Kasumi

* Bio

**Kasumi** (霞 (かすみ) , *Kasumi*?) is a legendary historical character in the mythology of both the Divine Realm as well as the mortal realm.

She was the Primary General of Greater Lord Wendy's military during the time of the interwar period which included the cataclysm before perishing in the final days of the cataclysm. The Shaftlands' Raidou, Kamizato, and Kamisato clans are modern-day descendants of the General.

When she was young, her name was **Yazuki Maeda** (前 () 田 ()  優月 (ユヅキ) , *Maeda Yazuki*?), her given name one that she had chosen for herself in recognition of her adoption.

## History

### Early life

Kasumi of Mt. Kamisato was born on August 5th to Kazuha, the Primary Divine General of Greater Lord Wendy's elite, and Saeko, the princess of the tengu race. She was named after the magical and poisonious mist that protected the Shaftlands from harm.

As a baby, Kasumi was left in a secure space by her parents who had died in battle together and was rescued by the Mirade Shogunate's primary tengu-human General Chiha Maeda and brought back to Mt. Miko where Chiha imbued her baby food with the essence of the divine in order to further accelerate her abilities. Due to the rapid mental and physical development experienced by Kasumi, she quickly grew up into a young child of 4 years. As Kasumi grew older, her adoptive mother would tell her that her biological parents had died in battle protecting her. Chiha also ingrained in her the importance of defending Humanity from the forces of the Demon Emperor. This influenced her later actions and caused much of the events that occured in her later life.

Kasumi was raised solely by her adoptive mother and beloved adoptive older brothers who all trained her to become a Shogunate General in the case of the early regeneration of the Demon Emperor.

### Kaito and Chiha's Meeting

When she was a toddler, Chiha married Kaito Sato, another tengu-human General who served the Mirade Shogunate in the hopes that his dedication to his duty would further influence Kasumi into wanting to become a General. At the time of the celebration of Chiha and Kaito's sixth wedding anniversity, the tengu were still out searching for the late tengu princess's daughter and only found the young Yuzuki Maeda, eldest daughter of the Maeda clan and it's sole heiress due to the untimely incapacitation of both of her beloved elder brothers. Kaito, in particular knew of the true identity of Kasumi and her biological parents yet refused to disclose this secret to the tengu warriors. Chiha spent a lot of time training and raising Kasumi in preperation for her future role as a General of the Shogunate while Kaito focused on her older and younger siblings due to the injuries suffered by her adoptive older brothers.

### Early War Exposure

Strange things began occuring in the spring and shared fall period of the Ice Lotus Festival, as the Shogunate experienced unprecedented military losses that hadn't occured since the reign of Empress Sayo I in 409 AG. As a result, the now 15-year-old general-in-training was sent to the front lines due to the murders and assassinations of many higher-ranking military commanders/generals. In 789 AG, the hubris-ridden Queen Hazuki declared her superiority over the Shogunate's first Empress Sayo and insulted by the grave transgression towards their greatest Empress, the young General Yazuki was sent out to slay the children of the Queen in cold blood. However, Yazuki spared only the youngest daughter and child of the Queen out of a small amount of mercy, taking her on as the first of her many adjutants.

## *General Kasumi: Eternal Euthymia*

### *Everpursing Thunder and Lightning*

During a small skirimish between the Shogunate forces and a small contigent of the Demon Emperor's forces, Kasumi experiences another loss in her life. In a fit of anger over Yutsuka's death, Kasumi devestates the battlefield and passes out only to find herself awakening in the medical bay clutching the only personal item of Yutsuka that they could recover, her butterfly hairclip imbued with the last of her slowly fading elemental energy. Those present on the battlefield that day described it as being stuck in the middle of a terrible "cursed field of blood and elemental energy", never forgetting the sight of Kasumi's great and terrible wrath. This experience hardened the once kind and gentle Kasumi who desired to make friends with the most unfortunate of society, making her despise the world at large.

## Lore

> One of the several famed generals of the Interwar Period, Kasumi of the Hayabusa clan revolutionized the way that the Kingdom's military was conducted. Elder sister of the shrine maiden Kureha Hayabusa, Kasumi's family has been the longtime supporters of the divine since their birth and are the noblest of the Tengu clans, which contains half-blooded divine themselves.
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> Description from the Official Website

## Personality

> The great general from historical records, with tengu/divine mixed heritage. She is the most loyal adjuant of the God of Wisdom Wendy.
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> —In-game character attributes and profile page text

Kasumi, like all of the Shaftlands' inhabitants, was a loyal supporter of Greater Lord Wendy but even more so due to her clan's long-standing alliance with the God of Wisdom. Wendy trusted her to lead the elite of the Shaftlands' Army as its primary general, considering Kasumi as being sincere, determined and courageous. Noted to have a strong sense of camaraderie, Kasumi advocated for stronger friendships amongst her soldiers and was described as "incredibly approachable" by all of her subordinates and fellow generals. Kureha Kayabusa when speaking of Kasumi's personality (in the present time) described Wendy as a person who rarely hid her own feelings, instead preferring to be straightforward.

A professional warrior on the battlefield, Kasumi's abilities were highly respected by her subordinates to the point where the modern-days clans descended from her bloodline are revered as the princesses/princes of the nation. At the time of her rise of the ranks into the position of Primary General, Kasumi was the youngest of the seven Generals of Wendy's Army and commanded the most respect/reverence from the army due to the deeds enacted swiftly after her rise in position.

Kasumi has tengu blood in her veins and shares several of their traits, including the manipulapulation of spiritual energy, jet-black wings that could be manifested at will and sharp, bird-like eyesight that enabled her to see over long distances.

## Relationships

### Sosuke Tanaka

Kasumi is the eldest adoptive daughter and child of the tengu-human Generals Chiha and Kaito Sato while Sosuke Tanaka was the eldest son and child of the human Generals Miryu and Tasuki. They served as Generals-in-training together and grew up together on Mt. Miko as childhood best friends despite the disapproval of Kasumi's fellow tengu playmates. Due to growing up together as a result of their parents working in close relation to each other, Kasumi has first-hand experience with Sosuke and describes him as "difficult," "tempermental," and highly "reactive almost like an explosive" referring to his quick-starting temperment. Their relationship was incredibly rocky at it's beginning due to the differing opinions of the two Generals.

They were first seen interacting formally with each other after their parents brought themselves together. Kasumi had heard things about Sosuke beforehand, about his quick-starting temperment, tendency to be thuggish, and his somewhat misygonistic demeanor. Sosuke however on the other hand, had heard little about Kasumi, aside from her reputation as a future General-in-training and her having gained the favor of the Almighty Raiden Shogun of the Mirade Shogunate.

## Trivia

* Kasumi is the cousin of Hokuto Miya, a far younger and less experienced historical General that fought for the Seraph Empire and the Mirade Shogunate.