Aeris Ackerman

"Is it Bitch O'Clock already?"

- Aeris's signature catchphrase.

Aeris Ackerman (エアリスアッカーマン Earisu Akkāman lit. Goddess of Discord Joining Existence) is a woman forced to suffer the same life over and over again, as a result from being cursed by a Black Arts spell. Her life is fated to repeat again in the exact chain of events that happened the first time she was ever reincarnated. When each life is reset, so is her magic power and history; she will be forced to suffer and watch everyone and everything around her die until she herself is murdered by the last human alive: her daughter. Seeking to change her fate, she threw herself off a high cliff, and was almost killed, but instead, she was found by a cult and was turned into their newest experiment.

Subjected to thousands of torturous experiments, and literally becoming the definition of a old rag doll. For years, she suffered there, subsequently warping her already shattered psyche, turning her into a rampaging beast, until the scientists operating there managed to subdue her. Believing that she was the carrier of some inner beast, they decided to remove half of her heart in an attempt to find her supposed inner power, replacing the missing half with a advanced life support system that provided her with a means to live. After discovering that the inner beast was not in her heart, they conducted several more experiments, removing most of her functional limbs in the process, and replacing them with cybernetic parts in order to compensate.

After finally removing the last of her limbs, and still not finding anything, the scientists decided to dispose of her. However, after keeping her anger and frustration pent up for so long, she finally let it rampage out, destroying the entire facility with her new, enhanced, cybernetic limbs. Angry and humiliated, she left the ruins of the facility, and escaped to the nearest village, where she met a patient man by the name of Zacharis Arras (ザカリス アラス Zakarisu Arasu), the descendant of the famed Arras Family. After years of being tortured and manipulated by humans, the first thing she did was try and kill him. However, gradually, she began to befriend him, until they eventually married, and conceived Hitomi Arras and Giselle Ackerman.

Appearance
Aeris has the appearance of a youthful looking woman; one that can be described as a paragon of beauty. However, this is all but a disguise to hide the mechanical monster she has become. After suffering for years, and losing all of her limbs, she has been reduced to a ghost of her former self. Every piece of clothing she wears is laced with an enchantment to make the exposed flesh appear to be simply normal skin and tissue, when it is in fact, metal and steel. Due to the enchantments, her "skin" is slightly tanned, but is still retains a moonlight-esque appearance. In order to be able to apply as a student for the academy her daughter was attending, she managed to master a variant of Transformation, and alter her appearance to that of an average student attending the academy. Her altered appearance was basically the younger looking version of herself; her teenage appearance. At this point, she had light pink hair that extended past her waist. She possessed big, bright blue eyes that were filled to the brim with childishness and adventure. As described by Eren, she wore wedding-esque clothes. On each side side of her head, she wore a group of white ribbons tied into flowers, with two strips of ribbons hanging down. In the middle of the flowers was a light blue gemstone. Clothing-wise, she wore a white, high collared, laced, sleeveless blouse with a golden pin securing her collar, and a light blue gem right below her collarbone. Two pieces of laced cloth are loosely attached to her blouse, and wrapped around her shoulders. On both of her wrists, she wore a lacy, fluffy wrist warmer. She wore a light blue skirt that fanned out loosely, but was snugly attached to her waist. For shoes, she wore a pair of a white shoes, that were similar to white 'Chuck Taylors'.

The actual clothing that she wears is a outfit that can be described as one reminiscent to battle-gear. However, Aeris states that it's more of a casual thing that she found and tweaked. Her hair remains a pink color, however it is darker and more defined, as well as shorter than her teenage form. They are cut into choppy, loose groups of layers, and seem to pile up naturally. Her eyes are more defined as well, the roundness of them have grown blunt, but the color of them have grown to a more greenish-blue, as opposed to the bright blue they once were. She rarely smiles; constantly plastering a quizzical or monotone expression onto her face for the mere fact that she does not want socialize with anyone. Amusingly, when she utilizes her teenage form, she taps into her former personality a bit more than she should. Clothing-wise, she wears a maroon collared, fleece turtleneck shirt that is sleeveless. Over it, she wears a cream, brown, and white coloured vest with large collars facing outwards. The vest has a large belt tied around the top of her stomach in order to keep the vest secured. Below the belt, there are two pairs of buckles that also secure the vest. On the right and left side of the vest, there are two cream coloured pockets that can hold a variety of items. She wears brown, leather shorts with a belt and gold buckle wrapped around it. Draped across her waist is a small brown leather satchel; essentially, this satchel holds small shards of her invention; Hydren Core. The satchel also holds miscellaneous items, such as Lacrima, Jewel, and a small journal, as well as a pen to accompany the journal. Attached by several leather strips, a small bag is wrapped around her left thigh. This bag carries all of her necessary supplies, such as a flashlight, hairpins for picking locks, dried fruit, and matches. For shoes, she wears knee-high brown leather boots with several buckles lining upwards. On her left shoulder, there is a mantelpiece adorned with two layers of steel an gold. She has a skin tight, flexible piece of elastic that is worn across her arm, and ends right below her wrist On both hands, she wears a pair of leather, fingerless gloves, equipped with metal knuckle guards.

Personality
Aeris has a complex personality, one that cannot simply be described in a handful of words. As a woman who has suffered mentally and physically, she has learned a great deal from her experiences. Unlike many of those who were played the same fate, she has no intentions to share the lessons she learned with others. In fact, she refuses to do so because she states that she does not have a reason to share them because of how cruelly they treated her. Although this statement is rather biased, as she only knew several humans in her life, and that was the the scientists. Anyways, Aeris has complete control over her emotions; she is capable of wiping her mind clean, and retaining a calm and composed appearance even in the most desperate situations. Although she is calm and unforgiving, she is rather loose when it comes to enforcing rules. In all honesty, she could care less about such things. The threat of punishment doesn't faze her; she merely raises an eyebrow, and says her signature catchphrase, Is it Bitch O'Clock already?, regardless of the person she's addressing's rank, status, or power. Similar to her daughter's personality, she is rather blunt and refuses to hold her tongue, amusingly delivering them with a incredibly straight face. However, this personality spikes when she is annoyed by others. She generally has no patience, and will deliver physical blows to people in order to "wake them up". She is extremely punishing when others bother to hear her words, as shown when she backhanded a young woman from a village where she was residing. That was the last time she bothered to live even near civilization; living out her days inside a incredibly thick forest filled to the brim with vegetation and animals. Her obvious hatred towards humans has dimmed to a dislike of physical contact with them, yet she is still able to "get her hands dirty" when needed.

It is worth noting that Aeris almost never gets a moment of rest; she maintains a high stress job: taking care of her eldest daughter, Hitomi, as the younger one has seem to have vanished from the very face of Earth Land. Noting that she hates interaction, she often hides in shadows, saving Hitomi from particularly disastrous events. However, she has other priorities as well. A well known figure in history, she is the reincarnation of Indra (帝釈天 Taishakuten); the holy man who slew Vritra, a demon who stole all the water that existed in the world. Almost like a hermit, she distances herself from civilization; hiding in the woods, her only true happy place in the world. Here, she finds serenity that she never found elsewhere. Aeris could meditate for hours in the woods, if she did not have a daughter to attend to, as well as keeping the Vritra reincarnation in check. After her spouse death, as well as her daughter's supposed death, she wandered aimlessly, walking to the four corners of the world without a purpose, and disappeared of the face of earth, never to be seen or heard of until several million years later. When her legend once again appeared, her now living daughter was attending an academy, causing her to apply for the academy as quickly as possible, showing that she does indeed hold an affection towards her daughter. However, the same affection does not hold for Giselle, as she is distrustful towards the said woman. Disliking the aura of animosity she emits, Aeris keeps her in check from a distance, refusing to meddle with her affairs. Because of the said details, she is almost always awake, treating herself to at least an hour of sleep every day to keep her with at least a drop of health. Finding sleep unnecessary to an extent, she occasionally forgoes her "hour of sleep taboo" in order to ensure Hitomi's safety.