Rikyū Raidou

* Bio

**Rikyū Raidou** (雷道 (ライドウ)  利休, *Raidou Rikyū*?) is a third-year student and a core member of Night Raven College's teaching staff, as well as Ryoma's older sister.

Exalted Leader of the Raidou of the Shaftlands Empire, she is their beloved and revered clan head and the fearsome primary General of the Shaftlands' Empire's vast and ever-expansive military. She is a mysterious person who strikes swiftly and with a fearsome rage, with many rumors circulating about her actual origins.

She is the eldest-living descendant of revered Shaftlands' primary General Kasumi of the Hayabusa clan, who quelled the corruption of many government officials and participated in the Holy War waged between the forces of the Demon Emperor and the Holy Knight (in which the worshipped Holy Knight perished in battle, with her blood invigorating the land), the Cataclysm skrimishes, and the Interfaith Wars.

She is the sole female teacher at Night Raven College and teaches battle training for the student body, being the teacher in charge of Diasomnia Dorm.

## Appearance

A fearsome warrior and famed General, Rikyū is noted to be an imposing and intimidating figure that speaks little save for the necessary ones, her sword strikes as precise and deep-cutting as her appearance and words come across as. She possesses fair skin and long, dark blue hair with two braided pigtails (in the privacy of her own home), while out in public she sports a high bun with a wooden stick woven through her hairstyle to keep it in place. Her yellow-colored eyes and a petite body figure are two factors that make her highly attractive to her students.

She sports a traditional kimono, though wears it in a slightly more revealing way by leaving one of her shoulders uncovered and covering her chest area with bandages.

## Personality

A noted INTJ, Rikyū is immensely characterized by her independence, resourcefulness, intellect, and enthusiasm. Not restricted to convential solutions, she thinks outside of the box and has a harsh, if not incredibly ruthless way of solving all of her problems. Having been thrust into the life of warfare from an incredibly young age, she speaks little else but the language of violence, considering it to be her preferred method of training. During wartime, she was feared as the "White Demonic Dragon of Hailfax" due to her immense battle prowess. According to Rikyū's family and other relatives, she is well-respected in the Shaftlands for her commitment during wartime to protect the people and is seen as a Hero of the common people. To her children, she is seen as a honorable role model, as well as a loving mother and wife.

Underneath her honorable and reliable demeanor, Rikyū is shown to be constantly warring with her moral compass and suffers from intense PTSD due to being shellshocked as a young child by the circumstances she was thrown into. Her near god-like status and high status in the country has led to her feeling incredibly isolated and not seen for what she truly is in her own mind, a murderer of the innocent. This has weighed heavy on her moral consiousness for years and at times, she is shown to have bursts or lapses in which this side is shown to the world. Lilia Vanrouge noted that her mental state is not fully stable or correct, describing her mental psyique as a "delicate matter" that shouldn't have been allowed to get as bad as it is currently.