Gensoukyou:Yoshika Miyako

Background
Yoshika Miyako was born in the Heian period, during the reign of Emperor Montoku. She was born into a high-class family, with a very comfortable life. Her mother was caring, and loved to create art, while her father was a professor of literature, spending much of his spare time writing out poetry. Taking to her father, Yoshika became absolutely fascinated with poetry, loving her father's reciting of the poetry, even if she couldn't read it herself.

However, that would change after she received an education, her family's status earning her one of the better educations Japan had to offer. She eventually became a scholar herself in Japanese literature, and received a job in the administration. It was mid-level government work, but she had a fairly fortuitous life.

Eventually, Yoshika yearned for more then her work. Leaving her job, she looked to the great written works to see what she could do to gain a more fulfilling life. Poring through many text and artworks describing history, feats, and legends, she eventually stumbled upon legendary tales of Toyosatomimi no Miko, flying over the great Mount Fuji on a magical black steed. Inspired by the tale, she looked to the lands, and decided that she, too, would climb the great Mount Fuji.

Many had tried to climb Mount Fuji, but the mountain was unstable in the era, prone to grand eruptions, and the white ash starting halfway up was nearly impossible to climb. But Yoshika persevered. After a number of days of climbing, she finally reached the top of Mount Fuji.

Nobody knows what Yoshika saw from atop Mount Fuji that day. It could have been a god, or it could have just been the sheer beauty of sitting atop the world, looking down at the beautiful lands of the Golden Sun. But whatever it was, Yoshika became "enlightened" somehow. When she climbed back down the mountain that day, her first course of action was to write an extravagant description of the mountain, lovingly crafted with all her skill as a scholar. It became famous as the first detailed account of the top of Mount Fuji, meticulously researched and beautifully written.

From there, the inspired Yoshika went on to travel the great lands of Japan, composing great works of poetry, joyously engaged in the art like she had been as a child. Her poetry simply flowed from her mind, with vivid imagery and elegant form. She traveled everywhere, and she composed poetry about everything. She wrote about emotions, she wrote about people, she wrote about places she saw, and things she had done. She read her poetry to anyone who would listen.

Yoshika never married in her lifetime. She once did fall in love in her travels, with a dashing young noble. She composed lovely poems about him., but the love was never requited. Yoshika was heartbroken. She made poetry about that, too, penning haikus of despair and sorrow. Eventually, the beauty of life brought her back to her cheerful ways. Yoshika had a strange positivity about her that let even terrible news not defeat her for long. Her readings of poetry moved people, and that made her even happier.

Yoshika lived a long and fulfilling life writing about her travels. Eventually, as she grew older, she settled down. She moved back to the capital once again to settle down when she could no longer travel. Her poetry continued to inspire, and her profession as a scholar allowed her to teach others the way of expressing themselves with moving words.

Finally, at the age of 55, Yoshika was finally ready for the next life. She composed one last poem on the day she passed away. Not a morbid one about the onset of death, but one of the joys life had to offer, about the happiness each new day brought, and the sadness that each one was destined to end, and the relief she had lived each day to the fullest.

Yoshika Miyako died. A great loss to the world, but nonetheless one of a mortal. The body was eventually buried, commemorated, and ultimately left to rot. But not for long...

One cold night, Yoshika's corpse was dug up from her grave, and with a dark and powerful ritual, Yoshika was returned to life! It wasn't true life, for she had become a powerful undead, a Jiang Shi, a horror capable of inflicting her curse on those unfortunate enough to be bitten by her.

But this curse had been put under control. With powerful Taoist arts, the necromancer who revived her, Seiga Kaku, also brought the new Jiang Shi under her control. Yoshika's knowledge and joy had been returned to her - but at a price - she was now under the absolute command under her new master, destined to be unquestioningly loyal until Seiga became tired of her... or her body completely rotted away. Thankfully for Yoshika, Seiga had also protected against that.

Yoshika would eventually follow her master everywhere she went, and, eventually, into the strange and magical realm of Gensoukyou. Her master had plans to help revive the great Toyosatomimi no Miko, and she was along for the ride....

Jiang Shi Traits
Being undead allows Yoshika to have some surprisingly powerful options. She has no ability to feel pain and she never gets tired. This allows her to effectively fight until she has been rendered physically incapable of doing so. Her body can take an extreme amount of punishment before she can longer fight. Additionally, this also means she can't feel muscle strain, which allows her to perform feats of strength 10 times more powerful then a regular human.

The bite of a Jiang Shi is as much a dangerous weapon physically as it is mentally. Any human bitten by Yoshika will temporarily become another Jiang Shi, as long as Yoshika remains sufficiently undead enough to function. These won't immediately be under the control of Yoshika's master, but it only takes one ofuda to control them. "Temporarily", of course, assumes they're still living. If they would have died while under the influence, then they'll remain undead as a Jiang Shi until they are destroyed.

Enhanced Regeneration
In addition to Yoshika's body being naturally good at ignoring damage, Yoshika is very fast at regenerating said damage. Injuries to Yoshika heal quickly even during battle, making her even harder to destroy then the regular Jiang Shi, allowing her to continue fighting for long lengths of time. This can be bolstered even more by Yoshika eating spirits to recover a large portion of her health, or by her master channeling into her, allowing her to return to full potential in only a few seconds.

The hard exception to this rule is that Yoshika can't naturally regenerate ongoing damage to herself, such as being set on fire. She also can't regenerate rot, making it an extremely important task to prevent her body from rotting.

Eating Anything
Yoshika has the ability to eat anything given to her. Her metabolism allows her to be able to digest any object from flesh to steel almost immediately. This ability causes people to think Yoshika as the kind of zombie that eats nothing but human flesh. Though she does use this ability to help Seiga dispose of bodies, she hardly uses it on her own will. Since Yoshika is dead, she doesn't actually require food to live, so this power makes her more of a disposal tool for Seiga. Yoshika never gets hungry (as much as that huge grin might imply otherwise), so she almost never chooses to eat by her own will. She can't taste, anyway.

Combat Style
Yoshika is known as a meat shield for a reason. She is slow, durable, and incredibly loyal to the one she serves. Because of this, she is more often seen standing between Seiga and an opponent in a fight rather than anywhere else. However, she does sometimes get sent on her own to fight. When she does fight, she uses her strength and durability to make up what she lacks in speed and agility, often using her sharp claws to tear her opponents. Her lack of speed, though, makes her not much of a threat close up, so she will often resort to using danmaku to distract her opponent before moving in for the kill.

Personality
Yoshika Miyako is a blissfully cheerful individual, having an almost uncanny immunity to negativity. She'll talk about pretty much anything as if it was the best thing ever, regardless of how morbid or terrible it is, being upbeat to the point of being just plain strange. Yoshika is an unrelenting optimist. Ignorance is bliss, after all.

Yoshika especially enjoys being given or having orders to follow from her lovely and caring master, Seiga! She does orders in the best way she can, smiling all the way and doing her deeds with glee, even if (especially if) the order is to go bite someone half to death. The only reward Yoshika strives for is the praise of her wonderful master, which, predictably, makes her extremely happy when she receives it.

In fact, the only thing that makes her unhappy is when someone so much as dares to hurt her superior and powerful master, Seiga. Threatening Seiga is threatening Yoshika, and her cheer will take a nosedive faster then what her brain should rightfully be able to process. Making Yoshika angry is quite possibly the worst thing ever! Yoshika will make sure nobody ever hurts Seiga Nyan Nyan and they'll wish they never existed in the first place if they think they can do so!!!!

ANYWAY besides that, Yoshika is quite nice to everyone she meat- er, meets. Even if she has a strange way of showing it with that big scary sharp grin of hers. When she's not ordered or compelled to attack, she probably wouldn't hurt a fly even if it was right on her nose. It helps she can't feel, anyway.

Yoshika has no free will when Seiga is nearby, but when she is left alone, she's free to chat with anyone who comes by, or start reciting poetry. She won't do anything that goes against her orders or Seiga's wishes, of course, but she is quite willing to have a conversation or, rarely, move around and do something interesting. She's actually quite a kind person outside of Seiga's influence, and she's perfectly willing to be kind to others if her orders allow her to do so.

It's important to note that Yoshika's brain has a bit of rot after a thousand years of undeath, so she's not the sharpest tool in the shed. She does orders given to her extremely literally, and if an order is open-ended (ie, go find an object), she'll typically get confused after completing the order and stand around for awhile trying to figure out what to do. This typically ends with Yoshika going back to find Seiga for new orders, however. Sometimes she has a hard time remembering her orders as well, but the ofuda on her head helps her remember.

Spellcards
Recovery [Heal by Desire]

Poison Nail [Poison Raze]

Poison Nail [Poison murder]

Desire Sign [Saved Up Desire Spirit Invitation]

Desire Sign [Score Desire Eater]

Poison Nail [Undead Murderer]

Major
"Seiga Nyan Nyan", aka "My {compliment} Master" is Yoshika's master as well as the one who turned her in to a Jinagshi. Despite the usual master/servant relationship, Yoshika sees Seiga as the best friend anyone could have, being completely ignorant of how much she is abused by Seiga. One could even say that she's almost like a small child to Seiga, helpless and without direction when Seiga isn't around and when she doesn't know what to do. Yoshika has no free will when Seiga is nearby, and therefore follows Seiga's commands absolutely and without question. In fact, she'll even do anything Seiga asks with happiness and a smile. Yoshika is absolutely loyal and will gladly die for Seiga. Multiple times, if need be.
 * Seiga Kaku

Trivia

 * Yoshika's limbs are very stiff, but she's not a statue. Yoshika's currently undergoing a regimen of stretching to gain back some flexibility she's lost, but she still has a long way to go.