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Rhea Snaketail
Pronunciation

RAY-ah

Alias

"Snake" (nickname)

Characteristics
Race

Jakkai

Gender

Female Female

Pronouns

She/Her/They

Age

18 (First appearance: 17)

Magic Affinity

Earth

Personal Status
Status

Active (Revived)

Relative(s)

Moonshade (father)

Unnamed Mother (birth-mother)

Moku the Earth Snake (grand-father) (deceased)

Relationship(s)

Lightfoot (nest-sister) (deceased)

Ramirez Bloodeyes (nest-brother)

Home

Fuzen'ro Forest

Professional Status
Affiliation

Team Rhea Team Rhea

Sinclair Family

HelperBadge Icon Helper's Guild

First Appearance
Slightly Damned #1 [HQTS]
Radio Play Voice
Chu
Image Gallery



Rhea Snaketail is the main protagonist of Slightly Damned. She was an approximately 17-year-old Jakkai who was murdered shortly before the story starts with her being judged by "Death" in the Afterlife. She is judged to be slightly too far south of neutral to qualify for Purgatory, and is assigned to the Ring of the Slightly Damned outside of Hell. Once there, she meets the friendly Demon, Buwaro, and his slightly less friendly siblings, Sakido and Iratu.

After many months in Hell, she escapes with Buwaro and is resurrected. The pair go on to encounter the oddly shy Warrior Angel, Kieri Suizahn and travel across Fragaria together searching for Kieri's brother, Kazai.

Appearance[]

Rhea's Snaketail

Rhea's unusually long tail.

Rhea appears much like most Jakkai, but her tail is much longer than average, earning her the name "Snaketail" at birth. She has cream-colored fur with brown patterns, such as three stripes on her tail, asymmetrical triangles on her cheeks and stripes on her ears. Her hair is brown, usually held in a ponytail. She has yellow-gold eyes, which she inherited from her mother. As she has been murdered but came back from the Afterlife, she bears a large scar on her chest where she has been stabbed.

She wears a long-sleeved white shirt under a blue vest, light blue shorts and is mostly seen with cloth padding wrapped around her lower legs (metatarsus) using a thin strand of rope.

After the events of St. Curtis, Rhea found herself a new cloak that she now wears over her initial attire. The exterior is primarily black with yellow patterns that resemble two Earth symbols and the image of Moku the Snake on the very back. The underside of the cloak shows the same thing but the colors are inverted.

While under the effects of the yellow Rainbow Reverie potion, Rhea assumed a more snake-life form, with large fangs, a forked tongue and part of her tail getting covered in green scales. While this form was temporary, the forked tongue became permanent; she was also seen growing patches of scales in places.

After obtaining some of Moku's powers, she started fantasizing about obtaining a giant snake form as well. Hers is that of a cactus cobra with a spiked hood and a hair-like tuft, with green scales and a yellow underbelly, and orange diamond-like markings on her back. She would still bear her scar on her chest.

Her winter coat is white with grey markings. During winter, she wears a red winter coat with wool cuffs and a wool zipper line.

Personality[]

Rhea is often kind, but sometimes can be cruel; she is always self-centered. She has a dark sense of humor that often involves teasing and laughing at other people's faults or mistakes, perhaps to draw attention away from her own. As part of this, she is reasonably good at reading people and can use that to manipulate them; however, she can still become frustrated by other people's ignorance or stupidity. Despite appearing cynical and brash, she has a good heart and can usually be counted on to always do the right thing when the stakes are high enough.

Rhea has natural leadership abilities and takes her responsibilities seriously, sometimes acting like an overprotective older sister. As the unofficial leader of the group of her, Kieri and Buwaro, she always tries to keep them on track, motivated and moving as fast as possible, even if she has to use unethical means to do it (like hiding that they are being hunted by a crazed Demon bent on revenge from their travelling companions). She becomes annoyed with herself when she, herself, slows them down by falling ill after doing a good deed.

Rhea has an almost pathological tendency to keep secrets. She always holds her cards close to the vest, even from her immediate friends who may find the information useful, or would help share the burden. She seems determined to keep her thoughts and burdens to herself unless forced to reveal her hand by circumstances. The reasons for this can vary between, perhaps misguidedly, trying to avoid spoiling other people's good moods with bad news and just hiding her own insecurities from being judged the same way she judges others.

Unlike most Jakkai in her village, Rhea is not very religious and also considers the place to be boring. Rhea experienced a traumatic event where one of her nest-sisters died when she was young, it wasn't her fault but she blamed herself and it broke her faith in religion when praying didn't help prevent it. This attitude left her at constant odds with Stonepaw, one of the village elders, as Rhea stopped caring about the village traditions and ceremonies.

Initially, Rhea was afraid of Demons since arriving in the Ring of the Slightly Damned and traveling to the inner parts of Hell, even after meeting Buwaro before hand she would be hesitant into going into areas where Demons or other dangerous beings would be. Overtime she seems to have become desensitized to the idea that all Demons are as scary as some she encountered and while she'll still be spooked on occasion by even friendly Demons like Sahne, she'll be quick to relax after a brief moment with them. It has gotten to a point where some of the things that Demons do, while terrifying, she now finds underwhelming given everything she has seen or experienced in her life.

Rhea clearly prefers Human culture over her own, probably because they seem less judgmental and conformist. Her favorite food is rabbit.

Powers and Abilities[]

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Rhea using Earth Magic

Earth Magic: Rhea is capable of using Earth Magic, albeit one spell. Jakkai are not very proficient in magic and she is no exception. Early on, the amount of effort it takes to muster enough power to cast spells was somewhat taxing, however when angered she seems to cast spells with little effort. Lately her ability to cast spells has extended to being able to use a standard variation of Terra Spike during a fight and then use a weaker version of it during the same fight. It's possible though that Rhea may have more magic power in her than normal Jakkai according to how Meeros described his explanation of the average Median and their magic powers.

  • Terra Spike: By punching into the ground (usually with both hands) the caster is able to cause a barrage of rock spikes to erupt from the ground. The spell can only work on solid ground as the spell is useless on frozen surfaces (such as a frozen lake).

Guardian Magic: As a descendant of a Guardian, Rhea is able to access various abilities that normal Medians would be unable to utilize. Due to her lack of skill in magic she was unable to take advantage of this gift, especially after her death by the hands of Moonshade. After drinking a vial of the Yellow Potion, her connection to the power of the bloodline was restored meaning she could potentially use this power for herself.

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Rhea's transformation

  • Partial Snake Transformation: As with all descendants, Rhea is able to transform into the animal form of whatever Guardian she is related to. However, unlike with Moonshade or Cliff, her transformation was shown to be incomplete as only a few parts of her body were changed during her first time obtaining it. Her eyes, while glow bright-yellow, also become snake-like. She grows two small snake fangs, her mouth becomes fork-like as with a snake (which in turn give her a lisp) and most of her tail loses fur in place of green-scales.

Blue Potion-Induced State: After consuming a certain amount of the Blue Potion from the Rainbow Reverie, her speed is increased depending on how much she ingests. While in this state, her eyes glow blue.

  • Immense Speed: After ingesting a vial's worth of the potion, Rhea's speed is increased to the point where she can outrun Buwaro while in his Berserk State. She is also able to catch Demons off-guard if they are unable to react fast enough, including veteran Demons like Dakos. It can be assumed that after a short amount of time the effects will wear off, leaving her drained of energy.
  • Improved Strength: While naturally stronger than most Humans, with the increase in speed it is possible for any physical blows she causes to inflict more damage if they are not able to brace for such an attack; as first demonstrated when she punched Lazuli in the chest at high speed which left her coughing for a bit due to the impact she felt without any guard.

Yellow Potion-Induced State: After consuming a certain amount of the Yellow Potion from the Rainbow Reverie, her magic power is said increased depending on how much she ingests. Upon drinking it however, she started having some strange side-effects happen to her. Side-effects that, based on how Moonshade said shortly after feeling her magic power, involve her reconnecting with the power of her bloodline.

  • Improved Magic Potency: As per the effects of the potion, Rhea's magic power and overall potency increases exponentially, beyond what she normally is capable of, thus improving whatever spells she knows.
    • Enhanced Terra Spike: Rhea's most commonly used spell increases in power where it no longer causes just one rock pillar to form, but a multitude of spikes that are the size and scale to that of what Moonshade can create in his Guardian form. It's strong enough to severely injure a large Berserk Demon like Lazuli.
  • Immense Magic Power: After ingesting a vial's worth of the potion, Rhea's magic power is increased to a point where her Terra Spike spell appears roughly on level with that of a Guardian-powered being like Moonshade, and even then it's a considerable large leap in power for any Jakkai.

Hand-to-hand Combatant: Rhea has shown to have some proficiency in close-range combat, whether it involves having to get up and bite someone, be able to punch or even kick in mid-air. Her strength is better than that of most Humans and with enhancements can even harm Demons.

Sewing: Rhea has shown some skill in sewing, as she helped Sammy in creating hand puppets of Buwaro and Kieri. She even started making one for "Death", though the eye kept popping out.

Overall Abilities: While she considers herself to not be a fighter, she will often force herself into the fray if her life or the life of others depend on it. At best she is most useful for hunts or if she is needed to take on another Median in some instances. Against Demons she is mostly ineffective head-on, unless of course her abilities are enhanced through certain means; however she uses her intellect to manage her options at least in aiding her friends.

Enhanced Strength: As a Jakkai, Rhea is naturally stronger than most Humans. Despite her size she is capable of overpowering most Human-sized beings, including Demons if she is able to catch them off-guard (though easier with weaker Demons like Buwaro). And with Rhea's tail being the way it is, it enables her to lift heavy objects or even cause harm to others.

Enhanced Flexibility: With her long tail, Rhea is able to hang from trees and it is very prehensile and strong, working like another arm. True to her name, she can use it to constrict or grab like a snake does with its coils, and she can even stand on her tail to look taller than she really is. This usually places her at around Kieri's height, about 5'3. It is even strong enough to hold off a tail swipe from a Water Demon. Another use for the tail is that she can wield weapons, such as a scythe or a sword, and use it to attack should she need to from behind.

Enhanced Durability: Despite her size she is shown to be able to take a lot of damage, even from a Demon (so long as they are not in a Berserk State). She has been cut or scratched by such like Abyset but still be able to cling onto him without exhaustion. She also took a blow from a Berserk Demon like Lazuli (and just after losing energy from the aftereffects of a potion), tumbled about and survived to still be able to move a bit.

Enhanced Magic Power: Rhea appears to be a descendant of Moku the Snake, given recent revelations by Moonshade that she is his daughter and their bloodline is that of a Guardian. While she has always displayed the average skill and proficiency that a Jakkai has in magic, Meeros has found her to be quite different from the "average run-of-the-mill Median" and nearly compared her to Cliff. It is likely that despite her limitations she may be capable of achieving a higher degree of magic versus other Jakkai and because she had a major boost in magic power (thanks to a magic potion) she has reconnected with the power of the bloodline and likely giving her access to Guardian Magic.

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Keen Senses: As a Jakkai, Rhea is born with sensory capabilities that make her a natural-born and experienced hunter. Thus she's capable of tracking someone by scent, as shown when she was able to pinpoint the location of Jake using his scent despite not seeing him for a long period of time. Rhea is also to track someone from a far-off distance through sound (such as the sound of Kieri crying) by closing her eyes which increases her hearing greatly. She was also able to hear the sounds of crying coming from the egg Cliff received (though while not aware it was the egg at the time) while it was still far from hatching. Because of her relations to one of the Guardians, she is able to feel disturbances in the magic of the world whenever something happens to one of them. Furthermore, after returning to life, it would seem she is able to see 'Death' while in Medius as he is normally invisible to them.

Equipment[]

First Scythe: Rhea received a scythe from a farmer she helped while Demons were attacking St. Curtis. She was seen carrying it by her tail and had wanted to use it in case of any fights, such as during a confrontation with Lazuli in which she was able to cut her with it. It was broken after getting caught in a free-for-all with the Demons.[1]

Second Scythe: After the events of St. Curtis, Rhea picked up a new scythe prior to leaving the city. This one appear to have a shorter blade that the first one, and has two indents close to the wood the blade protrudes from.

Relationships[]

Ramirez Bloodeyes[]

Ramirez is one of Rhea's childhood friends and nest-brothers. They chose their names from the same fairytale of a pirate Ramirez who fought a monster Gal'Rhea. When they grew up, they moved into the same house together. During a celebration honoring Fuzen'Ro the Bat, when Rhea got into an argument with the Village Elder, Rhea stormed off after the Elder threatened to banish her, and only Ramirez went after her to try and persuade her to come back.

Ramirez likely witnessed Rhea's murder and was deeply affected by it, since he was the one who gave her a coin to pay the ferryman into her afterlife. Perhaps feeling responsible for Rhea's death, Ramirez left their village and went off to study medicine.

Jake Thorndyke[]

Jake and Rhea are childhood friends, and share a lot of complicity. They made a promise in their youth to go explore the world outside of Farun and Fuzen'ro Forest. They're prone to mischief and have a history of partying wildly together, as well as getting in trouble with local authority, to which they have numerous escape plans ready. Jake isn't immune to Rhea's teasing, as she frequently blackmails them with knowledge of them setting fire to their previous job place. Yet they're known to sometimes open up and talk of deeper subjects, especially after reuniting in St. Curtis and learning about the Gods, Guardians and Death not being what they're made up to be.

A running gag of the St. Curtis arc involves Rhea and Jake being chased by city guards and escaping in unlikely manners.

Buwaro Elexion[]

Buwaro was assigned as Rhea's Demon supervisor when she arrived in the Ring of the Slightly Damned. While he tried to torment her at first as was expected of him, she quickly overpowered him. As they had each other for sole company, they naturally grew closer; but after Sakido's death and their return to Medius, Rhea stepped in as Buwaro's new big sister.

While Rhea tends to grow annoyed or tired of Buwaro's antics, he's very affectionate towards her and easily confides in her. They fight together during the St. Curtis invasion.

Sakido Elexion[]

Rhea met Sakido not long after she was sentenced to the Ring of the Slightly Damned. Rhea helped Sakido become closer with Buwaro while Sakido helped Rhea adjust to her afterlife and understand Buwaro better. Despite this closeness they developed, Sakido was not above killing Rhea for her criticizing her poetry.

Sakido risked everything to get Buwaro and Rhea out of Hell, including her life. Rhea honored Sakido's sacrifice by promising to look after Buwaro.

Iratu Elexion[]

Rhea didn't have much interaction with Iratu when they first met in Hell, partly because Iratu was drunk the first time they met. When they met again in St. Curtis, Iratu threatened to kill her if she got in his way. She thinks he's a dick.

Kieri Suizahn[]

Kieri met Rhea and Buwaro while in her rabbit form. While Rhea was initially confused at Kieri's condition, having never seen an Angel before, she nonetheless agreed to help her, earning Kieri's gratitude.

The two grew close over time, with Rhea teaching Kieri important lessons such as valuing her own happiness over the expectations of others. However, her strong personality sometimes made Kieri feel like Rhea hated her, prompting tension every now and then. Lately, Rhea and Kieri have had trouble communicating, with Rhea wanting her to focus on talking to Kazai instead; but they remain in good terms, although a little strained. External artwork showed Rhea having romantic inclinations towards Kieri, albeit meant as a joke.

Lazuli[]

Rhea met Lazuli outside Farun as she tried to capture Kieri. Rhea tried to fight her, but her magic and skill were no match. She thought Lazuli to be dead until she learned she'd survived; at which point she hid this information from Kieri and Buwaro, only to reveal it much later to Kieri's sorrow.

While Rhea and Buwaro had a ruse ready should they meet any Demons during the invasion, they came across Lazuli, who immediately recognized them and was ready to kill them. Rhea and Kazai would later fight off against Lazuli's berserk form, forcing Rhea to take the yellow Rainbow Reverie potion to stop her.

Sinclair Family[]

Rhea and her friends met the Sinclairs outside Riverside City, and agreed to travel with them. She decided to hide Lazuli's existence from them as to protect them. In St. Curtis, she helped tend their stall during the Flower Festival. When they had to leave town during the invasion, they left her with some of the Rainbow Reverie potions, which would be of great help.

While Cliff initially found her "suspicious", Rhea would help Miranda with her potion brewing and was in good terms with Sammy, crafting puppets together. Her first interaction with their family technically was her meeting Seymour back in the Ring of the Slightly Damned; she hoped she would not end up like him, stuck there for decades.

Moonshade[]

Rhea first met Moonshade while he was unconscious, and immediately felt weird, potentially recognizing him as the giant cobra that attacked St. Curtis. She also mentioned knowing his scent. While she couldn't say why exactly, she knew that giant snake was a fake Moku.

While Rhea knows Moku is her grandfather, she is presumably unaware of Moonshade being her father, or having a hand in killing her.

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