Hinote

Hinote before The Twilight Event

> I am a stranger who has found an even stranger war.
>
> Hinote

Daughter of Ningen farmers. Victim of Tekami raids in which she has lost her home, her friends and family. Now a member of adventurers' group.

## **Physical appearance**

Hinote is standing at astonishing height of 5'10". Her hair used to be golden like other kiyoshins' and also used to wear a blindfold that would cover her seemingly blind eyes. However that changed after certain events and she was given her true form. Now her hair is coal black anda she gained her eyes back, which are now emerald in color. Her scars remain, including the vertical scar going across both of her eyes, reminding her of the one who took them in the first place.

## **Personality and Ideals**

Hinote was terribly traumatized and scarred for life in a young age after the tekami took everything from her after they came out of the forests and completely destroyed the Ningen Kingdom. Her heart is constantly full of anger and hate, but she learned to supress those feelings, allowing her to function in the remaining ningen society and in some way get along with the adventurers' group. She used to think that she was alone in her suffering and tried to make others think and act like her. She'd tell herself that only then they'll understand her and she will no longer be alone in her pain.

Hinote changed over time, especially after seeing victims of the war between the molkhid and the akusatu. She is more calm and acknowledged her damaged psyche. She is now on a path to first fix herself and only then make attempts to help others. She wants to do that by following closely Asteros, taking inspiration from him that despite everything, the Sun never stops shining and giving light and warmth to those who need it.

## **Background**

Hinote was born in a small secluded farming village. Her father was a retired soldier, who found peace at the side of farmer mother. She would help her parents at the farm for all of her life. From young age she showed signs, that she would grow to become a strong woman. She would race other kids and even some of the older children had problems catching up to her. She was also great at hide and seek. Her childhood was almost perfect.

With time her village grew large. It expanded, more families came to settle down in their community and help it grow even further. She was thinking wheher she should leave her home and find her place somewhere else or maybe farmer life was something she was born into this world for. Both of these seemingly only options felt right for her. She felt out of place for years. As if she was a stranger among her own people. She began to worry about her future.

One day, when the war between the ningen and the jetu was still raging on, a sound of what seemed at first earthquake reached her village and then out of nowhere a bestial horde of tekami charged through the Dokonimo village, destroying everything in its path. She saw her father get trampled over right in front of her and soon the rooftop of her home would fall on her and her mother. She saw the disfigured corpse of her mother buried beneath the rubble and her father's body torn apart in front of what used to be her family's house. Soon a white furred tekami grabbed and lifted her up, breaking her bones with its grip. It had icy-blue eyes and that was the last thing she saw, before it threw her down and slashed her eyes with its axe. She was left to bleed out and die.

Hinote woke up few weeks later in a temple where people have taken care of her. She remembered everything. The vision of her parents dead and the white tekami were burned into her mind.

Hinote closed herself off for weeks. She barely ate and didn't move out of her bed. The constant darkness and nothingness was terryfing for her. At some point a woman visited her claiming that she can give her grant her something she was looking for her own life. She could also grant her sight that she had never had. She told her that there are more women like her and that she is not alone. Having nothing else to lose and something to gain she accepted her offer. Her journey to become one of Kiyoshins began that day.