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| caption = Black Legion Outer Shadow<br />Rank 42<br />"M74 of SFA-Muon"
| name = Tactical War Doll<br /> 74-M
| player = Darwin
| class = Tactical Ranged DPS
| R&D = Science and Arms
| level = Elite Tier A+ Rank
| occupation = Outer Shadow (Reporting to Inner Shadow Slipstream)<Br /> Chief of the SFA-Muon Company<br /> Student (Azure All Girls Academy, Formerly)
| realname = 74-M (Repurposed)<br />Thalia Atlai (Formerly)
| aliases = 74-M<Br /> Outer Shadow M74<br /> Seven Four<br /> Thalia (By Aaron)
| identity = Secret
| species = Tactical War Doll (Current)<br /> Human (Formerly)
| age = 15
| height = 5'2"
| weight = 91 lb
| eyes = Grey (Natural)<br /> Various (Depending on mission)
| hair = Brown (Natural)<br /> Various (Depending on mission)
| bloodtype = Confidential
| birthplace = Confidential
| birthdate = Confidential
| nationality = Condidential
| residence = SFA Muon Barracks
| faith = Confidential
| languages = English, Various other languages
| orientation = Lesbian
| marital = Single
| relatives = Unnamed Deceased Parents
| powers = Tactical War Doll Android Physiology: Superhuman Strength, Speed, Durability, Reflexes, and Dexterity
| abilities = Master Tactical Fighter, Military Commander, Marksmanship, Weapons Specialist, Rifle Proficiency, Hand to Hand Combatant
| equipment = AK-47<Br /> Various Semi-Automatic Rifles<br /> Various Sidearms<br /> Grenades<br /> Appearance Modifying Tools<Br /> Protective Gear
| footnotes = 74-M is a character from Darwin's Great Akuma Universe
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"''Your skillset shines in a solo act. But as an Outer Shadow, you are responsible for your allies. If you cannot lead your subordinates, then you should not have them.''"

- Seven Four to Aaron Hope
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'''Tactical War Doll 74-M''', or '''Seven Four''', formerly known as '''Thalia Atlai''' prior to having her body rebuilt, is an Outer Shadow serving the '''Black Legion Organization''', and is the Chief Tactical War Doll of the Special Forces Aggression (SFA) Muon Company, a group of specialized super-cybernetic soldiers serving '''Inner Shadow Jay "Slipstream" Hellion'''. In the Black Legion, Seven Four is assigned the codename '''Outer Shadow M74'''. During the events of '''Beyond the Gods II''', Seven Four was responsible for overseeing and mentoring '''Aaron Hope''' in the art of military warfare and coordination in a combat cell.

Highly strategic, intelligent, and pragmatic for a girl her age, Seven Four's upbringing has shaped her into an extremely lethal fighter, with her specialization being in rifle proficiency and general firearms combat. After having her body incinerated by '''Inner Shadow Evangelion''', the young soldier was given a cybernetic body as a replacement, turning her into a super soldier, accompanied by an array of superhuman physical abilities. However, Seven Four's main strength lies in her ability to coordinate with the rest of the girls in SFA-Muon to launch incredibly complex and flawless strategies to the point where the unit is capable of taking down '''Outer Shadow Dainsleif''', who is considered the strongest Outer Shadow currently active in the entire Black Legion. 

In the Black Legion, Seven Four's combat prowess has given her the rating of '''Elite Tier A+ Ranked''', making her a proficient soldier even amongst Outer Shadows.

Seven Four, along with the rest of her battle sisters in SFA-Muon are also avid shoppers of '''Greer & Harlick''''s designer brand clothes. However, the Outer Shadow keeps this fact strictly confidential, with Aaron Hope being the only man in the company to have discovered this quality of hers. Aaron would later leak this information to PRIMUS in exchange for 200,000 Globals, a '''Therakiel's Sword''' cosmetic, and an '''Inborn Tenacity''' device, causing a furious Seven Four to punish Aaron by kicking him out of the residence and sleeping outside for a week.

==Appearance==
[[File:74m 001.png | 270px | 74-M with brown contacts | thumb | left]]
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'''''Attacker 1''': Shoot the leader! <Br />''
'''''Attacker 2''': Which one's the leader? <br />''
'''''Attacker 1''': The... one with the... brown... and green... damn it they all look the same!''

- Enemy fighters unable to differentiate 74-M from the rest of the Dolls in her squad
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74-M is depicted to be a tomboyish young girl in her teenage years with a petite and short build. Standing approximately 5 foot 2 inches, the War Doll is said to have a youthful appearance, causing Aaron to mistaken her for a middle schooler in her younger years despite being fifteen years old. 74 possesses medium-length length choppy brown hair that sits at neck level, and grey eyes. 

The color of 74's hair and irises vary depending on the mission to blend in with her surroundings. The War Doll has dyed her hair in a myriad of colors from dirt brown, to asphalt black, to even platinum blonde in response to battlefields covered in ashes from firefights. The irises of her eyes vary greatly in missions through dozens of contact lenses and can vary from her original grey to blue, to green, and a variety of other colors to keep enemies from being able to differentiate and coordinate target attacks in a multiple Doll cell.

When 74 was first introduced, the War Doll sported a military helmet, a vest, a pair of high socks, and a schoolgirl skirt, complete with a blouse. However, on normal occasions, 74 wears a military green t-shirt and baggy pants along with a military kevlar vest that houses numerous grenades and ammunition.

74 is said to constantly have a stern and serious look on her face, which is indicative of her pragmatic, no-nonsense personality.

==Personality==
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'''''74-M:''' Call me a loli one more time and we can save 76-M the trouble of severing your genitals.'' <br /> 
'''''Aaron:''' Sorry ma'am.''
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Befitting the Chief of the SFA Muon Regiment and a tactical operative-based Outer Shadow, 74 upholds a strict, stern, and strong militaristic attitude toward her peers and surroundings, commanding respect from her allies. 74's interactions have, for the most part, been professional and surface-level, as she believes knowing any more about both herself and her peers is considered "unnecessary".
[[File:74-merciless.jpg | thumb | left | 260px | Outer Shadow M74 mercilessly kills a Fury mother]]

74 is willing to proceed forward with her missions no matter what harm befalls her, and no matter who her enemy is. To some extent, the Chief War Doll seemingly also remained calm when her own comrades were captured during the Vessel's Attack on their base, showing her ability to objectively and logically assess her situations no matter how stressful they may appear to be. 74's willingness to do whatever is necessary also extends to her morality - similarly to the rest of her brethren, 74-M shows little to no hesitation in taking lives. This degree of coldheartedness left behind a noticeable sense of unease among other Outer Shadows, namely '''Outer Shadow Dainsleif''', who found 74's killer instinct to be disturbing; an example of this is one of SFA-Muon's "Clean House" operations, where 74 shot a pregnant Fury without hesitation. However, despite this, it is noted that 74's composure would break at times if lethal harm came to the people she cared about, as such when '''Tactical War Doll 77-M''' was killed before her very eyes by the Vessel '''Loki'''. 74 also froze, seemingly overwhelmed with emotion when 77-M's sister, 78-M snapped at the Chief War Doll after witnessing 77's death.

Later on in the story, 74 begins to open up about her feelings to Aaron, revealing that she is aware of her shortcomings as a War Doll to the SFA Company and expresses a desire to become as strong as Jay Hellion's strongest Outer Shadow, '''Tactical War Doll 0-A'''. 74 claimed that to her, strength meant to keep marching forward as a real soldier would, no matter what challenges, be it physical, mental, or psychological came her way, implying that her views on strength translated greatly to emotional numbness. Aaron would rebuke this belief, reinforcing the idea that, unlike Zero-A, Seven Four possessed a quality that made him choose her over any other Outer Shadow in Hellion's Ranks, which was her ability to care about the Dolls that served under her even in the heat of battle. Aaron's claim would also be proven correct after 74 shielded the Outer Shadow with her own body, letting herself be hit by the Vessel '''Jekyll''''s bullets, and once again when 74 made the decision to charge and withstand '''Inner Shadow Evangelion''''s Stage Four Hinokami Flame to confirm the presence of his core - despite the potency of the flame being strong enough to send SS Ranked '''Auxiliary Shadow Hellsing''' unconscious.

Despite 74's general seriousness, there are instances where the War Doll becomes noticeably emotional, especially when Zero-A is brought up. Whenever she is near the Ace Outer Shadow, Seven Four becomes noticeably more on-edge, doing her absolute best to try to impress A0 to the point where any chance that could cause her reputation to dip just a little would result in a comedic freakout. As evidenced when Aaron accidentally blurted out that 74 could have been the mole amongst the ranks in front of Zero-A and the rest of the Outer Shadows, Seven Four lost composure and yelled at her fellow Outer Shadow. It has been confirmed by 75-M that Seven Four harbors romantic feelings for Zero-A, though believes she has yet to "deserve her" and must prove herself before she can confess her feelings.

Seven Four greatly dislikes being called a "loli" by Aaron, implying that the War Doll prefers to be seen as a woman as opposed to a girl. Of course, despite being aware of this, Aaron continues to joke about the rest of the Tactical War Dolls (Seven Four included) being lolis or little children, and their commanding Inner Shadow, Jay Hellion, as a "lolicon". When Seven Four learned that Aaron had uploaded a video on the Black Legion Secure Internet titled '''Jay Hellion being a borderline pedophile with his teenage female Outer Shadows for sixteen minutes and forty-two seconds''', the War Doll responded with great disappointment for her colleague. However, it is hinted that 74 was aware of Aaron's intent to help her with Wall Patrol and Cleaning Duty and shouldering the shame of insubordination alongside her, for which she was grateful.

==Background==
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"''War makes you mature fast. Maybe my opinion isn't very well received by what is expected from me, but when you're forced to mature so fast, something always ends up breaking. And that is what's happened to all of us. Something is wrong with us.''"

- Tactical War Doll 78-M
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Before becoming an Outer Shadow, 74-M lived her life as '''Thalia Atlai''', an ordinary girl who attended '''Azure All Girls Academy'''. Not much is known about Thalia's parents, however, it was surmised that Thalia lived an ordinary life and was an average student. It was later learned in a flashback that Thalia knew Zero-A back when she went by the name '''Alice Azure''', and greatly looked up to Alice as her fellow classmate was the valedictorian of her year.
[[File:Thalia-atlai 001.jpg | thumb | left | 200px | Thalia Atlai, prior to becoming a Shadow to the Black Legion Organization]]

The turning point in Thalia's life started with the discovery of Alice's true nature - a '''Vessel of Vala'''. As Alice seemingly was born into a perfect family, with loving, wealthy parents, perfect grades, perfect looks, and athleticism, '''Vala, The Ancient Spirit of Hope''' would choose Alice to become her '''Heart''', causing the young girl to become a target of '''The Black Legion Organization''' who opposed Vala. In response to this discovery, The Black Legion would send '''Inner Shadow Evangelion''' to eliminate Vala's Heart by any means necessary. 

During the events of Evangelion's arrival to Thalia's world, the Inner Shadow was accompanied by '''Outer Shadow Jay "Slipstream" Hellion''', and the pair wreaked havoc in the world, with Jay destroying the world's superheroes, defenders, and military, while Evangelion would target the parents by incinerating and lobotomizing them with his '''Hinokami'''. The delirious parents of the Academy invaded the school, now under the paranoid belief that Evangelion was a god who needed sacrifices. The parents would attempt to sacrifice their children to appease Evangelion, leading to a twelve-year-old Thalia and the rest of the schoolgirls locking themselves in their respective classrooms and gyms to try to protect themselves from their own parents.

As the parents continued to try to break into the gymnasium, Thalia, along with Alice and several other girls began to enter a panic, realizing they were moments away from being crucified by their own loved ones. While Thalia and Alice tried to reassure the girls, the door finally barged open, with a piece of a broom that was used to jam the door piercing and slicing Alice's eye out. The man responsible would be Alice's father, the headmaster of Azure Academy, revealed to have been a reanimated corpse, burning with the fires of the Hinokami. Alice's father reasoned that all he needed was her and that as long as Alice was to be sacrificed, the other girls could go free. 

In an attempt to try to save the rest of the girls, Alice devised a lie to convince everyone that it was she who lured the Demon into their world, the Demon being Inner Shadow Evangelion after the Inner Shadow was revealed to be a '''Primordial Demon'''. Alice claimed that it was because she hated the idea that everyone expected her to be perfect just because of her circumstances, that she felt the need to summon a being strong enough to breach the defenses of their world - a Primordial. By doing so, the chaos and destruction, along with everything that had happened to everyone's parents was her fault. Enraged at Alice, the girls allowed the valedictorian to stay behind and be sacrificed by the parents - however, one person saw through Alice's lie: Thalia. Thalia would reluctantly leave Alice to be crucified, running in the opposite direction and hearing the screams of the girl she loved that would haunt her for years to come.
[[File:Thalia-trauma 001.jpeg | thumb | right | 270px | Inner Shadow Evangelion incinerates Thalia's parents before her very eyes]]

While on the run, a guilt-ridden Thalia would spend months along with other survivors of the Azure Academy and learn to defend herself until Alice returned, going under the new name '''0-A'''. It was revealed that in an attempt to try to save the girls, Evangelion's subordinate Outer Shadow, '''Jason "Slipstream" Hellion''' attempted a wager in exchange for their freedom, at the cost of their eternal servitude. However, because Hellion was unable to win the wager, Evangelion forced the girls to serve the Black Legion Organization under Slipstream's command. Overjoyed that Alice had survived, Thalia accepted her offer to join Slipstream's ranks and learn the art of military warfare.

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"''I was forced to choose the life of my classmates or my parents. He wanted to mold me into a soldier, and I was so terrified because of my love for both that I could not make that decision. Ultimately, it was because of my fear that caused my parents to be incinerated alive. I've lived with this my whole life, that guilt, that pain.''"

- 74-M
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Despite being part of Slipstream's ranks, the young girl along with the rest of the Azure Academy students was not let off easy; the girls were all subjected to Slipstream and Evangelion's brutal training regime. Realizing that Alice and the girls still held onto their morals, Evangelion forced each Auxiliary Shadow prospect to choose between killing or having their parents, who were still reanimated under Evangelion's flame destroyed permanently. Many of the girls would choose their parents, however, in Thalia's case, due to her admiration for Alice and survivor's guilt from letting her father crucify her, caused her to hesitate in making the decision. Thalia would watch in horror as Evangelion would incinerate her parents before her very eyes. Evangelion would follow up by incinerating Thalia herself, along with the girls for their inability to serve as proper soldiers.
[[File:74-m-expressionless 001.jpeg | thumb | left | 250px | Thalia's colder personality after being repurposed into a cybernetic War Doll]]

With Thalia and the rest of the girls burnt to ashes, a grief-stricken Jay Hellion turned to '''Inner Shadow Gasket''', begging the Inner Shadow to rebuild the girls and have them serve as true soldiers for Inner Shadow Evangelion. Gasket, taking pity in the Outer Shadow, responded by creating artificial bodies to house the souls of all the children of Azure Academy and transforming them into cybernetic super soldiers. Evangelion, having learned of this, would allow the newly formed "Tactical War Dolls" to serve Hellion under one single rule: to serve as true soldiers. From that day forth, the Tactical War Dolls of the SFA Company would serve Jason Hellion, with insubordination answering directly to Evangelion. By having all the girls rebuilt as cybernetic soldiers, all chances of Alice or any of the girls becoming hosts for the Spirit of Hope would be eliminated entirely, fulfilling Evangelion's mission.

After being rebuilt, Thalia's personality had become noticeably colder and more merciless. Realizing that her body was no longer human, the War Doll concluded that though she was alive, her soul was not and that moving forward, she would continue with her quest to become a soldier for not just Hellion's sake, but also Zero-A's sake. Abandoning her name, Thalia would go by the codename given to her by Zero-A, '''74-M''', with 74 being the seventy-fourth War Doll recruited to the SFA, and M standing for '''Muon''', the company that she would lead in the distant future. Seven Four would continue on with numerous military campaigns, from fighting against enemy soldiers from other worlds to entire armies, building up her reputation and achievements and eventually becoming a Chief Tactical Doll for SFA-Muon. 

When Jason Hellion was promoted to Inner Shadow, all the Chief War Dolls were promoted to Outer Shadows. Thalia would also be assigned a second codename: '''M74''', which would associate her with the rest of the Outer Shadows in the Black Legion Organization.

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