Ayatsume Mizuno

## **Biography**

* **Played By:** GoblinSlayerSam
* **Name:** Ayatsume Mizuno
* **Class:** Fighter / Bard / Arcane Archer
* **Deity:** Assuran (Hoar)
* **Race:** Kitsune
* **Age:** 26 years old
* **Height:** 160 cm
* **Gender:** Female
* **Status:** Alive
* **Fighting Style:** War Archery / Kyudo
* **Weapon of Choice:** Reinforced Longbow
* **Physical Description:**

Aya is a red haired kitsune with a lean and slender build. She wears a red and white uniform with the crest of her family designed on the back (a tribal red fox surrounded by fire), one of her more noticeable features are the three tails on her back, each one moving independently from the rest of her body. She usually moves around with two longbows laced on her back and a couple of quivers, one with regular arrows and the other with special tips depending on the situation.

She has a beautiful appearance but the years passed in isolation made her neglect her body physically and now she's just a shadow of her older self. Her eyes tend to glow when she takes aim during a fight and she also displays a huge confidence in her archery skills whenever she equips one of her longbows.

### **Early Years:**

Aya was born 26 years ago in the Tenmei Island right in the area of the central mountains where the density of the forest was higher. As a kitsune she lived the majority of her live within the territory established by her family through an illusion barrier. This type of “kekkai” was built on the kitsune’s illusion magic developed by Izumi that prevented strangers to find their home and protect the kitsune pack from the conflictual environment of the islands of Kozakura.

Due to her father Teruku Mizuno, second family head of the Mizuno family and a bard who was respected by his accomplishments as an artist, Aya developed a passion for music and storytelling, she was also naturally gifted in attuning the weave through music.  While her mother Izumi instead tried her best as a teacher to support her studies and make her develop more skills through knowledge and literature, strangely enough Ayatsume was really fond of the art and war in combination of the code of honor introduced with the samurai who worked under the feudal lords. For her the Daimyo was a “hero” figure able to lead his people in time of need.

Both her mother and father were adventurers, they decided to settle in the middle of Tenmei island since it was closer to other families and friends who would have joined them in their peaceful life. Thanks to them a small village was establishes where about forty people between normal humans and kitsune could live together in contact with nature without risks of conflicts.

Ayatsume was the first born in her family, her kind nature was inherited from her father while the ferocious fighting spirit from her mother. Since her early childhood the kitsune showed talent for fighting and hunting, probably something that came natural to her considering how gifted her father was with a katana. Aya was full of life and her cheerful attitude would always put a smile to anyone who lived or passed some time with her, she loved passing time more in her human form since the gripping hands would allow her to read more books and try new recipes to cook for her younger sisters and brothers. Her best friend was a Korobokuru named Kandarlum who worked in the mines of the mountains right over the Mizuno’s village, he was the first who made an effort to bring her so many books and various souvenir that made Aya more aware of the external world over the barrier, he also spoiled her, as a blacksmith and artisan he developed small weaponry just for her and sometime even dolls that she loved so much. As years passed a few other friends of her parents came to visit and were allowed over the illusion barrier, after all Izumi and Teruku were still dearly loved by their closer friends.

Ayatsume didn’t like only a pair of them, Roland the Hunter and his gigantic white wolf. Both of them smelled of blood even while being clean and their eyes were repressing a ferocious murderous attitude, whenever she looked at them the young kitsune would feel genuine fear, it will take years for her to understand why her parents trusted them so much. The human archer was the one guarding the forest surrounding their village while his companion would keep other wolves away from the borders and allow other foxes to come inside.

Everything there was carefully planned to preserve their families and friends because the dream of Izumi and Teruku was to raise their children as capable individuals who could choose to live their lives in peace in the village or simply start a career of their choice anywhere in Kozakura or in other distant lands.

### **Archery Training:**

When Aya turned ten Teruku placed her in care of Roland, an old but wise soldier/archer who used to work in battlefields. Though initially they didn’t get much along, the human noticed the talent of the kitsune in the use of ranged weaponry. From there he felt it natural to raise Aya as an archer and he simply wished for her to grow not just with a bow but also with the mentality to fight whenever necessary.

Day after day she trained to become stronger, her archery skills were honed not just during hunting sessions where she had to provide meat for the family but also to face human targets. Ayatsume never liked the feeling of taking a life but she didn’t complain much about that, Roland was responsible of that and she simply accepted his lessons believing in her father. She acted as his second in the hunting grounds and while receiving training from him, she also took care of chores such as cooking, doing the maintenance for the equipment and the laundry.

Aya eventually developed a stronger archery technique than him but she never managed to beat him in a one versus one duel for her lack of experience, but even after years of losses the kitsune kept training and learning more from Roland almost becoming a younger version of him. She heard about his devotion to Assuran but during her younger years she never took interest in it, that peaceful life in the middle of the forest with her family was all that she desired so far.

Roland became like family to her, the incompatibility they had on the beginning was converted to mutual understanding and respect. Teruku felt really proud of that development since the old man was his best friend and first mentor as an adventurer. Izumi wasn’t really enthusiast of that choice but she agreed that for Aya it was necessary to become stronger and independent as long as she kept also studying at home.

Ayatsume good eyesight really helped her with her aim and just at the age of twelve her accuracy was so efficient arriving to surpass Roland on some degree already.

## **Personality Traits:**

* Ayatsume follows the dogma of Assuran. Her faith defines good part of her personality. Strong, alone and independent, this kitsune can also show some extreme traits when it comes to avenge innocent people or fighting “evil”. She used to be a really kind person but she lost her youthful innocence after that more than half of her family was lost or exterminated. That trauma still lingers there specially when she crosses portals a huge sensation of nausea would automatically permeate her body, remembering her of the barrier she used to cross to get to her home village.

* After that experience she trained under the teachings of an old Hoarite spending her last ten years in pursuing conflicts in the name of justice. She managed to accomplish any duty that concerned avenging people, though her emotions would show whenever she felt too tired or stressed in general.

* Ayatsume is a ruthless, conflicted, stoic and cold blooded killer who might also arrive to accomplish villainous acts towards evil, believing in the code of an eye for an eye. Despite that she’s still idealistic and retains good intentions whenever she “works” in the field. She considers her lone existence a blessing but still her huge love and affection for her family remains.

* In the field she was nicknamed “Three Tails” and she was remembered for her accuracy with the bow and her tenacity in chasing and taking down the targets she was looking for.

## **Relationships and Objectives:**

* **Aya’s Family:** Aya was born from the union of Teruku Mizuno and Izumi Tanaka, both of them kitsune and with a past as adventurers and planewalkers. They decided to retire from that lifestyle and get married after Ayatsume was born. As years passed the family grew with the addition of female twins named Chikako and Chitose and another daughter who was named after Izumi’s mother, Shikha. The last two brothers were named Shuji and Tatsuo. Since Aya was the older sister, she always looked after them acting like a second mother. Even after becoming an agent of Assuran, Ayatsume’s love for every single member of her family remained strong, probably that form of affection is stronger than anything else.

* **Current Family Tree (Mizuno and Tanaka)**

* **Mother and Father:** Izumi Tanaka (43 years old), Teruku Mizuno (45 years old)

* **Daughters and Sons:** Ayatsume Mizuno (26 years old), Chikako and Chitose Mizuno (both 20 years old), Shikha Mizuno (18 years old), Shuji Mizuno (15 years old), Tatsuo Mizuno (14 years old).

* **Other Relatives:** Izumi’s sisters, Kojika Tanaka (40 years old) and Kotone Tanaka (42 years old), Daisuke Tanaka (22 years old) and Hachiro Tanaka (20 years old) both sons of Kotone. Teruku’s brother Hiroki Mizuno (49 years old). The rest of their family was killed or scattered across the islands of Kozakura and other regions of Faerun, not all of them were blood related to the families but they were accepted as part of them.

* **Currently searching for:** Chikako, Chitose, Shikha and Tatsuo on the Mizuno’s side, they were all captured as slaves.

* **Objectives:** At the moment she’s following some informations she gained about Chikako and Chitose being imported in the city of Dawnport.