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  NAME:   Lady Kikuchi no Hanami
  ALSO KNOWN AS:   The Witch, The Great Serpent
  AGE:   Early Sixties (at her death)
  HEIGHT:   4 fulms, 8 ilms | 142 cm
  GENDER | SEXUALITY:   Cisgender female | Heterosexual
  PLACE OF ORIGIN:   A nameless village nestled within the southernmost reaches of the Ruby Sea.
  FAMILY:   Mother to three beautiful sons, two of whom are still living. No others will claim the Kikuchi name.
  EYE COLOR | HAIR COLOR | SKIN TONE:   Brilliant illuminated seafoam eyes | Platinum white hair | Medium-dark skin
  NOTABLE FEATURES:   What about her isn't notable?
Possessed of long trailing tresses, piscine protrusions to replace a typical Raen's horns and tail, and eyes that seem made to reflect light, she is covered in golden jewelry from crown to toe, gilded in pieces of ancient Thavnairian make woven between traditionally styled Hingan robes.
An ancient shrine maiden's purification rod is usually somewhere upon her person, fashioned into a staff to focus magic.She cannot speak the common Eorzean tongue, but it doesn't stop her from speaking regardless. To others, to herself, to whoever will listen— they will hear melodic tones, a sing-song gracing a sultry, husky alto voice.

  PERSONALITY:   Honor, tradition, and formality are of the utmost importance to her, though she will not suffer any slight — be it perceived or intended. Her mood is often volatile, oscillating wildly, and one may be in her favor just as easily as they are reviled by her, oftentimes for the very same thing. But she is often gracious and amiable, as reminiscent of roses as she is of delphinium.Suffer her moods and you will have her eternal favor.
Win her heart and it is yours forever.  BACKGROUND:   The deep trenches of the Ruby Sea are home to gatherings of Raen within them, and one such village thousands of fathoms beneath the waves has housed those lost to the depths for centuries. Home to an unnatural swell of aether, the village has built itself around a rift that tears into time itself, opening pockets between dimensions just as a voidgate would entreat a split between shards.The culmination of carefully curated breeding spanning across generations, Hanami traces lineage from Uznairian curseweavers and Hingan geomancers. Born to protect the rift, she has learned to manipulate the ebb and flow of time itself, all while shouldered with the responsibility to do exactly as she is told: to remain vigil as its sole guardian and to mother an heir to succeed her. Just as her mother had, and her mother before her.Doted upon like a goddess and kept on a short leash, forced into three arranged marriages that all failed, and having lost her two most promising successors to the currents that surround the village, her sudden and violent death had come as a mercy to her. She had not fought it.Confoundingly, she has found her way out of the lifestream and walks upon the surface for the first time.One has to hope that life is kinder to her the second time.