tuskur is erurū's and arurū's grandmother and village elder, the leader of the village. she is a very kind person and is respected by everyone in the village and even some out of it. she is fatally stabbed while protecting aruru from an attack by one of nuwangi's soldiers (although nuwangi did not actually order the attack, and in fact scolded the soldier afterwards for hurting tusukuru since tuskur nursed nuwangi as a very small child [tuskur had publicly embarrassed nuwangi earlier by reminding him of that]).