Rauda Ishimaru

Rauda Ishimaru (石丸•ラウダ) is the lead main protagonist of the six main protagonists of Highschool: Blood and Sorrow. He is currently enrolled as a Second Year at Sovereign Hill Academy and is a Summoner of the Summoner's Guild. He wishes to train hard enough to become a Master Summoner one day to give his younger sister, Taya, the better life that she deserves.

Rauda Ishimaru is an individual that you wouldn’t expect to be outgoing, but he definitely is. He would go out of his way to save a person in need without even thinking about it; he describes it as “my body acted before my brain could think.” He lives with his younger sister, Taya, and the two live in a house that they inherited from their late parents. Their parents were killed shortly after Taya was born, being murdered by thugs that cornered them when they went out for a night on the town during their anniversary (the thugs tried to kidnap Rauda’s mother but his father fought for her, and it costed both of them their lives). So ever since Rauda was 8 years old, he’s been taking care of Taya, in and out of foster homes. When he turned 14, he then decided he was old enough to take care of his younger sister on his own and he inherited their old family home. He was a late bloomer, discovering that he was a Mage at the age of 13 and Summoning his Persona, Masada, at age 14. He wanted to enroll into Sovereign Hill Academy in hopes of becoming a Master Summoner in order to ensure a safe and carefree life for his younger sister.