ゆかり Yukari

バックグラウンドBackground
Yukari was born as an unwanted child of secret relationship between the previous Tachibana clan leader, Kamina Tachibana, and Murasaki Kichijo, a poet-slash-chronicler for the guardian clan. Her mother passed away during the childbirth, and the newborn baby was taken away by one of the Kichijo clan's retainers into safety far away from the Imperial City to avoid any implication that might befell Tachibana clan. Unfortunately, the retainer was ambushed by a group of rogue oni in the middle of his journey, and the baby was kidnapped. The oni group was about to make a feast out of the newborn when her life was spared by Izuna.

Raised by the Daitengu throughout her youth, Yukari grew to become a tomboyish and mischievous girl. She was well-liked among both the humans and oni of Sukochi outside of her stealing tendency. In fact, Yukari was infamous for her kleptomaniac behavior that people who know her often call her "Monkey Girl", a title which she took with a stride. Under Izuna's tutelage, the girl also learned tengu kind's secret martial art, although she never really capable of mastering it as her human anatomy limits her from higher level techniques only the tengu can perform. Still, it did not deter the girl the slightest, and she even got more than what she bargained for when Izuna agreed to teach her fire elemental techniques.

Despite life seemingly going all fine with her, things aren't going as smoothly behind the scene. The elder oni within the volcano area, aside for the three tengu sisters and a few other, grew wary of Yukari as they can sense the blood of Tachibana clan within her and feared that the human girl would turn her back against the oni, although Izuna manage to convince them to raise the girl until adulthood. Within Yukari herself, questions began to emerge regarding her lineage, how she was brought unto this world and how she ended up amidst the oni in the first place. It didn't help that these question emerged during her rebellious phase, and it even brought her into conflict with her adoptive mother several times albeit never to the point where blood has to be shed. Eventually however, Yukari, by then had just recently celebrated her adulthood, has had enough and expressed her intention of leaving the mountain to seek answer for her questions toward her stepmother. The two women had one last, extremely brief duel before Izuna finally let her daughter head out for her journey. Before she departed, Yukari receive an iron sigil in the shape of a butterfly, the symbol of Kichijo clan, and a blue garment crafted by one of Izuna's sister, Kasuga, for her to use as her primary battle suit.

人格と行動 Personality and Behaviour
Being raised by a tengu has made Yukari into a tengu-like person in term of her behavior; that is, a mischievous, but highly disciplined rascal with lack of respectful manners toward her superior. Her ego is as big as the mountain she grew in when she was a child, and only overshadowed by her love to hang out and getting drunk with other people. She is also a person of great ambition, and hates doing things half-heartedly. That being said, she also learned to be compassionate toward those who need it, whether it was a human or oni.

職業の詳細 Occupational Details
Yukari supported herself by taking various part-time jobs, though she mostly accepts jobs related to bounty hunting.