Appearance

Physical Description

Fluid Build: Adjusts her build slightly, so that their natural form might appear slender and androgynous, with subtle muscle definition.

Body Features

Pale, Almost Translucent Skin: In their natural form, Kithra often has very light, almost ghostly skin tones, which can sometimes appear pearlescent or slightly gray.

Facial Features

Featureless Face: Their facial features could be soft and minimal—smooth skin.

Identifying Characteristics

Kithra has a faint, jagged scar on her upper thigh that glows a soft red, mirroring the fiery hue of her eyes when she shifts into her Crank persona. The scar is a relic from an early experiment gone wrong a mishap with volatile arcane energy that left her marked for life. Though it caused her great pain at the time, she now embraces it as a symbol of her resilience and the power she harnesses as an artificer. When she becomes Crank, the scar pulses with a low, eerie glow, reflecting the intensity of her altered form.

She got this scar in her earlier years while testing her arcane tinkering as Crank.

Mentality

Personal history

Kithra is a very well known character in the tinkering world. As a child they were specifically gifted in imbueing objects with a magical touch. Kithra lost the guidance of these abilties due to her parents abandoning her when she was just a juevenile. She deeply believes that she was never abandoned and urges herself to find the truth.

Education

Specialization in Transformation-Based Inventions

-Focus: Inventions inspired by changeling abilities, such as self-modifying tools or equipment.

Arcane and Mechanical Studies

-Focus: Infusions, creating magical gadgets, weapon crafting, and harnessing arcane energy.

Hidden Apprenticeships

Employment

(As Kithra) Role: Freelance Investigator and Arcane Consultant

Specialty: Kithra is frequently hired to investigate thefts of magical artifacts, solve arcane mysteries, and uncover plots involving forbidden technologies. She also provides consultation on arcane security, helping governments and powerful guilds protect their secrets with magical wards, traps, and devices.

(As Crank) Role: Maverick Artificer and Engineer for Hire

Specialty: Crank is hired to develop new magical technologies, forge custom weapons, build magical constructs, and even create secret prototypes for clients who need powerful devices. She works in shadowy workshops where only the most daring inventors dwell, often taking commissions from adventurers, military leaders, and underground organizations.

Accomplishments & Achievements

Master Investigator – Solved numerous high-profile cases involving stolen magical artifacts, arcane crimes, and mysterious disappearances.

Arcane Gadgeteer – Invented a range of magical tools and devices, from enchanted locks to stealth gadgets, widely used by adventurers and guilds.

Failures & Embarrassments

Misfired Gadget – A key invention backfired during a sale as Crank, which made much of the underworld community question her loyalty. Trying to frame the implosion as a possible trap invoking anarchy against the most well known underworld clans. Crank now trys to deal with those behind closed doors.

Mental Trauma

Kithra was abandoned by her parents as a young child.

Kithra's best friend Kalaya was mysteriously murdered when they were just young adults.

Believes no matter who they change into they will never be good enough for the world to accept them for who they truly are.

Personality

Motivation

Solving her parents disappearance.

Solving the murder of her best friend.

Trying to find a true form to live as.

Hygiene

Kithra begins her day with a refreshing splash of water and a gentle herbal soap cleanse, followed by brushing her teeth with mint paste and styling her hair. In the evening, she enjoys a warm bath with calming herbs to relax and cleanse after a long day, changes into comfortable attire, and meticulously cleans and oils her tools to ensure they're always ready for use.

Social

Wealth & Financial state

Family was wealthy before it was apprehended by a well renowned clan after the disappearance of her parents.

Religious Views

Believes the gods gifted her a curse by making her a shapeshifter that has no true form.

Hobbies & Pets

Has a metal cube they imbued as a child that always acts friendly. Cant take materials around it to make itself into small animals. (Monkey, Bird, Cat)