Hotaruko Anchali

> The eternal fire? I mean, I would advise you not to be so foolish to find it. It's just a legend afterall, and if it truly existed, why has no one found it and had the power to rival even the Warped Domain's Lords? Until you prove to me that it truly exists, you won't have to waste time on searching for this 'power' and must focus on your deities as a member from the Defenders of the Light instead."
> Hotaruko Anchali to Tae Tomodachi in "Legends of Burning Flames"
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Hotaruko Anchali is one of the major supporting characters of the Warped Eternity: Living Destruction's Abyssal Remnants and is the creator of the Combustion, Thunder Ignite Style, one of the most powerful Numen Styles. She joins the Knights of the Crystal Rose for the attention of Inei, but eventually, saw the true purpose of becoming one of the warriors of the Thirteenth Age.

She is also one of Natsu Anchali's cousins and was about to be wed to an unknown warlord before being taken in by Kaori Ayano. She also works with Mirai Ayano to avenge Kaori's death at the hands of Luka Odayaka, and destroy the Eleven Shadow Tides. However, her desire to destroy the Eleven Shadow Tides was not fulfilled as it continued to regenerate continously as long as Tsumi still existed. She also serves as a kunoichi in some years when she was being trained by Kaori Ayanoand thus lived nearby Kazuo Yasahana's village. She was one of Ryuga Chisaka's greatest rivals as she would have to constantly pick on him as a child and as the chieftess' daughter but she became one of his unlikely allies after the events of the Kliessarium Game.

When she was a child, she is also trying to defeat one of the Usurpers of the Forever Mountains, Adriel Cruz who is considered only as the "**Blood Rain"** as she heard about the rumors about him but eventually decided to give up as she thought it was just a foolish legend like the Eternal Fire. However, she still dreamed of passing her motivation of defeating the Blood Rain onto her descendant in the series, The Sorceress and the Sea and also wished to find out about the Moon of Oblivis which was one of the abandoned realms in warfare with the Cruor or what the people of Cruor referred to as the Warped World due to having the most suffering. She also became one of Tae Tomodachi's rivals and was an enemy to Hikaru Katsuro at first, but eventually began to warm up to them more often than Naree Suwan.

## Personality

Hotaruko is a very cheerful and easygoing person, who often smiles a lot and gives others affection. She also teases others often, although there are some cases where she could get easily flustered. She also likes to tease others and smile often even in some inappropriate situations such as when she was trying to make a situation about a the most powerful warlord to be lighthearted. She also is very blunt like Ryuga Chisaka and is more oblivious to her bluntness as evident when she was confused why one was frustrated with her comments. She also loves making inappropriate snide comments such as when the leader of the Defenders of the Light told about Shentan and she simply interrupted him with lots of side comments. Due to this, Hotaruko was seen as very bubbly, yet rude and oblivious girl who was overly hyperactive. She also can seem very mean a lot of times, although she doesn't mean it that way. She also loves making things more lighthearted, and is very lively. Hotaruko also teases others a lot, such as when she teased her fellow comrades as an imaginative romantic.

Hotaruko also openly shows a bit more affection towards those who she admires, namely Nathaniel Divon and Natsu Anchali. She admires people who are extremely hardworking, diligent, and strong-willed and as such, she aspires to be like them. This was evident by her admiration and underlying respect and additional affection towards hardworking people, and at the same time, she ends up being extremely frustrated with those who lack willpower or dedication. This is due to her belief that this is the reason they are able to contribute something extremely well. She also is hardworking, and very diligent herself as she yearns to be someone more useful than her title.

Despite this, she is revealed to hate those who harm innocent people and those who take advantage of others for their own lust. This was evident when she did not hesitate to talk back to one of the lustful courtesans who was hurting and injuring several young girls. Her hatred towards lustful people stemmed not out of her own experiences but due to her immense empathy about the tremendous pain it causes to others.

Hotaruko is also a bit of an imaginative romantic and also loves to spread rumors due to her desire to spread attention. However, when it comes to spreading rumors to ruin reputation as a strategy, she is rather very wicked about it. This was evident when she picked on and mocked one of Sasaki Akiyama's warlord puppets to expose them and how she created false rumours to ruin the reputation of one of the members of the Noella, Miriam which ultimately failed. Her mockery is limited to those who she hates, and who she thinks deserves the mockery and disdain. This was also evident by her disdain and mocking hatred towards Toshiko Matsuoka for being traitorous to the Knights of the Crystal Rose. As Natsu Anchali describes it, her mockery and this behavior of hers is only seen towards those who have earned her wrath and betrayed her.

Hotaruko also possesses an inferiority complex as evident when she felt too inferior and out of reach from the level of the rest of her comrades, and the Nature Kosho, Akio Akimitsu. She feels her abilities and skills are not too special, as she possessed flexibility and fluidity which she felt was useless in a fight due to what Akio, an ancient god has accomplished although Akio admits she is strong herself. Hotaruko also acknowledges others with stronger bodies such as her admiration and fascination with the Crushing Nature Kosho, Akio Akimitsu and how she denied she was blessed with anything special. She also told herself often she fould never become as great as Akio Akimitsu, the one she views very highly due to being an ancient god and having far superior experience to her

## Abilities

**Immense Agility:** Hotaruko possesses great amounts of agility as she ran through the abyssal caves and cursed forests with finesse and easily locked and evaded the attacks of her opponents. Her agility allows her to spin freely, and rotate her body in twisting motions while performing dozens of long whip slashes and dozens of short thrusts and stabs to increase the damage. She died shortly in the battle against Luka Odayaka despite her strategies and nimble body although she slightly aided still in the battle against Daiki, Shiro Yori, Luka Odayaka, Kenzu Fuyuki, and Sasaki Akiyama's efforts and strategies all in one battle.

**Immense Strength:** Unfortunately, Hotaruko is the second weakest official of the Knights of the Crystal Rose in terms of raw physical power. This is due to the limit she has due to her immensely flexible body and composition. However, she still possesses immense strength as she was able to swing her blades countlessly without that much muscle fatigue and was even able to strike from all angles and pierce several Dolls in a series of swings. Her strength was evident by decapitating thirteen high-class Hiryen with one strike.

**Immense Flexibility:** Despite not possessing as much physical strength as lots of her comrades, Hotaruko possesses the most flexibility in the series even more than Aya Aoki as one of the things that made her lack of strength. She could rotate her body into 360° degrees in any direction, and bend her body to strengthen the force of her jabs and her attacks. Her flexibility allowed her to be more fluid in battle, but she was still massively overpowered by Daiki due to his far superior skill. This is due to her bodily restriction.