Kinoshita Yua

## History

The Kinoshita family hails from Ger'Kroz after an emissary from Tengoku moved to the city to establish relations between the two. The emissary later married a woodsman from her home village and stayed in Ger'Kroz. Since the woodsman had no family name, he took hers on their marriage. Generations pass, but the Kinoshita family always marries back into their home village with each generation. Sometimes the partner will come to live in Ger'Kroz, sometimes the Kinoshita scion would move back to Tengoku, but the custom would last until the dawn of the new age. A male scion of the family fell in love with a mercenary who hailed from the north, after she saved him from assassins sent by a rival clan. After much courtship, the two eloped, for the Kinoshita scion had broken with tradition, a taboo most dire indeed. The pair could not return to the frozen north of the mercenary shieldmaiden as her people had great superstition about the black hair of the Kinoshita scion, thus the couple moved to a more tolerant place of Lightreach.

The Kinoshita man, named Ryuji, became a craftsman, plying his wood carving skills to make a living. And the shieldmaiden, Asta, continued to work as a guard to the wealthy in Lightreach. That was until she became pregnant, when she decided to lay down her shield and retire. A healthy baby girl was born to the pair, whim they named Yua. To Ryuji's surprise, the baby carried the celestial bloodline of his clan, even though coupling outside of the village had always resulted in a human child in the past, which was the reason for the taboo. Overjoyed, Ryuji immediately sent a letter back to his family in Ger'Kroz. But the family's reply was that he was expelled from the clan. Undeterred, Ryuji spends all his efforts and remaining fortune to research and prove to the clan that his baby daughter should be recognized as a Kinoshita scion, to no avail. The father and husband's attitude changed for the worse as he became more and more desperate, and eventually his bitterness drives his wife Asta away from him.

Asta divorced Ryuji, and moved to Golshaw with Yua. She had to start working again to provide for her infant child. This left Yua home alone often during her childhood, and she learned early to take care of herself. Years passed, and Asta had established herself as a veteran mercenary and bodyguard in the Myandra Kingdom. She hired on some new mercenaries to take on some of her workload so she could spend more time taking care of her daughter, now a teenager. To her surprise, Yua was extremely mature, and often took care of her mother instead. Asta also found out that Yua had a gift with communing with spirits, and often catches her talking to plants, animals, and old battle memorabilia Asta has lying around the house. Asta encouraged her daughter to continue communing with spirits, as this is the way of her ancestors. The teenage Yua started learning how to use her spiritual energy, and even summon a spirit animal in the form of Q-chan, a tiny pteranodon. When Yua came of age, she decided she wanted to see the world, and searched for a way to do so. She found out about airships and was fascinated by the possibilities, so she travelled to Thel Modir with a caravan. There she attempted to join a dwarven airship crew, but was rejected because she reminded them of the war of the axes. After much searching, she found an airship captain by the name of Iyashi Kameyo, a kitsune from a wealthy family who settled in Norndan. The captain accepted Yua for who she is and welcomed her to her crew.

## Appearance

Yua inherited her features from her mother's side. Golden blonde hair, which she styles into twirls, and fair skin. Her eyes however are brown like her father, instead of blue. She has a healthy complexion and body, and prefers to wear dress uniforms.

## Personality

Yua is cheerful and outgoing. She often goes up and introduces herself to strangers and strike up conversations. She is very composed for a girl of her age, and enjoys travelling and seeing new things. She likes to be helpful, and believes the good in people. She wants to make the world a better place.

## Friends

* Captain Iyashi Kameyo - The first and only airship captain to accept her onto their crew. She feels both love and obligation to the captain, and is a little overbearing and overprotective of her.

## Enemies

Yua has a dislike of people who take advantage of others, the worst of which are those who use the bodies and souls of people for necromancy.

## Goals

* Explore the world.
* Protect the innocent from predation
* Help the world to become a better place
* Gain Kameyo's love, platonic of course.