Nadeshiko Suguha

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This is a Genjin (Japanese-themed) name. The surname is "Toyotomi."Template:Qirsyllvian CharacterToyotomi Sugako (豊臣須賀子), also known by her royal style name: Yoake-no-miya Sugako Naishinno (夜明け宮須賀子内親王/Sugako, Princess Yoake), is the eldest Imperial Princess of the Empire of Yamatai and the Fuso-born abjaksan of Marlakcor.

Her Grand Title is: Soshi-no-Teikoku Sumeragi-hime (素子の帝国皇姫/Imperial Princess of the Elements).

Sugako is also known by the nickname "Akatatsu Samurai (赤竜侍)", a sobriquet earned for her performance in a sudden battle during the Siege of Garvis of the Great Northern Aquilonis War.

During her time traveling following the war, she would sometimes use the cover name Toyotomi Chiyuki (豊臣 地湯き), which she also often used during her childhood when she snuck out of the palace for some fun.

She is also a kunoichi (a female ninja) of the Akatsuki Ninja Order, currently with the rank of chunin.

Appearance

Physical

Sugako is an average human girl. She has a fair complexion and waist length black hair that she lets down most of the time, but puts it up in a ponytail before she goes off to fighting. After her father's funeral she cuts her hair short, both as a sign of maturity and as a sign of moving on.

Known Clothing

As Princess of Yamatai, she normally wears kimonos of various designs, all of which have the imperial family crest on them.

Her kunoichi attire consists of a black body suit with chest and wrist guards and shoulder pads.

When commanding armies in open battles, she would wear full samurai armor over her kunoichi attire.

During her brief stay in Bialidrak in late 4541 (2824), Sugako wore a green Bialidraki dress gifted to her by Salim Al-Zayani, a tube-top with detached sleeves and pantaloons with slippers. Salim also gifted her with a necklace made of mostly with round beads and several magatama between them (around every six), and a dragon pendant. Save for the string, it is made entirely of fire red glass.

Salim also later gifted her with an antique gold ring with an opal that is mostly black with mixes of red, blue, green, and gold; the thick band also has writing etched on it in Jafrakibese script, which says "Kl bidayat nihayat wakuli nihayat bidaya (كل بداية نهاية وكل نهاية بداية/Every beginning is an end, and every end is a beginning)."

During her journeys after the Great Northern Aquilonis War, Sugako often wore a black bandana over her eyes to obscure them and give the appearance she was blind, mainly to hide her identity. She also did this during her childhood as well when she snuck out of the palace for some fun.

Personality

In her younger years, Sugako was a shy and timid girl. Due to a bad experience involving dragons and fire, she was afraid of both for a long time. After conquering her fear, thanks to Ran-Shao, Sugako became a more confident and courageous individual.

However, her newfound courage and her top-notch skills led her to become a tomboy, almost rejecting anything that defined an elegant lady of royalty, holding onto the notion of femininity only so as not to embarrass her family (and also to impress a man she had a crush on). She also became arrogant and impatient, and became quick to turn hostile to anybody she perceived a threat. She also constantly let her temper get the better of her, and didn't take kindly to betrayal. The only times she was able to swallow her pride was when she knew that to act in haste would put everyone in danger.

After the Incident at Mount St. Fleur, Sugako became moody, withdrawn, and despondent for a time. This due to her fear of losing herself again. But her sudden growing love for Salim Al-Zayani – whom she initially despised – along with her newfound spirituality led her to becoming a more patient and sensitive person.

Abilities

Having trained as both a ninja and samurai since conquering her fears, Sugako is a natural warrior, utilizing various combat martial arts that she's trained in all her life. Her overall fighting style is a series of techniques based on two styles. The first is referred to as Onami-ryu (大波流), which mostly revolves around striking first to disable her opponent before they can can get the upper hand. The second is referred to as Zankyo-ryu (残響流) which is the opposite of Onami-ryu and mostly revolves around turning her opponent's attacks back at them.

The disciplines that are her main specializations in her two fighting styles include ninjutsu and various taijutsu – Aikido, Jujutsu, Kenjutsu, etc.

Her repertoire also includes:

• Sword combat – kenjutsu and iaijutsu,
• Spear combat – sojutsu
• Archery – kyujutsu
• Saijutsu
• Shurikenjutsu

However, she hardly ever gets a chance to use most of her skills in combat. Her mother also attempted to each her fan combat – tessenjutsu – but Sugako rejected it as she believed it "too girlish."

Sugako is also a soshijosei, meaning that she can manipulate the elements around her. As a soshijosei, she is a near-master in soshijutsu. While most soshihito can only use one or two elements, Sugako is one of the extremely rare that can use all four, though this is probably due to her being a abjaksan. Along with kazejutsu, mizujutsu, tsuchijutsu, and kajijutsu, Sugako is also adept at the sub-techniques such as chiyujutsu and furujutsu. She can also do raikojutsu and taikajutsu, but doesn't like using it since she has trouble controlling it. During the Incident at Mount St. Fleur, Sugako discovered her ability to use yoganjutsu, and during her brief stay in Bialidrak in late-Autumn of 4541 Sugako learned to use sunajutsu while practicing on the dunes. Recently, Sugako as also been learning to use kinzokujutsu, but is so far a novice.

Her soshijutsu style is called the "Tora to Iruka (虎と海豚/Tiger & Dolphin)." It is a dance-like style that incorporates tiger-like fierceness with dolphin-like gracefulness.

Sugako is also sesquilingual; her first and primary language is Yogata, and her second is Zedylric, but she understands Faerish, the language of fairies, to a certain degree, but not enough to fully understand, let alone hold an actual conversation.

Also, during the Allied Occupation of Garvis in 4542 (2825), Sugako discovered her fluency in Gargate, the language of gargoyles, from the sudden resurgence of memories from one of her past lives.

Equipment & Skills

Seishitsu

In addition to her abilities, Sugako also uses various tools. As a ninja, Sugako always keeps a set of kunai knives and shurikens, along with a pair of sai on her person.

Sugako is also an adept swordswoman. When she went off to war alongside her father, Sugako used a katana made of adamantite and granikimite, gifted to her by her fellow abjaksan, Ricus Steelfern, for her sixteenth birthday. This sword was broken during her confrontation with the traitor Shigekazu Osaragi during the Incident at Mount St. Fleur.

While briefly returning home from war in late-autumn 4541 (2824), Sugako came into possession of Seishitsu, the legendary Zedylrian Steel katana forged by her ancestor, Shintoki-tenno (personal name: Yoshishige (至鎮)), the first Tenno of Yamatai and the first to hold any authority since the assassination of Keiken no Hayashi-tenno (whom he was related to via the latter's great-grandfather, Keiken no Kurogane-tenno). When she retrieved it, Sugako became the first to use it since Fukurai-tenno (personal name: Chikayoshi, the great-grandson of Shintoki-tenno), seven centuries before.

Sugako is also a skilled archer, and is capable of accurately shooting a target from over 300 meters away, depending on the quality of the bow. However, Sugako is not every adept at the use of black powder weapons.

Sugako is also an accomplished dragon rider, and is the master of a Yamato Long-snout named Hitokage. Sugako was initially dead scared of dragons due to a traumatizing experience in her youth. But through the help of Ran-Shao, an ancient dragon originally hatched and raised by Shintoki-tenno, she conquered her fear and Hitokage has been her closest companion ever since.

History

Sugako was born in the Yamato imperial palace on Sanaetsuki 13, 2808IIO (Windoni 14, 4525AFZ), as the second child and first daughter of Tasuhiko and Reiko, the then tenno and kogo of Yamatai.

Relationships

	Name	Relation	Born	Died
Family
	Imperial Family
	Although the current Imperial family of the Idai dynasty is legally a cadet branch of the larger Toyotomi clan, as well as descended from a cadet branch of the Oda clan, the members of the imperial household have no surname unless they give up their status or their status is revoked.
	Musha-no-miya Hiroshige Shinno 武者宮弘成親王 Hiroshige, Prince Musha	Great-Uncle	2759IIO 4476AFZ
	Hiroshige is the younger brother of Gyoshi-tenno (魚翅天皇) – personal name: Fusazane (房実) – the former tenno of Yamatai. He is the uncle of late-Ijin-tenno (Tatsuhiko) and Hironori, and great-uncle of Sugako and her siblings. A retired general, and a hero of Yamatai's last war with Tianchao, he later came out of retirement to serve as a general after Ijin-tenno's death during the conclusion of the Siege of St. Croix in the Great Northern Aquilonis War.
	Tatsuhiko 竜彦	Father	2780IIO 4497AFZ	2824 4541
	Tatsuhiko was Sugako's father and a former Tenno of Yamatai. In his youth before his ascension to the throne, he was known as Unabara-no-miya Tatsuhiko Shinno (海原宮竜彦親王/Tatsuhiko, Prince Unabara), and Tatsuhiko Kotaishi (竜彦皇太子/Crown Prince Tatsuhiko) when he was named the heir apparent. He was the elder son of Gyoshi-tenno (2753IIO – 2807/4470AFZ – 4524), whom ruled from 2781 to 2807 (4498AFZ – 4524), and Ichigo Kogo (苺皇后) – born Shiawase no Moroko (幸せの諸子). Tatsuhiko died in battle at the end of the Siege of St. Croix during the Great Northern Aquilonis War. He named three eras during his reign Asatsuyu (朝露), Tanrei (端麗) & Horyu (鳳竜), and the start of last one coincided with the beginning of the Great Northern Aquilonis War. After his funeral, he was given the posthumous name Ijin-tenno (偉人天皇).
	Reiko 怜子	Mother	2783IIO 4500AFZ
	Reiko Kogo – born Tsuyusaki Reiko (露咲怜子) – is Sugako's mother, as well as the mother of her older brother and her four younger siblings. She married Tatsuhiko when Gyoshi-tenno still ruled, and became Kogo (皇后/Empress) upon his accession to the throne following Gyoshi-tenno's death. Following the death of Tenno Tatsuhiko and the ascension of her eldest son to the throne, she becomes known as Reiko Kotaigo (怜子皇太后/Empress Dowager Reiko )
	Hidehiko 秀彦	Elder Brother	Kisaragi 9, 2803IIO Haneyan 9, 4520AFZ
	Hidehiko is Sugako's older brother, the eldest of the imperial family children, and a former admiral of the Silver Arrow Armada. He succeeded their late-father as the Tenno of Yamatai, as Tenno Hidehiko, following Tatsuhiko's death at St. Croix. Prior to his ascension, he was known either as Hidehiko Kotaishi (秀彦皇太子/Crown Prince Hidehiko) as the Crown Prince of Yamatai or Raizo-no-miya Hidehiko Shinno (来ぞ宮秀彦親王/Hidehiko, Prince Raizo). The first era of his reign is termed the Kaihei (海兵) era.
	Isamu-no-miya Haruhiko Shinno 武宮治彦親王 Haruhiko, Prince Isamu	Younger Brother	Kannazuki 22, 2811IIO Opesagyr 22, 4528AFZ
	Haruhiko is Sugako's third-born younger brother. He was considered the heir to the throne before Hidehiko returned.
	Suzuka-no-miya Natsuko Naishinno 涼風宮夏子内親王 Natsuko, Princess Suzuka	Younger Sister	Uzuki 8, 2812IIO Yuisk 8, 4529AFZ
	Natsuko is Sugako's fourth-born younger sister.
	Hizashi-no-miya Atsuhiko Shinno 陽射宮篤彦親王 Atsuhiko, Prince Hizashi	Younger Brother	Hazuki 6, 2815IIO Jesoran 4, 4532AFZ
	Atsuhiko is Sugako's fifth-born younger brother.
	Ushio-no-miya Himeko Naishinno 汐宮姫子内親王 Himeko, Princess Ushio	Younger Sister	Mutsuki 9, 2818IIO Lanayan 9, 4535AFZ
	Himeko is Sugako's sixth-born younger sister and the youngest of the imperial family.
	Zen-no-miya Hironori Shinno 善宮浩徳親王 Hironori, Prince Zen	Uncle	2782IIO 4499AFZ
	Hironori, the younger son of Gyoshi-tenno and Ichigo Kogo, is Tatsuhiko's younger brother and the father of Nadia Lafayette.
	Toyotomi Akitoshi 豊臣明俊 تويوتومي أكيتوشي
	Toyotomi Akitoshi is Sugako's Genjin-Jafrakib son with Salim, the son Salim never got to see. Conceived just as the allies began their campaign from St. Croix to Garvis, he was born some months following the victory at Garvis, and just a couple following the liberation of Roislueur.
House Lafayette
	Nadia Florence de Lafayette	Cousin	Rasanova 10, 4526AFZ Minazuki 9, 2809IIO
	Nadia is Sugako's cousin, and the younger half-sister of Veronica Lafayette, and a powerful fire mage. Genjin-Gallique ethnically, she was born from an affair between Sugako's uncle, Hironori, and Delphine Marie-France de Lafayette, the younger sister of Soleil's King Justin III (Justin Edgar-Fabian de Lafayette). She is also known by her Genjin name and Yamato royal style: Fujiko-no-miya Natsue Naishinno (藤子宮夏絵内親王/Natsue, Princess Fujiko), and is recognized as a member of the imperial family. She owns a pet phoenix named Juliana. Later is her life she is known by the nickname "Phoenix Queen."
Friends & Allies
	Ricus Steelfern	Former Love Interest
	A leprechaun fairy and the abjaksan of Alfheim. Sugako was at one point in love with Ricus; before he and Sugako went off to war, he revealed that he was engaged to another, breaking Sugako's heart. Sugako and Ricus didn't see each other again for more than a year until they reunited towards the end of the Siege of Garvis.
	Al-Zayani clan
	Salim ibn Rashid ibn Azhar Al-Zayani سليم ابن راشد ابن أزهار آل زياني	Late-Fiancé	4521AFZ	4542
	Salim was the Taj Emir (تاج امير/Crown Prince) of Bialidrak, and the great-grandson of the former abjaksan of Aquilonis, Abdul Sahrawi, via his mother's side, before his death. He is also the father of Sugako's son, Akitoshi. Salim was, at one point, Sugako's fiancé. Initially, Sugako hated Salim and only agreed to the engagement after Salim "blackmailed" the alliance by suggesting Bialidrak could ally with Umdar instead. Salim's attitude and perspective changed when he saw Sugako stop a volcano during the Incident at Mount St. Fleur; and because of his change, even Sugako found herself falling in love with Salim during their time together during their brief spell in Bialidrak. They fully realized and consummated their feelings during the New Year's of 4542, becoming engaged for real. Tragically, the union was not meant to be, as Salim was slain in a duel of champions during the Siege of Garvis, late in the Great Northern Aquilonis War. Shortly after the war, Sugako gave birth to the child they conceived during the campaign to capture Garvis.
	Azra bint Rashid ibn Azhar Al-Zayani أزرى بنت راشد ابن أزهار آل زياني	Would-be sister-in-law	4523AFZ
	Azra is Salim's younger sister, and the great-granddaughter of the former abjaksan of Aquilonis, Abdul Sahrawi, via her mother's side. She became Taj Emira (تاج أميرة/Crown Princess) of Bialidrak following Salim's death.
	Rashid ibn Azhar ibn Abdullahi Al-Zayani راشد ابن أزهار ابن عبداللاه آل زياني	Would-be father-in-law	4490AFZ
	Rashid is Salim's father, the current Sultan of Bialidrak, and Sheikh of the Al-Zayani clan of the Jayida Dynasty.

Trivia

• Even though Ichigo Kogo, Sugako's grandmother by her father side, was a member of the Yamato branch of the Order of Eden, Sugako never joined the order.
• While Sugako was offered to join the Shoka Kunoichi (a women-only ninja order of Fuso), she chose the Akatsuki instead.
• Even though she's categorized as one, Sugako is not actually Marlakcese. She's only considered one by default as the Abjaksan of Marlakcor.
• Sugako is the first Fuso-born abjaksan in nearly a millennium.
• One of Sugako many predecessors, Chiyexi (翅夜蜥) was born in Tianchao during the Central, Western & Northern Dynasties period as the abjaksan of Marlakcor, yet died in Aquilonis. She was visiting the Garvin Empire at the time the stone sleep curse was cast on the Garvis clan, hence why, during the Garvis campaign of the GNAW, Sugako had memories of being in Garvis despite not being an Aquiline abjaksan and having never set foot in Garvis even once before in her life.
• The two birthdays/birth-years listed for Sugako and her family are the same date/year on two different calendars, the Teikoku Calendar and the Zedylric Calendar respectively.
• Sugako's Grand Title is one of a long list of majestic titles referred to as a Migoto Shogo (見事称号). Such titles can be granted renowned individuals, people who have done extraordinary things; otherwise, Migoto Shogo are a customarily reserved for members of the imperial family, given to them when they come of age (Note: this is not a real Japanese custom, and, in-universe, children of Fuso culture come of age at sixteen).
  • If she were a boy, her title would be: Imperial Prince of the Elements (素子の帝国諸侯/Soshi-no-Teikoku Shoko)
• Sugako is a Japanese name built with three kanji meaning "Mandatory, Congratulate, & Child". Toyotomi is a common Japanese surname mostly associated with the Toyotomi clan.
  • Her Royal Style name, Yoake – which means "dawn/daybreak" in Japanese – is based on a Japanese custom specific to the imperial family: The Imperial Family of Japan has no surname. Instead they are given a standard given name and a special title.
    • Sugako, like the rest of the Imperial Family, is commonly addressed by her royal style name; only her family and most intimate friends are allowed to call her by her given name, and their clan surname is never used unless they give up their royal status or it is otherwise revoked.
      • That said, Sugako herself dropped her royal style and began using her clan name, and occasionally a cover name, during her travels following the Great Northern Aquilonis War. She never actually gave up her royal status, nor was it ever actually revoked.
  • The addition of her title that follows her personal name, Naishinno (内親王), is another version of Kojo (皇女), an honorific denoting an imperial princess, the daughter of the tenno or an imperial prince; the male variants being Shinno (親王)/Koshi (皇子).
    • The title that follows her royal style name, no-miya (宮), is a gender-neutral royal particle that denotes a member of the imperial family.
  • Her nickname literally translates as "Red Dragon Samurai".
• Her dragon's name, Hitokage, spelled "火蜥蜴" in kanji, means "Fire lizard/Salamander" in Japanese.

Preceded by Qian Wei

Abjaksan of Marlakcor 2808IIO (4525AFZ) – Present

Succeeded by Incumbent

Preceded by Fukurai-tenno

Wielder of Seishitsu 2824IIO (4541AFZ) – Present

Succeeded by Incumbent