Izumi

## Appearance

Izumi has black hair with a streak of teal and silver in it, and black eyes. When fighting, she wears a black blindfold.

## Personality

Izumi is compassionate, energetic, and perceptive as well as nervous, rash, and impulsive. Due to her past she has problems with father figures, problems with abuse and alcohol, abandonment trauma, trauma from losing the ones she loved which spiral into more abandonment trauma, survivors guilt (not being there in time, she should’ve died along with her family, etc.), and a Tanjiro complex (extremely empathetic and caring, partial savior complex which is strengthened by the survivors guilt). Despite all this she gets along very well with kids her age or younger, and has strong morals and determination.

## History

* Parents abandoned her when she was 2
* Grew up in an orphanage on the poor side of town
* Adopted by a ‘loving’ family in the rich side of town when she was 12
* Father was an abusive drunk who, after he tried to do sussy/abuse, was killed
* She was sent to the island of death (she was 13)
* Met a boy who was a couple of years younger than her, Touwa, who lived by a graveyard and whose parents had died of sickness prior and lived with his grandmother Chiyo
* Became a sister figure to the boy and a daughter figure to the grandmother
* Learned about spirits from the boy
* When she was 14 a demon came and killed Touwa and Chiyo while she was away, she came back and buried them
* A hashira appeared (Rengoku Shinjuro) and she attempted to kill him thinking he was the one responsible for the murders while he tries to kill her thinking she was a demon
* This continues until he realizes she’s not regenerating, prompting him to knock her out and bring her to the rich village to treat her and explain about demons
* Proceeded to follow and train with the flame hashira as he went on missions as his unofficial Tsuguko
* From watching him and learning from his (reluctant) training, her breathing style bloomed as a kind of soul flame that allowed her to borrow the breathing styles of former Hashira (couldn’t use personally made ones like sound or love)
* She eventually headed off once Shinjuro told her he had to return home due to his wife Ruka’s sickness worsening (She’s about 16 at this point)
* Dnd starts at final selection, a year later, so she’s around 17 now

## Abilities

### Overall Abilities

**Photographic Memory:** Since Izumi's breathing style requires her to wear a blindfold, she's trained herself to be able to memorise her surroundings at a glance with intricate detail.

### Supernatural Abilities

**Extrasensory Perception:** Due to her blindfold she has trained to have incredibly honed senses.

## Fighting Style

### Breathing Style

**Soul Breathing:** A Breathing Style Izumi created herself and mastered, which borrows one of the 5 basic Breathing Styles at random and summons a Hashira of the style who guides her blade into the forms. To be able to see the spirits of the Hashira however, Izumi wears a blindfold in battle.

The Breathing Style overlays the image of the current Hashira on her appearance and her battle spirit imitates them

Her blade is engulfed in the hashira’s element, but colored blue/cyan, black, and white.

## Equipment

**Standard Nichirin Katana:** Izumi uses a black nichirin sword with a silver and teal hilt.

### Gallery

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