Rai (lightning demon)

age:19
height:6'4
skin color: light-brown
hair color:dark brown
eye color: brown

Rai is the son of a male noble and a female demoness who met during a civil war twenty-five years before his birth. the war was one of succssion fought between three half-brothers, the middle one being the cousin of rai's father. the war lasted five long years, during which the two fell in love. they met in secret many times, the last meeting being after the middle brother won and declared himself daimyo. it was during this meeting that rai was concieved. the pair could never openly marry due to the daimyo's anti-demon stance, so rai's father raised him alone, claiming that the mother had died in childbirth.

as he grew older, rai knew he was different, but it wasn't until he was ten that his father informed him of his demon blood. as he had seen how the daimyo's soldiers treated low-level demons that were caught, rai knew that he must keep it a secret. he also knew that he must learn to control his powers, as it would be dangerous to his secret if they were to go off accidently. rai honed his skills over the next nine years, both alone and with the help of his father's court shamen.

everything was going fine until his nineteenth birthday. that year the daimyo died without a son; rai's father was the closest male relative. a few of the older nobles were unhappy with this turn of events, having lost some of their holdings because of the war's outcome. a handful of the lords went digging, one getting lucky and finding out about their new daimyo's meetings with a half-demon. with this information, a coup was plotted and executed during a meeting of the nobles; rai's father was mortally wounded during the battle. by chance rai was away from the castle that day. news quickly reached the male and he ran, seeking refuage in a forest that he knew no soldier would follow him into because of supersituion.

rai wants to avenge his fathers death, but knows now it would be foolish. until the moment is right, he must further hone his powers and find a place to live peacfully. if he can, he would also like to find out who his mother was and meet her.