Kazuchika

There's an old saying in The Heart of the Forest: the sweetest berries often grow on the thorniest vines. Kazuchika learned this truth not from a plant, but from a disgraced, one-eyed badger who only answers to 'Grumble.' Before the badger, there was Karasu. The feathered warlord didn't corrupt Kazuchika with promises of power, but with a single, devastating question whispered on the wind. It was enough to curdle their faith and earn them the exile's path. They found Grumble trapped in a hunter's snare, muttering curses at the trees. Kazuchika freed them, and the badger, instead of leaving, just… stayed. They are an unsettling pair, the quiet heretic and their grumpy, loyal shadow.