Emaru bio
A Seidan citizen, born in Bluetown. She lived with her parents and little siblings until she was old enough to enlist in the Seidan Guard, which she idealized alongside most young citizens of her realm. She grew to become like most Seidan Guards: strict, willing to enforce the Court’s laws without question, and fiercely loyal to the Guard’s mission to enforce order.
Emaru was yet another Seidan Guard who fought against Pod Lazek’s invasion of Seido (read here for more details). She spent most of the conflict acting in the defense of Bluetown, fighting horde after horde of Chaosrealmers. Despite trying to hide it, she was scared for her home, and especially for her family. All she could hope was that she, alongside the Seidan forces she admired so much, would be able to keep them safe.
At one point, Emaru and most of the Seidan Guards acting in defense of Bluetown and other parts of Seido were called to abandon the defense lines of their homes to protect the Court, which was going to be attacked by Pod Lazek himself soon. She tried to protest to her superior officer, arguing that doing so would condemn countless Seidan lives, but all she received in response was being told to carry out her orders without questioning. Despite her doubts, she did like all good Seidan Guards would and obeyed her superiors, praying to the Elder Gods that at least her family would be safe.
After the Seidan Guard was narrowly victorious in the battle against Pod Lazek, Emaru went quickly alongside many of her fellow Seidan Guards to check on the condition of Bluetown. A good amount of it had been destroyed when Chaosrealmers attacked, and many of its inhabitants were killed, including her family.
Emaru was devastated, consumed by grief and guilt. All she could think of was how she had abandoned her family, and how she had been ordered to do so in the name of defending order. The superior she had argued with approached her in the worst possible moment. They tried to comfort her, by romanticizing the death of her family: how she had done a noble sacrifice by choosing her duty over her family, how their ‘sacrifices’ would be honored by order still being imposed in Seido. Those words only ended up making her explode in anger.
Blinded by anger, Emaru ended up attacking her superior. It was just a single strike of her naginata, but it was enough. After receiving a deep cut in their neck, the superior died. Emaru then realized what she had done, and was horrified by it. But she had little time to think about it, since she was immediately arrested by her fellow Seidan Guards for this action.
Her trial was short, there was no future for a Seidan Guard who caused the death of another. She was sent to spend the rest of her days in a lonely cell of a prison as punishment for her actions. Through years of solitary confinement, Emaru developed an immense hatred for the government she had served. Defending it had cost her her family, and she had been left behind with no possibility of a second chance after her mistake. The strong loyalty she had towards it was quickly gone, replaced by an even stronger anger. All she could think about was how satisfied she would be if she could stab her leaders’ hearts, even if she had to do it from the very Netherrealm’s heart.
Emaru was freed from her imprisonment eventually, when a then younger and more inexperienced Darrius led his fellow members of the Seidan Resistance in one of his many prison raids, which were meant to obtain allies among the freed prisoners. Emaru didn’t think twice before joining a movement dedicated to fighting the Seidan government. She has proved an extremely useful ally of the Seidan Resistance since then, especially for the information she is able to give about the Seidan Guard’s tactics and how she can predict how they will act many times. Her case was the one which made Darrius see Seidan Guards suffering tragedies such as hers could potentially turn them into allies…
Emaru has been fighting alongside the Seidan Resistance for a long time. In that movement, there are many who genuinely wish to see their realm freed from an authoritarian system, but deep down she is hardly one of them. She thinks there’s no future for her, nor in the current Seido nor in what it could become in the future, not with her family gone. What truly motivates her is hate, against those who failed her and her family, the Seidan Guard and the Court. And for said hate’s sake, she won’t stop until being able to spit in their corpses, even if she must do it in her last breath.
And here we have another child of mine! 😊
I thought Darrius' method to recruit former Seidan Guards needed representative who actually joined the Resistance instead of becoming a mercenary, so here she is as that.
Also if you have noticed and you wonder, the Captain Ahab's references are actually a reference to one of my favourite villains, Khan from Star Trek. I recently rewatched the movie The Wrath Of Khan and I couldn't resist to reference it lmao.
Also thanks to this song, which is really fun.
🎶 A little blowing up and getting singed 🎶
🎶 A little quoting Ahab on the bridge 🎶
