Aurora Pendragon

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Aurora Pendragon
Race	Human (Gemischt Quincy)
Birthday	April 12th, 2000
Age	13 years old (at debut, 2013) 19 years old (2019)
Gender	Female
Height	6' 2"
Weight	145 lbs
Blood Type	O-
Professional Status
Affiliation	House Pendragon (begrudgingly) Reverse London Peerage (loosely)
Previous Affiliation	Wing Bind
Occupation	Witch
Previous Occupation	University Student
Epithet	Witch of Roses (薔薇の魔女, Bara no Majo)
Previous Team	Anthems
Partner	Yukine Nagato (Squire) Caedmon
Base of Operations	Reverse London (formerly)
Personal Status
Relatives	Marilyn Pendragon (Mother, "deceased") Unnamed Father (deceased) Arthur Pendragon (Older Brother, deceased) House Pendragon
Mentors	Arthur Pendragon (formerly) Yukine Nagato
Education	Oxford University (formerly)
Primary Skill
Signature Skill	Reishi Manipulation Astral Dress Astral Dress: Oversoul
First Appearance
Story	Bleach: War for the King's Seal
Roleplay	The Dragon, The Witch and the Trap

The Witch of Roses (薔薇の魔女, Bara no Majo) or otherwise known formerly as Aurora Pendragon (オーロラペンドラゴン) is a Gemischt Quincy who was once affiliated with Wing Bind. She is the child of a Witch and a refugee Male Quincy, currently living in London. Aurora was once a member of the Anthems before she failed to stop a Dragon from devouring her older brother. Following this event she fled the organization and has been hunted ever since. Due to her uniqueness of her pedigree, Aurora is sought after by both Wing Bind as a traitor, and a rogue faction of Quincy who seek to use her to create a new generation of Quincy.

Appearance

Aurora in full spiritual form

When not in combat, Aurora has short, shoulder length blonde hair with her bangs being longer than the rest. She has green-blue eyes accented with red eye shadow. She appears younger than her years and almost always has a serious/stoic look upon her face. She is typically seen wearing a knee length white dress that is pretty basic in appearance. The dress is accented with a gray bow and gray belt and she wears plain red flat bottomed shoes on her feet. This appearance is unassuming to most and is used to blend in and hide in plain sight however once she invokes her Spirit Transformation, her appearance drastically is altered.

While in her spirit transformation state, her dress shortens in the front Being just below her hips. She gains a black corset and the dress changes into a deep red color. The back of the dress is quite long and reaches past her knees. The sleeves are unattached to the rest of the outfit and on her left arm is a gold bracelet that winds up her arm. She also gains black stockings with a similar gold piece of jewelry on her right thigh. Her shoes become red heels and in her hair is a crown of thorns with a red rose adorned on it. The biggest change is that her blonde hair changes to a light pink with red undertones. Her dress is considered to be similar to the Reishi Heisō owned by other Quincy.

Personality

Aurora is a child of two worlds. Firstly, her mother was a Witch of Wing Bind, whilst her father was a Quincy, one who was affiliated with the Wandenreich. As such, she was never truly accepted by either side of her lineage, regardless of what her parents planned. Wing Bind was a secretive organization, and Aurora was at best an impure Quincy, seen as tarnished by her brethren the moment her father laid with her mother.

Despite the politics surrounding her heritage, Aurora was happy, but feared what she saw as an inevitable: she would be left alone, her parents and brother wrested from her, no matter her own strength or actions.

To protect both Aurora and her brother, Arthur, Aurora's parents were mostly absent, leading to Arthur mostly raising his younger sister himself. Despite the obvious dysfunction, the two were happy. They would play music together whenever the opportunity presented itself, something Aurora continued even when her brother died. Arthur's death did much to change Aurora, however, to the point she was said to have "grown cold and emotionless", very different to the happy girl Arthur had known. Arthur was the core of Aurora's social life, for most of her friends and acquaintances were introduced to her through her beloved brother, so when he died Aurora lost a piece of herself. The fact she failed to save him from a Dragon attack, when given enough opportunity, only furthered her self-loathing.

Her naivety was preyed upon by others. As a young woman, scarcely in her teenage years, Aurora was open to manipulation, leading her to be viewed as the so-called "perfect soldier". She would often disregard her own life on the battlefield, attacking with such reckless abandon that she earned for herself the name "Witch of the Roses".

By 2020, Aurora was on the run, determined to escape both Wing Bind and the scattered Quincy, who sought to use her lineage and knowledge for their own ends.

History

Childhood

Born in the year 2000 as the second child to a couple on the run. Her father a former member of the Wandenreich and her mother a former member of Wing Bind. During the first 5 years her parents moved the family around a lot to different safehouses around London, to hide from prying eyes of Quincy who wanted to assassinate her father and exterminate the "abominations" he sired. Marilyn and her husband would set up areas for the family to live using special magics and for a time the family lived together. However, it became apparent that neither Wing Bind nor the Wandenreich would let either of them go willingly so as a measure to protect the children the Parents left them at a safehouse in central London under the care of their maid.

Aurora was 5 when her parents left her brother and herself. Living with Arthur was made bearable due to Arthur teaching her music on the piano and their training. Due to being a prodigy at age 9, Arthur spearheaded Auroras training, in both Quincy arts and Witch/Wizard spell craft. At first Aurora didn't have the aptitude to harness her reiryoku and couldn't draw in reishi to form her weapon.

Powers and Abilities

Base Abilities

• High Spiritual Power: Due to Aurora's heritage, she commands a pretty decent amount of spiritual power. Her actual level is around a Lieutenant level Shinigami. Due to an injury she sustained, her spiritual power leaks out as quickly as it is replenished. While not an issue in her human form, while using her Astral Dress, it causes the form to be unstable.
• Swordsmanship Skills: When using her Witch kit or by focusing her reiryoku into a Seele Schneider, Aurora is able to hold her own in combat. Having trained since a young age, she is skilled in the use of Fencing as well as traditional knight swordplay.

• Highly-Skilled Magic Practitioner: As a former member of Wing Bind, Aurora is quite versed in the use of Magic. By focusing her reiryoku through her Witch Kit or her voice, and speaking (or in some cases not speaking) the incantation, she is able to fire spells at her target. While her exact skill level has never been stated she is able to utilize some spells nonverbally showing she has some proficiency. Due to her extensive training during her formative years as well as her drive to overcome her limits, Aurora has mastered a few of her families original spells as well as created a few of her own, the notable one being her Soul Bang Cannon.

Covenant of Pendragon

• Covenant of Pendragon: This is a high level magic known only by the Witches and Wizards of House Pendragon. It is seen as a rite of passage for those in this family to use this magic without the need of the incantation. When Invoked, the caster creates a large spectral dragon around their bodies made from their reiryoku. This dragon is launched at the target with extreme force, and is normally reserved as the finishing blow. The force of the attack is based on the reiatsu of the user, meaning that no two spells are the same.

Trapping a demi-hollow

• Boundary Creation: This is the ability to create a three dimensional area, by severing the boundaries between the declared area and the internal space. The spell was created by Marilyn Pendragon in order to hide the families safe houses from prying eyes. Aurora uses it to create areas where she can fight without collateral damage. To invoke the caster must focus their reiryoku into their index and middle fingers and using their reiryoku, draw the boundary line. Once all points connect the barrier forms.
• Devil Hunter: A blending of heritage, mixing Quincy and Witchcraft in order to best represent the two casters. Akin to the Inks, it involves runes and as with both Anthems and Pipers it requires an incantation (despite the creator being able to cast without needing the incantation). It then infuses the Quincy reiatsu of the casters into a powerful physical weapon that can purify or destroy the soul of the target.
• Soul Bang Cannon: A powerful energy blast cast from the caster using their body or a Witch Kit. This ball of concentrated reishi spirals and expands until it explodes when coming into contact with the target. It is a powerful offensive spell.
• Crimsom Leyline: After the caster enchants their weapon or an object, they throw it towards the ground. Upon impact the focus releases the stored up Reiryoku, and erupts towards the target following the path set out by the caster.

• High Intelligence: As a child, Aurora was gifted with an above average intelligence as she was able to do and figure out things at young ages. By the time she was 10 she was in Secondary School and she managed to complete that in two years. By the time she joined Wing Bind at 14, she was a master calculator, able to mix and match others strengths and weaknesses to cover all the bases while in the field. She often would partner with her brother since they were in sync most often. After sealing her emotions she became very meticulous and started taking more risks with high rewards. Her intelligence was said to be scary to behold because she would either tear you apart or make you wish you were. In the field of Spiritual Arts, Auroras intelligence is what allowed her to synthesize Soul- made Silver and use it to modify her Witch Kit to mimic the ability of Zanpakutō to change shape. She also deduced her own weakness with her reishi manipulation and regulation and has started taking actions to rectify it. She possesses a memory capacity which allows her to recall any battle strategy ever used by both Quincy and Witches.

Quincy abilities

• Spiritual Awareness: Being a Quincy she is able to interact with souls and hollows as well as shinigami.

• Spirit Tracking: As an advanced form of spiritual awareness, Aurora is able to sense and track individuals based on their spiritual powers, it was said that her powers were similar to Pesquisa used by Arrancar and as such she can also tell what race the person is and the level of spiritual energy they possess.

• Novice Ransōtengai User: Due to Aurora not having proper training in this skill, she cannot utilize it to the highest degree but she is able to on a rudimentary level continue to fight while physically impaired.
• Intermediate Hirenkyaku User: Aurora's Hirenkyaku has been dubbed "Petal Burst" by those who have witnessed it due to how she scatters spiritual rose petals from her body upon activation. These petals are manifestation of her spiritual power and as a result she is able to convert herself completely into petals while in her spirit transformation, allowing her to dodge attacks, this however is a costly skill as it cost more energy to fully convert herself and then reform into a solid mass.

• Heilig Feuer: A skill she learned from her father, is the ability to convert her reiatsu or the reishi around her into flames. These flames like her arrows are red in color rather than blue due to the nature and coloration of her Reiatsu.
• Blut: A standard defensive skill, Aurora is able to harden her skin using her reiatsu in order to block attacks. This is more used in her human form rather than her spirit form, however she is able to use it in both states.
• Harudōga Mūshō: Taught to her by Yukine, Aurora had modified this technique to be more of an amplifier than an overall stand alone technique. To use she forms one or two lenses which she fires her attacks through. These are then refracted around corners if needed or magnified into a larger beam.
• Heilig Pfeil: While she cannot form a Spirit Weapon due to losing her late father's Quincy Cross, Aurora has additionally modified her Witch Kit to be able to be her focus for her Quincy arrows. Due to the coloration of her Reiatsu, her arrows are red in color rather than blue.

Unique Abilities

Astral Dress

• Astral Dress: Aurora was born with the rare ability to shift between a physical form to a spiritual form at will. This ability has assisted her in her past with Wing Bind by allowing her to not be fully confined by the limitations of a human form, however she uses more spiritual energy due to her inability to regulate her own Reishi and as a result the form is prone to disengage at the wrong times. When triggered her body is surrounded by scarlet rose petals.

Astral Dress: Oversoul

• Astral Dress: Oversoul: is the name of Aurora's Advanced Spirit Transformation. This was created using her spirit form as a base and using what she learned about the Quincy: Vollständig and Quincy: Letzt Stil as the basis; She was able to create a state in which she is able to replicate it without needing the Sanrei Glove or any Quincy Artifact. When activated Aurora's body erupts with spiritual power generating a large red cross. Once the cross begins to shatter away, she is seen wearing a white and black dress accented with gold. She gains six black wings and a red Heiligenschein above her head. Unlike most Quincy she has a sinister appearance with her personality becoming more violent. Her hair also changes for an unspecified reason becoming butple and extending a bit farther down almost past her shoulders. In this state she is more focused on defeating her opponent by any means necessary, a contrast to her normal demeanor.
• Enhanced Reishi Absorption and Manipulation:

• Flight: Using her newly acquired wings Aurora is able to fly at high speeds that far exceed her normal speeds using Hirenkyaku.
• Enhanced Magic:
• Enhanced Durability:
• Enhanced Devil Hunter:
• Enhanced Harudōga Mūshō:

Equipment

Aurora's Default Kit

• Witch Kit: Having taken her Brothers Witch Kit upon his death and the loss of her father's Quincy Cross, Aurora choose to continue fighting using the wand as her primary weapon. Due to her intelligence, she was able to use a skill that her father had research materials on pertaining to Soul-made silver, a Quincy ability to synthesize materials. Doing so she modified Arthur's kit to be able to transform upon hearing the phrase "Keep the Word." She noted that in her father's records from the Wandenreich, it mentioned that the members of the Soul Society East Branch use something called a Zanpakutō, which was able to change shape as well as each having a unique name. Upon deciding on a name she dubbed her new Witch Kit "Raziel" ("Secret of God") and treats it as she would a Zanpakutō, as to her it spiritually embodies her late brother. Her primary weapon form is that of a golden sword with red accents, however she also has a gun and a larger sword variant.

Behind the Scenes

• The inspiration for Aurora stem from the character Destiny from the series "Takt op. Destiny" (Her image source) as well as Ruby Rose from the series RWBY by Rooster Teeth.
• This character serves as the second Quincy created by the author but also their departure from creating Shinigami. Aurora marks the authors return to the series of Bleach and to Bleach Fanfiction as a whole after a long hiatus.
• Credit for her personality section goes to User:Kenji Hiroshi a great friend of mine on the Wikia.
• Images can be found here.