Tsubaki Shidou

## Shidou Tsubaki

**Shidou Tsubaki**, or **Tsubaki Shidou** in Western name order, was the wife of Max Trueblood and mother of Irina and Mamoru Shidou, as well as an exorcist of the Protestant Church. She died in early 20XX due to a terminal illness.

## Appearance

Tsubaki was widely known for her youthful beauty, even in her early 50s. She had purple eyes and short, straight black hair that reached her shoulders. She was also said to have dimples, a small mole right under her nose, and a slight limp that resulted from a hunting accident.

## Personality

Tsubaki was generally described as a fun, cheerful, and outgoing woman who was always the light of the party wherever she went. She was an extremely friendly person and seemed to thrive under the attention of others, and could become significantly annoyed if she didn't have "proper" social interactions in a while.

Upon first meeting, some might see and believe her to be an airhead, though this was the furthest from reality. While she did have some difficulty in learning due to her ADHD, she was infamously known for her street smart and strategic mindset. She had a talent in analyzing the situation and creating the most effective tactics within mere seconds, which many saw as a sign of her genius.

Although she loved her children greatly, she was much stricter when it came to training them compared to her husband, as she knew how dangerous it was to be an exorcist. Despite this, however, she was the most lax when it came to rule and trusted Irina much more than Max did, even at a young age.

Much like her husband, she was a very flirtatious person with a "preference for fair maidens" and that *she* was the one who suggested an open marriage, not the opposite. According to Hadrian, she was also the closet key for the majority of the Protestant Church's female exorcists.

## History

Tsubaki Shidou was born sometime in 19XX to a young couple who died in a car accident, though she was adopted by a foreign couple and moved to England when she was 5 years old. When she was 8, her adopted parents were killed by a stray devil but she was saved and later joined the Protestant Church as an exorcist.

When she was 23, on a mission to Belgium, she met and befriended a young Max Trueblood, who was hunting for the devil responsible for his parents' death. Realizing they shared the same target, they worked together to defeat the devil and during the mission, they both developed feelings for one another though neither would realize it.

Soon, before she returned to England, Max asked if she could take him back with her due to his fear of responsibility, which she begrudgingly agreed as she couldn't convince him otherwise. Afterward, he joined the Protestant Church and, due to his shadowhunter abilities, quickly passed through the exams and became an official exorcist working alongside her.

After nearly a decade working together, Tsubaki and Max began to realize their feelings for each other and started to date. After three years and five break-ups, the two decided to get married and had their daughter Irina only a couple of months later.

Several years after Irina's birth, she got in a hunting accident that forced her to retire from field missions, leading to her early retirement. About a year later, she caught a rare heart disease that cannot be cured with Healing Magic, though she hid this from her family and bribed the doctor not to tell anyone else.

When Irina was 7 years old, she became pregnant once more and gave birth to Mamoru Shidou, though due to birth complications, this greatly weakened her and accidentally revealed her heart disease to her husband.

After much persuasion from Max and Irina, she finally agreed to enter treatment for her disease, though this wasn't quite effective as the disease had already entered its final stages. Because of this, she decided to spend the last of her days in Kuoh Town where she used to live before moving to England, and lived there with her family for three years before she died in her sleep. After her funeral, her family moved back to England so that Irina could start her exorcist training.

Due to her outstanding exorcist career, in addition to her virtuous heart, she was granted a spot within the Third Heaven after she died. She also became the guardian spirit of her family, friends, and former fellow exorcists.

## Abilities

**Immense Strength**: Tsubaki was known to be an immensely powerful exorcist who was on-par, if not even greater than her husband who was a natural exorcist due to his shadowhunter status. According to Diethelm, she was the strongest female exorcist of the Protestant Church before her retirement, being the only person capable of fighting and even defeating Griselda who was her senior by nearly a decade.

## Trivia

* She had ADHD but refused to use medication.
* She was about 5-6 years older than her husband.
* Her favorite was after night Japanese curry with warm rice.
* She disliked horror movies with Christian symbolism due to their lack of accuracy.
* She was said to be among the greatest, if not *the* greatest Dragoon of her time.