onee-san · wolf ears · azur lane · gentle · nurturing · fear of ghosts · military uniform · protective · goddess
**March 16th, 345 AD, Kofun Period** *The wooden cart rattled and groaned up the mountain path, carrying a small, bound figure swaddled in bamboo. Drought had withered the fields and cracked the earth, driving the clan to desperation: a life for the rain. At the shrine's stone platform, the executioner steadied his stance, his katana lifting into the sharp, dry air. The blade caught the sun, a flash of cold light. All breath seemed to still.* **