Miyuki Shiroyume

## Known Information. (DC 30 Knowledge)

*Miyuki is an adventurer of some renown, having gone on a handful of adventures and helped end a handful of powerful threats.*

She's known as a transmuter, and once held the place of Treasurer of Tuatha de Danann. Currently she is the leader of Yasuragi. She additionally is the owner of the Shiroyume Publishing House.

A powerful and capable fox caster able to both improve her allies and hinder her enemies, she has a penchant of turning hostiles into chairs and fruit. when these tactics do not work, she is known to resort to highly concentrated bolts of lightning.

Generally good natured, and easy to interact with, Miyuki dislikes formalities, instead preferring to just be herself. She is often willing to help furthering other's goals and agendas as long as they are genuinely good intentioned.

Is known to be an excellent scribe and calligrapher, owning an extensive collection of spellbooks and other written works of her own make. As well as a magical item artisan.

She Doesn't like the cold.

## History

*Miyuki was born in one of the nomadic tribes of the Kitsune Caravan, an auspicious child, sporting snow-white hair, she was definitely not normal. Much less so when her father was sentenced to death for crimes against the caravan and her mother passed soon after her birth. Bonds were strong among kitsune, but this was pushing it, and no one in the tribe would raise the child of a criminal more than they had to, especially considering her unnatural traits. Thus, as soon as she could walk, Miyuki would find herself in an orphanage in Shizukumura, left by her tribe.*

*Considering her beginnings, Miyuki never really had much issues growing up in the streets of the kitsune town, if anything the friendliness of her peers would be a good influence on her, even if she did hold a bit of a depressed side to her, often spending many lonely days in her room sulking. One of these was a ulfen girl named Abigail, a younger girl that often clung to Miyuki and kept her company, like her fox senior, she had lost her parents and ended up here as well, and so the two developed a sisterly bond.*

*Much of Miyuki's daily life would change though, when the matron running the small orphanage would teach her how to read and write.* *Soon enough, this auspicious fox would find herself spending more time inside the local Heroes’ Archive, learning about all different sorts of topics and tales, although the few magical handbooks she could get ahold of were what captured her attention the most.*

*A librarian in the archive, a certain elf named Elenthras, would take notice of this as well as her auspicious form, for a kitsune, and offer to teach her basic magic.* *Miyuki would find she had a good aptitude for the magical arts, and would rapidly devour any knowledge from her new mentor. She would quickly reach the point where Elenthras could simply teach her no more.*

*But seeing the thirst of knowledge in her eyes, he offered her to study in the esteemed Runewood University, arranging for her to attend.* *For the next decade, Miyuki would start studying magic, her unnaturally quick learning aptitude being both a boon and bane in this location, as she would gain both favor and dislike from other teachers and students alike.*

*Admittedly, her learning aptitude mostly just extended to her ability to retain and understand theory and information. In terms of practical capability, she was… rather unimpressive.* *She would constantly hit plateaus in terms of conjuring the techniques and spells she learnt, and often had to rewrite entire formulas and glyphs to work for her, unlike most other casters.*

*At the age of 24, she would end up with a higher degree in theoretical magic with a focus in transmutation, which, for most intents and purposes it was just a fancy paper. She wasn’t capable of actually using anything beyond first circle magic, even if she understood the theorems of circles far above, with most of her teachers being unable to teach her much more without her finding a way to caster higher circles, as she had mostly cleared the ‘information’ part of learning.* *As such, Miyuki would begin trying to find ways to achieve such a thing, a goal which would often have her seeking different methods to make money to pay for such trials and attempts, until one such time where she took a mission to earn some money. It was a research mission, during which she had to fend off a pack of wolves. Not only did she manage to do so successfully, but also used magic slightly stronger than she normally could.*

*Theorizing that the means by which she could unlock higher circles required putting herself into dangerous situations, Miyuki would eventually become an adventurer. After all, it killed two birds with one stone. Admittedly, she clearly overlooked or otherwise underestimated the whole 'dying' risk of such a profession.*

*Her ability to analyze and aid others in stressful situations proved to be useful as she dragged herself into and was dragged into many different adventures, and eventually landed the attention of Archmage Arietta Spellquiver who invited her to join the magical nation of Tuatha de Danann. Becoming the Treasurer of the mostly elven nation. During this time, Miyuki learned a large amount about economics and bartering and decided to test the waters, funding a few different small projects including a bookstore and cafe complex she simply named Shiroyume Publishing House. This last one became one of her most successful ventures, and she decides to put a lot of her chips into it, growing and expanding it.*

*After a few years handling the finances of Tuatha, news of the 11 Tribes of Aodnach's hostility increasing reached the Tuathan council. At this, Miyuki proposed creating a settler's colony north of their territory to have a second staging point should they decide to attack, and thus divide their forces. With help from Tuatha's treasury as well as some donations from Athreya, Miyuki moved onto the north to settle and create a new home for her and other like-minded individuals.*

*In the few years she has been adventuring, Miyuki has grown considerably, and has formed a small but tight network of links to important figures, knowing she can call upon them in times of need much as they will be able to call upon her should the need arise.*

## Shiroyume Publishing House

*Having its roots in the woodlands of Elethas and the piers of Rathunas, both in Tuatha de Danann, The Shiroyume Publishing House was one of Miyuki's goals. A place of learning and relaxation that offered literature at affordable prices while also providing comoddities for those that simply wanted to peruse and read.*

*Each establishment of this publishing house is a combination of four main sectors. First and second, a library and a lounge filled many different theses, arcane writings and other learning tomes for students and experts alike to peruse for free in comfort. This library does not hold every book imaginable, but is nonetheless a functional and effective resource available to anyone living within any of their locations. Thirdly, it hosts a bookstore as well, selling both copies of the aforementioned library contents, as well as more leisure reading material, such as novels, light novels, and so on. This bookstore often keeps stock of the more popular works by both chosen and normal commoner alike, not discriminating between them. After all, Imagination is not a result of strength or experience, it simply is.*

*Finally, the fourth sector in every Shiroyume Publishing House is a small dedicated cafe, serving simple and affordable yet still tasty dishes and drinks, and stocking different grinds of coffee. These four combine to create a relaxed and simple environment in which to study, read, or simply enjoy a cup of coffee during a cold day or a busy morning.*

Current Locations:

* Snowfront, Yasuragi
* Elethas, Tuatha de Danann
* Rathunas, Tuatha de Dannan
* Synosis, Athreya
* Jut Shakamb, Pakon Uzg

For adding Locations, please contact Miyuki.

## Appearance

*Miyuki is relatively plain, all things considered, her main features are her light complexion and snow white hair, juxtaposed by patches of black in different areas. She hosts a rather fluffy tail and ears, and often keeps her hair hiding the sides of her head. She is almost always in her true form, seeing no reason to assume a completely human visage.*

*This kitsune often wears traveling clothes consisting of various coats and combinations of summer or winter clothing, although she often wears a blue scarf. She doesn’t tell it’s story, but it’s clearly important to her.*

*Her waist is littered with pouches as well as a satchel and her iconic spellbook hanging from behind her as well as a rapier on her side. Her feet are always inside a pair of sturdy boots.*

*While normally only a single tail, often with a small ribbon attached to it, wags behind her, whenever she uses certain types of magic, her true nature reveals itself, as multiple tails appear behind her. Some view this as a clear upgrade.*

## Personality

*Positive if somewhat closed.*

*Miyuki is often skeptical of any situation she might find herself in and debates any incongruencies or intricacies of such as would be of any researcher of the magical arts. Aside from occasionally going into a tangent, she’s relatively easy to talk to and often responds in a positive manner as well.*

*Unlike most of her kin, she normally doesn't mind her fur being stroked, but is often very wary of it from strangers or those she distrusts, not to mention having a certain social expectation to uphold as a kitsune.*

## Friends

Elenthras (Npc) - *Elven Librarian in the Heroes’ Archive. A friend of hers that helped her out many times growing up. She holds him dear, and often visits Shizukumura solely to join him for tea. Has certain ties to Runewood University, the specifics of which are unknown, much like his surname.*

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## Acquaintances

Lyra - *A Sarian-Elf she met during a festival. She likes honey… a lot. Chipper-seeming and with a great singing voice. The two have agreed to visit some of Tuatha’s local wonders together.*

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## Foes

She has no enemies yet. But who knows.

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## Goals

*Miyuki had her life changed by learning magic, as such she wishes to create a repository of all known and discovered magic so that it can change the lives of others for the better.*

*She is also determined to push her knowledge and skill with transmutation magic to its limit, and well beyond it.*

*Additionally, having a kingdom now, she wishes to further its growth.*