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{{Quote|''"It's clear now why she hunts us, [[Kuro]] is just protecting her child!"''|—[[Sein]] to [[Ori]]|after escaping [[Kuro]]}} |
{{Quote|''"It's clear now why she hunts us, [[Kuro]] is just protecting her child!"''|—[[Sein]] to [[Ori]]|after escaping [[Kuro]]}} |
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| + | '''Ku''' is the only remaining offspring of [[Kuro]]. An owl hatched in [[Swallow's Nest]] shortly after the death of her mother, and the revival of [[Nibel]]'s [[Spirit Tree]], she grew up living a tranquil life with [[Ori]], [[Naru]] and [[Gumo]] as her family. After one fateful flight took her and Ori far away from home to a new forest, [[Niwen]], she landed in the [[Silent Woods]], where an encounter with [[Shriek]] nearly left her for dead. Thanks to Ori however, she would survive and settle in Niwen alongside her family. |
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| − | '''Ku''' is the only remaining offspring of [[Kuro]]. |
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| − | In Ori and the blind forest, Kuro's Egg has the familiar appearance of a normal bird's egg, being ovular in shape but uncommonly huge in size. In fact, it is bigger than most of the characters in the game, save for Kuro herself. The cream-colored shell of Kuro's Egg is speckled with dots. |
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| + | === Before Hatching === |
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| − | ==History== |
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| + | Prior to her hatching, Ku's egg was discovered by Ori and [[Sein]] in her mother, Kuro's nest, where they realized that Kuro's actions are solely done so as to protect her last, unborn child, as Ku's previously hatched siblings had all perished during a [[Light Ceremony]] held by the [[Spirit Tree]] to call Ori home, after the latter was lost during the [[Great Storm]]. |
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| − | :<span style="font-size:18px;">Warning! Spoilers ahead.</span> |
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| + | Eventually a great forest fire began after the [[Elements of Light#The Element of Warmth|Element of Warmth]] was restored at [[Mount Horu|Mt. Horu]], threatening the safety of the unborn Ku. Kuro sacrificed herself to return [[Sein]] to the Spirit Tree and restore balance of Nibel however, thus saving Ku's egg from burning. She was later relocated to [[Naru]]'s cave in [[Swallow's Nest]], where she eventually hatched. |
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| − | After [[Ori]] flees from the [[Forlorn Ruins]], they eventually find themselves at Kuro's Nest, where they discover her egg. In a short cutscene, Kuro's actions in ''[[Ori and the Blind Forest]]'' are explained, proving she was only trying to protect her unborn owlet from the fate its siblings endured. |
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| + | === Early Life === |
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| − | For most of the time afterwards the egg remains absent, until the ending sequence when Kuro realizes the damage she caused may result in her egg being burned alive in the fire. The flames of the burning forest are spreading and creeping quickly toward Kuro's Egg, when its mother makes the decision to revive the smoldering [[Spirit Tree]]. |
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| + | After hatching and being given her name, Ku lived a mostly idyllic and peaceful life with Ori, Naru and Gumo in Swallow's Nest. As she grew older she learned how to walk and glide, and after observing the flight of other birds and feeling the sky's call, she attempted to take flight with her family's encouragement. |
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| + | However, a birth defect left her right wing lacking many of its feathers, leaving her unable to fly as a result, greatly dishearting the young owlet. Whilst she slept beside the lake one night, Ori retrieved her [[Kuro's Feather|mother's feather]], and with the aid of Gumo, attached the feather to Ku's wing, enabling the young owlet to truly take flight. |
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| − | Once light has been restored to [[Nibel]], Kuro's Egg is seen one last time. Naru enters the cave she and Ori once shared, and the camera pans to reveal the egg nestled cozily within. Naru smiles as a small crack develops on the shell, just before the game ends, leading to Ku's birth in the following game''.'' |
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| + | === Flight to Niwen === |
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| − | == ''Ori and the Will of the Wisps'' == |
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| + | With her wing patched up and Ori on her back, Ku took her first true flight. After flying much of the breadth of the forest of Nibel, the duo winged it across the ocean, making their way towards the forest of Niwen. However as they made their way towards this new land, a storm caused Kuro's feather to become detached from her wing, costing her the ability to fly, as well as causing Ori to fall from Ku's back, seperating the pair. Ku would fall far east in Niwen, ultimately landing in the [[Silent Woods]], domain of the vengeful owl, [[Shriek]]. |
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| − | When [[Ku]] hatched, Naru, Gumo and Ori came to see her. For some time they lived together in [[Swallow's Nest]]. With time passing, "the sky called to her", as Ori narrates. Ku couldn't leave Swallow's Nest due to her damaged wing, leaving her disheartened. Ori came up with a solution: with Gumo's help, they attach [[Kuro's Feather]] to Ku's wing, thus making her able to fly. During their flight through [[Nibel]], Ori and Ku leave their home and fly towards [[Niwen]], a forest across the water. A storm brews, separating the two and blowing away the feather. |
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| + | === Left on Death's door === |
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| − | Ku is revealed to have landed in the [[Silent Woods]], searching for Kuro's feather while hiding from the woods' Enforcer of Silence, [[Shriek]]. After Ori finds their way to the Silent Woods, they reunite with Ku, and Shriek discovers them, hunting for them while they try to search for the feather to return home. When they find the feather on a branch in an open space, it is blown away by Shriek's wings as she corners them. She attacks Ori, causing them to fall into a pit, while Ku tries to attack Shriek to defend Ori. After flinging Ku off of her, Shriek walks over to Ku who is cornered at a ledge. Ku tries to stand up to her as Shriek crushes Ku under her stone wing, sending the owlet off the edge. |
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| + | Ku would ultimately reunite with Ori in the Silent Woods, after the former came looking for her. Overjoyed at seeing one another, their reunion was cut short by the passing of Shriek who forced the pair to hide in order to avoid her. Once the danger had passed, Ku and Ori ventured further into the woods seeking her mothers feather so as to return home, avoiding and watching Shriek as she moved about the woods, investigating any sources of noise and hunting prey. |
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| + | The two eventually found the feather far into the woods, but as they made to retrieve it, Shriek discovered the pair and landed. Attacking Ori, she knocked them into a pit, prompting Ku to stand up for her friend and peck at her wing. Knocked away by Shriek to the edge of a cliff, Ku was quickly crushed by the stone-winged owl and cast over the edge. Ku was quickly found by Ori, in a near-death state, and transported back to [[Kwolok's Hollow]] by the [[Moki]]. |
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| − | Ku is found and mourned over by Ori and the Moki in critical condition and brought back to [[Kwolok's Hollow]] and wrapped in a leaf. The Voice of the Forest surrounds Ku with a field of magic flowers trying to help her. However, as [[Kwolok]] explains to Ori, it is currently too weak in its own dying state to fully heal Ku. This is because with the [[Spirit Willow]]'s passing, the light it carried shattered and scattered all across Niwen, leaving the forest vulnerable to corruption and decay. If The Will of the Wisps: the Memory, Eyes, Strength, and Heart of the Forest are brought back together in time with the Voice to reform [[Seir]], the Spirit Willow's light and all of Niwen including Ku can be saved. |
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| + | Due to the intervention of the Voice of the Forest, Ku was ultimately kept from death, but otherwise left comatose, with limited time left. Whilst Ori ventured out to seek the Wisps and revive Ku, and the rest of Niwen, the Moki kept watch over her, as the flowers around her that signified her and Niwen's remaining time faded away. Later on, Naru and Gumo would also come across her as her life slipped away, mourning her. |
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| − | While Ori journeys across Niwen to restore Seir to full power, the [[Moki]] watch over Ku as the flowers around her slowly disappear, representing how much time she and the Light have left before death claims them and all of Niwen is taken by Decay. Naru and Gumo arrive and mourn her as the last of the flowers fade. However, before death could claim her, Ori fulfills their true destiny as the next Spirit Tree as they embrace the fully restored Seir the Golden Light, which restores Niwen and fully heals Ku and her wing. Ku stays with Gumo and Naru at Ori's tree site while helping Ori's tree grow until her adulthood before taking a solo flight on her own. |
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+ | === Revival === |
| + | Just as the end neared however, Ori embraced Seir, the Golden Light, to begin their growth as the next spirit tree. Their light together revived Ku, and fully healed her wing. Alongside Naru and Gumo, she ventured to the hill where Ori embraced the light, and mourned her friend before the sprout of a new spirit tree grew from the ground. Ku, Naru and Gumo ultimately settled in Niwen, tending to Ori's tree whilst she grew up, eventually reaching adulthood and becoming capable of taking flight on her own. |
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| − | | | |[[Kuro]]*|~|y|~|''Unknown''|_ |
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| − | | | |[[Kuro's Egg|Ku]]| | | |[[Owlets|Three Unnamed Owlets]]*| |_ |
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| − | :<nowiki>*</nowiki> Deceased. |
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==Gallery== |
==Gallery== |
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Revision as of 19:46, 10 January 2021
| “ | '"It's clear now why she hunts us, Kuro is just protecting her child!"' | „ |
| —Sein to Ori after escaping Kuro |
Ku is the only remaining offspring of Kuro. An owl hatched in Swallow's Nest shortly after the death of her mother, and the revival of Nibel's Spirit Tree, she grew up living a tranquil life with Ori, Naru and Gumo as her family. After one fateful flight took her and Ori far away from home to a new forest, Niwen, she landed in the Silent Woods, where an encounter with Shriek nearly left her for dead. Thanks to Ori however, she would survive and settle in Niwen alongside her family.
Biography
Before Hatching
Prior to her hatching, Ku's egg was discovered by Ori and Sein in her mother, Kuro's nest, where they realized that Kuro's actions are solely done so as to protect her last, unborn child, as Ku's previously hatched siblings had all perished during a Light Ceremony held by the Spirit Tree to call Ori home, after the latter was lost during the Great Storm.
Eventually a great forest fire began after the Element of Warmth was restored at Mt. Horu, threatening the safety of the unborn Ku. Kuro sacrificed herself to return Sein to the Spirit Tree and restore balance of Nibel however, thus saving Ku's egg from burning. She was later relocated to Naru's cave in Swallow's Nest, where she eventually hatched.
Early Life
After hatching and being given her name, Ku lived a mostly idyllic and peaceful life with Ori, Naru and Gumo in Swallow's Nest. As she grew older she learned how to walk and glide, and after observing the flight of other birds and feeling the sky's call, she attempted to take flight with her family's encouragement.
However, a birth defect left her right wing lacking many of its feathers, leaving her unable to fly as a result, greatly dishearting the young owlet. Whilst she slept beside the lake one night, Ori retrieved her mother's feather, and with the aid of Gumo, attached the feather to Ku's wing, enabling the young owlet to truly take flight.
Flight to Niwen
With her wing patched up and Ori on her back, Ku took her first true flight. After flying much of the breadth of the forest of Nibel, the duo winged it across the ocean, making their way towards the forest of Niwen. However as they made their way towards this new land, a storm caused Kuro's feather to become detached from her wing, costing her the ability to fly, as well as causing Ori to fall from Ku's back, seperating the pair. Ku would fall far east in Niwen, ultimately landing in the Silent Woods, domain of the vengeful owl, Shriek.
Left on Death's door
Ku would ultimately reunite with Ori in the Silent Woods, after the former came looking for her. Overjoyed at seeing one another, their reunion was cut short by the passing of Shriek who forced the pair to hide in order to avoid her. Once the danger had passed, Ku and Ori ventured further into the woods seeking her mothers feather so as to return home, avoiding and watching Shriek as she moved about the woods, investigating any sources of noise and hunting prey.
The two eventually found the feather far into the woods, but as they made to retrieve it, Shriek discovered the pair and landed. Attacking Ori, she knocked them into a pit, prompting Ku to stand up for her friend and peck at her wing. Knocked away by Shriek to the edge of a cliff, Ku was quickly crushed by the stone-winged owl and cast over the edge. Ku was quickly found by Ori, in a near-death state, and transported back to Kwolok's Hollow by the Moki.
Due to the intervention of the Voice of the Forest, Ku was ultimately kept from death, but otherwise left comatose, with limited time left. Whilst Ori ventured out to seek the Wisps and revive Ku, and the rest of Niwen, the Moki kept watch over her, as the flowers around her that signified her and Niwen's remaining time faded away. Later on, Naru and Gumo would also come across her as her life slipped away, mourning her.
Revival
Just as the end neared however, Ori embraced Seir, the Golden Light, to begin their growth as the next spirit tree. Their light together revived Ku, and fully healed her wing. Alongside Naru and Gumo, she ventured to the hill where Ori embraced the light, and mourned her friend before the sprout of a new spirit tree grew from the ground. Ku, Naru and Gumo ultimately settled in Niwen, tending to Ori's tree whilst she grew up, eventually reaching adulthood and becoming capable of taking flight on her own.
Gallery
Trivia
- Ku was originally meant to permanently die after her encounter with Shriek in the middle of the story. This didn't sit right for play testers who grew to like Ku, and after story changes, Ku's condition was changed to that of a coma, but it still kept the story forward. In the end, bringing Ku back to life avoided undermining Kuro’s sacrifice in Blind Forest and struck a bittersweet balance.[1]