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SuWaN Kousei


Though the history of the Kousei’s origins began when the three brothers later learned of their village’s massacre, if it was not for their grandfather, SuWaN, the Kousei family would have never came to be.


As it is noted in the family’s origins, a near-fatal villager of Kigai escaped the enemy and protected the three infant brothers in his retreat from the burning village.  It was apparent that the villager fought for the lives of the three infants, and only gave into his fatality after he was assured that they were safe.  With his final breath, the villager pleaded to a housekeeper northwest of Kigai to protect the brothers and raise them as her own. 


The brothers never really understood why SuWaN always crossed their paths.  The housekeeper only began to befriend him after his visits, so the brothers saw SuWaN’s reasons for seeing them as odd -- “oh, I just couldn’t help but notice you boys struggling with that trick” to “I was here first, you know?” to “I just wanted a good laugh.”  As time passed, the brothers began to accept SuWaN’s kindness, and learned many skills from him, being that he himself was a fierce beast of a warrior.


One night while the brothers were training, the brothers decided to attempt an interrogation on SuWaN.  They wanted to know the truth to his reasons for wanting to see them.  After an awkward “battle” between the brothers and SuWaN, who was the obvious victor, SuWaN began to realize that the brothers deserved to know the truth.  It was on that day that SuWaN revealed that he was the brothers’ grandfather and was the one who had saved them from their enemy.


“The housekeeper told us that the one who saved us sacrificed his life and died shortly after,” said Juangary, mockingly as he cut the rope that hung his feet to the tree.  “You have to come up with something better than that!”


SuWaN then revealed that he was revived by two clerics who had followed him from the village.  It was because of this deed that Cristiana and Taleen, the two clerics, were later recognized and then accepted as members of the family, though not by blood.  Kousei, meaning rebirth in Edo, would not have been the same without its grandfather.