Sanuye Sinclair

"What I am doing is nothing noble or considered justice. I simply do what she desires. If it means her happiness, I'll even slay you."

- Sanuye Sinclair

Overview
Sanuye is a servant of the Uroboros Corporation. She is considered the best of the servants who serve the Uroboros group. She is also the personal servant to the former leader of the Uroboros family and the first friend of the heiress, Yin Uroboros.

Sanuye also has the mission to protect the heiress of the Uroboros family. Out of the other two guardians, Feng Daiyu and Kerria Legna, she holds responsibility of watching over Yin during school and her outings.

Born from the Sinclair household, known for their loyal service as the shield and sword of the Uroboros Family, Sanuye is a trained expert in a countless number of skills which focuses on blades. When she finally joined the Uroboros Servants, she was already given a high ranking and influential position within the corporation.

Sanuye is ranked as the best servant of the Uroboros Servants, far exceeding even Elysia, the strongest servant, in terms of ability. With her ability, she also holds the title and rank as one of the three leaders to the Uroboros Servant Core.

Appearance
Sanuye has a kind of understated beauty as she is disarmingly unaware of her own attractiveness. There is a distant and aloof feeling to her, but a gracefulness through her body movements and calmness in her voice. This however just adds to her appeal in the hearts of many men who have fallen for her beauty and charm.

She is an exceptionally beautiful young woman that looks to be in her late teens. The most prominent feature that Sanuye possesses is the brilliant, long, crimson red hair that falls down past her back. Outside of her hair, she has golden eyes, often with a stoic or cold look appearing on her face. Additionally, she has a lithe physique, but a defined and athletic musculature honed through years of training. The gentle curves of her body are statuesque and sway gently in her graceful gait, causing the eyes to roll gently over her entire form.

Clothing
When it comes to clothing, Sanuye doesn't seem to have a consistent outfit as she always switches outfits whenever she appears. However, she seems to favor one outfit over the rest, appearing in it more occasionally than others.

The outfit consists of a brown leather jacket over a sleeveless gray shirt. Located on the right arm is a belt that wraps around the bicep and cloth wrapping from the forearm down. Below that is a pair of blue jeans accessorized by an assortment of belts around the waist, a pair of knee-high boots with laces on the front and belts on the top, and cloth wrappings on the left leg.

Personality
Many found Sanuye during her earlier years as a fairly honest and straightforward, if somewhat naive, person who lives by the code of honor she swore her life to uphold as friend and guardian to the Uroboros family. Considered to be the embodiment of conviction, she believes that order and justice go hand-in-hand, and usually follows the rules and regulations set upon her by those she considers superior to the letter. Subsequently, she expects the same from others, which marks her as a snob in most people's eyes. Although that kind of perception is highly relative, depending on which side of the proverbial "fence" said individual is when it comes to their relationship with Sanuye.

She is not one to tolerate any form of misbehavior, and as a high ranking member to the Uroboros Servant Core, many a comrades she has deemed "miscreants", have been severely punished. Said punishments come in the form of duels, where she beats the offenders to submission, forcing them to confess to what they did wrong and repent for it in any way she deems fit. This led to many of her comrades to being deathly afraid of her and avoiding any confrontation, so as to not incur her wrath. In spite of that, within the Uroboros group, she is highly respected for being the most fair; when it comes down to it, she will even punish herself should she believe she has done something dishonorable, or has offended someone without warranty.

After a few years passed to the current date, such beliefs were radically altered. She has now become more lenient in exercising the rules and tends to be particularly critical of individuals to whom she pledges her loyalties, having accepted that one who is superior in rank or position is not always wise enough for it. The only few that have earned the honors of being equal or superior in her eyes, are the blood members of the Uroboros family, Kerria Legna and Feng Daiyu; those people whom she has explicit trust and respect for. Although the ferocity with which she punishes the perceived offenders if still pretty much the same, the fear she inspires in her comrades is also relatively the same."She's worked with the authorities many times before; arresting and putting a lot of people behind bars. Many of them want nothing more than to see her dead. Yet even then... there are others. I've seen the way some look at her when the ordeals are finally over; when they get yanked by the long hands of the law. Their eyes are full of astonishment. Astonishment of all things. It's like they've never been treated as fairly in their entire lives. So from then on, they form some weird attachment to her, like she's their favorite school teacher. The Uroboros group would constantly receive letters from god knows who's in jail, with only god knows what's written inside. Nearly as weird is, she actually writes back. I've never stopped being amazed myself, no matter how many times I witness it happening.

- Feng Daiyu talking about Sanuye"

History
Despite being born from the loyal retainers of the Uroboros family, Sanuye learned the value of hard work very early on. When she was born, her parents decided not to raise her in the city, but some place where she could build herself from the ground up. With that set in mind, her parents made a temporary leave from the Uroboros group to raise Sanuye in small, still expanding settlement away from the cities.

While intentionally living a frugal lifestyle, her father taught Sanuye the way of the sword and helped hone her physical and mental skills. Starting at the age of five with her training, Sanuye was required to spend hours a day rigorously training in both hand-to-hand and sword combat. She fell in love with the experience of combat and was fascinated with feeling of adrenaline flowing through her veins. When training and school was done for the day, she would spend countless nights developing her mental processing skills; reading up on academic books and historical wars, seeing how she could learn from the mistakes of others to help better improve herself. Sanuye worked tirelessly to make her parents proud, her determination in becoming a strong warrior showed in the way that she continuously worked on improving both mentally and physically.

Even after a defeat during her sparring matches with her parents or siblings, she would continue to train until the brink of exhaustion. Her father admired her tenacity and felt pride even when he would have to carry her tired body inside to rest after a long day of training. With his help, Sanuye was able to reach a considerable skill of swordsmanship fairly quickly, being able to utilize it fluidly by the time she reached her teenage years, and was even able to teach her siblings and relatives a few techniques when she had the time. When the time came that her father had deemed her abilities worthy enough, her family sent her to Mistral to live and learn under the Uroboros group. It was around this time she officially met and became friends with Yin Uroboros.

Upon joining the Uroboros group, she immediately acquired a high standing and influential position within the servant core. While inexperienced in just about every aspect of servant work, despite being given such a high rank, her ability to quickly pick up skills and her relationship with Yin caught the eye of the former head of the Uroboros family. Impressed with her skills, the former head took Sanuye on as their personal apprentice, training her thoroughly in various subjects. Under their tutelage, Sanuye became one of the most recognized members in the Uroboros group.

After Yin's decision to become a huntress, Sanuye was personally nominated as her personal guardian along with Kerria Legna and Feng Daiyu. While initially uninterested in huntsmen and their work, Sanuye attended primary combat school and joined the huntsmen academy in order to watch over the heiress. This ended up being the best things for her, as she was exposed to a much wider world, causing her knowledge and experience to skyrocket. To the current date, she is now known as the leader and the best servant to the Uroboros servant core.

No Name
Sanuye's official weapon, made by no other than her own father right after she joined the Uroboros group. The single-formed sword was forged and crafted mostly through oriental methods, but was designed with a more fitting, modern look.

The weapon itself is light and sturdy for mobility, also extending slightly longer than an average katana with the length of 24.5 inches (approx. 2.04ft). It lacks any sort of hilt, with only grips attached to the blade for proper handling.

Other than its fine and beautiful craftsmanship, it's an old-fashioned weapon that holds no special features. It holds no secondary or tertiary forms, nor does it have a built-in mechanism to utilize dust.

Secondary sword/dagger
In addition to her main weapon, Sanuye will always carry a second sword or dagger beside her; the choice of the secondary being dependent on the situation she has prepared for. The arsenal for her secondary ranges from simple switch blades to high tech swords capable of using dust.

It should be noted that these weapons also do not contain secondary or tertiary forms; they stick only to their original shape and function.

Semblance: Quickblade
Quickblade is a semblance that allows Sanuye to summon short bursts of powerful auric energy for a few moments at a time. When releasing the energy, it manifests into a form with wind-like properties.

For example, Sanuye can swing in a designated direction with her sword, swinging the blade fast enough to the point where it seems to slice through the air itself. Upon swinging her weapon, an auric wave is launched at her foes; sending it through the air towards the enemy. It is a powerful blade of pressure that appears as faint ripples of wind that is launched towards the foe at high speeds; this enables the user to assault things which are out of their sword's range, sending slashes which fly through the air itself. A person struck by a max powered auric wave is assaulted by a flurry of transparent slashes which happens in such a short amount of time that a direct hit could deplete an auric shield at an alarming rate and do worse if not protected by one. Sanuye has also learned and applied her semblance to her techniques to increase her agility. As such, she can entail a split-second burst of aura in the form of an explosive gust, greatly enhancing her speed for a moment. It is used primarily to dodge attacks, but can also be used to quickly close in on an opponent. There is however a trade off. In order to increase speed to a notable level, one must sacrifice precision in their movement, and therefore only allowing her to move in straight lines. Vice versa, precision and more maneuverability can only be achieved by decreasing the amount of speed given from the burst. It does well to note that Sanuye can only cover a short distance per burst.

Surprisingly, the aura cost of the semblance is relatively low. However, the short bursts of energy being released when activating the semblance has physical drawbacks similarly to an adrenaline rush. A single burst of energy is an accumulation of power that is compressed and released into one move or strike. Therefore over time, Intense physical and mental strain would occur on the body. To ensure that Sanuye doesn't wreck her own body, she has created a "safe line," limiting her self to 25 uses in a single fight.

Abilities
Agility: Sanuye is incredibly agile, light and swift on her feet. She has been described as quite graceful on the battlefield; as though each and every fight is a dance in which she is in the lead. Sanuye is well known for her speed, allowing her to easily avoid larger, more brutish opponents.

Intelligence: Sanuye is quite an intelligent woman. Highly diligent in her studies, she does all she can to keep up with the best despite her busy life. Sanuye enjoys learning new things, going out of her way to do so if she deems it interesting enough. Sanuye isn't any better at one subject than she is another, making her a sort of jack of all trades. While this means she isn't a master of any one single study, this is exactly what she wanted. She feels that becoming highly advanced in any one study would only serve to make her thought patterns predictable. While there are indeed drawbacks to this learning style, she believes the good parts outweighs the bad ones.

Strength: While Sanuye is indeed much stronger than average women, her training wasn't focused to greatly improve her strength. As a result, Sanuye is not incredibly strong compared to a strength-heavy huntsmen. However, Sanuye is by no means weak. Years of training and sparring has refined her body to be able to inflict a decent amount of damage to others even without a weapon.

Endurance/Stamina: Sanuye has participated in several forms of training to further her muscular and cardiovascular endurance, allowing her to go much farther and longer than most people her size. Sanuye also has an above average tolerance for pain, allowing her to take plenty of hits without the need to retreat. Her endurance allows her to participate in prolonged battles if the need to do so arises.

Trivia

 * The name Sanuye is of Native American origin; specifically from the Miwok Tribe. The meaning of the name is "red cloud coming with sundown."
 * Her surname Sinclair is of Scottish origin; its meaning being bright or clear.
 * The pictures found on this page is mainly a collection of original art. Out of the collection, one picture is character art of Elesis from the online game Elsword.
 * All art is not owned by me. All credit is given to their respective artists: 豆芽 (もやし), 千夜QYS3, 熊吉, MUKKELKATZE, Iviernu, and unknown artists