Kharn Valnikov

"God Damnit Kharn" -Chiaki Matsuda

Kharn Valnikov
Also Known As...	The Betrayer, Ekaterina Valnikov
First Appearance	Thread 35
Organization	Ninth Officio
Rank	Research Assistant, ex-Warmaster
Occupation	Magical Girl
Ability	Brute Force
Weapon	Chainsword, Golden Chainaxes
Height	185 cm
Date of Birth	August 19

Character Summary

Kharn Valnikov, also knows as the Betrayer, is the former Warmaster of the Ninth Officio Assassinorum and previous owner of the golden Chainaxes. She trained Kirika Kure and used to be Chiaki Matsudas partner for half a year, and is also the one who named her Murderface.

Physical Description

• A russian girl with black hair down to the waist and entirely black eyes with crimson pupils behind red framed glasses.
• Her skin is almost translucently pale.
• She has a tall slender body.
• Her hands are black metal, ending in long skeletal fingers with sharp tips.
• Her legs seem to end at the knees, where edged black steel armor replaces the rest.
• Chiaki describes her as eerily beautiful.
• Kharns soul gem is a crimson teardrop with pure black gilding, bearing thorns instead of elegant reliefs.
• Kharns voice is described as cold and smooth. She has a thick russian accent.

Personality

• Kharn radiates an intense killing intent.
• She is usually friendly, cracking jokes frequently.
• She is also quite lewd around women but surprisingly bashful when it comes to her and Souji.
• In combat she turns into a fearsome berserker.

Character History

In her five years of active service Kharn spent two years as Vindicare, switched to Eversor in the third, achieved Warmaster Rank in her fourth and abdicated the position in the second half of her fifth year to work with Murderface as partners for six months before voluntarily retiring one year prior to the quest starting. It's established that Chiaki was responsible for Kharns retirement, the details are still unknown however. After retiring Kharn transferred to the R&D base in Siberia where she still resides.

Betrayer & Hunt

Kharn Valnikov greets Chiaki upon her arrival at the Siberia R&D base, telling her she knows about her amnesia. Kneeling before the shorter girl, she submits herself to the new Warmaster whom she will be training herself. She treats Chiaki very friendly from the start, saying she misses the magical girl rituals as well as the city and takoyaki. Spotting Midori, the russian is pleased to see that Chiaki has already taken a subordinate as is expected of a Warmaster. Kharn apologizes for the messy state of the lab and quarters and introduces Souji, shouting at him a lot. She thanks Chiaki for putting her coworker in place, telling her how she has changed for the better. She shows her guests their rooms, slightly blushing at the notion of her and Souji being a couple and tells Chiaki that they share a room only for convenience. She takes the suitcase with the golden sword and bangles from Midori to lock them into the vault and leaves. Shortly after, she returns to the living area, and happily devours the takoyaki Midori made. Kharn advises Chiaki to wait with an apology to the upset Midori until the hunting trip as killing huge things together mends friendships. Following Chiaki to Midoris room, she tells the green haired girl that her takoyaki are masterfully done and asks to be taught to make them, pulling her back to the kitchen. Later outside, Kharn argues with Misaka about what appears to be how many more spikes should be attached to Tiny Petes frame. Souji stops their argument, having Misaka shout at him instead. After he leaves, Kharn tells Chiaki to use this trip to relax, makes a jab at her sleeping with Midori and tells her gueststhat a team of ten will accompany them to a hunting ground up north where another group is already rousing the bears. She takes Chiaki to a stash of heavy weapony, telling her that the bears in the area are quite big and have been rather vicious lately, even attacking people in huge groups. After Chiaki picks her weapon, Kharn introduces her to the soldiers as the new Warmaster and highest ranking officer and gives the order to move out. Chiaki asks the former Warmaster what happened between them and how she can still consider her a friend. Kharn answers that it doesn't matter anymore and that she has accepted her fate, having no reason to remember when Chiaki has already forgotten. The only important thing is that she enjoyed their time together. She also mentions a mutual departed friend, but refuses to speak of it any more at that point. They talk about hunting, coming upon the month old remains of a skier killed by bears, impaled on a tree before eaten alive. Chiaki asks about the argument with misaka earlier, but Kharn refuses to speak of it. In return, she tells her that her glasses were a present from Chiaki herself before she left active duty. The hunting party stops, ahead of schedule, and Kharn gives out commands to the soldiers. Aparantly a magical girl has shown up, leading a horde of bears, and killed the advance group. She recommends having Misaka and Midori brought back to the base, earning a stream of russian swearing from the young engineer. She tells Chiaki to decide as Warmaster, complimenting her on how well she handles Misaka. She mentions how it is nostalgic to be put against an army with just three people, handing Midori her rifle with a short explanation on its use. She manifests her soul gem, exclaiming that she will have her last swordfight and that she will be taking the enemies skull. When they find the gory remains of the advance party, crimson fire briefly lights up in front of her left eye before she states that the enemy is further up north, spitting a small amount of blood. She prefers taking her target head on, but leaves the choice to Chiaki, amused at being ordered to take up flanking for once. She tells Chiaki to use their old battle cry as the signal to charge and that she should not shoot the good parts of the bears so they can salvage their meat. Some minutes later she arrives at a clearing, takes a hiding spot and waits for Chiaki. When the new Warmaster utters the agreed words, Kharn engages Mirai at blinding speed, her chainsword repeatedly meeting her opponents massive blade. An attempt to assault Kharn with a bear is made short of by the russian cutting it right through. A moment later Mirai manages to injure Kharns leg, but is cut into her side and tries to escape. Kharn tells her to get back, a cold laugh in her voice, and gives chase until finally taking her skull. She contacts Chiaki, stating her current location and examines her prize until the new Warmaster arrives with Midori, telling them that the fight did not satisfy her. She tells them to enjoy their opponents final gift, the warmth of her burning corpse, asking Midori to write the name of her prey on the skull since she is bad with japanese writing herself. She tells Chiaki that reinforcements are on the way and that she retrieved Mirais soul gem for interrogation. She then notices Chiakis eyes being tainted and asks if she used a golden weapon. She tells Chiaki not to touch them anymore until after the treatment, making Midori promise to watch over her, and assures that Souji and herself will fix Chiaki. When asked about the details, Kharn says that the first procedure is simple but temporary, and if it doesn't work, a second one will change Chiaki, looking at her own metal hands, refusing to say any more. The procedure will be the first thing the next day, and Chiaki should spend the night in someones arms as she might not wake up for a month afterwards. Back at the base, Kharn grills the bear meat while Chiaki and Midori rest in their room. When Chiaki approaches her, Kharn decides to tell her a story about their shared past.

Trivia

• Kharn's character design is based on Black Gold Saw from Black Rock Shooter.
• Kharn is a reference to Kharn the Betrayer, avatar of the blood god Khorne from Warhammer 40k. She shares some character traits with him, as well as the choice of weapon.
• The name Valnikov is likely a reference to Andrei Valnikov from Black Marble, a cop who partnered up with a no-nonsense woman plagued by nightmares, much like Chiaki.
• She has an insatiable apetite for takoyaki.

Gallery

Art by Deculture

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  Research Assistant Kharn

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  Kharn as Warmaster of the Ninth

Art by Nicehatguy

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