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There was once a orphan who lived in the alleyways of a snow covered city, doing everything and anything just to survive. He would often be beaten by punks of the streets and would have to give them shares of what he stole or earned, often they would get 90%. This was because the orphan was not from this country, he was the son of a well known trader who had died at the hands of bandits as they made their way into the city. Since his father's death, Cri had to live in this hell. It was one day where Cri had earned enough yuan from pick pocketing and doing odd jobs where he could buy enough food to last him a few days. When he got the food, he came across a man who was gravely injured, he was covered in bruises and was bleeding heavily. Cri went to expect the body further, but was startled when the man tried to grab onto Cri, he would then run from the man only to run into several guards. The men asked Cri if he had seen a heavily injured man and Cri said "I saw a man covered in wounds running towards the bazaar" Cri had lied to them, and they believed him. Cri would then go back to the man and told him about the men who were looking for him. The man thanked Cri for helping him and got up and told Cri to meet him back at the same spot where they had met.

Despite being creeped out by that, Cri listened to his instructions and went back to the same spot where they had met, it was awhile before the man showed up, but when he did, he offered Cri something great, to live under his roof and never have to live the horrors of being homeless again. Cri instantly took his offer and went to go grab any belongings he had back where he slept. When Cri got them, he ran into the same punks who had been harassing him for so long, however they offered to escort him to where he needed to go, Cri was perplexed by this, but he took their offer. When he got back to the man, the punks were in a cold sweat and terrified and ran away as soon as they saw him; Cri eventually put two and two together and figured out that the man had threatened the punks for harassing Cri for so many years. Cri became even more thankful towards the man and so his new life began with the man as his guardian. When Cri got his home, he found that that the man did not live alone, he had two children. His daughter Ikuko and his older son Zenko. After a year of being with the family, Kosuke told Cri that he was a former Master Thief who had stolen from the corrupt rulers of their country on many occasions, leaving Cri starstruck when he heard this and wanted to know more. Kosuke would then tell Cri of his heists, the things he stole all by himself, the time he was imprisoned and had to escape while literally naked and no tools to escape, how he stole a crown right off of someone's head, and how he tricked the entire country into thinking he had died. Cri was once again in awe and begged the man to teach him everything he knew. Kosuke, however, told Cri that he would teach him but once the training began, Cri's destiny would change and there would be no turning back. Cri accepted this and so his training began.

The training had started with Cri increasing his physical condition as far as his body would allow it. The training was hard and stealing and sparring with the man, who never had any intention to hold back in the first place, had almost costed Cri his freedom several times. It took two years before Cri had mastered, or rather surpassed, all of Kosuke's teachings well enough to the point where he told Cri that it was time for the final test for him to become a master thief. For the final test, Cri was tasked with stealing from a ambassador from Carmillion who had a gift for the King of their country. This heist was going to be the toughest thing Cri had to do up to date and he would have no help with the heist due to it being the final test. Cri had performed heists several times by himself and succeeded, but this was in a completely different league, yet it excited Cri rather than make him anxious. As midnight struck, the gift, a sword with a blade of platinum, a scabbard, grip, and guard of gold, the gold pieces being encrusted with emeralds and rubies. Truly it was a sword of undeniable beauty and now it was gone from the pedestal it rested on and it's place was a lily made of glass, Cri's calling card. After several years had passed since the heist, Cri became a notorious Master Thief, and stilled lived with Jino family, however Zenko had moved out once he reached the age of adulthood, becoming a crooked guard. Cri's infamy had also drawn the attention of other Master Thieves and Con-artists, with them he formed a group of criminals known as the "Yuge". Eventually Cri and Ikuko got married after they confessed to one another and had two children together. Cri was truly happy, he had his own family and never once got caught. That would all change however when Zenko's jealousy had begin to overcome him, he had taken his hired thugs and went to his former home and the home of Cri's friends.

Within a single night all of Cri's friends were captured and sent to a prison for life, each one giving Zenko a higher rank. Zenko had a different plan for Cri however, he would have his men kidnap both Ikuko and their infant children, Tennori and Sakiko, threatening to kill them both if Cri did not meet them at the home they had grown up in. Having no choice but to accept their terms, he would meet them there. When he did, he was ambushed and beaten up by two guards that were in league with Zenko while two others were holding Ikuko with a knife to her neck and their children with a knife near their chests. Zenko had then given Cri a ultimatum, one where that he would have to chose which one of the two got to live, Ikuko or their children. This enraged Cri but before he could even go berserk, Ikuko told him to chose their precious son and daughter, they had to grow up and at least one of the parents was enough to ensure that. It was hard to say it through his shriveling voice, but he chose their children. The two guards who beaten up Cri would then restrict his movements as he would have to watch her die by the hands of her adoptive brother, ready to kill Ikuko but before her throat was cut. It was then that Kosuke had knocked out the guards with his staff and freed Cri and Ikuko from the thugs and had fought Zenko, giving Cri a chance to rescue their children and flee while Zenko held them off.

Now fugitives, the Jinō Family would have to flee Obren and went to Carmillion to start a new life as immigrants. When they arrived, Cri already had wanted posters placed almost everywhere which had meant the Zenko had informed the authorities that the boy who stole that sword was now on the soil of his victims. Having no choice, Cri would have to give up his life as a thief as painful as it was. Ten years has passed since their arrival to Carmillion and their lives are arguably harsher compared to living in their country. However they would manage, no matter how hard things got.

Tennori and his little sister, Sakiko, were born and raised by both of their parents thanks to them being able to escape their country, who were very poor thanks to the fact their Father was a wanted criminal, so food was hard to obtain at times. Each day Tennori would be picked on by older boys because she was poor and her wolf ears and tail. Tennori would always be there to stand up for his sister but he would also get beaten up by them- this however didn't stop Tennori from protecting his little sister so he decided to train in order to win his fights instead of loosing, nearly dead. It was at that time Tennori decided to go to his Father, hearing stories that his Father had to defend himself in case he got caught during his days as a thief thought it would be best to learn from him. Despite his hopes, Cri had denied his son his wishes as he was afraid he would get use such a skill in poor use as Tennori was rather young and was more effected than his emotions than normal. However his son had shown persistence each day and had willing taken blows for his sister.

Eventually Tennori's persistence had paid off and Cri had slowly and patiently taught his son the art of being a thief and how to properly defend himself, at least enough to the point where he could defend Sakiko which paid off as her being bullied eventually ceased. However despite this Tennori still wished to continue his training to the point of perfection since they had already gotten this far, Cri accepted and thus the Father and Son would become Master and Student as Cri and his Father-in-law did before. With Sakiko free from bullying, the family had lived somewhat happier, all except Ikuko however as she had been out of the house from the morning till Midnight lately, whenever she was asked why she would simply avoid the question and change the subject. This had worried Tennori and the rest of the family greatly and soon Tennori began to pester her about it which eventually lead to her striking her child out of frustration which had saddened the mother even more, causing her to lock herself in her room until morning. However Tennori had not given up yet, come the morning, Tennori would follow his Mother to where she went. Unsure of when she left thanks to him always sleeping in, Tennori had to stay up all night until five o'clock came and his recon mission had begun. His mother was in a quick pace to get where ever was her destination and the few times Tennori saw her face, all he saw was a worried expression as though if she was in big trouble. She had eventually arrived at her destination which was a rather large house with some decorations of Obren around it, either a Carmillion was interested in their culture,or someone from their own country had come here on business...Either way the person couldn't be that bad right?

After venturing into the mansion, he had found his Mother with five other women who were standing in two lines and ahead of them was another woman who wore a black outfit and had long blue hair who was standing in front of a mirror. When she turned around however, Tennori was shocked to see that it was actually a man who had a smug look on his face, like he was the prettiest one here...Sadly he was ugly compared to Tennori's Mother and he knew that as he walked over to her and struck her to the ground, calling her things like "Ogre" and that she would never be as beautiful as him. Seeing this had angered Tennori to the point where he had leap from his hiding spot to try to save his Mother but was stopped before he could do so none other by his Father who had also followed Ikuko to where she was going for her job and was rather shocked to see that it was none other than Zenko, the man who had betrayed his own family and forced Cri and his family to flee to Carmillion...This man was definitely to be hated and not be around...Cri had no idea why Ikuko would go to him. Leaving his son behind, Cri would reveal himself and would go to battle his former adopted brother in one final battle that gave Tennori enough time to flee with his Mother and the other members of Zenko's harem. However Ikuko had been poisoned as Zenko was a mage that could make his skin secrete a deadly poison that can be absorbed by the skin. Cri had never returned and now their mother was dead. After this horrid event, Zenko had gone to Tennori's and Sakiko's home with some of his thugs. Much like he did with Cri, he had his thugs beat Tennori and hold him down as Zenko gave Sakiko a slow acting poison, one that was very painful and left her paralyzed. There Tennori was forced to watch his precious little sister die in a horrible death and was left there with the corpse of his sister. After this event, Tennori's abilities as a mage had awoken After burying his sister's corpse along with their Mother, Tennori had stowaway on a ship that was heading to Obren.

There he had traveled into the tundra mountains without an issue thanks to his inherited traits of being able to survive cold temperatures, although the blizzards had proved some difficulty, he nonetheless had gotten to his destination safely, the city in which he was born. Although small compared to most cities, the city Yūkōri was known for being occupied by 70% of nobles, 10% traders, and 20% beggars. Tennori's only reason for coming to his home country was to find his Grandfather, the man who had taught his grandfather, but what Tennori wanted to know more than that was his heritage, he wanted to know why both him and his Uncle have magic. He thought knowing this and how he could put it to proper use would aid him in killing his uncle. Much to his surprise, Tennori could not find his Uncle anywhere, while his Father did tell him that the last time he saw Kosuke was fighting off his son, he had little doubts that his Father died. After asking several beggars in the city, he had eventually learned that a lone, one armed old Wolf man was living in a shack just a few miles away from the city and without any other words Tennori had set out to that shack, finding the Grandfather he had never met before in shock at the sight of his own Grandson. The reunion was warm and lasted for about an hour before Tennori finally asked his Grandfather just why his son and grandson had the potential for magic.

Apparently Kosuke and his wife, Toitoi, were a Mage and Knight duo that came from the Shizeishi tribe, they were a duo that went on a journey around the world to discover themselves and to find a way to solve the crisis of Obren's corrupt monarchy. For many years they had traveled, so long that they eventually gave birth to their children while traveling. Sadly Zenko's magic abilities had activated much earlier than anticipated, from the second he was born he had poisoned his Mother, causing the small family to settle down in Yūkōri, however Toitoi would pass away not a week after her children were born. Tennori had to know more about his people and possibly even any magic they might know for the sake of killing his uncle and he had told Kosuke his reasoning, thus making them set out to the village Kosuke and Toitoi were born in. There he had encountered many other Wolf-Folk, all with bushy tails and tall ears like his, only difference each person had a different shade of blue. Just seeing the two enter their village had caused an uproar which lead to a festival in honor of Kosuke coming home and with what looked like his Grandson. From evening to morning everyone had celebrated Kosuke and Tennori coming home; once the celebration was over, Tennori had been given the name Akihi to officially make him a member of the Shizeishi tribe and was given three lucky feathers by his Grandfather as a gift.

Now christened as a member of the clan, Tennori had undergone teachings for 4 years under the Shizeishi tribe style Shamanism; during this these years he had gained a respect for animals and nature, a higher respect for his heritage, and even a fiance after saving her from being shipped off as slave. Now calling himself by his christened name, Akihi has set out into the world in order to find and slay his Uncle, but to also create a country which his people and anyone else can be free from corrupt rule.