#i was also going to talk about gabriel and alonso but i will leave them for another time

[mistninja]

Here's another OC, but first some necessary lore about the setting

In the world of the story, theres 2 magic systems, Soul Magic, which is divided in a couple branches (the main one being Soul Collecting), and Brujeria (Witchcraft), which is more vague and basically encompasses everything that is magic but isnt related to souls.

Soul Collectors are able to take the souls of living beings, and gaining attributes of the owner. For example, taking the soul of a bird can give you wings, taking it from a warrior would give you their strength and swordsmanship, etc etc. Souls can only be taken after the owner dies, in the seconds right afterwards. These souls can be contained inside ones body, or into objects.

Soul Magic can be learned. Brujeria is an innate ability, that manifests in different ways.

Brujeria can be anything from clairvoyance to spells to speaking with the nature to shapeshifting to many other things. Brujos usually have one or two magic abilities, and the magic often also leaves some mark on their body - strange coloration, extreme height, birthmarks, etc.

Another important thing in this world are the Nueve Maldiciones (Nine Curses). These are beings of extreme power that represent things that humanity fear: Oblivion, Darkness, War... the Curses are strong enough to wipe out entire cities in minutes. These beings are all equally powerful and each nation possess one, which keeps the world in some kind of peace since they cant destruct one another.

Catarina Gil, also known as the Tenth Curse - the Curse of Death

Any pronouns (primarily she/her tho). Bisexual. Late 50s at the time of the main story.

A couple decades ago, she was a renowned knight along with her two companions, Gabriel and Alonso.

She's a Soul Collector, the greatest to ever live. Most Collectors cant handle more than a couple dozen souls, but she currently holds exactly 107, 100 inside her own body and 7 placed in different containers. In battle, she always took the souls of those opponents she deemed worthy. Thanks to this, she now has both the strength and fighting abilities of all her enemies.

She was feared so much that she earned her title as the Tenth Curse, and she was said to be able to clear entire battlefields on her own (which was an exaggeration, but almost true).

Currently, she has given up knighthood and has become sort of a dark figure used to scare children. Shes an hermit, and most people havent seen her in a long time.

Pale skin, really short gray hair (used to be black), and dark green eyes. Shes still quite muscular, and stands taller than most people at 2m. Always carries her battle axe.

Catarina is rude, abrasive and closed off. Basically she has the harsh around the edges personality of a retired fantasy character (including the sleeping around and the alcohol).

Her role in the story is being Orellas (begrudging) mentor.