Title: The Grinning Storm — “Boss’s Favorite Disaster”
Race: Gnoll (Hyenaris)
Function Role: Combat Vanguard / Manifested Power
Affiliation: Independent (Soul-Bound to Vestige Soul)
Status: Bound Companion / Manifestation

Profile

A fang-toothed grin. A battle axe that hums when she laughs. Trouble doesn’t follow Mayhem—it arrives when she does.

Mayhem is a pale-furred Hyenaris gnoll, pulled into Genesis not by fate, but by force of will—and a dead soul’s unfinished business. She didn’t arrive through a rift or a deal. She came through a book, grinning at the void, and named the reader Boss.

She is Vestige Soul’s first manifested companion, a blend of instinct, defiance, and forgotten strength. Loyal only to her summoner, and maybe to the idea of laughter louder than death.

“I ain’t your weapon. I’m your riot.”

Appearance

• Off-white fur with light violet spotting across her limbs and sides
• Glowing fuchsia eyes with a permanent "just-started-something" look
• Wild magenta bangs slash across her face like a signature
• Cropped tactical top, fingerless wraps, shredded cargo pants, and a worn harness that once held six more knives
• Carries an oversized battle axe worn down in all the right ways—etched with markings no one’s dared translate

Personality

Brash. Blunt. Unbreakable.

Mayhem talks first, swings second, and maybe thinks third. She thrives in tension, cracks jokes under fire, and seems to treat danger like a drinking game.

But behind the chaos is calculation. She reads people fast, protects Vestige without hesitation, and hides grief under punchlines. She's never cruel—but she is merciless when protecting what’s hers.

She doesn't care what’s right.
She cares what’s real.

Abilities

• Bound Companion
  Mayhem is tethered to Vestige Soul by a soul-manifest link. She draws energy, form, and presence from that bond—growing stronger as their trust deepens.
• Battle Trance
  The longer a fight goes on, the wilder and less predictable her movements become. Pain fuels her rhythm. Laughter sharpens her strikes.
• Unnatural Regeneration
  A gift from the Library—her body heals rapidly, even from critical or reality-distorting wounds. It doesn’t stop. It doesn’t flinch. It just gets back up.

Related Notes

• As a Hyenaris, Mayhem carries both maternal and martial dominance—her instincts blend gnoll traditions with something deeper and more primal
• Her soul-binding marks her as one-of-a-kind—a soul fragment given body and chaos
• Mayhem has been observed triggering psychic destabilization in Echo-Type anomalies through emotional shockwaves (believed unintentional)