Kang Kira

Kang Kira is a heroine and the chief protagonist of the Prophecy series of novels by Ellen Oh, Prophecy, Warrior, and King. She was a young adult who lived in the fictional Seven Kingdoms of Korea, more specifically, Hanseong, and was the cousin of the young future king, Taejo. In her time, she was both the reviled Demon Slayer and the great Dragon Musado.

Biography
Kira was well known as the Demon Slayer, a warrior who could smell a demon possessing a human's body and kill it successfully, and her eyes were a glinting yellow. Unfortunately, because of this, and because she was a woman in the Far East and not a man, she was hated and feared by almost everybody outside of her immediate family. The people always feared she may murder some of them in cold blood, but Kira was no such person, and could not stand being reviled by most people. Unlike other women of her time, who were prim, proper and submissive, Kira was more like an Amazon, strong, independent, capable of saving herself, and a warrior at heart. She was much loved, however, by both of her parents, as well as by her royal cousin, Taejo, and her brothers, Kwan and Kyong.

Her story tells of how a mighty Demon Lord was destroying and ravaging the Seven Kingdoms, and her parents were both killed, leaving Kira in charge of guarding Taejo with her life. Together with Taejo, Kwan, a monk named Brother Woojin, and a young traveling man named Kim Jaewon and his servant, and a few others, Kira went on a long journey to collect three great treasures with magical properties and discover who was the "Dragon Musado" of an ancient prophecy, a savior who would save the people from the Demon Lord with help from the magic treasures, a gem, a jeweled dagger, and a belt, and become a legend of Korea.

During the journey, Kira had many adventures with her friends and family, and she learned of the existence of the eight Heavenly Maidens, eight almighty women who represented different sections of the world, from Cathay (China) and the Seven Kingdoms to Africa to Europe and North America, who told her she was the one to save the Korean Peninsula and the world. Also, Jaewon fell in love with Kira, and Kira, who had long repressed herself from relationships outside of familial ones, ultimately loved him back. It was eventually learned that Kira was the Dragon Musado who would save them all, and her essence contained a strong tiger spirit that gave her the strength of a Demon Slayer.