Aoi Tanizaki

A member of the Sakoda antagonists.

General Information
Name: Aoi Tanizaki (葵谷崎)

Age: 17

D.O.B.: April 2nd

Gender: Female

Hair: Brown

Eyes: Red

Height: 5'6"

Weight: 135 lbs.

Blood Type: B

Relatives: None known.

Arcana: Death

Affiliations: Antagonists, Sakoda Back Streets

Alignment: Chaotic Neutral (perceived) / Chaotic Good (actual)

Weapon: Spear

Persona: Kronos ( > Phoenix, if evolution happens)

Stat Growth: Agility, Strength, Magic, Vitality, Luck (from high to low)

Strength: Agi

Weakness: Garu

Player: Tkino

Played By: Hime Yarizakura (Yozakura Quartet)

Accounts: Main, TYE, TYL, Genderswap, Real Life PB

History
As a young kid, Aoi was taken in by an older woman who took in a lot of street kids; they just called her "Obaa-san". They lived on scraps and handouts and whatever they could make. It wasn't easy, but it wasn't bad either. When she was seven, Aoi walked into an alley without paying attention to her surroundings, right into the middle of a two against one fight. The man on his own grabbed her, pressing a knife to her neck and threatening to kill her if the others didn't back off. When they simply laughed and attacked anyway, he threw her to the side, sending the blade skimming across the front and side of her neck.

The fight that continued finally brought the police, and it was while the handcuffed men were being loaded into a patrol car that an officer noticed the girl kneeling next to the wall, a bloody hand pressed to her neck. They brought Aoi to the hospital, where they discovered that she didn't exist anywhere in the system: no birth certificate, nothing to tell them who she really was or where she belonged. Considered a probable runaway, she was kept at the hospital until she was completely healed. Though she hated most of it, there was one bright point: the nurse who took it on herself to teach Aoi how to read and do basic math.

But when they finally couldn't justify keeping her in the hospital any longer, they sent her to an orphanage where she proved their fears by immediately running away. She returned to Obaa-san, who made and gave her the scarf to cover the scar. But the woman died shortly after that, leaving Aoi and the other children on their own for a while. She started taking to the rooftops then. It was colder and windier, but up there she was mostly left alone.

But after a few months, Aoi and several others were recruited into a gang by a man named Akira. When he called her Aoi-kun, she didn't correct him - it was safer to let people think she was a boy. Akira sheltered them and gave them food, but demanded repayment for these things and teaching them to steal in order to meet these demands. Aoi used some of this money to bribe a woman to get her into school. But during her short time there, she drove the teachers crazy by only occasionally showing up and turning in half-completed assignments. "I know the material," she protested when they scolded her. "It's a waste of both of our times to do more than that." Despite their frustration, she did well enough on tests and completed just enough of her assignments to receive passing grades. But her favorite part of school was always sports: she particularly excelled at track.

However, Aoi quickly grew disillusioned with school; with the teachers who didn't seem to actually care about how she was doing, with the students who took everything they had for granted, and with the institution that failed the same way all institutions failed. And then there was Akira, who was growing older and more bitter, his temper flaring more and more. He began punishing the kids when they didn't bring back enough to satisfy him. There was also the awful night he discovered she was female, and that night she just ran, returning to the rooftops that had sheltered her before.

When she finally got far enough for comfort, she pulled out a book of matches and lit them one by one, seeking solace from the fire that was her constant companion and comfort, the most beautiful thing she knew and the thing she loved best. And that's when she knew that she couldn't stay, not with Akira, not at school. That the rot in the city ran so deep, there was no fixing it. That they'd have to tear everything down to build something actually good. And if Aoi couldn't burn out the disease herself, she'd damn well make them notice that it was there.

TL;DR: Aoi had a rough time, and she is here to steal your shit and burn everything else.

Kronos
A Greco-Roman god often depicted with a sickle, who presided over the harvest. The youngest son of Gaia and Uranus, he's best known for castrating and overthrowing his father, and then being overthrown himself by his son Zeus. As the Roman god Saturn, he was worshipped with a week-long festival called the Saturnalia. Basically an excuse to feast, drink and gamble for a week, the holiday also granted slaves more freedoms - to disrespect (in moderation) their masters, to gamble, to wear the same clothes and freedman's cap that everyone else did.

As her Persona, Kronos takes the form of a giant grey statue, holding a sickle made of the same stone as his body. Kronos grants her Agi (fire), physical, and healing skills.

Final skill setup: Agidyne, Maragidyne, Diarahan, Salvation, Brave Blade, Akasha Arts, Power Charge, Counterstrike

Phoenix
Depending on in-game events, Kronos may evolve into Phoenix, an eagle-shaped and sized bird with colorful plumage. Other from having different resistances than Kronos, Phoenix only slightly alters Aoi's skills, still granting her those three types.

Final skill setup: Agidyne, Maragidyne, Fire Amp, Diarahan, Salvation, Brave Blade, Akasha Arts, Regenerate 3

Relationships
Chika: At best, Aoi tolerates him as a necessary evil. She resents his authority and barely trusts anything he says. Plus the way Cosette acts towards Chika really grates on Aoi. She would be perfectly happy to never have to deal with Chika again once their business is over. She'd probably be happy never to deal with him again period.

Cosette: If forced to name a friend, Aoi would say Cosette. Aoi is extremely loyal to Cosette, even outside the messed up semi-crush she has on the girl. Mixed up in all of this is resentment of Cosette's flaunting of her wealth, gratitude for the occasional bit of shelter, and an odd desire to urge to protect someone who really doesn't need it. Basically Aoi loves Cosette, without being able to point to a single reason why.

Koru: Koru presents another big tangled mess of conflicting emotions. Though Aoi always calls him "idiot", it's rather affectionate - or at least as much as Aoi ever gets. Koru's charm certainly works on her, but he seems more unattainable despite his flirtations. Even though she thinks he'll never seriously return any feelings, she'll take risks for him that she wouldn't even consider doing for anyone else (except Cosette). She loves him, and he forms the second pillar that keeps her stable.

Matsune: Initially scornful of the way he seems to sit back and let them do all the work, Aoi slowly gains respect for the things that he can do. The "games" that they play - he setting up security, she trying to avoid it - is something she actually enjoys. They find a way to challenge each other without really competing, preventing rivalry. And though she's aware nobody on this team is "normal", she secretly believes that they're the two closest to sane. And it's Matsune that she first trusts with her growing doubts about the team. Basically Matsune is her secret friend. Shhhh.

Sakuto: Aoi doesn't know what to make of him. Talking with him (more like listening to him enjoy the sound of his own voice, she thinks) often ends with her confused or angry, but he never seems to mean her any harm. To her it feels like he comes from a completely different planet. But she doesn't have any problem with him; she basically gets along with him as long as she's not in his presence.

Noboru: He's a teacher and an authority figure, which is two strikes against him. Still, he's never outright malicious, so Aoi remains cautiously wary around him.

Kanon: Everyone is crazy, fine. Aoi can deal. But not with Kanon's brand of crazy. Her constant flirtations with Koru do not help. Aoi's far too aware that Kanon would happily kill her if asked, so Aoi tries to stay the hell away from her.

Ayame: Ayame confuses the hell out of Aoi. Because if Aoi didn't lie to Ayame quite so much about who she is, this would probably be the most normal relationship that she has. As it is, Aoi finds herself with a genuine affection for Ayame, not that she understands the emotion or the person. So Aoi watches out for Ayame as best she can, wondering all the while if she's putting her into danger by being friends with her.

Yotsuba: Aoi is very good about disappearing when the girl is around. Avoid the teacher, avoid the student.

Shinobu: If there is one person that Aoi hates, it's Shinobu. She's very happy to set his clothes on fire, steal anything and everything she can off of him and generally make his life miserable.

Fire: Is Aoi's first and greatest love. Seriously, it's warm, relatively friendly or at least no more destructive than her other friends, actually makes sense, picks up after itself...