Azure Willow Leaves

"Swaying through the air, the willow leaves were jarringly peaceful and beautiful."

- Han Yoojin

The Azure Willow Leaves are a vision-based attack skill with additional side effects that make it usable as a flight skill.

Origin
Possibly available as a level 10, level 20, or similar level-up skill reward.

Effects
Azure Willow Leaves, when activated, creates a mass of long, thin, blue leaves that can be manipulated and moved through space at will. The Leaves are only fully visible to the user of the skill. Others cannot properly perceive them, which is the main purpose of the Leaves: they are used to obscure and confuse an opponent's vision, disorienting them.

Unlisted effects
The Willow Leaves are fixed in the spots that their user directs them to with such strength that they are sturdy enough to be stepped on, and can hold a grown man's weight, even as they are manipulated through space. This makes them a good replacement for a flight skill, particularly for users with a higher Agility stat than their Mana. Additionally, with experience, the transparency of the Leaves can be adjusted; this can be used to hide the Leaves before suddenly making them opaque right in front of the opponent, for example.

Known holders

 * Han Yoohyun
 * Han Yoojin (temporarily, through Last Compensation)

History
Han Yoohyun obtained this skill sometime during his first three years as an Awakened person, presumably through leveling up. Upon finding out the unlisted effect that allowed them to be used as stepping stones, he began using it as a replacement for a flight skill, making him significantly more effective as a fighter.

Synopsis
Han Yoojin receives this skill through Last Compensation upon Han Yoohyun's death, and uses it to great effect in the ensuing battle against the Rauchitas, utilizing the Leaves to dodge its attacks as well as block its vision.

Later, when attacked by the Gold Beak Maiya, Han Yoohyun uses the Leaves to confuse it and block its vision. Han Yoojin advises him to step on the Leaves, and Yoohyun quickly adapts to using the Leaves as a platform, riding them above the Maiya and killing it. He is excited afterwards about learning this effect, due to not having an actual flight skill.