Pyry Salju

**Overview**

Documents

Relationships

"*Should you ever believe you can get away with threatening him or anyone else I care about, I **will** destroy everything you've built. I have slain gods, I am not afraid of you.*"
―To Anastasia about Cypress and Sho

## Information

### Nicknames

Ketchup Packet (Nishoku)
Tooru Akane (alias)

## Characteristics

### Likes

* Long range weapons
* Noodles

### Dislikes

* Cooking
* Combat
* Disappointing others

### Age

* 18,802 (chronologically)
* 26 (biologically)

### Abilities

* Kistune magic
	+ Illusions
	+ Limited flight
	+ Morphing into a fox form
	+ Dreamwalking
* Archery
* Psionic Blast

## Professional status

### Occupation

Detective (former)
Rebel (former)
Store worker

## Relationships

### Family

Kulku Salju (mother) †
Unnamed father
Unnamed Siblings
Cypress Salju (son)

### Friends

Nishoku Solljus
Ashwin Yarrow †
Olysseus Ayre
Conven Scuro †

### Romantic interests

Kirsi Salju (ex-wife, loveless marriage) †
Nishoku Solljus (one-sided)

### Enemies

Thada †
Marnina Astraea
Hesperia Acim
The Esmeray
The Order of Themis

### Others

**Neutral Leaning Positive**
Vilhelm Roka
**Neutral**
The Rokas
**Wary**
Anastasia Phelan

## Other

### Genshin Counterpart

Heizou
Diluc

**Pyry Salju** is a male kitsune who was first introduced in the story Popcorn 'N Karaoke. He is a minor supporting antagonist and the mastermind behind the assassination of Thada. His current residence is unknown. He was formerly in an arranged marriage to Kirsi Salju and they have a son together named Cypress.

## Appearance

Pyry is a male kitsune of average height with a slim, fit build. His hair is a deep red which heavily contrasts the snow and ice of his homeland. He typically dons formal attire and does so despite no longer being a Gellis citizen. He wears a serious expression that oftentimes appears irritated. His eyes are rather unique as they are naturally white with a galaxy of colors inside his irises. From different angles they appear almost different colors and have a pearlescent sheen.

## Personality

Upon first meeting him, Pyry is stoic and appearing outwardly friendly, however is is extremely calculating and somewhat self righteous. Toward his friends, Pyry is kind and thoughtful, and he has shown on multiple occasions that he is extremely selfless, being willing to submit himself to Josie's prison in Alrasid rather than have his friends killed. He loves his friends deeply, as shown following Conven's death when he grieved for the next few weeks or so. He then attempted to convince Thada to honor her son's death, even facing imprisonment and near banishment.

## Abilities

* **Kitsune Magic** - As a kitsune, Pyry is able to create illusions, fly carrying only his own weight for up to 8,000 feet high, and morph into a large nine tailed fox at will. He is also able to dreamwalk into the dreams of those he has met. Uniquely, Pyry's illusions are hyper-realistic, and impossible to differentiate from reality unless countered by The Gift of Revelation.
* **Archery** - Pyry is a master archer, able to shoot a falling water droplet from 230 feet away with pinpoint accuracy.
* **Psionic Blast** - His unique ability as a kitsune, Pyry is able to send a wave of psionic energy to another person he has established a link with, which he does using eye contact. These blasts can either cause a slight headache, or can be powerful enough to render someone unconscious.

## Quotes

*"Direwolves are instructed to listen to whatever commands are given to them in Lokano, so if one were instructed to say…. Attack someone but not kill them, they would obey. Then again you need the proper ranking and I uh…. Hah… I doubt I’m still where I used to be."*
― To Ash & Sho (*Perfectly Petty Plotting*)

*"No, I don’t think my psionic blast is capable of killing a god yet. [...] I mean, if that were the case Thada woulda died a loooong time ago."*
― To Ash & Sho (*Perfectly Petty Plotting*)

*"Ah right, I can do that. [...] What’s the magic word~?"*
― Teasing Sho (*Perfectly Petty Plotting*)

*"Some letter huh? Azilla has never attempted a blue diamond trial, she’s failed plenty of times, I highly doubt Thada truly believes she’ll succeed. Feeding her head with more little lies to encourage her to fall even deeper into Thada’s debt? Pathetic."*
― To Sho (*Snowfall*)

*"How are you doing? Tired? We should stay here for a little, just wait it out. Gellis is bound to be closed off for a while, so until I recover, I doubt we could leave."*
― To Sho (*Snowfall*)

*"I added just a little bit of ketchup, it adds a bit of an accent to the whole dish along with another little hint of sweetness, don’t you think?"*
― To Sho (*Popcorn 'N Karaoke*)

*"Indeed. Although I can’t help but feel a little guilty, they were ultimately just as corrupt as Thada… and Kebero didn’t even bat an eye when Conven died. It was a worthy sacrifice."*
― To Sho (*Popcorn 'N Karaoke*)

*"Puh-lease, don’t even get me started. [...] You up for any popcorn? Maybe that would make this horrendous movie a little more bearable. [...] You weren’t supposed to agree, now I gotta actually get up and make it."*
― Teasing Sho (*Popcorn 'N Karaoke*)

*"You’re badly injured, and if I can see through your little illusion, I have no doubt the guards will be able to."*
― To Sho upon first meeting her (*Fallen Sun*)

*"The vice president wishes to discuss something with **me**? A lowly store worker?"*
― Teasing Anastasia (*12/9/2023 — Great Minds*)

*"Nah, I'm not tryna mislead you* that *much. If I was, you wouldn't be able to make heads or tails of the world."*
― To Anastasia about her mistrust (*12/9/2023 — Great Minds*)
## Trivia

* Pyry is 1 of 3 lore characters who uses slang (pog, sadge, etc.) The others are Ash and Sho.