Kaede Profile

Kaede
Occupation: miko [priestess]
Age: ~58 (estimated)
Race: human
Ability: taima [Demon Expulsion]
Origin: Kaede's Village
Relatives: Kikyou
Love Interests: none
Pet/Retainer: none

Description:

In flashbacks to the time when Kikyo and Inuyasha were tricked by Naraku, we see that Kaede was a pretty child with a fresh wound over her right eye, which obviously took the sight from that eye. With the appearance of Kagome after Inuyasha has been sealed for 50 years, Kaede has become an old woman with an eye patch and a cane. She has also become a prietess, like her sister. She knows quite a bit about almost everything. She is the advisor and anchor for Inuyasha and Kagome in the show. Though she mostly doesn't travel with them, they often come back to recuperate and talk with Kaede. Personality: Kaede is gruff and doesn't take any BS from anyone. She has a lot of faith in the Yasha gang, and wishes to give her sister peace as soon as possible. I think that she disagrees with Kikyou on making Inuyasha go to hell with her--it goes against some of her principles, I'm assuming. Skills: Since we really haven't seen Kaede as anything but a child and an old woman, we can't tell if she had any special powers when she was younger. She does have at least some of the holy powers that Kikyou has, but not to the same degree. Kaede does know a lot about medicines, however. Though Kagome supplies the modern-day equipment, Kaede usually treats wounds when the Yasha gang comes back to town.