Pardofelis

Biodata

Power Progression

Pardofelis’s documented gains consist of an accidental transformation, system rewards, and equipment upgrades rather than successive cultivation realms.

Background / History

Life on Dusk Street

Before joining Fire Moth, Pardofelis lived without a permanent home on Dusk Street, slept alongside stray cats, and supported herself by selling scavenged goods. She also stole merchandise, later recognizing similarities between her old lifestyle and that of a phantom thief. Despite her poverty, she remembered this period fondly for its freedom, afternoon naps, and time spent with cats 102 103 110.

Believing that Apponia’s sanatorium was imprisoning children, she dismantled its gates, took them as merchandise, and entertained the children as Dusk Street’s “little sprite.” She stopped interfering after Apponia explained that the patients were ill and needed protective restrictions. Pardofelis also anonymously supplied the sanatorium with goods bought from her own limited savings 153 154.

Accidental Recruitment into Fire Moth

After the Tenth Herrscher incident, Pardofelis used a document and a change of clothes to enter Fire Moth, intending to acquire stock for her stall. Someone mistook her for an overdue volunteer and escorted her to an operating room. She expected interrogation but instead underwent Hypermutation Surgery, waking with additional ears on her head 110.

Fire Moth discovered the impersonation afterward but retained her because the surgery had succeeded where many volunteers had died. Once her poor fighting ability became apparent, she was assigned relatively easy logistics work 110.

She eventually became the thirteenth Flame-Chaser. Although she habitually avoided battle, her companions recalled that she opened a door during the battle on the moon without hesitation, creating an opportunity for the others 16 281.

Arrival in Death Space

Already dead at the novel’s opening, Pardofelis initially panics at the prospect of facing the Herrscher of Corruption again. She briefly becomes defiant after reasoning that both of them are already ghosts, then turns her attention to a valuable-looking treasure chest 1.

The chest is empty and traps her inside. Elysia rescues her, and Eden later consoles her with a blue gemstone. Pardofelis is one of Death Space’s three founding arrivals 1 2 52.

Appearance

Pardofelis has feline features resulting from Hypermutation Surgery 109 110 261.

• Cat ears: Her ears visibly droop when she is frightened 109.
• Cat tail: Helps her balance, land from flips, and retrieve food 29 58.
• Temporary rainbow coloring: Elysia and Canned Food dye her hair and tail during a prank 157.
• Dream appearance: The Herrscher of Corruption’s idealized dream depicts her without a tail, reflecting her longing for her pre-surgery life 261.

Personality

Pardofelis is openly money-loving, comfort-seeking, and reluctant to work harder than necessary. Her preferred future is to sleep in the sun on a pile of gold coins with free food. She calls stealing “restocking” or “procuring stock,” eagerly markets expensive goods, and abandons ambitions when they sound exhausting—unless a salary changes her mind 48 94 103 303 304.

Her contentment is less extravagant than her salesmanship suggests. The dream constructed for her by the Herrscher of Corruption contains a dilapidated church, rain, and a small stall: a modest life she considers sufficient. She treats Dusk Street’s stray cats as family and accepts overtime to support them 109 110 261.

She is genuinely afraid of pain, combat, and death, but fear does not prevent her from helping people she loves. During the Elysian Realm crisis, she opposes infighting and volunteers to investigate. Her eventual sacrifice grows from loyalty to Elysia and Vill-V, and from her determination not to repeat the helplessness and regret she felt after Sakura’s death 188 192 207 264.

Abilities & Skills

Intelligence Gathering and Tracking

Elysia identifies Pardofelis as the Flame-Chasers’ best intelligence gatherer, while Pardofelis considers finding people and objects her strongest specialty 5 123.

• Maintains an extensive information network through her Elysian Realm shop, though Raven initially falls outside it 123.
• Quickly searches the Elysian Realm’s side paths and shortcuts for Eden 188 192.
• Discovers evidence of Vill-V killing Kevin, making her investigative talent a danger to the culprit 303.
• Receives responsibility for investigating embezzlement, infiltrators, and useful internal information at Fire Moth 304.

Stealth, Agility, and Escape

Her natural balance is supplemented by system-granted stealth equipment and movement skills 29 48.

• Uses her tail to stabilize flips and landings 29.
• Performs a midair backflip to recover from slipping, although the system’s repeated-slipping punishment still disrupts her movement 97.
• Combines invisibility and lightness skills for covert “restocking” 48 58.
• Evades unwanted training so effectively that Kevin finds catching her more time-consuming than training her 302.
• Does not master Essentials of Aura Concealment: she finds the manual incomprehensible and puts it in her shop 191 192.

Exceptional Luck

Pardofelis repeatedly credits her survival to luck rather than strength 4 16.

• Becomes a Fusion Warrior through a chain of misunderstandings and survives the dangerous surgery 109 110.
• Often escapes hazards that her poor combat ability would not otherwise let her overcome 207.
• Her luck has limits: it cannot save her Memory Body from Kevin’s full-power strike while she maintains the passage 264.

Signet and Unusual Travel Methods

As Pardofelis of Reverie, she can offer Mei her Signet and possesses concealed methods for navigating the Elysian Realm 123 124.

• Gives Mei her Signet while accompanying her search for Raven and Canned Food 123.
• Arranges an exit for Mei and Raven, asking them to close their eyes and cover their ears to protect her trade secret 124.
• Later uses Thousand Worlds, drawing on spatial authority to open a route from within the Herrscher of Corruption 263.
• Cannot sustain the oversized wormhole unattended; remaining to power it places her directly in Kevin’s attack path 263 264.

Combat Limitations

Pardofelis is a genuine Fusion Warrior but consistently acknowledges that fighting is not her specialty 16 338.

• Declines Fu Hua’s offer to teach her Taixu Swordplay 48.
• Cannot contribute meaningfully to a direct battle against the Herrscher of Corruption without a special tool or supporting role 261 264.
• Becomes considerably more confident after receiving Vill-V’s armor, though her claims about challenging powerful Honkai Beasts are not demonstrated victories 331 338.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

Major Equipment

• Invisibility Cloak — Enables stealth and limited perceptual deception. It does not protect her tail from Chakravartin’s flames 29 58.
• Protective Soft Armor — Exceptionally durable defensive clothing. Pardofelis declares that she will wear it around the clock and will not sell it 207.
• Thousand Worlds — The Second Divine Key used by her Memory Body to create the opening for Kevin’s attack. Pardofelis herself does not know how her counterpart obtained it 263 264.
• Second-generation automated armor — Vill-V’s prototype encloses her entire body and supplies operating instructions, automatic combat assistance, and continuous experimental feedback. Pardofelis finds it awkward to sleep in 331 338.

Shop Stock and Rewards

• Life Coins and Trial Versions — Valuable merchandise offering opportunities to revisit the eras outside Death Space. Pardofelis sells a Life Coin to Chakravartin and later uses one herself to return to Dusk Street 82 94 105 109.
• Essentials of Aura Concealment — A system-granted manual she shelves after failing to understand it 191 192.
• Mysterious Canned Food — A large can awarded for correctly naming her Memory Body’s cat; described as containing treasure and a surprise for a curious cat 21.
• Irresistible Cat Food — Three portions awarded after she begins supporting the stray cats. Canned Food takes two portions to share at their shelter 109.
• Alchemical fish bait — Attracts anything defined as a fish. She puts it up as shop stock because Death Space has no fishpond 204.
• Whopperflower Nectar — Obtained through secret island trading; she later exchanges some with Cosmo for a Growth Potion 205 246.
• Eden’s gemstones and valuables — Gifts and goods from Eden make up much of her shop’s valuable stock 2 270.

Relationships

• Elysia — Her principal source of reassurance and affection. Elysia rescues, praises, teases, and comforts her; Pardofelis reciprocates by supporting Elysia after learning the pain behind her Herrscher identity. Refusing to abandon Elysia is central to her Memory Body’s final choice 1 262 264 272 273.
• Eden — Benefactor and financial supporter. Eden gives her gemstones, approves bringing the stray cats to Fire Moth, and supplies the money behind her overtime pay 2 109 110.
• Canned Food — Beloved cat companion and lookout during “restocking.” They frequently quarrel over food and Pardofelis’s schemes; using the cat as fishing bait earns her an especially fierce retaliation 123 204 214.
• Raiden Mei — Friend and investigative partner. Pardofelis asks for friendship rather than silver coins as payment for finding Raven, gives Mei her Signet, and later joins her investigation. Mei holds her fading Memory Body after it is attacked 123 192 207.
• Vill-V — Friend, supplier, and frequent prankster. Vill-V improves the cat shelter, appoints her an unwitting armor test subject, and entrusts her Memory Body with the final spatial link in the anti-corruption plan 111 263 264 331.
• Kevin — Respected as “Boss Kevin.” His attempts to train her are frustrated by her evasiveness, but he recognizes her suitability for intelligence work 302 304.
• Sakura — A companion whose death leaves Pardofelis deeply guilt-ridden. Her memory helps motivate Pardofelis to act rather than leave herself with further regrets 264.
• Apponia — Initially mistaken by Pardofelis for a captor of the sanatorium’s children. Apponia explains the restrictions and later reveals Pardofelis’s anonymous generosity 153 154.
• Chakravartin — A powerful companion she calls “Brother Jie.” His outbursts repeatedly ignite her tail when she approaches to acquire stock 58.
• Mobius — “Sister Snake,” whom Pardofelis fears and regards as vastly stronger than herself. Mobius also explains Canned Food’s unusual existence within the Elysian Realm 22 109 123.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Merchant and Quiz Participant

• Correctly identifies her Memory Body’s cat as Canned Food, despite not having deliberately stored a cat in the Elysian Realm 21.
• Wins rewards that improve her mobility and safety, while also suffering penalties: one day of slipping every three steps and the loss of a month’s shop earnings 29 48 97 207 214.
• Turns rare system rewards into merchandise, including Life Coins that other Flame-Chasers value for the chance to address past regrets 94 105.

Stray-Cat Shelter and Council Work

• Uses a Life Coin to revisit Dusk Street and bring its stray cats to Fire Moth with Eden’s approval 109.
• Establishes a shelter near the base and accepts overtime to cover their food and housing, despite her dislike of work 109 110 111.
• Struggles with the duties of the Thirteen Flame-Chasers Council, whose structure is intended to prevent the internal divisions that damaged the original Fire Moth 109.

Elysian Realm Disappearances

• Her Memory Body emerges from hiding to discourage the Flame-Chasers from turning against one another after Elysia’s and Kevin’s data disappear 188.
• Completes Eden’s search of the shortcuts, then joins Mei and Vill-V rather than wait helplessly for the culprit to strike again 192.
• Discovers traces identifying Vill-V as Kevin’s killer and is fatally attacked. Mei reaches her while her body is already fading 207 303.

Final Passage Against the Herrscher of Corruption

• Su encounters her inside an idealized Dusk Street dream. Her missing tail signals that she has already been corrupted, although she retains enough of herself to help him search for Kevin 260 261.
• Vill-V’s projection explains that a backdoor preserved her sense of self and leaves the decision to act entirely to her 263.
• Pardofelis opens an outward passage with Thousand Worlds, but the wormhole begins shrinking when she tries to leave 263.
• She returns to sustain it, knowingly remaining in the path of Kevin’s full-power strike. Her choice is driven by trust, affection, and her refusal to leave more regrets 264.
• After watching the sacrifice, Himeko and Durandal affirm that courage and loyalty—not overwhelming strength—make her worthy of being a Flame-Chaser 264.

Detective Appointment and Armor Testing

• Inspired by Fu Hua’s detective exploits, Pardofelis proposes becoming a detective, then withdraws when she hears about the sleepless work involved 303.
• Elysia nevertheless secures her appointment to investigate Fire Moth’s internal affairs. Pardofelis enthusiastically accepts once she learns the position pays 304.
• Vill-V later supplies her with automated armor, substantially increasing her confidence while collecting prototype performance data 331 338.

Notable Quotes

“Rather than regret doing nothing, I’d rather do something and regret it afterward.” 192

“Why can’t we just leave the hero stuff to the heroes? I’m only an ordinary person!” 264

“Yeah. With Sister Elysia and Sister Vill-V counting on me, how could I leave?” 264

Trivia

• Canned Food originated unexpectedly: Pardofelis fell asleep during Elysian Realm data collection and woke to discover an extra cat in her data. Mobius described it in terms of a memory projection or manifestation of mental space 22.
• She identifies wealth by smell: While trapped in the treasure chest, she recognizes Eden by the scent of her jewels 1.
• Her rank is not a numerical power level: Eden calls the Flame-Chaser rankings symbolic, although Pardofelis insists that she really is weaker than her companions 4 16.
• The summer-world counterpart has a separate living arrangement: She resides in the Golden Courtyard after Elysia brings her home from the street; the Death Space Pardofelis is alarmed by the prospect of paying its rent 205.