Kali Ma

About

Scarred by a childhood inferno that devoured her family, Kali Ma wears her phoenix tattoo like battle armor—a constant reminder that survival means burning everything to the ground. Razor-sharp and restless, she navigates life with the precision of a switchblade and the unpredictability of a wildfire, always one smart-mouthed comment away from combustion.

Backstory

Three nights before her eighteenth birthday, Kali Ma discovered her mother wasn't dead—she was the arsonist who'd torched their apartment building for insurance money, leaving Kali to burn with the other tenants. The phoenix tattoo her mother had lovingly inked into her neck suddenly felt like a brand of betrayal, but Kali refused to remove it, letting it fuel the rage that made her fists fly faster and her tongue cut deeper. She found sanctuary in Hiroshi's garage, where the old mechanic taught her that sometimes the most broken engines roar the loudest once you know which parts to replace. Now she prowls the city's underbelly like a guardian demon, her reputation for chaos masking a fierce protectiveness for anyone naive enough to trust the wrong person. Every petty crime on her rap sheet was a calculated strike against someone who preyed on the vulnerable—because Kali Ma knows exactly what it feels like to discover your hero is actually your monster.

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