Agni

Agni's History

Agni grew up with his younger sister, Luna, and his parents until a group of men broke into their home and murdered his mother and father to be used as food and kindling for the fire.

However, due to their ability to regenerate, the siblings were held prisoner by the men and repeatedly had their limbs cut off to be used for the same purpose as their parents.

Some time later, one of the men attempted to rape Luna, but Agni broke out of his shackles by breaking his own arm and killed the man with a butcher knife. Agni then freed Luna by cutting off her limbs, promising it would be the last time she'd ever have to feel that kind of pain.

Agni and Luna wandered across the snowy wasteland in search of shelter and were on the verge of death; luckily, the pair were found by a group of people and brought to their village.

Three years later, Luna assists Agni in providing meat for the village by chopping off his right arm repeatedly.

When Luna suggests using her own arms at some point, Agni rejects it, refusing to let his sister go through any kind of pain. After delivering some of the meat to an older woman known as Granny Jishima, they go to visit a man named Bana, who turned out to have died from starvation, as he refused to eat human flesh. Agni feels responsible for Bana’s death, but Luna comforts him and suggests calling the Priest.

At dinner, Luna offers her brother some stew she made from his arm, but he declines, stating his Regeneration Blessing makes eating unnecessary for him. Despite this, Luna still insists that he have some whether he needs food or not, to which Agni gives in.

As the siblings prepare to sleep, Agni tells Luna how he remembers swimming in the lake on hot days before the world froze, and how the water was different from the cold of the present, Agni promises to show Luna the world once it gets warmer.

The next day, Agni returns home after hunting a deer when he sees a plane flying towards the village and, upon investigating, sees a large group of men rounding up the older members of the village at gunpoint. Agni tries to intervene, telling the men to leave the elders alone, but is then approached by a man called Doma, who explains they're searching for Blessed Ones to bring with them to the city of Behemdolg.

Upon hearing one of the soldiers report the village houses were filled with human meat and the villagers were cannibals, Doma orders the soldiers to return to the plane before setting the village ablaze with his Fire Blessing. During this process, Agni becomes engulfed in flames, but is unable to die because of his Blessing. Surrounded by the blazing houses and charred bodies, Agni wishes he could just die. However, while reminiscing about his family, a heavily burned Luna shuffles towards him and, just before her body is reduced to ash, utters her final word: “Live”.