Miyamoto Kai

“Fools have asked ‘Why did the Great Crusade end in the fall of Arendur?’, and other fools will answer back “Folly” or “Pride” or ”Destiny”, as if these things alone had any meaning. The answer, as the wise know, is simple. It is because the Arendurians finally had the arts at their disposal to make their dreams reality, and the dreams of Arendur have ever been the darkest things in all creation.”
 -Miyamoto Kai
== History ==
Born on an island off the coast of the Final Empire, Kai was a samurai in service to a feudal lord, with wife and children. His life was turned upside down when the Hand of Fate intervened directly, bringing him to the mainland to meet Tolumvire of Arendur. Kai would accompany Tolumvire during Jotunheim's Rebellion, and serve as the first Master of the Sword within the Illuminated. After the rebellion, he would settle in Arendur, but slowly grow disillusioned with Tolumvire and his dreams of conquest. Kai would at first try to dissuade Tolumvire from his worst impulses, but his advise fell on deaf ears, and eventually earned him nothing but scorn and contempt from the master of Illuminated. Preferring the life of an adventurer, Kai would eventually leave Arendur, never to return. During the Arendur-Ragnarok War, Tolumvire would plead with Kai, begging him to return and fight for him. Kai would refuse. 
== Personality ==
Honorable to a fault. Kai lived by the bushido code, earning him the mocking epithet "Kai the Honorable." Perhaps it said much about him that such a moniker was the worst Tolumvire of Arendur could think to call him. Though Kai often seemed stern and judgmental, he was able to display levity around fellow warriors and men of character. On the whole, he was a good deal more intelligent then he was given credit for, and despised hypocrites and those who took advantage of the weak. 
== War of the Philosopher-Kings ==
Kai would resurface during the War, fighting on the side of the Final Empire. His decision surprised many, but Kai made it clear that he felt that he owed it to the forgotten people of the Final Empire that he had abandoned during his sojourn to the past. Kai made a point of fighting only to protect civilians and common folk, pointedly swearing no oath to Emperor Silvius. He was a ronin, and lived by his own code. After the Final Empire crumbled, Kai would disappear once more, to return to the adventurer's life. 
== After the War ==
Kai would undertake a pilgrimage to find his homeland in the islands east of the Final Empire. Finding them gone, swallowed by the seas, he was plunged into a frenzy of grief. His plans cut short, he returned to the mainland and battled the Deep Ones, this time fighting alongside the knights of Ragnarok. 
== The Great Awakening ==
Kai would distance himself from Ragnarok after the death of Bolgar, growing disturbed with their increasing acceptance of heretical strength. Category:Illuminated
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