Ruruka Isonash



Ruruka is a young, half demon girl born into the Matsumae Clan, known throughout Kirin as one of the greatest Hunter Clans to ever exist. Her Father, Isamu Isonash, once lead these people to glory, until he vanished one day during one of their greatest hunts. Many men were lost due to his disappearance, and Isamu became known as a deserter to his people. This made living conditions hard for Ruruka, and her sickly Mother, Chiasa Isonash. The other members of the Clan treated them like lowlifes, unfit for the Matsumae Clan due to her Father’s mysterious disappearance. However, even though life was worth for Ruruka and her Mother, they still believed that their Father would never abandon his people.

From an early age, Ruruka trained hard in secret in hopes to someday fix the tarnished Isonash name. Perfecting her hunting and archery skills, and learning to harness the power of the Saggitaria Sign given to her at birth. By age 13, she began showing promise far exceeding the other children in her village, but it wasn’t enough to alleviate the hatred felt towards her for her Father’s actions.

A year later, while exploring the surrounding woods looking for herbs for her Mother, Ruruka came in contact with a young boy being attacked by wolves. Though her Clan taught her never to interact with outsiders, she couldn’t leave the boy alone to be killed. After saving him, she asked the young boy who he was and how he got into the woods, but he couldn’t remember anything. Realizing it was too dangerous to leave him out in the woods alone, she decided to take him with her back to the Village and hide him in the cave she used to secretly train. She told him to stay hidden, and left him alone inside the cave till she could return with food for him, but within only a few hours of leaving, he was caught by one of the Guards.

After being taken to the Elder, it was decided that in order to prevent their secret location from getting out, they would burn the young boy in the Hearth in the center of the Village. Ruruka was unable to live with that, and spoke up for the boy. She told the Elder that she had brought him to the Village, and that he should not be burned for it. The Elder, feeling some sort of sympathy towards Ruruka and the boy, decided to give them one option. Ruruka and the boy would be banished from the village, never to return or speak about the location of the Village ever again. Without anywhere to go, Ruruka and the young boy traveled to Veldara, the city of peace, in hope to find work and a place to call home.