Soul is what powers magic here so yes it's just renamed Mana because mana is overused and boring. Soul Essence is the purest form of this, and as such is viewed as pure energy and an invaluable resource which the Akechi has utilized to bring unrivaled prosperity to Mahoukyo. Magic items/tools exist in this world. I will rank them in levels of rarity/usefulness. Grimoires, wands, scrolls, rings/jewelry, and weapons. Grimoires allow access to larger spells and better control, while Wands offer only better control. The other two will vary a lot more, however, but it leaves it open for whatever you wish. If an item you want isn't covered by these 4 terms, I'm more than happy to talk about it to see where they would fall.

The Isamu has a collection of Magic Stones, each one branded with their family crest which they use to gather the Soul Essence. It also allows them to access Zero Time, and in times of emergency as a back-up Soul power-up, though it comes with drastic draw-backs.

For the ranks, I shall be using a 3 tier scale system which I and my co Leslie ended up making.

Experience, which is as it sounds. It's more an age-related matter, so no 10-year-old child with the highest level of experience.

Capacity: One's ability to contain and sustain Soul and magic. I have the likely hood of people having each tier listed in the sheet below.

Aptitude: Basically how good you are at controlling your magic. Once again, it will be a bit of an age-related matter however I'm more lenient age-wise to this as prodigies do exist and adults with basically no control will as well.

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Experience (Beginner(1), Novice(2), Intermediate(3), Adept(4), Expert(5), Master(6), Grandmaster(7))

Capacity:* (Low(20%)(1), Average(50%)(2), Medium(13%)(3), High(8%)(4), Very High(5%)(5), Exceptional(2%)(6), Archmage(1%)(7)

Aptitude: (Incompetent (1), Fair(2), Competent(3), Capable(4), Talented(5), Prodigy(6), Pure(7))

*Note, the % is how likely you're born with that amount of Soul.

Maylis Isamu: Very High/Master/Pure (5/6/7) Barrier Magic
Dieter Gunnar: Medium/Expert/Talented (3/4/5) Gauntlet Magic
Alister Rose: Medium/Master/Talented (3/6/5) Sealing Magic
Hanzoku Isamu: Exceptional/Novice/Competent (6/2/2) Obedience

The Rikimaru Family: Always known in the city as troublemakers, their reputation in the last decade or so has seemingly only gotten worse and worse as more and more restrictions began to pile up on the proud family of mages till it reached breaking point around ten years ago. Riots broke out throughout the city as the family fought back against the oppressive city, and only after intense fighting for a whole year was a truce finally called. Though now the Rikimaru is stirring up once more, claiming the city hasn't stuck to their side of the deal, and this time their lashing out seems to be even worse...

The group is run by the head of the family, Akio Rikimaru, as well as his group of tight-nit advisers. Though Akio remains the top, the group has a fairly straight forward mantra of 'strongest rules' and as such the next string of command tends to be made up of the strongest fighters in the Rikimaru Family, the group known as the Inner Circle. The inner circle is always made up of what is considered the 7 strongest members of the family, baring the family head and it may consist of one, all, or even of the main family members. This current crop of the Inner Circle is not only the youngest in overall and average ages; but also considered the strongest to ever be assembled. A scary proposition for the city to consider.

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The Akechi Family: Who doesn't know the Akechi family? For the longest time, they've always held a spot amongst the city's elite and hold considerable influence within the governing body of Mahouyko. The current head of the family, Touma Akechi, is currently the head of the Magical Containment Department and is the official in charge of dispatching the Isamu family.

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The Isamu Family: For those that don't belong, who need a place to go, the current head Maylis Isamu goes out of her way to recruit anyone with magical powers into her families ranks to give them safety and rights which they may have never experienced before in their lives. Others are forced into joining or facing the consequences if caught by authorities, while others are simply recommended through other channels or 'invited' to join by the Akechi. The Isamu are often viewed as misfits, eyesores by the governing body, and as such despite their far better treatment, they're still treated as little more than tools for the government to use as they please. Maylis herself has been leading the charge for a change of legislation to give all mages or the like equal rights, the same as that of a normal civilian.

An incident ten years ago has wiped most of the Isamu main members out, the only known survivors being Maylis, her father, her cousin Hanzoku and their grandfather. Since then, her grandfather has passed away and her father presumed KIA during fighting with the Rikimaru, thus leaving Maylis and the younger Hanzoku as the last known remaining Isamu.

A strange magical occurrence that none can explain, all that matters to the Akechi, and thus the Isamu as an extension, is the Soul Essence present within these strange reality dilutions.

While most commonly given to family members, those outside the three main families will have difficulties getting their hands on such objects for the families that have a monopoly on them. The grimoires are the most powerful magic item, allowing mages to increase the size, scope, and range of their spells while also offering far greater control over the larger spells. There are also three forms of grimoires, ones based around magic, one that is magical in nature and the other being closer to Magia. Most mages have a grimoire that represents their magic created for them, which stores their spells, achievements, and the like.

Wands are handy for those who are more looking for fine control over quick, burst like attacks on a battlefield. For this purpose, wands are second to none and allow greater accuracy on hitting a target as a bonus.

Some scrolls can act as grimoires, but for most, they offer a one-time usage of a spell for no cost.

Weapons of any sort will have a gem embedded in them, to absorb or run Soul through them to allow one to use them with their magic.

Magia is another more personalized tool that every mage of the Isamu family must have on their person. Each persons Magia will differ, it could be a tome, wand, keycard, gemstone; anything really. But the purpose of a Magia remains the same, operating as an 'id' card, or perhaps even a dogtag, which any other mage or Government official can use to not only verify someone as a 'legal' mage, and thus a member of the Isamu, but also can double as any of the above tools. It's also used to gain access to otherwise restricted areas.

(credit to @Shard for making these btw)

Full Name:
Lucia Isamu

Nickname(s):
None (For now)

Gender:
Female

Age:
20

Birthday:
28th of May (Actual birthday unknown)

Written Appearance(Optional):
Unlike the given pic, she doesn't have any scars.


Personality:
Lucia retains a tranquil, approachable demeanor and is quite sociable with her current peers. Although her interest in people is genuine, she is essentially detached to most things inwardly and is prepared to lose them should it ever come to pass. Besides that, she is a bit of a battle maniac.

Likes:
Books, Reading, Combat, People Watching

Dislikes:
None (Might add some things in the future)

Strengths:
Ruthlessness - In combat, Lucia has no problem dealing low blows or dirty tactics and in fact, often uses them when the opportunity presents itself.
Analytical - Her circumstances lead to her getting a good grasp of human nature, although it's mostly the nasty side that she's quick detect and predict.
Paranoia(Adaptive) - Both a strength and a weakness. Lucia operates on a mentality that everything she has can be lost in the blink of an eye. So she is detached to most things in her possession with the exception of her magic. (even then she still carries a backup weapon(gun) if possible)

Weaknesses:
Paranoia - She can only trust people as far as she can throw them (or predict).

Relationships:
Maylis Isamu - Lucia holds a healthy sense of loyalty towards the Isamu but Maylis is the one she trusts most of all. Despite that, however, she believes that Maylis is not entirely incapable of betraying her.

Backstory:
Lucia grew up in an orphanage and lived a fairly normal life until her magical awakening. Revealed to have the scorned trait, she was quickly ostracized by her peers and foster parents alike. Talks of giving her up or selling her to the authorities came which Lucia got wind of. Feeling afraid and threatened, she made the decision to run away from her foster home. With nowhere to go, Lucia spent the latter half of her childhood living as a street urchin, scraping by everyday to survive, learning a few tricks, and even making some new 'friends' out of her fellow street children. All the while trying to keep her magic a secret as much as possible. However, a bout of impulsiveness led to the authorities finally finding her, as someone she saved with magic sold her out. After that, she was promptly recruited into the Isamu Family.

Under the Isamu Family, Lucia was given education and magical training. While retaining a cautious attitude, Lucia took these lessons and new life in general to heart, putting her on the path of becoming one of Isamu's vaunted enforcers.



Runes - Lucia's magic is based on the runes she can draw with her touch. The invoked effect will depend on the type of rune drawn.

Basic Runes:

Float - makes the object with the rune float, mostly works on light objects.
Shoot - accelerates object in a certain direction.
Burn - invokes flames on where the rune is drawn.
Gust- Summons a gust of wind towards or from where the rune is drawn.
Zap - conjures electricity on where the rune is drawn.
Mold(Earth) - reshapes earth/rock/metals. Bigger changes requires more mana and control.
Bond - Sticks objects together magically.
Trigger - Catalyst Rune, only has an effect when combined with other runes. Invokes the effects of other runes when it receives the designated stimuli.
Link - Catalyst rune, only has an effect when combined with other runes. It binds objects to Lucia temporarily(not literally).
Print - Rune that draws other runes. (Or her signature)

Compound Runes:

-Wind Shear (Gust + Shoot): Fires a wind cutter (Mainly created with a swing of Lucia's staff)
-Fire Trap (Burn + Trigger): Like a land mine, except it's magical fire. (Activates when touched by anyone but Lucia)
-Shock Trap (Zap + Trigger): Inconspicuous rune that electrocutes unsuspecting victims. (Activates when touched by anyone but Lucia)
-Earth Trap (Mold + Trigger): Instant pitfall packed in a few letters. (Activates when touched by anyone but Lucia)
-Earth Spike (Shoot + Mold): Lucia strikes the earth with her staff and makes rock spikes shoot out from it.
-Lightning Bolt (Shoot + Zap): Lucia fires a lightning strike from the end of her staff.
Control (Float + Shoot + Link): Lets Lucia control runed objects with a sort-of telekinetic manipulation.
-Vodoo (Link + Bond): Absorbs impact and damage from one rune and transfers it to another specifically paired vodoo rune. (Amount transferrable at a time is limited and can be overloaded which causes a bit of backlash)

Grimoire Spells:

1st Form - Chaser:
Lucia summons and maintains 8 elemental orbs under her direct control which could be either of the four of the elements she uses (Zap, Mold, Gust or Burn). While these orbs are small, her fine control over the 8 projectiles as well as the ability to combine said orbs for added effect makes for some useful or deadly applications in battle.

2nd Form - Barrage:
A bombardment spell where Lucia summons a single swarm of 20 elemental orbs which she can direct against a single direction of attack. (Note: it says 20 elemental orbs at a time but she can maintain that number in a continuous barrage though she will be immobile.)

3rd Form - Runic Arms:
Lucia strikes the ground with her staff and creates a giant pair of floating hands made out of sturdy earthen rock which she can control like a new set of detached limbs. Runes can be formed on the Runic Arms' fingers, palms and the end of its tail-like wrists as well as triggered remotely at will. The palm rune slot is special in that its rune effect is amplified.

Personal Magical Items:
Runic Bo Staff - Her main weapon. It has print runes engraved on its pole ends which makes it act like a stamp that lets Lucia print runes on the surfaces her staff touches on demand. It also has a control compound rune inscribed around its center which would let Lucia easily recover it should it leave her hands among other "hands-off" tricks.

Runic Cards - Blank cards with a bond rune at its back. It lets Lucia place runes from afar.


Physical Skills: Besides being a brawler, Lucia is skilled with the Bo Staff and has experience using handguns.

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Full Name: Shouyou Tenma

Nickname(s): Sensei, Shou

Gender: Male

Age: 28

Birthday: 1/1

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Personality; As a gentle and spirited soul who's always smiling, Shouyou is always cheerfully helping whoever needs him. He is a curious and slightly altruistic person who has the tendency to butt into other people's issues whenever possible. Whenever there's a conflict, he prefers to take the pacifistic route of talking things out. All in all, he's a kind person that likes to take on the role of a teacher. His guilt and regret pushes him to help others even at his own expense.

Likes:

• Teaching
• Helping others
• Taking walks

Dislikes:

• Conflict
• Restrictions
• Evil

Strengths:

• Master Swordsman
• Charismatic
• Resolute

Weaknesses:

• Pacifist
• Technology
• Restless

Relationships: Everyone in the Isamu Family are his comrades and precious students.

Backstory: Shouyou Tenma used to work for the government. More specifically, he was a special individual who was used to carry out killings of anyone who became too unruly for the government to handle. From a young age, he naturally gained powers that were put to good use once he was recognized as an adult. Being raised and indoctrinated by a government program, he was loyal to them and carried out their every word. With his powers, he was truly a dreadful person who never failed a murder mission. The perfect killer.

Of course, the years of these missions began to take a toll on Shouyou's apathetic mind. He grew weary and tired of all the bloodshed and decided to request a permanent leave. It was to his relief, that the government acquiesced to his request. Whether it was because of their respect for him or something else, they let him go with the condition that he would have a tracker on him because of how sensitive the information he possessed was.

The peaceful world changed Shouyou's cold disposition into the kind person he is today. There was life in his steps, dreams on his mind, and hope in his heart. He felt like a complete human being after gaining independence. It is a freedom he cherishes from the bottom of his soul.

After gaining a teaching license, he decided to impart philosophy lessons to young students. He tutored, acted as a substitute teacher for schools, and even took the position of a permanent teacher at one point. He achieved a peaceful life that he thought impossible while he was a mage working for the government.

Unfortunately, that peaceful life of his was disturbed at the behest of the same government he left. They "recommended" him to join the Isamu Family for some reason. The only reason he did accept their request was because of his former ties to them and the fact that the Isamu Family, from what he's heard, is a family full of good people.

So, here he is, helping out anyone in the Isamu family who needs it.

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Shouyou's magic is something that strictly affects the self. Activating it boosts his nigh-superhuman physical capabilities to something that can't even be described with just the word superhuman. He gains the ability to move faster than the speed of sound, punch through steel, and can block bullets with his body. The downside to this magic is that it's extremely limited in variety in the fact that it can only boost the user and nothing else.

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Shouyou Tenma's swordsmanship is rusty from years of nonuse.

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Full Name: Rena Kirizaki

Nickname(s): Ren

Gender: Female

Age: 19

Birthday: October 14

Affiliation: Isamu

Written Appearance: Rena was not gifted in her height - merely reaching up to 5'1 and weighing only 105 lbs, she wasn't built to be intimidating. Her small frame is packed with muscle though due to her clothing, she is deceptively weak-looking which can be quickly proven wrong. In terms of clothing, Rena just grabs whatever is available. She's often seen in long-sleeved shirts and jeans that aren't too restrictive. She prefers to display her animal parts proudly despite its origins.

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Personality: Rena is a cautious individual due to the circumstances surrounding her past. She doesn't trust people easily because the last time that had happened, she and her brother were locked in a facility. Her cautiousness can be too much, nearly even bordering paranoia in some cases. She's usually on alert for the most part and keeps an eye out on how people act - essentially being observing and trying to piece together how they work so she can predict how they would move and act.

Aggression comes naturally to her, easily agitated by anyone who seems remotely dangerous to her welfare. She would be willing to throw hands with anyone if they pose themselves as a threat. And this carries over to when she's forced into a fight. Preferring to always get up close and personal - shifting into a larger animal to fight. More often than not, Rena doesn't usually make any plans prior to when she attacks. This leads to some compromising situations that can be avoided if someone is there to control her.

When she's comfortable around people, Rena is a lot more easygoing. This is most evident when she's with her brother. She's a lot more mischevious than she lets on and relatively curious about anything and everything. Rena is very expressive during these times - giving bright smiles and laughs. She's very talkative and loves interaction.

Due to her harsh upbringing, Rena never developed a good sense of morality. To her, survival has always and will always be the priority - even if it meant she is supposed to do unsavory things that others wouldn't be able to stomach.

Likes:

• Animals
• Nature
• Safety
• Silence
• Sunlight
• Napping
• Talking

Dislikes:

• Crowded places
• Loud noises
• Scientists
• Sterilized smell
• Alcohol

Strengths:

• Physically capable
• Animal instincts
• Keen observant
• Capable fighter

Weaknesses:

• Distrustful
• Aggressive
• Magic is purely physical
• Still learning about how the world works

Relationships

• Maylis Isamu - Though Rena never openly admits it, she is very thankful that Maylis had decided to take her in instead of leaving her by herself after the rescue.
• Dieter Gunmar - The one who had led the attack on the underground research center. Rena respects him because of his power and ability to lead. She had been assigned to his squad and Rena performs well under him.
• Alister Rose - They don't speak often, regaling in each other's presence with simple silence. Rena knows better than to cross the family, Maylis especially, around him.

Backstory:
The first things in Rena's memory were the white walls of the facility and the singular, bright light on the ceiling. The scientists had told her that they had saved her from the streets. Naturally, she had believed them. Not even a few days after she had woken up, Rena had been subjected to experiments. At least they had allowed her to recover after each experiment, though as soon as she was at full strength, she was strapped down and the experiment is repeated. It had always sapped her energy and will to do anything and the scientists were momentarily worried that she would die from it.

But when she was thirteen, Rena had finally shown the success of their experiment. Her appearance had changed to a more vulpine form - her ears changing to those of a fox's and her tails appearing. Her hair had turned into a black color, resembling that of a silver fox. The scientists seemed overjoyed with this and Rena had thought that she was finally safe. That maybe this time she wouldn't go under the table and suffer. But Rena should have known better.

She was soon subjected to intense physical and magical training. Everyday, she had to reach a height better than her previous one if she wanted to eat properly. The scientists were merciless in training her and Rena's anger just grew and grew from there. She acted as if she was loyal to them, even though she didn't know anything else. She knew that escape was near impossible, so she trained more and more. As she grew older, Rena was fighting in magical simulations and when she had gotten better at that, she was sent into Zero Time for actual battle experience.

Two months ago, there was a raid on the facility. Rena was left in her cell as the scientists evacuated with their findings. Rena had absolutely no idea what was happening and it was Dieter who had opened her cell for her. Rena was expecting a fight and she was poised to do so, but they escorted her out of the facility and into their household. They allowed her to join the family because she had no idea what else would be out there for her. All she knew to do was to fight. They had given her a purpose that she could do, but it came with the freedom of being able to see the outside world.

While Rena would not call herself loyal to the Isamu family, they were her only option to survive in the world.

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Due to the results of the experimentation, she had manifested their magic in a rather strange way. It manifested in the form of vulpine likeness - ears, tail and fox behavior are always present on her form and she has no way to hide them. Oddly enough, Rena could manifest more tails - akin to the mythical Kitsune.

Her vulpine likeness allows the passive enhanced senses that come with the animal. Even in her semi-human form, she retains the flexibility and agility of a fox - able to compare to the most skilled contortionists. She's also gifted in many activities that foxes are skilled at - such as sneaking, running and climbing. Like other foxes, she has a magnetic sense, able to locate North through a darkened spot in her vision. This allows her to gauge distance very easily.

Her true magic lies in her shapeshifting - the ability to be able to transform into other creatures. She is much more comfortable in her animal form - hence her ability to fully shift into another animal. This, however, restricts her to being only one animal at once until she finds out a way to be able to meld two or more animal forms together. She's been able to shift from one form to another in quick succession. She has lately been shown to have the capabilities of shifting into the monsters she fights or even mythical creatures.

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• Due to her upbringing, Rena is proficient in martial arts. Whenever she is not using her magic, she heavily relies on both that and her more animalistic way of fighting.
• She wears a necklace with a manastone embedded into it which had been supposedly given to her by the scientists though she overheard that when she was picked up, she already had it.
• She carries around two tonfas as her main weapons out of the usage of her magic. These tonfas can be switched into a bladed form to be much more lethal depending on the opponent.
• Her proficiency in her magic allows her to be able to retain her clothing and weaponry when she shifts between forms.

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Full Name: Roya Long

Nickname: The Dancing Dragon

Gender: Male

Age: 17

Birthday: 9/11

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Personality; Roya is an upbeat person whose filled with a crude sense of humor that is often sadistically hilarious. He's all about vibing especially when tasks are accomplished fast, Roya is such a perfectionist that people get turned off by her bubbliness because he finishes first. Roya is all about proactiveness and making the right decisions even its harsh, undermine him and he will kick you out of his presence.

Likes:

• Archery
• Dual Swords
• Udon

Dislikes:

• Spicy
• Mondays
• Evil

Strengths:

• Minimalist
• Dancing
• Educated

Weaknesses:

• Cracking in Pressure
• Glass Canon
• Hot Headed

Relationships: TBA

Backstory:
Roya and his family originated from China and has been serving the Isamu for years, the Long family's praised for their dragon magic and intensive martial arts prowess. Under the wings of the Isamu, they serve as stealthy warriors and arson masters whose fire are utilized in many ways, besides destruction, the Long family have an outstanding reputation in China Town for hosting events in the Chinese Community. True to their traditional hosting of a series of festive dances that even the Isamu is accommodated free tickets to their Lion and Dragon dancing.

Although coming from a Chinese upbringing, Roya's mother is a Japanese Mage whose the main reason why he's in the Isamu in the first place. They shared a strong relationship and trained him in the art of Japanese weaponry such as knives and fans while his father trained him in fire dragon martial arts. Roya may not be a prodigy among the Isamu but his tact and devotion to training earned him as one of its competent Mages.

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Dragon Up is a Fire Magic Martial Arts that use ones body as an extension of flames like dancing. The true power of this magic originated from China, granting its user draconic like features to withstand the harmful heat of the sun and the flames. Roya can harmless stream fire to objects to grant him flight and release fire bursts with his dual swords and fans. In unarmed combat, Roya breakdances a lot to break the balance of his enemies.

Form I — Fire Hand
Basic Fire Dancing that revolves around times leg sweeping and circular hand motions to be precise tiger claws. To which he can send strong fire punches and kicks.

Form II - Lit Chopsticks
A Fire Dancing that revolves around flame control and streaming of fire into objects. Roya uses this to lit his swords to levitate or any object with precise combustion.

Form III - Fire Wall
A defensive form of fire dancing that's all about resilience and refined stances of defense. Roya plays his stance in stationary form to make fire walls of protection and countering incoming offenses, against Fire Mages, he takes advantage of their flames to redirect it.

Form IV — Blue Fire Dragon Mode
Roya raises the temperature of his flames into jetburns — turning his flames blue. He can only do so much in this form, it consumes a lot of soul power to maintain. It's the most aggressive form because it's all about assaulting firepower than finesse.

Form V — Great Fire Breath
Breathing methods that utilizes fire as a breath, Rita's lungs transform to that of a Dragon. This allows him to melt steel and precious metals and overpower water due to its strong heat. He loses to a group of Water Mages though.

Form VI — Plasma
Roya creates heat raybeams to make plasma constructs like swords, with it he gains sheer precision and combustion. It's down side is it's high consuming soul power.

Form VII — Sun Wheel
Burns the crap out of everything but creating an explosion heat storm. Roya deprives heat which cools the area and quickly engulfs it in flames to create a devastating firesorm in an area of effect.

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TBA.

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Full Name: Kazumi Isano

Nickname(s): Best Waifu

Gender: Female

Age: 1325 years old (it's fairly normal for a nine-tail to live this long)

Birthday: 31/12

Written Appearance: As well known shapeshifters, kitsune, especially ones who grow to be as old as Kazumi often get to choose how they appear before other people if they do not wish for them to see their true looks, so, nobody knows what the fox's true appearance is. And as one would expect, the current form is extremely beautiful and alluring to most people.

Kazumi wears a long flowing white and red traditional dress, though not one you would see in any modern Shinto temple. She tends to switch it with a black one when going out on a mission and covering her nine tails and ears to not attract anyone else's attentions.

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Personality: As all benevolent kitsune are, Kazumi herself has a friendly and quite kind disposition towards anyone who might interact with her and she is absolutely happy to help anyone with whatever they might need, should it be in her power and as long as it does not harm anyone, even if it's helping with a job or something of the like or even with some advice, should anyone require it of her.

However, though she is a old and wise kitsune, some of her more younger more trickster self does get out from time to time and she starts playing harmless pranks, teases and sometimes even flirts with the occasional person. Though because of her own lifespan, she refuses to even try find a romantic partner as it would only end in grief for her.

The only people she is completely truthful and honest about her feelings are with those of the main Isamu family and throughout centuries of serving the family since it's inception, she has formed a nigh unbreakable bond with the family and has actually started to become drawn towards anyone part of this family.

Likes:

- Maylis: Though most of the Isamu love Maylis as one would expect, Kazumi's connection and her now near unbreakable spiritual bond with the family has led her to love the young woman as one would love their own child, for if Maylis acts like a mother towards the Isamu, Kazumi acts like a mother towards Maylis.

- Peace: Kazumi knows that conflict is inevitable and she would fight without hesitation for the family, however, she has seen it throughout her long lifespan that conflict benefits nobody. If she could help it she would rather have no conflicts happening at all, despite how naive that may sound.

- Love: Though she herself does not wish to partake in it anymore, she is absolutely elated to see love blooming between people and will often attempt to help the two people in love to cultivate it, even if she would have to use a bit of magic on her side to help with the situation at hand.

- Sweets: Though Kazumi is calm and collected about most things, the kitsune will almost always get excited when someone presents her with sweets of any sorts, from regular candy, to ice cream and many other types of sugary goodness.

Dislikes:

- Conflict: Kazumi has seen enough combat to last her a dozen more lifetimes and has seen the pain, loss and hatred conflicts of any scale cause, be it a small gang war to a conflict between nations. As such, she will fight only if she has to protect her family, or herself.

- Family Rivals: Though this would be a self-evident thing to dislike, she dislikes those who would willingly cause harm to her family in particular and despite her being mostly a pacifist, she will fight against those who would raise their hand against anyone part of the Isamu.

- Undeath: Death itself causes enough suffering for people, but daring not to let those who have passed on to have their eternal rest is the worst crime anyone could do and anyone who indeed does practice this art deserves nothing but the worst punishment one could get.

- Personal Romance: Though Kazumi loves to see the budding romance between other people, she does not wish it for herself at all. She's lived over ten times the lifespan of a normal human and has had her heart broken times merely because those that she had fallen in love with her mortals. She does not wish to go through said suffering anymore.

- Dogs: The ever present foe of all foxes, Kazumi dislikes dogs with a passion. It is often a very irrational fear/hatred with the kitsune often losing her usual cool and fleeing most of the time, or hurling curses at the person who brought the dog there.

Strengths:

- Ancient Wisdom: Though she herself does not like being called that, Kazumi is indeed ancient and her wisdom is to match. She has countless years of experience to draw from and has probably experienced most things a regular human has not.

- Dormant Powers: Though they are currently locked away because of circumstances, Kazumi has great power hidden deep inside her, a power that would perhaps not equal most family heads, but it would certainly bring her close to it.

- Heightened Senses: Once more thanks both to her advanced age as a kitsune, Kazumi's senses are much more advanced than that of most humans, able to sense things that many would not even be able to notice even with magics.

Weaknesses:

- Absolute Loyalty: Having been basically bound to the Isamu by the first head of the family, Kazumi's loyalty is to this family. Though she has a fairly strong inclination to obey the orders of those part of the main family, she can refuse them if she chooses to, orders from the head of the family are absolute for her, however. She can absolutely not refuse them, except if it pertains to her harming herself or something that would put her or the aforementioned head in obvious danger.

- Hates Evil: Though it may sometimes be objective, for Kazumi there is no gray area, you are good or you are not. Anyone to have done a few too many things considered to be evil and she will not even bother talking with them, they are evil and she will cleanse them from this world with extreme prejudice.

- Dormant Powers: Though they may awaken at a later time, Kazumi is currently stuck in a rather weak form thanks to a botched awakening, limiting her already not very strong offensive capabilities right now by a great deal. She can currently act as mostly a support, providing healing and scouting for any party she might be assigned to.

Relationships:

- Maylis Isamu: Kazumi loves Maylis akin to a mother loving her child and though she is technically bound to the family itself, she would give her life for the young woman even if she had not been. Though she technically acts as one of Maylis' main advisers in most situations, she also acts true to her nature by trying to get the young woman to loosen up a bit and have more fun.

- Alister Rose: There is a sort of a friendly rivalry between these two as they now technically have many of the same responsibilities regarding Maylis, though their methods of taking care of the girl are certainly different, with the fox advising each time for the young woman to loosen up, to more "daring" stuff so to say. Needless to say, the two butt heads quite a few times, though Kazumi has made it her personal mission to make Alister be just a little bit less stuck up.

- Rena Kirizaki: The moment that Kazumi set her eyes on the young fox-like girl, the older kitsune took an instant liking to her and a very strong desire to protect and nurture the young woman which may have caused her to be a bit too forward with the overly cautious girl. Though now, a few weeks after her awakening she has calmed down and has begun to try and build her relationship with the young woman in a slower and more natural way.

Backstory:

Kazumi's tale begins long before the actual start of this story, over 1300 years ago, when a young eager fox was sent on this world by Inari, the patron of all kitsune and foxes, to act both as her messenger, as her eyes and ears that would relay all that she may consider the patron goddess would find amusing, or interesting.

Her first few hundred years were fairly quiet as she chose to avoid humanity as best as she could, due to rumors about the humans having a fickle and sometimes cruel nature. However, despite these rumors, Kazumi's curiosity would get the better of her and she eventually did find out that interacting with humans was quite fun despite their supposed nature. She quietly helped people down on their luck as inconspicuously as possible to make their lives better, giving a luck charm here, a luck charm there and perhaps a bit of misfortune for those of a more evil variety. As time went, however, her help became more and more direct, with Kazumi helping said people in person - though disguised - and claiming to be some powerful sage when doing so, as her true form would probably get her killed by the superstitious folk of the land.

This direct contact made it inevitable that the fox would eventually fall in love with mortals. And she did on a fair few occasions, even siring a few children with said people, children who most of the time joined the goddess Inari back in her own world. With each mortal she fell in love with, however, she slowly started to realize that romance was not for her, it would only bring her suffering as none of them could hope to live by her side for long.

The last person she would make the mistake of falling in love with would prove to be the founder of the Isamu hundreds years ago. This young man was everything her previous loves had been and more and she felt so much closer to him than she ever had with anyone else. Years passed by and she enjoyed her life by his side, not necessarily as husband, but as a close lover. but her suffering was all the greater when the man was on his death bed. On this death bed, the founder of this family had Kazumi promise him two things.

The first was that the children she had with him would not be taken back to Inari to be raised and instead be allowed to live their lives here. The second promise was to have Kazumi always watch the Isamu family, to always advise them, to always be by their side and to always listen to them in turn. Perhaps because of the grief, perhaps because of the love she bore for the man, Kazumi accepted both promises, despite how binding said promises would be for a kitsune.

After this man's passing, Kazumi served for a long time as advisor to her children, grandchildren and so on, doing her best to guide them. However, after so many centuries out without recharging, her powers began to weaken significantly. Around a century before the current events, Kazumi informed the current head that she would need to slumber for a while and if there was ever a need for her, they could awaken her with a certain ritual that she made sure to explain and write down for them. After saying her heartfelt goodbyes, Kazumi went into her long sleep.

And would waken a century later, however, it seems that that ritual had been forgotten and the current head of the Isamu family, Maylis accidentally stumbled into the shrine the nine-tailed fox was sleeping and woke her up without the ritual that would wake her up at her full potential. As a result most of her powers were still dormant, sealed deep inside of her. It would take a fairly long while, but said powers could still be awakened, until then, however, she would just have to serve as an adviser and support for her family as she had for centuries before.

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Though fairly powerful magic, the botched awakening, has unfortunately limited the power of her spells, so they are nowhere near as powerful as they could be.

Fox Magic

Foxfire: Foxfire can take the form of either lightning or white fire. While these do the damage one would expect it to do to regular humans, they are especially more effective against spiritual lifeforms.

Shapeshifting: Though its capabilities were once vast, for now, Kazumi can only change between her normal kitsune form and her fox shape.

Healing: One of the few magics to have not been overly limited by her current power limitations. It's a fairly simple and obvious spell that simply allows her to heal people's wounds by touch.

Clairvoyance: Though she could once do it at will, now she can only do it with her kitsune sphere thanks to her limitations. She also can only watch the people she has met and formed a certain bond with thanks to said limitations as well.

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- Once every week or so, Kazumi can contact her patron goddess, Inari and talk to her about the state of things down in the actual world, though as ever, Inari can't help her in any direct sort of way, so these talks often are just that, talks between friends.
- Though having sworn not to romantically love mortal folk again, Kazumi is not opposed to fooling around with certain people that may seem attractive to her, both in order to just have fun and to gain a bit of extra power.