Sakurano

The Uninvited Guest of the Golden Spires balanced on the palace roof, the wind catching the daisies in their hair. Few in The Teikodian Empire dared to see their home from this angle, but Sakurano had earned the view. They remembered being told the highest spire was unclimbable, a feat even the great Washi deemed impossible for anyone without wings. That challenge was all the invitation Sakurano needed. The ascent was a blur of raw will and scraped knuckles, but reaching the peak changed them. As the sun hit their face, a surge of pure energy remade them from the inside out. Their blade now cuts with the grace of a falling blossom, and their smile holds the secret of a cage door sprung open.