Yoru

Overview
Yoru is a mostly humanoid Ruler and Builder with some feline traits, and is currently the Lord Mayor of Avaricia. His passions lie in the care of his furry cats (to the point where felines have become an obsession) as well as brewing, cheesemaking, and jam making (jamming?) to indulge in the high pleasures of a newfound lifestyle.

His aspirations lie in the construction of a grand Cathedral where his Cult can properly pay homage to the Spirits as the fanatical High Prophet of the newly founded Cult of the Pure Realm. Furthermore, as the recently elected Lord Mayor of Avaricia, he has a duty both to his home which brought him in, and to the Empire of Ravenguard of which he is a prominent member, and aims to expand Avaricia into the sparkling jewel of the desert that it is, and shall prosper into.

Biography
Yoru was born into the world as Scelest Sanguinis, who was a part of the wealthy "Von Macabre" family, rulers of the County of Ash from their seat of Ashford, a mining town within the mountains. He was born an illegitimate child of the influential Baron, and as such the Baroness always looked at him with disdain. From birth, she knew he wasn't hers, and as such declared his name to mean "he is the sin of the blood" in their ancient tongue. Due to pressing from his wife, the Baron neglected him with melancholy, despite his best intentions, and he was soon expelled into the streets from their lush estate. When an invasion force from a nearby kingdom lay siege to Ashford, he managed to escape, though not without suffering some trauma and insecurity due to his father ignoring him as he rode into battle. He did get pierced in the shoulder by a stray arrow, though the wound was later healed and closed. He hated himself for not having the courage to call out to his father, to say goodbye, and now he shall never know what came of him.

Scelest ran day and night from Ashford, seeking little sleep, learning the craft of survival by trial and error. He had an incredible healing factor, making deadly poisonous plants becoming mild hallucinogenics and leaving him predisposed for only a couple of days. Eventually, he collapsed in the border deserts of Ravenguard, and was saved, rejuvenated and repurposed by Lysthar, the feline Messenger of the Pure Realm. He was given the potential for power and the drive to dispel his negative emotions toward himself by appeasing the Spirits; through religion, bonds and duty would he prosper. During his Becoming, he was rechristened to the name of "Yoru", symbolising the night of which he is born. He is now Lord Mayor of Avaricia and High Prophet of the newly founded Sect of the Pure Realm.

Why become a bandit?
The Sect of the Pure Realm worships spirits, and one of these spirits is the "Spirit of the Self", also known as the "Chi". It is believed that this type of Spirit is one of the most important, as how this spirit views you as a person and worshipper determines your fate in life. Additionally, the seeds of insecurity sewn in his childhood, watered by his solitary time journeying through the lands, have manifested into a growing negativity that he fights internally, a crippling notion that has become a virus he must deal with and stamp out, lest he be consumed by his own intense self-hatred.

Oath of Spiritual Balance
Yoru, as a devout cultist and spiritualist, believes that he must come to terms with himself and all the spiritual aspects of himself. As such, he has sworn that for the time spent a maleficent marauder, he shall repay that sevenfold, and spend that time worshipping, building and meditating in order to become the best version of himself that he can. As a believer in the noble phantasms, he has little use for the vices found in impure objects. As such, he may attempt to peacefully convert potential victims to his Cult, or he may attempt to trade his victims' lost weaponry/valuables for any spiritual artefacts.