Copy/paste and fill in the blanks... Add more if you want. You don't have to make a bio when you first make a charrie.. However, I'd appreciate it if you did make a bio to not halfass it... Cause that's not cool...

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Name: Amethyst
Age: 22
EC: green
HC: black and long
Height: 5'6
Occupation: keeps the teahouse open with her drinking habbits j/k fact, now OWNS the teahouse... and an over all wanted baikokudo (traitor to the country)
Clothing: 3 dark green robes, pants, sandles...
Weapon: tachinam (or tachi ) named Shin'i (DevineWill)
Momentarily half-assed past:
Ame was born far FAR to the west. Age 5 her home was raided by bandits and family killed.. During a day learned fighting to search out bandits and kill them (she was a kid, she didn't know any better) - instead becoming one with them... 17, bandits captured and she was taken into her first war.. Escaped war through deciete and was on the run as an outlaw... 18, ran right into second war in China and was branded (on left shoulder) as a Baikokudo (traitor to country)... lotta stuff happened... 19, escaped from the jaws of war and - on the run with MANY bountyhunters behind her - killed many in her way...

and now she's in Edo - still on the run - and attempting to forget all her years by a large consumption of sake...

Personality: *pets Amehandbook* She is pissed off most of the time, for even the smallest of reasons.. and will defend what she believes until obviously proven wrong... Having such a tough past, Ame is usually seen with a bottle of sake in hand and her sword in the other she takes any damage done from others trying to capture her as her own responsibility, and sometimes becomes depressed over it..

IM name = Quaidis

Name: Okesa Gingitsune

Age: 23

Gender: Male

Hight: 5ft 10

Weight: 160

Hair: Raven black and pulled into a small ponytail.

Eyes: Brown

Occupation: Wandering singer/performer/story teller

Weapons:He weilds an ornate black staff with gold tips, as well as 6 shuriken hidden on his person. A metal pendant dangles from the top of the staff. He also has a katana that he's become farely proficient with.

Characteristics: Okesa's a thief, though he'll tell you otherwise. Formerly somewhat renowned in Edo for his craftmanship and musical prowess, his name now carries a small mark of infamy, as it is often now associated with Ame's escape from justice. but he's a far cry from being dangerous. Sometimes an innocent, some times crafty, he's something of the 'charming rogue' (or a complete idiot, depending on the situation). He can sing, play just about any instument, given time, and is highly athletic. Okesa is often seen with his wooden flute.

Clothing: Okesa wears a flowing white longsleaved shirt with a black cloth sash acting as a belt. Over the shirt he wears a dark robe. A pair of charcole grey pants and a straw hat complete the costume..

Other: He always carries a carved wooden flute, about a foot long. It's usually slung over one sholder by a long thread. He carries a folding knife for carving wood, and has a pouch hanging from his side in which he keeps coins and nicnacs, as well as another, much smaller metal flute that he rarely uses. He has a panflute that he'll carry either in the pouch or strung around his neck, and a hand carved 3 string bow harp hanging from his side.

name: Umasaru Tetinashigo

age: 20

gender: male

hight: 5'9

weight: 125

hair: brown, messy (see attachment) grows out to a pony tail and held with a red piece of cloth

eyes: blue

old occupation: food shop doing various manual labor

style: Bakasu Kirijini
[bakasu] (v5s) to bewitch/to confuse/to enchant/to
delude/(P)
[kirijini] (n) fighting (with a sword) to death

weapons:

ken - Umasaru keeps his ken in a dark sheath on his sash around his waist. He keeps it back a little, almost behind him to keep it more hidden under his clothes. But it is a special double-sided sword. Uma got it from a dying man who had it for a long time. When forged, the metal was folded a few more times than usual, making it extremely durable, with such extreme craftsmanship that it is still thin and lightweight. To keep it balanced, the sword has a longer handle, also with a slightly larger hand guard, and strangely with groves through the blade in a general area which make sound when swung.

(example: spatha
http://www.medieval-weaponry.com/media/mrl1362.jpg
although has longer handle and hand guard)

hunting knife - A knife a little bigger than a regular one he uses for hunting and gathering. He keeps it attached to his waist sash about where his arm would rest at his right side, and can be detached and attached to his leg or right forearm for better access if he thinks he might need it.

new yumi - Currently Umasaru keeps his bow wrapped around his body by the bow string, which was made for him by Saizo the blacksmith. For now he keeps his arrows in his waist sash.

look:

Umasaru almost never smiles, or looks sad, it stays an indifferent sort of scowl. He wears a long black cloth vest which stops at about above his knee, but gets longer as it goes around to the back and goes a little below his knee in the back. Under that he wears a loose white cloth shirt with the sleeves tied up and loose black pants. Around his waist he wears a tight dark red sash which his knife and sword are attached to, same color as the cloth that ties his pony tail.

Under his vest and over his shirt, he wears a dark blue leather bustier that still shows some of his white shirt around the neck. Around both his forearms he also wears dark blue leather armlets. On his feet he wears lightweight black leather shoes.


history:

Umasaru had a cruel and corrupt father who gained his position doing things that wouldn't be spoken about in public. Umasaru didn't care about these things, all the time he was made to do work and errands, with little food. Just to get his work over with, Umasaru learned to do things quickly and efficiently, and became quick and strong with lots of energy and dexterity, but never grew very muscular due to lack of food.

His father never let him do anything but work, Umasaru learned to be sly and devious to his father, the only way to get away was to escape and come back later. When he came back, he always got yelled at, sometimes beat, but it just made him strive to get his work done quicker to go out quicker.

Some times he would go to town, and wander about watching people, or walk around in the forest and find his own things to do.

Finally once one of his father's deals went raw, and caused a fight between two families. Umasaru's father fell in the ordeal, but he hid and got away, traveling on his own.

He was a very quiet traveler, and never bothered anybody and got skilled at not being noticed unless he needed something. Eventually he came upon Edo and stayed there, but the only job he could get was moving boxes and equipment and other things for a food shop.

After a while, Uma got caught up in some blackmarket trading, as a transporter, but only basically fell into it. By quickly learning how to survive while being hunted, Uma learned to have a quick whit and a good ear to strategize.

In one mission, it crossed lines with another. Uma carrying one package, ran into another carrier who had something else, and was in trouble. The guy died, but Uma had never seen a finer sword, so he borrowed it and escaped to work for a client who wasn't as powerful, even though there was still danger, but luckily for him the thieves and assassins who were always after him, were always more for the package.

fighting style:

Uma was never traditionally trained, but he acts most like a ninja. He can be silent and sneaky, and can run massive distances, being strongest in the legs. Uma's believed that legs are the most important in fighting, since they are the strongest, and has the most muscle in his legs and lower body. Having lots of mid-body muscle also helps in back-and-forth punching, since basically leg movements are back-and-forth movements anywise.

Although he isn't all that much trained in sword fighting, Uma's ability to quickly dodge and bend along with very good balance and reaction time make up for it. But due to only being specialized in those muscles, Uma is best at only doing traditional sideways slashes in whatever he is up to. To keep himself strong, Uma sometimes also wears weighted clothes so he can be faster when he takes them off.

AIM - ToddEthania

Picture of Umasaru Tetinashigo

BEst Bestest pic of Uma yet, done by KK, of course. ^^

Name: Shinami (Shi) Izayoi
Sex: Male
Age: 22
Height: 5'8
Weight: 205 lbs
Eyes: Crimson
Hair: White
Occupation: Contracted Marksman
Languages: Unknown

Shi was born 8 years after the family escaped the Mt. Fuji destruction. When the oldest son, Hiko, left the mother, the twins and the new born headed more south to the other japanese islands. After nearly 5 years of happiness, it was interupted by an unknown clan. During the process of the chaos, the mother and young Shi was taken by the clan called "The Assassins Guild". The twins were taken away by a rivaling clan at the same time. Later, young Shi and his mother were adopted into the guild by a young woman who was the apprentice to the legendary assassin master, Tora No Shi. Shi was taught multiple ways of combat especially with range weapons, he mastered the art of all types of range weapons. He learned basic acadamics and jungle tracking techniques from many of the wise men of the clan. He was later put to the test and was formed into a small unit, his marksmenship, speed and tactics challenged the opponent with ease. Shi became very skilled at his markmenship that he was nicknamed "Deadeye" because everything he saw in his crosshairs was dead the second he pulled the trigger. For years after, Shi traveled some of the southern japan and made deals with local nobles of the area to "take care" of what bothered them. He was recuited with a man named Akuma, he was a calmer version of Hi Tsuki and a couple of inches shorter and his mass was abit smaller but this silent giant was very deadly earning the name "Silent Death". Shi and Akuma became a very unstoppable assassins unit and they will keep doing what they do best...Kill first, ask no question at anytime and collect the fee.

Ok im posting all 3 personalities here and cause i dont want to make multiple accounts ill revert Ein back into an NPC (oh and yes i know about the multiple charrie rule but 3 of the 4 are essentially teh same person)

Name: Hiro Toeiama
Age: 25
height: 5'10''
Gender: Male
Eye Color: Green with some hazel towards the middle
Hair color: Black
Build: He's built...
Clothing: was what the link shows but since has taken off the blue shirt and has revealed a black sleeveless shirt.
Weapons he uses:: Standard Samurai issued Katana
Weapons he carries on him: 1 standard samurai issued katana, 1 scythe

bio chapter 1: a man with multiple personality disease, a condition where two or more minds occupy 1 body. Either Hiro, Reiji, or Hyuga are in control of the body but not all at once. Hiro has an inate ability to mimic things (voices, actions). Hiro inherited the positive personality traits from the original personality when it split.

Personality: Hiro is more of a nicer person but will attack if provoked

Special techniques: None really cause hes not a trained fighter

-=More indepth info in the folowing bios=-
Occupation: Owner of the Invincible Sake Shop/Bar
Motives: Just getting through life without being mistaken as Reiji and killed. Currently trying to figure out this whole personality thing for himself.

Current status: NO LONGER IN EXISTANCE. Merged with Reiji and Hyuga to become Kokyou again.

http://www.thestreet.d2g.com/Pyro3.jpg

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Name: Reiji Toeiama
Height age and other vital stats: see above its redundant to post the stats for the same body ya kno?

Weapons he uses: Standard Samurai issued katana, Scythe, molotov cocktail
Weapons he carries: see what Hiro carries....its the same invitory...

bio Chapter 2: Reiji is the 2nd personality. When the Original personality split, Reiji was the personality created to harbor the negative feelings and personality traits. He is the personality that brought the body to Edokyo and gets violent when his past from before Edokyo is brought up cause he cant really remember much of anything. Has burned down the whole eastern district of Edokyo in the past. Recently his samurai clan was annihalated with the exception of himself, his soke, Rancor (forget the rp name cause i only heard it a couple of times), and some other samurai who were turned into science experiments: UberZombieWarriors of whom Reiji and the remaining sane remnants executed....barely...

Personality: as mentioned above Reiji is a destroyer personality. Usually isnt the nicest person and has destructive tendencies. Always plotting something. Has an unusual obsession with fire.......

Special Techniques: "super-reiji-miracle-megaton-head-butt-of-doom" (basically a headbut with a long name. Following the laws of anime, because of the long name its really ineffective :-P )
-Kamsheen sword style technique: Demi Rune: leaps across the ground covering as much distance as possible in each leap while trying to stay low to the ground and slashing the target up upon arrival (can be used with scythe also)
-Scythe pole-vault slash: same as the demi rune except instead of slashing at arrival, the scythe is used to pole vault over the opponent and parry any attacks while in air. Landing is made facing the opponent and a horizontal swipe is made (scythe only)

Occupation: Owner of the Invincible Sake Shop, Sempai ranked Snake Samurai
Motives: Death, destruction, fire, money, fire, and the like

Current status: NO LONGER IN EXISTANCE. Merged with Hiro and Hyuga to become Kokyou again.

other info: Is on the Edokyo top 10 most wanted list and is the personality who is most often in control.

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Name: Hyuga Toeiama
Height age and other vital stats: see above its redundant to post the stats for the same body ya kno?

Weapons: katana with a long handle (nearly as long as the blade and it resembles a pole arm)
Weapons he carries: all the ones the other 2 carry. Hyuga has realized that it makes him intimidating and people will steer clear of him because of it.

Bio chapter 3: Hyuga is the 3rd personality of the one man family :-P (just who is the real personality?) When the Original personality split Hyuga inhereted the raw intelligence level of the Original. So basically Hyuga gets all the smarts and is very intelligent so you would think he would be an excellent fighter right? Wrong! Hyuga will remain neutral with the exception of using any skill to demonstrate something or for self defense. Regardless Hyuga is an excellent fighter and he knows it. Why he doesn't take advantage of it is cause he knows of Reiji's criminal record and doesnt want to attract attention, and the fact that he had no motive to act on it. Hyuga seems to be a weak personality because of his overall lack of bodily manifestation....but could it be that he chose to not manifest until forced? (heh made ya think didnt i?)

Occupation: unofficial owner of the Invincible Sake Shop

Current status: NO LONGER IN EXISTANCE. Merged with Reiji and Hiro to become Kokyou again.

Motive: unknown (if you were locked up in someone's head [or locked yourself away ] would anyone really know what you were thinking?)

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Name: Mio -last name unknown-
Alias: Ein
Age: 27
Gender: Female
Eye color: Brown
Hair Color: Black
Height: 5'6''
Build: slender but you can tell she has some muscles
Clothing: standard ninja getup
Weapons: 2x knives (standard length)
Specialty: knives/close combat
Occupation: assassin/reconnisance
Personality: Usually is quiet, serious about everything, but since Kokyou was put back together she has been a more pleasant person.

Bio: Back before there was Reiji and the other stooges, back when they lived in Kyoto, there was the crime syndicates. Kokyou and Mio were both the top assassins back in the day. Mio was the first candidate to be entered in the ultimate weapon program started by a man known only as 'Scythe Master'. Given the Alias 'Ein' she soon became the top killer in the syndicate. A year after she became the top killer, Kokyou was introduced into the program after he was found to have potential. She taught him everything he needed to know, but he soon surpassed her. The 2 of them were very close. Then the 'event' occured. The 2 were separated and for a long while, Mio thought Kokyou was dead. She found out what happened to his personality and took the old chinese book to Edokyo where she found Reiji and helped Hyuga appear and from then on Hyuga put his personalities back in order. Kokyou and Mio have been inseparable since.

Current status: has bumped into Kokyou and hasn't unlatched from his arm since...

AIM S/N: Zwei the Phantom

Name: Alexander "Sasha" Corchnoi

Age: 23

Gender:Male

Eye Color:brown

Hair Color:dark brown, close cropped, with no fascial hair

Height:5'11"

Build:Muscled, but not bulky. The kind of body that is developed by living as a fisheman in your early years.

Occupation: Alchemist... but that's just what he calls it. since Alchemy isn't real, he's not going to turn lead into gold or anything even romotely magical. He can, however, make some neat chemical concoctons for smoke, itching powder, and glues, etc.. Think of him as the precursor to the modern serious chemist/biologist/inventor.

Clothing:fisherman's getup... shorts, vest, fur lined boots, cloth bandana (all some sort of biege except the bandana which is dark blue). When working in the lab, he wears a long and stained coat made of sail cloth (think heavy labcoat) and some rubberized cloth gloves. He'll tie his bandana around his left knee when he puts his lab goggles on (think Konomaharu's goggles in Naruto)

Weapons: Not being a fighter by trade, Shasha is good enough with a gaff (long pole with a hook on the end to haul large fish into boats), casting nets (again for fishing), the occasional whaleing harpoon, and whatever potion he is cornered into using. Since glass viles are expensive and hard to come by, this is a last resort. he usually has a couple of experiments in progess tucked into his pockets as well as a couple vials of homemade vodka. He is not a martial artist, but all buys in his old village grew up fighting Sambo style... because that's what boys do. He isn't a champion, but he does know the basics of boxing and more preferble, ground fighting. He never carries any of his fishing weapons with him. His fishing career also taught him how to tie some excellent knots and sewing.

Personality: Alexander is an optimist by nature and a little bit niave, He really does want to learn the ultimate secrets of alchemy (but it'll never happen) Instead of letting each failed experiment get him down, he takes a new bit of knowlege away. Sasha believes that a well spent day involves drinking some pickle juice in the morning to rid himself of a hangover, tossing some weights around to maintain his Russian phisique, a bit of research in the lab, and a noisy night of home made vodka and arm wrestling.

Other Notes: As typical of Russian born laborers and farmers of Eastern Tsarist Russia, politics interest him very little. While he was able to ignore a ruling nobility in the motherland, his current close proximity to Japanese rule makes his apoliticalness difficult to maintain.

Bio: Growing up, Sasha worked on a fishing boat with his family that was home ported just north of what is now the Korean penninsula. His early life was spent fishing, learning to be a russian man, and reading whatever he could on Alchemy. He never got more the an basic idea of what alchemy was, but he figured he could learn it on his own. When he was 19, A storm blew the boat he was crewing on far south to what is now Hokkaido. The same storm had wrecked a japanese boat to the point of sinking when Sasha and the rest of the crew saved the Japanese sailors and their cargo of gold belonging to the local boss. The boss welcomed the foreign crew and became very interested in Sasha's ideas of Alchemy, communicated usig some quick hand motions, drawings, and a chemical reaction demo. Sasha was also intrigued by this new land and bid his family farewell so that he might remain and study. He spent a year with the local boss where he learned the Japanese language. Sasha felt that he would need to travel more to discover the secret of Alchemy, so armed with a scroll signed by the local boss, Sasha wandered south. The scroll usually gains him enough trust to reseach in each town he goes to. He has promised to retun to the original boss and give him the secrets of alchemy if he ever learns them.

Name: Elsie
age: 19
Eyes: brown
Hair: long brown
Height: 5'4
Build: Slender
Occupation: freelance artist
Clothing: traditional kimono deep red with floral print.
Weapon: tanto (knife-sized short sword)
Personality: cheerful and carefree. she's learned to not let things get her down.
Bio: The daughter of a skillful ink painter. After a mysterious illness wiped out most of her villege, she is traveling, looking for new village or town to stay.

Name: Ronin (has a real name, but yopu'll have to weasle it out of him)
Age: 27
Gender: Male
Eye Color: Sky Blue
Hair Color: Platnium Blonde
Height: 6'5"
Build: Athletic, tetering on muscular
Occupation: n/a (at the moment)
Clothing: A simple black pair of pants, puffy though.
Weapons: Uses a large sword (like, Cloud Strife large) but also carries around the katana of the first Samuri he killed.
Personality: Brash, rude and self centered. Has a soft spot for kids though.
Other Notes: Has many Shintao warding spells tattoed on his arms and back. (I know they don't work, its just for the look)

Bio:
Ronin looked up from carnage around him, to see a lone child, standing there, whimpering.... perhaps his parents were in the pile of flesh, or perhaps he was simple afraid, but, it mattered not. He strode slowly down the small hill of broken bodies, and knealt before the child.

He said but one word. "Why?"

"I was born in Iotiwa, on the southern profidence of this land, to two poor farmers. I was sickly as a child, which is why I have this oddly colored hair. My parents were good to me, but they were... inept. they were content with serving their lord, not questioning his decrees. Pathetic isn't it?"

The child only staired.

"Anyway, one day, our benevolent 'lord' decided to make an example of my village. I was luckly out foraging for berries when it happened. Flames... flames licked the sky, and the screams of my friends and family flew upon the wind. And I... I alone was spaired."

"...I traveled to the nearby city from witch the lord gave out his murderous decrees, and ran into a wandering swordsman who had the same goal as me... to kill that pompus man. He trained me in the arts of fighting to his best ability, but neither of us ever got our revenge, as the man was killed in a campaign a year from the massacre... So, my teacher and I took to the road, he taught me much but.... eventually sent me away. Said there was to much rage in my heart."

Ronin looked around him, and laughed. "I don't think so, do you? As for these... people here... there crime is no more than my parents. blindly following their lord..."

Ronin, at that point, stood up, and begin walking, giving the child a pat on the head. After a few steps, he heard sobbing behind him, and looked back.

"Don't make me come back here for you."







Also, pre-requesting a sub character- who will be a Edo street urchin who Ronin picks up.

AIM SN- Johonoknat (Only SN I go by on the net)

picture- http://www.thestreet.d2g.com/AR/JohonoRonin.jpg

Name: Sha Dao Shai (Pernounced similar to Shay Dao Shae)
Age: 15
Gender: Male
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: Blonde
Height: 5'10"
Build: Normal
Occupation: Samurai
Clothing: Normal samurai GI clothing
Weapons: One huge sword slung over his back, a repeating crossbow on his right arm
Personality:Generally good natured. If required though, can get pretty hot headed. Tries to keep an optimistic view on things.
Other Notes: Its usually hard to piss him off. If you try to verbally attack him though, he'll just shoot it right back at you. I recommend not trying to piss him off.

Bio: Shai was born in America to an extremely wealthy family. He was captured as a baby and moved to Japan to be ransomed off. Unfortunately, his family was killed in the attempts to save his life. He was taken in by a humble Japanese family and trained as a samurai. A few years later, his village was destroyed, yet he somehow survived. He searched for survivors and, having found none, wandered north. He currently lives in the northern parts of Hokkaido where he continues to train as a samurai.

AIM sn: gobruins0079

Name:Akisu Yoru Toushin
Gender:Male
Age:19
Height:5'6"
Weight:135 lbs
Hair: Dark purple, midlength to his shoulders
Eyes:Green
DoB: May 21st
Weapons: many hidden throwing knives, one dagger on his belt, two smaller daggers in his boots, smoke bombs, and two swords given to him by Hiko: Kuro's daito(on his left side) and Hiko's general's sword (on his right). A black halberd with some very fancy designs on the handle and even up into the axe.
Occupation:General of the Ryukami no ten
Clothes: Dressed in a black trench coat with a dark purple lining and black shirt, pants, and boots.
attributes: extremely fast, pretty good at fighting, average strength.

Personality: Usually a jerk and untrusting of others. Hates most people for the littlest of things. Does have a nice side though, but by some people(the people he doesn't like), it's rarely seen. He can be a bit of a coward sometimes.

Current status as of 11/4/04: Drinking sake and plotting... always plotting. >.>

AIM: Darkrabe

Name : Hayate Ubushingai
Age : 21
Sex : Male
Height : 5' 5"
Eyes : Deep, dark brown
Hair : short black.
Weapon : Daito

Occupation : Previously a samurai at the hebbi-no dojo, now a ronin.

Clothes : Black tattered robes, with many rips and tears.

Personality : a anti-social man who has been alone his entire life. Doesnt care for anyone or anything, and is constantly struggling with the huge amount of hatred he has for his father. Deep down, is a nice person. But due to the amount of hatred he's been having to bear and contain, Hayate can be classified as having a mental illness. His thirst for vengeance takes priority over all. He chooses hate over love.

Bio: Hayate grew up on a farm with a mother. Only a mother at first. They lived a decent, low class life as peasents. Hayate living a generally docile life until age 6, never knew who his father was - or cared. He was happy with his mom. His entire peaceful life changed in one day. When he did find out who his father was.

Even though they lived a decent life, Hayate's mom in the past had to work as a bar maid and 'entertainer'. She was quite beautiful - most men lusted for her body. One of those men, being Moritsune Ubushingai. Moritsune was capitivated by hey looks, and like many men at that era, decided to take what he wanted. In other words, Moritsune raped the woman. Moritsune was a very powerful, very high class samurai war-lord. Said to be the best, and the most ruthless ((More info on Mori's past will come....when I decide to post his profile. So just sit and wait!))

Hayate was considered to be an accident. And the fact that a high class man like Moritsune, to have a bastard son with a lowly woman....was very embarrassing. Hayate's mother tried to keep Hayate a secrect, and succeeded for 6 years. But when the army came back to the village, and Moritsune wanted some more 'entertainment', he found out. It infuriated the warlord, greatly.

While Hayate was away gathering wood, Moritsune visited their house. After recieving harsh mental and verbal abuse, Moritsune killed Hayate's mother. Right in front of his eyes. Hayate just witnessed his father killing his mother. And was very confused. In his confusion, Moritsune spotted Hayate. It was there Moritsune decided to get rid of the evidence.

Hayate ran. Barely escaping death from Moritsune, seemingly from a stroke of luck. Hayate tried to tell the villagers what happened, but Moritsune's reputation was too high. No one believed in the boy, and the death of his mother was blamed on a group of bandits. Moritsune was good at pulling political strings. The warlord got away with the crime completely, and then set his next objective to kill Hayate.

Hayate ran. Ran from the village, ran from everything. For 8 long years the boy ran, through forests, roads, everything. Always with an army after him. Hayate lived doing temporary jobs for food at random villages. Learning how to be highly mobile and unnoticed. Ultimately, learning how to be nomadic. His body adapting to the pyhsical demands needed to survive from being killed by his father.

The events Hayate witnessed scarred Hayate greatly. He hated, feared, and cursed his father. Hayate even forsake his last name of Ubushingai, and never uses it. Rumor has it Hayate cut his wrists open and forced himself to bleed out every last drop of his father's dirty blood. Only stopping when he was on the verge of collaspe. Hayate continued to run, but when he got older his hate took over.

He decided to stop running, and start fighting. Hayate had seen what Moritsune did to other people, to other villages. Moritsune has shattered lives and destroyed towns. At age 18, Hayate attacked Moritsune. Wanting to avenge his mother, wanting to avenge the people Moritsune wronged. Wanting vengeance in general. Hayate attacked, and after a long grueling, bloody battle. Hayate was beaten badly. Moritsune stabbed the boy in the chest with a dagger, and threw his body in a river. Hayate was presumed dead.

Hayate floated down stream onto another village where a girl nursed him back to health. It took 3 years until he was able to heal fully. Hayate's hatred only grew larger, and the moment he was able to heal, he left. Despite the fact that the girl that healed him, actually ended up falling in love with him.....Hayate's hatred ultimately took over.

Now Hayate has come to Edo, and became a samurai. He trains hard to become a good warrior. He only sees one purpose in his life - to kill Moritsune. It has become the very thing Hayate exists for. He cares for nothing else, and is so obsessed with the idea he can actually be suicidal. Hayate does not value his own life, he only strives for death.

Whatever awaits him on the future horizons, is still unclear....

(( AIM name: Keronmus))

Name: Tsuihou (title; "Exile") or Keigan (nickname; "quick, discerning eye") or, on occasion, the alias Nekura; "dark-natured"
Age: 24
Gender: Male
Eye Color: Dark green, narrowed (modern equivilant is 'sniper's eye')
Hair Color: Tied back copper-red hair with loose, black bangs
Height: 5' 9"
Build: Damned healthy (slightly larger than medium)
Occupation: none for now.
Clothing: Dark red hakama with a matching obi. Black kimono shirt, slightly tattered sleeves and collar.
Weapons: A single katana with the characters for 'keisan' ("reckoning") etched in black on both sides of the blade, the guard is black, the hilt is black on dark blue.
Personality: Often nonchalant, sarcastic, or seemingly depressed/distressed
Markings: There is a brand which says Tsuihou burned onto the back of his left hand; the same brand is also burned onto his back, completely covering it.
Other Notes: He suffers from horrible nightmares... mostly of friends dying, sometimes attrocities he's commited or witnessed. He also has a tendency to lose himself in battle if things are... bad.

Bio: He was originally known by the name Kurokumo Akagane and finished the ritual to become a Samurai at the age of 16; at which point he fought with the retainers of other daimyos and forged many friendships among the ranks, over the years he killed many civilians, whether aggressive or no and the weight of their deaths began to weigh on his conscience. Eventually the deaths of every one of his friends from his first years in the service of his lord was the last straw and as the forces of his lord and another clashed, he calmly sheathed his Katana and walked away from the battle; unable to bear any more bloodshed on his behalf. After the skirmish, he was stripped of the rank of Samurai and his wakizashi was taken and broken in half in front of him (destroying his samurai soul) he was then branded an exile from the lord's lands and driven out in shame. Since he has drifted alone or in a band of yakuza until he settled in Edokyo for the last year, where he has lain low for the most part.

He has also wondered off into nothingness. Fancy that.

Name: Kiyoi Katagi Sen

Age: 19

Gender: Female

Eye Color: Green

Hair Color: Dark brown, cut to just above her shoulders and pulled back in a messy ponytail

Height: 5'4

Build: Thin

Occupation: Inventor, but nothing she's made ever works as planned (ie: Backfires, blows up... You get the picture...)

Clothing: A black Chinese-style shirt (Y'know, with the knot-button things), long ankle-length black skirt, black slip-on shoes, and a very stained white lab coat

Weapons: A long wooden staff (About 5' in length)

Personality: Known to be a bit absent-minded. (Think Mihoshi from Tenchi Muyo, except not blonde and infinitely times smarter. :P) She does hold grudges against people who have wronged her, but is always nice to everyone, making it very difficult to tell if she's mad at someone and "plotting their demise."

Other Notes: Has a strange obsession with lightning and trying to use it to power things, meaning she has about 40 inventions lined up when a thunderstorm occurs...

Bio: Once I actually figure all of this out, I'll post it. Something about having a bad time with a certain thief (-coughAkicough-) and some other stuff... :P

((Yeah this is Rancor, before people start flipping out about me having two accounts, know that KK has approved it. Yeah it may break the rules, but KK has approved it with her official God seal. You can even ask her, so nya.))

Name: Moritsune Ubushingai
Age: 47
Height : 6'
Weight: 180lbs
Hair color : greyish white.
Eye color: Dark brown.
Clothing: Grey, blue and white samurai robes.
Occupation: Head of a samurai clan "Ryukami no ten"
Weapon: Daito

Personality: Cold and indifferent to most of the world. He only does things that will get him power. He is mostly called a hero for what he does, but he only uses that good image to get what he wants. Often ruthless and cruel, Moritsune does not care about others. He will enforce and carry out the law as he sees fit, no matter what happens. He craves power more then anything else.

Bio: Raised from a extremely wealthy family of samurai, Moritsune has spent his entire life following the bushido path. However as he saw his family, he began to have different views then them. He believed a samurai is more important than any other person in Japan. All others were mere second-class peasents who were only good to serve him. Believing that the strong only survive, he trained pushing himself. Being able to easily surpass his father and mother(both were considered very skillfull samurai), Moritsune decided that he should inherit the clan they ran early. In a grab for power, he killed his mother and father taking over their dojo. From then on, Moritsune's name was feared through the town. Peasents ran from the sight of him, people cowered in his name.

Knowing that the peasents of Japan would never bow down to a ruthless, bloodthirsty warrior, he decided to do certain things. He hunted down and killed bandits mercilessly. His clan, the "Ryukami no ten" became known as a group that enforced the law and brang justice to the lands. He made it so his clan worked with the government to spread false propaganda, strengthing his image. It succeeded. He is called a hero in places, known as one of the greatest samurai in all Japan. With the people on his side, he used that power to make his life extremely good. Gaining complete power and becoming even wealthier then before.

Moritsune is known to use people. He doesnt care about the lives of lower-ranking people. He has no emotion and strives only for himself. Ultimately, Moritsune will gain complete power for himself. He and his clan are known to serve the government, helping them any way they can. Also helping to corrupt it. They have been known to dispatch "law, order and justice". At least, their version of it. Anyone who defys Moritsune is subject to a swift, and merciless death.

Known to be one of the greatest warriors, Moritsune has become a legend among samurai. They say that he is unequaled when it comes to the sword. It does make sense, Moritsune has been training since he was 7. Knowing many techniques that often have his opponents tremble in fear, makes Moritsune a very powerful fighter.

A legend of legends, a false hero. His image is one of "being a great grand, good hero". However, deep down Moritsune is one of the most vile, evil men that ever lived. Barely anyone knows the truth about Moritsune's true self. Only those that do, are either dead or as corrupt as he is. Moritsune destroys any evidence that would threaten or damage his "good" reputation

This included his son, who Moritsune presumes is dead. Now he wanders to Edo, bringing his clan with him. Hearing stories about killers, thieves, bandits, gangs running rampant, Moritsune comes from orders of the Japanese government. He has been ordered by the police branch to help clean up Edo. By doing so, he will recieve a large amount of money and a new foothold of power.

---updates on Mori's past coming from the shadows---

Moritsune of course was growing up a secluded life. Son of Goemon and Kagero Ubushingai. Moritsune at first was a quiet, quaint boy who kept to himself. It wasnt until he reached age 20, and fell deeply in love with a woman named Sakura, did his life change for the worst.

Moritsune fell deeply in love with the woman. Only to see her die weeks later. She was killed by a group of bandits. This drove Moritsune insane with hatred for vengeance. Moritsune ran forward and attacked the bandits, killing them all. From there on Moritsune vowed to enforce the law by any means possible. He saw his parents as being weak, and due to someone named Yojinto, Moritsune led a coup de tat in the clan. Siezing power for himself in the processs, and killing both his mother and father.

Little did Moritsune know, that it was Yojinto that paid the bandits to kill Sakura....but of course that will be explained later.

Moritsune became cold hearted and dominate. Killing his emotion for love, and instead simply satiating his desire for lust. He became a rapist, and even had a son. Hayate, a unwanted child. The woman Moritsune raped, however, looked similar to Sakura. When Moritsune is reminded of his love for Sakura he becomes pained. Moritsune killed Hayate's mother as a way to forget Sakura's existance, and to keep his dirty secrects silenced. Hayate however still lives and has some looks of his mother. Moritsune wants to kill Hayate even more because of this.

Moritsune now is a dictator who still works for Yojinto. Doing as the government commands, and with percision skill. Moritsune's return to Edo is very bad, indeed.

-----Bios for the generals----
Name: Mugatou
Age: 28
Height: 5'7"
Occupation: Doctor and general for the Ryukami no ten
Hair: Blue, spiked up
Weapon: A silver string concealed in his ring, which is used to lash at the enemy and cut them to pieces ((think Walter from Hellsing)). Also has a sickle, and a array of drugs and needles.
Personality: Deceptive, sly, skillfull, witty, intelligent....but mostly diabolical.

Bio: A medical genious ever since age 13, fascinated by science at a very early age. Dabbled in chemical mixes, alchemy, and other fields of science. He delved into his work for so long, and so much, he ended up doing illegal practices. Mugatou's experiments broke many many laws and he was sent to a isolation prision camp. Left in there, Mugatou's crazy doctor mind only expanded and he began to create even more theories. Moritsune stumbles upon Mugatou, and see's his usefulness immediately setting the good doctor free. Ever since then, Mugatou has been serving Moritsune loyally.

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Name: Tetsuo Ubushingai.
Age: 20
Height: 5'6"
Hair: Black, short, neatly trimmed
Occupation: Son of Moritsune, and general for the Ryukami no ten.
Weapon: A very expensive samurai katana.
Personality: Cocky, arrogant, and spoiled beyond belief.

Bio: Moritsune's unwanted child was Hayate. However Moritsune knows that he needs someone to succeed him. Moritsune purchased a noble concubine and had her give birth to the son he wants: Tetsuo. Tetsuo lived a very rich life, spoiled and taught by his dad. Tetsuo loves his father very much, and also has many of his vile traits. Tetsuo is just as rotten and evil as his dad, and does everything like him.

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Name: Zhentig aka "nightmare of the north"
Age: 28
Height: 5'5"
Hair: Very long, messy, blood red.
Occupation: general for the Ryukami no ten.
Weapon: Dual rusted scimitars.
Personality: Pyschotic, violent, pyschotic, crazy, pyschotic, irratic, unstable....and pyschotic..

Bio: Zhentig was a very strange individual. Insane since birth. Zhentig was a very skilled warrior who fought like an animal. Formally part of the army, until he ended up killing everyone. He killed his comrades, the villagers in the village he was staying at, and the enemy he was attacking. Zhentig has earned the name "Nightmare of the north" because he has single handedly slaughtered entire villages in the northern regions. Hopping around like a mad demon with his dual swords, he chops things assunder with pyschotic rage. Zhentig is a very unstable person, and is even scarier when injected with one of Mugatou's drugs....

Name: Takeno Koisha
Gender: Male
Age: 26
Height: 5'8
Build: Slim but firmly toned
Hair color and Length: Black, down past his shoulders in a pony tail, usually.
Eye color: Black/Dark brown.
Weapons: Whatever he can get his hands on.
Occupation: Doctor
Clothing: Eh, white robes! You know, that crazy doctor thing.
Personality: n.n We'll figure that out.
Bio: See above.

Name: Mikaru Latsaru(no clue what that means but, it sounds japanese :-P )

Age: 23

Gender :Male

Eye Color: Blue

Hair Color: Red

Height: 5'8''

Build: Like RK

Occupation: Drifter

Clothing: A ninja outfit, but with no hood. it is black ((of coarse))

Weapons:A Shikomizue http://www.jaxion.com/samurais.net/katana/t1.htm and a Kusarigama http://www.seikeido.com/seikeido/katana/ku...kusarigama0.jpg

Personality:GOOF BALL. he will be serious if he has to but he will joke constantly. when it comes to fighting he is relentless

Other Notes: A kusarigama is what kohaku uses in Inu Yasha. its a kama attached to a chain, on the oposite end it has a little weight. A shikomizue looks like a walking stick but when he unshealths it, it look like a katana.

Bio: ... -_- i will a lil' later. and some stuf will reaveal its self in the RP ^_^

Name: Mika Sakimura
Age: 21
Gender: Female
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Color: Black
Height: 5' 5"
Build: Slim
Occupation: Wanderer, Pocket Thief
Clothing: Differs
Weapons: Knife
Personality: Manipulative, sultry, and occationally hyper. She usually has a smile on her face.
Other Notes: Mika has a twin sister, Ririko.

Bio: Mika ran away from home when she was 13. She took a boat to America, and started to make a new life for herself on the road. To get money, she usually seduces rich men, takes their money, and leave. She has many different names. Some of them are:

-Natsumi
-Aya
-Shiori

When Mika was 15, a gang leader kidnapped her and made her his own. This made Mika a strong knife fighter, though she also learned never to show her real emotions. She has one child, Ryou, but he lives somewhere in China (along with her ex-master, the gangster).

Mika usually kills only when she is cornered.

Graywolf's Daughter
More or less should be considered a NPC
Name: Fujiwara, Tsubame
Other Names: Magena the 3rd
Gender: Female
Occupation: Child
Age: 7
Eyes: Dark Gold
Hair: Dark Gray
Height: 101cm(3'3")
Weight: 30.91kg(68lbs)
BWH: Children's
Date of Birth: 9/7
Horoscope: Otome-za (Virgo)
Languages Known: Japanese
Oddity: Heighten Sense of Smell, Wolf like Fangs

Bio/New News:
9/7/2003: The newest sibling in the Fujiwara house hold! Named after the young woman who claimed to be Magena the first, Tsubame has a sweet ring to it dosen't it? Her father, Master Fujiwara, Kiyoshi (Graywolf), wants to go ahead and teach her his art of fighting, but Azalyn says. "No, she is far to young..." So nautraly he teaches her in serect. She cannot even be called a novice yet, so she can not relay on that at all! She is always with the Young Wolf Magena and the Young Hawk Gavin, they protect her until the day she can protect herself.

9/18/2003: Tsubame's mother, Azalyn finaly broke down and agreed to let Graywolf Teach Tsubame the Haiiro Ryu. PLUS! Azayln is finaly going to teach her daughter the Style of her that has been handed down to the woman of there house holds for many generations, Seijaku Yuuga Ryu! (Also changed the name of the Hawk. Her new name is Gavin (Battle Hawk)

9/28/2003: Today was kinda fun! I got to meet one of Papa's old students, but she seemed sad. Me and Rat-Monkey are having fun everyday, and I enjoy his fried rice style. LOL Mama tought me how to make some traps useing the string, but still not much. ^_^

Styles:
Learning from Umasaru (Bakasu Kirijini), Graywolf (Haiiro Ryu), and Azalyn (Seijaku Yuuga Ryu)

Bad Guys
Missing
Name: Onwa (Gentle)
Other Names: Wielder of Death, Black-Heart
Gender: Male
Occupation: New Yakuza Leader
Age: 26
Eyes: Brown
Hair: Red
Height: 180cm(5'9")
Weight: 68kg (150lbs)
Date of Birth: 11/1
Horoscope: Sasori-za (Scorpio)
Languages Known: Japanese
Code of Conduct: You kill me, and I'll kill you faster!

Weapon: Shi (Death): The Katana and the Saya both are black with red flames etched into it as a design. 'Was, in myth, forged by a Demon Lord.'

History: Once upon a time there was a young man who somehow joined the Yakuza in hopes of helping his dear sick mother; And one day that man was told to kill a certain person, but instead he killed the two people that he was with! Once upon another time that man didn't die you bastard! And if it wasn’t clear, that man was me! You were so close to my heart, your dagger was I mean! I have taken what’s mine and I lead your destruction faster! DEATH!

going back to my home and vowed to kill you! I was shunned to the point of tears of blood! Until I killed many people, and gained respect enough to be come the right hand man. That’s when I poisoned his drink... HE wouldn’t drink it! Kept going on and on about an Amethyst! So I stabbed him infront of everyone! "JUST DIE!"

I have killed and taken the throne of the head of the Yakuza! That man... That CHILD was too weak to control that mass power that is truly that Yakuza! By my hand I will seize and control, and kill that bastard betrayer!

Bio: I was born to a no good father who abused me and my mother, but that’s ok... I killed them.

Personality: My poison well seep and destroy you! That is if my claws don't kill you first! He has the Kill everything and ask questions, if any, later kind of mind.

Physical Description:
Clothes: Half-assed samurai 'grub' White shirt, red pants, and black socks.
Hair Style: Crazy natural spiky red hair.
Stance: Kinda wild and hunched over, almost like a mad man.
Distinguished Markings: Yakuza Tattoo all over his body centering around Scorpions.

Onwa's NPC Lover
Missing
Name: Fujiwara, Aikyou (Lovely)
Other Names: Aikyou of the Strings
Gender: Female
Occupation: Mistress/Assassin
Age: 32
Eyes: Brown with a hint of green.
Hair: Black
Height: 174cm(5'7")
Weight: 55kg(120lbs)
BWH: 86-61-91(34-24-36)
Date of Birth: 9/7
Horoscope: Otome-za (Virgo)
Languages Known: Japanese

Bio: Is a daughter of the Fujiwara Family from Kyushu, and is a master of the Seijaku Yuuga Ryu, an assassin string style Her Older Brother Ryushi and Kiyoshi have no knowledge of her existing.

Seijaku Yuuga Ryu
A style that uses speicaly made strings for fighting. The style originated from setting hosehold traps, and the name Seijaku Yuuga (Silent Grace) comes from the Silent and graceful movements of the stings. The style grew taking on many aspects od Ninjitsu and morphed into one that is mainly use for stealth attacking. It is a style passed down by only one family and it is only carried by the females of the house.

Skills of the Seijaku Yuuga Ryu
Seijaku Yuuga Wana: A general skill of setting deadly traps with the use of only the Seijaku Yuuga string.
Seijaku Shinsa: A Silent String that warps around a persons neck like a nuse and used to Hang and slit that persons neck.
Seijaku Oujo: The Seijaku Oujo is a string stealth attack technique that kills by bleeding them cutting arteries around the.
Gurenda Oujo: Uses the strings to attack vital organs with two powerful and fast attacks with sting that cuts.
Seijaku Jouou: Master Version of the Seijaku Oujo. Faster, and Also Destroys Vital Organs.
Gurenda Jouou: Master Version of the Gurenda Oujo More Speed and Power. Uses Four Attacks.



AIM: Graywolf of Mibu

Name: Saizo Toshimoto

Gender: Male

Age: 24

Height: 5'11"

Weight: 178 lbs.

Eyes: Dark brown

Hair: Has grown over the years, still the same brown color though, they now reach his shoulder and he somehow thought of cutting only the back of his hair.

Clothing: Usually has a dark blue shirt and dark blue pants.

Weapons: Kyutama (A Ken sword from his brother). He had lost Kuriyama (A To sword), the sowrd from his father in a battle while he was away; detailed information on its disappearance is unknown.

Body Description: He has a scar on his shoulder that is close to his neck, apparently someone attempted to slit his throat. His body figure is muscular; he is a blacksmith after all ;). He also has a huge scar on his arm, only half of it can be seen with his clothing on. Kyutama is safely sheathed to his left for easy access to his right hand.

Physical Description: He is very skilled with his Ken. He's also very quick on his feet and can easily run away from an unnecessary battle. He is skilled with making and fixing all sorts of weapons.

Mental Description: He's highly intelligent thanks to his father's useless lectures.

Fighting Style : He's skilled with many types of swords and sword techniques. He knows a variety of Martial Arts, but he's not very good with using them against others.

Social Skills: He used to befriend only a select few, but now he's a lot more..."accepting" of people. He appreciates getting help, but if you disagree with him, he'll start a simple debate that may turn out to be on his favor. He'll always be there for his friends you when they need him. He's very nosy when it comes to people being injusticely treated; if it weren't for his past, I'd say he enjoyed getting into other people's business. He also hates sake because it made him feel sick even when he was little; he tried it once with his brother, and got sick for several days after that one sip.

Occupation: Owner of the worn down blacksmith, Kobushi no Tessei (Fist Made of Iron).


Bio/History: He was from a very wealthy family in a far away village. His village suffered with famine and warefare. A mercenary known as Kashiro was the culprit responsible for Saizo's village's destruction. The evil mercenary's main goal was to take Saizo's family's yen because Saizo's family was actually a very rich merchant family. His family was brutally murdered by this Kashiro, but was unlucky with the yen; they gave all their fortune to Saizo as they forced him to leave his hometown.

Due to the lack of food in his hometown, he was (and still is) suffering from a serious and unknown sickness that has caused him to have random and severe headaches from time to time. The only two times this misfortune occured was when he was a little boy, and...during the arguement with Ame.

Because of the mercenary's evil plot to take all their yen, Saizo's family sent him away with all their yen to Edo. They wanted him to live there and escape from the horrible fate of his hometown.

Saizo refused to do so, but agreed to go to Edo. He secretly promised to go back one day and save them. Until then, he has to find a great source of food and get more skillful and stronger. He plans on returning after two years; it has been five months since he left. Now he arrives at Edo in search for a powerful master and a huge source of food. During the 5 months he was heading for Edo, he had met many people; due to the fact that most of these people needed his help, he lost 1/4 of his yen. He hopes to master the swords Kuriyama and Kyutama, from his father and brother. His mother has given him a Kogai which he only holds for good luck.

He arrived in Edo and set up a blacksmith shop. He resided in Edo for awhile until he met with Kashiro. He was suddenly worried about his hometown and decided to secretly leave Edo and head for his hometown. Kashiro, with all his connection and stuff, found out about this and soon followed him.

Upon arrival, he finds out that everything is destroyed, including his house. He frantically searches for his parents, but was eventually stopped by the ruthless Kashiro. They had some dialogue, you know, dramatic stuff. When Kashiro gets to explaining how he had brutally murdered Saizo's family, Saizo just broke.

Seeing Saizo's vulnerability, Kashiro attacked, but he was mistaken, Saizo wasn't vulnerable, he was pissed off as hell! Saizo, drew his Kuriyama and Kyutama and started to directly attack Kashiro with no hesitation. He was definitely determined to kill Kashiro, the one who brought terror to his hometown; the one who killed his family.

Saizo lies on the ground as rain starts to trickle down from the sky. He closes his eyes shut at the pain he receives from the rain's force on his wounds. As for Kashiro, he lies on his stomach, motionless and cut up so bad, I'd rather not go into full detail.

Kuriyama's blades were beyond repair due to Kashiro's frantic butcher of it.

After seven months of making graves for the victims of Kashiro in his hometown and residing in his hometown, he decides to head into Edo.

He was determined to get to Edo, in hopes of meeting Uma, and maybe even that crazy Ame lady. His attitude towards others seems to have changed for the weight of the mercenary known as Kashiro is no longer upon him.

Five months have passed and he has finally arrived...Edo seems like new to him.

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AIM: SageJM13

Name: Kokyou Toeiama
Age: 25
height: 5'10''
Gender: Male
Eye Color: Green with some hazel towards the middle
Hair color: Black
Build: He's built...
Clothing: was what the link shows but since has taken off the blue shirt and has revealed a black sleeveless shirt.
Weapons he uses:: Standard Samurai issued Katana, but can use a scythe pretty well should he need to.
Weapons he carries on him: 1 standard samurai issued katana, 1 scythe, lotsa hidden kunai/shurikens

bio: The original personality that Hiro, Reiji, and Hyuga came from. Was involved with the underground movement in Kyoto 10 years ago until something happened and his personality split into the 3 that made themselves infamous in Edokyo. At a very young age he showed potential to be a great warrior and by age 14 he was showing rapid growth. At age 15 though is when it all went downhill....that is when his personality split. How it happened is unknown but chinese books sometimes tell more than what they say...

Personality: Kokyou is a little bit of what made up the 3 former personalities. When in battle he is a lot like Reiji, but when out of battle he is like Hiro but not naive and intelligent like Hyuga.

Special Techniques: Knows all the techniques Hiro, Reiji, and Hyuga knew.
- "super-reiji-miracle-megaton-head-butt-of-doom" (basically a headbut with a long name. Following the laws of anime, because of the long name its really ineffective :-P )
-Kamsheen sword style technique: Demi Rune: Very similar to the Gatosu in which the attacker makes a mad dash towards the opponent. The difference is that instead of a piercing attack its a slashing attack. (can be used with scythe also)
-Scythe pole-vault slash: same as the demi rune except instead of slashing at arrival, the scythe is used to pole vault over the opponent and parry any attacks while in air. Landing is made facing the opponent and a horizontal swipe is made (scythe only)
-Bakusai Tensetsu: using the finger or pointed object the attacker can find and press a pressure point of which causes the target to crumble. Known as the breaking point. The technique doesn't work on living organisms but the true danger of this skill is not in the skill itself but the tempering the training does to the body. The training to learn the technique involves an object being hurled at the trainee and it is up to the trainee to use the technique to destroy the object or be clobbered. The technique tempers the body to be highly resiliant to pain (which is one reason Reiji could take a huge beatdown).
-Kachu Tenshin Amaguriken- The user punches with such speed that he could pull hot objects from a fire without being burned. Very deadly when used with knives or in combination with the Bakusai Tensetsu (at least if the user thinks that it works on living organisms that is). In other words the user punches really really f-in fast!

Occupation: Owner of the Invincible Sake Shop/Bar, Samurai, Fugitive

Motives: Protect his Edokyo and power.

Current status: On the edge as far as his nerves go. He is losing his cool composure.

XD fixing a bug, ignore this post. Instead, eat some popcorn and read the profiles in this thread.

Name: Fumetsu (Immortal)
Former Alias: Hiko (Fire Child) Izayoi
Sex: Male
Age: 40
Height: 5'11
Weight: 237 lbs
Eyes: Crimson
Hair: Black Spikey Hair and White Beard
Occupation: 2nd Commander of the Black Sun Empire
Languages: Mandarin, Cantanese, Japanese, Korean, Tagalog
Distinguishing marks: Eyepatch covering an injury on his right eye
Appearance:
- Black Trenchcoat
- Armored Leather Boots
- Right Gaunlet w/ claws
- Full sleeveless Hard Leather Bodysuit w/ Shoulder Knife holsters and Pouched Belt
- Light Steel Body Armor
- Burned demon mask ( Think of a full bandaged face with a Ninja mouth cover )

Bio:
The story of Hiko Izayoi is legendary, but the fate of one of the most skilled swordsmen in japan was almost a tragic end. After an epic and intense battle with Kuro (The blood father of Akisu), he successfully defeated and killed Kuro but not without Kuro taking a piece of Hiko's life with him. Hiko was very badly wounded after the duel but he tended to the wounds as much as he could. Hiko thought about Aki and Ame last words to him, sadly, they weren't pretty and Hiko began to think that he should once again leave another life behind and start fresh again. At first, Hiko felt it wasn't the right thing to do but he then realized that to let Aki and Ame's life go further without a man like him around would be better. Also, he felt gulity about changing Aki's life drasticly and he felt like he actually was abandoning Ame when she possibly needed him the most, so he left Japan never to return to the life he had as Hiko. When he left Japan, he encountered a women named Zhang Cheng, a princess of a royal family in Shanghai. Hiko and Zhang began having a very close bond with each other but it was secret. The princess was arranged to be married already but Zhang went to see Hiko anyway. About 3 months after he left Japan, he told Zhang that he was going to visit an old friend of the North Province Council of the old army he once faught for, but she wanted to go with him. He forbid it but she got him to change his mind, so a royal family with a missing princess isn't pretty and of course a search is sent out for her. A month after that event Hiko and Zhang reach the north of Japan, they are both greeted by Zenshin, The Council Member of the North Province and Master Stratigist for the northern army. Zenshin was surprised but happy to see Hiko...but little did Hiko know that Zenshin had something in store for him. As weeks past, Zhang was pregant with Hiko's baby but neither of them know of this yet. So, later that night Zenshin made an offer to Hiko to join his alliance against the armies of the east. At first Hiko thought it was the armies that once challanged the army he was apart of years ago, but Zenshin made it clear that all armies of the east and any people who fight against them would be destoryed and a stronger and much more fearsome communist empire shall rise. Hiko refused because it was against everything he stood for, but Zenshin had ways to make him change his mind.

Zenshin order his two apprentices out to fight Hiko, at first Hiko thought it would be some very skillful yet weak enemies but when they were revealed Hiko was shocked. The two warriors are the Twin Izayoi' Brothers, Jouka and Hidama, they are the 2 of 4 Izayoi brothers. Hiko realized exactly who they were but he couldn't understand why they'd attack him until Zenshin mentioned a technique he learn that used hypnotism. So Hiko was forced to battle his two brothers, and it became a battle that Hiko wasn't winning very well and at the end of the battle where the beaten and battered Hiko was trying to use the wall to bring himself back up Zenshin shot a jade arrow coated with an hallucination drug, made by none other then Enma Akusai himself, and it was shot through Hiko's left lung making him pass out and begin to have nightmares of his past...All his mistakes, misfortunes and failures, nightmares of Aki and Ame hating him severly for what he did to them it took hours for Hiko to finally stop fighting the drug and let it take over his mind and body. Meanwhile, Zhang came out of her quarters and went to see what was taken Hiko so long and she saw a massive army being assembled in the courtyard of Zenshin's Base. She was spotted and she ran until she ran into a warrior priest named Rousou, he saved her from the attack but the army was gaining toward them. Suddenly, the Imperial army of Shanghai broke through the gates and attacked Zenshin's army it was a massive and horrific battle as Rousou tired to save Zhang, but she didn't want to leave til she found Hiko then the doors of Zenshin's main quarters brust open and out came a darker, vicious and sinister Hiko now given the name Fumetsu. Fumetsu slaughtered some of the imperial warriors and Zhang couldn't believe that her beloved had gone down the dark path and vanished everything he was. So Rousou and Zhang ran away from the first strike of the new world order of the east. As months past and Zenshin's empire rises, so does Fumetsu's darkness. Now, 2 years after Hiko left Edo he returns as the head general of Zenshin's now massive army, the Black Sun Empire. No one is safe...now that the one of the most legendary swordmen in all of japan has turn to the dark path of evil.
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Black Sun Empire Generals

Name: Jouka (Scared Fire) Izayoi
Sex: Male
Age: 32
Height: 6'1
Weight: 246 lbs
Eyes: Crimson
Hair: White w/ Black streaks
Occupation: General of the Black Sun Empire
Languages: Unknown
Distinguishing marks: White Yin Dragon Tattoo covering his left arm
Attire:
- Long Dark Brown Cloak
- Dark Crimson and Silver Light Steel Body Armor
- Dark Crimson Ninja Pants
- Silver Gauntlets
- Ninja Boots
- Black Blind demon mask ( Think of the Daredevil mask mixed with a Ninja mouth cover )

Name: Hidama (Falling Star) Izayoi
Sex: Male
Age: 32
Height: 6'1
Weight: 246 lbs
Eyes: Crimson
Hair: Black w/ White streaks
Occupation: General of the Black Sun Empire
Languages: Unknown
Distinguishing marks: Black Yang Dragon Tattoo covering his right arm
Attire:
- Long Dark Brown Cloak
- Marron and Gold Light Steel Body Armor
- Marron Ninja Pants
- Golden Gauntlets
- Black Gloves
- Ninja Boots
- Black Blind demon mask ( Think of the Daredevil mask mixed with a Ninja mouth cover )

Name:Jorick Soriano

Age: 25

Gender: Male

Eye Color: Brown

Hair Color: Black

Height: 5' 10"

Build: Pudgy

Occupation: Chef/Martial Artist/Minor herbalist

Clothing: Generally wears a white bandanna, a pair of glasses, black silk shirt and kung fu slacks with and slippers, and a white apron over it all with a big pocket in the front for money. When not wearing the apron, he wears a belt around his waist with a pair of rattan sticks, both about 28 inches long, and a 12 foot long, thick, wrapped package with a few thick ropes tied to it to make a strap to place it across his chest and hang comfortably across his back without forcing him to adjust it every few moments. This package and the sticks are generally kept in his Yatai when he needs them to be.

Weapons: Far from a walking armory, Jorick is trained in all the major weapon forms of his martial art. Foregoing blades, he keeps a multitude of staves of various sizes in his pack. The bundle holds a second pair of 28 inch rattan sticks, an 36 inch long rattan stick, a 20 inch rattan stick, an 8 foot rattan staff, a 10 inch long blowgun made of dried bamboo, and a wrapped case of ten wooden darts along with a vial of a mild sedative.

Personality: The Philippino Martial Art, Arnis Balite, is quite strict in its teachings, as should all martial arts be. But training in this since childhood, he has adopted the tenants of the school as his own and allowed them to shape his outlook on life. As such, he is quite determined.. yet at the same time, easy to get along with, showing respect and kindness to many he meets, with a ready smile and a free meal to those who need it, or a ready staff against those who would harm others. Though Japan is generally xenophobic in its ways, he does not let that get him down or discourage him.

Other Notes: He travels the country on foot, dragging with him only his pack and his yatai, his only material possessions in the world. Since he is purly filipino, and japanese people do not get the shade of dark tan that he has for skin, people tend to treat him badly.. save for the truly open hearted and easy going... that, or those who don't care really. This should be considered in all RP.

Bio: Ever since he was young, he always had a yearning for adventure. Born and raised in the Philippine Islands, he was trained in the art of Arnis Balite by his father, who also instilled in him a set of values that he holds dear to him today. His mother taught him how to cook and how to survive on his own, preparing him for the day that he would leave. Since he was young, his father always told him that, upon becoming a man, he must set out on his own to learn the ways of the world. Then, on his 18th birthday, armed with only a satchel full of necessities and his weapons of the Art, he sailed off on a small boat towards Japan. From there, he experienced his first taste of racism and glares... Determined to try and make himself worthy of respect among these foreign people, he used the boat he came in, took it apart... then, with some bamboo and a few trees worth of wood, constructed a Yatai with the help of a few of the non-xenophobic citizens. And thus, since that day, he travels the land. A hopeful spirit refusing to be crushed by adversity. (crappy, I know, but I'll fix it later.)

Arnis Balite Click this for a good idea of the tennants and values he follows.

Name: Kakite Zatsu Fukachi (Zatsu for short)

Age: 33

Gender: Male

Eye Color: Brown - but more Mahogony

Hair Color: Black highlighted yellow with signs of grey under the beigns and along the sides of his head.

Height: 5'9 (a bit taller, but to a negotiable sort... he isn't tree-sized.)

Build: On the border of the phraze 'putting on the pounds'. But not chubby nor fat. Is moderate when it comes to muscletone. And is not thin. Would be considered a 'healthy weight' for those who live in japan where a large sum of people are thin. Is not 'overwieght' for someone his height. Hope that about explains it.

Occupation: Novelist, Calligrapher

Clothing:Simple tan, and black gi with silver lining. Over his shoulders is fastened a particularly heavy cloak which is black with tan kanji written down the lip of it *the sides of the cloak and the part around the neck* and also with silver lining. He wears dark brown sandles, and the sash around his waste is heavy, dark brown, and tied to it are two pouches - one to hold his book that he writes in, the other to hold the quill pen and capped inkbottle. The pouches, as well, are made of brown cowhide.

Weapons: None yet.

Personality: While he lives a secretive 'double life', the man is outwardly curious and is moderately inviting to those around him. He wants to get to know what others are thinking and their lives, but strictly for his writing purposes (though doesn't tell the people that). His other personality is as of yet unsaid.

Other Notes: To be written soon

Bio: Also to be written soon.

Ok Here is my Charecter


Name : Ryu Kamisori
Weapon : Katana
Secondary Weapon : Yumi
Hair : Long Whitish Blond
Skin : White
Height : 5'5"
Weight: 190 pounds
Cloths: Grey jeans, dark blue shirt
Personality: Always wants to try to do right but ends up failing in the end... he means well, but get him angry and there will be no end to his chase after you.


Ryu Kamisori grew up in southern Japan where there he lived in a small village. Even in that small village evil came and the village was burnt and destroyed. Ryu's Mother and father were killed and all he has left is his fathers Katana, but that was soon settled in Edo. After this Ryu left Edo and fell in love with a woman known as Obsidian. Chasing after Obsidian was his lifes goal until he came across another woman known as Amethyst.. This woman hated me so much she was bent on keeping them apart. After a near fatal wound he fled Edo and now after his recovery he has decided to return once again to either find Obsidian ... or kill Amethyst.

Real Name: Karasu (Raven)
Prison Name: Zainin Ranshi (Criminal Burning to Death)
Gender: Male
Age: 27
Height: 5'11
Build: 207 lbs muscular
Hair color: Black w/ Red streaks
Eye color: Ice blue

Weapons:
- Bronze Armor Plated Arm w/ 5 6in claws on the fingers
- 3 Piece Retractable Custom Mongolian Broadsword

Occupation: War Criminal

Clothing:
- Partial Bronze Chest Plate [Right Side]
- Bronze Boots
- Brown Ninja Pants
- Black Tight Sleeveless Shirt
- Left Fingerless Glove
- Cape [covering the right side of his body only]

Martial Arts Learned:
- Shotokan Karate (Okinawa) - Mastered
- Gensei-Ryu (Okinawa) - Mastered
- Escrima (Philippines) - Still Learning
- Pi Gua (Japan) - Still Learning
- San Shou (Mongolia) - Mastered

Other Notes:
- Several slashes and stab wounds in these places: neck, chest, back, arms, and legs
- Horrible burning marks on his right side
- Sometimes but rarely suffers from his split personility
- Has a tattoo of flames across his right eye
- Necklace with an Onyx craved Raven
- He has a Black Raven as a pet

Personality: Much like Ame but much much more ill tempered. Has a Freddy Kruger sense of humor and killing style.

Biography:

Chapter 1 - The Prodical Son
Not much is known of his birth right, but Karasu ended up getting his identity he has now from a farmer in Yokohama at the age of 3. Karasu knew nothing of what happened to him his first 3 years of living, he grew to the couple that found him and claimed them as his parents. The family he grew up in was full of horrifying secrets that the farmer only knew. The farmer was a child malaster in the area they lived, he use to cut out the childrens eyes so they would know what the farmer was doing. The farmer was doing this for nearly a year, Karasu was very observing about all of his surrounding and always for his father missing for many hours at a time. Karasu's mother didn't noticed the father's horrifying secret life, she hobbied in knitting and she was very good at it. She made clothes for the farmer and Karasu, Karasu grew closer to his mother when the time passed by. At the age of 8, Karasu grew seriously ill suffering a major brain damage that effected his pyschological pattern making him burst into another identity that clue to his first 3 years of life. Later that year, the mother accidently found his hidden storage room full of different claws, chains, hooks and etc. Around this time the father and Karasu was playing in the back and they both heard a scream. Then the mother came out crying in fear staring at the father and says "i'll never tell". Karasu didn't know what was going on, the father told him to go inside and wait for him and Karasu did just that. But, as once Karasu went in the father beat the mother very brutally, meanwhile Karasu when to see what his mother found and he was shocked in fear to see the eyes of little kids in jars. By the time Karasu ran back outside, the father was viciously bashing the mother's head with a steel rod. Karasu froze in fear of seeing his father kill his mother so horribly but after that Karasu's mind blanked out and he woke up days later in an Okinawa village full of bandits.

Chapter 2 - Scent of a Warrior
Karasu woke up with the scent of blood on him, he was very much afraid of his surroundings but it wouldn't forget the last things he saw before he blanked out. He had sudden slip personility switches every so often, he was locked away in a cell for his weird behavior til one day a tall man opened the cell and asked him of his condition. Karasu knew nothing of his condition except one thing, it is triggered by horrifying past events. The man offered Karasu to join the band of bandits so the man may try to help Karasu tame his condition. Karasu accepted the offer and he was trained Shotokan Karate and Gensei-Ryu at the age of 9 he mastered them at the age of 13. Later that year they traveled to the Philippines to settle an agreement for the people that hired them for the job, who are from a Japanese army. While down there the tribal chief was assassinated by an unknown and the Philippino Tribe accured the Japanese bandits of the act so for 2 1/2 years in the Philippines a small war was wage. This war marked Karasu's 1st war, he was very agreessive on the battle field but he still need more work Karasu suffered large amounts of scars from the war. Before leaving the Philippines, and old man asked to acompany them be to Japan and he was able to go back with them and while headed back Karasu was being taught Escrima by the old man. Back in Japan, The band of hired bandits came to Kyoto to report they're progress to they're superior, who is the commanding general of the Japanese army there. Even though the deal didn't go down as planned the bandits were rewarded for how they took the situation and was offered to be apart of the army, they accepted and were the elite of the army. For 4 years, Karasu became highly appreciated warrior in the army elites of the Japanese army, he suffered more scars in each battle he was in.

Chapter 3 - The Betrayal of a General
One battle in the 2nd war he was in he was battling very vicious savage like warriors with his own group of elites, he fell 20-30 ft down from a cliff and slammed through the roof of an abandon house and the savages lite the place on fire. During this time Karasu was knockout majorly from the fall and he would have died if it was for his elite team for helping him out. Unfortunately, he suffered major 3rd degree burns on his whole right side upper body and partial areas of his lower body. He was treated after the war was over and won by them, he healed one week later. At 18, his past began to catch up with him and he began having even more and more nightmares of what his foster father did to his foster mother and what he saw in the hidden room under the house. Karasu became very psychopathic to a point where he'd be majorly depressed once than next ya know he's wanting to kill himself or someone else. Later that year Karasu stumbled on something that made him question the people he worked for, but meanwhile someone was spying on Karasu at this time. Karasu realized that the wars that were waged were for control fro the new government that would later overcontrol Japan completely.The Emperor has been planning this whole thing for years, the plans to destory the old ways of Japan and modernize it and by that they destory anyone in there path. When Karasu confronted the General, Karasu was betrayed by most of his elite team and the rest of the army. The General offered Karasu and the rest of his elites to join the revolution of Japan but Karasu refused and him and his elites faught off as many men as they could before burning down 1/3 of the base and escaping. Karasu felt disgusted and a shamed that he let them get the best of him, Karasu grew very anger and his anger caused him has flashbacks to the death of his foster mother.

Chapter 4 - The Demon Within Awakens
But then his flashback continued on after he saw his father drop the steel rod. When he was 8 yrs old then, he un-naturally and brutally murdered his foster father then impaled his foster mother and father's bodies on large spikes then lite them on fire. At that moment Karasu knew what happened and why he carried the scent of blood on him that day. Suddenly, Karasu goes through a horrifying pain that switch him to his other side, which is a much more evilier side of him. For then next 3 years, Karasu [still in has evil personality] has been slaughting village by village of people even some army men. At 21, Karasu planned a great plan that would crush the Japanese government, when attemping it the army suspected that Karasu would make a move. So they set up a big trap for him and Karasu's plan failed very badly, and while Karasu was trapped, his elites were horrificly murdered. Karasu on the other hand was trapped in a den about 10 ft deep with 2 massive tiger lurking in it. He fought off the tigers as much as he could but in the process one of the tigers had a good hold of his right arm. Karasu raged in pain as the other tiger was clawing at him while the other was gripping him by the right arm tossing him around. He became so much fill with pain it trigger his alternate identity, and with what strength he had he screamed out in a rage having everyone within 2-3 miles hear him. Suddenly he began getting the upper hand, by first nearly tearing his arm out of the tiger's mouth then he mutilated the two tigers in a way that not even your most horrific nightmares could imagine. After he had slain the tiger Karasu, in his alternate identity, jump out of the den killed near 15 men before getting shot 3 times (1 shot in the back near the right shoulder blade, 1 shot near the right collar bone and 1 shot in the upper right lung). When Karasu fell to the ground and the men walked up to him he was still breathing and it didn't look like he was gonna die anytime soon. So they dragged the knockout Karasu to be fixed up and get thrown in prison for his war crimes.

Chapter 5 - The Weakness & Strength of Life
Karasu had a tattoo done over his right eye, it was a tattoo of a flame, the symbolism of the flame over the eye represented that the humanity of his soul was cusred and burned to ashes by the demon within, therefore renaming him Zainin Ranshi (Criminal Burning to Death). Zainin woke up in a dark cell, still alittle light headed from what happened to him a few days ago. Then from the shadows of the cell room a young girl's voice emerges, from what he could hear the girl was very young to be in prison about 15 or 16 yrs old and she'd very scared yet very much full of stubbornness. The girl was revealed to be Ame, she was a very young girl that looked like she was on the battlefield a couple of time but she still had the innocent girl look. Ame and Zainin were very stubborn towards one another and sometime Ame would hit Zainin every now and then. Zainin had mapped out the idea to escape, so when the time came they escaped the prison but one of the guards fired an arrow at Ame. Zainin saw the arrow and moved Ame out the way and caught the arrow through his right hand but in rage of pain he ripped the arrow out and throw it at the man just as fast as he fired it and it shot right into his eye. When they were in the clear they traveled to her band of bandits, and when they got there the bandits quickly acted in aggression toward Zainin. Ame tried to reason with her fellow bandits but they wouldn't listen cuz they were assholes, and once the really stubborn one came up to Zainin and punched him in the face, Zainin had a quick flashback once again of his impaled foster parents and his eyes became infused with murderous hatered. Zainin, with his injuried right hand, gave an uppercut so powerful he broke the man's jaw in 3 pieces and then while the man was still flying in the air Zainin grabbed the man's throat with his left hand and attempt to crush his windpipe before having a 2x4 broken across his back. He let go of the man and turned to the other guy that hit him, Ame saw the look on Zainin's face and it wasn't the Zainin she talked to in the prison. It was like an animal that doesn't know where he was as to knock him out of that trans she an iron pipe and swung it right into his face. He was out of the trans but he was knocked out cold, later that night he woke up and Ame explained to the bandits that he saved her life back at the prison. The bandits knew this guy wasn't just some average guy that knew how to fight they knew he could do some damage according to all the scars he had on him. When they approached Zainin they found him drinking large amounts of sake and smoking a pipe, the bandit leader asked him where he came from and why he was put in prison. He would tell them nothing, because he is afraid of his past and what it may unleash. The bandit leader wouldn't tolarate the subbornness of Zainin so he demanded the answers with the threat of a blade to his throat. Zainin, with a quick reflex breaks a sake bottle over the leaders head then stomps his foot on his throat making the leader being to lose his air. After Zainin looked at Ame he let go and walked out. Later on that night Ame found Zainin at a cliff just standing there, she wanted to know his problem and he told her the stories of his murders and betrayals. She understood the reasons and that night her and Zainin were closer than they could ever imagine. 9 months past by and Zainin is 22, he has got some respect in the villiage of the bandits and him and Ame have got much closer but Zainin he couldn't stay, he knew he was still being hunted and it was only a matter of time til he was found. Ame didn't want him to leave nor did she care for the men hunting him she wanted to be happy but he knew his love for her wouldn't leave him and it was hard for him just as it was for her but within the last kiss he gave her he knew she'd never understand the reason for leaving her.

Chapter 6 - Death of the Demon Within & Birth of the Living Nightmare
After a few months traveling toward the north he to Mongolia in search of a way to tame his alternate side. The love for Ame haunted him severly it became a weakness to his alternate side but when it unleashed out it became a stronger force. When he arrived was surrounded by Chinese warriors, when they attempt to attack he evaded there attack and killed them all. The Mongolians saw Zainin's preformance and invited him to there camp. There, he meet the Mongolian leader who knew of his hidden evil that roamed through Zainin's blood and tainted his mind when infected. With this, Zainin was trained by Mongolian warriors and was help by the Mongolian leader to get rid of the evil inside. At the age of 23 it's been 14 months since he last unleashed his evil side, the leader had helped Zainin tame the evil inside his condition was cured. But, suddenly the camp was ambushed by a mass of Chinese warriors, and the Monogolians fought off many of them as possible but the masses were too much. The Mongolians were failing to defend the leader and Zainin was watching the Chinese destory what helped him bring back his humanity. When the Mongolian leader was confronted by the Chinese General, he said with his last words "When I die you will know the true meaning of eternal pain". Then the General hacked the leader's head off, then once Zainin witnessed the death of the man that helped him his veins bludged and pumped so much that blood began flowing from his mouth and nose and his eyes had the look of a tiger on the prowl then evil within him brust out but this time it joined with his normal side. When he emerged out of the house Zainin had the most evil grin on his face and Zainin slaughtered the mass warriors there and then left the General alive for a nightmarish torture. When Zainin was done every single body, Chinese and Mongolian was impaled through spikes and the General of the Chinese was burnt alive impaled through a spike. A Raven witness the slaughter and followed Zainin since then, Zainin had made repairs on his right side by protecting it with heavy plated armor then created a symbolic weapon that would make that dead have nightmares of their own, the 4 6in claws attached to his armor fingers. Now after 4 years of his mysterious and nightmarish murder scenes, what is left of his humanity seeks for the one who can break the evil while the evil inside feeds on the sweet taste for blood and death.

Name: Fujiwara-Kiyoshi (Field of Wisterias / Quiet)
Other Names: Kyoui no Makenshi/Meitou no Tenkenshi* (Menacing Demon Swordsmen/Celebrated Anglic Swordsmen) MaTen, Graywolf, Saitou-Kiyoshi, Graywolf the Immortal, Jonathan
Gender: Male
Occupation: Leader of the "Ookami no Dojo" (A den of wolf mercs.)
Age: Looks about 32 (Actual Age 41)
Eyes: Black
Hair: Gray.
Height: 192cm(6'3")
Weight: 100kg (220lbs)
Date of Birth: 10/16
Horoscope: Tenbin-za (Libra)
Languages Known: Japanese, English, Dutch
Learning Languages: Spanish
Oddity: Heighten Sense of Smell, Wolf like Fangs
Code of Conduct: A man of neutral stance must not get involved in the struggle of good and evil, and will never question another mans good and evil.
Path: I follow the way of the samurai, but one of my own making. I walk MY path with sword that cleaves and seath that cuts aswell as piercing knives and thunderous fists.
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History: (As it comes in.)
One day the man know to himself as "Graywolf" woke up finding himself in a a place that he could only describe as a 'Laboratory'. Suffering from severe amnesia and throbbing headaches the young man falls clutching his head. After a short while the young man leaves the 'Laboratory' and soon find himself living in the mountains. Days go by uneventful half awake and half dead until he was strong enough to stand on his two feet. It wasn't long until Graywolf found a young wolf cub injured and dying. He spent most of each day nursing a young cub to health until the cub was also strong. The young man and the wolf cub soon bonded in a way words can not describe until the day she, Magena, was brutality murdered by a gang of thugs that came after Graywolf. It was only a few days later that Graywolf found and killed these thugs in a bar. Unfortunately for the patrons of the bar Graywolf has gone into a mad frenzy and has killed everyone in sight. It was pain that motivated him and allowed him to move on. Knowing that he has gotten revenge for his partner, despite the death of the innocents, he was able to put flowers on Magena's grave.

Due to his amnesia, and possibly other forms of brain trauma, he realized for the first time that his skin is not made of stone, nor is his hair wire. He sighs with disbelief that he could have even thought such a thing in the first place. Flash backs consume him as he goes back to the days inside his mountain cave. His bloodied body being licked clean by Magena and Graywolf trying to wave the young cub away. He was lucky that most, though not all, of his wounds were minor. Though there were more than a few that could have brought the end of the mighty warrior. There were more than a few time that let himself be impaled thinking the opponents weapon was deflected by his hard skin. Now that he has know that he is just a man of blood and flesh, he is now more lost than ever.

During his days in his new home of Edo, he has come to love a woman by the name of Christa Winters. Early in the morning hours while in Christa's bed he remembered a red and white flag bearing a word. "Motoko" Loyalty. The flag waved inside the mans heart and causing it to in flame his soul. Just like before his European sword turned into a Katana but strangely the breaking of the illusion didn't bother him. How could he trust his own heart if everything was nothing but an Illusion; Who he thought he was he was not. How much of what he knows, is truth? "So this is what I don't see..." That night was sleepless as memories flood into his skull. He was once a member of the Shinsengumi, though now lost to them forever. He could remember that he was in the 3rd squad and just a few rank under his captain and best friend, Saitou Hajime. His clothes next to his bed also seemed to transform into that of the typical Shinsengumi member, but the colors were wrong; Off white, black, and Gray "My name is Saitou Kiyoshi?" He said to himself, believing he took the name from his best friend because he didn't have a family name of his own.

Not long after there was a fight where Akisu was actually fighting with him as an ally rather than a foe. They were ambushed by a group of Ninja lead by a man named Ryushi. As the ninja labored his last breaths he told Graywolf a part of his past; that he was the second son of a large family in Miyazaki in the Kyushu region. Graywolf is the Second son of Fujiwara Anji and Ryushi being the first son. Graywolf not wanting to accept these 'crazed notions' as truth finished his brother off. Apparently the Fujiwara family wanted Graywolf dead for bringing shame onto the family for being a ronin for so long. More memories flooded him this time he remembered a man named Samanosuke. He was a great rival to him in everything they did and later became a great friend and ally. These memories sort of forced Graywolf into believing the the Ninja Ryushi. Fujiwara Kiyoshi is Graywolf's real name. Graywolf also then realized he had a wife once, Fujiwara Azalyn, or Aza-Chan she liked being called, she was the sister of Samanosuke. These thoughts brought tears hidden by the rain to his face, oh how he loved her so.

Again, Graywolf's life flashes before his eyes, this time showing him his first lesson in sake'. It was a late night and his father called to him to come watch the star with him. The old man, Fujiwara Anji, looked to his son and smiled handing him a drink. "Drink sake' to better yourself. If the taste is bad there is something wrong with you, fix yourself to sweeten the taste. If sweet already then fix yourself to make it sweeter." All those years ago he shared a bond with his beloved father, so how could his father now turn on him now. In the corner of the zoom a European acoustic guitar, a gift from a foreigner who who came on business to the Fujiwara Clan, appeared bearing the Fujiwara family crest. The memories still blurred, "What has happened to the loving Fujiwara family?" he asked aloud.

Graywolf was forced to take the fight to his father since wave after wave of assassination attempts on his life would leave his life of non stop fighting and death until it killed him. Graywolf waged a one man war on his family until he was approached in the dead of night by the members of his "family". But this time is was different they seemed to want peace. When the lead Ninja removed his mask, must to Graywolf dismay, It was the man he killed; His brother Ryushi! Time wasn't as forgiving as it didn't give him the young look Graywolf recived. Ryushi then turned his gaze onto Graywolf and told him the whole story, The entire Fujiwara family were wiped out and only Ryushi and Graywolf, from the main branch, remains alive. The Fujiwara never wanted Graywolf dead at all as it was a cleaver ruse that some of his enemy factions in Kyushu region that wanted the rest of the family dead. In truth they feared the fighting power that would be formed if Graywolf allied with Ryushi. Ryushi the informed Graywolf that their enemies has, for the most part, been dispatched. "I didn't kill them, but my family is still gone." He thought to himself as the rest of the nights the winds erupted in Kiyoshi. He began to move in somewhat chaotic patterns of a fighting style, the style that his father taught him the style of indoor fighting, as he plowed through his last reaming enemies. That style was the Saiki Kanuma Ryu.

Once again Graywolf finds himself in a situation of healing a wounded wolf cub. He thought that he has gotten over the loss of his dear friend Magena but when he say this cub trapped under a large fallen branch he couldn't help but to save it. The days and weeks gone by as Graywolf watched over the pup return to health. This one was also a female so he couldn't help but to name her Magena the Second!

It came it attention that as much as Graywolf hates evil, he hates the righteous just as equal to them; Thus causing even more passive chaos to his own life, and ultimately into the lives of others.

On the forth day of the third month he fought a man named Hiko to the 'death' in the streets of Edo. After falling unconscious Magena the Second dragged him to a small town south of Edo where he was completely healed in a few weeks. If it weren't for Hiko's mastery of the sword as well as his knowledge of human anonymity Graywolf's recovery would have been slow, or worse not at all. From there they left Japan and headed to Denmark venturing through all throughout Europe becoming an assassin to the lords of the lands. But even through he could finally say that he was free he only had the desire to return home to japan.

Years later Kiyoshi comes home to Edo, but not the man he was when he had left, but comes he comes home as the Demonic and Angelic Swords men known as Maten as well as a few other trademark names he received in his days of venturing around the world, though no one is sure of his real name or age at this point. To some he is known for his good natured helping hand, but to most people know him as a chaotic beast who's quick to change his mind. He could be helping you one moment and then not the next depending on the situation. He can be quick with his lounge or reserved and lonesome. His whole character is dripping with an every changing mood, Chaos..

Starts to faze out of being MaTen as if his home in the woods of Edo healed him of a scar that he didn't even realize he had. Somewhere after he left Edo, or even just before, his heart became torn and distorted. Kiyoshi talks over his past with Hayate, though it was more like he was thinking aloud and sorting his own life out, a member of the Sanke Dojo in Edo. Hayate was one of the rare people with extraordinary skill with a blade and Graywolf respected him. When Graywolf was only 13 years old he was challenged by a local master that he had pissed off and killed him with a blow so clean is whistles a high pitched squeal. Since then he was praised for his ability to kill, but he was still talked about in negative ways. The local masters always hated or more so feared Graywolf and his entire family so much that one day Fujiwara family was attacked by all of the local masters clans, killing his entire family and he was forced to leave his home because he had nowhere to turn to live freely and peaceful. That is when the he lived wondering and joined the Shinsengumi in Kyoto.

He then went back to his home at the age of 40 and waged a war with the Heads of all the Clans of Miyazaki and reclaimed his home, taking over the entire region. There he found that he did have a son this whole time, his name is Kiyoshi as well, named after himself, and he was killed by the local masters out of fear that he might have the power of his father. Graywolf's older brother, Ryushi, by birth right was given the region and the mountain man goes home to Edo to live as MaTen. His plans turning to gain his own foot hold in Edo grew to true potential so Ryushi sent him aid to build a grand Dojo and home for Kiyoshi, with just enough loyal troops and money to start him off.

As Maten walks though his home in the woods he then notices a woman propped up by a all so familiar sword, his sheathed sword that he had given to Hiko as a safe to keep it safe for until he was ready to reclaim it. Graywolf knew her name, Tsubame, from first glance. "I've been waiting for you.", The woman's sweet voice echoed in his mind tugging at his emotions. Kiyoshi face softened as he picked her up and and gave her burial rites of fire. "Welcome home." He whispered into the wind. Graywolf never knew her in life but had many dreams of her before this night. He deeply believed this woman to be the reincarnation of Magena that wolf who was his best friend.

Fujiwara, Azalyn was said to had died at the hands of the Samurai Lords in Kyushu, but in the night she suddenly appeared before Kiyoshi. That night she told him that he couldn't know the truth or he would have sought her out rather than taking back the region. He was stunned still by her presence but still smiled agreed that it would of indeed happened that way. No matter how he looked at it he wasn't sure if that would of had any impact on how things would have unfolded. But he dared not question it he was more than overjoyed to know that she lived and gave birth not to just one son, as Ryushi told him, but five sons. She tells him that all five sons left her to search for their father and she hasn't heard from them since.

A few months later Azalyn became pregnant with a child, if the child was a boy they would name him Shinta, but if it was a girl they would name her Tsubame after the young girl in Graywolf's story of the reincarnated Magena. About a year later Aza-chan gave birth to a healthily young girl, named Tsubame.

In his old age he starts to read through books about His birth sign and the meanings behind his birth given name, Quite Field of Wisterias. Though his studies he notices that his affinity animal isn't wolf's by nature but reptiles. The old mountain man thinks to his past and remembers a certain young man by the name of Hayate, a know member of the Snake Dojo. While he was in countires outside of Asia he was given a new name to help his clients, Jonathan. The name bears Two mighty elements Kaze(Wind) and Hi(Fire) and one mark that is Hi/Tsuchi(Earth). He path is already laid with Hikari(Light)/ and Yami(Darkness) and with the added elements what does this mean for Kiyoshi? They say in the final stages in life the wise man looks inward and reflects.

Name: Shisou

Gender: Female

Age: 20

Height: 5' 7"

Weight: 130lbs

Eyes: Dark Green

Hair: Black hair,straight, unbound and down to her shoulder blades.

Clothing: Loose white pants tied with a simple piece of rope, a black shirt with baggy sleaves with red diagnals embroided on the ends and two empty-looking circles around her shoulders where it looks like there was some sort of badge or symbol.

Weapons: Bare Fists, a wakizashi is tied horizontaly in the small of her back

Physical Description: there is a scar on her left shoulder from a pistol bullet recently removed, as well as smaller scars from knife wounds on her stomach and arms from her days in training. She doesn't have a deep tan, but it's obviously several shades darker than the average citizen. There are two black tatoos that start at each eye and swirl around the outside of each eye to eventually encase them in a black semi-circle. Both her feet and hands are quite calloused.

Mental Description: Very much and not so much would you'd expect from a monk. The infinite, if blunt, wisdom normally associated with the harmony of buddhism and taoism, as well as a realistic view of reality and you have to do to stay alive.

Fighting Style : Varied, but she is properly trained in Chinese and Japanese hand to hand combat styles, she is also capable with spears, staffs, jians, and wakizashis.

Social Skills: Generally aloof and observant, only meddling when it seems to be right.

Occupation: Monk in Exile


Bio/History: Catholic Frenchmen desecrated the buddhist temple she and several other monks were training at (they were drunk merchants, one of them got the other riled up enough to help him destroy the 'false idols', they destroyed all of the ancient statues and many of the paintings and holy items that happened to be nearby. Being the head monk she dealth them exactly what they weren't expecting from a pacifistic order of monks seeking enlightenment. She punched one in the face so hard that his head spun around and his neck snapped, the other shot her in the shoulder with a revolver, just before she broke that arm and crushed his ribcage. The other monks were forced to exile her or risk an excalation in hostility with the French and the local warlords allied with them. She has since fended for herself and wandered about aimlessly, allowing the universe to decide where she should go, and where she fits into the scheme of what only seems like chaos.

Name: Makurayami Hisaki

Age: Just around 27

Gender: Male

Eye Color: Light brown

Hair Color: Dark brown - waist long but tied up in a top-knotch with a handful of strands around ears. Also with some loosely tied hair covering one eye mostly.

Height: 5'7 - just large enough to look down at others that challange him.

Build: Marginally huskey. He is just above an average body weight, but not obese. Someone with muscles underlying the skin from general life and battle, but someone who also eats on a regular basis.

Occupation: At this moment in the beginning? A samurai leader.

Clothing: Japanese pants. flexible sandles tied in about 8 places over his feet and ankles. Going up, a fairily large sash that ends mid stomach - which holds the swords, of course. Under the sash is tucked a longsleeved robe with an enlongated collar and a handful of ties going down it. The use of the collar is important, for it is fastened with the ties and masks his nose and under at times of need. Over his shoulders is a secondary long robe, not fastened by sash and worn much like a coat. The longer robe is tied with a loose cloth belt.

In addition to this, he sometimes is adorned with armor. Which is layered, pieces over his shoulders, chest, lower arms, legs, and thighs.

Weapons: Oh. Many weapons. Currently, however, 2 katana (this may change if I replenish my mind with sword knowledge. Was thinking Chigusa. but I need to study up on it more)

Personality: Currently Cold and hardened by small samurai to samurai wars. Hisaki is very adapt to hostile situations and seems to have many things on his mind, behind the piercing brown eyes; even though these many things are extremely unknown. Always standing tall and proud, but never arrogantly so. Occationally he may break this character and act plesently casual. But We've yet to see how much.

Other Notes: Hisaki owns a brown horse he calls Tsube. He also Currently has 3 other lower grade samurai beneath him (whom I haven't as of yet named. 2 are men and one is a ninja-type girl). These other characters are far less restrictive in character than Hisaki and are only there at his beck and call. They can be quite rude and inproper, which is questionable for samurai nature. However, are always dedicated to their leader and would even die when ordered to.

Bio: current bio is yet to come.

On the by, Kurohyou is the title of his dojo. It means Black Panther.


NPC info

Ita - the ninja-girl - wears all black, baggy attire with hood over shoulders. Her pants and sleeves are tied back at the knees/elbows and the arms/legs are bandaged up in a black cloth-like material. Her favorite weapon is a wakizashi - which Hisaki gave her personally. Hair is black and tied into bun.

Tasuki - more arrogant samurai of the small npc group. He wears the proper japanese pants, a short-sleeved robe that's free of the sash. And, with exception of sandles, nothing else. He carries two swords - much like large butterfly knives - on his back. Not to mention a katana at his side. A flaming dragon tattoo covers a good portune of his body - winding around him with the head at the chest and a claw of the dragon going up his left cheek. His black hair is loose and wild. Clothing is black and grey.

Kagare - last member of the group. A tall, quiet individual whom wears a regular gi. brown and red with a black flower pattern going up and down it. His brown hair is tied up in a top-knotch. And, except for sandles, he also wears a heavy headband, which is black. His weapons are a tachi, Wakizashi, and katana.

Both men of the npc group wear red and black armor on the shoulders, lower arms, and Kagare wears a chestplate.

Name: Ryoko A. Talross
Age: unknown (appears between 17 and 20)
Gender: Female
Eye Color: Black
Hair: Straight and black and ends at knees
Height: 5'7
Build: petite
Occupation: samurai
Clothing: wears slightly tight black pants and long sleeve shirt made of silk with rings down the sleeves of the shirt and legs of the pants and also wears a pair of black gloves.
Weapons: a schythe and a katana with a leather sheath.
Personality: -will be added later-
Other Notes: She has good posture and stands waist out not slouched. Her skin in very pale and she apears to be alot weaker than she is.

Bio: She was adopted at a young age and can't remember who her parents are or where she is from. Because she was forced to start training before she was even able to pick up a light weight training sword she is agile and strikes hard when fighting and can take a damage well.Why or how she bacame a samurai is unknown. -more will be added later-


( below is a link to a picture of Ryoko; well minus the pointy ears and a different outfit)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v116/Ryo...RYOUPD-edit.jpg

Name: Lotus Massacre (Masamune)
Gender: Female
Age: 19
Occupation: Ex-Asassin, now a wanderer
Appearance: piccy below profile
History: When her father was murdered by Moritsune, she was given to one of his generals, Mugatou. He trained her in the art of assasination and, being a sadist and one who loves tinkering with people through experimentation, she became on off hs killing machines using different drugs. She was used for private assasnations for Moritsune, taking orders from Mugatou and sometimes kidnapping victims for experimentation. The drugs gave her oddly acute senses, unnatural stealth, a very deadly berserker mode, she is a bit mentally unstable but only during certain circumstances. She has her father's knack as a swordsmith. Her father taught her how to defend herself before she was kidnapped she was advanced in martial arts. Sent on an assignment, she lost her memory and is in the process of regining it.
Moods: Quiet to those she doesn't know but very friendly to those she knows and trusts (virtually no one)


Masamune
Takashi Masamune, Lotus's father was a famous warrior in his time, he spilt a lot of blood and as he got older he started to feel regret for his blood guilt so he vanished from the public eye, retiring. Back then he was called Chaos. No one knew his real name. Year later, an old man now, only one child. HIs wife, a frail woman, died in childbirth. Masamune began making swords, he figure that since he wansn't doing the killing, he wasn't responsible. His swords were highly coveted for their quality and strength, one could slice a hair in half lenghwise with one of Masamune's blades. While in his business he fell in love with Miyako, his wife and they were married. Miyako was a very fail woman and when she bore her only child, a girl, she died.
Masamune grieved, stopped making swords. His sword making business allowed him to buy a large house which he converted to a dojo. But old habits died hard and Masmaune soon began to make kitchen knives. He noticed his daughter, who also loved designing things, began to ask him things about knife making. He forbid her from even thinking of it, so his artistic child stayed with small things, clothes and what not.
Lotus was still quite small when Moritsune came to visit. Masamune knew a bastard when he saw one and Moritsune fit the bill perfectly. Masamune, not being a rude man was cordial, but he kept his daughter out of sight. He didn't know, due to her curious nature that she was eavsdropping while he and Moritsune talked. It turned that Moritsune wanted Masamune to make a sword for him, he had heard of his exploits as a warrior and as a swordsmith. Masamune refused. He was no longer a warrior, nor was a swordsmith and that was that.
When things heated up, Lotus revealed herself, putting herself between her father and Moritsune but what could a little girl, trained in self defense or no, do against a seasoned and trained killer. She was easily moved out of the way by her father, getting herself knocked out.
Masamune was no longer a warrior but old habits die hard adn he did not go down easily. Old age, however has a way of slowing you down, Masamune fell at Moritsune's sword. Lotus was given to Mugatou, one of Moritsune's generals, and Masamune's dojo was burned to the ground. Oddly enough, no one touched the ruins, Lotus visited them later in her life when on an assignment for Mugatsuo and found the sword her father had made for her. Its the one she carries down to this day.

Name: Stefan Wassergeist

Age: 25

Gender: Male

Eye Color: Blue

Hair color : Blonde, like Knives' hair from Tirgun((OOC: A bit low on ideas))

Height: 5’7’’

Build: Tall n’ skinny

Occupation: Traveling merchant

Clothing: a Fancy Gi with a block top with some regal designs on the front. The pants are white and loose fitting. He has a belt to hold his parrying dagger and rapier

Weapons: A Rapier that looks very much like this http://www.cashenblades.com/rapier.jpg along side with that he has his trusty parrying dagger.
Personality: Bright and cheery never a care in the world when it comes to being in front of people. When he gets into a conversation he tends to ramble on about things that really don’t matter. He can be bumbling at times in stressful situations.

Other Notes: Because he has some German in him he doesn’t look quite Japanese he tends to stick out a bit, the blonde hair is usually a give away.

Bio: Born into a German family that had moved the Japan three generations before him. His family consisting of his mother and father had moved to a small village for an independent life away from the rest of the family. The town was not the safest so he took after his father and trained with the rapier to become better than him at the age of 15. He then shortly after left his parents and set out on his own. He quickly picked up as a traveling merchant selling herbs sake and various other mundane things of the sort. From time to time he performs with his Mandolin or Shamisen for some extra cash. When ever a chance arises for him to use his rapier he takes it.

Name: Onitenshi Suterusu

Age: 23

Gender: Male

Eye Color: Stone Gray-Blue

Hair Color: Dark Brown

Height: 5'9

Build: A little bulky

Occupation: Freelance (Struggling) Artist

Clothing: He wears free-flowing black pants, and a simple gray robe, over a dark blue shirt that seems overly large even for his stature. An odd symbol is emroidered in a gold colored thread on the back of the robe. Jagged, bent edges outline a harsh