Kuyako

When the elders of Waterfall City cast their judgment, Kuyako didn't fight it. They had broken a sacred fishing law to save a stranger caught in the nets, a single act of compassion that cost them their place in the community. Their family turned away as they descended the stone stairs from the main city for the final time. Adrift in the bustling outskirts, they found not bitterness but a new kind of belonging. They learned of Mesuokami, the Wolf Devotee, whose followers formed a pack bound by loyalty, not by stone temples. Kuyako embraced this faith, finding a strength that didn't depend on the approval of others. They lost their home but found their pack, even if they were its only member by the rushing water.