Khokori Pax-Esheway

• Khokori Pax-Esheway (KhoPEsh) is a play on the idea that "weapons = peace", as her name is derived from the "Khopesh" war machine (Horizon Zero Dawn^™, © Guerilla Games)—and includes the literal Latin word for "peace": "Pax"
• Khokori was loosely inspired by my Bell Guardian (which was a drawing inspired by the "Toll of the Deep Mist" [World of Warcraft^™, © Blizzard Entertainment] weapon appearance/tint). Bell Guardian’s headpiece, which was the bell of the artifact, became the centerpiece for Khokori’s weapon set. Including the bell in the weapon set became solidified when I remembered the purpose of the "Peace Bell" Holy Artifact (Okami^™, © Capcom):

  "Emits a holy tone that keeps Demon Scrolls at bay"

• Khokori’s Peace Xaerian is able to render all things, including other Xaerians, paralyzed while within a relatively large radius (at the very least), which is one of the reasons why she’s been able to live for so long without having been picked off (being blind has also heightened her other senses to a point where she can disappear before her pursuers). Being immortal has allowed her to learn and master odd skills, such as levitation—which is how she spends most of her time
• Khokori and her "Peace Xaerian" were added to offset Zak’s "War Xaerian"
• The initial reason Khokori wears a blindfold over her face (other than being inspired by this image/pin) is based on the idea that "justice is blind".

[ WIP/Draft ]

Khokori was born a sick and fragile child. For the majority of her life, including into adolescence, she was constantly fighting off infections, illness, pain, and the like. Her parents, being relatively spiritual, brought her to the secluded village of the Xaeriites¹ (which happened, conveniently, to be relatively close by). The Xaeriites, a peaceful and kind, but relatively reserved group, questioned why the couple brought their infectious child to their sacred land. Upon watching Khokori involuntarily cough up blood and fall to her knees, the Xaeriites took pity upon the young girl and brought her to one of their then Seers². This particular Seer had greater clairvoyant powers than the others at the time, and she proposed that Khokori become a child of Galaxcyn³ and the Xaerians⁴ in order to become healed—as this was her destiny. Her parents begged for the right to visit their child every so often (if she were to be taken from them to live in the village), and the Xaeriites reluctantly agreed—the couple was given a blessed talisman that would grant them access to the village (so long as they accepted and passed an "inspection": one that would decide whether they were in good "mental and physical" condition to enter).

Once Khokori was healed, she became a proud and diligent member of the village. She eventually worked her way up to become an Attendant to the Seers⁵, as the time she spent with the Seer who healed her proved insightful—and allowed Khokori’s natural affinity for the spiritual to bloom. Some Seers are known to groom certain Attendants so they might one day become Seers themselves, and Khokori was no exception. One day, however, Khokori was put to the test when a man was brought to them on his deathbed. Only being a Seer-in-training, Khokori struggled with her daily prayers—finding that her hardest prayers were barely being answered. She was eventually aided by her Seer and the Seer’s Hol’locie Ritual⁶, but because Khokori ended up being the performer of the ritual, she ended the ritual having mostly healed the man—but was writhing and screaming in pain as she was slowly blinded and left relatively crippled. Khokori’s Seer tended to her almost night and day for the coming months, using what little energy she had from the end of the day to pray for Khokori’s health to return. One day, the Seer "received a message", and she relayed this message to Khokori—if Khokori acted as a sacrifice, she would be able to gain the Peace Xaerian’s power. While becoming the keeper of the Peace Xaerian, Khokori would be healed—but would also have to serve the Peace Xaerian’s will. Khokori agreed and underwent the transference ritual, which fused her body with the Peace Xaerian. This ritual, in turn, left Khokori’s Seer crippled, which devastated Khokori (and still does, to this day)—so Khokori became a Seer in her mentor’s place. Part of the Peace Xaerian’s will was to remain in the village for a time—in order to heal as many people as she was brought—so Khokori took care of her Seer until the Seer’s last days.