Raunonto

"*I won't give up until that devil Kakadu is gone, and his undead hordes vanquished. By the Twelve, it will be done.*"

**Raunonto Liparkos** is a Hjokkunzar Celestial who lives in Siangwaan on northern Jerde.

## Appearance

In his true form, he appears as a brown-skinned man with an average build and short silver hair. He usually wears red and gold robes, somewhat like that of a priest.

In his disguise as the rain god Lashvansh, he wears a suit of golden lamellar armour, with a red and yellow cloak bearing a white outline of a lion. A second disguise has him wearing a shiny green shirt and white trousers made of silk.

In his other disguise, "**Mr. Spring**" or "**Mr. Khameshanoz**", he wears a silk outfit consisting of a lime shirt and white trousers.

## History

He was sent with his girlfriend Sharada and his friend Losoi to hunt and slay the sorcerer Kakadu. As they searched for Kakadu, he became a fan of Lashvansh, as he was amused by the locals' commemoration of the fictional deity with scarecrows, folk dances, costumes, and stage plays.

As he was patrolling Siangwaan, he and his friends agreed to help several ghosts rebuild a diner to break their curse by finding several bricks all over the region. He sometimes lives in an abandoned temple where he conducts rituals for the locals and hunts for malevolent spirits to be purged.

He occasionally helps mortals, such as Siangwaan's modern founders, relic-hunters, and people who could help him. They include Chang Shong and Gworofando; he helped Chang Shong fight back against murderous ghosts by tossing a magic sword at his hand, and he helped Gworofando overcome his nightmares and interact with good and evil spirits.

In 1808 AT, he became a jousting champion in a town somewhere in southeastern Siangwaan.

### Vendetta

However, almost a century later, several Wannaenids captured him and used him to fuel their superweapons. He used powerful spells to sabotage the machines trapping him, and he fought his way out, burning the facility that kept him. Since then, he developed a hatred of the Wannaenids for stealing his power, leaving him weaker than before. Yet he was able to learn his skills again, though a number of supernatural allies.

Eventually, sixty years later, he became the godfather of a young Heronoi boy, protecting him from demons who would prey on his soul. He also taught that boy, Gworofando, to communicate with benevolent spirits and ghosts, and to defend himself.

The Wannaenids foolishly invaded Siangwaan, hoping to create a new base to take over Vozolaz. They did not expect that he was still there, waiting for them, and with their portals poorly-defended, he slipped into one of them to bypass the laser shield. In the empire, he drained superweapons, regaining his former powers to unleash his vengeance on the people who tormented him.

When he returned to Gworofando, he found his godchild resting with his friend in a hospital. Both boys were slowly being healed from being wounded as they were fending off the Wannaenids: Gworofando was nearly burned, but Raunonto gave him strength to overpower his enemies, tearing Wannaenid soldiers to pieces. Raunonto reassured the boys that he "took the fight to their enemies", and even showed them several clips by frightened Terrans of him burning the emperor and his lords to ash.

Justice was served, thanks to him. The tearful boys hugged their guardian for saving and avenging them and their homeland.

## Personality

Raunonto can be mischievous, but helpful. Although he likes to cause trouble and havoc, he stays away from excessive combat, relying on trickery and surprises to frustrate his enemies.

Raunonto loves astronomy, flying among star clusters, the colours blue and green, learning languages, pork rice, special effects, drumming, and testing and improvising magical spells.

However, he has a dark side, due to his trauma from being tortured by the Wannaenids. His love of humour may be a way to heal himself from his pain. He yearned for the day when he could have the chance to get his powers back and defeat greater threats for the people he loved, yet he hid his vengeance with a smile, and only told it to those he trusted.

## Abilities

As a Hjokkunzar Celestial, he can:

* shoot blasts of solar energy/fire/light
* shine in the dark
* distort matter and physics
* use magic to spin objects and enemies around in circles, catch them from mid-air, or make them float in the air
	+ usually by waving his hands or snapping his fingers
* continue working for several weeks without needing to rest or eat
* float himself in the air
* consecrate sacred objects, making them more effective against ghosts, demons, and chaos beings

Like his favourite character, he can:

* summon tornadoes or lightning storms around him.
* create a halo of energy behind his head and shoot fireballs from it

He uses a magic sword as his primary weapon: it can shine a light that can exorcise ghosts, weakening, purifying, or banishing them into the afterlife.

## Trivia

* Raunonto was perhaps inspired by Lance from Voltron and Jiang Ziya from Warriors Orochi. His disguise as Mr. Spring was inspired by various protagonists from TVB shows set in republican China.
* Raunonto's nickname, Khameshanoz, is derived from the Hittite word for "springtime", ḫamešḫa(nt).
* One of his favourite books is "Rites of the Exorcist", an anthology of sacred poems and hymns from the Green Years. He sometimes recites certain lines from a copy of that book every Nong Lai (Siangwaanian New Year), and occasionally it causes magical disruptions.
* In 2023, the author also expanded parts of his history, as he wanted his story to be more "interconnected" like in actual history.

## See also

* Donald Lewis, Albert Thompson, two other Black men.