Izumi Yomi

"Many believe immortality is a blessing, but it is actually a curse, with infinite time at ones' disposal, everything barring the impossible becomes certainty, and thus a sense of fulfillment becomes unattainable.That is what I believe."

## Physical description

### **Appearance:**

Izumi appears to be a well-endowed woman in her late twenties to early thirties, wearing traditional eastern garb.

Two of her most notable traits include her fox ears and her four fox tails, which indicate her age, these traits share the platinum blonde coloration of her hair, which is waist-length and well kept.

### **History:**

Izumi was born in the outskirts of a village within the Tian Xia province, and was taken in by an elderly witch to serve as her familiar, and did so happily.

As time went on, Izumi learned a small amount of magic of her own, but before she could learn more, her master died, and the superstitious villagers who were once frightened of the witch now took it upon themselves to chase the fledgling Kitsune out of town, who then made her way directly to Tian Xia, assuming a human form in the process.

Now settled in her new home, Izumi began to pursue the arts with a passion, taking to weaving and singing in particular, and to make ends meet, she utilized some of the skills her master had taught her to become a herbalist, making potions to heal the sick and injured.

Her talents and beauty would not go unnoticed, and thus she attracted a number of suitors, all of whom she turned down, until one of the younger lords approached her, asking not for her hand in marriage, but her service as the apothecary of his house, she accepted the offer, and this arrangement would soon blossom into a romance that would lead to the birth of her very first son.

Years passed, and the machinations of the court would harden the hearts of both her and her husband, leading her to take on a secondary role as a spy for her house, gathering information and sabotaging the plans of the other houses, this would catch up to her though, leading to her being framed for the murder of her own son and subsequently banished by her husband, and so she fled, making her way to a remote fishing village.

Now living her third life, Izumi once again began her work tending to the sick, yet remaining aloof and distant, even towards one particular fisherman who fancied her, and through years of trial and error, he managed to work his way through her defenses and won her heart, leading to the two of them starting a family together, her second husband at this point had worked his way up to becoming the captain of the main fishing vessel of the village, while she herself had garnered a positive reputation as a herbalist, but all good things must come to an end, more years rolled by, her husband grew old, and eventually passed away, as did her children, then her grandchildren, and then as her great grandchildren began their own journeys towards the grave, something inside her broke, and she left the village behind, moving to the city of Absalom and placing a mental block on herself in an attempt to forget her past, losing almost all the skills she had built up over the course of three centuries, yet it did not erase any of the feelings she had felt, and so she has spent four decades in Absalom, living an ordinary, mundane life with a hole in her heart that she simply could not explain.

### **Personality:**

Izumi comes across as cold and aloof, with a mind more geared towards mundane concerns, beneath that lies a kind, gentle, motherly persona, yet despite all this, she is a loner by nature, placing a high premium on solitude and stability, harboring no desire to to set out on any grand adventures or work towards great fame, she is simply content to live a relaxed, slow-paced life.

### **Theme Song:**

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4p1kkuM2Hg