Tatsu

When Tatsu was a child, her family was caught up in a hunt for dissidents by Mikage troops. To teach her village the importance of loyalty, the soldiers executed everyone they captured - including every other member of Tatsu's family. Tatsu learned the lesson well. Recognized for her fighting talent, she rose through the palace guard ranks and received the tattoos marking her as a high captain. After spending many decades in her warlord's loyal service, Tatsu was brought to a secret ritual chamber. Demonic blood and dark magic were pumped into her veins, but in the end, it was for nothing: she was mighty, immortal - and blind. Discarded into the palace gardens, Tatsu spent a decade in isolation. Her demonic magic awakened a second sight, allowing her to perceive through alternative senses. When she discovered the Mikage were weakening, she seized the opportunity, using her intimate knowledge of palace guards to orchestrate their downfall and execute the Mikage lords who had tortured her. Though the Shadowkin eventually won their freedom, Tatsu's violent methods made her a liability to the new regime. After fifteen years of growing isolation, she was quietly exiled. She later found herself imprisoned in the Free City of Arnoc, where her meeting with fellow prisoner Jizoh, a Lizardman painter, would change the course of her eternal life.