Mitsuru Miyako

"Warning! The following character page contains spoilers for Northbound: The Chariot Girls"Mitsuru Miyako is a major character in Northbound: The Chariot Girls, and has had a hand behind the founding of the Chariot Mercenary Guild. She is also the reason behind the creation of Stone Elves, Ivory, her sister Ebony, and the reconstruction of Francis Alabaster. Mitsuru is very driven and obsessed with The North, hoping to unravel its mysteries and secrets.

Unveiling her true intentions, she hopes to restore herself back to full strength; ensuring that thousands of years of preparation will pay off. In the event that there is a Second War of The Gods, the Mortal Races of the present day will be ready.

Appearance
Mitsuru is tall and muscular, she has short dark reddish hair with reddish horns sticking out of her head; the right one appears to be broken however. Mitsuru wears an eyepatch on the right side of her face, and has three beauty marks; one below the left eye and mouth, and another on her chest. Her most prominent feature is her strange arms, made out of what seems to be an unknown black substance. The tips of her fingers look oddly sharp, akin to looking like claws.

She wears a dark open top with gold triangle buttons and a collar with a ruby necktie, underneath, bits of her lace bra can be seen. Mitsuru also wears a bright red belt with dark shorts and tights as well as bright high heels of the same color. Mitsuru's unconventional outfit allows her to still retain some semblance of a formal appearance, while also being able to fight freely without her clothes restricting her.

She's avoidant discussing about her appearance however. Specifically anything regarding her arms, horn, or eyepatch.

Personality
Mitsuru has a smug and proud demeanor, and displays a playful attitude. While seemingly appearing to be intimidating and overly commanding to her Guild members upon first impression, she's actually an excellent leader with a kind and motherly nature when spoken to directly. Mitsuru enjoys fighting and is willing to spar with anyone if they offer up the chance, feeling the constant need to keep her fighting skills sharp to maintain peak performance. While she may be rowdy and loud, Mitsuru is also very meticulous and calculating. She maintains an air of professionalism when negotiating with the Northern Fox Clans or the Royal Army, ensuring she maintains good relations with them in order to utilize their resources and further her own agenda.

Mitsuru always seems like there's more to her than what she lets on. Being very guarded about her past, Mitsuru carries an air of mystery around her.

Past
Most of Mitsuru's early life is unknown. There are no records of her past recorded in both the Guild and Royal Army Archives. ==== Birth and Early Life ==== Born shortly after the War Of The Gods. Mitsuru was birthed from the corpse of an ancient demonic fire god, as an ethereal spirit. She roamed the world for a number of centuries, consuming and eating souls. Through this patchwork means of acquiring more power and magical energy, she eventually returned to her birthplace; creating a physical body using the last known fragments of the dead god's corpse.

==== Discovery of the North ==== Mitsuru continued to wander, until eventually she found The North. A cold barren wasteland that enamored her, as it was suspected to be the place where the War Of The Gods had ended. Wishing to learn more about the history of the world, she searched endlessly for whatever she information could find. The fruits of her labor proved to provide very little however, coming to the conclusion that the history of the world had been erased. What information she could find however, was bits and pieces behind the war. She wondered if such an event could ever happen like that in the future, and thus sought out to reach True Divinity. Hoping she could prevent something as cataclysmic as this from happening again.

==== Ozmund Fargo, and the Ravenous Campaign ==== Mitsuru continued to consume more souls and accumulate more magical energy. Believing she could reach and wield the Authority the gods once wielded once she had enough. On her journey she met a fellow Oni named Ozmund Fargo. who also sought out the same ambitions as she did. The two accompanied each other for a number of centuries, reaching closer and closer to attaining Divinity through power.

==== Fargo's Betrayal ==== At the cusp of Divinity's gates, Mitsuru and Ozmund were within reach of it. With just a bit more effort, they could wield and command the power of the gods' Authority for themselves. Fargo however, through greed and out of selfishness, sought out to kill Mitsuru and to eat their soul. He had watched her for a number of years and knew everything about her, killing her would be easy....or so he thought. In an attempt to catch Mitsuru off guard, he suddenly attacked Mitsuru, hoping to put her to a swift death. Mitsuru however had kept an eye on Fargo as well though out their journey together, managing to barely fend off against Fargo in his ambush. Her right eye and horn were damaged however. In the ensuing battle, the two were evenly matched, but Mitsuru managed to become the victor of their battle; though she sustained significant damage in the process. She ate Fargo's soul, and had inherited their Familiar, Archibald. Along with the loss of her eye and horn, Mitsuru's arms were damaged beyond normal repair. In an attempt to piece herself back together, she dipped her arms in Fargo's blood. They hardened and were shaped into eerie obsidian-like claws.

==== Aftermath ==== Mitsuru's permanent damage significantly halted her progress. Unable to accumulate as much magical energy as she once did during her prime. She settled down, blending into the colonized society that was beginning to form on the Frontier at the time. She spent this time furthering her research on the North.

Founding of the Guild
As more and more of the mortal races settled down on the Frontier, the Royal Army was stretched thin. The disarray with the multitude of different towns and settlements was chaotic, as there was no proper organized force to maintain society on the Frontier. Its here where Mitsuru founded the Chariot Mercenary Guild in one of the most popular towns in the country, Aurelion City. Seeing an opportunity to assemble a number of different people who could unify the country through controlling the criminal populace; she sought out to expand further. Developing a more prominent presence among the people of the Frontier, as well as word spreading from outside the country, the Mage's Institute and even the Royal Army had begun opening relations with the Guild. This helped further Mitsuru's own research on discovering the world's history, and allowing more opportunities to explore the North through sponsored expeditions.

Present Day
Throughout most of the Guild's existence, Mitsuru lead the guild head on. Working on the field with her fellow Mercenaries, and leading by example through the numerous expeditions she lead throughout the Frontier; including the North. She gained mutual respect through her peers in the Royal Army and through those who worked under her in the Guild.

The First Northern Expedition
Mitsuru's first venture to the North was an expedition to see what relics they can discover and return to the Guild with as a means to preserve them.

Uncovering some ruins, her Mercenaries uncovered two mysterious relics. One relic contained a black fire, the other a silvery steel liquid. Infusing them with magical energy, Mitsuru and company had discovered these were weapons used by the Silver Paladins. This significant discovery could not fall into the wrong hands and upon inspecting further, Mitsuru took these weapons home to further research them. They mysteriously disappeared afterward.

The Creation of Ebony and Ivory
Discovering that these weapons contained anti divine properties, she hid these weapons from the public and to prevent the Mage's Institute and Royal Army from obtaining them. Mitsuru contacted Luminary Archiman, who was known prior for her research on Stone Elves, Mitsuru asked Archiman to conduct the creation of two Stone Elves, to house the two weapons in their bodies as souls.

The Second Northern Expedition
Mitsuru discovers the body of Francis Alabaster during her second expedition to the North. Wanting to discover more from the North in her personal anti divine campaign, she set out to the North once again. Hoping to uncover more secrets the North held.

Finding the ruins of a sleeping stone elf in ruin, Mitsuru took in her surroundings. She realized the location she was lead to was possibly where one of the last Silver Paladins performed their Grand Feats on the world. This sleeping Stone Elf was possibly Sir Alabaster. Mitsuru returned the body back home not wanting to direct any attention towards her discovery, she underwent the revival of the body in secret with the help of Dr. Archiman once more.

Francis Alabaster's Reconstruction
Sacrificing the Body of Archibald, Mitsuru used her familiar as a means to bind magical energy to the sleeping stone elf, resurging them back to life. This came at a cost however, as Mitsuru had used up a majority of her magical energy to revive the stone elf. From that point onward Mitsuru stepped down from her hands-on approach leading the guild, to guiding them from the backlines. She named the Stone Elf, Francis Alabaster. Deeming him to be a free man to have a second chance at life.

Substitute
Mitsuru while disliking it, wanted to preserve and extend her life for as long as she can. Looking on how to be able to return to her prime, she now looks for leads on how to accumulate more magical energy through her connections. She's kept busy by the Guild however as the demand for work rises, leaving her to maintain and run everything with the Administrative Team. On top of that, relations between the Royal Army and the Mage's Institute were also busywork for her, as both needed more men and more hands on the field to aid in research on the Frontier. As a suitable substitute, Mitsuru assigned Francis to fill her shoes assigning him to accomplish any work that she needs done for the Guild personally.

Surge Virus
Months went on as Mitsuru burned through her busywork. With the rise of the Surge Virus plaguing the Frontier, Mitsuru had a new threat she had to aid in handling. Sending out multiple mercenary teams, Mitsuru assigned her Charioteers with the task of finding the source of this virus. While not expressing it openly...she can't help but wonder if this virus was created by an external force....

Masterful Pyromancy
Mitsuru displays an exceptional use in fire magic, being able to almost manipulate fire in any way she wants. She's able to create fire from exerting her magical energy and igniting it.

Oni Strength
Mitsuru's strength pales in comparison to any average human, she has a hard time controlling it however as she doesn't even know the true extent of her own strength. She prefers not to be too physical with people if possible, and even then, she finds herself holding back a lot in order to not accidentally harm or kill someone.

Weakened Divine Magical Energy
Having ties with Divinity, Mitsuru possesses an excessive amount of magical energy. Though because of past events, it has been severely reduced and weakened.

Hand to Hand Combat Expertise
Mitsuru lacks a weapon of her own, but instead chooses to fight using her bare fists. She feels that a weapon of any sort would hinder her more than help her.

Anti Divine Inheritance
While she has never fought a god before, Mitsuru possesses natural Anti Divine properties that can help resist a god's power and can even harm or kill them. ...Or so she claims.

Arms of Archibald
Weakened by sacrificing Archibald's body to Francis, Mitsuru can only summon Archibald's Arms.

She's able to further extend her hand to hand combat expertise now with the help of two additional, and significantly bigger limbs.

Archibald's Arms also serve as an additional amplifier to Mitsuru's fire magic, being able to burn more magical energy efficiently. This allows her to exert more expensive and costly techniques that would otherwise harm her body without Archibald's aid.

Soul Consumption
Mitsuru is able to consume souls and absorb their power. She stopped eating souls after the events involving Ozmund Fargo, a reminder of a memory she wishes to not relive.

Shino Miyako
One of her twin daughters, sent off to study at the Mage's College. Known to be an active delinquent, Mitsuru regularly checks up on her to see how her studies are going.

Shinobu Miyako
The other twin, a bit more formal and polite compared to Shino, but is known to be extremely mischievous. She is also checked up on regularly by Mitsuru.

Ozmund Fargo
Former Lover, died years ago due to unknown causes. Despite everything that happened, she still remembers Ozmund fondly and treasured their time together. She can't help bunt wonder if she could have found a way to prevent Ozmund's death.

Nyarlathotep
Her current lover, Mitsuru's relationship with Nyarlathotep is an interesting one. Its hard to tell if Mitsuru really loves or genuinely hates Nyarlathotep, but the two spend plenty of time together regardless. She's often seen disciplining Nyarl when they step out of line and cause trouble, and plans to kill them once she regains her full strength.

Kaho Mishima
Having a strong dislike for most Royal Army Officers, Mitsuru likes and trusts Kaho the most out of all of them. Helping her maintain the defenses of the Brumal Divide by assigning Guild Mercenaries as reinforcements.

Felicity Ruber
Her most trusted Charioteer. Mitsuru has high respect for Felicity, acting as an advisor and a guide for her. Any job given to Felicity ensures that it will be accomplished with the highest efficiency.

Makoto Midori
Shares a mutual camaraderie with Mako. The two go out drinking fairly often when they're not busy and regularly spar with one another. Due to how destructive their sparring can be, they have to take it outside the limits of Aurelion City.

Kimiko Fujihara
Mitsuru's pseudo secretary, and a representative from the Fox Clan. He helps Mitsuru with her workload and is constantly busy, Mitsuru takes Kimiko out for drinks too when possible as a sign of gratitude and appreciation for his hard work.

Luminary Archiman
A trusted peer of Mitsuru's, known for her extensive knowledge on species of all types along with her knowledge on studying the North. Mitsuru reliably turns to Archiman when it comes to these types of subjects.

Heartstrings
A friend from another universe, Mitsuru and Heartstrings became quick friends after visiting Stolas' Library. Due to their hospitality and willingness to extend their seemingly endless amount of resources to her, Mitsuru finds herself to be infinitely thankful for meeting them.

Francis Alabaster
Her most treasured discovery. Out of all the three stone elves, Mitsuru takes extensive measures to check up on Francis. Almost acting as a mother to him. She strongly believes he is the link Mitsuru needs to uncover the North's mysteries behind the war all those years ago.

Ivory
Leaving Ivory and Ebony to their own devices. Mitsuru and Ivory have a tendency to banter a lot with one another, she keeps in contact with Ivory in the event that she is needed for a dire emergency. Ivory spends most of her time lazing about in the meantime.

Ebony
More devoted to her craft compared to Ivory, Ebony often disappears for long periods of time on her own jobs. Often tasked with hunting down large beasts no one else is capable of handling. Mitsuru also leaves Ebony to her own devices, seeing as she likes to spend long periods of time in the wilds anyway.

Beryl Bishop
While not knowing her well, Mitsuru sees Beryl's hidden potential inside her. She finds it nice that someone like her could grow so close to Francis.

Prince Stolas Goetia
Considers him to be a bit pretentious, upon first impression. After extending his generosity and hospitality to Mitsuru, along with Heartstrings explaining about their past experiences with him, Mitsuru sees Stolas in a different light. Seeing her own similarities with him and able to share common ground.

Trivia

 * She often refers to her body as a "shell," implying that there's more to her than what she actually looks like
 * While not sharing it with most people, Mitsuru's true form is much more beastly. Its often compared to an eldritch being, though she feels its rude to call her one.
 * Potentially, Mitsuru could fix her missing eye and broken horn. But choses not to do so as a way to remember her time with her ex-husband.
 * No one knows where her twin daughters came from.