Kelpas

Kelpas is a supporting tritagonist in March Story.

Appearance
Kelpas is a anthropomorphic beaver with a bandanna wrapped around curly hair and village winter garb.

Pre-Story
How she became a Ill is unknown, but years prior to the main story, she discovered a baby abandoned in the woods and decided to adopt the child as her son.

History
She first appeared in town to find a suitable woman for her son to marry. Seeing through March's male disguise, she saw her as a suitable candidate and kidnapped her, taking her to her home in the woods. However, when March and Rodin escaped thanks to Jake they met with her son and formed a plan to put a stop to her. They faked his kidnapping to lure her back to town. She entered in a cooking contest against Belma to win her son back, but she knew she should stop being overbearing and let him go, but ruining the food wasn't the right way to do it. She won the contest, but let her son choose a wife on his own. Unbeknownst to her however, her son had already met a girl and asked her to marry him, making her quite happy.

Afterwords she was allowed to live by the Ciste Vihad and visits Belma's restaurant quite often, but it mostly ended up with his food getting criticized.

She makes a appearance in a special chapter at the end of the volume when Belma had found special truffles for a dish, but she then explained they were poisonous and caused death if not treated.

She didn't show up again until the after-story of the final chapter with Belma. She introduced him to her grandchildren's nanny, Yovell, in the hopes that they would get along and he would get over his feelings for March. It worked to her surprise and she left them content.

Ill
It is unknown where and what kind of Ill possessed her but it appears to be one of the less volatile ones in the story.

Abilities
Anthropomorphism- After becoming possessed the normal beaver gained the abilities of a human.

Beaver Tail- During battle she is able to increase the size of her tail and use it as a smashing weapon.

Master Cooking- A natural skill. She is a master chef and isn't afraid to show up others, especially Belma.

Trivia

 * She is the only Ill to be allowed to live by the Ciste Vihad.
 * Her usual name for Belma is "Meathead".
 * She is the second person, after Jake, to learn of March's true gender.