Shizuha

(Shizuha Aki;

Eyes=Hazel

Features=Roundish face, large chin. Asian.

Hair=Blonde.

Outfit=Has a dress with a red to yellow gradient. The hem and collar are cut in the shape of leaves. Has a headband with autumn leaf decorations. White socks, black outdoor shoes.

Height=5'6"

Weight=122 lb

Gender=Female

Species=Minor Deity

Personality=Shizuha is very proud of her duties as a goddess. She adores the warmer colors of autumn but gets frustrated easily when things don't go her way. She wants to be popular but lives in the shadow of her sister. She gets melancholic and poetic about autumn to the point it turns people away from her.

Habits=Staring with her eyes a little too wide

Hobbies=Painting

Likes=Autumn, the colors red/orange/yellow, being recognized

Dislikes=Winter, being outshined, gross colors/smells

Relationship=Shizuha has a harvest goddess named Minoriko as a sister, who is far more popular than her. Unfortunately, sometimes Shizuha goes a little too far with her envy so Minoriko turns her into some kind of inanimate object until she calms down.

Other=Shizuha is an autumn goddess in charge of making the leaves turn red and fall. She does this by individually painting each leaf in Gensokyo (with the help of a little divine power) and kicking the tree trunk to get them to detach. During any other season, she is a shut-in and is rarely seen. Shizuha is known as a "feral" goddess, meaning she doesn't have any established worshippers and live off residual magic from the world around her, as well as the occasional human who sacrifices themselves specifically to her (whom she promptly swallows up). She's not one to do this often, though, and mainly just shares food with her sister. Being a goddess, Shizuha is quite resilient, and can take quite a beating. As long as divine power isn't used to seal her away, Shizuha can come back from any fate with enough time.

Pronouns=she/her

Age=Ageless, but looks like she's in her early 20s.

Voice=She tries to be poetic, but she's horrible at it. Any flowery language is shallow and full of "um"s. When complaining, she does it underhandedly. When happy, she acts like she's all that.

Backstory=Long, long ago in ancient Japan when Shinto was the dominant religion, Shizuha and Minoriko Aki were two of the myriad gods of the faith. They were in charge of a specific region's autumn months. But as the years went by and faith waned, the two goddesses were largely forgotten. As faith is the anchor of a deity to the world, the lack of it forced them to pass into the land where the fictional reside: Gensokyo. Even in Gensokyo, they are weak and local due to the complete lack of faith and recognition in their powers.