Height: 5’9” Weight: 140lbs.
Hair Color: Cyan, naturally Black
Eye Color: Bright Blue
Name: Jiro Katsurou Age: 15
History: Born into the dead center of a large, working-class family in Ueda, Japan, Jiro Katsurou was nothing too special. He had friends that cared, a family that supported him, and a mind that worked just fine. A perfectly normal child.
And then he hit High School, a couple years into Deep Ground already. Things started off normal, maintaining grades and keeping his friends… and out of nowhere, his mother contracted an aggressive form of breast cancer towards the end of his freshman year. Over the summer, he started grasping at straws with her, doing anything and everything in his power to help her. Cooking her meals, fluffing pillows, cleaning the entire house with the help of his siblings, and even more and more. It was, in all reality, denial taking over his life. His one hope was that somehow, in some way, she’d pull though.
She never did. Unable to cope with the situation, he broke down at the funeral, dropping the façade of an unfeeling yet caring friend for the first time and crying over his mother’s coffin until forced away from it. His father had no idea how to help, nor did his brothers and sisters. As a result, school started falling out from under him, and assignments mysteriously disappeared the moment they were in Jiro’s hands. One day his father sat him down and started reprimanding him, a near-empty bottle of whisky in his hand and the smell of alcohol heavy on him. The words were enough to ready him for the move to Purple Crown, and he couldn’t be happier. “A fresh start,” he had called it, and moved out right as the new school year began.
Soon after his move, the Black King reemerged, and he jumped at the chance to join up. He enjoyed fighting for the underdogs, and has done so fiercely so far. And he shall continue to, until the bitter end if he must.
Personality: Easy-going and calm, Jiro is a living ice cube in most situations. However, he’s deeply concerned about his friends, and will gladly put his own life on the line to save one of them. A true believer in the phrase “The needs of the many outweigh those of the few.”
Avatar Class: Mage - Necromancer
Avatar Title: Phantom Regality Avatar Level: 3
Avatar Guild: Ebony Strykers of the Black King
Avatar Abilities: Grave Digger –
Active – Phantom Regality calls forth the souls of the dead, raising the bodies of a maximum [X] nearby fallen NPCs or Avatars to fight for him and his allies, which become classified as thralls. Thralls affected by Grave Digger take 25% reduced damage from firearms and bows, and 100% increased damage from magic. Thralls affected by Grave Digger also deal 50% reduced damage to all targets. The maximum number of thralls raised scales with Phantom Regality’s level, and no more than [X] thralls may exist at any time. (Three at Lv3, four at Lv4, etc). Thralls remain until they are either killed or Phantom Regality releases their soul, at which point they disintegrate to ash. Medium mana consumption with a three minute cooldown.
Martyrdom –
Active – Phantom Regality inflicts heavy damage equal to 60% of his total health to himself, sacrificing part of his soul to remove all temporary debuffs on allies in a large radius and direct them towards himself. Phantom Regality cannot be killed by Martyrdom, and will quickly regenerate 2% health per debuff gained through the ability. All debuffs gained through Martyrdom will end in thirty seconds. Low mana consumption with a five minute cooldown.
Necrotic Bond –
Active – Phantom Regality reads from his grimoire, causing the spirits of heroes long dead to grasp at the lives of his enemies. Creates a fog of shadow in a large radius that progressively slows enemy movement and attack speed. The longer Necrotic Bond is cast for, the heavier the movement and attack speed reduction for those caught in its radius. Phantom Regality can cancel the spell at any time, although he is completely vulnerable while it is cast and receives 50% increased damage from all sources. Enemies that die within Necrotic Bond’s radius will immediately rise as Phantom Regality’s thrall, coming under the same effects as thralls resurrected by Grave Digger. Progressive mana consumption with a four minute cooldown.
UNLOCKED AT LEVEL 6: Ethereal Bulwark – Passive – The souls of the damned readily defend their master, providing Phantom Regality with ghostly armor that blocks 15% of all magic damage. UNLOCKED AT LEVEL 9: Public Execution – Active – Ethereal chains bind a target Avatar in place, leaving the victim at Phantom Regality’s mercy for five seconds. All damage done to the victim while Public Execution is active is doubled and is returned to Phantom Regality as health at the end of the ability. Avatars killed while Public Execution is active will immediately be raised as Phantom Regality’s thrall, coming under the same effects as thralls resurrected by Grave Digger. High mana consumption with a 24-hour cooldown. Feat: Monodextrous Casting – Enables you to wield a melee weapon in one hand.
Other: Phantom Regality is the rage Jiro never feels, and Jiro is the mercy Phantom Regality never has.
