Hotaru Satou

Hotaru Satou (佐藤悲蛍 Satou Mariyan Hotaru) also known by her Russian name Mariya Ivanova Sato, is the main protagonist of Seven Psalms. Hotaru is a second generation Japanese immigrant to Alaska, part of the Republic's vibrant Japanese minority. A staunch Nestorian Christian and proud Japanese patriot, Hotaru stands in contrast to most of her ethnically Russian neighbors. Hotaru starts off her journey at 16 years old, after being forced into mandated 'sensitivity training' after getting into a fight with another student over the question of Nestorianism and Catholicism in Japan. Later, with the help of her best friend Tritsya Kuroki, paranormal journalist Ichigo Nakamura, vampire hunter Miroslav Petrov, and nomadic vampire Emilie Boucher, she uncovers a plot to harvest the lives of the people of Hesperia to revive the vampire empress Heilong Yu