Deviké Mcleod

Deviké Mcleod is a main character of King's Agency and Devonte McLeod's twin sister. Would-be heir to House Mcleod, Deviké is the first of her name in history to be born without a Lava Affinity and Hemomancy. With her father shunning her and her family conspiring against her, Deviké strives to become a King's Agent in hopes of having to resources to be able to find the Holy Grail from which all Blight originates in a desperate attempt to change who she is.

Appearance
Deviké is a slim, pale, girl of average height with ash black hair and red irises, signature of all Mcleods. Her hair has blood colored streaks in it (it's just hair dye). She has slim face, a pointy noise, a sharp chin and bags underneath her eyes. She rarely smiles, preferring to scowl and pout more than she does to express positive emotions. Kinda looks like Yotsuyu from FFXIV

Clothing/Aesthetic
She shops at Zara and Hot Topic. She enjoys the gothic aesthetic, but doesn't totally embrace it the way someone like Beatrix Tilt does. Deviké wears the frilly puffy pompous shit (she is a noble after all); all black, obviously. Corsets, anything made out chiffon, those weird boots, the lot of it. Unlike the other edgy girl in the AML, Deviké passes on the makeup and piercings and stuff.

Personality
Deviké is "issues" incarnate.


 * Insecure
 * Posh
 * Eccentric
 * Prideful
 * Easily Flustered
 * Proud.
 * Rude
 * Dislikes her family a LOT.
 * She's very sharp: Tone, speech, attitude.
 * Organised.
 * Takes herself too seriously.
 * Dislikes vampire stereotypes (is a "vampire" herself so she takes offense to it)
 * Having Vampirism means that Deviké must constantly consume foods that are rich-in Flow in order to sustain herself.
 * Chooses to drink Magma Drake blood even though there are dozens of other, less nasty, options to choose from.
 * Clings to the idea that she'll magically gain a Lava Affinity by drinking it because she's too scared to admit that she's a disgrace to her family.
 * She knows this won't work, just let her believe in something please.

Backstory
It's game of thrones up in this bitch


 * Deviké and her twin brother Devonté were born as children of the head of House Mcleod, one of Tsunia's Distinguished Houses.
 * The Distinguished Houses are Tsunian nobility; grand clans of powerful mages that have been in service of the Tsunian Diarchy for centuries.
 * One of the more notable features of the Distinguished Houses is that all of their members have had the exact same Magical powers for as long as anyone can remember, House Mcleod being no exception; all Mcleods have a Lava Affinity and Hemomancy. That's the way it works, and that's the way it has been for millennia.
 * Until Deviké was born, at least. She was born with a Wind Affinity (not even able to use Lava Magic) and Vampirism (Hemomancy and the Tears of Infection, not just the former).
 * Hemomancy disallows proper separation of Flow from the Blood, changing the properties of a person's Magic, as well as turning it a deep crimson colour regardless of the Element.
 * The Tears of Infection stops it's victim from being able to contain Flow within their bloodstream properly, having it constantly and uncontrollably leak out of their Gates and forcing them to eat raw flesh or nasty vegetables (both of which are high in Flow Concentration), lest they die of Flow Deprivation.
 * These two Exceptions combined = bad news.
 * Deviké was born frail and weak, having to live in a hospital for the first few weeks of her life.
 * Surprisingly she didn't die, and grew to become a potent Mage, more powerful than any of the Mcleod children her age. But this was not met with praise, only more belittlement and mistreatment.
 * House Mcleod is LARGE, about 100 or so strong. Only one family within that house gets to claim the title of leaders, so you can imagine there's a lot of infighting.
 * Deviké is very different than the rest of her family, but she's definitely not a bastard since 1) she's a twin 2) she looks like an exact clone of her father: House leader Devin Mcleod.
 * But since the old reliable "bastard card" isn't playable, her entire family just treats her and her mother Devyne Mcleod like freaks instead, from moment she was born to the present day. They still do.
 * It got so bad that she and Devyne had to leave House McLeod, having to live like regular citizens (a big step down from Tsunian nobility) for about 5 years or so.
 * Not her literal twin or her father who married into the family though. Yeah, no, absolutely nothing happened to them.
 * Devyne used to hate her daughter, blaming her for all the misfortune that has befell her since her birth, but they had an argument about the whole thing and they realised that they're all they have and they made up and now they're happy with each of other.
 * Deviké doesn't hate her brother Devonte though, since he's the only one in her family who openly accepts and defends her. She can't do anything about being born with the "wrong " Affinity.
 * Her father, Devin Mcleod, is cowardly. He loves his daughter, but he cannot openly accept her as him own thanks to the pressure that the rest of House Mcleod exerts on him. He visits them regularly, but only when the rest of the House does not suspect him of still being in touch. This is something that Deviké hates about him, pretending that he didn't disown her and her mother just so that he could appease the rest of the House.
 * He does this because he knows his entire family are due to become victim to an "unfortunate accident" any day now: a commoner who married into the family becoming leader of the entire House, a daughter who cannot succeed him, a son who refuses to, and a wife who doesn't want any more kids?! They're all targets. He does what he does to protect them. This, Devin expects his family to understand. They do not.
 * Despite her father's supposed goodwill, Deviké is constantly denied that which should be her birthright as a Distinguished House member, let alone the (would-be) heir to House Mcleod.
 * Deviké is ten seconds older than Devonte, a well known fact, but it is the latter who is treated as the eldest sibling when it comes to matters of succession and entitlement. This includes Deviké not becoming the leader of House Mcleod when Devin retires.
 * Distinguished House children are all guaranteed a spot in the Yggdrasil Zone Academy of Arcane Pursuits, where they can learn to serve the Diarchy to their fullest ability. Deviké was denied this right, and had to enroll as if she were a regular student.
 * One day, while doing research about what she can do to change her Affinity and be accepted by her family, Deviké found an old book in the House library detailing the story of Aether, Akasha, and the Holy Grail.
 * In this story, it says that the Great Kings found the source of all blight (which is a good thing in the story), but had to hide it away so bad people couldnt abuse it's power.
 * In reality, the Holy Grail is a complex Ethr Crystal Prison made solely to contain Crimson, one of the few remaining Predaters. But Deviké doesn't know that. Nobody does, actually.
 * Judging from the story, Deviké figured that she could use Crimson to cure herself of her Tears of Infection and become slightly more viable in the eyes of her family, so she begged her father to let her pursue this goal.
 * Her Father agreed, with the idea that she'd get herself killed before she can succeed (or fail) in mind.
 * And so, Deviké joined YZAAP after all, along with her brother. Now she just argues with Mmanuell all day.
 * And so, Deviké joined YZAAP after all, along with her brother. Now she just argues with Mmanuell all day.

Magic
Deviké has a Wind Affinity and a Normal amount of Ethraksha control.

Gates
Deviké has Gates on her palms and two spots on the back of her shoulders. This, coupled with her Vampirism makes it look like she's an angel of blood and blight. Quite the aesthetic if I do say so myself.

Magical Prowess
Deviké is immensely powerful for a 15-year-old girl. Like, Christ almighty man she puts some of the adults to shame.

She's only the first person that it's wearing off on, so her Blight System is a LITTLE stronger than ususal and it's affecting the Flow System a lot less. Which is the more important part imo.

As is evident with her Wind Affinity. The ASPM isn't influencing the way she uses the Flow System as much, giving rise to something against the status quo

The diarchy have been poisoning Deviké since the day they found out she was different than the rest of the Aspects of Blight, which is why she's so pale and frail. They want her dead for obvious reasons. Cannot assassinate her since the Mcleods ARE their Assassins. They hope that her being sickly as well as a "freak" will lead to House Mcleod either bullying her into suicide or kill her themselves.(a bit more spicy Mcleod drama)

Style
Due to her Hemomancy, Deviké's Flow is tinted red with her own blood, and when transmuted into Wind Magic, it turns into a purple, hazy, poisonous gas that isn't very pleasant to breathe in (this is a massive understatement).

Deviké's transmutation style revolves around the ideas of "envelope and suffocate", using her Hemomancy to her advantage. She transmutes her Flow in large blasts and sends that waving over her opponent, who is either incapacitated by the poison Wind or has their movement restricted by any other the other Elements.

Deviké prefers to keep the viscosity of her Elements up high because this complements the adhesion of Blood Magic.

She uses Instant Transmutation out of habit, primarily as a scare tactic.

Predater Hosting
At the beginning of the second half of Elementalist:44 Deviké makes herself the host of the Crimson after it was unsealed from the Holy Grail by Thomas-Kelly.

This was her main goal though, so I guess it's all good.

Relations/Quotes
Mmanuell-Khan Matsuda: They fucking despise each other. No real reason started it, but at this point it probably doesnt even matter. They chat shit in front of each other's faces and behind their backs, they mock each other's shitty childhoods and personalities.

Toby Mcleod: Yes, they are siblings, but Deviké knows deep down her brother thinks the exact same way as her as the rest of her family. Deviké, doesn't like him that much because she's actually serious bout inheriting the Mcleod name. And even if this we not the case, Deviké still has an immense amount of pent-up hatred towards him because he's the one who'll succeed their Father...even though he doesn't take it seriously, at all.

Trivia

 * Hey, remember when I said I was gonna start working on this one "tomorrow"? Bruv, tomorrow was two months ago lol" Me, four months ago - 2019
 * I personally think that Deviké is my best written character. She definitely meets the "Could they be the main character if I wanted them to?" quota.