Thalia Atlai (74-M)
"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
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 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
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 mistake her to be middle school-aged despite being fifteen years old. 74 possesses medium-length length choppy brown hair that sits at neck level, and grey eyes. However, the color of her hair and irises change depending on the mission to blend in with her surroundings. 74 is said to constantly have a stern and serious look on her face, which is indicative of her pragmatic, no-nonsense personality.
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.
Personality
74-M: Call me a loli one more time and we can save 76-M the trouble of severing your genitals.
Aaron: Sorry ma'am.
Befitting the Chief of the SFA Muon Regiment, 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".
74 is willing to proceed forward with her missions no matter what harm befalls her. 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. However, this 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.
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.