Yohoko

The fishers at the bottom of Waterfall City claim Yohoko was once a ruthless enforcer for a forgotten warlord, that the apple stick they carry was carved from the haft of a bloody spear. They whisper that the lucky plant on their head sprouted from cursed soil. But those tales fade when Yohoko is seen teaching children how to skip stones across the plaza pools, their laughter genuine. The truth is something they carry quietly. They did walk away from a life of bloodshed, abandoning an order that would have salted the earth of an entire village. Cast out and disavowed, they arrived with only a single apple seed in their pocket. That seed became the sprout they now nurture, a constant reminder of the life they chose to grow instead of destroy.