Red Hood

Hey, I've seen this one! This is a classic! (By Gun-ho Guy)

Red Hood


 

Speak with confidence, and move with purpose.

The world wants you to be here. It wants you to try.

-- Red Hood, to one of her many alternate selves

 

As a living manifestation of fate, Red Hood came from a red riding hood having repeated her story to the point of transcending it entirely. With the ability to walk between worlds, she visits other interpretations of the Red Riding Hood myth with the intent of guiding her other selves. No matter how bleak the interpretation or the danger present against her, she persists with a smile.

The allure of tales beyond her understanding brought her to the tourney, intent on guiding other ‘Red Hoods’ whether they like it or not.


 

 

Table of Contents
  1. Backstory

  2. Personality

  3. Abilities

  4. Strengths

  5. Weaknesses

  6. Gallery

  7. Author's Notes

 

Backstory


The actual specifics of Red Hood’s origin are something she remains intentionally vague about. While she assures it ended idealistically, she has made mention of it having been a time loop she'd broken out of- she’s since been exposed to all variants of herself, wholesome and vile alike. Her enjoyment in guiding other protagonists have led her to associate people using a conceptual version of their archetype, always seeking out the grandma, red hood, wolf, and huntsman of any given story.

Red Hood’s purpose became finding and meeting other Red Hoods, with guiding them becoming a hobby of hers. However, her frequent travels between worlds is always accompanied by a continual residue of magical energy on her. Since it began lashing out at her, she’s had to become used to avoiding, redirecting, or even embracing these energies for the sake of her survival. To Red Hood, these otherworldly energies simply became part of her own narrative dance.

 

Personality


Red Hood contains a wealth of childish joy and curiosity untempered by the more horrific sights she’s witnessed. She greatly values simple enjoyments and self-actualization, retaining a strong self-assurement due to representing purpose- but her uncanny awareness of the horrors in the world keeps her detached and occasionally ominous. She’s not held down thanks to her innate faith, representing innocence without naivety. “Despite the horrors I remain silly” would be a mantra for her, if she bothered to speak in anything but an antiquated vocabulary.

She views hers and others’ fates akin to individual purpose: fate does not turn planets but it does push individuals towards something despite past failures or struggles…be it in this timeline or any other. She boils people’s purposes down to the four cornerstones of her fairy tale- Red Hoods individually seek their purpose in the Granny, only to be obstructed by Wolves and aided by Huntsmen. (The caveat of a Red Hood helping others relies on if it furthers their own goals. Red Hood understands “Protagonist” rather than “Hero.”)

This ideal has been consistent enough for her that she approaches other non-red-hood stories with the same fixed view. Should she not see clear archetypes in others, she adopts an arcane trickster mentality, pushing her victim with pranks or social manipulation until she catches them fitting into her archetypes.


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Profile Data

Race

Enchanted Human

Pronouns/Sex

She/Her-Female

Age

Early Twenties (Can't age)

Physical Description

Lanky yet athletic build, loose posture, stands at 5'8" (5'10" with platform sandals)

Abilities
  • Haphazard Magic
  • Dimensional Freedom
  • Supernatural Agility and Stamina

Strengths

  • Unshakable Happiness
  • Strengthened, Giving Soul
  • Uncanny Awareness
  • Fountain of Magic

Weaknesses

  • No Concept of Well-being
  • Detached Empathy
  • Reactive Fighter
  • Human, After All
Preferences

Likes

  • Anything apple-related, especially apple cider
  • Freedom of movement
  • Mirroring her enthusiasm

Dislikes

  • Sunburns
  • Self-deprecation
  • Keeping secrets
Creator
Gun-ho Guy


Abilities


Haphazard Magic

Red Hood is surrounded by raw magical energy following on her frequent travels between worlds. Red Hood doesn’t control this energy so much as influence it- each variant of her power manifests as partially transparent items/effects with wispy, coloured outlines, and appear when certain feelings of hers are strong enough. This can scale, so attacks are more frequent the more she’s actively threatened!

[The Purpose]- A warm brown outline represents the Granny’s influence to give a reason for red hoods to go on. This can manifest as campfires to provide supernatural warmth, or nourishing apple pies that can regenerate wounds. Influenced by feelings of safety and hope, a feeling of warmth in the chest predates their manifestation.
[The Obstacle]- A blood red outline represents the Wolf’s influence to tear down and halt others even if it means ignoring oneself. This manifests as disconnected claws and sharp-toothed maws to attack at close ranges- Red Hood physically dodges these to redirect them. Influenced by feelings of danger, (scales with proximity) a wolf’s growling and howling predates its manifestation.
[The Ally]- A murky green outline represents the Huntsman’s influence to improve and support another even if it means ignoring oneself. This manifests as ghostly arrows, flintlocks, and modern rifles to fire at longer ranges. They are not directed at Red Hood, but she has to frequently take care to not run in front of their aim. Influenced by feelings of danger, (scales with distance) the draw of a bowstring or clicking of a gun’s parts predates its manifestation.
[The Seeker]- A colourless magic that represents the Red Hood’s single-minded chase to fulfill her fate. This manifests in allowing her to wander across realities, as well as in supernatural freedom of movement. This is influenced by feelings of purpose and drive, of which Red Hood never loses her grip on. As Red Hood is the manifestation of this, her presence is what predates any other kind of haphazard magic.

Dimensional Freedom

Thanks to an innate power (represented by The Seeker, seen above) Red Hood can move through timelines by climbing, swimming, or otherwise physically crossing an invisible barrier. She prefers to dedicate herself to “one story at a time” and avoids abusing dimension hops when faced down with a challenge. This has also left her with a semi-meta awareness, such as being aware of the God Eater’s constant gaze on the contestants (which is represented by a 3rd person style of writing).

Supernatural Agility and Stamina

Her experience with such freedom of travel has also manifested in all sorts of gymnastic feats, with her speed, balance and flexibility being backed up by an unending practice of acrobatics. This comes from a mixture of her second-nature dodging of haphazard magic and her own enjoyment of physical activity. She continually hones it by free running through whatever environments she finds herself in, tumbling and leaping around in great strides.

Strengths


Weaknesses



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Author's Notes


While Red Hood may have the ability to move through dimensions, she is more fey-like than any sort of divinity. She is officially outside any kind of cosmic hierarchies or social circles due to her limitations on story types, so unless a person has been interacting with red riding hood tales, she won’t know them beforehand.

Perspective in scenes involving Red Hood can play a narrative role! 3rd person is the default- it implies that the God Eater is watching over the scene. But for whatever reason- maybe Red Hood imagining her own actions or getting into a space briefly outside said God Eater’s view- you can use 1st person. This implies Red Hood is actively in control, though what this means varies by story context.

Red Hood's contestant tag is tied in with the red string around her right hand wrist.

Red Hood’s personal font is bolded Shadows Into Light.

Gun-ho Guy (Creator Page)


 

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Red Hood

Reference Sheet
Audition "Solar Swimming Pool"
Round 1 "Treelines That Watch"
Round 2 "Duel or Duet?"
Round 3

Tournament Status:

Audition and Round 1- Passed
Round 2- Lost to Nalagrom

Gun-ho Guy
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Aliases/Nickname(s)

Gun-ho

Pronouns/Gender/Sex

He/Him-Cis Male

Vocation

Writer, Amateur Video Editor

Social Media

Discord:

Gun-ho Guy#0164

Twitter:

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