トモエ・タテノミヤ

Witch Samurai

One of the five witches handpicked by the demon Zenohemia over a decade ago. A girl whose emotional state is extremely difficult to read because of her taciturn disposition and dispassionate tone of speech. 

She possesses immense strength despite her slender appearance and expertly wields a blade taller than she is. She's not interested in anything except training her body and mind, her character has hardly changed since she was bestowed with demonic possession over a decade ago.

She will swing her blade ruthlessly and mercilessly against anyone she sees as a foe.

 Talented with the sword and literary arts from a young age, Tomoe was expected to be one of the great Tatenomiya clan heads when she came of age. Tomoe herself was devoted to the warrior arts and took great pleasure in battling strong opponents.

After she and her clan lost to Zenohemia during the invasion, she was granted demonic possession and compelled to do Zenohemia's bidding. However, the demon who possessed her was just as obsessed about battle as she was which meant Tomoe never really oppressed her subjects. She spent most of her demonic possession holed up in her mansion, training at martial arts and looking for strong opponents to fight and slay. Exasperated at Tomoe's actions, Zenohemia sent a demon to possess Hijiri so that the black crystal under Tomoe would gather the negative emotions required to fulfil Zenohemia's scheme.

Of the Five Witches, it was unanimously agreed that in a one-on-one duel Tomoe was the strongest and most formidable of them all. Hijiri's original plan to defeat Tomoe after Gil had won the tournament was to keep the other party members fresh until such time as an opportunity would present itself allowing them to join in battle against Tomoe.

After her demon was exorcised, Tomoe vowed to lend her blade to Gil's cause until vengeance could be exacted. Tomoe would thus atone for much of her sins when possessed. 

Tomoe is able to enchant her blade with Qi energy, which is strong enough to cut through steel and allows her to cut down demons despite the lack of an enchanted weapon.

Outside of her role as head of household and liege lord, Tomoe knows nothing except fighting and cutting down the enemies arrayed before her. During complicated discussions involving magic and demons, Hijiri frequently tells her to stay silent as she cannot contribute anything meaningful to the discussion. Even after her demon is exorcised, she is more than happy to adopt a kill first, ask questions later approach to negotiations.

On the full moon, she grows cat ears because of a curse laid upon her bloodline when one of her ancestors slew a cat demon.

She is extremely weak to the local Garyou alcohol. The smell alone is enough to make her act completely out of the ordinary, Tomoe remembers nothing of it after she sobers up. /