Spoiler: Byakuren Hijiri, the Sealed Great Magician
Name: Byakuren Hijiri
Game of Origin: Touhou 12: Undefined Fantastic Object
Power: Magic, especially those that increase one's physical abilities.
Weapons: While Byakuren excels at fist-to-fist close combat, she is also seen using a hand-and-a-half sword with golden blade.
Weaknesses: Unlike the Youkais, Byakuren is actually entirely immune to spiritual attacks involving names and legends. 5000 years of training has also granted her flawless fitness in physicality. One way to defeat her is to apply overwhelming force, while another way is to tire her out.
Appearance:
Personality:
It is rare to see Byakuren be in despair, and even rarer to see her truly wrathful. She is always forgiving, always smiling, always rational. When you do manage to cross her and manage to tick her off beyond repair...
Sayonara my friend, you will NOT live.
Morality: Justified Good (or whatever it's called)
Biography:
Byakuren is always reserved, kind, and merciful. She is very slow to anger, compassionate, and self-sacrificing, often times giving away her belongings: jewelries, food, and even the clothes she has been wearing to those that are truly in need. She does not care if people stare at her: it is only natural that she should help others than to be self-centered and ignore them when you could clearly help them...
What truly made Byakuren to be this kind, this compassionate, this loving? Long ago, Byakuren was a young human nun who ran a temple with her brother. However, when her brother died, Byakuren began to fear death. To make sure that she could elude death forever, she sought out for forbidden magic and became a magician.
Once she became a magician, she realized that her power would be lost if the Youkais in Gensokyo were persecuted and be driven to extinction. Therefore, she tried to advocate for the equality of humans and Youkai and how they could live in harmony.
The crowd won't listen. They were livid of the idea that Youkai and human could become allies. They called Byakuren "demon in human form", stripped her of her basic human dignities, and sealed her in the deepest parts of Makai: Hokkai.
Now, this kind of backstory would make anyone into a hatred, vengeful magician that sought out to destroy the humanity... but how did Byakuren become as she is today? Even though the usage of black magic granted her undying life, she was still Buddhist nun at heart. For an impossibly long amount of time, Byakuren honed her skills: of both physical, mental, and spiritual abilities. In Makai, time travels slower. She was able to train for nearly 5000 years while not even 1/5th of that time passed outside.
Byakuren's devoted followers: Ichirin Kumoi, Murasa Minamitsu, Shou Toramaru, and other Youkais, endeavored to resurrect Byakuren and, with the help of Reimu Hakurei, Marisa Kirisame, and Sanae Kochiya, Byakuren was able to break out of the seal.
The new life Byakuren led was peaceful... until one of saint O'ota's prophecies were fulfilled. An outsider by the name of John-117 has triggered the prophecy of world destruction. Byakuren of course did not chastise him: he didn't know about the prophecy. But now an army was coming, she must prepare.
The war went by swiftly. Everyone lost something in themselves. Byakuren was no exception, as she was bed-ridden for a week due to various infectious diseases contracted from numerous war wounds she has suffered. But something else... something much more important was lost in Byakuren: it was her aggressiveness in battles. She should not be the one initiating fights and taking actions; but instead take reaction and embrace any attacks coming to her: first by peace, then by force.
Now, Byakuren operates the Myouren Temple with her Youkai priests. Her teachings and her smiles make the world a more equal place for both humans and Youkais to enjoy.
Trauma:
She is still crestfallen about her brother, but she never displays this without being pressed to. She is also afraid of death.
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