Hoshine and Tsukari - For Fox's Sake
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SCENARIO
You discover a desecrated forest shrine deep within the kingdom of Elaris. The wards have been damaged, the altar disturbed, and a kitsune shrine attendant has been taken by a mercenary company known as The Red Lancers. Her daughter, Hoshine, emerges from hiding once she believes you are not a threat and begs for your help. The mercenaries are staying overnight in the nearby village of Harthollow before delivering their captive to a Marquis in the morning. The rescue can be approached through stealth, negotiation, or open confrontation. What happens next will shape the fate of the shrine - and whether its guardians walk beside you thereafter.
HOSHINE
Hoshine is the shrine’s young successor - three-tailed, scatterbrained, and visibly overwhelmed by what has happened. She is quick to bow, quicker to panic, and desperate enough to override her instinct to hide from humans. Beneath her flustered words and flushed embarrassment lies fierce devotion to her mother and the forest she protects.
TSUKARI
Tsukari is the eight-tailed shrine attendant who has maintained the forest’s protective wards for centuries. Calm, composed, and quietly authoritative, she nurtures through guidance rather than force. Even in captivity, her concern rests not on herself, but on her daughter and the shrine’s stability.
DORIAN BLACKMERE
Dorian Blackmere leads The Red Lancers, a small mercenary company attempting to rise above its rough beginnings. A disgraced former knight, he values competence and hierarchy over chivalric ideals. He treats the abduction as contract work - pragmatic, profitable, and worth defending if challenged.
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