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Yuu Hifumi
Silent Fist, Gentle Sea•
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Clan
Raen
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Introduction
The reserved, sharp-tongued heir of the Hifumi clan: part fierce martial artist, part secret softie. Once all fists and duty, now out to rediscover fun, mischief, and the dreams she once locked away beneath the sea.
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Character Information
Basic details about Yuu Hifumi
Age
Early 30s
Race
Raen
Partner
Single
Pronouns
She/Her
Occupation
Martial Artist
Body Type
Lean/Muscular
Birthplace
Sui no Sato
Residence
Lavender Beds
Background
The story of the character's origins
Lost and Adrift
From Behind the Curtain
Born the first child of Akane and Kazutaki Hifumi, Yuu entered the world beneath the mirror as a blessing in calm seas. A quiet, inquisitive infant, she rarely cried or misbehaved, but clung so fiercely to the skirts of her handmaiden, Saki, that some wondered if the eldest Hifumi child would ever stand alone.
That changed with the arrival of Hanae, heir to another family within the Kuzunoha. Hanae’s mother was both a confidante and iron rival to Akane and it seemed destiny that their daughters should be sisters in all but blood. Where Yuu was silent, her friend was loud. Where Yuu obeyed, her friend rebelled. Together, they balanced each other like sun and shadow, learning and growing amid the streets of Sui no Sato, training halls, and hidden corridors of the Hifumi estate.
Through Hanae’s daring, Yuu found her voice. She stepped out from behind Saki’s protection and tasted the thrill of adventure beneath the pearls of Sui no Sato. Together, they dreamt of seeing the world beyond the ocean’s mirror, of becoming fierce warriors and elegant women, of becoming guardians worthy of the Kuzunoha’s oldest oaths.
Then came the night that split them apart. Neither Iruko nor Saki ever pried free the truth: only that Hanae fled into the dark currents, Yuu gave chase, and only one returned. Battered, silent, and eyes hardened to steel, Yuu buried the girl she had been beneath her bruises. She cast aside her softness, her girlhood dreams, and even her own name in all but record, forging herself into a living weapon of the Hifumi Konran style.
The Birth of The Pale Tide
While her siblings studied trade routes and court etiquette, Yuu prowled the reefs and undersea trenches for any excuse to test her mettle. Traitors whispering rebellion against Sui no Sato’s royal house? She dragged them from their coral hideouts by the hair. A wandering yokai menacing pearl divers? She crushed its spine with a blow echoing the mantis shrimp’s strike.
To the Kuzunoha retainers, she was a terror cloaked in formal grace and to those of Sui no Sato she became an unspoken threat whispered in the barracks. Many trained for prestige; Yuu trained to bleed, sweat, and kill if needed. Even Iruko, ever playful and observant beneath the mirror, wondered if her heir had carved that fated defeat too deep into her soul.
The true test came when fissures opened beneath the Ruby Sea’s deepest trenches. From these black maws spilled abyssal Voidsent drawn by old magicks. They feasted on the warmth of aether, turning fish, coral, and even villagers into horrific parodies of themselves. While the royal court dithered and rival families argued, fighting to take the best advantage of the situation, Yuu rallied the Kuzunoha’s best and led them with the forces of Sui no Sato. For her, any blade or talon willing to strike was better than the pointless bickering in the royal halls. They called her the Pale Tide, for she drifted among the enemy lines like a ghost, her strikes precise and pitiless.
For nearly two years, she led deep-sea sorties that destroyed hive-nests, cut off incursion paths, and protect Pearls on the outskirts of Sui no Sato's territory. She refused rest, refused courtly praise, and refused to retreat even when outnumbered. In this war, she was not the Hifumi heir but the spearhead of Sui no Sato.
At the abyss’ heart brooded a Voidsent lord known in whispered records as Aka-no-Kashikoi , “The Clever Red,” a shape-shifting Voidsent that devoured all those before it, stealing their faces to then use to inflict terror as it command lesser spawn. When it began pulling at the roots of Sui no Sato’s protective wards, Yuu defied orders to stand guard and instead descended alone into the black trench where no light reached.
For hours, nothing surfaced but eventually the water turned red. Deep divers later claimed they glimpsed Yuu in a whirl of boiling bubbles, her aura flashing like a thunderclap each time her fists struck the Voidsent’s shifting form. She took two wounds that would have killed any mortal: one through the belly, one above her heart yet she struck back until Aka-no-Kashikoi lay still, its stolen faces drifting into silence. Bleeding and near death, she would have sunk forever had Iruko’s call not summoned a pod of dolphins to bear Yuu gently through currents no mortal healer could swim.
A Reason to Live
As Yuu lay recovering, Iruko commanded her to live, not simply to fight. The ocean’s battles would rage with or without her fists, but her soul needed tending. Fate answered with a shock: Hanae, thought lost to all but rumor, returned after twenty years adrift. The reunion was no clash of blades but a quiet storm of words, memories, and old laughter. Hanae’s insistence cracked Yuu’s armor anew: reminding her that beneath the mirror lay not just duty, but joy waiting to be claimed.
Now, for the first time, Yuu steps willingly above the tides. She bears the mantle of the Hifumi heir, the weight of the Kuzunoha’s expectations, and her mother’s cold scrutiny but also the patient love and reckless warmth of those who care for her. Somewhere between all these currents, she hunts again for the girl she once was: not to bury her this time, but to invite her home.