Chloe

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Chloe 72
Species/Race	Beastkin; rabbit beastman of the White-Ear Clan 72 84
Gender	Female
Affiliation	White-Ear Clan; later contracted as a guard for House Rosalind's caravan 72 190
Occupation/Role	Berserker; mercenary and caravan guard 170 190
Status	Active 190
First Appearance	Chapter 72

Background

Chloe comes from the White-Ear Clan of the Windrest Wasteland. She left home to gain experience and collect stories worth sharing with her younger siblings. Her early work is openly transactional: she accepts payment to help Milo because she needs coins for food, particularly carrots 72.

Although she initially conceals her Beastkin identity beneath a hood and mask, Chloe is highly protective of that identity. She recognizes that public knowledge of her heightened senses could expose her to black-market trafficking, and later objects when Celine dismissively calls her a rabbit rather than Beastfolk 84 174.

Appearance

Chloe is a small-framed rabbit beastwoman whose physical build conceals extraordinary strength. She commonly travels masked and hooded, wearing a dark green cloak and carrying an oversized double-bladed axe 75 84.

• Long, snowy-white ears, often concealed beneath her hood 84
• White fur along both cheeks and a twitching rabbit-like nose 84
• Dark red eyes 114
• Usually wears a mask to hide her Beastkin features 84
• Carries a double-bladed heavy axe nearly wider than her upper body 89
• Later wears a beast-bone ornament taken from a fallen rabbitfolk orc after performing a farewell rite 180

Personality

Chloe is blunt, practical, and unusually strict about agreements. She accepts Milo's three-silver commission without pretending altruism, but refuses a better offer from Rena because abandoning an existing contract would damage her reputation 72 84. She consistently distinguishes intuition from proof, refusing to present her suspicions about Rena as evidence despite personally knowing something is wrong 84 85.

Her directness is tempered by firm principles. Chloe believes that taking property merely because its owner is dead can still be wrong, takes only the crate of gold she considers hers after the Tree Spirit's defeat, and offers Yu Lingye repayment for saving her life 114. She is fiercely loyal to Beastfolk she has never met, returning to the Breathless Cavern to rescue imprisoned kin despite the danger 175.

In battle, Chloe can be aggressive and even exhilarated by a stronger opponent, but she is not reckless. She recognizes when corruption makes a Fallen Fragment too dangerous to seize, cooperates tactically with Yu Lingye against the Tree King, and resists Red Well's control collar long enough to avoid seriously harming Celine 110 112 171.

Abilities & Skills

Dual Martial Affinity

Chloe is a Berserker whose primary and secondary affinities are both Martial Affinity. This double specialization accounts for her extreme physical power and close-range fighting ability 170.

• Wields her massive axe one-handed and can cross much of an arena in a single charge 171
• Smashes through obstacles and heavily built opponents with overwhelming force 93 187
• Can break Soul Threads through raw strength, though Celine can still use them to redirect her movements temporarily 172
• Fought while her consciousness was suppressed by a control collar, retaining enough awareness to restrain lethal strikes against Celine 171 172

Enhanced Scent and Instinct

Chloe's sense of smell allows her to notice details that others miss.

• Detected that the woman posing as Rena lacked Mistrest Forest's scent and instead smelled of mud, rotting straw, and rats 72
• Sensed that Rena's identity and blood scent were false, though she acknowledged that scent alone was not proof 83 84
• Recognized the holy aura connecting Yu Lingye to the Unicorn even while trapped inside the Tree King's cocoon 114
• Detected Celine's disguises by scent 175
• Her tracking is less reliable in dense, scent-heavy environments such as Mistrest Forest 77

Ten-Thousand Weight

A heavy axe technique that dramatically increases the force of Chloe's strike.

• Obliterated a wall of thorns and roots blocking the Trade Route 93
• Split the Rotbone Broodmother's head and abdomen, collapsing part of the cavern wall 184

Beastblood Leap Strike

A leaping axe attack used against fortified targets.

• Destroyed the Crowned Tree King's branch barrier and opened a path for Yu Lingye's attack on its corrupted core 112
• Can be performed despite serious injury; Chloe ignored a bleeding shoulder wound immediately after using it 112

Caravan Combat

During the Trade Route, Chloe served first as Pathfinder and later as Head Guard. Her role centered on clearing obstacles, intercepting threats, and defending the group where its formation was weakest 102 108.

• Cleared dangerous terrain and root barriers ahead of the caravan 93 106
• Protected both the front and rear during the final escape from the Black Giant Python 108
• Later accepted paid work as a House Rosalind caravan guard 190

Equipment

• Double-bladed heavy axe — Chloe's primary weapon; used for obstacle clearing, close-quarters combat, and decisive finishing strikes 89 93
• Dark green cloak, hood, and mask — conceal her Beastkin identity while traveling among humans 75 84
• Beast-bone ornament — taken from a fallen rabbitfolk orc after Chloe's traditional farewell 180

Relationships

• Milo — Her first documented client. He pays her three silver coins to help expose the false Rena; Chloe protects and encourages him but refuses to replace evidence with her own suspicions 72 85.
• Yu Lingye / Rena — Initially suspects her disguise and negotiates a mutual-secret agreement with her. They cooperate to kill the Tree King, after which Chloe owes Yu Lingye “one and a half” favors 84 112 114.
• Celine — Later reunited with the same secretive ally under another face. Celine frees Chloe from Red Well's control collar; Chloe subsequently aids her investigation, convoy operation, and House Rosalind caravan 171 172 175 187 190.
• Reese — Respects his competence as Acting Merchant Leader and is shaken when he remains behind to delay the Black Giant Python 102 108.
• Norani — A reluctant companion in the Breathless Cavern. Chloe finds Norani excessively talkative but gradually treats her as an ally 180 184.
• White-Ear Clan and other Beastfolk — Chloe feels responsible for Beastfolk captives as kin, even when she has never met them 72 175.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Milo's Commission

Chloe meets Milo after his warning about Rena is dismissed. She confirms that Rena smells wrong, accepts three silver coins to help him, and proposes using the supposed Tree Spirit as a test of Rena's story 72. She joins the expedition under the false title of Lone Shadow Ranger, keeping her Beastkin identity hidden 75.

The Trade Route and Tree Spirit

Chloe discovers Han Jin's corpse after following a Unicorn, then becomes the group’s main suspect because of the timing. She rejects the accusation and demands evidence rather than coincidence 81 82. After confronting Rena privately, she accepts a deal limiting how she may assist Milo's investigation in exchange for carrots or a future commission 84 85.

She serves as Pathfinder and Head Guard through the Trade Route, clearing the way and defending the survivors 93 102. After the route collapses into chaos, Chloe assists Yu Lingye in exposing and defeating the corrupted Tree King. Yu Lingye saves her from a tree cocoon during the final battle 112 113.

Following the victory, Chloe takes only one agreed crate of gold and grants Yu Lingye one and a half favors: one for saving her, plus a half-favor credited to the Unicorn 114.

Red Well Escape

Chloe is captured after attempting to rescue caged Beastfolk from an underground life-extraction facility. Red Well fits her with a control collar that suppresses her will and compels her to fight as a condemned arena execution target 174 175.

Celine enters the execution match to free her. Chloe resists the collar's commands where possible, cooperates in exposing its three runes, and escapes through the arena's weakened floor once the collar is destroyed 171 172.

Breathless Cavern Investigation

After escaping, Chloe insists on returning for the captives because they are her kin. She guides Celine through Secret Alley's tunnels into the Breathless Cavern, where they uncover large-scale life extraction and Corruption Blight experimentation 175 176.

She fights corrupted corpses and the Rotbone Broodmother alongside Celine and Norani, destroys life-force conduits during their escape, and performs a Beastfolk farewell for a corrupted rabbitfolk orc 178 180 184.

House Rosalind Caravan

Chloe uses part of her remaining debt to help Celine claim six cargo trucks and seven Unicorn Camelbeasts, defeating four enforcers who try to seize the vehicles 187. She then accepts a paid commission as a guard for House Rosalind's Northern Route caravan, motivated by both her promise to Celine and a promised carrot feast 190.

Notable Quotes

“But cowards are not necessarily liars.” 72

“If I take money, I do the job.” 84

“I like gold coins, and I like carrots too. But if something doesn't belong to me, taking too much of it can burn my hands.” 114

Trivia

• Chloe's love of carrots is strong enough to influence her contracts, commissions, and willingness to transport a convoy 84 187 190.
• She dislikes being called a rabbit and insists that she is Beastfolk 174.
• When asked for her full name by Norani, Chloe answers only: “Chloe.” 180