Akatsuki Kiara (Character)

Akatsuki Kiara is a Player Character played by Jia Xin in the third arc of The Novul 'Tir Chronicles.

Character Appearance
Akatsuki Kiara is a human rogue of the chaotic good alignment. With silky shoulder-length hair and tanned skin, she is often mistaken as a halfling or elf due to her appearance. She usually carries her crossbow and dagger.

Akatsuki is a human rogue of the Soulknife Class, and regularly wields two psychic blades in combat. She is often brash and can come off as rude, but is generally kind-hearted and empathetic towards non-humans.

She currently travels with Talzin Fremblade.

Character Backstory
It all happened when she was 8 years old. Akatsuki startled awake choked on her tears and smoke. She tried to gain composure of herself as she tried to piece bizarre scraps of her surroundings together. The identity of her country, Raisyen, has been stripped away as there was nothing left but charred ashes. It was unrecognisable. The usual bustling and hustle fell into a deafening silence. Instinctively, she darted her eyes towards her house. She ran towards it impulsively and slowly, she started recognising the bodies on the floor.

Her knees gave way as she fell onto the ground. A distinct yet indistinguishable voice came into her mind, "If you want to see your family again, you've got to prove how much you love them."

Akatsuki knew the people behind this all along. As much as she believed it was not Sidekick’s fault, she couldn’t help but feel outrageously betrayed by him. She hated him with her guts. She hated herself for hating the person she loved the most. How could she have otherwise made sense of this incomprehensible tyranny when her wrath was directed towards something so omnipresent yet invisible? She knew that Sidekick was a victim of society too, but she couldn’t care less about him now that she has lost everything.

Things could have taken a turn if Sidekick didn’t run away. Sidekick belonged to Dawl which was pitted against Raisyen. Knowing that Sidekick has links with humans in Raisyen, the law dictates that Sidekick kills every single person he loved in Raisyen. Otherwise, the whole country will be destroyed. Akatsuki let out an ear-piercing cry. ''Why are we so powerless? Why are we forced to make choices that are out of our desires? What are we living life for if it’s not for ourselves?''

Years later, Akatsuki carries a badge of honour she utterly despises. She believes that nobody will understand why she chooses this path. She clenched her fists and fought back her tears. If you know, you'll know.