Yukiko Amaranth

Yukiko Amaranth is the matriarch of the Amaranth family. She is the wife of Aka Amaranth, and mother of Akane, Miyako, Nanako, Kasumi, Akiko, Sakura, Natsuki, Ayano, Hana and Umeko.
She is shown to be emotionally abusive to her children, particularly Nanako, as well as lacing her husband's mind with lies to make him disbelieve his children. This comes to a head when she tries to smack Natsuki in public, prompting Nanako to stand up to her and Aka to demand she leave the house and their family.
== Appearance ==
Yukiko is a tall woman in her forties with black-grey hair, pale skin and blue eyes. She wears a long white, blue and grey dress with over-the-elbow blue gloves and a darker sky blue cape over her right shoulder.
== Personality ==
Yukiko is an exceptionally cold mother, prone to manipulating and emotionally abusing her children, specifically Nanako. She also has a habit of choosing 'favourites'; Akane was originally such until she left Amaranth Manor to become a huntress. Upon her return, Yukiko was aggressively cold and insulting towards her.
Yukiko displays a great amount of intolerance towards Nanako; it is implied that she abused the girl somehow for being 'too loud'. Upon Nanako's return to the estate years later, Yukiko pretends that she has never heard the girl's name before- acting as if she does not exist.
She is also intolerant towards William Lincoln - spitting in his face upon the realisation that he is a Lincoln; the Lincolns having famously warred with the Amaransu Dynasty (from whom the Amaranths claim descent) hundreds of years ago.
== Trivia ==
=== Allusion ===
* Yukiko alludes to the Mythological Japanese figure Izanami no mikoto.
** Izanami was also the wife of Izanagi, whom Aka Amaranth - Yukiko's husband - alludes to.
=== Colour Naming Rule ===
* Yukiko is a Japanese name meaning "Snow Child".
* Amaranth is a pinkish-red plant.
== References ==
Category:Female Characters
Category:Characters
Category:Mistral
Category:Amaranth Family
Category:Unsei Ridge
Category:Heterosexual Characters