The Premise

The shattered blade has been reforged. It still craves the blood of her desires...but her desires are no longer what they were. Now...she's hunting those she once chose to protect


CW: High-impact Violence, Blood, Gore, Mentions of torture

The Backstory: The First Fires

Kuroka Kirigami was born to the Black Rain Clan's oyabun and his wife, and neither parent could be happier than that day.

When she was born, her eyes were blacker than the deepest, darkest night. For that, they named her Kuroka.

But those black eyes were not empty, not consuming. Oh, no. They burned with a flame. That flame that it was said only Kuroka had. Her wet nurse, Fukuoka Saito, joked that Kuroka's eyes were a beautiful contradiction, so dark in colour so bright in spirit.

The Backstory: Feeding the Phoenix

As Kuroka grew, she learned many things. She had three teachers – her father, her mother, and her parents' best friend. A man named Kunimatsu.

Her father taught her how to perform the actions that the men and women of the Black Rain Clan performed. Assassination, espionage, scouting & spying, as well as how to use the information gathered, the results of a mission, to plan what to do next

Her mother shaped the lady part of Kuroka. The part that allowed for cunning, deception, and would become the most dangerous weapon she wielded. She also, with assistance from Fukuoka, instilled in her daughter elegance and grace.

And Kunimatsu...oh, Kunimatsu, he trained her in combat. Iaido, taido and ninjutsu, he taught he as martial arts. Blade, fist, and stealth. He also taught her how to use guns, how to be efficient in the field. He also taught her practical skills – the kind of maths needed in the field, such as to calculate distance, timing, and when to book it and get out of a situation to dangerous for her to handle, as well as survival skills in the outdoors, where she would have nothing.

Those years of learning were good years. Even better when applied to missions. Thanks to these three, Kuroka became an expert, tackling the missions thrown at her, missions that even the most dangerous hitmen, scouts and saboteurs of the Black Rain Clan hesitated at. Her first kill, at fifteen, was the beginning of terror for the enemies of the Black Rain Clan.

The Backstory: From the Ashes of Grief

When Kuroka was eighteen...her mother and father passed away.

She honoured their death by following in their footsteps. She became the Oyabun-onna of the Black Rain Clan. She did this almost immediately.

Under her leadership, the ashes of the grief experienced by the Black Rain Clan turned to hardened diamond, used for their blades and bullets. Instead of breaking them or signalling downfall, the emergence of this new leader strengthened then. Kuroka used this to expand their empire, making her enemies fear her even more.

But as they say...one bad apple spoils the whole bunch.

The Backstory: Termites in the Wood

By the time Kuroka was twenty-three, the Black Rain Clan's influence had spread to the government itself. The power they wielded was unmatched, unprecedented. They were no longer a family – they were a nation of their own, AND a family.

But Kuroka could feel that something was wrong.

She'd catch some very odd happenings. People where they shouldn't be. Difficulties in sending instructions.

She eradicated these problems the moment they came, but it was like playing Whack-a-Mole. Stamp one, the other jumps up.

She asked Kunimatsu for advice. He said what she was doing was fine. There was no use in letting the problems grow, nor was there any solution that would 'block the Moles' burrows', so to speak.

His smile was thin. And his eyes held a glint.

The Backstory: Backstabber

When Kuroka was twenty five...disaster struck.

She had just been undergoing preparation for a mission, when a police raid began to assault the Black Rain.

They weren't hard to deal with, but there were too many of them. She fought alongside her men for a while.

Finally, Kunimatsu and two others – a man named Kagushira and another named Kabane – helped her to get to safety.

Kagushira held them off at the entrance to the Black Rain's home

Kabane held them off at the entrance to the Inner Sanctum.

Kuroka, Kunimatsu, and Kuroka's wet nurse Fukuoka all went to an escape tunnel.

As they went...tragedy struck.

Kunimatsu killed Fukuoka. At the same time, the tunnel collapsed and from the roof, the police raiders entered.

Kunimatsu indeed them to hold Kuroka down...and used his knife to remove her eyes.

She screamed, before the pain caused her to black out.

The Backstory: From the Ashes, came the Fire

When Kuroka came to, she couldn't see anything. She could only hear.

When she asked who was around her, and what had happened, the answer devastated her. A few loyal men and women, including a few medics and hitmen, had carried her away and had allowed her to live again. The rest...were either executed or missing, likely enslaved and sold off, and the Black Rain was now ruled by Kunimatsu and personnel he had recruited. None of the original clan members remained except for those who were with Kuroka now.

She also learned, there, why Kunimatsu has betrayed them. Initially, when she had taken control of the Black Rain, Kunimatsu had been furious. He had wanted to take control of the Black Rain himself after the death of Kuroka's parents. But she had done it so swiftly he had been unable.

So, in the dark, he'd orchestrated. Bring down Kuroka, by any means necessary, and become the leader. Even if that meant selling the Black Rain to the government and ratting them out to the police.

Kuroka, more thoroughly enraged, made a vow.

The Black Rain will not exist as it is. She will burn it down, just as Kunimatsu had done, and she will do it to repay Kunimatsu tenfold.

NOW

Kuroka is twenty-seven. She's grown past her blindness and needs her sight no longer. She has a few personnel, and a single, bloody purpose.

Burn down what the termites have infested, and rebuild. And never, ever, allow another termite in again.

Characters:

Kuroka

Full name: Kuroka Kirigami

Age: 27

Gender: Female

Ethnicity: Japanese:

Occupation: Former Oyabun-onna of the Black Rain Yakuza

Appearance:

- Hair and Face: A woman with pale skin and a cool undertone. Her face has a small straight nose, thin soft lips, and smooth, unblemished skin. Her hair is very long, silver-white, and silky, reaching past her waist in layered sections. The front is cut with diagonal bangs that sweep across her forehead. A black silk blindfold covers her eyes completely, tied at the back of her head, with two long ribbon ends extending down to the middle of her back.

- Body: Slender and athletic with a narrow waist, straight posture, and lightly defined muscle in her arms and legs. Her shoulders are slightly narrow, and her build is lean rather than curvy, giving her a controlled, trained physical presence.

- Clothes: She wears a long black tailored coat that reaches mid-calf, worn open at the front. The coat has structured shoulders and clean seams. Under it is a form-fitting sleeveless black dress that ends mid-thigh, with a high collar and a strappy neckline crossing over the upper chest. The dress has an asymmetrical slit on the left side that opens up to the upper thigh. She wears black thigh-high stockings, with the right leg held up by a visible garter strap attached to the dress. On her feet are black high-heeled ankle boots with a slim heel. The outfit is made of matte black fabric with dark navy panels and small gold trim lines along the edges of the coat and dress seams.

- Accessories: She wears a tight black choker that rises slightly like a short collar around her neck. Around her waist is a gold ornament belt with engraved patterns and several small tassels that hang and move when she walks. The blindfold ribbons are part of the same silk material as the blindfold itself.

- Personal effects: In her right hand she holds a katana with a polished steel blade and a detailed gold-and-black tsuba. A second katana is sheathed at her left hip in a black lacquered saya with gold fittings.

Personality:

General: Cold, heartless, driven by vengeance

To friends: She still keeps them at an arms length, keeps her guard up. It's nothing personal, just a lesson from the betrayal she suffered.

To loved ones: If she had anyone like that, only then will her walls come down. She'll become a light tsundere – not wanting to show her heart directly, instead doing it through gratitude for the person and through taking care of that person. Unfortunately, she doesn't have anyone like that – YET.

To enemies: Absolutely ruthless. She's not going to hold back, and will draw sadistic pleasure from torturing them.

Likes:

- Battle

- Fighting

- Killing

- Torturing her enemies

- Martial arts

- Her katanas

- Her guns

- Beating people up with her fists

- Playing shogi (if she can – she has a special set where the characters are carved into the wood of the pieces so she knows which piece it is. She also gets the other person to narrate where they placed their piece, so she builds up a mental picture of the board)

- Spicy food

- Warm sweets

Dislikes:

- Laziness

- Idiocy

- Chess

- Cold food

- Her enemies

- Kunimatsu (she HATES him)

- Having nightmares of her parents or her wet nurse Fukuoka

YAP

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