she dutifully guards the family or removes troublemakers from the chapel.

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Malina Ahnah Sinnatomak Vepar

Spoiler

The daughter of a shaman of an Inuit Tribe and a devil from the Vepar Bloodline who fled from the Old Satans in the Civil War, Malina was a free-spirited and precocious child. While she was smart enough to pass her classes and easily took to her mothers shamanism, she was more interested in exploring the forests and glaciers surrounding her village and hunting than inheriting her parents traditions. For their part, her parents were happy to let her be a child and develop her own interests.

It was when she reached her teenage years that she first met one of her ancestors. While hunting caribou, Malina and her friends had been surrounded by a large pack of arctic wolves without noticing. While it had been relatively easy to fend off the pack, they had managed to severely injure one of Malina's friends in the initial attack. Her desperation to save her friend called her father's great grandfather, who had been known as a great healer, from beyond the grave. Following his instructions, she channeled his spirit and used her bloodline to heal her friend.
Afterwards, Malina decided to travel the world, seeing new sights, and healing as many as she could. It was during her travels that she ran into Cardinal.

 

[EldritchLovingDragon]

…..INTERESTING

 

[Tta160]

Castrating the Red Dragon Emperor?

Click to shrink...

Hating issei for having harem the exact same thing that MC did is very hypocritical.

And issei is not even that bad he is just an average horny student and castration for it is too much.

Rapist are the one that deserves castration not teenager.

 

[Noone0]

King: Aria Belphegor "Crack King" [12] High-class

Age: 28
Species: Pureblood Devil - High-class (Belphegor)
Description: 6"3', pale skin, white hair, and dark red eyes with slitted pupils. She has a distinct beauty mark under her right eye, dark under-eye bags, ram-like horns, and a slim tail with a pointed tip.

Spoiler

Build Name: The NTR Devil, NTR Antagonist, Crack King

Points: 500

Innate
(-20) Super Devil
(-20) Bloodline Ascendancy
(-20) Transcendent Stamina
(-20) Dense Magic
(-20) Evil Presence
(-20) Protagonist's Aura
(-10) Demonic Prestige
(-10) Devil's Mastery

Skills
(-20) Aura of Command
(-20) Elite Trainer
(-40) Trash Fetish
(-20) Pervomancy (NTR)
(-20) 'Cubus Teachings

Evil Pieces
(-20) Enhanced Evil Pieces
(-20) Queen's Grace
(-20) Rook's Might
(-20) Bishop's Wisdom
(-20) Knight's Speed
(-100) Pawn's Potential X5 (+100%)
(-20) Artificial Sacred Gear: Procellarum Phantom (???)

Other:
(-20) Arashido: Yoruichi Beleth

Skills & Innate Traits: Hand-to-Hand Combat Mastery, Belphegor Clan Trait, Senjutsu, Touki, Political Knowledge, Master Strategist, and Master Chef.

Belphegor Clan Trait: Crack/Break
The Belphegor Clain Trait Crack is a hereditary demonic power that creates a tear in things within the range of the user. It has high direct attack power, but if the user is skilled in its use, they can create a "tear" in the attacks of others.

She has grown to dislike the name after being referred to as the Crack King in addition to her opponents asking to see her Crack in action. Her irksome title is one of the few things that can make her lose her composure.

- Aria is expected to be the next head of the Belphegor family due to her sheer talent and drive. She is rather straightforward and likes to lend a hand in any work she assigns but has decreed that she will be the one cooking for her peerage. She spent her childhood touring the human world to further develop her love of cooking, even picking up an accent from the time spent. She expects her peerage to train with her on a fixed schedule, and despite the harshness of it, she gives unending support, even spoiling them. Sometimes she can spoil her peerage too much, getting a little too handsy, and she would go further if they were comfortable with it. She plans to join the rating games in order to beat her aunt into the ground and force her to reveal the scandal of the king pieces, which she stumbled upon by accident, in order to better preserve the reputation of the family and her peerage, by getting ahead of the problem. While she may still become the next head of the family, she doesn't want to give up her dream of opening a restaurant and would welcome any support in her dream.

While she doesn't share her bishop's confidence in his ability to heal her, she believes he would be a good ally and an even better contracted magician. She needs all the allies she can get before revealing the existence of the King Piece. -

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Queen: Yoruichi Beleth "Flash Queen" [9] High-class

Age: 25
Species: Pureblood Devil (Beleth)
Description: 5"1.5', dark-skinned, purple hair, yellow eyes, muscular.

Spoiler

Skills & Innate Traits: Beleth Clan Trait, Potent Lightning Affinity, Personalized Speed Technique, Ninja Mastery, and Arashido.

Beleth Clan Trait: Astral Influence
The Beleth Clan Trait allows its users to influence the emotional state of others through a unique method. By astralizing their bodies, they can interact with the souls of others in a limited way, mainly to influence others' mental states, though true masters of the trait may also attack the psyche and souls of their opponents.

- Yoruichi is the young Lady of House Beleth, who were often regarded as the assassin of the late Lord Lucifer. After the House's decline with the Devil Civil War, however, it was all they could do not to go extinct. Yoruichi is regarded as the Clan's hope; however, being born with a great affinity for the Clan Trait and taking it further than any other has, merging it with her Lightning affinity to make the Shunryū Kokubyō Senki (Thunderous Black Cat Battle Princess Form). Yoruichi is still embarrassed when others call out how chuuni the name is. Despite being born into the newer generation, she was made the Clan Head for being a prodigy who had mastered all of the Clan's teachings. All she needs now is a Peerage worthy of bringing the Clan back to prominence. She looks up to Aria and is doing her best a Queen in preparation for her own peerage.

Yoruichi has gotten to know Cardinal rather well and has enjoyed life as his cat a little too much. -

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Rook: Zoey Jewels [10] Low-class

Spoiler

Age: 18
Species: Shark Youkai? (I have to look up the name for this.)
Description:

Skills & Innate Traits: Fear

- A shark yokai who lives near the sunny beaches of Japan, originally she was born in California, she moved across the world to escape a stalker. Who had followed her to the land of the rising sun, and promptly killed her for running away from them. She's a bit shy, despite her punk rock look, and she works as a maid by day and a budding mangaka by night, well right up to her death anyways. Like all youkai, she has access to the power of 'fear' which allows her great feats and abilities the more people, specifically humans fear her. Though she doesn't do anything to make humans fear her so her abilities are rather weak at the moment.

Normally, Aria only recruits fighters however she was raised in the human world and revived Zoey after killing her murderer because of her bleeding heart. In return, Zoey has dedicated her new life to support Aria in all of her goals. -

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Bishop: Tsuchimikado Kuniko [6] Low-class

Age: 39
Species: Reincarnated Devil (Human-Kitsune hybrid)
Description: 5"5', pallid skin, red eyes, and black hair.

Spoiler

Skills & Innate Traits: Hero Descendant (Abe no Seimei), Horse-riding, Archery, Onmyoudo, Familiar Creation, Supernatural Luck, Divine Ancestry, Animal Communication, and Immense Magic Reserves.

Märchenschatz Snow White: A mostly equipment-based treasure manifesting a Magic Mirror. The Mirror is able to show answers and locations related to questions asked by the user, making it a potent divination tool so long as it is related to the present. In addition, the glass can be manipulated to create various weapons for the user and reflect attacks defensively. Rather than kill, the mirror can be used to place others in a state of suspended animation. Primary Emotional Fuel: Pride

- Kuniko is a member of the Tsuchimikado Clan, descendants of Abe no Seimei and the Northern Fujiwara. From the moment of birth, she has had immense magical reserves that rival the heads of the Five Principal Clans. However, she is marked not only by the blood of Kuzunoha but curses of the Emishi Tribes. Kuniko is cursed with constant pain caused by the lingering grudges and curses of various tribes labeled as Emishi in the ancient past. The people were given various negative characteristics in Shinto religious texts including distrustfulness, anger, only remembering the worst aspects of life, greed, blood drinking, and living in caves or nests. Historically, it is confirmed that they had many hunter gatherer and horse archer tribes which were opposed to the imperial capital and were demonized for this.

Various youkai are believed to be humans that were transformed into demons by collective fear or were born from their vengeance, with Kuniko being cursed to a similar fate due to being descended from those that were sent to 'govern' the area at the time of those conflicts. The Tsuchimikado and other clans themselves may have blood of these enemy tribes as well due to trade and political factors, which gives an alternative explanation for the curse, but the nature of Japan's supernatural community makes it so acknowledging this possibility is not beneficial in any means.

To deal with this, Kuniko uses a large amount of her magical power to prevent the curse from progressing as she is uncertain as to what kind of Youkai she would become. After obtaining the Marchenschatz, the curse's progression has been halted, freeing up much of her reserves. Kuniko's present goals include disrupting the current balance of power within Japan's native supernatural organizations, having made agreements with various Youkai to aide them in obtaining treasures sealed by the Five Principle families and potentially aiding in the release of Daiyoukai who make binding agreements to temper their activities.

In regard to her luck, she is the type of woman who will hit seven consecutive jackpots and, should she trip while walking, will have somehow evaded a bullet to the head.

While Kuniko isn't a jujutsu sorcerer, she recognized Cardinal's use of reversed cursed energy. His confidence has given her hope that her curse will be broken. Maybe this time she hit the jackpot. -

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Knight: Usagiyama Rumi [6] Low-class

Age: 19
Species: Reincarnated Devil (Gyokuto)
Description: 5"2.5, long white hair, dark tan and red eyes.

Spoiler

Skills: Kick-based Martial Arts, Super Leg-Strength, Rabbit-like Instincts, Artificial Sacred Gear Owner, and Sixth Sense.

-Procellarum Phantom -
Type: Enhancement/Support
Form: Armor primarily on the user's legs, reaching up to their hips.
Procellarum Phantom enhances the user's leg power by at least tenfold, granting combat performance such as greatly enhanced speed and immensely powerful kicks. It can also leave behind afterimages of the user to confuse their opponents.

- A rabbit youkai skilled in kicking things, and not much else, if you don't count multiplication. By day, she's a college student, by night, she goes around the town beating up bad guys; amazingly enough, there are a lot of bad guys to beat up. However, she'll meet her match while stumbling upon a Stray devil, which kills her, obviously. She considers Yoruichi as a rival and is determined to beat her in a fight and surpass her in speed.

Rumi is irritated that she had to waste her time posing as a student to observe Cardina just for Kuniko to ruin the plan, but she is happier that the bishop is livelier. -

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Pawn: Astrid Bjornsdottir "Warrior Maiden" [8] Middle-class

Age: 65
Species: Reincarnated Devil (Valkyrie)
Description: 5"6', long purple hair, red eyes, slender, and athletic.

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Skills & Innate Traits: Enhanced Strength and Durability, Combat Mastery, Flight, Battle Strategist, and Rune Magic.

- Astrid was… bored. In the age of man, there weren't many who had earned the right to call themselves a hero, which meant one thing. Layoffs. Yup. She was let go. Fired, Terminated. Which excited this once Valkyrie with the notion of freedom… She's not very useful outside fights. Though her beauty had caught the attention of many men. None particularly interested her, though. Her instincts as a Valkyrie were still strong and as sharp as a blade. In the human world, she stepped into the world of Modeling, as her looks were sufficient for that line of work. It wasn't long before her name was well-known and she began an acting career. Though that wasn't enough for her. And thus, she used her connections to summon a Devil. To summon you, to enjoy combat in Rating games, and or stray devil hunting under your command.

While she doesn't care about becoming a High-class devil and receiving a peerage of her own, her amazing performance in Rating Games, and Aria's strict training and expectations has seen her rise to a Middle-class devil rather quickly. She is excited to participate in more Rating Games and the conflict that will arise when her King reveals the existence of the King piece. -

 

[Noone0]

Hating issei for having harem the exact same thing that MC did is very hypocritical.

And issei is not even that bad he is just an average horny student and castration for it is too much.

Rapist are the one that deserves castration not teenager.

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Harem? Where? I haven't even written the story yet.

As someone who has just finished suffering through reading all 25 volumes, I can safely say that Issei is definitely that bad and not your average horny student. He's a breast-obsessed lunatic whose only worth is his Sacred Gear.

I don't hate or care about him in the slightest. Is he scum? Yes, but I don't think he deserves to get killed, but someone fresh out of the Hunter's Dream isn't going to be as level-headed as your average Joe, especially when they're being a creep to their family members.

I understand that DxD is supposed to be a light-hearted shonen-type series, but he is old enough to know right from wrong.

 

[Noone0]

I put up a poll because I think there are too many characters, but I believe I could make it work.

Feel free to let me know what you think of everything I've written so far if you didn't care for spoilers. Nothing is set in stone.

Just put up a snippet of what the first chapter might look like. Tell me what you think. Some advice would be cool as well.

Thanks.

Thank you for the votes so far. Don't be shy. I'm a chill guy.

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I made a bunch of edits to the snippet, and I'm finally satisfied with how it turned out.