Nov 25, 2018 1:19:00 GMT -6
Post by Celeste Simoné on Nov 25, 2018 1:19:00 GMT -6
YUKI-ONNA
Name of Species: Yuki-Onna
Baseline Dimension: The average height of the Yuki-Onna is about the same as any, human woman's height. She typically ranges, however, from 5 feet to 6 feet. Though these dimensions are heavily dependant on the turned woman herself. In terms of weight, they are surprisingly heavier than other women. Seeing that their physical bodies are cold to touch and - in nature, are ice - they average from 150-300 pounds in proportion to their height.
Baseline Appearance: The typical appearance of a Yuki-Onna is white hair, pale skin, blue eyes paired with that solemn, composed gaze. However as they have gradually surfaced, people have found their appearances to be far more diverse. Save for the pale skin, Yuki-Onna can look the same way they had been when they were still human and alive. Regardless, since their rebirth as a Yuki-Onna, these women have been foretold to be beautiful with a sense of mystery that surrounds them.
Culture/Origin of Species:
Within the icier, colder regions of Hisakawa is a legend passed down from generations and generations. The colder, involving the blizzard prone mountain tops that never seem to melt, no matter the heat from the sun's lights. There in the blizzards reside the corpses of women who have since perished in the snow; let them be innocent, guilty, or a passerby. Their bodies never found, swallowed by the numbing cold that sucks them into an endless embrace. However as the number of women dying on the mountains increased, so did the number of disappearances of men. It was a mystery, they thought. Thus, numerous of exorcists and mercenaries wandered into the snow in order to find the cause of this.
None returned.
Except a lone man. Both him and his brother wandered into the icy mountains, only for the younger, more handsome fellow to return. Though questioned, he dared not to speak of anything he may have found in those rocky peaks. There have since been many stories about this man, all of which have been twisted with facts that have been lost to history.
Traits:
• Intangibility: Due to their spiritual/ghostly nature, Yuki Onna are capable of becoming intangible upon will. Physical actions or melee attacks will have no effect.
• Snow Manipulation: While they cannot control ice itself, they can easily call upon gusts of icy winds, storms and/or blizzards. These can typically reach a below freezing level, only brushing against the absolute zero threshold.
• Freezing: By coming into contact with the Yuki Onna's flesh, she is capable of stealing heat from the other being. The abrupt drop in heat can lead a person to suffer from hypothermia in a short amount of time, if not eventually freeze to death. They cannot freeze anything with a body heat higher than 36.5–37.5 °C (97.7–99.5 °F).
Flaws:
• Fire/Heat: Yuki Onna, though drawn to heat, can be easily killed by heat itself. Magic in any sense is highly effective against these women, and anything else of the fire element can easily melt their spirit into nothingness. Thus, Yuki Onna are only known to steal body heat from humans. That said, they cannot venture out to areas that are warmer than 5°C (41°F) lest they risk weakening.
• Prone to Insanity: Lack of heat can lead a Yuki Onna's heart to go numb, and ultimately degrade them from sentient beings into monstrous gluttons. Upon losing their reasoning and rationality to the cold, they are really nothing but a ravage husk of a vengeful spirit.