Ayumi Kōhaima

"Each and every one of us are on a journey. That is the reality of life, and the sooner you accept it, the better. After all, who can live without movement? And that, my dear, is the essence of our existence. We are constantly moving; the purpose doesn't matter."

- Ayumi to one of her lower-ranked officers.

Ayumi Kōhaima (興敗魔歩み, Kōhaima Ayumi) is an ancient, presumably in the era where and his followers were in war with the primitive , "The Defenders" (守達, Mamori-tachi). Among his various followers, Ayumi stood out for her excellent ability in combat, leadership and in particular, her absolutely phenomenal mastery over and associated speed-based techniques due to the epithet granted to her: C - "The Cloud" (飛雲 (ジ・クラウド); Japanese for "Cloud Flying Through the Sky").

During the war, Ayumi appeared to gain an insight into the motives of Yhwach, and understood that, in order to live independently, she must escape from Yhwach in his entirety. Isolating herself, she eventually stumbled upon the, and met an unnamed band of during her attempt to escape from the  and. Because Ayumi was also a criminal in the eyes of a, the group of Shinigami - who had been exiled to the penal colony - had adopted her in. Eventually, through the exchange of knowledge, Ayumi was capable of escaping the Kōryū and Kōtotsu in their entirety. Her seamless method of doing this lead to her current title: Goddess of the Flying Clouds (飛雲の尊, Higumo no Mikoto).

As of now, hundreds of years later, Ayumi has become extremely renown for her capabilities within the art of agility, or more commonly classified as. Her capabilities within movement are so great, in fact, that she has gained the attention of other Grandmaster-level fighters among her own era, and past eras. Furthermore, she has also created a haven for those Quincy of mixed blood being born following Yhwach's "purge", otherwise regarded as Hafen (遣り場 (ハペン); Japanese for "Place of Refuge").