Name: Joshua Tamashii
Appearance:
Bio: Joshua was born to in the world of Napoleonic Glory to a family of mercenaries living in Japan. As a result of his family's profession, Joshua received extensive training in both martial arts and gunplay from a very young age. By the time he was six years old, he could hold his own in a fight with multiple opponents, even if they were bigger and stronger then him. By the age of seven, he could use a number of pistols and small firearms with great proficiency.
Young, brash, and overconfident in his skills, Joshua was one to pick fights with other over the slightest thing. As a result, he made a lot of enemies, despite the warnings his family and associates within the mercenary band gave him. He came to regret however, when ever person he had picked and been in a fight with all ganged up on him one day. Though he was able to put up a decent fight, Joshua ultimately lost to the sheer numbers and the few who were smart enough to bring weapons of some kind. Battered and bruised, Joshua would've likely spent the rest of the day where he lay had a helping hand not come along in the forms of a girl with white hair, which was a rarity in Japan to say the least. Using some magic, something he had heard was becoming commonplace in the world recently, she managed to patch him right up before leaving without a word.
After that, Joshua began practicing restraint, trying to hold his temper and eagerness to fight in check. He had to constantly remind himself of what happened and when he did, he would wonder about the girl that had saved him. Suspecting she was just a random passerby and that he would never see her again, Joshua tried to push her out of his mind. He almost succeeded finally, until he saw her again. This time around, she was the one in trouble, as it looked like she was being taken somewhere against her will. Following her and her captors, Joshua managed to find out where they were taking her. Quickly getting home, he managed to convince his older siblings, twins Toshiro and Sakura, to help out. With their help, with them taking the lead and doing most of the work, Joshua and his sibling managed to rescue the girl.
To Joshua's surprise, the girl they rescued turned out to be Amaya Yashai, one of the countries two princesses. Apparently, she had a habit of sneaking out to walk around town to get out of her home. Escorting the princess back, the Tamashii siblings headed back home without thinking anything would come out of it. To their surprise, the royal family contacted the mercenary group the next day, requesting that one of their members become Amaya's bodyguard so that such an incident didn't occur again. Giving Amaya some say in the decision, Joshua was ultimately selected to become her bodyguard.
From that point on, his training intensified and so did his studies and education. By the time he was sixteen, he had passed high school and was almost a weapon, as skilled with his fists as he was a gun or a blade. He had also managed to protect Amaya from several kidnapping and assassination attempts. He traveled with hre outside the castle and kept an eye on her, getting to know the princess' true personality.
When Japan went to war with French controlled Indo-China, Joshua was the only one of his merc group to remain behind due to his duties to Amaya. During this time, while he was out around town with Amaya, Joshua was beset on by Heartless. No practitioner of magic at the time, Joshua found everything he used against the creature's useless, Joshua almost fell to them. However, at the sight of them attacking Amaya and hurting her, something awoke within him. What it was, he did not know but he managed to defeat the creature's with a weapon that popped into his hand and dark magical powers he used on pure instinct.
Over the next year, Joshua would train himself in the use of his weapon, though he neglected the dark powers due to something feeling off about them to him. The war continued on elsewhere and one day, Joshua received the worse news he ever could: his parents had been killed in battle by soldiers and his siblings had been taken by the same creatures that had attacked him and Amaya. Overcome by anger and grief, Joshua lost himself to his inner Darkness. During this time, he became a powerful heartless and destroyed the palace and attacked everyone insight. Had Amaya not summoned a weapon of her own and managed to hold him off until he came to his senses, chances are the damage would've been a lot worse.
As a result of this, Joshua spent a year in exile, training and focusing on controlling the Darkness inside of him. When he came back, he was calmer the he had ever been, in control of his powers, and wielding two keyblades, one of them being his brother's (more on that later).
Since then, he has loyally protected Amaya from all threats, human and Heartless.
Age: 21
Skills:
Attack: Shadow Strike, Zantetsuken, Dark Splicer
Magic: Dark Firaga, Dark Blizzara, Dark Thundara
Defense: Dark Barrier
Movement: Dark Roll, Shadow Slide
Support: Synch Blade
Summon:
Limit Break/Drive Form:
Personality: Cool, calm and collect, though still a little short tempered at times, it would be hard to mistake Joshua for the brash youth he once was. He is still eager to pick fights, but he keeps his calm and only picks those he thinks he can win while protecting Amaya. On the occasions he has no choice in the matter, he prefers to end fights quickly, using his abilities to the fullest to take out enemies quickly.
Concerning Amaya, his feelings for her go beyond those of bodyguard and protectee. He is willing to go beyond what his job requires to protect her and keep her safe. The shortest way to get Joshua's anger to flare is to harm Amaya, though doing so comes at great risk for the poor fool that did so. He is the first one to go to her and the last one to leave when she is in need of help and is very reluctant to leave her side regardless of the situation.
