Katuru

Biography

A rescued guardian joins a larger alliance

Katuru is a divine anteater revered by the Pangolins and treated as a guardian comparable to Hillove. Rakshasas capture and repeatedly stab Katuru in preparation for a sacrifice to Ashurada, leaving the deity unable to escape without help. Vasen, Margo, and Hillove intervene, choosing rescue over abandoning a wounded local power; after recovering, Katuru responds by cooperating with their side rather than returning to isolated guardianship. (Chapters 150–153, 157–158)

During the confrontation with Ashurada, Katuru seizes and yanks the Dragon’s tail hard enough to disrupt its balance, declaring that friendship is the reason for entering the fight. Ashurada throws Katuru away, demonstrating that courage and physical force do not make the guardian invulnerable. The alliance nevertheless persists, and imperial recognition later gives Katuru and Margo the title of arbitrator, converting a rescue-born bond into an acknowledged role within the broader order. (Chapters 161, 171–174)

Appearance and personality

Katuru has the form of a great divine anteater associated with the Pangolins. The corpus emphasizes the body through action—wounds from repeated spear thrusts, the grip placed on a Dragon’s tail, and the force of being thrown—rather than giving exact measurements or colors. Katuru is loyal and direct, defining intervention in personal terms by saying that friends have come to help.

Powers and abilities

• Immense strength: Katuru can grip and pull Ashurada’s tail strongly enough to disturb the Dragon’s balance. The feat does not show enough force to restrain Ashurada for long.
• Guardian durability: Katuru survives captivity, repeated stabbing, and later combat after receiving aid and time to recover. These injuries incapacitate or endanger the deity, so its endurance is not immunity.
• Native divinity: The Pangolins treat Katuru as a divine guardian. The supplied chapters do not name a Domain, define worship-derived mechanics, or show a separate miracle.
• Arbitration: Katuru later holds an imperially recognized arbitrator title with Margo, giving the pair civic authority. The exact jurisdiction and enforcement powers are not specified.

Relationships

• Margo: A rescuer, ally, and later fellow arbitrator whose friendship helps draw Katuru into the wider conflict.
• Hillove: A fellow guardian figure who participates in Katuru’s rescue.
• Vasen: One of the leaders whose intervention saves Katuru from sacrifice.
• Ashurada: The Dragon for whom Katuru is intended as a sacrifice and whom Katuru later attacks to help friends.

Items

No individually named item is consistently associated with Katuru in the supplied chapters.