Kiyohime Hidakagawa better known Dragon of Bonshō was once a human married to a man named Anchin. However, after she found him cheating her rage caused her to complete the dragonization of her magic at which point she chased him and eventually burned him alive when he hid inside a bell. Now a widow she is wanted as a criminal for his death. She is currently hiding out in what was known as Temüjin Khaganate masquerading as a demon hybrid while trying to find a new life for herself.
When she was a kid with her adoptive dragon parent Kiyohime was known as a polite yet rambunctious girl who had a hard time time sitting still. For better or for worse there was never a dull moment around. When she was ten her rambunctious nature transformed into acting tomboyish after her adoptive dragon parent left her and a royal family adopted her. She hated the normal princess life and found it very dull and boring. She would always sneak out and work as a mage for the local guild then return by nightfall. She of course would be chastised every night and every morning she would do it again. She thought of it as a game of wits and athletics between herself, her parents, and the royal guards. Of course, being a dragon slayer they didn't win very often. It seems she loved causing chaos and headaches as a kid whether it be running from her adoptive dragon parent during her lessons or running from her adoptive royal family to work as a mage. Over time though she began to mellow out with maturity though there are still hints of the person she once was.
Kiyohime smiling. A very rare sight nowadays
Rumors of Kiyohime now describe her as a vengeful girl who will slowly cook anyone alive with her trademark spell at the slightest wrong doing. In truth, Kiyohime is just a lonely girl hurting inside. Anchin's betrayal still weighs heavily on her mind and her thoughts about him are in a constant flux between secretly loving him and wishing she could go back in time to make his death more painful. She will reminisce about her good times with him one minute and the next she is remembering how good it felt burning him alive. She in someways still loves him and that what makes things difficult for her to move on. If love wasn't mixed in with the hatred she would be able to easily move on and maybe try again at making a life, but unfortunately that is not the case.
The events surrounding her former husband has led her to develop an unending hatred for lies and cheating of any kind while at the same time knowing deep down that lying is the only thing keeping her alive at the moment. So long as it doesn't involve her past Kiyohime holds herself up to her standards of never lying as much as she expects other people to not lie. This can make her seem like a person with little to no filter or social tact. She is not the type of to lie for the sake of someone's personal feelings so one should be sure they want to know the answer to something before asking. If a little white lie is what one is seeking Kiyohime is the wrong person to ask. Along these same lines, Kiyohime now has absolutely no patience for people who lie or cheat. She is willing to forgive most things, but no chances are given to liars or cheaters. She won't kill someone, but she also has no problem with cutting someone off from her life the moment she catches them in a lie. It doesn't matter if she had known them for their entire life or only a second.
In many ways she is still what some would refer to as a tomboy with a knack for getting into trouble. Her troubled thoughts around her former husband and the fact that she now has to lay low has tempered her love of making trouble. She really wants to and if one looks close they will see Kiyohime's face break out in a very mischievous grin as she thinks about how fun it would be to do something that it would be better for her not to.
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Equipment[]
Heat Sword: Heat Sword is a magical sword with a Heat Magic lacrima in its hilt. When turned on the blade of the sword is superheated allowing it to effortlessly cut through some of the toughest metal by melting it or inflict grievous burns when it stabs or slices at an opponent. Kiyohime will often use her Fire Dragon Slayer Magic to wreath the superheated blade in fire to perform a spell reminiscent of Fire Dragon's Slash or to simply make the blade hotter. By cloaking the blade in fire she is also able to enchant her sword strikes with a few effects. She can't enchant the sword itself, but she can still enchant the fire to alter its physical properties.
Magic and Abilities[]
Fire Dragon Slayer Magic[]
Kiyohime using Fire Dragon Slayer Magic to engulf her Heat Sword in fire
Fire Dragon Slayer Magic is a type of Caster Magic, Lost Magic, and Dragon Slayer Magic that revolves around the use of fire that uses her emotions as fuel. She was given this magic by her adoptive father the day he found her abandoned in the woods. That day he used Enchantment to give her some of the traits of a fire dragon like the draconic lungs and vocal folds of one allowing her to spew flames from her mouth or how it gave her absolute immunity to fire and heat and granted her the ability to consume flames to replenish her strength. This also unfortunately began the progress of Dragonization that ended on that fate fateful day. On that fateful day she could no longer be considered human in any sense of the word because she had truly become a dragon.
In addition to giving her the traits of a fire dragon, this magic also granted her the ability to turn her magic power into fire and release it from her body in addition to the ability to use her mind of a dragon to control fire psychically. Similar to a certain dragon slayer her flames use her emotions as fuel more than it does oxygen or the normal fuel fire uses and this trait has granted her flames the name Flames of Emotion (炎情, Enjō). Due to using her emotions as fuel her fire can easily grow hotter and more intense with the intensity of her emotions. It appears hatred and feelings of revenge provides her flames the most power if past events are anything to go by. Strength though is not what Kiyohime is known for because although far from weak she is also far from the strongest fire dragon out there. Instead, just like her adoptive father Kiyohime excels at control. This is shown in how when she wrapped her body around the bell her former husband hid in she created flames with the exact temperature needed to make his death as slow and painful as possible despite how her mind was currently going mad from the recent completion of her body's Dragonization. It is assumed then that under normal circumstances Kiyohime can effortlessly performed complex tasked like releasing fire in the form of complex shapes. Her control can also be scene in how little time it took her to regain control from her madness. After burning her former husband she flew straight to a nearby mountain without killing anyone else then after learned how to re-obtain a human-like form in a week at which point she fled to Esteria. However, she still doesn't have the ability to obtain a completely human form. This is seen in how her arms are covered in red scales up to the elbow instead of human flesh forcing her to always wear long sleeves and gloves to hide them or how she has tiny dragon horns poking out of her head.
Fire Dragon's Roar:
The dragon head variant of Fire Dragon's Roar
Kiyohime takes inhales deeply and gathers a large amount of fire in her mouth the expels a stream of flames from her mouth after positioning her hands in front of her mouth like a trumpeter. The stream starts out thin enough to pass through her fingers but the moment it exits her fingers but rapidly enlarges before hitting the opponent.
The normal variant of the spell being used
Due to Kiyohime's control over her flames has a lot of flexibility with this spell. Of course she doesn't need to position her hands to unleash the fire in which case the fire is unleashed as a powerful torrent of flames, but that isn't all she is limited to. She has been known to unleash giant fireballs, dragon heads made of fire that explode on impact, or unleash multiple fireballs or dragon heads. She has even been known to use Fire Dragon's Roar to expel lances, birds, swords, or other complex creations made of fire granting her far more versatility to the spell than one may expect and the ability to shape the spell to fit a situation such as creating a barrage of fire lances to stab the enemy. Possibly the greatest showcase of her control is how she can cause the flames she expels to hone in on the enemy thereby dodging any type of defense an opponent may create or following an attempt at dodging. This forces opponents to trap the flames someway or put them out if they want to deal with them for they become as unrelenting as Kiyohime was when she was chasing her former husband. Since becoming a dragon she has learned to use Enchantment with her fire to grant her properties it may not normally have. She can enchant it with a blunt effect to launch the opponent away. Currently she is only to change its physical properties with Enchantment instead of its magical properties preventing her from doing stuff such as creating fire enchanted with a freezing effect. All in all, Kiyohime's variant of Fire Dragon's Roar perfectly showcases what makes her variant of Fire Dragon Slayer Magic different from others. Her power may not be anything to write home about as her power is slightly below average by dragon standards. However, in exchange she can do stuff that no normal Dragon Slayer should be able to do with apparent effortless ease. She is a highly versatile dragon that has to make up for her lack of power with cunning instead of one who brute forces through everything.
Fire Dragon's Iron Fist:
Fire Dragon's Grip Strike:
Fire Dragon's Iron Fist Boosters: Fire Dragon's Iron Fist Boosters is a spell that simply put allows Kiyohime to replicate High Speed. This is done engulfing both of her fists in fire and using the fire as a propulsion to augment her speed. With this spell she is able to move too faster for even dragons to track, but only for brief moments.
Fire Dragon's Wing Attack:
Fire Dragon's Roasting Bath: Fire Dragon's Roasting Bath is Kiyohime's signature technique and the one she used to slowly and sadistically roast her husband alive after he attempted to hide in a bonshō bell.
Fire Dragon King's Roasting Bath: Fire Dragon King's Roasting Bath is one of only two Fire Dragon King spells. Just like the other spell she can only access this spell when her hatred is at its peak whether that be naturally or because she used Emotion Magic on herself to force herself to hate her opponent. Forcing herself to hate her opponent through magical means causes her to temporarily lose a bit of her ability to think rationally so natural hatred is the best. In any case once acquiring the level of hatred Kiyohime almost instantly encases the area with a two story tall and equally wide bonshō bell made of fire. The heat of the flames are enough to quickly melt any metal not made from a Lost Magic or power of equivalent strength or reduce a normal human to ashes within the time span of a heartbeat.
Bonshō Lotus: Exploding Flame Blade:
Blaze Mode[]
Blaze Mode is an ability of Fire Dragon Slayer Magic that involves taking the adaptability of the magic to its maximum.
Emotion Magic[]
Curse Magic[]
Transformation Magic[]
Enchantment[]
Wound Enchantment:
Dragon Physiology[]
Immense Strength:
Draconic Lung Capacity:
Keen Intellect:
Immortality and Regeneration:
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Dragon Form:
Augmented Physical Condition:
Enhanced Dragon Slayer Magic: Entering her dragon form doubles the strength of Kiyohime's Fire Dragon Slayer Magic. This increase in strength is equivalent to the strength provided to a Dragon Slayer through their Dragon Force suggesting that her dragon form has replaced that ability. This boost in strength is just barely enough to allow her to naturally use her Fire Dragon King spells without making herself hate her opponent though using them still tires her out quite a bit.
Enhanced Swimming:
Flight:
Nigh-Invulnerability: The scales of her dragon form protect her from most damage with the exception of Dragon Slayer Magic.
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Kiyohime was inspired by the folklore character of the same name.
