TTOC Villain: Trance

Alias: Trance

Gender: Female

Race: Atlantean

Age: 15 (Born December 8)

Eye Color: Black

Hair Color: Dark Aqua

Height: 4’9”

Weight: 96 lbs.

Personality:  

-Kiera is paranoid and untrusting to almost everyone she meets. The only person she truly trusts is her father. Whenever she meets other people (which is not very often), she comes across as very cold and harsh.

-She is also very greedy, and a bit of a hoarder, as can be seen by the fact that she has a cave full of stolen gold.

-She is extremely solitary, preferring to live alone and isolated from everyone.

-She also can get annoyed quite easily, but it takes a lot for her to get truly angry. When she does get angry, she usually goes into the water to cool her head for a while. Either that, or rob a nice museum to grab some more trinkets. Or both.

-She is extremely inconsiderate, and never thinks of how others will be affected by her actions.

-All in all, she really hates interactions with people and will go out of her way to avoid them.

Powers:

Putting People to Sleep: Using her necklace, Trance has the power to put people to sleep. This power has a few downsides, however- to put people to sleep, she has to be able to see their eyes. Also, the amount of time the victims sleep for is completely random. Sometimes they sleep for 5 minutes, sometimes they sleep for 2 days. Trance has no power over the duration.

Enhanced Speed, Agility and Strength:  Benefits she gained of being an Atlantean is that she is naturally fast and agile. She also has slightly higher than average strength, but it is off-put by her tiny size. 

Basic Fighting Skills: Kiera learned how to fight from her father, so she can defend herself pretty well in a fight if it is absolutely necessary. However, Kiera hates fights, and would rather avoid them if possible.

Breathing Underwater: Trance, being Atlantean, can breathe underwater, as well as withstand the pressure of the deep ocean.

Weapons:

Necklace: her amulet, which allows her to put people to sleep.

Generic Equipment for Breaking and Entering: When on the job, she carries tools with her that help her to break into places. This includes, but is not limited to- grappling hooks, lock picks, crowbars, metal-eating acid, etc. She carries this stuff in a bag with her when going out, and much of it can be used as a weapon if needed.

Other Accessories/Markings:

Gold jewelry: She wears lots of gold on her at all times.

Black markings: Kiera was born with these markings on her. She has them on her arms and sides of her stomach. There are also markings concealed under her gold leg and arm braces.

Webbed Hands/Feet: Kiera was born with webbing between her fingers and toes, which aids her when swimming.

Skills:

Thievery and Breaking and Entering: Kiera has been trained as a thief since she was a small child, so she knows all the best ways to break into places and steal all the goods.

Swimming: Being Atlantean, she is an extremely strong swimmer.

Basic Hacking: A skill taught to her by her father, Kiera is capable of disabling simple security systems and getting into protected computers.

Weaknesses:

Hot, dry environments: being Atlantean, Trance tries to stay as close to a body of water as possible at all times. Heat and lack of moisture leave her weak and defenseless. If she is out of the water for too long, she will die.

    Drawbacks of the necklace:  The necklace can only put people to sleep if she can see their eyes. If they’re wearing a mask or sunglasses, she’s screwed, basically.

    Loud Jewelry: Sometimes, her gold jewelry makes a lot of noise, ruining her stealth. Even with this, however, she refuses to take it off.

    Size: Kiera is almost always at least a foot shorter than anyone opposing her.

Parents/Siblings:  Her father is named Ayo, and lives in Atlantis. Her mother left when she was very young, so she can’t remember her at all.

Affiliation/Team: Kiera refuses to work with anyone, and is not affiliated with any team. She works as a solitary thief.

Interests:

Swimming: Kiera’s favorite way to spend her free time is exploring the oceans. She has to be careful, though, because the Atlantean police are on the lookout for her.

Ecology:If Kiera had not been born in the circumstances she was in, she would probably have become a conservation ecologist. Kiera takes a lot of interest in the environment because it greatly affects her and where she lives. She sometimes specifically targets houses that belong to the owners of manufacturing plants due to the amount of pollution they create. She doesn’t do it often, however, because she doesn’t want to make it a pattern, which would make her easier to trace.

Reading: Although she would never admit it, Kiera loves to read. She can only read Atlantean, but she is trying to learn how to read English.

Music: Kiera really enjoys listening to really loud music- heavy metal, rock, etc.

Background/History: Kiera was born in Atlantis, and originally lived with both her mother and father. But a year and a half after she was born, Kiera’s mom abandoned the family, leaving Kiera and her father Ayo alone. The reason her mother left was because Ayo made his living by thievery, and she had gotten so fed up with it that she decided to leave. Ayo raised Kiera to be a master thief like himself, while also instilling in her great paranoia and caution. Although he tried to teach her that the only person you can trust is yourself, Kiera still had a great amount of trust in her father, even to this day. Together, the duo robbed houses of Atlantis together- starting with small outskirt buildings, and moving up to the giant mansions of the rich and famous. During one early robbery, Kiera discovered a pair of gold earrings in a woman’s jewelry box. She became attracted to the beautiful metal instantly, and began craving more of it. She found gold fascinating (like magpies and shiny objects) and began stealing more and more of it, until all she stole was gold. This was when she was 13. At this point, her father decided to kick her out, for two reasons- one, because he was terrible at parenting, and thought that 13 was a good age for children to learn how to become independent, and two, because he was getting sick and tired of all the gold that was piling up in their house, because Kiera refused to let him sell it. After being kicked out, Kiera made her way to the surface world, where she began robbing people and museums. She settled down in Jump City, and found a cave near the shoreline to stash her trove. During one of her raids on an above-ground museum, she chanced upon an ordinary-looking golden amulet. After putting it on, she discovered that it had great power- the power to put people to sleep upon eye contact. She decided it would be perfect for committing crimes with, so she adopted the nickname Trance, and used her necklace to put guards and police to sleep in order to rob places. Her new-found powers gained her the attention of other criminals in the area, who tried to get her to join them. She refused, preferring to operate alone.

On an added note, she still loves her father and respects him a lot, due to the fact that he taught her everything she knows. She forgave him almost immediately for kicking her out, and she likes to visit him on weekends sometimes.

Fun Facts/ Things to Note

-When using her powers, her eyes glow white.

-Her teeth are very sharp, and one of her canine teeth is bigger than the other.

-Her speaking volume never gets very loud. She is almost always mumbling, whispering, etc. This is because she doesn't want to draw any attention to herself, even when she's speaking.

-Her nails are also very sharp, and she can use them to inflict damage.

-The bottom of her feet are very tough, so she feels no need to wear shoes.

-She doesn’t remember anything about her mother, and has grown to resent her because her father always spoke negatively of her.

-She has gills on her neck.

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