Menowa

By trade, Menowa is a whisper in the shadows of Waterfall City; by heart, they are the one whose unrestrained laughter echoes off the plaza's fish statue. They were trained to be unseen, a phantom slipping through the spray of the falls on missions no one speaks of. Their Kitsune mask was their only true face. That changed the day they were tasked with observing a quiet lantern maker in the lower districts. They watched for weeks, noting every detail, but found no threat—only a calm soul who hummed while weaving bamboo frames. One evening, Menowa left a perfectly carved bamboo bird on the workshop bench. The next night, a finished lantern was left in its place. These days, the mask comes off at home, and their skilled hands are more often used to carve gifts than to draw blades.