In the final moments of the battle, a valkyrie appeared. There she fought the witch Ukionna and broke the bond between Yumiko's world and the twisted forest corrupting her land. ![]() Weary but determined, she traveled deep into the woods. By the twenty-fifth year, she had defeated a Tengu army, slain a dragon, and realized she must confront this mystery at its source. Year after year, the assault grew, and so did her skill. The first winter, she rescued a toddler from a wandering wolf, the second winter she slew a pack of wolves to protect the hibernating Tororu. None ever knew that, at the age of 537, she picked up a bow for the first time and went to war with the monsters of the Kiba. To villagers, Yumiko, the blind seamstress, was a happy soul - afraid of dogs and roused to anger only by shoddy needlework. The forest came to be called Kiba, The Fang, and the villagers feared. ![]() From the forest too came great wolves - first in ones and twos and then in great packs. The winters grew bitter, and the cold seemed to flow out of the forest itself. Only the half-Valkyrie saw a great Valhallan.įrom time immemorial the Japanese village of Aoku sat at peace on the edge of the great northern forest. "Hattori, do you remember the tale of the wise fox spirit and her giant magical hammer? Yeah, ME NEITHER!" - Koji after a beat down from a newcomer to the Grand TournamentĪny Valkyrie could see that the blind seamstress was a centuries-old fox spirit in disguise.
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