Hida Kotoe, Stout Warrior

ADVERSARY | CONFLICT RANK: 3 2

Kotoe has served at the Wall for many years. Long ago, her fellow Hida nicknamed her “Thirteenth Tower” both for her steadfast nature and her height. When outfitted in heavy ō-yoroi armor and her huge family tetsubō, she is indeed a towering figure, and many Hiruma returning from scouting missions claim they can spot her on the parapets from many miles away. She can often be found where the fighting is the thickest, especially wherever the Wall has suffered a breach. Legend has it she singlehandedly held off waves of goblins who had burrowed under the Wall until their blood made the tunnel too slippery for them to climb out—at which point she grimly waded in and killed the rest. Kotoe comes from a long line of warriors, all of whom only fell after killing so many creatures that paths had to be made through the piles of corpses to reach their bodies. She wishes nothing more than to end her days in the same manner; given her strength and prowess in battle, though, that day may be a long time coming.

55 | 12 50 | 16 39 | 4

+2, –2

DEMEANOR - GRUFF

3

HONOR | ENDURANCE

GLORY | COMPOSURE

STATUS | FOCUS

VIGILANCE

SOCIETAL | PERSONAL

4 2 4 | 2 1

ARTISAN 0 MARTIAL 4 SCHOLAR 2 SOCIAL 1 | TRADE 1

ADVANTAGES | DISADVANTAGES

Large Stature: Martial; Physical

Slow Moving: Martial; Physical

FAVORED WEAPONS & GEAR

Tetsubō: Range 1–2, Damage 7, Deadliness 3, Cumbersome, Durable, Wargear

Gear (equipped): Ō-yoroi armor (Physical 6 [3 if suffering the Disoriented, Dazed, or Immobilized condition], Ceremonial, Cumbersome, Wargear), wakizashi

ABILITIES

DEFENDER OF THE WALL

As a Hida, Kotoe ignores the Cumbersome quality of any armor she wears or weapons she uses. When she makes an Attack action check, she may spend in the following way:

Earth +: Kotoe pushes the target of the attack 1 range band per spent this way in a direction of her choice. If it collides with an object, it suffers damage as if it had fallen the distance it moved.