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Hiriko is an Oni-Spawn Tiefling, prominently shown by her red skin, gold eyes, fanged teeth, and large build. She stands at an impressive 6'1", and her Oni physiology and a lifetime of monastic training has given her an even more impressive physique. Despite being nearly 70 years old, she appears to be in her late teens to early twenties by human standards. The front of her hair is soft, smooth, and white as snow. The back of her hair is a course and twisted mane of crimson. She is never seen without her mask, made from the skull of her Oni ancestor, braided in to her hair. She wears traditional Minkai monastic clothing.

Hiriko has many things in common with a volcano. Large, noble, powerful; Calm and serene one moment, firey and destructive the next. With a pride easily stung and anger easily flared, Hiriko commonly picks fights with those around her. However, she does not act with malice or sadism, treating brawls as others treat conversations or arguments. Quickly forgetting and forgiving after a fight and careful not to inflict too much harm. Hiriko does not care for rich or fancy food, preferring the simple temple food on which she was raised. The one exception to this is sweets, for which she has a fondness and weakness.

As a yamabushi, Hiriko has a detached view of the world. Like most of her order, she prefers relative solitude and the grandeur of the natural world to the hustle and bustle of civilization. As such, Hiriko is mostly unconcerned with the day to day problems of the world and its people. However, her order does not consider itself to be apart from the world, and matters of imbalance or stagnation concern them greatly. It is for such matters that Hiriko occasionally journeys through the sphere.

Homeland - Minkai, Tian Xia.
Monastery at the base of Mount Kumijinja on the Ikkaku Peninsula.

Parents - Father and step mother are alive
Shiroto Kaneka - Father, venerable human. Tiny old asian man.
Meguma Kaneka - Mother, died in childbirth with Takashi.
Umie Kaneka - Step-mother, Shirota’s second wife, venerable human. Tiny old asian woman.

Siblings - 1 sibling, 1 half sibling
Takashi Kaneka - Old Human Male, 59. Younger than Hiriko but physically much older. Took over the family inn from his father, has grown more prosperous under his control.
Ameiko Kaneka - Oni-Spawn Tiefling female, 54. Blue Oni, Half Sister. The youngest of the siblings, works at the inn with Takashi.
Circumstance of Birth - Lower class
Family runs a modest hot spring inn outside of a Mount Kumijinja monastery. Numerous family members have been members of the monastery over the ages.

Parents Profession Innkeeper: Father ran the family inn, as his father before him and his son after.

Major Childhood Events
Death of mother - Hiriko’s mother died in childbirth with her brother, Takashi. A traumatic event for a young child, ensuring that Hiriko stayed close with her family. This occurred over 60 years ago, as such Hiriko has long since moved on from her grief.
Finding her Tetsubo - Hiriko pulled her Tetsubo(Hai) from a small fissure that opened near her. A gift from Yamatsumi.
Monastic training - Hiriko has spent much of her life training in a mountain monastery.

Class
Warpriest/Monk || Stalker

Influential Associates
Master
Family members
Deity - Yamatsumi

Romantic Relationships
No experience

Traits
Magical Knack, Warpriest - Hiriko’s training has allowed her to expand her horizons while maintaining her core disciplines.
Iron Liver - Hiriko’s hearty nature and love of drinking has fortified her against the effects of poison and alcohol.

Hiriko is from the Ikkaku Peninsula region of Minkai. She was born and raised in her family’s hot spring inn at the base of Mount Kumijinja. Spirits and outsiders have a large and physical presence in Tian, being considered a natural part of the world. Oni blood had also long been known to flow in the veins of the Kaneka clan. Because of this, Hiriko did not have to face the difficulties that Tieflings face in other spheres.

Her parents, Shiroto and Meguma Kaneka, raised her with care and affection, and only sometimes lost their patience when she broke through a wall. Hiriko has fond but faint memories of her mother, as Meguma died in childbirth with Hiriko’s brother Takashi. Hiriko never harbored feelings of resentment towards Takashi and played the big sister as best she could, though she was ill suited for the roll. However, Takashi’s human biology and maturity saw their roles start to reverse after but a handful of years. When Takashi was 5, Shiroto remarried to a woman named Umie. Soon after giving birth to Hiriko and Takashi’s half sister, Ameiko. Whom also inherited the oni blood of the Kaneka line. Hiriko left to join the yamabushi a few years after Ameiko was born, but her frequent visits home ensured they remained close.

Even at a young age, Hiriko displayed great strength and a fiery nature. She soon joined the monastery that tunneled through the mountain, a traditional role in her family. Hiriko had always resisted chores, education, and her family’s trade. However she near instantly took to her training, both the physical and spiritual aspects. It was not long before she earned the favor of the god Yamatsumi. While meditating in solitude, an earthquake opened a small fissure in the earth near Hiriko. A solid metal tetsubo jutted from the opening, red hot from the lava which flowed freely like blood from a wound. Despite this, Hiriko felt drawn forward. The lava cooled and hardened beneath her feet as she approached. The red hot metal only felt warm to the touch as she pulled the weapon free, hefting the large, heavy weapon with ease. From that day forward, Hiriko wielded not just the strength of her Oni blood and the skill of her monastic training, but also the power of Yamatsumi.