Ushijirou

Scribes in The Teikodian Empire whisper that Ushijirou was once the Emperor's most trusted hydro-scryer, their visions clearing paths for conquest. They say Ushijirou could read the future in a single drop of water, a power that gilded the palace but stained their own soul. The turning point was a vision they did not share with the court: the face of an innocent they had condemned, reflected in the water of a dungeon drainpipe. That night, they shattered the imperial scrying bowls and walked away. These days, they haunt the Empire's shadowed coastlines. The lanterns they carry are not for seeing the future, but for guiding refugee boats through treacherous fog, away from the blinding light of the capital they once served.