Kaori Numachi

Kaori Elizabeth Hitomi Numachi, commonly referred to as Kaori or Ms. Numachi, is a Sakuran resident of Khorisal (Formerly Polskrige) and the current Senior Manager of the Krachtig Shipping Company. She is the daughter of Saiyo Alexander Numachi and Joanne Numachi, the former being a previous Tagavor of the Second Empire of Plagatea, Daimyo of Yamagake and the Head of House Numachi. Her grandmother, Aisuru Numachi, was a renowned politician and former Queen of the Realm of Asarakaen. She is currently living the KSC Storage Building, a building that was originally the property of her grandmother, Aisuru, which she now shares with her younger brother Alaric Numachi.

Birth
Kaori was born as the oldest daughter of Alexander Numachi and Joanne Numachi in the Sakura District of the Second Empire of Plagatea during the peaceful days of the nation. When she was still a young girl, two more children would be born of her mother, the twins Adeline and Alaric Numachi, born in Ieon Castle, Kitaichi. The family would then move to Yamagake, their father's hometown, after her father's abdication. As she grew up, her appearance noticeably took after her grandmother, Aisuru. This fact made turned the attention of the Lady of Sakura and she would take time out of her increasingly stressful and busy schedule to both visit her son and his family, but to talk to and instruct the young Kaori. It was these teachings that instilled in her some of the virtues and nature of her grandmother, her diligence, determination and stubbornness. She also developed a humbleness that often confused Aisuru, a trait that she did not possess, but that her son, Kaori's father, Alexander did. The family lived in a smaller house than was expected of high nobility, and especially not that of an Ex-Tagavor and a man famous for his ability to play the game of politics.

Early Life
As she grew up, and as her siblings likewise grew into their own, like all he family she watched her father with concern as his health continued its slow decline, unheard of even if he wasn't as young as he had been. Tragedy would strike with the death of her mother, Joanne, a death that permanently broke her father, who would stop any public life he had retained after his abdication and in fact almost stop leaving his hometown of Yamagake at all, staying at home and writing. Like the rest of her family she watched the slow decline of the Second Empire and the eventual collapse. In the chaos that followed, it saw the northern territories of Plagatea being absorbed into Empire of Simulami and being reorganized into the Goshuma District. It was during this confusing period of Plagosi History that the unthinkable to the family would happen, and Aisuru and her husband Techno Numachi, would suffer a mysterious fate at sea and presumed dead by all, further justified by fragments of the ship floating to the shoreline of Veldion days after she was due to arrive.

Their deaths heavily effected the Numachi family, leading Alexander into further despair and ultimately forcing his family to care for him. As she came of age though, Kaori would feel a need to fuel her ambition, seeking to make a name for herself like the rest of her family, and to also investigate the "presumed" death of her grandparents. She was split however, between caring for her father and making her way in the world. She eventually opened up to him and spent several days in talk with him over it. Alexander cared deeply for his family and was not happy to see any leave his side, especially now, but in the eyes of his oldest child he saw the life and eagerness he used to see in the mirror when he was younger, and also the hints of that stubbornness his mother had often displayed, regardless of whether it was public, private, political or not. He would give his consent and allow her to travel to Southern Plagos to the Kingdom of Veldion, in hopes she would join with his brother, Tyranno Von-Krachtig Numachi, who ran a trade company in the region. She would then bid her family and friends farewell, travelling from Yamagake, through the grand city of Kitaichi and paying homage to the sacred Sakura Trees and even visiting the shrine dedicated to Tsuki Hoshasei, before taking a KSC (Krachtig Shipping Company) vessel South to Veldion.

Life in Veldion
Upon arriving in Polskrige, Kaori would be greeted by Mr Yes, a friend of the Numachi Family and previously a ruler in Veldion. As he helped walk her around Polskrige, he would explain to her that her uncle was, in fact, not in Polskrige, in Veldion at all. Unbeknownst to Alexander, Tyranno had been trapped in the North, after a rabid attack in his maddened state. Tyranno had turned himself into a dinosaur through a freak accident many years ago, that was well known, but until then he had still held human intelligence. In his absence several board members of the KSC had run the company, and they accepted Kaori's application to join the company. Due to a housing crisis underway in Veldion, the only house Kaori could be given was a storage building near the central marketplace that had long gone unused. Ironically, the building itself had originally belonged to her grandmother, Aisuru, when she had advanced trading in the area, alongside her son, Tyranno. Kaori would throw herself into her job without hesitation, diligently working to do her best and impress the other employees, which she did. When she wasn't working she was often seen wandering Poskrige, even travelling to Havenstad further South. It was on the first of these wanderings that she went to visit the de facto grave for Aisuru and Techno. It wasn't a central memorial, but that was by choice, Aisuru would not have approved of such a thing. Central or not, however, several flowers and small donations were often laid at the stone slab. As she entered the small courtyard, her eyes widened as the dragon-man, Glurak Ravdrac, a well known member of the Veldski Government. His eyes widened as he saw her and his mouth fell for a second. At his confused look he shook his head and fixed his expression. He greeted her warmly and upon hearing her name his eyes twinkled as if confirming suspicions. He then said to her. "My dear, you are a spitting image of your grandmother. I-" He spluttered slightly and his face grew pained, "I offer you my condolences for your loss." and with that he left her there, watching him with confusion and speculation.

At the outbreak of the Veldion Civil War, Alexander would send several letters South to Kaori, imploring her to leave the land before she got caught up in the fighting. However, Kaori refused to leave her work and reassured her father that she would not get caught up in the heat of battle. She was not a warrior, that was where she differed from her grandmother and many of the other Numachi's, and took after her father, the ever calm man he had been and continued to be. As the fighting intensified and factions flared up, Kaori would seek protection under the Republican Force, led by Glurak Ravdrac, the same man who she had met at Aisuru's Grave. She stayed clear of the fighting throughout the Civil War and was practically appalled to see her uncle, Tyranno, used as a weapon in the battles. Following the end of the violence of the solidification of the Plagatean Regency and the Chumon Ito in power, she would finally meet with Tyranno and together they reinstated the KSC in the trade affairs of the newlt stabilizing nation. For her help and sensing her potential, Tyranno would promote her to the rank of Senior Manager, a position making her in essence the second-in-command of the entirety of the trade company. Not too long later, her younger brother, Alaric D.F.L Numachi, would arrive on the shores of Veldion, having been urged to follow and watch after Kaori by their father, Alexander. He trusted Kaori's judgement, of course, but what he did not trust was her restraint, and feared that she would take after Aisuru and her hard-headed unflinching confidence in her actions.