NAME – Hiroshi Kazuki
AGE – 26
ALIGNMENT – Hero
APPEARANCE – Hiroshi is a tall, muscular man whose usual scowl, eye-patch and general outward appearance cause many to shrink away from him; even though he isn't an all bad guy. Hiroshi styles his hair after the style his father favored in his younger days, as a sign of homage and respect. Colored blonde with a mix of neon green highlights, it reaches his shoulder blades, with the fringe being parted to either side, shadowing his eyes but showing his forehead, as well as the eye-patch strap which goes over his head in an angle to cover the eye he lost in a battle with The Order. His one remaining eye is colored a light grey, and described as holding a weight befitting two. In most circumstances, Hiroshi is seen favoring a scowl or some variation, mainly due to the rapid maturity he had underwent when he lost his honor.
Later, Kana gave her father's old
Royal Guardsmen uniform to Hiroshi, which Hiroshi now wears out of respect for the man and his family. The uniform consists of a dark blue-colored jacket with prominent lapels, with a yellow outer lining worn over a thin piece of protective armor under the jacket. The uniform also possesses two thin, black shoulder guards and a large, protective collar. Two black wristbands, that extend halfway up his forearm are also worn. Even when wearing this uniform, Hiroshi carries his two bladed weapons on his person; he threads them through his ōbi sash, secured tightly with one on each side.
Underneath his clothing, Hiroshi possesses a rather large scar that spans across his entire chest to his left shoulder, branching outward.
STYLE – Swordsman/Cosmic Energy
TECHNIQUES –
Swordsmanship Specialist: Hiroshi is a very accomplished swordsman. He has a lot of lightning fast attacks and combos that overwhelm the opponent. His powerful attacks are followed by another damaging assault, sometimes leaving the opponent hard to recover; his chained strikes are stylish and damaging; overall, he turns into a whirling top of destruction when in battle. Indeed, Hiroshi's fighting style relies on utilizing his vast array of moves and stances to keep the opponent guessing; all of his attacks are extremely powerful, however, once Hiroshi has the momentum of a battle behind him, he becomes very dangerous and difficult to stop; making each and every one of his foes look like a novice—further enhancing his deadliness is the fact that Hiroshi has great range on his attacks, which can give some opponents great difficulty when trying to get in on him.
Katana of the Six Commandments, Storm Wing: The red blade and hand guard are one and the same allowing for a great cutting range. This blade is slightly lighter than most swords, giving it incredible attack speed which coupled with the durability of the blade it also allows for a brilliant defense when used to block. Cosmic Energy’s fantastic alchemy, imagination-based ability and emulation to create a weapon that acts as a conduit of cosmic energy and morph into 5 different forms with distinct abilities. Those who cannot channel Cosmic Energy have no way of ever using the sword’s abilities.
Velocity Sword, Silfarion: This sword allows Hiroshi to become extremely light, granting great speed. However, the Silpharion is relatively weak as a melee weapon and is no more than a normal sword for attacking. This form also allows Hiroshi to catch his opponents unaware.
Explosion Sword, Explosion: A sword with no proper cutting edge but creates a powerful explosion on contact. However, the shock of the impact is powerful to the extent that if Hiroshi uses it in succession too much, it could possibly hurt or kill him. He can also use Explosion to create a special attack called Twelve Wings of the Explosive Dragon which fires explosive blades at the enemy which are weaker then the normal explosions.
Vacuum Sword, Mel Force: When utilizing Mel Force, Hiroshi is capable of manipulate the wind around his sword; the most prominent aspect of Mel Force lies in the ability to give the wind cutting properties, manifesting it in the form of fast-moving air blades which are employed at mid-to-long range; he can also generate gusts of wind to inflict blunt damage upon enemies and send them flying away, and even form human-sized tornadoes, which, in addition to their rotational power, seem to retain his winds signature sharpness.
Double Dragon Sword, Blue Crimson: The Six Commandments splits into two blades with one having the properties of fire and the other having the properties of ice. The fire and ice can also be used as ranged attacks. To use the sword to its full potential, the user needs to be ambidextrous, making this sword hard to use for Hiroshi since he is right-handed.
Sealing Sword, Rune Save: A unique jagged sword which cannot cut anything physical but can cut things without a tangible form like lightning, fire, water or smoke. It can also be used to seal magic.
CHARACTER BALANCING – Besides being peak human in speed, agility, and stamina, Hiroshi is quite as normal as any man that trains regularly. There is a reliance on his sword to fight and when unable to grip the sword, Hiroshi is disadvantaged. He cannot change sword forms instantly, taking a few seconds and magical energy to morph the sword to its different forms.
PERSONALITY – Hiroshi is a calm, collected and thoughtful person who rarely looses his temper and is almost always smiling. He has a kind heart and is known to put his all into any enterprise that he starts. He is known to be slightly lazy at times and is slow to get interested in any activity. But when aroused he will put his entire heart and soul into the task at hand until he is convinced that he has done everything within his limits to accomplish the task. Though he is kind, he is blunt while speaking to people and will often speak out on other people's weaknesses and delusions irrespective of how much that might disturb or hurt them. He believes that by doing so he is giving them the opportunity to improve themselves and is showing greater kindness to them than by lying to them. He believes that by letting them live a lie you can only grant them temporary happiness and as soon as the bubbles of their delusions break their happiness will be gone. On the other hand telling them the truth will cause them some grief now but will grant them greater happiness and satisfaction in the long run. At the same time it will also make them stronger.
Hiroshi is a great follower of justice and honor. He is of the belief that if a person throws away their honor then he or she is living but a half and empty life. Its his belief that a person's honor will always allow them to live with their heads held high and this will provide them with a strength to overcome any kind of hardship that life throws their way. He also believes that one kind act must be repaid by another. Thus he believes that a person must always fulfill their debts to another no matter how that debt was earned in the first place. Thus even if an enemy lets you live for another day, whether this be out of kindness, pity or simply orders, one should show that enemy a similar kindness when given the chance.
It's his staunch belief that a person should treat others in the same way he expects to be treated by them. Because of this he always tries to be helpful to the people around him and provide any aid that he can. Even if the person may never repay his kindness or might not even be aware of his aid, he will always try to help them. This is due to his belief that ever kind act ever will some day come back to them.
BACKSTORY – The Noble House of Yashigami and their noble guards Clan Kazuki. Hiroshi was not fortunate enough to be born to the House of Yashigami; he was instead kin to the head of Clan Kazuki. Clan Kazuki had been known for their abilities with the sword and combat. Hiroshi was slowly tutored in the art of the blade from a very young age as noble guards were meant to be the near perfect protectors of the noble house and lords. An early start led to a more malleable learning curve for the young Kazuki and his father was proud of him.
The Yashigami were rather honorable people and treated the Clan like they were part of the family. A respect that helped Hiroshi come up with the ideals that he would on to for years to come. Such a bond between the two families that they had come up with secret plans together; plans that left Hiroshi in the dark for his own safety. These plans were the very reason that Hiroshi lost his honor when he was only a young man. His father had sent him out to run an errand that would last the whole day whilst the Yashigami and Kazuki attempted a coup de grace against the Emperor; a coup that would end in failure and slaughter.
Hiroshi returned home to find himself placed in chains and sat before the Emperor. What he thought would end in his own death instead ended with the Emperor allowing him to live in shame without honor. At only nineteen Hiroshi left Kataloni to find a place for himself where he could live out the rest of his days in peace. He traveled for two years before he arrived at Dun. His travels were not very exciting besides helping someone every now and then or fighting off bandits. Dun would be very interesting for Hiroshi as he would meet a woman by the name of Kana. She was one of the most beautiful women to ever grace his eyes and the moment they met there were sparks of love. Even her family came to cherish Hiroshi. Her father saw the inner warrior within the young man and felt that Hiroshi could learn more in order to protect himself and Kana.
Four years passed by quickly for Hiroshi. Kana had become his wife, bore his daughter and her father had entrusted Hiroshi with his sword and knowledge on Cosmic Energy. The Kata had never believed he would have a life such a this and even after so long his mind could never let go of his time in Kataloni, the honor that he needed restored. Like everything else, this peace would end when the Order began their small attacks on Dun. One such attack came to his very village. A vicious assault that took the life of Kana, their daughter, her father, and left Hiroshi with a huge scar and without his left eye.
ORIGIN – Hiroshi has lived in Dun for several years and has trained vigorously for an entire year with clear intent on bringing vengeance upon The Order for what they have done him and many others.
OTHER – N/A