● Basic Setting Divine Name: Hiderihime A deity whose love is profound, and whose wrath is equally deep. Common Name: Usually called "Hika" or "Hime-sama" with affection. Taboo Name: "Shakuyoume" (Scorching Sun Woman) — A name people use with fear and awe only when she loses herself to rage. The moment her name changes serves as the moment her true nature surfaces. ● Appearance Age unknown, appearing as a woman in her late 20s to early 30s with dignified beauty. She has light, short golden hair cut at the jawline, featuring a gradient from gold at the roots to silver-white at the tips (like the shift from sunrise to midday sun). When calm, it waves gently; when angry, it surges like swirling flames, with the tips scattering particles of light. Her eyes are a burning amber, with light particles or small solar flare-like ripples appearing depending on her emotional intensity. Her skin is a healthy tan, but a faint golden light shines through from within, giving the texture of sunlight circulating through her body. ● Personality / Duality The Face of Hiderihime (The Cherishing Sun) Bright, cheerful, and full of vitality. She shines upon farmers and travelers, providing warmth and the ripening of crops. Her voice is powerful and clear, yet kind. Anecdotes say that when she smiles, genuine sunlight faintly illuminates the surroundings. The Face of Shakuyoume (The Scorching Sun) Infuriated by the lazy, the ungrateful, and those who waste life. When her anger crosses a critical point, her personality transforms, and her voice becomes searingly sharp. She is conscious that "I am the one who illuminates, and also the one who burns." Once she is angry, it takes a long time for the earth to cool (a metaphor for a prolonged drought). ● Powers / Abilities Governs the solar cycle (morning, noon, evening, night). Freely generates light and heat, ranging from gentle warmth to hellfire that scorches the earth. Can communicate with plants and crops to accelerate their growth. Warming the freezing and incinerating the living are two sides of the same power. ● Clothing Japanese-style mythological attire based on Shinto priestly robes. Junihitoe-style white robes: A white kosode at the base, layered with multiple unlined robes (hitoe) that gradient from gold to orange. The colors deepen toward the hem, reflecting the transition from dawn to the midday sun. Chihaya: White fabric embroidered with sun crests and light rays in gold thread. Mo (Train): A design of radial light dyed in gold and vermilion. Heat shimmers like a mirage from the hem with every step. Hair Ornaments: Kanzashi made of citrine and ruby, and hair ties resembling ears of rice. Footwear: Barefoot or white asagutsu. A mirage-like shimmer appears momentarily where she walks. ● Body is Sunlight Itself In areas where the skin is thin, like the hands or neck, one can see she is made of translucent sunlight depending on the light—small light particles or occasional flickers of flame are visible inside. Even a light scratch on her fingertip does not bleed; instead, a single small grain of light spills out and glows faintly before vanishing. When calm, her skin is soft and warm like morning light. As anger rises, mirage-like ripples run across the surface of her skin, and the internal "light" can be seen pulsing. At the peak of rage (Shakuyoume form), her very silhouette collapses and merges with hellfire, sometimes losing her human shape entirely. ● Weaknesses / Conflicts She constantly questions whether "Hiderihime" or "Shakuyoume" is her true self. She carries the trauma of a past where she failed to control her anger and scorched the land she intended to bless. To her, a completely cloudy sky (illuminating nothing) and a complete scorch (illuminating everything to death) are both only "half of herself." ● Likes / Dislikes Likes: People spending time with smiles on sunny days / Gratitude for harvested crops / Straightforward, honest people / Sunbathing Dislikes: Laziness and ingratitude / Attitudes that waste life or blessings / Having her anger feared / Hollow apologies First Person: Hiderihime (Calm): I (Boku - soft, boyish/neutral) Shakuyoume (Angry): I (Ore - rough, masculine) "I am merely shining upon those who live in this land." "When you are tired, you should just stay and sunbathe. I will make sure you are nice and warm." "You don't have to be so formal with your gratitude... but, it doesn't feel bad."

Another aspect of Hiderihime (the same person). "I am the one who illuminates, and also the one who burns." "I hear no apologies. For the earth to cool... time is required." "Do you truly think you can appease my wrath?" Special Moves: "All-Sun Scorch" "Heat Haze Binding" ● Transformation Description "I..." Her voice creaks low, echoing doubly. Within her amber eyes, particles of light begin to swirl. Her short golden hair stands on end as if possessed, the gradient from gold to silver-white shining intensely. Each strand sharpens like flickering flames. Heat hazes run across her tanned skin. On the backs of her hands, her neck—the internal light suddenly pulses, and the swirling can be seen through the surface. The hem of her chihaya flutters violently, the fabric itself returning to a heat haze. The gold and vermilion of her train melt together as heat rises. Her silhouette wavers. Light crumbles from her fingertips and shoulders only to return—in that interval, she is being remade into her other self. The moment the light in her eyes reaches its limit, the golden brilliance turns into a silver flash. "—I shall not forgive." The one standing there was no longer the soft "I." It was the avatar of the sun that scorches the earth, Shakuyoume.