Setsuna Saizuki

*"It's never too late to mend old wounds."*

*-*Saizuki Setsuna

"Armor won't help the heart stay sharp!"

## History

Born to an oread mother and ifrit father along with her twin sister Natsume, Setsuna preferred to remain stoically silent in the background as her sister did her best to run everything, quickly solidifying her presence between the two as the obedient sister who honored her parents and wasn't afraid of a hard day's toil. The socially awkward girl easily won her parents' favor despite not even trying.

It was difficult for the humble girl to notice her parents' favoritism toward her, but what she did notice was the scorn and hatred it bred within her sister. Desperate to not allow a wide chasm to grow between she and her sibling, Setsuna generally agreed to whatever demands her sister made so long as they didn't involve breaking any rules on her part, including being silent about her sister's growing list of misdeeds.

Wanting nothing more than a life of peace and quiet, Setsuna departed from her home in her early teens to join a faraway society of hermit monks to learn their ways. She enjoyed their methods of nonviolence and how one could even manage to incapacitate a foe without killing them and so took to their training and vows like a fish to water.

It wasn't until several years later when she returned home for a visit with her family that Setsuna realized that her sister had left quite unannounced to her parents. Concerned for Natsume's safety and wellbeing, Setsuna departed on much the same route her sister had taken years before in an effort to track her down and bring her home.

In time, tales of her sister's exploits as a rowdy mercenary in a group began warping into tales of her sister as a wicked, murderous banshee of a woman who had sold her soul to devils for power. This sudden change in her sister's character horrified Setsuna and now, rather than simply wishing to bring her sister home to her parents, Setsuna's amended goal became to save Natsume from herself and convince her of the error of her ways.

She'd bring her sister home to their parents a changed woman so the four of them could live out their remaining days together in peace.

## Personality

Despite her strength of body and mind, Setsuna often finds it difficult to put her thoughts to words. She's shy much of the time and can be easily embarrassed. It usually takes her longer than most to form sentences and stutters when she's uncertain if she should be saying what she's saying. If she doesn't take the time to censor herself, she'll often blurt out something she finds inappropriate and then quickly backpedal and apologize.

She has an open mind to most things, but if faced with a choice or a being which is obviously evil, Setsuna will shut down and refuse to listen to any reason as to how any such thing could be acceptable.

## Loves

Setsuna loves her family over all else and wishes nothing more than to be reunited with her sister after so many years. She also has a dream of someday settling down and starting a family of her own, though she sees that being still years into the future yet. Though she's forsaken such expensive things as gold and jewels, a gift of a beautiful flower can definitely warm her heart.

## Fears

Just as it's her greatest wish to see her family together again, to see it be permanently destroyed is her greatest fear. She also fears such things as being an unfit wife or bodily barren, incapable of properly raising her own family she's been dreaming about for some time now.

## Hobbies

Setsuna enjoys spreading peace and love about the land as best she can. She also gathers common flowers to practice flower arranging.

## Enemies

Setsuna sees all people as redeemable, but evil beings who refuse to be peaceful will earn Setsuna's ire.

## Aspirations

Setsuna simply wants to live peacefully in a small town and raise a family where her children know their grandparents and aunt.

## Family

Setsuna has her parents waiting for her in ??????? as well as her sister, Natsume, whom she's been following and tracking for several years in an attempt to catch up to her and reason with her to return home.