Somei

When the raiders first stormed the outer wilds, Somei was just a trainee, more comfortable reading the grain of wood than the intentions of an enemy. Mokuzai had taught them that every living thing in The Heart of the Forest had a purpose, a flow. Somei believed their katana shared that same principle—a tool for discipline, not destruction. But on that day, with their peaceful home threatened, they drew their blade. One clean, perfect strike ended the confrontation before it began. It was not the violence that left a permanent mark of shock on their face, but the silence that followed. It was the chilling discovery that the same patience learned from carving wood could be used to end a life with such quiet efficiency.