Soko Naruma

Soko Naruma (Yaszumatti: そこ手致) is the Blessed Queen of Eiszura. She has also served in a number of other roles within Yaszuma, Raiyuna, Ashai, and the Northern Lights. Soko's politcal career started at the age of 15 as the third Tszunna (Queen) of Yaszuma from 1/2/30 Y.M. to 2/1/34 Y.M. She is a Kaszatti born to a peasant family during the reign of Yaszuma's first Tszunna, Matsumo Sakira. She's an efficient and experienced diplomat, mercenary, architect, and a cultural and artistic figurehead. 
After her reign as the Third Tszunna of Yaszuma, Soko died, but was resurrected six years later, becoming partly Poklatti. She was elected and served as the seventh Speaker of Raiyuna in the year 44 Y.M. After her term she became the Steward of Umakwa. Soko later gained the title of Governor of Kaszara, which she held simultaneously with Steward of Umakwa. On 6/1/53 Y.M., then King Hasufel Takanori appointed Soko as the Regent of Raiyuna to rule the nation in his absense. While Regent, Soko became an Officer within the mercenary group Aragotha. Throughout her long career, Soko has also published a number of highly popular world maps of Eldham through the Cartography Guild. 
== History ==
=== Childhood (15 - 30 Y.M.) ===
Soko was born on 6/3/15 Y.M. to her mother Yasira Naruma and father Kaszime Korike and assigned male at birth. She was a part of a peasant family in the small fishing village of Sochinaya within the Kaszara province. 
==== Life in Kaszara (15 - 23 Y.M.) ====
Soko's family, while caring, were often too occupied with their work as fishers to spend much time with the young girl. As such, she spent a lot of her free time exploring and playing around Sochinaya. This is how she met a young Umarín named Onneszu Esuka'anai when she was 6, who shared her passtime. Onneszu introduced Soko to a whole new culture she had never come across before in her small Kaszatti village. She became infatuated with the Umarín's ideas of gender expression and identity. Soko, who had been presenting male at this time, came to discover the immense joy she felt by instead presenting female. Onneszu encouraged Soko to experiment with different clothing and names, although no names stuck yet.
Soko's parents went missing suddenly in 22 Y.M., when she was only 7 years old. The nature behind her parents' disappearance is unknown to her to this day. Parts of the Naruma Clan believe that they were killed by spirits, which led to some members becoming exorcists. Soko suspected they may have simply abandoned her. These thoughts compounded over time and contributed to the trust issues and depression she would develop as she grew older.
Soko's home didn't have much food or wealth to offer, especially after her parents had been gone, so she wandered throughout her village aimlessly. She eventually drifted out of Sochinaya and walked north until she came across Naszehurai, a more vibrant and populous Kaszatti city. There, she was able to get by through stealing food from open stalls and sleeping on rooftops with campfires at night.
==== Life in Umakwa (23 - 30 Y.M.) ====
Onneszu was one of the highest ranking Umarín in formal education for their age, and one of the main candidates for Yaszuma's Twin Rule program. All the Tszunare needed was a future Tszunna to be taught alongside them. When Onneszu became aware of Soko's life situation, they introduced her to Second Tszunna Niszara Mayako in hopes of getting her back on her feet. Niszara pitied the young girl, yet admired her drive to live, and took her in.
Onneszu had introduced Soko to the Tszunna as a girl, but it wasn't long until Niszara discovered Soko's assigned gender. As her new mother, Niszara decided to pick out a new name for the young girl. She decided on Sokoro (援助), the Yaszumatti word for "support", shortened to Soko (そこ), as a reminder to not only help those less fortunate such as Soko herself, but to also rely on others' support of her. Just after Niszara gave Soko her new name, she decided the young girl would be raised with Onneszu with the intention of one day becoming the next Queen, many years later.
The Tszunna began to teach Soko proper ettiquete and gave her now adopted daughter a formal education with the Umarín scholars in the Tszukira district of Umakwa. The scholars taught her proper language, history, math, and science frequently within the palace or the Umakwa Library. The Queen also personally gave Soko personal lessons of the everyday tasks as a Queen including diplomacy and government with a heavy emphasis on putting culture and community first. Soko would begin attending government and diplomatic meetings with allies alongside Niszara as the Princess of Yaszuma. 
In the year 30 Y.M., Niszara was killed by bandits on a diplomatic trip within Seeker's End, an ally of Yaszuma. The goal of Niszara's trip was to help her ally integrate the squatters within their nation, however the squatters were completely unwilling to compromise. On her way back to Yaszuma after the meeting, squatter-affiliated bandits killed Niszara as a show of power to Seeker's End and Yaszuma. As a result, Seeker's End was forced to allow them to stay. 
Back in Yaszuma, news of the Queen's passing had struggled to stay within the palace. Soko was pushed to be coronated as the new Tszunna of Yaszuma that same year, and her reign abruptly began.
=== Third Tszunna of Yaszuma (30 - 34 Y.M.) ===
Forced into a position of great power without enough guidance, Soko was a far from perfect Queen for Yaszuma. Despite this, she had the drive to make the nation a better place, to lead Yaszuma into prosperity, and so she tried. 
==== The Northern Lights ====
The death of former Tszunna Niszara left the young new Queen with much dread for the safety of herself and of the nation as a whole. Yaszuma did not have a strong military and always kept to itself diplomatically, resulting in scarce allies. Soko sought to remedy these issues with a regional defensive military pact. She began talks of establishing the pact with King Flare of Varn Torum, an existing Yaszumatti ally. At the same time however, a neighbor of both Yaszuma and Varn Torum, Valesco, approached the two leaders and proposed their own idea of a defensive coalition against a common enemy. 
Valesco had found itself in the crosshairs of a Rathnir nation aiming to establish themselves in Katsura.
==== Death & Resurrection (34 - 40 Y.M.) ====
Soko chose to end her life off the coast of a small island in Kiruko due to the pains and stresses that had been haunting her since her late reign and resignation. She drowned herself, recalling a Poklatti folktale.
In 40 Y.M., six years after her death, a cult from Varn Torum resurrected Soko and gave her a second chance at life. The cult, including Varn Torum's High King Garrison Gargoyle, sought to use Soko. At first, she was discontent with living again, and returned to her depressive state. With enough time, though, she moved past her old sorrows, and returned to what was now Raiyuna Tszunare.
=== After Resurrection ===
Willing to start again, she slowly got back into governing her homeland. She learned from her past mistakes, and strictly focused on the well-being of her citizens. This proved fruitful for her, as she began slowly rising up government ranks.
In the year 43 Y.M., she ran for the position of Sákosze. She was elected the following year, and served her term for the year. She spent her term reorganizing government bureaucracy, and standardizing much of the nation's rusty accounting and documenting practices. She was given the position of Gupamo after the end of her term, and more importantly, the position of Katara of Umakwa. 
=== Personal Life ===
During a royal consort party sometime during her early reign, Soko met an ex-noble from Rathnir who had went to the party as a jester in order to earn enough money for food and rent. This man's name was Syudou Callypse. The jester impressed her with his tricks and the two began bonding shortly after, eventually agreeing to become engaged. 
Soko and Syudou remain married to this day, even after her resignation, death and resurrection. They adopted a son by the name of Komura, along with bringing other associates into the Naruma Clan.
== Appearance ==
Soko's Kaszatti origins give her a dark skin tone, an amber eye color, and a height of 5'8. Her appearance drastically changed after her resurrection in 40 Y.M., as did her demeanor.
=== Before Resurrection ===
She wore her hair long, with a dark brown color. She would accompany her hair with various accessories, such as pins and lotus flowers. She often wore the extravagant red and gold dresses that were common for her noble status, in addition to traditional Kaszatti dress styles. 
=== After Resurrection ===
After her resurrection, her hair turned a crimson red, and her became more Poklatti. She no longer wore the dresses of her noble past, opting for more practical clothing for her various new jobs.
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