Ratoka/Relationships and History

Adolescent
Ratoka was born in the Age 789, on a somber, foreboding October night. In the following year, as her parents gave birth to her younger sister, Ratoka's Mother fell ill for some unexplained, undoubtedly supernatural reasoning. Needless to say, her sickly symptoms quickly elevated, becoming ultimately fatal and costing the dainty Necromanceress her life.

Motherless, the two girls found solace in each other, and also grew to attached to the only form of guardianship in their lives - their father, Randol. In the current age, their father was a person noted to highly respected, even among senior officials within the Kokonerasu. His power was said to rival even that of the legendary Death Knights - the very same who had unlocked and mastered the heightened form of chi, Depraved Energy.

With her father notoriety, and her natural talent for occultic art, Ratoka initially enjoyed a brief period of praise and adoration. But alas, nothing good went on forever.

It occurred just days before Ratoka's 4th birthday. Out of the blue, Randol had returned home, bloodied. . . tattered, and panicked. With haggard breaths, Ratoka and her sister, Tabeth had been ordered to pack their bag, and soon the trio were quick to scurry off into the local Land of Swamps - just narrowly escaping squadrons of Dark Mages meant to capture them. . or worse.

The shift was jarring. At one point, the world seemed to be Ratoka's oyster. Then in just a few short seconds, she was a wanted fugitive, and as the offspring of the Kokonerasu's currently most wanted traitor - her name was soon meant with scorn and disdain. For years, she and her sister were forced to travel from place to place, enduring poverty, and no longer being able to fit in with the local populace.

It was during this period of time that Ratoka' fascination with all things Yokai and Malevolent spirits began to manifest. In time, she was hosting her own little tea parties, and beginning to give her 'pets' as she'd like to call them, endearing names.

Captive and Experimentation
For a time, she and her family kept with the motions, never staying in one area for too long. But even their rapid, nomadic state of mind couldn't protect them from the Kokonerasu forever. Around the age of thirteen, the demonic organization struck in the night, attacking from all angles and covering every means of escape. Surrounded, their father was promptly captured, whipped, then brutally slain before Ratoka and Tabeth's very eyes.

The girls were both pinned to the floor, helpless as they could only watch as his blood spilled, drenching them in a puddle of his crimson nectar. From that point on, both remained property of the Kokonerasu, used as the militia's indentured servants, playthings and guinea pigs for experimentation. And that perhaps proved to be the Necromantic Organization's greatest mistake.