Line #31 Characters/Veritas


1	[[WMG:Gangryong Ma]]
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3	'''Fighting Style:''' Heavenly Five Paths (EOTL) and Dog Fighting\
4	'''Fighting Level''': Eight (officially)\
5	'''Faction:''' Nine Dragons\
6	'''Veritas:''' To be the strongest]
7
8	A reckless teen who only desires more phsyical power. A chance encounter with his master changes his life. Gangryong is the sole remaining practitioner of the Enlightenment Of Thunder and Lightning (EOTL). Though fairly dense, he shows an aptitude for battle and street smarts that seem well-suited to his underdog status at the Reunion school. Mouthy and disrespectful, he has a penchant for making enemies. He could be described as "people dumb". He was originally brought to the school by Fire Dragon's sponsorship in an attempt to topple Vera as student council president.
9
10	Gangryong is slowly making progress in his skills and with that the understanding and insight on those skills work.
11
12	As of the 4-month timeskip, he's now on-par with individual members of the student council and has been spending his time beating the crap out of Level 8 students coming at him in groups.
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14	* AntiHero: Gangryoung seems like a moral and upright character when compared to the other students but still a {{Jerkass}}.
15	* AudienceSurrogate: One of Gangryong's roles in the story, he ''was'' an OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent before meeting Lightning Tiger.
16	* BadassBoast: Gangryong gives one when he gets first tested and also when he challenged Do-Hyup.
17	* BigOlEyebrows: It's one of his trademark physical features.
18	%%* BoisterousBruiser
19	* BookDumb: He has a lot trouble getting theories behind his martial art.
20	%%* CombatPragmatist
21	* {{Determinator}}:
22	-->'''Jeeha''': "How did you get here in that body?"\
23	'''Gangryong''': "With one-legged hops of willpower, assholes!"
24	%%* TheDitz
25	* FishOutOfWater: While he does have some SupernaturalMartialArts training he's outclassed by the other students when he transfers to the school.
26	* HeirToTheDojo: He's Lightning Tiger's only disciple.
27	%%* HotBlooded
28	* IShallTauntYou: This is a vital part of Gangryong's fighting style.
29	%%* IdiotHero
30	* MeaningfulName: "Ma Kangryong" means, "Mighty Dragon".
31	%%* NewTransferStudent
32	* NowThatsUsingYourTeeth
33	* ObfuscatingStupidity: Some of his idioticy is fake, making using mind games and taunting his opponent easier.
34	%%* RebelliousSpirit
35	* SpellMyNameWithAnS: According to Korean readers, Gangryong is really pronounced "Kangryong".
36	* StrangerInAStrangeSchool
37	* TaughtByExperience: Pretty much how Gangryong learns. He tends to have a lot of trouble the theories behind martial arts.
38	* TragicKeepsake: LT's charred arm.
39	* UnderdogsNeverLose: Subverted, he does lose a few fights.
40	* UseYourHead: Gangryong uses one just to avoid a fatal blow.
41	* WouldHitAGirl: Gangryong will hit a girl if she pisses him off.
42
43	[[WMG:Yoochun]]
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45	'''AKA''': Lightning Tiger\
46	'''Fighting Styles:''' Heavenly Five Paths (EOTL) and Northern Broad Strike]
47
48	Yoochun aka ''Lightning Tiger'', was Ma Gangryoung's martial arts master, who taught him EOTL. As a master of EOTL, one of the Heavenly Five Paths and a traditional martial art, Yoochun opposed the goals of the Reunion and became their greatest enemy. During a fateful night Lighting Tiger attacks the Reunion school, leaving a lasting impression that still affects Gangryong's life at the school. A fan of anime, he liked to imitate some of his favorite attacks. Yoochun did not believe that a practitioner of EOTL would benefit from artificial ki, as EOTL relied more on refinement of ki than on quantity. He is assumed to be dead.
49
50	* GoodIsNotNice: From what we've seen about him, he isn't all that nice. To be honest, he seems to be an even bigger asshole than Gangryong. Although that can be because we've only seen him interacting with his enemies, and people he didn't know.
51	* {{Mentor}}: Unlike most mentors, he's much younger than the standard.
52	%%* MrFanservice
53	%%* {{Otaku}}
54	* NeverFoundTheBody: There's speculation that he's still alive. A skull was supposedly found that matched LT's dental records.
55	* PosthumousCharacter: There are several flashback panels that explain how Lightning Tiger affect the lives of several people and starts off a few subplots.
56	%%* SecretTestOfCharacter
57	%%* ShockAndAwe
58	%%* ShoutOut
59	* TricksterMentor: Before he trained with Gangryong, he messed with him by making do exercises.
60	* WorthyOpponent: He's this to Vera.
61
62	[[WMG:Honse Gu]]
63	[floatboxright:
64	'''Fighting Style:''' N/A\
65	'''Faction:''' Nine Dragons/traditional]
66
67	One of the leaders of the Nine Dragons Faction. Gangryong was put in the care of Honse by friends Rud and Jeeha. On the surface, he is a cowardly man who doesn't like getting mixed up with Gangryong's messes. However, beneath his foolish persona, he is very dangerous. He was, at one point, the third-strongest student at the school. In addition, he was a shrewd tactician who developed many techniques, some of which were specifically designed to counter the fighting style of Reunion such as "Half-step", he also helped Rud learn "Sharpened Sword force". Honse destroyed his own ki channels so that Guesong and the other members of the student council would spare his life and allow him to stay at Reunion until graduation, saying he had no where else to go, since he was an orphan. [[spoiler:It was later reveled that it was all a ploy to make it look like destroyed his ki channels. Honse has been training himself with Southern Taek-Gyun.]]
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69	%%* BadassCape
70	%%* BadassNormal
71	%%* {{Chessmaster}}
72	* CoolShades: Honse is never seen without his glasses.
73	* CripplingOverspecialization: Honse spent the past four years training for the sole purpose of being able to counter Vera's fighting style for one match. Against anyone else he'd be a complete wuss. That is why Gangryong, who has a knack for being able to tell if someone is strong or not, can't sense any strength in Honse.
74	* DePower: Honse faked this in order to fool the student council that he wasn't a threat.
75	* GeniusBruiser: He was this before he was forced to close his ki channels.
76	* InformedAbility: The manhwa has stated a few times that he's the one of the most powerful students at school but his abilities are never shown.
77	%%* LovableCoward
78	%%* {{Mentor}}
79	%%* NonActionGuy
80	* ObfuscatingStupidity: While he does act like a fool, it's cover.
81	* ParentalAbandonment: When Honse pleaded for his life, he claimed that he was an orphan and nowhere else to go.
82	%%* PluckyComicRelief
83	%%* {{Sidekick}}
84	* TheSmartGuy: Honse has developed techniques to counter Reunion style martial arts, like the half step. He also help Rud make his martial art, Feline Claws, more powerful.
85	* WeakButSkilled: While he's overly specialized in fighting against Heaven's Riches and weak against all the other martial arts, he's a genius at improving the other martial arts and seeing the weaknesses in techniques.
86
87	[[WMG:Rud Han]]
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89	'''Fighting Style:''' Feline Claws, a minor branch of Southern Taek-Gyun\
90	'''Fighting Level''': 11\
91	'''Faction:''' Nine Dragons/traditional]
92
93	Leader of the Nine Dragons. Looks after Gangryoung at the start of school and guides Gangryoung as if he was an older brother. An iron hand hidden in a velvet glove.
94
95	A member of the council who is opposed to Vera Linus. Also the Second of the Nine Dragons Faction. Rud was a very frail child with little potential for fighting. His life was once saved by a girl named [[PosthumousCharacter Anichella]], who taught him basic martial arts techniques and arranges for his arrival at the school. She also provides him with information on the Feline Claws fighting style, because she was under orders not to pass on her martial art to anyone. He then pursues this martial art despite its inherent weakness.[[spoiler:He develops a strong grudge against Guhoo Li after he kills Anichella in battle, and uses this motivation to rise to the top of the school.]] With Honse's help, his martial art becomes deadly enough a threat to Guhoo. He and Jeeha Shin have taken Gangryong under their wing, as they are also traditional successors. They seem to have a plan for revenge against Vera and her friends.
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97	* BewareTheNiceOnes: Rud; I don't think you know how much I'd like to kill you. Or, maybe you don't think I can kill a person?
98	* {{Chessmaster}}: It was Rud who actually came up with the plan to overthrow the student council.
99	* CombatPragmatist: Uses the surroundings to his advantage in his fight against Guhoo.
100	* {{Determinator}}: Became one of the top fighters in schol with nothing but hard work and willpower.
101	* HeirToTheDojo: With the death of Anichella, it is possible he became this for Southern Taek-Gyun. Possibly hinted at, Southern Taek-Gyun is described as a physical fighting style. Rud showed very high prowess in hand-to-hand combat in his fight against Guhoo, easilly out-pacing his opponent.
102	%%* MrFanservice
103	%%* ItsPersonal: See revenge.
104	%%* KiManipulation
105	%%* {{Revenge}}: This the main reason he really wants a death match with Guhoo.
106
107	[[WMG:Jeeha Shin]]
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109	'''Fighting Style:''' Not reveled yet.\
110	'''Faction:''' Nine Dragons/traditional]
111	%%His martial may be "Grudge Resolver"
112
113	Rud Han's friend, who is also a Traditional Successor. He is the Third of the Nine Dragons Faction. He likes to antagonize Shinra Yun by expressing his undying affection for her, and referencing a relationship they used to have. His martial arts style has reveled in part. He's one of the few students at school who befriended Gangryong.
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115	* InformedAbility: It was reveled in a flashback that Jeeha defeated three council members in a match before Gangryong came to the school.
116	* PlayingWithFire: He spent some time training under Director Fire Dragon and therefore can use fire in his fights.
117	%%* FragileSpeedster: Relative to the others.
118	* TheRival: To Shinra, he talks to her in a lovey dovey way designed to annoy her.
119	* XanatosSpeedChess: When Gangryong interrupts the fight with Director Fire Dragon, finally sick of waiting for the test to begin, Jeeha convinces him that the fight is part of the test.
120
121	[[WMG:Vera Linus]]
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123	'''Fighting Style:''' Arts of Heaven's Rich Strength\
124	'''Faction:''' Reunion/''Vera loyalist''\
125	'''Ki Level''': Half of a Sexagenary (30 years worth of ki)]
126
127	The student council president. An [[EmotionlessGirl outwardly cold girl]], she is the most powerful student at the school. Her sister, Yuri, is the head of Reunion. In the past, she fought Lightning Tiger, and the incident left a scar and a strong impression. [[spoiler:Lightning Tiger discovered that Yuri put a seal on Vera to keep her from being a threat to her.]] Though he was her enemy, she regards him almost as a former lover. Her initial impression of Gangryong is that he is useless. That has since then evolved into anger against him. She blames Gangryong for the death of his master. She fights using the Arts of Heaven's Rich Strength. Vera opposes Reunion and Yuri's plan to take over the world.
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129	She plans to be the successor of the Heaven Riches'. To this end, she has been meeting other Heaven Riches' factions and other martial arts masters for backing when she tries for title. Vera has been doing this behind Fire Dragon's back. What Vera has offered in exchange for the support from the other faction is unknown at this time.
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131	%%* AmbitionIsEvil
132	* AsskickingLeadsToLeadership: She's the student council president for a reason.
133	* ButNotTooForeign: Vera is half Korean with her being mom being full Korean.
134	%%* CuteBruiser
135	* EmotionlessGirl: She's so apathetic to the point of being a fault.
136	%%* FirstKiss
137	* GoodScarsEvilScars: Vera has a large scar on her back. This was given to her by Lightning Tiger when he did his version of the Void Strike. The placement of her scar may give a clue to this character's development.
138	%%* {{Joshikousei}}
139	* MissingMom: It's was explained that Vera and Yuri's mom died shortly after Vera was born.
140	* NotSoStoic: She goes into deredere mode [[spoiler: over Lightning Tiger]] in chapter 73. In chapter 76 [[spoiler: she breaks out in a fit of laughter over TheReveal of Honse's ruse]].
141	* TheResenter: It's been shown that Vera resents her older sister, Yuri.
142	* TheRival: Her sister, Yuri, consider Vera to be this.
143	* SiblingRivalry: This seems part of the reason she's against her older sister Yuri.
144	%%* StudentCouncilPresident
145	* TheUnfavorite: Because of ThePromise that her dad made to her mom that Yuri is the official heir of Heaven's Rich Strength, she's considered this by most everyone.
146
147	[[WMG:Shinra Yun]]
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149	'''Fighting Style:''' Heavenly Five Paths (Fire)\
150	'''Faction:''' Reunion/''Vera loyalist'']
151
152	Vera's second-in-command. She is fond of making very offensive comments whilst making a very nice face. She appears to have some history with Jeeha, and also is in a relationship with Guhoo. Her powers have yet to be revealed in full. She really doesn't like Gangryong on the account his master [[CurbStompBattle terrorized the school]]. [[spoiler:It is reveled that she secretly in league with Fire Dragon. Being one of the four nameless disciples of Fire Dragon.]]
153
154	%%* CuteBruiser
155	%%* HeirToTheDojo
156	%%* InformedAbility
157	%%* {{Joshikousei}}
158	* PlayingWithFire: It's hinted that her techniques use fire.
159	%%* MostCommonSuperpower
160	* TheResenter: She hates Gangryong because of his incredible rate of progress due to being lucky enough to become Lightning Tiger's disciple while she and the other students had to train hard for years to get to where they are now.
161	* TheRival: To Jeeha. She's also a rival to Gangryong due to their fighting styles.
162	%%* SmugSnake
163
164	[[WMG:Guhoo Li]]
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166	'''Fighting Style:''' No specific style, just mostly brawling moves\
167	'''Fighting Level''': 11\
168	'''Faction:''' Reunion/''Vera loyalist'']
169
170	Another student allied with Vera in the school. Guhoo uses the Iron Spirit technique that was created by Reunion. It allows him to harden his skin to incredible levels, and eventually makes him impervious to pain. He uses very few actual fighting moves. He is in a relationship with Shinra, and has a history of conflict with Rud.
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172	%%* DumbMuscle
173	%%* JerkJock
174	%%* MadeOfIron
175	%%* MakeMeWannaShout
176	%% Why? * OnlyICanKillHim: To Rud.
177	%%* TheRival: To Rud.
178	%%* WellIntentionedExtremist
179
180	[[WMG:Enumee Han]]
181	[floatboxright:
182	'''AKA''': Madoka Makihara\
183	'''Fighting Style:''' Flowing Spirit (Reunion style Judo)\
184	'''Faction:''' ''Vera loyalist''\
185	'''Ki Level''': Three Sexagenaries (180 years worth of ki)\
186	'''Veritas:''' Vera]
187
188	A 19 year-old member of council who also worked as Reunion's tracker for Lightning Tiger. She seems to be the middle ground amongst the two sides of the council, as she works for Vera and has friendly relationship with Rud's group and has shown signs of having a crush on Rud. She is the one who scouted Gangryong during her hunt for Lightning Tiger. Her motives are unclear at this moment but she claims to be part of the council for their special privileges and is ranked amongst the Top 5 of the council. Her desire is for things to go back to the way they were before the division of the factions. Had a long stand feud with Guesong over him attacking Vera.
189
190	* BewareTheNiceOnes: She does appear to be outwardly nicer than Shinra. Just don't shake her hand.
191	* CuteBruiser: Very much with an emphasis on the Bruiser aspect. When she gets a hand on Director Fire Dragon, his reaction is ''panic''. This, after [[CurbstompBattle manhandling Rud, Hayato, and Jeeha at the same time]].
192	* FakeNationality: Madoka Makihara would her seem Japanese but her real name is Korean
193	%%* GenkiGirl
194	%%* {{Joshikousei}}
195	%%* PerkyFemaleMinion
196
197	[[WMG:Guesong Chun]]
198	[floatboxright:
199	%%'''AKA''': The Iron Puppet
200	'''Fighting Style:''' Southern Yardplay Faction\
201	'''Factions:''' Nine Dragons/traditional\
202	'''Ki Level''': Three Sexagenaries (180 years worth of ki)]
203
204	The head disciple of the Southern Yardplay Faction and member for 15 years, and the Fifth Dragon and eldest of the Nine Dragons. He has an almost fanatical obsession with Vera, at one point leading him to betray his allegiance to the traditional successors at the Reunion school. It was his idea to threaten and attack Honse, leading to the closing of his ki passages. His violent reaction to Vera's rejection led to a long standing feud with Madoka and deciding to keep whatever Vera holds dear away from her, since only then would she look at him. His reason for falling for her was to make her smile since ever since she was child she never did. [[spoiler:He defeats Madoka in chapter 45 but is killed when Vera interfered in her place, finally getting a kiss. Only to find out that wasn't her first kiss.]]
205
206	%%* CoolMask
207	* LoveMakesYouDumb: He apparently screws up the plans with the traditional faction trying to get a kiss from Vera.
208	%%* HiddenEyes
209	%%* KiManipulation
210	%%* PsychoticSmirk
211
212	[[WMG:Madang Bigaki]]
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214	'''AKA''': Life Wisher\
215	'''Fighting Style:''' Southern Yardplay\
216	'''Fighting Level''': Eight\
217	'''Faction:''' ''traditional/Nine Dragons/Southern Yardplay'']
218
219	A member of the Nine Dragons with black hair, he is a level 8 in Reunion. He's a traditional martial artist of the Southern Yardplay Faction and their third strongest fighter. He fought Gangryong as part of the Nine dragons initiation test and defeated him as his last opponent by using Life Wish to implant Gangryong in the ceiling of his room. He uses [[KiManipulation palm wind attacks]] as a secondary skill but his primary skills are kicks and dashes and his specialty is "Life Wish". He is the only one of member of the Southern Yardplay faction that doesn't hate Guesong after Guesong turned his back on Southern Yardplay. [[spoiler: He takes the title of Topper after the death of Hyeunmi at the hands of Vera.]]
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221	%%* HeirToTheDojo
222	%%* KiManipulation
223
224	[[WMG:Hayato Kusanagi]]
225	[floatboxright:
226	'''Fighting Style:''' Northern Broad Strike\
227	'''Ki Level''': two and half Sexagenaries (135 years worth of ki)\
228	'''Faction:''' Nine Dragons\
229	'''Veritas:''' Northern Broad Strike]
230
231	A male student with short blond hair. He helped Guesong defeat Honse and later confirmed that Honse's ki channels were irreparably damaged. Hayato was apparently the person who stopped Guesong, which indicates that he is a powerful and strong martial artist in order to defeat someone of Guesong's caliber. Though we later find out that Hayato never really stopped Guesong so his level is still unknown but should be in the general ball park of Guesong and Madoka. The marital art he uses is Reunion's Restored form of Northern Broad Strike, which is said to be one of the two strongest Arts in Reunion. [[spoiler:He's really a double agent for the Nine Dragons.]]
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233	%%* DissonantSerenity
234	* EarlyBirdCameo: He first appeared in a flashback although he was faceless.
235	%%* EyesAlwaysShut
236	* HeirToTheDojo: [[spoiler: He's the official heir to Northern Broad Strike.]]
237	%%* KiManipulation
238
239	[[WMG: Jinyup]]
240	[floatboxright:
241	'''AKA''': Fire Dragon\
242	'''Fighting Style:''' Heavenly Five Paths (Fire)\
243	'''Faction:''' Yuri's faction\
244	'''Veritas:''' Yuri]
245
246	The director of the school, and another Heavenly Five Paths master whose element is fire. He was an old friend of Lightning Tiger's, as he was the one who reassembled the pieces of his arm. They split when Fire Dragon chose to side with Yuri in her quest to become a god. He could be the one who killed Lightning Tiger, as the bones of the arm were charred. He sponsors Gangryong's entry into the school in a long range plan to bring down Vera.
247
248	%%* AffablyEvil
249	%%* CurbStompBattle
250	%%* ManOfWealthAndTaste
251	%%* PlayingWithFire
252	%%* RivalTurnedEvil
253	%%* SmokingIsCool
254
255	[[WMG:Hyeunmi Park]]
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257	'''AKA''': The Topper\
258	'''Fighting Style:''' Southern Yardplay\
259	'''Faction:''' ''traditional/Southern Yardplay'']
260	Southern Yardplay's second-in-command, the successor for Chun Guesong's Southern Yard faction Leader, the Topper. She leads the other Southern Yardplay martial artists after breaking away from Guesong. Since Guesong's death she now heads the Southern Yardplay faction. She hates Yuhwa and her family for joining Reunion.
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262	She and Gangryong are the only two candidates for the student council.
263
264	%%* KiManipulation
265	%%* PluckyGirl
266
267	[[WMG:Yuhwa]]
268	[floatboxright:
269	'''AKA''': The Puppeteer\
270	'''Fighting Style:''' Southern Yardplay\
271	'''Faction:''' Reunion/''Vera loyalist'']
272
273	A female student who also helped Guesong defeat Honse as seen in the {{flashback}}s. She has long, black hair, wears unusual knee socks with black and white stripes, and usually wears a hat. Yuhwa's martial art is Southern Yardplay specializing in puppeteer techniques.
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275	* EarlyBirdCameo: She was shown in a flashback taking part in the beating of Honse.
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277	[[WMG:Yuri Linus]]
278	[floatboxright:
279	'''Fighting Style:''' Arts of Heaven's Rich Strength\
280	'''Faction:''' Reunion]
281
282	The older sister of Vera and a former friend of deceased Lightning Tiger. Using the resources of Reunion, she seeks to fuse her essence with nature, so as to control all natural phenomena and become a god. Like Vera, she fights using the Arts of Heaven's Rich Strength. Sometime when he was [[spoiler:still alive]], Lightning Tiger knocked her out and put her in a coma with a seal on it. [[spoiler: She's now back.]]
283
284	* ButNotTooForeign: Yuri is half Korean with her being mom being full Korean.
285	%%* EarlyBirdCameo
286	%%* GodhoodSeeker
287	%%* HeirToTheDojo
288	%%* SiblingRivalry
289
290	%%WIP entries
291
292	%%[[WMG:Paul]]
293	%%[floatboxright:
294	%%'''Fighting Style:''' N/A\
295	%%'''Faction:''' Reunion]
296
297	%%* ButtMonkey
298
299	%%[[WMG:Muyoung]] (bandage dude)
300	%%[floatboxright:
301	%%'''Fighting Style:''' Flowing Spirit (Reunion style Judo)\
302	%%'''Faction:''' Reunion/''Vera loyalist'']
303
304	%%* AxCrazy
305	%%* BloodKnight
306	%%* EarlyBirdCameo
307
308	%%[[WMG:Anichella Yu]]
309	%%[floatboxright:
310	%%'''Fighting Style:''' Southern Taek-Gyun]
311
312	%%The granddaughter of the grand master of Southern Taek-Gyun. She befriend Rud when she found him on a beach long ago. Anchella is the heir to Southern Taek-Gyun and was forbidden to teach it to Rud. She did offer a lesser branch of her art, Feline Claws, to Rud. She was killed by Guhoo during a match and was the start of the Rud/Guhoo blood feud.
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314	%%In a later chapter, it was reveled in a flashback that Yuri had a hand in Anichella's death.
315
316	%%* PosthumousCharacter
317	%%* TheRival: Prior to her death, Anichella was the only student that on par with Vera.

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