Luminary Archiman

"Warning! The following character page contains spoilers for Northbound: The Chariot Girls"

Luminary Archiman is a minor character in Northbound: The Chariot Girls. She's the one responsible for rebuilding Beryl's new limbs, which lead to the founding of the M.R.R.A. Dr. Archiman is a researcher that specializes in the creation of magical constructs and the anthropology of both Mortal and Phantasmal races. She has made numerous contributions to the Magical Institute and is highly regarded for her work.

She's also responsible behind the creation of Ebony, Ivory, and her assistant Morrigan Hildred. She also helped contribute in the reconstruction of Francis Alabaster.

Appearance
Archiman is a tall woman with purple bobcut hair. She wears a hairband with three large spikes sticking out, as well as a spiked choker. Archiman wears purple lipstick with eyeliner of the same color, she wears a labcoat over her sleeveless purple top and skirt. Archiman has a gold skull badge over one of the lapels on the lab coat, as well as purple gloves. Below, she wears long combat boots with tights underneath.

Archiman has black eyes and bags under her eyes, this is due to her many sleepless nights working on her own experiments.

Personality
Archiman is emotionless and displays a sadistic tone in her voice. She finds her line of work to be very entertaining as she tends to the wounds of injured mercenaries or royal army soldiers, often finding some sense of schadenfreude as to how injured they ended up. Finding enjoyment in seeing both others, and herself in pain.

Whether Archiman genuinely cares about the wellbeing of others is up for debate. Despite her cold nature, she still fulfills her job of helping heal the injured and tend to the needs of others. Perhaps her actions speak louder than her words, seeing as she's done so much to help aid others.

Early Life
Archiman came from a family of magical practitioners. Wanting to practice in magic as well, she broke off from this lineage very early due to not being able to utilize magic similar to her other family members.

With what she did know and could utilize however was very limited, and sought out a different means of practicing magic.

Mage's College
Archiman while having very limited uses of magical energy, was very proficient in her studies during her time at the Mage's College. She eventually became a professor and taught there for a time due to how well she understood the process of how magical constructs could be created and used. Archiman eventually moved on to also teach the anthropology of many species and races, showing that she had a very good grasp of the material she taught.

Leaving the College and Meeting Beryl
Wanting to put her studies into practice, she left the college and wandered for a time as a travelling doctor. Setting up multiple workshops sprinkled across the Frontier. After settling down in a peculiar small town at the time, a beast attack broke out leaving several injured, most notably Beryl Bishop. Seeing the state Beryl and several others were in sparked an idea in her. Instead of giving those missing limbs very limiting prosthetics, she sought out to make her own, using her knowledge of magical constructs. Beryl became her first test subject and prototyped magically enhanced prosthetics. This proved to be greatly successful, and Archiman began to create more for the people of the town. This is what eventually help spark the Mortal Race Reconstruction Act.

The Founding of the M.R.R.A.
Seeing that magically enhanced prosthetics helped those regain as much of a normal life they once had, Archiman furthered her research on the subject. She submitted her work to the Magical Institute, which was immediately approved after the showcasing of her work. She soon received funding from both the Magical Institute and the Royal Army, her prosthetics became widespread and became a template as to how prosthetics should be built from thereon.

Working Alongside Mitsuru Miyako
While now sought out by many, she was personally recruited into the Guild as a doctor by Mitsuru Miyako. Enticed by the offer of helping further both Mitsuru's and her own research the North, and the functionality of Stone Elves. Archiman became a huge contributor to most of Mitsuru's major projects when returning form her many expeditions to the North, simply seeing if she was able to work with the material given to her.

Present
Archiman now regularly tends to the injured and spends most of her days in her workshop. In secret, she attends to her own personal experiments that she heavily keeps under wraps. Recently rumors have started spreading due to her heavy enforcement of not wanting others to be allowed into her workshop. By some, she's suspected to be a necromancer. Archiman heavily denies this claim however.

While being forced to put her own work aside, she currently seeks out to study the effects of the Surge Virus and what the symptoms it afflicts onto others.

Concealed Weapons
Archiman tends to prefer keeping a low profile about what she carries on her. So her weapons of choice are a scalpel and a snub nose service revolver she keeps on her at all times.

Field Doctor
Has a knack for being able to quickly patch people up if she's needed outside her workshop. Her experience likely came from her time as a travelling doctor.

Magical Construct Creation
Being very talented in magical construction, Archiman keeps a number of raw materials on her as well. She is able to quickly create crude constructs and weapons that do her bidding.

Hildred
Her beloved and trusted assistant, Archiman prefers to let Hildred do all the fighting for her. Viewing doing all the fighting herself as "too much work."

Morrigan Hildred
Her assistant seen with her at all times. Hildred ever since she began to show up has never taken off her mask. When questioned as to why this is the case, Archiman merely brushes it off as Hildred wishing to uphold a sense of "anonymity."

Beryl Bishop
Her primary patient, and her featured test subject for all things prosthetics. Archiman regularly checks up on her as to see how Beryl is doing, this could imply that Archiman does care about Beryl in some way. Beryl is Archiman's postergirl, showing how the help of her prosthetics can change people's lives.

Francis Alabaster
One of her most frequently seen patients, due to how often Francis ends up hurt while out on the field because of his recklessness. Due to Francis' strange nature and circumstance, he is regularly monitored to ensure he is functioning normally.

Ebony & Ivory
Her least seen patients. But due to their strange magical defects, they are also monitored regularly. Even if it means having them to forcefully come see Archiman for regular checkups.

Kimiko Fujihara
Kimiko keeps his distance away from Archiman, unwilling to become another test subject under her because of his unique magical abilities. Kimiko finds Archiman to be very intimidating and scary, often finding ways to not see her as much as possible.

Mitsuru Miyako
Archiman's employer. Due her own interest in helping Mitsuru pursue her goals as it also helps further her own, Archiman considers Mitsuru a respected peer. Unlike other employers, Mitsuru enables the freedom of Archiman's practices....within ethical limits.

Triss Callahan
Triss is one of the few members of the guild who willingly wishes to befriend Archiman. Often asking her to go out for tea or to spend time outside of her workshop. Archiman complies, though has never openly expressed whether she enjoys Triss' company or not.

Augustine
Both exchange words like thrown daggers, possibly due to both of them being very cold and aloof in nature. When Augustine and Archiman interact, they merely speak in a very neutral and distant tone towards one another.

Trivia

 * Loves exotic imported coffees, she spends a lot of money to get specialty grown coffee beans from all over the world.
 * Archiman hates sunny days, considering them to be "too bright" this could be because she spends all her time inside a dark dingy room most of the time.
 * Her favorite old world holiday is Halloween.
 * Despite coming from a family with magical lineage, Archiman's capabilities of utilizing magic are very limited. She compensates for her lack of magical talent with her wide range skillset.
 * Prefers to be called by her last name, as she thinks saying her full first name is a bit embarrassing.