Khizuo

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The following page may contain spoilers about the plot of the Hous SMP. It is also a roleplay page, so keep this in mind.*

## Family & relationship(s)

### Children

Holds joint custody of Echnoblade with MC

**Khizuo** is a guardian hybrid and a member of the Village, who joined shortly after the Festival. They are relatively quiet and withdrawn, but they care fiercely for the Village and sees themself as one of its guardians, as per their instinct to protect. Thus, they care for the wellbeing of each member of the Village, even those they have not interacted with as much.

Khizuo values the Village's community. They are deeply wary of Ancapistan; they mistakenly believe that most of Ancapistan is united with the goal of taking down the Village. Khizuo operates on a "If it doesn't pose a threat to the Village, it doesn't bother me" mindset.

Khizuo has all three lives.

## Appearance

Khizuo is around 5'4" in height, with a relatively powerful, compact build. Their legs are well-built from all the time they have spent swimming and adventuring throughout the server. They have dark red eyes with heavy lids, blue-green hair usually tied in a low ponytail, and they are often covered with minor burns and callouses from physical work.

On casual days, they almost always wear a loose-fitting tunic, light shorts, and dark sandals. Their everyday clothes are quite coarse in texture, as they are made by hand. Sometimes they wear shoulder pads and a large wrap around their waist made from bits of shattered prismarine blocks sown together. If the occasion calls for formal wear, they will wear a dark vest over a white blouse and pants of considerably nicer fabric, which they bought a long time ago.

Khizuo has orange spikes extending from their head which grow and shrink depending on how threatened they feel. They have large blue-green scales extending all over their body; and in general the texture of their skin is rather cold and coarse, not exactly human. They also have a guardian tail, which they usually keep as retracted as possible unless they are swimming. They can not shapeshift to become more like a guardian, however.

## Personality

Khizuo is fiercely protective over animals, people, places, and things that they are attached to — their instinct as a guardian hybrid is to, well, guard! They are willing to go to extreme lengths to make sure that the things and people they care about are safe. However, they do not really care about the lives of people and animals who they do not care for. They will generally choose to ignore them, unless they think that they pose a direct threat to either themself, the Village, or other Village members. Their need to protect means that in times of perceived danger they are constantly wary, easily aroused into suspicion, and willing to jump to conclusions before fully examining the situation. If they perceive a threat, they will use almost any means necessary to thoroughly root it out. Murder and surveillance are all on the table.

Khizuo tends to be quiet and withdrawn, often working and traveling by themselves. However, they are always willing to quietly help the people they care for and to give them gifts (acts of service and gift-giving are absolutely their love languages). Khizuo does not need to be close friends with someone to deeply care for them; their guardian instincts mean that they are content to simply observe and keep an eye out for them from afar. Because they care deeply for the entire Village, they extend that care to every member of the Village, even to people they have not interacted with. However, they also tend to be emotionally obtuse, which leads them to inadvertently harm people when they are trying to protect them.

Khizuo's does not believe in the idea of sacrificing one's life for another. They believe that life is infinitely more valuable than death and that dying for another person is pointless if you could protect them better while alive. They care deeply about their own safety and they are invested in keeping each member of the Village alive. That being said, their cold callousness towards non Village members means that they are absolutely fine with people they dislike dying for other people or the 'greater good'. They only extend this emphasis on life to people they care about.

Khizuo is a hoarder of sentimental items and they keep a lot of pets. While they are not quite as protective over their pets and items as they are over other people, they do form attachments to pets and items much quicker than they form attachments to people. If Khizuo doesn't have a person or a group of people to care about, they would channel all of their protective instincts over towards protecting themself. This is how the early days of the server went, before they joined the Village. Their original intention for joining the Village was for self-protection, but they eventually grew to have the fierce protectiveness over it that they have now.

Within communities, Khizuo respects strong authority figures and competent leaders. This stems from the hierarchical society in sea temples — the Elder Guardians have more power than normal guardians. They believe that an assertive leader helps a community stay more protected. They do not really care about the methods by which these leaders rise to power; whether it is through democracy or dictatorship. The leader itself is the only important end goal. Khizuo definitely values safety over freedom.

Because the Sea Temples did not have clear delineations of gender, Khizuo also does not have a clear conception of gender and they do not care. They would describe their gender as being aligned with other guardians, but it fluctuates between feeling a strong connection to being a guardian and sometimes they barely think of it; hence, they are genderflux. Khizuo also loves swimming and diving around in oceans.

## Ideology

Khizuo is very utilitarian in their outlook on life, but the only 'greater good' which they strive for is the safety of themselves and the things/people/animals they care about. They do not care about a wider 'greater good' beyond that; they would be quite willing to let the world burn if it meant safety for what they protect. They also place a much greater emphasis on physical safety than they do on emotional well-being. They do not believe in the concept of dying for others; they believe that it is better to stay alive no matter what.

Although Khizuo is not religious in any traditional sense, their upbringing in a sea temple has instilled in them the view that the oceans are regulated and guarded by mysterious forces. They do not worship any god or spirit, but they have no issue with other people doing so. They do believe in the existence of forces greater than the material realm, but their down-to-earth and grounded look on life keeps them more focused in the non-spiritual world.

## History

### Early Life

Khizuo was born in a sea temple and spent their early years there, living quite safely and happily. They initially did not seem very different from other young guardians, but when their human traits began to appear the other guardians became suspicious. Gradually, Khizuo had to begin to go up to the surface for air at increasingly short intervals, and their body began to further resemble that of a human. Eventually, the other guardians decided that they were a possible liability and a threat to the safety of the temple, so they dragged them out to shore one night while they were sleeping and abandoned them there. Unsure of how to return home and aware of the fact that the guardians hadn't wanted them around for a while now, Khizuo set off exploring on land.

Khizuo was a teenager by this point and their form was human enough to not draw questions in a land of hybrids. Once they got used to walking, they journeyed all over the land, picking up survival skills from the villages and towns they encountered along the way. Although they enjoyed the places they visited, they never stayed long in any area or came to care much about its people. They were always coolly aloof and self-reliant. Eventually, after several years of solo traveling, they found their way to the Hous SMP and set up a small house there, feeling a little bit tired of wandering.

### Joining the Village

In the aftermath of the Festival, where Khizuo watched the whole stage blow up, Khizuo approached the Village and asked to join. They had already been frequenting the Village to trade with the villagers, so they were already more connected to the Village than to Ancapistan; and when Wil shot Order and the Festival blew up, it was cemented into Khizuo's mind that Ancapistan was a threat to the security of those around them, including themself. Khizuo decided to join the Village to increase their personal safety and also because they believed that the Village could work together to neutralize Ancapistan's threat. Once they joined, however, they were dismayed to find that most of the Village had a generally pacifistic stance, especially Order.

Currently, Khizuo lives primarily in the Village, only occasionally going back to their old base to access storage and to farm for food. They spend a lot of time quietly trying to make the Village stronger in the possible event of future conflict. They came to care deeply for the Village when they saw the generosity that other members showed with their time and resources.

Between initially joining the Village and the first Village meeting, Khizuo began stockpiling resources to prepare for possible future conflict with Ancapistan. They mined netherite obsessively to give away to other Village and Village-aligned people. They created stacks of golden apples and brewed potions. They developed a plan that they believed would neutralize the threat Ancapistan posed—threatening them with end crystals around their area until they moved far away from the Village. To that end, they built a ghast farm and recruited Alsius to help them gather blaze rods, convincing Alsius that Ancapistan was an immediate threat. All of this they did in secret, not telling any of the other Village members, as they believed that their pacifistic values would lead them to discourage their plans. They did not want to trouble the rest of the Village, preferring to work quietly in the shadows to keep them safe. They were also unused to seeking and receiving help from others.

Around this time, they finally began to form relationships with other people on the SMP. They discovered a shattered savannah biome thousands of blocks away and, wanting to construct a temple there, recruited Logic, Mc, and Yodel; bringing them closer to the Village community. They helped Mc adopt a piglin child named Echnoblade and a nether cat named Fondant Cheese.

### The First Village Meeting

When Order called the first Village meeting, Khizuo was glad to see that she was showing a new dedication to her leadership role. They were confused when Mc expressed

## Personal Items

* Nadia — a Netherite sword which Khizuo views as a faithful companion, a sister to the diamond sword they lost
* The book "neighbor :D" they got from multifangirl
* The Heart of the Sea(s) they found in buried treasure chests
* The wedding invitation from Ria and Tommy

## Pets

* Many, many cats; the only named ones among them so far are Patcheye and Rye
* 7 Axolotls, named Niki, Jackie, Sunny, Sopha, Ash,
* Three horses
* One skeleton horse named Bonezone
* Five dogs; only named one so far is Theo
* Two parrots

## Relationships

**Ancapistan (Negative) —** Sees Ancapistan as a threat to the safety of the Village and is willing to do anything to take them down. Feels particularly negative towards Wil and Tommy.

**Riabun (Neutral positive) —** The only member of Ancapistan who Khizuo likes. Ria is a bit of a prankster but Khizuo feels that they are not intentionally malicious, and since he is around the Village a lot more than the rest of Ancapistan Khizuo has had more time to hang out with them in a chill setting.

**Yodel (Positive) —** Khizuo thinks Yodel is a good builder and is definitely willing to protect them as they are also a Village member. They do not really care about the Flock, as they see it as a harmless religious group.

**Logic (Positive) —** Plans to build in the shattered savannah with her; likes and cares for Logic as a Village member. They feel touched that Logic has trusted them with access to her basement.

**Kateis (Positive) —** Thinks that Kateis is a vital part of the Village community. They feel just slightly uneasy over the fact that he has spoken with Wil amiably before, but because Kateis has been quite devoted to the Village since then they don't think much of it. They dislike Kateis' more self-destructive moments, but they still respect Kateis for the work he has put in to keep the Village safe and healthy.

**Phoenix (Neutral) —** Does not view Phoenix as a friend, but due to their indecision Khizuo thinks that they could possibly be a useful ally against Ancapistan. However, they would not hesitate to forsake Phoenix if necessary.

## Quotes

*“I don’t care if you’re willing to die for the Village. You can’t protect anything if you’re dead. I only want to know whether you’re willing to* kill *for the Village.”*