Name: Akira Sakai

Character Name: Nova Albright

Race: Shenke



Age: 20

Personality:
An energetic, competitive young woman who got hooked on the sense of achievement and companionship games can provide. Akira is a bit loud and quite impulsive, so she often slips up and interrupts someone when she doesn’t mean to. She’s the type to speak up, and nearly always tries to contribute to a given conversation. She does try to encourage others to join in, but can come off as pushy when she does so. She’s both spirited and temperamental, and sometimes inadvertently reacts in anger. Of course, Akira can hold herself back, but it takes effort, and may leave her smoldering in quiet resentment for a long while afterwards. Other times, however, she becomes provocative on purpose – this side of her especially tends to manifest in online games.

Though gaming is one of the hobbies she spends the most time one, Akira also enjoys sports, and plays volleyball two to three times a week, and often goes jogging the other days. She got used to gaming late in the night, even overnight or through most of the day(s) over the weekend. It leaves her utterly exhausted when she’s done with her gaming binges, but the satisfaction of getting accomplishments, contributing to a guild, and obtaining recognition is too compelling for her to give up.

History:
Born in Japan as the older twin of Akito, a brother younger than her by 13 minutes and 48 seconds. Though she was smug about this fact, they got along well. Their parents were often busy with work, which left them spending a lot of time with each other. They were especially rambunctious when younger, and teachers would often comment (or complain) about the shenanigans they got up to. Their parents signed them up for sports to redirect their energy, which mostly worked. Of course, they also calmed as they matured.

Though both siblings casually played computer and console games here and there, they were young adolescents when they first tried an MMORPG. Akira played longer than Akito, who was interested more so in battle royales. When she had enough of that first game, she sought out others. She eventually discovered Emerald Odyssey when it was in one of its trending periods. She got hooked, and played it intensively for a while, then switched to playing it intermittently whenever an update came out. Recently, she once again to returned to the game due to its release of Cloudfall.

As for her history with Emerald Odyssey, she’s a decent enough player to have earned some recognition in PvP content. Nova might not have been a top ranker, but when she was out to accomplish something, she usually did so. She’d been through a few guilds, but none on a long-term basis. She’d gained enough money to obtain some of the best gear for her combat classes, and had a sparsely furnished player-owned house.

Emerald Odyssey has brought her plenty of joy, but Akira does not intent to accept the strange fate that has befallen her. She is motivated to discover how and why she’s found herself in the game, and is determined to find a way back. After all, a game world is only a game world – it can’t replace real life for her. Especially since she has her family, including Akito, back home. Though she misses her brother, she thinks it better that as few people suffer this tragedy as possible, and does not bemoan having been left on her own in this strange world.

Combat Classes:
Pyromancer. An offensive sage of fire magics who use staves, grimoires, or orbs. Their attacks stack burning debuffs, which cause lingering fire damage for a short duration. They have an AoE that is guaranteed to crit against any enemy with a burning debuff but consumes one stack per enemy. They also have a single-target attack whose base damage gets an increase per burning debuff on an enemy (up to a certain maximum) in exchange for consuming all stacks of burning.

Brawler. A vicious close combatant who fights with knuckle dusters, but can also use improvised weaponry (rocks, bricks, molotovs…). They rely on exploiting enemy weaknesses, which results in a several dirty moves, such as eye poking, headbutting, throat jabbing, and so on. They also employ regular fighting attacks, mainly grapples and elbow or knee strikes. Brawlers are masters of debilitating an enemy; they can inflict stunning, bleeding, and blinding debuffs, can knock down an enemy, and even interrupt their skills.

Ninja. A highly maneuverable stealth-based class. They focus on surprise attacks, hit and run tactics, and quick escapes. They mostly wear a combination of leather and chainmail, similar to a samurai’s armor, though can also use cloth. They can specialize in melee (katanas, kusarigama) or ranged (bows, light firearms). Regardless of their main weapon, all ninjas can use grappling hooks, kunais, shuriken, caltrops, darts, and even bombs. They can apply poison to any of their melee or ranged weapons.

Non-combat Classes:
Jewelry maker. A metalworker who specializes in the creation of jewelry, such as rings, necklaces, bracelets, and tiaras. They can also refine and cut gems which are then inserted into their creations. If they have the prerequisite items, they can also work with other materials; e.g. using glass beads, strips of leather, and so on.

Runemaster. A scholar and an artist who seeks to learn, apply, and combine all sorts of runes. These runes can then be inscribed upon any item to imbue it with various effects. As an arcane class, a runemaster does draw upon a small amount of mana when imbuing an item with runes.

The classes main method of combat without a mount would be to use a spear with abilities focused on defense, with occasional bursts of power. Its main use though, is to allow for the rider to synergise skills with their mounts to more effectively fight with them, able to use particular skills depending on the type of mount currently equipped.

It'll probably be rather difficult to command more than two creatures at once - and even then when she's not 'actively' mounting one or controlling it, the others combat effectiveness tends to go down.

Buffs focused on a variety of speed, attack, agility, and general other buffs.
Debuffs include a variety of debuffs to lower overall combat effectiveness.

A class designed with defensive and leadership skills through rallying cries and being a sort of 'taunter' class. Was designed to give buffs to allies while keeping an enemies attention mostly on the user. Buffs included are mostly defensive, dispel negative effects, and the ability to give 'command buffs' to allies that increase particular skills, either offensive or defensive depending on the command type and add bonus effects. Defensive skills included are taunting enemies, and skills that increase ones defense and the ability to lock down certain enemies in combat with the user. Mainly used spears adorned with particular crests, or other similar two handed weapons.

Name: Itouchi Horiyama
Character Name: Saito Souji
Race: Human
Age: 24
Personality: Itouchi is a somewhat reserved individual, as one might expect from a young Japanese man, however he has a particular sense of judgement. He is prone to making his own conclusions about other people, and while he may not act on those conclusions without further observation, he can break that rule should the person in question be of distaste to him. In particular, those who treat others horribly, who act in service of only themselves, or if they act childishly and waste people's time. Normally he would simply avoid them, but there are times when he may confront them if he believes that not doing so would seriously harm the group.

Despite his rather strong sense of judgement, he's a friendly person, though perhaps due to being reserved, acts somewhat formally most of the time. There are times when around close friends he may act much less so, making more jokes and acting somewhat more carefree. Perhaps something one might notice is a particularly fondness for the Shinsengumi, and though it is not as obvious as it used to be, the leftovers of that more pronounced phase of his remain in his name.

History: Itouchi like many young men graduating university, would find themselves applying for a company and then working there as a salaryman. He was rather fortunate to find a good company, having had a rather normal upbringing. It was this somewhat normal lifestyle combined with the more lonely lifestyle of a salaryman that perhaps pushed him towards Emerald Odyssey, seeking something a little more exciting between work days.

He started playing roughly three or four years ago, and for the first few of those he became an accomplished raider, perhaps the very best for one of the expansions, but stopped after realizing the stress it was beginning to put him under. Though he is thankful for those years as it has shaped him into a more than competent player, both overall skill with the game, and when it comes to playing with other people which was a central component. From then on he normally just played the game with friends, only delving into difficult content on a casual basis.

Class(es):

• Samurai - [Katana] - A melee DPS class that utilizes a Katana. A swift and agile class boasting high critical rate and critical damage that aims to move through droves of enemies with very few strokes of the blade. As a drawback, their damage if they do not land a precise strike would be more than underwhelming, and defensive capabilities are nearly none, preferring to avoid blocking with their weapon. They have access to perhaps the fastest set of weapon skills called Battoujutsu, where the samurai may resheathe their weapon, gathering up their focus and spiritual energy before unleashing it in an impressive display of blinding speed.
• Kagemusha - [Nodachi] - Meaning "shadow warrior", a tank class that utilizes a Nodachi. In particular they make use of shadowy decoys to gain the attention of the enemy and even confuse them, as well as creating veils of shadow over their allies in order to hide them or guard them from attack. Every shadow generated costs a portion of the Kagemusha's health pool, however should these decoys slay enemies or deal sufficient damage, they can return to the Kagemusha to restore their health.
• Ashigaru - [Matchlock Firearms] - A ranged DPS class that utilizes matchlock firearms. Though it has a low firing rate compared to many if not all ranged classes, it boasts high damage per shot, and the highest critical damage of ranged classes. Despite being a ranged DPS class, it is frequently seen fighting in close quarters, only retreating to fire off their fatal shots. The Ashigaru also use matchlock handguns in these situations, with skills based around evasion and breaking armor. This class is also known to be a popular secondary, as the handguns can be used alongside any weapon that can be wielded with one hand.

Non-Combat

• Blacksmith - Though he doesn't delve a lot into crafting, he found himself making use of blacksmith frequently to maintain his weapons. He can craft new ones too, but for some reason the best weapons he can craft are all for his classes. Blacksmith as a profession is quite popular as people need or want new shiny gear all the time, and while he is not a reputed crafter, the katana that he can craft are of top quality... And nothing else.

Other:

• His character name Saito Souji is a combination of Hajime Saito and Okita Souji.

Ashigaru - [Matchlock Firearms] - A ranged DPS class that utilizes matchlock firearms. Though it has a low firing rate compared to many if not all ranged classes, it boasts high damage per shot, and the highest critical damage of ranged classes. Despite being a ranged DPS class, it is frequently seen fighting in close quarters, only retreating to fire off their fatal shots. The Ashigaru also use matchlock handguns in these situations, with skills based around evasion and breaking armor. This class is also known to be a popular secondary, as the handguns can be used alongside any weapon that can be wielded with one hand.