Hyoujinrou

The keeper of the late-night path at The Dojo is a strange, joyful sight. While trainees return with aching muscles and grim faces, Hyoujinrou greets them with a gleeful smile, their lantern casting a warm, steady glow against the encroaching dark. Their mouth is often agape, as if in constant shock at the simple beauty of a moth dancing in the light. Few who see this gentle soul would ever guess the truth: the lantern’s flame is fed by a private, burning fury. It is a rage against injustice that mirrors the vengeful spirit of Genkei, an inferno they learned not to extinguish, but to contain. With their carved cane for balance, they walk the cold grounds, transforming a fire meant for destruction into a beacon for the lost.