Mikado

What does one bring to a demonic purification ceremony? Mikado, a botanist of some local renown in Waterfall City, had decided on a lucky plant. They were actually on their way to the annual Sprout Festival, hence the festive war paint. But a wrong turn inside the pale stone temple led them not to the judging pavilion, but into the chamber where Zenchi was undergoing a harrowing exorcism. The monks, seeing a robed figure with sacred-looking markings and a vibrant offering, assumed Mikado was the expert they were waiting for. In the chaotic backlash of purifying magic, Mikado’s robe was singed with embers and their face was frozen in a look of profound shock. They've been stuck that way ever since, now hailed as a silent, powerful exorcist. Only the plant knows they were just trying to win a ribbon.