Aogiri Suzaku

Aogiri Suzaku (梧桐朱雀) is a member of the Corvo Family, once known simply as No. 43 in the project line she was under, and later earned the nickname of "Artemisia" (アルテミシア) in relevance to her abilities, of which she is often referred to by the boss of Corvo, Melchiorre. Her body is genetically modified, and notably she is one of two individuals to ever endure the project and from it, the strain placed on her body.

Madoka's number in Semivita is '43'. This number is also reflected in her specimen name. It comes from the fact that one of the nanori pronunciations for four is 'tsu', or ultimately 'su'. Then, 'za' is relevant to the number three in that three can be pronounced as 'za' through the nanori pronuncations, as well as taken from the 'sa' in 'san' to become 'za'.

Character Outline
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Personality
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High Class Family
Suzaku was born on May 8th in Kyoto, Japan to a wealthy business man, Aogiri Takeharu and former geiko (Japanese entertainer), Kusaka Rie. She was raised with very high expectations from the very moment she could walk and speak. Though this was always very difficult, it was believed that women should be quiet and not voice any opposing opinions. Suzaku was supposed to be a good girl; old-fashioned yet high-class in mannerisms, the type of girl to hold her little finger out whilst drinking tea.

Early on, Suzaku complained constantly and vaguely of headaches, sore throat, muscle pain... all of which just sleeping couldn't remedy. Eventually, she got pulled out of public school after having trouble concentrating and impairments in short-term memory, later home-schooled and mostly educated by her mother. With per parents naturally worried, Suzaku was forced to frequent visits to the doctor, mostly just check-ups and tests in order to rule out other medical conditions she might have, like possible heart disease. After having developed extreme fatigue and endured it for almost a year, doctors had found that she possessed Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.

She was a rarity--since CFS is more prevalent in adults than in children, and if they ever do occur in children, it is more so developed during adolescence than someone so young. But despite her going against the odds of low percentage, it can indeed surface during any age of one's life and Suzaku was just an unlucky case.

Furthermore, many patients do not fully recover from CFS even with treatment, and there is no universally effective curative option. Figuring there would be an easy-way out, Suzaku's father quickly resorted to various medications and dietary supplements. In no time was Suzaku eating carefully and strictly planned meals with pills to go with it, a procedure that didn't even work in the first place, and lead Suzaku to just lose interest in eating altogether. Desperate in not wanting his daughter to live her life with a disability or potential unemployment later in life, resorted to the "underworld"... and was lead to the mafia and the astonishing science that was behind it.

The day Suzaku was admitted to the Estraneo Family as an experiment was the last she saw of her parents.

Estraneo Family
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Corvo Family
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Abilities
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Stocco e Sciabola
Simply said, in battle, Suzaku wields one-handed swords such as rapiers and sabers. But there's more to it than just that. Because Suzaku is Japanese born and was trained in the traditional dance descended belonging to that of geisha and/or geiko, she combined that knowledge with her interest and study in Italian and French-based fencing as she went on to become a fighter for Corvo in the world of Mafia.

Additionally, Kendo and Fencing are often heavily differed from one another, mostly because the design of the sword is different, as is the way it is used. However, Suzaku transcends these differences and combines the two completely opposite ways of sword fighting, along with styles of dance she learned from both countries in order to create her very own immaculate style that only she, herself, can master and teach.

Suzaku doesn't really care too much about her style of fighting as she has more pride in herself and her own power than in the sword, but if she was to create a method of sword fighting, she might as well name it. Thus it was dubbed a Japanese name, Kayanagi Shuyoku Ryu, or in other words, the Summer Willow Vermilion Wings Style. It can even be shortened to simply Shuyoku, or Vermilion Wings.

This also brought upon her epithet, the Vermilion Bird, which is also a literal translation of her name, Suzaku. While her name links her to the sixty-first emperor of Japan, it also ties in with the actual Vermilion Bird of the South, one of the Four Symbols of the Chinese constellations. Because the Vermilion Bird is often associated with the mythical Phoenix and Fenghuang, that is what her tattoo along her back represents.

Possession
A single Possession Bullet was salvaged from the Estraneo famiglia. Now, today, they are being manufactured specifically for the Corvo famiglia via their best mechanic and weapons developer, Zoe Sussurro. Distributed amongst several of the higher placed members of the famiglia, Suzaku is one of the people to use the Possession Bullets via her personal handgun she keeps with her in a holster loosely around her waist. Aside from the use of Possession Bullets, her pistol has practically no other use aside from intimidation.

When in use, she fires a single bullet into her head. Rather than falling unconscious into a dead-like state like most, Suzaku simply recovers from her head jolting back from the force of the blow. At this point, Suzaku is free to possess whoever she has wounded in battle. However, because she lacks the use of any sort of Paths, her possessions are short-lived and expires after a period of sixty minutes. Sometimes, this can be a more than perfect amount of time needed, but it can be shortened depending on the mental resistance of her enemy. However, Suzaku feels that she needs not rely on possession, but rather in her sword fighting skills and regenerative powers.

Regeneration
Suzaku was Subject Number Forty-Three, later dubbed Artemisia with promising results from various observations made after the first experiment. Suzaku was only half successful the first time, but after a second surgical action made on her body, she was able to high-speed regenerate herself in the most perfect manner possible. She cannot even die from real bullet wounds into her heart and even through her brain; even limbs can fully regenerate themselves. The only way she can possibly die is through a natural death. In theory, however, her lifespan will increase through the experiment, but that can be doubtful and unable to be tested. Also, Suzaku does not need to take Zona (or rather, since it's not required and purely optional, she refuses too).

After the death of Angelica Corvo, the lead scientist of the experiment during her time in Estraneo, it came to an end with Suzaku as one of an extreme few child survivors of the particular experiment. Now Suzaku is the yet another rarity who can regenerate herself on the spot, while everyone else just have heightened regenerative cells that allow them to regenerate from small wounds in just a number of hours, up to simply a number of days or even a week from more severe and even major wounds. Suzaku surely uses this to her advantage in a fight, and is able to go beyond limits while she keeps her powers and capabilities in mind. Suzaku takes much pride in this ability, as well as in herself, even though she drove through a mild "hell" to get where she is now.

Propagation
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Relationships
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Zoe Sussurro
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Rokudo Mukuro
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Kakimoto Chikusa
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Melchiorre Corvo
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Danni Fiori
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Vasco Geneoni
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Byakuran
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Basil
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Superbia Squalo
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Genkishi
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Symbolism
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Wormwood
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Empress
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Phoenix
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