Tsuto

Can Tsuto Kaijitsu, the fratricidal, treasonous brother of Ameiko Kaijitsu find redemption?

The Chrysanthemum & the Scorpion
During a break from formalizing his study of Celestial (I know so many words that I have not spoken...) with Ninfant Nimbletoes, Ren Yoshida stops in to visit Kendra Deverin.

"Mayor," he begins, bowing, "Are you familiar with the teachings of the Lady of... Roses? Shelyn? It was her wisdom that spoke to Tsuto Kaijitsu. She spoke to his heart."

Ren pauses. "Shelyn teaches that every heart can be healed. Every soul may be redeemed. Perhaps even Nualia, wicked though life has made her."

"I believe Tsuto may be on such a path. He has much to account for, and perhaps a lifetime to repent. But I pray that the people of Sandpoint give him that chance."

Ren pays a similar visit to Ameiko. "It was remembering his love for you that led him to surrender himself to us. There is still some good in him. Perhaps with hard work he might find it."

He continues his mission with Tsuto himself. He does not proselytize overtly, preferring instead to share through poetry what he knows of beauty.

"From mountain's fire grows

blossoms bright as Castovel.

Ash becomes new life."