Here's my character sheet, finally.
Name: Hakurou Touka 白狼 藤花
Age: 20
Gender: Female
Race: Youkai
Appearance: Here.
In her human guise, she has black hair and black eyes, and hides her tail and ears.
Personality: Impetuous and a little headstrong, Touka is an energetic girl. She has strong regard for her house and her relatives, and is very proud to have been born ookami and a member of the Hakurou clan. She believes that the good of her family and their homes in the mountains are paramount, and has little patience for the intricacies of human politics or most humans themselves; she knows almost nothing about these topics and excuses her ignorance with the belief that the topics are beneath her, or that humans are too short-lived for it to really matter who currently sits on something as impermanent as a daimyo’s throne. This view of hers has been questioned multiple times by her elders, who point to the trained exorcists of the Phoenix clan and the wise rule of the Kirin Emperor as reasons to respect, if not love, humanity; she remains unconvinced. At heart she’s a good and honest girl, though, if straightforward at times.
Skills and Abilities:
-Wolf form: Touka can shapeshift between humanoid and wolf form, and is equally at home in both. In her wolf form, she appears pure white to people who can perceive the supernatural, and dark grey to those who cannot. In both forms her eyes are yellow.
-Tracking: Touka has an amazing sense of smell, even in her human form. Even people who take steps to approach noiselessly or conceal their presence can’t sneak up on her, unless they coincidentally (or purposefully) approach from downwind. The perfumes and incenses of courtly life dismay her, but she can bear it unless she’s trapped in a stuffy room with people enjoying incense. She is also very good at hunting, though only in her wolf form.
-Calligraphy: Touka’s one marketable skill in elite society is her proficiency with the brush. Skilled in both writing characters and making ink paintings, she has little mind for writing poetry, but can make it look very good on a piece of parchment. This skill helps with her ability to establish barriers, as well.
-Warding: Having been raised at least partially seriously as a shrine maiden, Touka can perform minor acts of magic relating to shrine protection, including setting up minor wards and barriers. In order to get the most strength out of this ability, she has to channel energy into a character or invocation painted on the warded object.
Possessions and Assets:
Touka’s major combat ability is in her wolf form, but she carries a short, straight blade strapped to her back to defend herself in human form if she has to, and to act as a deterrent. She carries a small portable writing kit with her as well, a brush and sealed inkpot in a lacquered box that she keeps in her belt.
She brought most of her possessions to the Mitsumine manor with her – two formal kimono, one in orange and one in indigo; her everyday outfit, pictured above; a futon and pillow; and a gift of a wolf-fang wakizashi for Ryuunosuke that her mother made her bring. She hasn’t decided whether he’s worthy of it yet.
Bio: Born deep in the mountains of the Mitsumine holding, Touka spent much of her life out in the wilds, running free through the ancient foothills and hunting with the packs of her ancestors. Her parents, more conscientious than most of the humans in the village were about keeping up the local shrine, insisted that she learn some techniques and spells and serve at least a little as a shrine maiden, in order to interact with humans; as time passed, she began to scorn the villagers who didn’t pay the shrine proper respect and who only came to pray when something was wrong. Eventually this turned to scorn for most of humanity, and despite her parents’ best efforts, she has maintained this derision for the politics of humankind stubbornly since then.
When Mitsumine Ryuunosuke, the eldest son of a family once held in high regard by the Hakurou clan, came of age, the clan held a large meeting at the mountaintop shrine of their patriarch to discuss what was to be done about the boy leader. Touka, wondering what was so impressive about a family that had lost its pack leader and was relying on a child to lead, finally annoyed her parents to the extent that they volunteered her to travel to Mitsumine Takeshi’s manor, bearing gifts, to give the family the continued goodwill of the Hakurou clan. At the suggestion of her grandmother, she also bears a signed and sealed letter to Takeshi, asking his pardon and asking that he look after her for a while, to help her see more of the world, grow and mature. The same letter also states that if Ryuunosuke so desires, he has permission to court Touka.
Name: Hakurou Touka 白狼 藤花
Age: 20
Gender: Female
Race: Youkai
Appearance: Here.
In her human guise, she has black hair and black eyes, and hides her tail and ears.
Personality: Impetuous and a little headstrong, Touka is an energetic girl. She has strong regard for her house and her relatives, and is very proud to have been born ookami and a member of the Hakurou clan. She believes that the good of her family and their homes in the mountains are paramount, and has little patience for the intricacies of human politics or most humans themselves; she knows almost nothing about these topics and excuses her ignorance with the belief that the topics are beneath her, or that humans are too short-lived for it to really matter who currently sits on something as impermanent as a daimyo’s throne. This view of hers has been questioned multiple times by her elders, who point to the trained exorcists of the Phoenix clan and the wise rule of the Kirin Emperor as reasons to respect, if not love, humanity; she remains unconvinced. At heart she’s a good and honest girl, though, if straightforward at times.
Skills and Abilities:
-Wolf form: Touka can shapeshift between humanoid and wolf form, and is equally at home in both. In her wolf form, she appears pure white to people who can perceive the supernatural, and dark grey to those who cannot. In both forms her eyes are yellow.
-Tracking: Touka has an amazing sense of smell, even in her human form. Even people who take steps to approach noiselessly or conceal their presence can’t sneak up on her, unless they coincidentally (or purposefully) approach from downwind. The perfumes and incenses of courtly life dismay her, but she can bear it unless she’s trapped in a stuffy room with people enjoying incense. She is also very good at hunting, though only in her wolf form.
-Calligraphy: Touka’s one marketable skill in elite society is her proficiency with the brush. Skilled in both writing characters and making ink paintings, she has little mind for writing poetry, but can make it look very good on a piece of parchment. This skill helps with her ability to establish barriers, as well.
-Warding: Having been raised at least partially seriously as a shrine maiden, Touka can perform minor acts of magic relating to shrine protection, including setting up minor wards and barriers. In order to get the most strength out of this ability, she has to channel energy into a character or invocation painted on the warded object.
Possessions and Assets:
Touka’s major combat ability is in her wolf form, but she carries a short, straight blade strapped to her back to defend herself in human form if she has to, and to act as a deterrent. She carries a small portable writing kit with her as well, a brush and sealed inkpot in a lacquered box that she keeps in her belt.
She brought most of her possessions to the Mitsumine manor with her – two formal kimono, one in orange and one in indigo; her everyday outfit, pictured above; a futon and pillow; and a gift of a wolf-fang wakizashi for Ryuunosuke that her mother made her bring. She hasn’t decided whether he’s worthy of it yet.
Bio: Born deep in the mountains of the Mitsumine holding, Touka spent much of her life out in the wilds, running free through the ancient foothills and hunting with the packs of her ancestors. Her parents, more conscientious than most of the humans in the village were about keeping up the local shrine, insisted that she learn some techniques and spells and serve at least a little as a shrine maiden, in order to interact with humans; as time passed, she began to scorn the villagers who didn’t pay the shrine proper respect and who only came to pray when something was wrong. Eventually this turned to scorn for most of humanity, and despite her parents’ best efforts, she has maintained this derision for the politics of humankind stubbornly since then.
When Mitsumine Ryuunosuke, the eldest son of a family once held in high regard by the Hakurou clan, came of age, the clan held a large meeting at the mountaintop shrine of their patriarch to discuss what was to be done about the boy leader. Touka, wondering what was so impressive about a family that had lost its pack leader and was relying on a child to lead, finally annoyed her parents to the extent that they volunteered her to travel to Mitsumine Takeshi’s manor, bearing gifts, to give the family the continued goodwill of the Hakurou clan. At the suggestion of her grandmother, she also bears a signed and sealed letter to Takeshi, asking his pardon and asking that he look after her for a while, to help her see more of the world, grow and mature. The same letter also states that if Ryuunosuke so desires, he has permission to court Touka.