The Kiyohime

The Kiyohime

**The Kiyohime** is an ancient spell-book containing a variety of Curses, mostly offensive spells of fire nature.

## Background

The Kiyohime was created millennia ago, when humans were enslaved to the Dragons, as the diary of a young peasant woman of the same name. Kiyohime was born as a field worker, and spent her formative years humbly living a life of servitude to her draconian masters. When the Giants began a pose a threat to the rule of the Dragons, research groups were formed to create experimental weapons through human testing. Soon after, Kiyohime was one of the slaves chosen as a subject in an experiment to transform humans into lesser dragons with no consciousness that could be commanded to fight against the Giants. The subjects were split into two groups, one that would be mutated and one that would be slaughtered by the other to test its ability. However, when Kiyohime was paired with her subject counterpart, she quickly fell in love with the man. The two hatched a planned to escape, but were quickly captured and became the first to undergo the experiment.

Soon after, the Dragon researchers placed a spell on Kiyohime that attempted to transform her into a small dragon, but made her into a dragon with no limbs or wings, later on known as a Snake. However, Kiyohime retained her consciousness and refused to eat her lover. In response to her refusal, the researchers killed the man, causing her to become enraged and breathe fire. The snake set fire to everything in the area, killing all the subjects. The Dragons considered the experiment a failure, and abandoned the site. Although mostly everything was incinerated, Kiyohime's journal survived, and her angry soul was embedded into it, signified by her eye showing on the book.

Thousands of years later, the journal was recovered by an Adenian king, who valued the relic so much that he requested to be buried with it. The Kiyohime remained in the tomb of the Adenian king for centuries, until it was stumbled upon by Hux, a thief-explorer. After failing to find anyone who would buy the spell-book, Hux spent three years deciphering the first few pages, and began to utilize the learned Curses in battle. The Kiyohime remains with Hux to this day.

## Abilities

The Kiyohime contains a wide variety of Curses, as the writings within it concretize the emotional strife of its author manifested as spells. This writing is in the language of Furazsh, an ancient variant of Human language that was spoken thousands of years ago during the Dragon Era, and therefore unreadable by most who aren't scholars of ancient history. The spells contained within the book are mostly of a fire nature, and grow increasingly stronger towards the back of the book. Curses from the Kiyohime simulate smoke in the lungs of the user, causing a detriment to the user's breathing. If a user overuses the spells, they can completely suffocate. It is thought that the spells contain fire since Kiyohime breathed fire after she was turned into a Snake. Additionally, it is theorized that prolonged use of The Kiyohime over many years can transform the user into a Snake, as the king who was found buried with it had grown scales.