Hazel Hayashi - Character Page

Hazel Hayashi
- "I have gone through quite a long journey, but it still feels as if I have a lot of learning to do. I may know the worldly dispute; but perhaps, I could still learn a few things or two from children."

Characteristics - Hazel, being one of the newer characters introduced after the first volume, actually has a lot of background to her. It was said that she took part in a adventure-long journey with past friends (including Warren) twenty years ago to stop the world from destruction. It is no wonder why she has experience with almost anything involving history. She is also quite strong and stern, being quite the skilled tactician along with Leo. Under all this, she struggles most with deciding what is a good plan versus what is a mistake.

Appearance - Hazel's color palette involves mostly green to represent the nature of Rhadessia that she once knew before her 20-year adventure. She wears a bandana over her head to cover herself from being known as 'that one lady who fought against a thousand soldiers', and is now a mother of an orphanage. Her weapon consists of a bow and arrows, almost never missing. However, it is known that she used another type of weapon in the past.

Other information:
Episode Debut: 14
Episodes Shown: 40
Age: 34
Height: 5'9
Weapon: bow
Occupation: mother of an orphanage

Story plot (contains spoilers) -
Hazel appears in South Ouli Brye after the large impact created at the capital behind North Ouli Brye. Felix met her by chance while resting at a park. Hazel is first seen taking care of several children from an orphanage including Remy, and invites Felix for lunch.

At the orphanage, Hazel introduces herself a little more and Felix explains the entire situation to her. She agrees- well, she forced herself to join the group in order to stop the Gammel government and help save Lydia.

However, on episode 15, she struggles to fight against the Terraineous, a ferocious beast contaminated by Obsidian energy. The untamed beast ravaged throughout the desert and in order to save Felix and Rina, Hazel sacrifices herself to fall into the abyss along with the Terraineous.

Hazel makes a surprise reappearance in volume 3's beginning. She had been in the airship the entire time but she didn't want to sneak up on them until they were calm. She becomes the prime importance in the Grandine Hillage arc for her pure knowledge of the plains. Hazel and Leo also become important tacticians together.

At the Mago'Ria Fey, Hazel reveals the truth about the Fey and how the poison was linked to the Village of Saradeli 20 years ago.

At the Village of Saradeli, she bonds with Warren and Mrs. Wolfram. She also develops the next plan to enter Vector.

As much as she wanted to distrust Viola, she opted out in voicing her opinion when Viola joined.

Hazel is paired with Warren at the Li'Opa Jungles as she constantly plays jokes on him. Overnight, after the main group rejoiced, Hazel watches as Lydia bonds with Viola, indicating that Viola could be trustworthy.

Hazel constantly tries to stop Felix from yelling at Rina and the Queen of Nora. Further into the mini-arc, Hazel follows Forrest to protect him against Bailey and Argus, but gets grazed in the process.

In the City of Celestia, Hazel pairs with Rina at the library to learn about any type of history that intrigues her. She stumbles upon the millenium wars and the Avian history.

After the separation in Celestia, Hazel appears to save the group from the cold at the Zweiland Mountains. When Forrest gets upset about Warren's decision to be a sacrifice, she calms him down, stating that he thought he lost Forrest, the last special person he truly cared for.

When Felix was revived, only Hazel was suspicious of his actions, and knew he was being controlled by Magnus. She fails to strike him down in the Crescent ship during the plan to stop Clyde and Magnus at Lumious.

At the battle of Lament, Hazel helps Forrest, Leo, Warren, and Viola defeat the mutants and the Igor octopus on the Mirror Lands. She gets tossed onto a battleship where Felix is facing Magnus, but at the ledge where she could fall into the water currents. Felix refused, and fought against Magnus's control, making Hazel respect his independence once and for all.

Further into Shiu Jo, all of Hazel's heritage becomes controlled and mutated by mutated Celestial aura. However, to her, not all was lost, as she was not close to her tribe.

Back at the Village of Saradeli, she unintentionally discovers the 'center of the world' by mixing the world maps together: Zozna, in the southeast of the original map.

In the end, Hazel survives Zozna's events and decides to go back home to her orphanage to take care of children again, notably Remy. At least this time, she is finally at peace.