Bani Igaaru

From The Heretic Knowledge Vault

Bani Igaaru is a friend of Meji's from the Sashi Mu Academy of Thaumaturgy and Conjuration in Tsuirakushiti. Bani is a year older than Meji; she transferred to Tsuirakushiti from a school in Kiyoka at the age of fifteen. Her roots are the source for a certain amount of derision on the part of her fellow students, which is probably one reason why she befriended her fellow outsider Meji.

Bani joined the army after graduating the previous year; she was until recently a guard at the warp gate in Port Lorrel, but has been transferred out, just in time to avoid becoming the unwilling recipient of a gift of Ellis courtesy of Jon. She was apparently given this post as a result of being half-Farrelian. While on guard duty she was the wielder of a Yuuki staff, much to Meji's envy.

Bani has a tentacle monster familiar called Rape-kun. Having been described as a "battlemage," she's certainly a spellcaster, although the only spell she has been seen to cast -- yet -- dealt with a minor matter of fashion.

She lives (or at least lived, before joining the army) with her father in an apartment somewhere in Tsuirakushiti. This pad is high enough up in the air above the city to give Meji a chance to audition for the role of Juliet, or Maria in "West Side Story," from a balcony overlooking the city when she and the gang crash there to avoid the elven diplomatic party/death squad. We don't know yet whether her mom also inhabits this apartment, but she hasn't put in an appearance so far.