Aikawa Kaoru

Wayward Blade
"Hmm, so this is the one my mother died for? How disappointing."
Kaoru is a supporting character in Deicide. He is a half-Akagawan, quarter-Ir, quarter-Varyisian human born in Eldnyng's season as a child of Aikawa Hitomi and Taiys Ir'tek. Due to the controversial nature of his bloodline and his family secrets, his claim to nobility is largely ignored, and he serves the Blades of Tranquility as an under-the-table political assassin.

Profile

Challenge seeker, steadfast, decisive.
Stubborn, vindictive, two-faced, envious, vicious.
Needs to find companions who will support him.
Only wants revenge on the child that led to his mother's death and led him to a life of abuse and suffering as an orphan in a palace of his enemies.
Blackmailed into doing the dirty work for the Kasai twins in exchange for knowledge on the events that unfolded around the Great Tragedy and greater freedom as a Blade.
Enjoys collecting venomous insects and poisonous flowers, thinks they're neat.
He doesn't believe that his mother was evil- there must have been a great danger that she was trying to protect them from.
Knows that the person he's searching for has Fastidious Confliction and the emblem of Irev.
Can understand and crudely communicate with plants and insects. Thinks everyone else is capable of it, but too loud.

Notes

Has a very strained working relationship with the Kasai. Strongly dislikes most people for being too naïve. Committed to killing Fang, just curious to see what his mother did to him first. Incredibly powerful in combat despite not relying on magic or Confliction. In Japanese, 薫 (kaoru) means fragrance. Kaoru's tarot card, the Hermit, symbolizes contemplation; search for truth; inner guidance and, if reversed, loneliness; isolation; lost your way. Kaoru's favorite flower, the orange lily, symbolizes hatred; revenge.