Mizuchi is one of the main protagonists of The Empyrean Inn and The Empyrean Inn: Last Resort.
Mizuchi is a leader of the Dragoncraft class. Her leader skin can be purchased through the in-game shop as part of the 7th Anniversary Leader Pack.
Personality[]
Her life motto is to "go with the flow" for the sake of survival, which stems from her past as the oft-abused water producer and fighter of her village. Si Long turns this mentality on her, knowing that her refusal to deviate from her role means she lacks the willpower to stand up to her.
She's utterly terrified at the revelation that Si Long is her future self, and the tyrant that she would become. She eventually develops the will to prevent herself from going down that path.
Story[]
History[]
Mizuchi was born in a world that was stripped of most of its water by a dragon. The humans of that world were helpless against the dragon and were forced to beg for rain with sacrifices.
Those born with draconoic features where considered evil omens and disposed of something Mizuchi was unaware of until her mother was killed for harboring her. Her mother was deeply missed by the village and the villagers claimed that fondness was what kept them from killing Mizuchi, but in actuality it was because Mizuchi was born with water magic, the same kind as the dragon that stole the water. Mizuchi's power gave her a place in the village, but they abused her, and she was forced to follow their whims to avoid being sacrificed. The duties she was forced to fulfil grew in number as she grew older, and she was forced to hold of thieves who wanted the village's harvests.
Despite her own personal feelings about being forced to fight, Mizuchi was forced to go with the flow to survive. One day, Mizuchi was asked to kill the dragon stealing the water and, despite the odds, she managed to slay it. However, it turned out that the dragon didn't steal water, but created the entire world's supply, and the drought only got worse. Mizuchi was blamed for the disaster, despite the villagers forcing her to fight in the first place and was forced to go on the run from humanity.
During her exile, she fell off a cliff and received mortal wounds. She then found herself summoned to Ametsuchi.
Despite enjoying the inn's luxuries, Mizuchi senses her memories being destroyed. Saito realizes someone other than the staff was responsible and offers her to join the Concierge. Believing it is what her fate's path is guiding her to, Mizuchi accepts the offer and joins the Concierge to find who is destroying her memories. From that day on, she spent her time enjoying the inn's luxuries and hunting down the Forsaken, obdurately following the flow.
The Empyrean Inn[]
A guest flees from Mizuchi, who chases him stealing a memory shard he claims belongs to him. Mizuchi asks if he is the one destroying her memory shards, but the quest confirms the shards is his. She kills the guest with her water magic for disturbing the inn's rules and destroys the memory shard. Afterward, she grabs a meal and enjoys the inn's luxuries. Later, she hears he drums for a hunt but sense another one of her memory shards being destroyed and soon after, Kunitsu Amachi gives her an order from Saito to deal with another forsaken. She finds the forsaken with a memory shard of his and kills him after learning the shard he has isn't hers. After destroying the shard, she wonders who is destroying her memories.
While spending another day enjoying the inn's luxuries Mizuzhi sense another of her memories destroyed but is distracted by a nearby ruckus caused by fleeing guests. One of the guests explains that a certain guest who is powerful, entitled, and aggressive is causing trouble because of an accident with a new guest who accidentally knocked over her food. She finds the troublemaking guest, Si Long, knocking out the guest who dropped her food, but when Mizuchi confronts her, they both discover the other is a dragonling.
Mizuchi and Si Long enjoy each other's company as fellow dragonling and even the self-entitled Si Long admits she thinks of Mizuchi as a sister. Sometime later, Saito asks Mizuchi to investigate a forsaken named Anisage who went inside Weaver's hall. Saito warns that Anisage possesses some kind of cloaking ability and that not even he could find her. Mizuchi goes to Weaver's Hall and discovers the ward sealing it was broken. she uses her water magic to detect Anisage through her cloaking with sonar and prepares to attack her for breaking the inn's rules.
Mizuchi warns Anisage that her sonar makes the latter's cloaking useless and Anisage reveals herself. She asks Anisage if she was destroying her memories, but Anisage denies it and Mizuchi realizes that Anisage is just a frightened child. She warns Anisage that entering Weaver's Hall is a crime second only to reclaiming memories, but Anisage questions why the latter is considered a crime protesting that she and the other forsaken just want to go home. Mizuchi emphasizes that they cannot go against the flow of the world and threatens to kill Anisage if she does so.
Mizuchi overpowers Anisage, tells Anisage that there are far more in the inn who want to stay and that in the face of so many, Anisage's desires mean nothing. Anisage quits fighting but declares that her and the other forsaken's opinions do matter before disappearing with her cloaking. Mizuchi finds Anisage with her sonar, but her attacks just pass through her and Anisage escapes after explaining that all the forsaken wish is to go home. Though reluctant, Mizuchi leaves to report to Saito, who explains that someone other than Anisage was responsible for breaking the ward. After finishing her report, Mizuchi overhears a werewolf boy coming from Weaver's Hall mention the forsaken and begins interrogating him. The werewolf introduces himself as Itsurugi and explains he recently spoke with a forsaken and asks her to help him throw a party so the guests and forsaken can become friends. Believing that Itsurugi was responsible for breaking the ward and the inn's rules, Mizuchi attacks him. Itsurugi uses his speed to dodge her attacks and asks why no one in the inn will help someone in need. Mizuchi declares that the forsaken are responsible for their ostracism and traps Itsurugi with her water magic Before she can kill Itsurugi, Si Long arrives and breaks him free, angered that her recent meal was interrupted by the two. Si Long threatens Itsurugi off and Mizuchi fears that she is a forsaken.
Si Long explains that while she is not a forsaken but was responsible for destroying the ward in her hunt for her memory shards. She then reveals that she had reclaimed her memories long before Mizuchi came to Ametsuchi, but the concierge didn't come after her because she destroyed them all herself along with along with all the concierge members who interfered, leaving only Saito and Taketsumi remaining. She explains wants her memories gone and that she entered Weaver's Hall to deal with one of them. However, when Si Long encourages Mizuchi to forget the incident and share a meal with her, Mizuchi asks her if she was destroying other memories and Si Long explains no one can sense the memory shards of others. Before the two can begin their meal, a horde of Sootspawn invade along with the great spider itself. Mizuchi tries to calm the great spider, but it ignores her and attacks, forcing Si Long to attack it. Si Long destroys one of the Great Spider's legs, causing countless memory shards to be released from the wound. The great Spider retreats and both Si Long and Mizuchi sense a memory nearby, Mizuchi realizes the memory is her, but Si Long furiously orders her to give it to her so she may destroy it.
Mizuchi repels Si Long's attacks and claims the memory belongs is hers. Si Long senses the memory belongs to her, but Mizuchi explains she senses the same thing and Si Long injures her for her interference. Desperate, Mizuchi grabs the shard, releasing the memories trapped within to both Si Long and Mizuchi.
Mizuchi realizes that Si Long is her future self and Si Long realizes that Mizuchi is her past self. Mizuchi is horrified that she will spend her life being pushed around, only to turn into a tyrant and destroy the world. Si Long, furious that the memories she worked so hard to leave behind came back, attacks Mizuchi and declares she will destroy the great spider to permanently destroy her memories for good. Mizuchi protests, but Si Long silences her and leaves to fulfil her mission. Mizuchi finds Anisage in Weaver's Hall, apologizes for her earlier actions and begs for her help. Seeing what she will become if she continues to blindly follow fate, Mizuchi declares she go against the flow and will fight against Si Long and stop her from destroying all the memories. Aniage offers to help to protect the memories and the two join forces to stop Si Long.
The Empyrean Inn: Last Resort[]
Anisage and Mizuchi sense the Great Spider's rampage and decide to stop it after preventing Si Long from destroying all memories. After Anisage defeats a Sootspawn, both she and Mizuchi share what they learned from their recovered memories. After consoling each other on their tragic fates, inspired, Mizuchi decides to forgo her regrets and move forward as the two continue fighting past the Sootspawn. However, the two are ambushed by Saito. Mizuchi tries to reason with Saito they have bigger problems with the Great Spider and Si Long rampaging, but he refuses to listen and attacks. Anisage tells Mizuchi to stop Si Long while she handles Saito and Mizuchi reluctantly leaves.
Mizuchi finds Si Long destorying hordes of Sootspawn and pleads with her to not destroy other's memories. Si Long refuses and attacks Mizuchi, disgusted by her past self, and declares that even though she knows everything about Mizuchi, the latter doesn't know anything about the former. She offers Mizuchi to let her destroy the memory shards and have Kunitsu Amechi erase their memories again so they can go back to being like sisters, but Mizuchi refuses to let others decide for her ever again. With Si Long unwilling to abandon her plan, Mizuchi is forced to fight her.
Si Long easily overpowers Mizuchi with her greater experience. However, Mizuchi realizes that during Si Long's life, she never came to Ametsuchi when she still named Muzuchi, meaning Mizuchi has her own experiences Si Long doesn't know about and that the future where she becomes Si Long hasn't been decided. She battles Si Long with renewed strength.
Si Long is angered by Mizuchi's resistance and Mizuchi denounces Si Long's arrogance and pride a mask to hide her pain and fear from her past. As the two continue to fight, Mizuchi declares that she is not Si Long and the latter is still following the flow of the world. She tells Si Long she can still create a new path in life and find true happiness and avoid repeating her mistakes which she knows Si Long regrets. Si Long still refuses to stop and the two clash with their strongest attacks that leaves them both injured. Si Long recognizes Mizuchi used an attack she never had before and Mizuchi explains that she developed it in order to out speed Anisage, something Si Long never had to do. She tells Si Long that she will continue creating her own path by returning to her world and asks Si Long to come with her, so the latter can right her wrongs and leave her regrets behind. Si Long finally concedes and the two reconcile before Mizuchi leaves to stop the Great Spider's rampage.
After winning their respective battles, Mizuchi and Anisage regroup. Mizuchi notes that despite Saito's fear of it, the Great Spider was not that different from other Sootspawn. Suddenly, they hear the Great Spider roar in pain and wonder who could inflict such damage on the creature.
Mizuchi and Ansiage learn of Taketsumi's victory over the Great Spider and Mizuchi wonders where the shards the Great Spider had inside its body went. An earthquake rocks the inn and the two follow a light to Weaver's Hall. There, they discover that dozens of people are remembering their bad memories from the previous flash. Suddenly, Maisha appears and attacks the two in order to please Nerva, whom she senses is close. She reveals that Nerva will soon destroy the world and is eager to aid her goal of destruction.
Saito reveal to Taketsumi that Maisha is a servant of Nerva and is fighting Mizuchi and Anisage and that their battle will buy them time to for Taketsumi to complete a transformation he is going under. Taketsumi declares that once his plan is finished, he will make Amestuchi an eternal paradise. Maisha proves to powerful for Anisage and Mizuchi to handle, but Si Long arrives to aid them. When even Si Long's power isn't enough, the three team up to take on Maisha.
After Taketsumi's defeat, Itsurugi asks the others what they plan to do and Si Long, Mizuchi, and Anisage explain they will return to their own worlds and find happiness. Kunitsu escorts them to the Cataract and Si Long and Mizuchi leave to change their fates.
Etymology[]
- Although her name is written in katakana, the surname "Mizuchi" when written with the kanji æ°Žć° means "water" (æ°Ž mizu) and "earth, land" (ć° chi).
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