Special Page: Giras's Peerage
For fun and to help establish some character background that I feel aren't important towards the narrative of the story, I will list the Giras's peerage members, their backgrounds, and their roles in her group. The main intention of this page is to both help me remember these characters abilities, their roles in the background, and to see which ones will mostly be used. Also there is message on the bottom. I will upload the real chapter within the week.
Queen: Xin Ji, Age: 546, Nationality: China
Xin Ji is a Chinese warrior from the Qing dynasty. She is said to be the daughter of the Azure Dragon Qing Long. Walking the earth for centuries, she has seen many wars and battles shifting from country to country serving one master after another. She is rumored to have served in an army in nearly every war since but hasn't used her powers to conceal her true nature. After the death of a previous master due to his old age, Xin became depressed because she realized that she could never find a long-term master due her rumored lineage. Upon returning to China, she prayed to her supposed father, but was ignored. Feeling like she had no identity, Xin contemplated ending her own life by plunging herself from the peak of Mount Erlang. Before she could meet her demise, Xin was rescued by Giras, who was admiring the landscapes of the country on a trip with her mother. Despite only being twelve at the time, Giras's aura gave Xin a sense of fear that she could never outlive the young devil. Renewed with hope, Xin pledged herself to the eldest daughter of the Red Dragon Emperor. Xin now works at Kuoh Academy as a history teacher and is Giras's strongest peerage member. In battle, Xin utilizes a long wooden sword and complete mastery over ice magic as well complete sword mastery.
Bishop 1: Kaede Sakaki. Age: 19 Nationality: Japan
Kaede is the daughter of human and a dryad. She was born in the woods of Aokigahara as her father was a suicidal man who came to the forest to end his life. Her mother inhabited the area at the time and stopped him because he was going to ruin the tea plants she was growing. Her family then moved to a more happy forest, but it was burned by activists who were protesting the poaching of animals in the area and became too extreme. Her mother burned to death in the fires, and her father committed suicide after. Left alone, Kaede fled to a nearby forest to try to survive, but whenever she came to a new forest, she discovered that the soil was tainted, the rivers polluted, and the vegetation dying. Weak and starving, Kaede began to wither away. As she died, Kaede called out to her mother, and an empathy-filled Giras answered the call. Giras was enjoying a picnic with her family when she felt the half-breed's cries. Giras then brought the half-dryad to a landmass that her mother had reserved for a summer home for the extended family, but Giras convinced her mother to give the land to Kaede, who then turned it into a successful farm. She now spends her free time growing vegetables and cultivating tea leaves which has earned her a livelihood. In battle, Kaede utilizes all forms of nature magic that she has developed in her spare time.
Bishop 2: Angela Lovecraft. Age: Unknown Nationality: Wales
The most cryptic of Giras's peerage, Angela is a former sorceress who mastered in the art of shadow magic. She has developed the power to command shadows and do unspeakable feats with them. Her mastery of magic comes from that she was sacrificed to a demon who the people of her town thought to be a god. Upon realizing the truth before it could eat her, Angela awakened to her powers and used them to devour the demon's soul and use its power to enhance her latent power. Angela's slaying of the town's "god" led to her being exiled, but she cared little about people whom she considered to be ignorant. Angela then traveled to America and studied magic from a sorcerer and learned the secret to a prolonged lifespan. However, this sorcerer wanted more from her than just her talents. Angela then turned on him and devoured his soul as well. Angela developed trust issues after this and traveled to various places to steal the secrets of shadow magic from other sorcerers with her prolonged lifespan. It was around the modern day that she had successfully made a trip to the underworld in an attempt to steal secrets to demonic magic. She snuck into the home a vehement devil, who fatally injured the sorceress upon discovering her presence. Angela died on the outskirts of the devil's home, and Giras revived her on a whim. Promising the sorceress demonic secrets, Angela pledged her loyalty as she felt Giras's sincerity. She currently works as a famous author and has written a few bestselling novels.
Knight 1: Jophiel Pahaliah Age: Unknown Nationality: Heaven
A former angel of Heaven, Jophiel fell from grace upon learning the origins of Diodora Astaroth's peerage and his corruption of holy maidens. Jophiel became disgusted at the excommunication of innocent people and joined Azazel hearing about his attitude. Upon seeing insubordination among certain fallen angels, he left them as well and was moved by Rias Gremory's kindness towards people who he believed to be unjustly exiled. He met her during her first pregnancy and begged to join her peerage, but Rias already had used all of her pieces, so he was declined. Rias heard of him through Azazel and empathized with him. She then gave a compromise that he would pledge his loyalty to her unborn child and become part of its peerage when it came of age. Jophiel then started a reformation program to give therapy to each of Diodora's surviving peerage members and got them work as nurses who later joined Nero Angelo. As a former angel and fallen angel, Jophiel still has access to his light abilities and wields an old holy sword in battle. He is also very much for peace between the factions and is a huge supporter of Nero Angelo.
Knight 2: Katherine Bathory Age: 22 Nationality: America
The most dangerous member of Giras's peerage. Katherine is a former convicted serial killer known as Bathory the beast. The daughter of a butcher, Katherine loved spending time with her father cutting meats and learning about the cuts of the body that were eaten. Eventually, she became curious about the prospect of death and started spending time in the local slaughterhouse to see the various ways that the animals died. She then studied hard in school to become a Thanotologist, which she succeeded in. However, her obsession with her career began to frighten her peers and it became worse when she created a pair of clawed gloves so that she could continue to cut open cadavers and not have to stop. Eventually, she was fired by her peers and this caused her to become enraged. She then killed all of them and wrote a journal on what exactly caused them to die. Rather than focus on how things worked, she always focuses on what exactly causes death. Katherine traveled the world for a while killing people until she became bored and turned herself in and confessed to her murders. She proclaimed she satisfied her curiosity. Giras saw the bloodlust in the young woman and approached her with a deal. Katherine joined Giras's peerage under the promise that she would be able to fight to her heart's content as the concept of the Rating Game interested her. When not competing in a Rating Game, Katherine is kept locked in her room which much better than a prison cell.
Rook 1: Volpe Mannoro Age: 31 Nationality: Italy
An Italian natural-born werewolf who serves as the chef of Giras's peerage. He was trained to be a world-class chef by at a great school, but he found work to be difficult whenever the full moon was up. He attacked many innocent people during his career, but eventually learned to control it. But, the people of the city chased him away and shot him with a silver bullet through the heart, leaving him for dead. Xenovia and Asia had brought Giras to Italy to show her their homeland, and the two found the Volpe on the brink of death in his wolf form. Asia healed him using her Twilight Healing and Xenovia carried him to a safer place. He joined Giras's peerage as a way of thanking the two as they thought he would make a fine addition to Giras's peerage. He also works for the Hyodou family as a personal chef whenever the Four Heavenly Kings are busy or just want to be treated themselves. His cooking abilities are only surpassed by his new fighting abilities. He also bears extreme gratitude towards the two women who saved him and his ever-kind master. In battle, he wields an artificial Sacred Gear called Lycans Moon, which takes the form of a pendant and it grants him the ability to use his powers to their fullest extent by creating a barrier around his body that acts as an artificial moon and can even adjust phases for different boosts.
Rook 2: Roxanne (Roxy) Stones Age: 27 Nationality: England
Also called Roxy the Thunder Bringer, she is a heavy magic user and the most powerful of the magic users in Giras's peerage. Born to a pianist and a singer, Roxanne has always loved music. At age 16, she had mastered playing the guitar and eventually traded for an electric guitar. Starting a band called The Phantasms, Roxy was able to become mildly famous in America as an expert guitarist. Her fame didn't last as she was scammed by her manager and was kicked out of her band as they blamed her for what happened. She barely managed a living by playing guitar at a local nightclub for a small fee. She saw a chance at revival when she joined a battle of the bands competition and managed to place high without an actual band. A rival band didn't take kindly to this and assaulted her by breaking her hands so she couldn't play. The damage done to her hands were so bad that she wouldn't have been able to play guitar again. Giras went to England to meet with Touji Shidou to talk with him about Saya, and met the Roxanne who had become a homeless drunk out of depression. Giras had heard about her from an American friend who liked The Phantasms and gave Roxy a new shot at being a rock star. Giving her an enchanted electric guitar, Roxy trained hard to become a suitable fighter for Giras's peerage and has become famous in the underworld with her newer band The Ex Phantasms. In battle, Roxy fights using her guitar to channel thunder and lightning, and use music to either enhance her allies or weaken her enemies. She is also incredibly strong despite her magical abilities.
Here's something I'd like help with from all of my valuable, loyal, and helpful readers. I haven't created Giras's eight pawns and I am accepting submissions for character ideas as her pawns. The rules are simple; just contact me in any way, a character sheet with back story, abilities, and personality type. You are all free to use my character or existing DXD characters as part of the back story. There is no such thing as a bad idea and I will happily look through any submissions before coming to a decision.