"I'm Kursk, a hunter from the snowy tundras of the North... That's too brief? Ugh, what a waste of time... I hate socializing. If you want to get along with me, then keep your distance."
★★★★★★
Super Rare

Cover artwork by kaki_z3 (Pixiv) / Skin artworks by hermmot (Twitter)

—— SN Kursk — Lone Wolf of the Snowstorm ——

Class: Heavy Cruiser (Project X-class)
Faction: Northern Parliament
Rarity: Super Rare
Height: 168 cm

/// Kursk is the Northern Parliament's Project X heavy cruiser, a design that never left the drawing board, a ship built entirely from potential. She carries this origin without irony. A weapon that existed only as blueprints has become, in practice, one of the most damaging heavy cruisers in the fleet.

She leads the Wolf Unit. She prefers to work alone. These two facts coexist without contradiction because the Northern Parliament had the good sense to build an entire unit around what she already was rather than ask her to be something else.

She arrived at the port with her owl and without announcement. She assessed the fleet. She identified what she would be doing here. She has not fully explained why she has stayed as long as she has. The owl seems satisfied with the arrangement. The Commander has not asked for an explanation. She finds this acceptable. ///

"Lone Wolf Amid the Steam" is a skin that answers one question nobody thought to ask: what does Kursk look like when she has decided to stop moving for an hour? The answer is a white towel, damp from the steam of a dark-stone onsen pool, silver hair loose, wolf ears slightly flattened from the heat, legs extended into the water, a sake bottle already handled on the stone ledge beside her.

She has returned to this hot spring three times since the first visit. She has not told anyone, including about the first time. Her expression in this skin is the softest she gets, not warm exactly, but the default severity is entirely absent, replaced by something quiet and completely at rest. The owl, apparently, delivered mail.

"Beauty and the Hunter" is a skin that establishes something important: Kursk is fully capable of elegance when she decides the situation has earned it. A deep navy qipao with gold dragon embroidery, white lace underlayer visible at the slit, seated in a deep red velvet armchair with a vintage telephone held to her ear, fireworks going off through the window behind her in the dark. The wolf ears are still there. The tail is visible behind the chair. The rigging arm holds a folded paper plane.

She is mid-conversation on that telephone. Her expression is focused and faintly amused, the closest she comes to openly entertained. Whatever she is saying, it is landing. The paper plane was folded by the Commander. She kept it. She has not mentioned this.

-Links:
- Kursk Wiki Link
- kaki_z3's Pixiv (Cover Art)
- hermmot's Twitter (Skin and Official Artworks)
- Azur Lane Official Twitter

Comic #191

(Any feedback or new introduction ideas are appreciated, enjoy!)