Kabane

Kabane was once the most promising trainee at the pale stone temple in Waterfall City. Then Aoi visited, speaking of futures that made tradition feel like a cage. Captivated by visions of progress, Kabane grew impatient with the old ways. In a moment of hubris during a sparring trial, they used a piece of forbidden technology Aoi had left behind, a device meant to anticipate an opponent's moves. It overloaded, searing a permanent scar across their cheek and injuring their partner. Stripped of their rank, they now begin each day at the bottom of the falls, training from scratch. Their intensity is not for glory, but for atonement. The warm spirit they once had is buried under a discipline harder than stone.