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CANON SCOPE — Historical mentor dossier; approximately a century before the main story.

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CHARACTER OVERVIEW

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Field Canon Details
Race Human
Role Master swordsman
Student Jin'var
Defining End Seppuku after Jin'var refused the killing blow

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PERSONALITY AND CORE DRIVE

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Haka saw the monster first. Then he watched the cursed young man inside it choose restraint. That choice became the lesson.

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APPEARANCE AND DESIGN

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One eye, a straw hat, and the stripped-down silhouette of a swordsman whose speed needs no ornament.

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ABILITIES AND COMBAT

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Immense speed and master-level swordsmanship. Haka defeated Jin'var during an uncontrolled monstrous shadow transformation, then taught him blade discipline and foundational shadow control over several years.

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ROLE IN THE STORY

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A little over a century before the main story, Haka became Jin'var's mentor after realizing he was not monstrous by nature. His final lesson was a battle to the death. Jin'var found an opening but could not kill him. Haka called him a kind child, then committed seppuku.

Key Relationships

Jin'var — student and chosen inheritor of his discipline.

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CANON LOCKS

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