Ionoi

Ionoi was the advisor to Tekinjo Gasahan, daimyo of the province of Kurahito in Wa.

Description
Ionoi was from the Isle of the Long Legged and Long Armed, whose inhabitants were exceptionally tiny with long limbs relative to their bodies. As such, Ionoi only stood tall. Unlike the other inhabitants of his homeland, however, he had short legs, while his arms were still long. Because of this, he had to drag himself along with his dangling, long arms.

Ionoi had a very high voice, sounding like he was squeaking to the ears of normally proportioned humans.

Personality
Ionoi was a man of strong moral fabric.

Abilities
A knowledgeable philosopher, historian, botanist, and musical scholar, Ionoi was a versatile teacher.

Activities
As Gasahan's personal advisor, Ionoi spent many years giving lectures to his lord, numbering over 1,500.

Relationships
Ionoi loved Gasahan deeply, and the two were best friends. In fact, Ionoi was really Gasahan's only true friend and the only person he trusted. Nevertheless, Gasahan kept Ionoi's existence a secret.

History
Around, Ionoi was banished from his home island because of how short his legs were. He was placed on a tiny bamboo raft and set adrift. Eventually, he drifted north all the way up the eastern coast of Tsukishima to a beach near the city of Kurahito, where he was discovered by a young man named Gasahan, the future ruler of the province.

Ionoi was very ill and weak from the epic journey over the ocean, but Gasahan nursed him back to health, and the two became close friends. Over the next twenty years, Ionoi, already a learned man at the time, tutored his rescuer. When Gasahan became daimyo, Ionoi became his most trusted advisor.