Post by Chiyo on Jul 30, 2014 17:02:50 GMT -5
Name: Chiyo (A thousand sparkles), whenever on duty she is caled Kaira, which means dark. She seldom discloses her real name prefacing to go by her nickname now.
Gender: Female
Age: 20
Occupation: Mercenary for hire/sword hand (shinobi).
Birthplace: Kutou
Abilities:
Chiyo mastered the art of sword-fighting and alike a samurai she carries her katana and a wakizashi, the later to use indoors. But the style she follows the most is called Iaido, through which not only can she wield her weapons much faster and cut in swirlier movements than most but she also cultivates spiritual harmony in addition to the battlefield skill of iaijutsu. Alongside this she makes use of Eishin-ryu, which contains sitting techniques, standing techniques and techniques for use against multiple opponents, as well as for use on terrain.
She is also an artist and has great talent for painting. During her travels she learns from anyone she believes has talent and often sits to watch them work and then mimics the movements and styles constantly searching for a new kind of art that she can call her own. She is in no hurry though, she is aware that this talent can only be cultivated with time and dedication. It is another way for her to release her frustrations and to keep her cool about everything in life.
Chiyo also has a natural gift with animals. She can communicate with them fairly easily and she earns their trust almost instantly. She is fond of them and always helps them when possible. She would not think it twice to defend an animal even from people or deities as she believes that they deserve to be left alone and no intelligent being should make use of such power to satiate their selfish ends. This pst her points in the favour of others although she soon began to distance herself from people after an incident in her past.
Weapons:
Chiyo has a holy katana given to her by the Fiend and their allies to fight anyone who dared defy them. It can kill mortal and immortal and due to her astounding fighting skills she ensured to keep it tied with a ribbon which can be easily removed if need be, however, she mainly fights with the blade in its sheathe since she mainly works for the Fiend to protect her sister and she deems it defeats the purpose of she shed blood for its sake. She only draws her blade in extreme emergencies and when she does her eyes lit with a powerful crimson light and her hand barely ever misses. She is not someone fond of fighting but it became second nature to her ever since she had to face the world for what it was. And now she only relies on her own skills to survive. The katana has the ability to block magic attacks and return the attack to the sender to some extent. Or it can absorb it and hit a target once she stabs the person.
The mercenary also carries a wakizashi to easily fight indoor, however she tries to keep that blade in its sheathe as well, and if she does not she aims not to harm her opponent but merely uses it to disarm them. And she also carries throwing knives of various kinds in order to keep herself safe, trap whoever might attack her or simply scare the drunken men away. These are good resources and have never let her down. She carries some in her belt and others in some laces on her thighs hidden beneath her short skirt and one long knife inside her boot.
Affiliation: Fiend
Personality:
Distant and silent, those two words eel describe her on the exterior and as part of what she made use of to distance herself form others, from being hurt. However, she has a beautiful philosophy of life and is rather lively. She never lost that part of herself back then and it helped her survive through all the bad experiences life tossed at her feet. It is her determination and love for the arts and nature that give her that positive attitude that she hides in her indifferent façade from the rest of the world. She is not afraid of being herself around others but rather terrified to getting attached to someone or too close to others and then be hurt far worse than when she was a child. This makes it hard for her to trust anyone and the fact that she lost the sister she loved and protected, in a way, increased this uncertainty in her. She protects her identity from the world and her loathed father with a nickname procured by a band of mercenaries she joined a while ago.
Despite all this, when her loyalty is earned she will become a deadly foe to whoever wishes to bring those she swears to protect to harm. She can be a person who prefers not to use the violence and force to ensure those she is fond of are safe but if she has to then she fights with no mercy. Having lived with mercenaries and fought in skirmishes and raids her eyes have seen the cruelty of those who lived by the sword and in a way she wishes not to let it control her thoughts or motives even in the middle of a fight.
Her greatest asset is her determination. Once she has an objective she stops at nothing to achieve it. She doesn’t let others tell her what she can or cannot have and her goals are well established with good planning and organisation. She learned to think fast under extreme circumstances and all this alongside her liveliness earned her the respect of others. She is a person rather tolerant despite her exterior appearance and since her beauty is rather unique she ensured to keep her distance especially in the company of men. She avoids drunken men whenever possible and never gives up despite the harsh life she withstood. She learned to be self-sufficient form a very young age and that made her a rather independent person.
Appearance: Link to Chiyo’s looks
Chiyo stands at 5’8’’ and is thin but athletic due to the lifestyle she endured for many years. Her skin is tanned due to the lifestyle and the weather at sea. She constantly practices her fighting skills and goes for jogs whenever possible to keep fit since partly her occupation demands this of her, if she is not in top shape she would lose her reputation and no one would want to hire her, especially now that she is usually paid a lot of money for every job. She did earn her renown efficiency. Despite what anyone might think upon first glance she is quite efficient and she will stop at nothing to get a job well done. She is as stubborn as the ocean in that aspect.
She has eyes of a deep scarlet that can lit like fire whenever she is enraged, in a battle or under strong emotional situations. They sparkle like diamonds and are rather captivating. Her long hair is rather silvery on the top and as it goes down to the edges it becomes more and more a darker shade of pink. She usually ties her long hair in two ponytails that fall on her shoulders and her fine makes her a rather lovely sight. She wears long black boots, a short dark red skirt and a scarlet shirt with no sleeves that reveals her chest slightly, not too much. She has her holy katana tied to her belt as is her wakizashi. each on either side of her.
History:
Chiyo was born to a family devoted to the instruction of the martial arts. Her father, Shoji Kurazaigo was well versed in most types of martial arts therefore his dojo became well known and Chiyo ensured to watch whenever possible any lesson or practice session. Her father was rather silent and distant and she soon leaned to adapt to that, however, he seemed to love her mother deeply and so, when she gave birth to her small sister, when Chiyo was three years of age, Shoji became more and more centred in his lessons as he worried for the health of his wife. Hitomi filled Chiyo’s life with joy and enchantment and they became the best of friends and for two years Chiyo helped her mother look after her sister. She did her best to learn all in trade: how to do the laundry, the cooking, how to clean the house and how to bring her little sister up. However, when she was five her mother Yuyama Kurazaigo died of a weakened state since giving birth to her younger sister.
This darkened Shoji’s heart and he soon began to lose interest in his family often blaming this on Hitomi and concentrating only on the lessons he gave in the morning and the sake he drank in the evening. At that moment, five-year-old Chiyo had to look after the household and raise her little sister ensuring she was loved wherever she went, especially since her father made her miserable. Chiyo kept watching secretly as her father taught and lean red what she could by simply watching. she would practice in secret whenever doing house chores and she soon was forced to a mature world when becoming the mother of her own sister. Heavy responsibilities rested on her back form the age of five and when she was eight things got worse.
Shoji would lose himself to the drink and begin to bring friends around after work. Chiyo would have to cook for more people and keep her little sister away from her father since he would grow more and more violent. To the extent that Chiyo would often receive a beating for protecting and hiding her younger sister. However, it was also then when she met a man who took pity on her and taught her most of what she nows presently. In fact he inspired her determination and a goal to be self-sufficient so she and her sister could escape that decadent lifestyle before it got worse. And so for a few more years she endured the beating but learned the true spirit of the martial arts and just how important her sister was for her.
When she was thirteen and more determined than ever to escape with her younger sibling, one night, her father arrived worse than ever, and he demanded she let him see Hitomi, the ten-year-old did not have enough time to hide and as her father moved toward her Chiyo kicked him making him fall on his back. It was then that in rage and drunkenness he got up and drew his katana, he kicked at Chiyo but as she was still begging her sister to hide she left her back exposed and he slashed at it, and this wound left a silver scar from her right side all the way to her left shoulder. This also snatched her clothing and she found herself truly scared and exposed, she tried to cover herself and was not sure what was more painful, if the wound or the shame.
For a moment it was as if all those years of violence finally ate at her and she was completely helpless and did not move as her father pulled her by the hair. Hitomi was rather mature for her age, also due to observing her sister’s example and she saw what her father was doing to her sister and she gasped in horror. She picked a flower vase and broke it on his head. This enraged the man and he moved toward the younger child. Chiyo was distraught and at the verge of despair, she felt ill-used and dirty and hated herself even though he did not rape her, he had still touched her and that marked her form that moment on. She developed a sourness toward men who gave in to vices such as the drink and distances herself from everyone ever since. The moment she heard her sister scream as she hit a wall she woke up and her eyes shone with fury. She gave a violent battle cry and disarmed her father with one swift movement. She then gave him quite a beating but she did not hurt him to kill him though.
And yet, once the danger was over, she fell on her knees and realised that if she hurt someone like that, guilty or not, she would be no batter than her own father. And remembering the many years of torture she endured, she did not wish to become her father, and so she snatched a ribbon form her hair and promised herself she would never draw a sword unless it could not be helped. Hitomi moved to treat and bandage her wound as best as she could and without another word, Chiyo took the katana and its sheathe and with a bit of supplies and money both girls left their home. They travelled to the mountains in search of her shifu called Ibaragi, once they reached him and her sister was well she collapsed due to her wounds. This event marked the rest of her life.
Ibaragi did his best to teach Chiyo all he knew and then the girl took her sister and left the shifu after two years of training and then they joined a band of mercenaries. Chiyo agreed to work for them in exchange of protection for her sister and so long as everyone kept their distance when it came to the both of them. They were a crew mostly so Chiyo learned all she could about sailing, helped to keep the ship clean and made the cooking. Hitomi also made herself useful and sang for the men or told stories she learned whenever they set foot on land to do any job they were paid to or simply to get supplies. Chiyo would also make the best of every occasion where they touched land to challenge for money the best fighters of the land to practice and enhance her skills.
It happened that one day, when they were sent to fight a raid, Hitomi got mortally hurt despite Chiyo’s attempts to keep her safe and she begged Seriyuu to save her sister. The God took pity on her and turned her sister into a goddess but the Fiend soon found her and put a spell on her, so that she could not remember anything about her past and they ensured she allied with them and turned rather cold. This caused Chiyo more grief than she thought possible and she grew colder and more distant. She left the crd she and come to considered family and accepted to serve the Fiend to keep her sister safe, even if Hitomi ignored any of this and did not even remember she had a sister.
Important NPCs:
Hitomi: She is Chiyo’s little sister.
Captain Soojiroo: He serves the Fiend and orders Chiyo and grants her tasks.
Anything Else: Chiyo has a scar that goes from her right side all the way up to her left shoulder.
RP Sample: See Isamu’s profile
Gender: Female
Age: 20
Occupation: Mercenary for hire/sword hand (shinobi).
Birthplace: Kutou
Abilities:
Chiyo mastered the art of sword-fighting and alike a samurai she carries her katana and a wakizashi, the later to use indoors. But the style she follows the most is called Iaido, through which not only can she wield her weapons much faster and cut in swirlier movements than most but she also cultivates spiritual harmony in addition to the battlefield skill of iaijutsu. Alongside this she makes use of Eishin-ryu, which contains sitting techniques, standing techniques and techniques for use against multiple opponents, as well as for use on terrain.
She is also an artist and has great talent for painting. During her travels she learns from anyone she believes has talent and often sits to watch them work and then mimics the movements and styles constantly searching for a new kind of art that she can call her own. She is in no hurry though, she is aware that this talent can only be cultivated with time and dedication. It is another way for her to release her frustrations and to keep her cool about everything in life.
Chiyo also has a natural gift with animals. She can communicate with them fairly easily and she earns their trust almost instantly. She is fond of them and always helps them when possible. She would not think it twice to defend an animal even from people or deities as she believes that they deserve to be left alone and no intelligent being should make use of such power to satiate their selfish ends. This pst her points in the favour of others although she soon began to distance herself from people after an incident in her past.
Weapons:
Chiyo has a holy katana given to her by the Fiend and their allies to fight anyone who dared defy them. It can kill mortal and immortal and due to her astounding fighting skills she ensured to keep it tied with a ribbon which can be easily removed if need be, however, she mainly fights with the blade in its sheathe since she mainly works for the Fiend to protect her sister and she deems it defeats the purpose of she shed blood for its sake. She only draws her blade in extreme emergencies and when she does her eyes lit with a powerful crimson light and her hand barely ever misses. She is not someone fond of fighting but it became second nature to her ever since she had to face the world for what it was. And now she only relies on her own skills to survive. The katana has the ability to block magic attacks and return the attack to the sender to some extent. Or it can absorb it and hit a target once she stabs the person.
The mercenary also carries a wakizashi to easily fight indoor, however she tries to keep that blade in its sheathe as well, and if she does not she aims not to harm her opponent but merely uses it to disarm them. And she also carries throwing knives of various kinds in order to keep herself safe, trap whoever might attack her or simply scare the drunken men away. These are good resources and have never let her down. She carries some in her belt and others in some laces on her thighs hidden beneath her short skirt and one long knife inside her boot.
Affiliation: Fiend
Personality:
Distant and silent, those two words eel describe her on the exterior and as part of what she made use of to distance herself form others, from being hurt. However, she has a beautiful philosophy of life and is rather lively. She never lost that part of herself back then and it helped her survive through all the bad experiences life tossed at her feet. It is her determination and love for the arts and nature that give her that positive attitude that she hides in her indifferent façade from the rest of the world. She is not afraid of being herself around others but rather terrified to getting attached to someone or too close to others and then be hurt far worse than when she was a child. This makes it hard for her to trust anyone and the fact that she lost the sister she loved and protected, in a way, increased this uncertainty in her. She protects her identity from the world and her loathed father with a nickname procured by a band of mercenaries she joined a while ago.
Despite all this, when her loyalty is earned she will become a deadly foe to whoever wishes to bring those she swears to protect to harm. She can be a person who prefers not to use the violence and force to ensure those she is fond of are safe but if she has to then she fights with no mercy. Having lived with mercenaries and fought in skirmishes and raids her eyes have seen the cruelty of those who lived by the sword and in a way she wishes not to let it control her thoughts or motives even in the middle of a fight.
Her greatest asset is her determination. Once she has an objective she stops at nothing to achieve it. She doesn’t let others tell her what she can or cannot have and her goals are well established with good planning and organisation. She learned to think fast under extreme circumstances and all this alongside her liveliness earned her the respect of others. She is a person rather tolerant despite her exterior appearance and since her beauty is rather unique she ensured to keep her distance especially in the company of men. She avoids drunken men whenever possible and never gives up despite the harsh life she withstood. She learned to be self-sufficient form a very young age and that made her a rather independent person.
Appearance: Link to Chiyo’s looks
Chiyo stands at 5’8’’ and is thin but athletic due to the lifestyle she endured for many years. Her skin is tanned due to the lifestyle and the weather at sea. She constantly practices her fighting skills and goes for jogs whenever possible to keep fit since partly her occupation demands this of her, if she is not in top shape she would lose her reputation and no one would want to hire her, especially now that she is usually paid a lot of money for every job. She did earn her renown efficiency. Despite what anyone might think upon first glance she is quite efficient and she will stop at nothing to get a job well done. She is as stubborn as the ocean in that aspect.
She has eyes of a deep scarlet that can lit like fire whenever she is enraged, in a battle or under strong emotional situations. They sparkle like diamonds and are rather captivating. Her long hair is rather silvery on the top and as it goes down to the edges it becomes more and more a darker shade of pink. She usually ties her long hair in two ponytails that fall on her shoulders and her fine makes her a rather lovely sight. She wears long black boots, a short dark red skirt and a scarlet shirt with no sleeves that reveals her chest slightly, not too much. She has her holy katana tied to her belt as is her wakizashi. each on either side of her.
History:
Chiyo was born to a family devoted to the instruction of the martial arts. Her father, Shoji Kurazaigo was well versed in most types of martial arts therefore his dojo became well known and Chiyo ensured to watch whenever possible any lesson or practice session. Her father was rather silent and distant and she soon leaned to adapt to that, however, he seemed to love her mother deeply and so, when she gave birth to her small sister, when Chiyo was three years of age, Shoji became more and more centred in his lessons as he worried for the health of his wife. Hitomi filled Chiyo’s life with joy and enchantment and they became the best of friends and for two years Chiyo helped her mother look after her sister. She did her best to learn all in trade: how to do the laundry, the cooking, how to clean the house and how to bring her little sister up. However, when she was five her mother Yuyama Kurazaigo died of a weakened state since giving birth to her younger sister.
This darkened Shoji’s heart and he soon began to lose interest in his family often blaming this on Hitomi and concentrating only on the lessons he gave in the morning and the sake he drank in the evening. At that moment, five-year-old Chiyo had to look after the household and raise her little sister ensuring she was loved wherever she went, especially since her father made her miserable. Chiyo kept watching secretly as her father taught and lean red what she could by simply watching. she would practice in secret whenever doing house chores and she soon was forced to a mature world when becoming the mother of her own sister. Heavy responsibilities rested on her back form the age of five and when she was eight things got worse.
Shoji would lose himself to the drink and begin to bring friends around after work. Chiyo would have to cook for more people and keep her little sister away from her father since he would grow more and more violent. To the extent that Chiyo would often receive a beating for protecting and hiding her younger sister. However, it was also then when she met a man who took pity on her and taught her most of what she nows presently. In fact he inspired her determination and a goal to be self-sufficient so she and her sister could escape that decadent lifestyle before it got worse. And so for a few more years she endured the beating but learned the true spirit of the martial arts and just how important her sister was for her.
When she was thirteen and more determined than ever to escape with her younger sibling, one night, her father arrived worse than ever, and he demanded she let him see Hitomi, the ten-year-old did not have enough time to hide and as her father moved toward her Chiyo kicked him making him fall on his back. It was then that in rage and drunkenness he got up and drew his katana, he kicked at Chiyo but as she was still begging her sister to hide she left her back exposed and he slashed at it, and this wound left a silver scar from her right side all the way to her left shoulder. This also snatched her clothing and she found herself truly scared and exposed, she tried to cover herself and was not sure what was more painful, if the wound or the shame.
For a moment it was as if all those years of violence finally ate at her and she was completely helpless and did not move as her father pulled her by the hair. Hitomi was rather mature for her age, also due to observing her sister’s example and she saw what her father was doing to her sister and she gasped in horror. She picked a flower vase and broke it on his head. This enraged the man and he moved toward the younger child. Chiyo was distraught and at the verge of despair, she felt ill-used and dirty and hated herself even though he did not rape her, he had still touched her and that marked her form that moment on. She developed a sourness toward men who gave in to vices such as the drink and distances herself from everyone ever since. The moment she heard her sister scream as she hit a wall she woke up and her eyes shone with fury. She gave a violent battle cry and disarmed her father with one swift movement. She then gave him quite a beating but she did not hurt him to kill him though.
And yet, once the danger was over, she fell on her knees and realised that if she hurt someone like that, guilty or not, she would be no batter than her own father. And remembering the many years of torture she endured, she did not wish to become her father, and so she snatched a ribbon form her hair and promised herself she would never draw a sword unless it could not be helped. Hitomi moved to treat and bandage her wound as best as she could and without another word, Chiyo took the katana and its sheathe and with a bit of supplies and money both girls left their home. They travelled to the mountains in search of her shifu called Ibaragi, once they reached him and her sister was well she collapsed due to her wounds. This event marked the rest of her life.
Ibaragi did his best to teach Chiyo all he knew and then the girl took her sister and left the shifu after two years of training and then they joined a band of mercenaries. Chiyo agreed to work for them in exchange of protection for her sister and so long as everyone kept their distance when it came to the both of them. They were a crew mostly so Chiyo learned all she could about sailing, helped to keep the ship clean and made the cooking. Hitomi also made herself useful and sang for the men or told stories she learned whenever they set foot on land to do any job they were paid to or simply to get supplies. Chiyo would also make the best of every occasion where they touched land to challenge for money the best fighters of the land to practice and enhance her skills.
It happened that one day, when they were sent to fight a raid, Hitomi got mortally hurt despite Chiyo’s attempts to keep her safe and she begged Seriyuu to save her sister. The God took pity on her and turned her sister into a goddess but the Fiend soon found her and put a spell on her, so that she could not remember anything about her past and they ensured she allied with them and turned rather cold. This caused Chiyo more grief than she thought possible and she grew colder and more distant. She left the crd she and come to considered family and accepted to serve the Fiend to keep her sister safe, even if Hitomi ignored any of this and did not even remember she had a sister.
Important NPCs:
Hitomi: She is Chiyo’s little sister.
Captain Soojiroo: He serves the Fiend and orders Chiyo and grants her tasks.
Anything Else: Chiyo has a scar that goes from her right side all the way up to her left shoulder.
RP Sample: See Isamu’s profile
