Tempest Tsuchiyu

**"Insignificant being be gone!"**

**Tempest Tsuchiyu** (Japanese: **土湯 嵐** *Tsuchiyu Arashi*) is a 1st-year student from Riverstone Military Academy, serving as Squad A`s captain in the International War Games; a series of events hosted by countries from all over the world.

## Appearance

Tempest has medium length black hair which can be considered quite neat and messy at the same time. She possesses sharp green eyes which fall under her thick eyebrows. Her eyes are large compared to most other female characters in the series. As a Squad Leader, she wears the standard Riverstone Military Academy uniform which consists of a long-sleeved black coat with light green details including the shoulder epaulettes which has a brown Sam Browne belt passing diagonally over her right shoulder and two rows of gold buttons on the front. Along with that, she wears a pair of white gloves and a white web belt with a gold waist-plate. She also wears the uniform trousers and black boots which go over the trouser's leggings. Tempest keeps her katana on the left side of her hip. Sometimes she can be seen wearing the Military Academy`s hat, and often wears the Military Academy`s cape as well. She often wears a frown or a scowl on her face, when thinking about volleyball or her brother getting distracted from his homework by volleyball.

## Personality

Tempest possesses a moody and anti-social personality that manifested itself and was shaped by tragedies that happened early-on when she was a younger child. As a young child, Arata and her parents lit themselves on fire, claiming that their children were "monsters" much to the horror of their neighbors, resulting in Arata`s quiet and non-combative nature and Tempest`s moody and anti-social personality. Towards her older brother, she displays an aloof yet kindhearted nature although he is often scolded by her for forgetting to do his homework. It was stated by Arata to his own team, that Tempest reverted back to being a moody antisocial rebel with a thirst for revenge against her deceased parents for ruining her entire childhood and putting she and her older brother in an orphanage.

Despite this, she has a soft spot, worrying more about her friends first than her goals. Aside from this, Tempest shows to have a somewhat weird sense of humor, as shown when she teased Alice for her height. She is calm and patient when acting as a Squad Leader and is very analytical in personality, preferring to observe action from a distance as to gain an advantage. This is the reason why Squad A has won the War Games for all of her years in the Academy. She is stated to be extremely sensitive when her past is brought up, and relies on Marie to keep from crying. She is shown to have a sadistic personality which shows up at random.

## Powers and Abilities

### Natural Abilities

Tempest is an excellent swordswoman, being self-taught. Her skill, speed, technique, reflexes, agility and other factors have made her truly effective with the sword, as she was capable by only unsheathing her sword and slicing her sword rapidly, capable of slicing apart armor.

### Equipment

#### Maria

Maria has the appearance of a black katana with a green edge, and is described to be among the most sharpest swords in the entire world, thus Tempest must employ a non-lethal method of swordsmanship to use her blade so that she doesn`t kill anybody. Unlike how the Ancient Japanese sheathed their swords, she unsheathes her sword in a different way.

### Stats

 Stamina
 Game Sense
 Technique
 Speed

## Relationships

### Riverstone Military Academy

* **Marie Riverstone**: Marie is Tempest Tsuchiyu`s best friend and family since they were eight years old. Maria calls Marie by her shortened nickname, "Mar". Marie is a little overprotective of Tempest and tends to pick fights with people who bring up her past. She is said to be the only person who knows when Tempest`s smiles are fake and often scolds Tempest when her smiles are fake. It is said that even having Marie in the same room keeps Tempest at calm or from bursting out into tears when her past is brought up by other people. They are comfortable enough with each other that they share one bed, eat after one another, and help each other get dressed for school, as well as reminding each other when they have to do school projects.
* **Alice Honda**: Alice is Tempest`s second-female best friend and considers Tempest to be a younger sister to her, despite being in the same grade as her. The two are implied to share a unique relationship as the two provoke each other but in a more personal way. They only really get fired up when they are heavily annoyed by the other and usually engage in rapid fights with their weapons, having to be separated by Maria Riverstone.
* **Guren Amaterasu**: Guren is the first male friend Tempest makes during her first year in high school. Tempest helps Guren when he gets bullied, and with other things. Later, Guren both entered a Squad underneath Tempest. Like all her other comrades, Guren treats her with respect and is committed to helping their squad win the War Games once again.
* **Akihito Tsukishima**: Tempest crashes into Akihito (literally) on her first day of class for the Academy. The two fight often at first and develop a rivalry, but they both have strong family values. He is a tidy person, who is good at cooking. He is a surprisingly caring individual. Tempest considers Akihito as a comrade who she`d help anytime and a family member of their group. Like the other members of their squad, Akihito respects Tempest and trusts her strategies, acknowledging that she has the strongest technique in the art of the sword out of all of them.
* **Mahiru Tsukishima**: Akihito`s younger sister who was diagnosed with an unknown disease, Tempest who had heard stories of her kindness from her older brother, having only met her once considers her to be part of her squad and as a result of association by her older brother, as a member of their family.
* **Shinoa Ichinose**: She and Tempest mutually trust each other, considering each other to be friends. Tempest sees her as family to him, and is happy when Shinoa asks to become one of her second-in-command, happily granting the post to her. They tend to playfully banter with each other to seed unease among their enemies and Shinoa is usually tasked with keeping Tempest calm by promising her sweets if she does her homework, or whenever she goes too far when practicing her swordsmanship.
* **Undi Tsuchiyu**: Her biological twin brother, he shared a common brother-sisterly-like bond with him. She was crushed after his murder and ever since he died, she has sworn to win the War Games in his honor. He is the catalyst which has pushed her into becoming an truly effective leader as she is now.

* **Riverstone Military Academy**: Her reputation is for lack of a better word, simply astonishing. Despite knowing her past, the students at the academy have not turned their backs on her and come out in overwhelming number to support Tempest and her Squad at the War Games every year, usually cheering whenever she knocks out her opponents and usually celebrate her and her team`s victory with a school-wide day off off from school with a sword competition against Tempest and her squad. Whenever somebody insults Tempest, they usually boo at the person who insulted her and are usually acting as Tempest and her team`s protective guard, usually escorting them to the doors of the arena.

### **Other Schools**

* **Aobajohsai High School**: She is feared among the population of Aobajohsahi High School due to her superior speed and is called "Riverstone`s Speed Demon" for good reasons. The Boys` Volleyball Team has heard of her might and has even attended a few of her practice matches, leaving their captain impressed in her speed and the rest of the team shell-shocked at her swift swordsmanship. They are equally as impressed with the rest of the team, having invited Karasuno High School along to watch a few of their practice matches, and even Shiratorizawa Academy at some point.
* **Karasuno High School**: Seeing as Karasuno High School is one of their rivals in the War Games, many students in the War Games Club at the High School acknowledge Tempest`s skills and see her as a truly effective squad captain. She is considered one of the most powerful Squad Captains, and a true warrior despite being only a first-year.
* **Shiratorizawa Academy**: Ushijima thinks that she shows worthless pride and that she should have gone to Shiratorizawa. Seeing as they are their other rival for the War Games, they share a intense relationship with them and acknowledge their skills-while Ushijima acknowledges Tempest`s skills, he calls her an effective captain and squad leader who is both composed and analytical.

## Trivia

* **Nomenclature**
	+ Tempest (嵐) - *Storm, Tempest*
	+ Tsuchiyu (土湯) - *Soil and Hot Water*