- lives on the island of Yamatai: hard to access due to Devil's Sea - one of the Sun Priestess's thousand handmaidens. - chosen to be the next successor to Queen Himiko - Queen Himoko had many shamanistic powers and wanted transfer them to her in a ritual - however, she only want to possess Iyo's body and live as an immortal - Iyo corrupted the ritual, but half of Queen Himiko's soul is in her body - the queen died and 1,000 maidens were sacrificed with her - Iyo escaped the sacrifice and swam to seek refuge in China - she masqueraded as the new queen and restored peace during the power vacuum - every day she lives fighting herself to stay good and pure, but sometimes the greed of Himiko leaks through |