Asuta Kihana

Asuta Kihana is the youngest Bani head around the year of 1525, she is the head of the Kihana family with a natural talent for Forest Magic. She is not a strong fighter; however, she is significantly more skilled with the Kihana style than she lets herself believe, easily being capable of beating many in her family given the self-confidence to do so.

## Overview

Asuta is one of the weaker Bani heads in terms of physical strength, she makes up for this with aspects of the Kihana style such as seeding opponents with plants that drain their energy or make continued combat difficult. Asuta would be a very capable combatant if she had more self-confidence, with many members of the Kihana family noting that she would easily beat them if not for her mental health struggles causing her to self-doubt. She can be very wise; however, she struggles to apply her wisdom to her own life in certain situations.

She is in a polyamorous (and somewhat open) relationship with Violet Frostburn, where both Violet and herself are free to sleep around. They are more clear and up front if either intends to begin dating another person to ensure that they are all happy to have this dynamic. Asuta and Violet have a child called Lotus, while Asuta also acts as a secondary mother to Violet and Cove's child, Sen.

It is somewhat well known that she enjoys giving extraordinary amounts of care to plants, this has been known to result in somewhat awkward situations for Asuta when certain plants reward her for this kindness. On more than one occasion Asuta has been discovered in the midst of being sexually dominated by plants, most notably a tree in her private garden which has a particular habit for using vines to restrain her and fill her with sap. Asuta enjoys these situations, though finds it slightly humiliating if she is found by her family when she is being used by the plants.

## Abilities

* **Kihana Style**: A style that incorporates elements of hand to hand and weapon based combat (Somewhat based around Choy Li Fut). The style focuses on flat palm strikes along with maintaining a sturdy pose to allow for even weaker individuals to both give and take more powerful attacks without faltering. The style uses magic to enhance strikes by creating magical plants where the strike connected to cause a lingering effect, such as energy draining or a longer term sensation of pain. The style also involves the use of minor weapons such as bamboo rods fashioned into a short staff type weapon to hit a target, alongside whips made of vines as a less common weapon. Asuta primarily utilises the hand to hand side of the style, along with occasional use of a bamboo short staff.

## Equipment

### Clothing

* **Kihana Uniform**: Slightly loose and flowing robes which allow for good mobility, Asuta's robes have been slightly adjusted to add some hints of the colour violet along with a lotus flower.
* **Asuta's Forest Cloak**: A beautifully crafted cloak, made by Cyan and Floria as a gift for Asuta. The cloak has lotus petals as part of the design and gives her an elegant forest nymph-like appearance.

### Accessories

* **Asuta's Collar**: A green collar with a subtle violet flower pattern on it and a bell hanging onto the front. This was officially given to Asuta by Violet after they impregnated Asuta, the collar was given to her at the same time as Violet placed a Blood Mark just above where the collar sits on her neck.