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Name: Yuudai Wakahisa
Clan: Shima
Title: Yuudai the Demon of Shima
Gender: Female
Age: 19
Race: Half-Oni
Height: 6'4
Appearance:

Occupation: Enforcer / Youkai Mystic

Notable Skills:

Magical Abilities:N/A

Ki Techniques/powers: N/A

Weapons:

Other Gear:

Personality: Yuu may seem indifferent towards the world and its problems but deep down she cares, she just chooses not to show it on the surface. She loves good food more than anything else, even more than booze which she tries to avoid the strong stuff out of fear of becoming addicted and the ... Incident happening again. Despite her indifference towards modesty she has a shy weakness towards compliments. However her half blood nature shows when she is in battle as she enjoys a good fight more than anything, even holding back in an effort to make any fight last longer.

Brief history: On a stormy night many years ago a Oni women came to the house of Kyuki, a old friend, and pleaded with the women to care for the small bundle that she held within her arms. Out of friendship the women agreed and take the bundle into her home, watching the Oni rest her sword against the side of the building before sprinting off into the storm. A sad look overcame the womens face as she unwrapped the bundle, reveling a small baby within with eyes of darkest night and brightest gold.

That was the day that Yuu came to reside within the Legendery Youkai Mystics hut, being raised by her human mother whose methods while unorthodox were effective in raising a world wise child. Though she had only a few friends within the near by human village and was feared for her rather unqiue eyes, she grew up relatively safely and by the time she was a teen was fending off bandits and beasts from her home. On the day she had come of age a rather noble looking man came to their home begging with her mother to come join the Shima clan, however in a sudden twist of fate Kyuki gestured to Yuu "Why not take her. Tis good enough" She smirked, taking a puff from her pipe and staring down to a shocked Yuu. A rather heated argument came about from that involving words Yuu wished she had never said, as now she knows that Kyuki was only trying to get her a good life. Thankfully the very next day was when she noticed this, and so joined the Shima clan.

Other: Kyuki, her mother, is currently traveling
Her eyes are unique, even among Oni

Name: Jiang Baji
Clan: Shima
Title: The Dog of Shima
Gender: Male
Age: 19

Race: Human
Height: 5'11
Weight: 182 lbs
Appearance:

Occupation: Traveling vagabond and outlaw

Notable Skills: Master of Posing: As a member of his family, being able to strike a pose and look great during all that he does is paramount. They may be separated right now, but posing is still a very important skill to maintain.

Dueling: During his years of enslavement he excelled at one on one fighting. Jiang has no physical problems with groups, he just prefers not having to watch his back while beating whatever is in front of him. The less he has to worry about, the more he is able to focus.

Magical Abilities: N/A


Ki Techniques/powers: A foreign technique that he was taught while living in a slave encampment. It is used to calm one's nerves and mind before and after partaking in dangerous missions.

Weapons:

Other Gear: Enough money to spend a week in a standard inn/hotel.

Personality: Loyal, outgoing, eccentric and over the top. These were all common traits belonging to his brothers and sisters.

Brief history: Enslaved by birth after his parents struck out and lived their lives as high profile criminals. He comes from a long family of criminals who have committed crimes against his own nation and the foreign nation in which he was raised. He, like his brothers and sisters were made to live their lives as weapons and serve the foreign nation by completing highly dangerous missions until their deaths. They believed that they would be granted freedom and their honor restored if they do enough, but their leader and eldest brother found out that they never had any intentions of releasing them so he planned an escape.

Once free, they began a crusade to restore the honor to their names and to clear themselves of all charges and debt that they inherited from their families. The world expected them to be just like their families so they dressed the part, looking like eccentric vagabonds but going around in the foreign nation and righting wrongs, helping the little guy and saving lives until that foreign government gives up on their pursuit and identify them as cleared individuals.

Six months after their escape and they found it necessary to split up and partake in individual tasks to help achieve goals as a whole. Though he never stepped foot into this land before, he was the best candidate to travel to the islands of Baji, gather influence and find someone powerful enough to speak on their behalf, or to help them fight if it ever came down to that. He allied himself with the first clan that would take him in with very little questions asked and here is where his journey picks up.
Other: Jiang Baji is not his real name. He does know his real name.

Name: Kenji Takeda
Clan: Oja - a really small clan containing only one Oja and two vassals. They currently reside at the borders of the Shima Clan with a small farm.
Title: Yang of the Oja
Gender: Male
Age: 20

Race: Human
Height: 6'0
Weight: 180 lbs.
Appearance:


Occupation: Selling Dumplings and other street foods

Notable Skills:
Swordsmanship - Despite his sword's size, Kenji is remarkable with it. He can also wield regular swords with expert skill as those swords were his first and training weapons.

Martial Arts - If the opponent is not at all a threat, Kenji would not bother to brandish his sword but instead use his fists and feet to handle the problem.

Tea Brewing - No one can deny the delicious flavor of Kenji's tea whom he dutifully serves to his Master Takeshi as well as to guests and friends. Ironically, Kenji does not prefer to drink tea and would rather drink water.

Cooking - Kenji is not great at it but someone needs to make money for the Oja Clan. If there is another capable cook, he will happily let him/her have that role.

Magical Abilities:
*Kenji is innate in the arts of healing thus he could cast restoring magic on the wounded. His own wounds also heal faster than average.
*The restoration magic can also empower objects and make them more durable but not any more deadly like what Kenji does to his weapon to block attacks.


Ki Techniques/Powers: N/A

Weapons:


Other Gear:
=Survival kit (Hunting knife, tools for trapping)
=Tea set
=Money pouch

Personality:
Kenji has a friendly and polite personality and places more importance in the relationship between the humans and the spirits, like the main viewpoint of the Shima Clan and the spear opposite of his fellow adviser, Shinja Harada, who does not believe in such fantasies and focuses more on the politics of Baji.

As his title suggests, Kenji believes in peace and prefers not to fight especially over trivial things. He also respects the spirits and gods of Baji and offers what he could at temples and prays for favors. He does not take it well if these temples are badmouthed, like his rival Shinja usually does, or desecrated or destroyed.

Many people point out his strange wish of meeting the more exotic population of Baji.

Brief history:
Kenji is the childhood friend of Takeshi Oja and after they grew up, Oja's faithful servant. The Oja clan was not a powerful clan but definitely not weak as their military is powerful enough to deal with bandits and Oni raiders who attack their villages with impunity. However, they were not powerful enough to defend their lands against the rising clans and in mere months, the clan was no more. At least, their power was no more.

Survivors of the Oja Clan, including Kenji, fled to the lands of the Shima Clan and, while not joining the Shima, settled there and made friendly ties with the Shima. There Kenji grew up with his future Lord and took an interest in the Spirit World and became more engrossed with the dealings with the spirits instead of the growing conflict between the clans of Baji, something that is constantly pointed out by his fellow servant Shinja Harada who wants to restore the Oja Clan and surviving the inevitable war.

His Lord Takeshi, on the other hand, is very neutral who seem to be content in living the way they are now. While that is not preferable by Kenji, it was certainly better than Shinja's advising of taking power and joining the conflict.

Other:
Takeshi Oja, the last Oja
Shinja Harada, Yin of the Oja

Name: Gin (pronounced ‘Jin’)
Clan: Shima
Title: Halfling
Gender: Male
Age: 15

Race: Half-Oni
Weight: 90 lbs
Height: 4'10"

Appearance:



Occupation: Blacksmith

Notable Skills: His strength is unmatched by any human which only grows with his anger. He’s fair good at running fast and climbing trees and rocky surfaces.

Magical Abilities: Can use his spirit energy as an extension of his body to an extent. Using it to pick up stuff isn’t something he’s learned and using it too much drains him until he eats or sleeps again.

Ki Techniques/powers: Manipulation of his own spirit and turning it into ‘blue fire’ energy, a trait shared with certain groups he tries to remove himself from. When he loses control of his temper his inner demon shows itself, advancing his features, increasing his strength and durability. Because of his Oni inheritance he has advanced healing, taking mere days over weeks to recover from injury.

Weapons: “Lion’s Tooth” as pictured. A folded steel sword he crafted himself.

Other Gear: None.

Personality: Gin is a small, gentle young man who remains loyal to those he befriends. He goofs off sometimes and be fairly playful but can become serious and focused when he needs to be. He may act pleasant and human most of the time, but he may lose himself to his Oni side and become vicious and difficult to control. Despite not making friends with people not enjoying his company he hides his frustrations well, making excuses that he would have no skill if they didn't make time ignoring him.

Brief history: When he was a young boy he was found hiding in a tree by travellers, malnourished and filthy. The group saw what he was by his distinguishable pointed ears, red tint to parts of his skin and his red hair; however, they couldn’t let a child die. It was thought best to take the child to someone to help teach him how to integrate himself into the human world and not with the brutish Onis, the best choice being the neutral Shima clan. With a family assigned to him, Gin found his niche in helping at the blacksmiths; however, the call for battle proved strong in Halfling Gin. He practised for many years in his spare time, learning the ways of the sword before crafting one himself to help balance his strength. Even if those around him didn’t trust him because of his heritage he was determined to show he can help protect them from the growing aggressive climate Baji was falling under.

When the sacred relics were stolen away from the Shima clan, Gin knew he had to help take them back. They needed his strength to retrieve them. He had the strength of three warriors, three which would benefit the Shima clan by remaining on their defences. Offering himself as one of the travellers to gather the relics, disregarding his age and background.

Other: Gin doesn’t take a family name; people who took him in were his carers, not his family. Raw meat can be a difficult trigger for him to handle, the smell and sight of it making it hard to control his voracious nature from his Oni heritage. He can eat more than the average human. The symbol on his clothes is the blacksmith's marking which is stamped on everything made there, on his blade it can be found on the hilt.

Name: Hibiki Shamizo
Clan: Shima
Title: The Blind Song
Gender: Male
Age: 19

Race: Human
Height: 1,79m
Weight: 60kg (damn you colonists)
Appearance:


Occupation: Traveling Monk, Musician

Notable Skills:
Music: No living person equals Hibiki in the Art of playing music. A song from Hibiki is the ultimate honor of any warrior and it even mighty Kami come from their heavenly plains to listen to his songs. His songs may calm the winds, men and wild beasts. Or so it is said.

Phisolophy: He is skilled in several different schools of thought.

Magical Abilities: Hibiki is able to play the true music of things, thous influencing them. He is able to have limited control over his surroundings. This ability suffers from the fact that he has to play music to do so, meaning he has to be relatively safe from danger.

Ki Techniques/powers:
Kikuru: Perfect listening. Not hearing but listening. Hibiki can truly listen to the world. He can hear the true voice of things. He learned this ability from his master and was the only student to fully grasp it. Through this ability Hibiki can hear the world for what is really is, thous understanding it.

Weapons: A Monks wandering Stick.

Other Gear:
Heavenly Voice: A blessed Shimuzen gifted to him by his master. With it Hibiki can play the true music of the world.

Personality: He is a humble and loving person. His inner strength comes from his faith and his love.

Brief history: Hibiki has raised in a Temple in Shima. He never knew his parents but that did not bother him. He was tutored at an early age by the monks in philosophy, scripture and traditions. One could say he had an ordinary childhood for a monk if he hadn't been blind. Hibiki was born without the ability to see.
At the age of eight Hibiki was sent to life with an old hermit, as part of an templetraditon. There it was he learned the art of music. But more importantly, he learned the art of listening. He practiced all day for the nine years he choose to life with the old hermit, absorbing all the knowledge he could. After the hermit died, Hibiki began wandering the land, collecting it songs and playing for those who want to listen.

Other: Hibiki is completely blind. He will need his allies to survive more than anyone else. He also is a devout follower of the Cizo-Tradition, a philosophical and religious school of thought, that emphasizes compassion, nonviolence and the oneness of the universe.

Name: Tarou Sasaki
Clan: Sasaki Clan
Title: The Rising Sun(Symbolic in the Sasaki Clan for the Son and Heir, as they are the new dawn for the Clan.)
Gender: Male
Age: 23

Race: Neko
Height: 6'1
Weight: 115.081 Ilbs./52.2 Kg
Appearance:

Occupation:Heir of the Sasaki/Scholar

Notable Skills: Enhanced Senses: As a Neko, Tarou has enhanced senses, just like a cat. Unfortunately he is still young, so his senses are quite unskilled compared to older Neko. However, luckily, his are more sensitive than a human beings.

Swordplay: As the son and heir of the Clan, Tarou is expected to learn the ways of the sword, so that when he rules, he may uphold his authority. The fighting style of the Sasaki Clan mainly consists of fast and precise movements, with the sword held with two hands. Aside from this, the Clan's ruling family is taught how to disarm with their sword, if the situation calls for it. He still learns to this day, mainly because he still has MUCH to learn.

Magical Abilities: NA


Ki Techniques/powers: Feather Weight: It's used for general purposes, outside of combat, mainly because it requires a lot of concentration to use. It's most helpful for reaching the top of large buildings and key locations, but can also be used to increase speed, if need be.

Weapons: Sasaki Clan Katana - A regular katana, with a bit more durability than most. The only special thing about this blade is that it is the Sasaki Clan's most treasured blade and it's creative design on the hilt and cover.

Other Gear: Just some books and painting kits.

Personality: Young, brave, and a yearning to learn, Tarou is the ideal heir to a clans leader. Of course, he is not without arrogance, considering he has much to learn in his young age. Perhaps the most notable thing of Tarou's personality is his dedication to not only to the Shima Clan, but to his honor as well.

Brief history: Born under the Head of the Sasaki Clan, Tarou was raised to become the next Daimyo. At a very young age, Tarou took a liking to Fine Arts and books, wanting to take a more scholarly approach to life. Although this was accepted, he was still expected to learn the Way of the Sword, and he did so for many years of his teenage life. Growing up was very strange for Tarou, mainly because he did not understand the Sasaki Clans devotion to the Shima Clan. Of course, this would change over time, as he became devoted to the Shima Clan, just as much as others in the Sasaki had. As life continued, Tarou would eventually grow to the age of twenty-three, ready to take the throne and title of Daimyo. Of course, the Shima Clan would lose their relics and call aid in order to regain their lost artifacts. Tarou, seeing this as an opportunity to bring his Clan honor and recognition, would offer himself to go on this quest. With his fathers blessing and the family sword in hand, Tarou would leave at once to the neighboring Shima Clan, ready to take his first leap into adventure...

Other: NA

Name: Metou Toribaba
Clan: Shima
Title: Eagle-Eyed Elder
Gender: Female
Age: 78

Race: Tengu
Height: 4'5"
Weight: 30 kg (~66 lb)
Appearance: Current and younger appearance:

(Metou's wings and hair are black, but her hair turned white with age. Her priestess attire (which should have more details than the sketch) is purple and blue. The robes she wears in the present are black and are made with a lot of crow's feathers, meant to mimic her old wings, and the dress she wears underneath is purple.)
(And she should probably have an eyepatch as well.)

Occupation: Mostly-Retired Sniping Trainer

Notable Skills: Back in the day Metou was the sharpest eye around, despite having only one of them. Her accuracy is still pretty good, but her eyesight has deteriorated and she's not as quick on the trigger as she used to be. As a necessity of her powers, Metou knows how to preserve things in formaldehyde.
Since retiring from combat, Metou has gotten decent at sewing clothing and gardening.
When she was younger, Metou could fly short distances. However, she was always a bit heavyset for a Tengu, so she could never fly as far or for as long.

Magical Abilities: Metou can shapeshift into others by removing their eye and inserting it into her empty eye socket. Though she'll possess their physical power and some of their muscle memory, any learned magical abilities or techniques will be inaccessible to her. Metou can transform for an hour at a time before the eyeball automatically pops out of her head, and rapidly transforming and untransforming tires her out, but she can do it a few times in a row with a couple seconds of break inbetween. As long as the eye is in her head, it functions as a living eye.


Ki Techniques/powers: None

Weapons:
Rifle - Accurate and useful for long distances. In her prime she could load a shot in 3 seconds, in her old age it takes her 6.
Pistol - Not Metou's speciality, she carries this only for defending herself in close quarters.

Other Gear:
Formaldehyde Jars - Metou possesses 6 jars of formaldehyde that hang from her person, used for storing eyeballs.
Eyeball - The eye she lost when she was 18. Inserting this eye transforms Metou into her younger self.
Walking Stick - Wooden, and has a U-shape for a handle. Metou can use this to prop up her rifle and keep it steady. Also, she needs it to walk at any reasonable pace.
Metal Scoop - Looks sort of like an iron ice-cream scoop with a sharp, tapered end. It's used for "extracting" eyeballs.

Personality: Most people think Metou grew crotchety and irritable with age, but that only had a minor effect of Metou's personality. Ever since her banishment Metou was always bitter and jaded, even after Shima treated her well. Unlike many others of her age, Metou had no qualms about increasing the military might of the clan, though as an outsider her opinion wouldn't be worth as much. Metou is passionate about defending Shima and disinterested in the politics of other clans or in people who pursue power. It may seem hypocritical but due to her upbringing Metou still distrusts spirits and magic in general, and is even uncomfortable about using her own powers.

Brief history: Metou was born and raised in the Dokutsu Clan, or Dokutsu Town depending on who you ask, a small reclusive village hidden in the mountains populated by both humans and tengu (and an oni who liked the atmosphere). Like Shima this clan was neutral and well-protected, but they preferred not to communicate or interact with any other clan at all, and a unique culture developed as they were cut off from the rest of Baji. The people of Dokutsu forbade the practice of magic among their people, believing it to be the source of the corruption and war that plagued the other clans below them. This made Metou's discovery of her own latent powers a bit of bad news.

Metou served as a religious figure in the town, somewhat akin to a shrine maiden, and helped guide the village in prayer to keep them safe from the world around them. In addition she lead many of the towns customs from the birth of a villager to the death of one, and helped protect the town from interested parties with a rifle. When she was 18 Metou lost her eye while constructing a new building for the town, and in an act of desperation tried to replace the severed eye. It functioned perfectly, but Metou knew it could only be magic that allowed it to do so. She kept the eye preserved, being familiar with the chemicals used in village customs to preserve the dead, and experimented with her power in secret. She discovered that she could transform into animals using their eyes, but she was eventually discovered by the village when she was 20 and banished.

After a year of travelling Metou found residence with the nearby Shima clan, and she used her skill with a firearm to give herself a place in her new home. During her years living in the Shima clan she served as a sentinel, participated in a few military skirmishes, traveled occasionally and had a few lovers but never married. Though Shima would have been more accepting, out of habit Metou rarely ever used her powers, and most people don't know she has them. When she got too old to bother standing watch with a gun in hand, she helped train new guards in the art of accuracy. Metou tries to help out as best she can, but as others take over her old job she leaves her house less and less. Though she lives in a hut on the outskirts of her town, Metou is still well-known around the village.

Name: Nana Fujimoto
Clan: Fujimoto, a clan which is acquainted somewhat with Shima. They are both neutral.
Title: The Demon Ape
Gender: Female
Age: 19

Race: Half-Oni
Height: 5'10
Weight: 150 lb
Appearance: Nana is a fairly tall girl with extremely short hair that is colored a dirty blonde. Under her thick bangs lies a single horn in the middle of her forehead which is the same tone as her skin. She has a set of vibrant lavender eyes that are usually wide with her abundance of energy. The young woman's figure is slender however underneath her clothing is a set of muscle. Most of her power comes from her legs, yet surprisingly the lining of muscle isn't noticeable.

Occupation: Traveler and a part-time thief

Notable Skills:
Taekwondo; Years of traveling and training, Nana has picked up a variant of fighting, namely Taekwondo. She channels most of her energy to her legs, thus making them a powerful weapon and a force one shouldn't trifle with. Although she does use her legs for combat, she is able to use her arms as well.

Agility; Part of her name Ape, it is obvious that she is agile and quick on her feet.

Magical Abilities: N/A


Ki Techniques/powers:
Fluidity; Nana is able to enhance her physical abilities for a few moments with extreme focus. This is still a work in progress for her since her personality is currently too energetic and flawed for this technique.

Weapons: Steel leg bracers and a simple polearm.

Other Gear:
- Survival kit
- Trinkets that she had stolen acquired from her travels
- Money that she stole earned
- Booze

Personality: Nana is a hyperactive, carefree and loving girl who seems to cling to anyone she befriends. She is also quite lazy, humorously clashing with her hyperactivity.

Nana is rather fearless and has scarcely shown to be intimidated in potentially threatening situations, in fact she seems to take in the adrenaline and use it to heighten herself in battles. Underneath this happy exterior is something more sadistic in a fight. Nana is known to decimate her opponents and occasionally squeeze their heads in-between her thighs just for the fun and joy of destroying a weaker being. She has an extreme desire to win.

Brief history: It wasn't as if she had asked to be born into a clan. In fact, Nana may have been better off in another's arms, or maybe even dead the moment she was born. However, the little half-breed managed to live and grow up in a sturdy household. The moment she was able to walk and speak, she was sent into a strict training environment where her parents would mold her into a perfect warrior. At first, Nana had refused, but soon she was able to meld with the strict regime and win the approval of her mother and father. Her parents, though biologically related to her, acted more so as commanders than caregivers, often giving her punishments in the form of whippings and rationed meals.

"Be the strongest. Be the best." Those words were etched into the back of Nana's mind as she grew older, her mindset being swayed with the theory of dog-eat-dog; If those who acted hostile towards her acted out violently, towards she it was obvious that they must die.

Though she was easily swayed with the opinions of her family, she had realized their want for her to join the military. Nana, having no current desire to kill herself, left the household in search of something more fulfilling. Though she would have wanted to kill enemies on the battlefield, Nana didn't want to be known as a simple body in a pile of rotten flesh if she were to die.

Her travels lead her to Shima territory where she joined in order to fulfill a greater cause as well as find a new desirable home. Her identity of being from another clan is currently kept to herself since it would arise suspicion and disputes.

Other: Nana is a horrible cook. During her travels she has taken quite a liking to a lot of small objects with no use(such as dolls or necklaces), causing her to go as far as stealing for 'souvenirs'

Too depressed about losing the whole thing to finish, will continue later.

Name: Blink
Clan: None
Title: Blink, Untrackable Tracker
Gender: Male
Age: 17

Race: Human, Half-Oni, Tengu, or Neko. Not allowing Kitsune or full Oni for now.
Height:
Weight:
Appearance:

Occupation:

Notable Skills:

Magical Abilities: If any. Any offensive spells should be lesser to start with, and summons should either have short duration or be a lesser creature that grows stronger later.


Ki Techniques/powers: Like above, any offensive technique should be lesser at the start. Non offensive ones have more flexibility

Weapons:

Other Gear:

Personality: A couple sentences or more.

Brief history: If there are things you want to be a secret from the other players, you can pm them to me and put what they can know here.

Other: Anything else you want to put

Name: Tetsuya Ueno

Clan: Shima Clan, originally of the Ueno clan

Title: The Shima Knight

Gender: Male

Age: 16

Race: Neko(mimi)

Height: 5'8" (176cm)

Weight: 146 lbs

Appearance:

Occupation: Lord's Guard, painter (albeit not very good).

Notable Skills: Having studied swordsmanship from both within Baji and abroad, Tetsuya has command of a few different styles of swordplay. His most readily used, as indicated by his typical garb, is that of a "knight". He employs both a longsword and a shield in battle effectively, and can use the latter even as a weapon if need be. Likewise he is able to wield a katana if need be, but to far lesser success than with a longsword.

Magical Abilities: Tetsuya has the ability to use his magic as another shield as well, forming a slight barrier around himself. Using this renders him immobile however and does not provide a complete 360 degrees of protection; flanking him is the best way around this.



Ki Techniques/powers:
Push; Using his shield, Tetsuya can make an extension of himself and, while pushing his shield forward, creates a small force to knock away anything in front of him. Used namely to put distance between himself and the enemy when he needs to catch his breath. Not very useful on larger enemies or anyone who's strong enough to withstand the hit.

Weapons: Steel Longsword, Steel kite shield

Other Gear:
- Water pouch
- Small pack, containing a bit of bandages, some herbs to help relieve pain and a broken compass -- a memento of his parents.

Personality: Tetsuya is a soft-spoken boy, when he rarely does speak. He is perceptive, and while he may not voice his opinion on something he watches what is around him diligently. Above all else he is loyal to the Shima Lord, and does not take slights to the man kindly. Determined to fulfill his Lord's wish to protect Shima, perhaps to a fault, he is unwavering in his position to do what is best for his clan. In most things he views the world as black and white; good and evil. His ideology of the world living in peace pushes him ironically to fight, and he argues that the only way to achieve everlasting peace is to put aggressors in their place. In some views an ideal guard, he is not without faults.

Tetsuya's black and white view of the world leads to naivete, and he can be a bit brash in acting. While he is well versed in swordplay he's never bothered to learn much else, leaving him a bit clueless in some other respects. In a way, being a guard is all he knows. He also has a slight discontent towards more modern weapons, thinking they are a cowardly, inhumane way of taking a life. If one is to take a life in war then it should be personal, not from dozens or hundreds of feet away.

Brief history: Tetsuya is the son of a Neko fisherman and a human woman. His mother, a resident of Shima, would meet his father Umenka during a routine trading in the city; Hidori worked for a trading company, helping to maintain catalogs and keep track of inventory. The two eventually hit it off and, inevitably, Hidori would become pregnant. During her pregnancy she was brought back to Umenka's place of birth, and in the village Tetsuya would be born.

For the first few years of his life the family remained in Umenka's village, with Hidori picking up the same profession only for a Neko trading company. Their settlement, consisting of nekos and humans alike, proved to be an excellent raising ground for their young child. Being a Nekomimi may well have seen Tetsuya be made fun of quite a lot elsewhere, but here he was accepted. In lieu of everything working well for the family they would eventually move, as the company in which Umenka was employed wanted to open a foreign post, and they meant to send the family there to help.

Almost immediately upon arriving and settling down, Tetsuya and his parents noticed an immediate change of atmosphere. Whereas the Neko homeland was relatively untouched by war this place reeked of it, with soldiers passing through and the occasional news of a battle breaking out being commonplace. Fearing for their child's safety the two deliberated upon sending him away, wishing to send him somewhere to be free from the threat of war. With very few possibilities they near gave up, until a trader from Shima passed through and learned of their pleas. Seeing their only chance, Umenka and Hidori begged the man to take their son, and with a bit of convincing he finally relented.

Tetsuya had little knowledge of anything going to Shima, having never been taught any kind of trade or receiving a real education. He could write, read, knew some basics, but that was about it. Seeing the difficulty in assigning the boy to any real job the trader offered him over to the Lord's men, suggesting they train him as a guard. Even at a young age, now seven years old, he could appreciate what was going on around him. Having little personal say in the matter he was brought off to train, eventually learning the way of the sword from the Lord's guard. Through the years he worked to refine and personalize his training, and today he's become a perfectly capable, if somewhat inexperienced guard.

Other: Learned some magic from other Neko, but not very well versed in it at all.