Shounosuke

Shounosuke did not abandon their post when the cultists breached the pale temple gates. They were a shadow warrior, trained to uphold the active vigilance preached by Minamoto. But during the fight, a single, devastating miscalculation on their part led to a comrade's fall. The shock of it rooted them to the stone, a paralysis that lasted only a moment but cost everything. They never lost that look of stunned horror. Exiling themself from the warrior's life, they descended the countless stairs to the city's base. These days, they live downstream among the fishing boats, a quiet figure in a haori whose hands mend nets but have not forgotten the weight of a blade. The roar of the falls is a constant reminder of their silence.