CHARACTER NAME: Naminé
CHARACTER SERIES: Kingdom Hearts III
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Back tagging: Within Reason.
Thread hopping: Give me a heads up first because I will mess something up if I don't know.
Fourth walling: Preferably not. I think it would break her but if it's something you're very interested in we can talk it out.
Offensive subjects (elaborate): None really. Just ask beforehand, if you're unsure.
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Hugging this character: Please hug her! She needs them.
Kissing this character: Depends on character relations but she will be very surprised and flustered because she's never been kissed.
Flirting with this character: Yes please!
Adult Content with this character: Let's talk! I play Naminé as 18 post KH3 and I am absolutely interested with NSFW content but because she's introduced in the canon as a young teen (14/15), I prefer to respect those who aren't interested in this content by using warnings and cuts.
Fighting with this character: Absolutely but she will die. See below lol.
Killing this character: I am generally down for this but I would like to work out details. I love doing dramatic moments and Naminé will totally throw herself in front of her friends and end up dead.
Using telepathy/mind reading abilities on this character: The same as injuring/killing. Let's talk. I can add more introspective talk in her tags for any telepaths to react too. I am 100% okay with people reading her mind or sensing things from her. Just give me the heads up so we're all on the same page.
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Not a lot is canonically known about Naminé's power set and this is because she is technically a plot device within the Kingdom Hearts canon. I have taken her various abilities and claims throughout the canon and have extrapolated below to give her abilities firm limits and guides that don't exist in canon.
As a nobody, she can access the doors of darkness however I do not allow her to bring this ability to games because that is no fun. It feels like cheating.
i. She has the power to control, manipulate and awaken memories. In Chain of Memories she alters Sora's memories by replacing his past with Kairi with herself. She also adds facts to his childhood memories that feel as if they were something that he had forgotten. Within the game, this appears to happen quickly. I believe that this is because Naminé built upon existing memories as well as early childhood memories and inserted herself into them. Studies show that memories are a malleable concept and are open to perception and alterations through time, so this makes the timeline of these effects believable.
However, after the events of Chain of Memories, it takes Naminé approximately a year to reconstruct and repair Sora's memories, with the help of Diz and Riku since some of Sora's memories are walking around as Nobodies (i.e. Xion and Roxas). This proves that the process of altering and repairing memories to their original takes a lot longer and may only possible by Sora's willing and sleeping state. For the purposes of this game, Naminé cannot do this instantly and it would only work well if she had someone willing to let her enter their mind.
It is implied after talking to Terra as a lingering-will that she can manipulate anyone's memories, not just Sora or those connected to him (i.e. Roxas and Ven). She calls herself a witch and states as a matter of fact that she can alter people's memories. This leaves a very large opening for interpretation that we as players may never get but the canon does state that Naminés powers are not connected on specific people.
ii. She has the power to alter small objects. In relation to altering people's memories, Naminé also alters items to look like other items. It is heavily implied that this ability uses the same memory altering power to fuel the objects deception. It is very similar to a polymorph spell in D&D. The object is not actually changed because it changes back the moment that the person holding it realizes that it's fake or remembers where it had originally come from. The best example of this is when she turns Kairi's good luck charm to Sora into one of her own. She doesn't change its size, only what it looks like and its meaning is rooted in Sora's fake memories.
In mathematical terms, Naminé can cast polymorph with a spell DC of 18.
iii. The Keyblade. Naminé has a strong heart, born form Kairi who is a keyblade wielder. It is canon that the Nobodies of keyblade wielders can also use keyblades; Roxas for example. In Naminés case, this does not happen because she doesn't truly exist as her own person until the end of Kingdom Hearts 3 but because of the canon, she would be able to wield a keyblade if her heart is unlocked. There are also characters in the canon who can unlock keyblades inside of people; for example, Terra. Naminé has this untrained ability however it will not occur in game unless a canon mate has the power to unlock it. She will not be able to unlock the ability herself and even if she does she will be untrained and unable to do much with it.
This is not a firm limit because my goal in this game is for her to grow and while I do not expect Naminé to ever become a keyblade wielder, I want to leave this as an option for her that can be visited through conversations with other players and the mod team as her development progresses in her various games.
This ability to learn does not include magic spells or clothes transformations or a lot of the craziness that is in Kingdom Hearts because those abilities are taught through other means and are not dependent on or related to the keyblade itself.
iv. Deeper Connections. Naminés' heart is connected to many characters throughout the Kingdom Hearts canon. Due to this connection she is able to speak to and locate Roxas, Xion, Terra and others throughout the series in super questionable ways that are never explained. It is not clear if Naminé is able to speak to anyone close to her heart or the hearts she's become close too but this power allows her to find people or "sense" them in true Kingdom Hearts fashion. She can also sense connections and similarities to those she knows, which is how she finds Terra as a lingering-will when separated from Kairi in Kingdom Hearts 3.
This is very explained and it is one of the few parts of Naminés power set that truly frustrates me because there is not a lot of canon support or explanation behind how she has done this.
It is very unclear but the connections that Naminé makes with people seem to be more than just a feeling. My current theory (this is all head-canon) is that Naminés' power over memories allows her to access the minds of those who are in her heart. It is canon that pieces of people can be left behind in another's heart, like a memory, and I believe that Naminé uses that power to find Terra and speak to him even if it's similar to a physic connection. This is never actually explained but there are many examples of her doing this and I do not think it is just playing degrees of separation from Sora or Kairi's heart since those two were not the ones in contact with Terra in Birth by Sleep. When she contacts Terra she is disembodied and nearly dead as well, which stands to reason that it is a natural talent of hers versus straining between the thin 'degrees from Sora' which is the only other headcanon theory about how Naminé is able to do this.
For the purposes of DWRP games, I would like to have this ability to simply function as a spell. It will be as simple as a feeling that lets her find or sense someone. It will not let her communicate with them. Sort of like a D&D locate persons spell. This ability will be placed on her permissions post and will only work on those who become close to Naminé IC and respond to her permission post OOC. Even then, this ability will only work intermittently and with only with the player's permission such that it can be used as a plot device in game. I tossed on comment screening in case people want to talk about sensitive stuff.
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