Shino Inazuma

"*I dont care what you think of me. I've seen horrors from Norn you couldn't even imagine. But if its to keep my home... Mama's home, safe... I'll be a demon like you've never seen before.*"

— Shino on her commitment ot protecting Genbu Sanctuary.
**Shino Inazuma** is a mage of New World, and a demigod born from Voice of Tankian. She currently leads the Genbu Sanctuary, a small collective of beastmen and demi-humans deep in the mountains of Norn. As such, not to mention the turbulent history with the surrounding kingdom of Lazuli, she holds a high distrust of outsiders. And, while bosting an age of over 400 years, she is still rather young by kitsune terms, leaving her somewhat childish at times. None the less, she takes her duty as chieftain very seriously, and will do whatever she can to safeguard the settlement her mother had founded.

## Appearance

Shino stands at a diminutive five feet and five inches tall, with near prosocline white skin and sapphire blue eyes. Her hair is shear white, and cut down to her shoulders. While she mostly lets it hang loosely, sometimes even letting her bangs hang between her eyes, she more often than not ties a small braid off of the left side of her face. While outwardly entirely human, she possesses 2 key things that betray her as a kitsune. the first are a pair of fox ears adorning her head, with whire fur on the outside, save for a pair of black tufts on the inside. The other is a quintet of long fox tails with similar white fur that turns to a dark blue, almost black towards the ends.

   Usually, Shino prefers wearing lob, flowing clothing, trying to mimic the regal, elegant clothes her mother fashioned for her. Her favorite outfit is a long, flowing kimono. the body and shoulders are a sharp white color and gold lining, ment to match her hair, but changes to a sky blue color from about the elbow point on the sleeves, with a falling snow pattern down the sleeves, which hang past her hands. She dons a dark blue pleated skirt, similarly with a falling snow patter, and transitions to the same sky blue as her top. Shino wears it high up on her torso, just elbow her chest, that also hangs to just above her ankles. She wears a pair of black laced boots. Lastly, she accessorizes with a thin blue sash which she uses to hold her skirt up, and a reddish purple poppy broch worn in her hair. When traveling however, she wears a long white robe overtop of her usual clothes, but with a hood with small cutouts for her fox ears, and a white fox mask she will use to conceal her face.

## Personality

Despite her advanced age, Shino is still considered very young for a Kitsune, and as such is still very childish by nature. She can be quick to anger, especially when people don't listen to her or do what she says. But at the same time is quick to cower from those she sees as a threat. It is fairly easy to get on her good side though; a simple gift of food or something to keep her entertained will often warm her to any stranger. It's not uncommon for her to be manipulated like this, often forgetting her current goal in leu of some sort of short term gratification. None the less, she has come to adopt a sort of persona when out in public. Here she will try and present herself as more calm and collected, trying to display very little emotion while at the same time acting polite and open to others. She finds this is easier to do while meeting new people, but admits she can easily let the mask slip should something surprise her.

Though she only spent a handful of years with her, Shino grew very close to her mother Voice of Tankian, coming to rely on her a great deal in her early years. As such, her death affected her greatly. Being Tankian's daughter thrust her into leading the Genbu Sanctuary long before she was ready. A roll that, while she does her best to fulfill, she secretly resents. She has seen generations of the sanctuary's inhabitants grow up and die, and slowly become aware that many doubt her leadership abilities. More often than not she'd compare the sanctuary's status now against how it was under her mother's leadership, and is often overcome with guilt over the sanctuary's slow decline. Because of this pressure, Shino never really had time to come to terms with her mother's passing. It wouldn't be entirely incorrect to say her situation has left her somewhat emotionally stunted, locked in the same mindset she's had since taking over leadership from her mother.

Despite her uncertainty as chieftain, every generation of its inhabitance has a small handful of individuals who see through the mask, and accept Shino as she is. These individuals often become her bodyguards or advisers, though Shino sees them more as her only friends.

## Skills and Abilities

 **Racial Level** | * Tailed Fox (10)
 **Job Level** | * Mage (12)
* Winter Mage(8)

* **Charming Gaze** - An inherent skill possesses by virtue of being a Kitsune. She is able to charm people by making eye contact with them, and later give them simple commands. It is most effective on things of a lower level than she is, but she has come to notice that the stronger the person, the less control over them she can exert. Being a juvenile Kitsune, it could be argued that this skill is not as potent as it could be.

### Spells

* **Sleep**: A 1st tier spell. Can induce sleep
* **Snowball**: A 1st tier spell. Generates an orb of snow and fires it at a target to cause ice damage.
* **Blizzard**: - A 2nd tier spell. Creates a blistering blizzard around the caster, dealing both ice and wind damage.
* **Icicle Storm**: A 3rd tier spell. The caster will summon an array of icicles that they can fling at an opponent. Icicle's can be remade and reformed, continuing the barrage so long as the user has magic points to spend.
* **Permafrost** - A 4th tier spell. Generates a freezing cold burst of air able to instantly freeze liquid and deal frost damage to all caught in it's effect.

### Skills

* **Fox curse**: Inflicts a random debuf on any who touch Shino's tails. Debuffs include, Fatigue, Blind, Mute, and Paralyses. Curse will last for half an hour.
* **Nature Sense**: A passive skill that enhances Shino's already sharp sense of sight, hearing, and smell.
* **Winter Spirit**: A unique skill Shino inherited by virtue of being a godkin. Increases the potency of any ice based magic by 25%, and increase her resistance to cold. Also grants her access to ice spells of the 6th tier.

## Equipment

* **Inari Mask** - A mask Shino wears to conceal her face when traveling outside of the sanctuary. It is small, made of a white material in the shape of a fox face complete with small ears. The eyes are framed with a gold color, and a small black nose is the only other detail. It is enchanted to not fall off should she be jostled, and let her alter her face to take on the appearance of another for a short time while the mask is being worn. She can use this up to three times a day.