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04-23-07, 03:46 PM
Name: Baku
Age: 22
Race: Human
Gender: Male
Appearance: Baku’s hair is a very dark shade of brown, almost black. In the back, the hair reaches down to his shoulders. The hairline moves towards his face at an upward slant. The hair in the front reaches down to his chin, but it is parted slightly so that he can see. Nonetheless, it sometimes impedes his vision. Baku’s eyes are slightly up-angled, a steely blue/gray in color. Baku has short eyelashes and thin eyebrows, which reach all the way across his face and curl slightly to the outside of each eye. They are the same color as his hair. Baku’s forehead is a little longer than normal, which results a smaller chin. His face is thin, but it is slightly longer than the average person’s. The general shape is eliptical. Baku has an angular, pointed nose, which sticks out from his face at a slightly off angle, as though it had been broken several times over. The nose sits on cleanly shaven lips, which are similar to the nose in the fact that they are pointed and agular. His teeth are very white, and they are straight. Baku’s figure is slightly muscular, but slim. His body is very rough, with very thick calluses and tanned skin. His toenails and fingernails are short but jagged, because he rips them off when they get too long for his liking. Baku’s hands are very bony. His knuckles protrude far from his fist, and the bones in his wrist are clearly outlined through the skin. He has average length fingers. His wrists are attached to long arms, a little like a monkey. His arms are nowhere near as hairy as a monkey’s, however. Baku’s toes are long enough to open doorknobs with. Baku’s feet are average sized, despite his long toes. Baku’s legs are a little longer than average size, which results in a shorter, more compact trunk. Baku is about five foot eight, and weighs about 140 pounds.
Personality: Baku is very honorable, and fairly trusting. For instance, if he defeats some one in a duel, he will not kill some one if they say that they have a wife and children. This also plays against him, however, for one could trick him into turning his back. Baku is vengeful, meaning if the above instance occurred and he was lied to and taken from behind, he would do anything in his power to right the wrong. Baku always feels like he needs to prove himself. He is not a material person. The only two objects valuable to him are his sword and his ring, for they each contain a piece of one special to him. He would trade almost anything in the world for Karei to come back. Baku has a strange feeling in the back of his heart, a feeling that makes him feel incomplete, unsatisfied.
Weapon: Baku wears a katana. It is his finest material pride in life, the katana. It is very valuable, made of a strange metal, with qualities similar to steel. The blade is about four feet long, longer than the conventional katana, and keen as a razor. For those unfamiliar with a katana, it is curved slightly, sharp on one end and blunt on the other. A long blood channel runs down the blade, which comes down to the tsubi, or cross guards, which is made of steel. It is embroidered with a long, thin dragon, which curls several times around the blade. It is damaged in several places, due to combat. The hilt of the weapon is made of the same strange material as the blade, but is wrapped in a rough cloth. The cloth is red, and is arranged in a diamond pattern all the way down the foot long handle. Underneath it, the slick, shiny metal is visible. The pommel is capped with steel. The scabbard is made of oak, embroidered with veins of steel in delicate, spiraling patterns. The tip of the scabbard is made of steel, so that the keen blade does not pierce the wood. Concealed in this steel portion of the scabbard is a smaller weapon, called a ‘ko-gatana’. The ko-gatana is an extremely small weapon, akin to the tanto, with no cross guard, and a short, but sharp, edge. It is made of steel and wrapped in the same cloth as the katana, and it is usually used as a last resort or for close combat. The hilt of the ko-gatana is barely long enough for one hand.
Baku is average with both of these weapons, as well as in unarmed combat. He isn’t very good at large scale tactics, nor is he good at small-scale tactics, due to his honorable and trusting demeanor. He is right handed.
Clothing: Baku does not wear steel or leather armor, for he values mobility in a fight above all else. Baku’s clothes consist of a deep blue shirt and black pants, both of which are made of cotton. The shirt is a softer cotton, and comfortable. The shirt falls a few inches passed his waist, and is fairly tight, especially around the arms. The pants are made of slightly heavier cotton than the shirt. The pants are still flexible, but not as flexible. The pants are tighter around the waist, and narrow down so that they stay fairly tight all the way down the leg. Baku has a black sash, made of the same type of cotton as the pants, into which his scabbard is thrust. Also tied to his belt, there is a small leather belt pouch, which he keeps his money and other small keepsakes in. He wears a steel ring, which is known only by him to be hollow. It contains the ashes of Karei. The ring is extremely polished and shiny. Baku wears moccasin-like leather shoes.
Biography: Baku was born to a barmaid and a drunkard. His father was never around, usually off drinking and making enemies. His mother was left to care for him, although she did not care for either him or the man who was his father. One day, when Baku was three, the enemies his father had made from drinking decided to pay a visit to his home… And burn it to the ground. They were rounded up by local authorities, but his mother was killed in the blaze, leaving him stranded with his horrible father. His father was no better than his impassive mother. He was worse, in fact, for he started beating Baku once he turned five. Baku ran away, but fell into a river as he ran from his father. He was found by a kind old man, named Shoejji. Shoejji found him floating in the river and brought him in, nursing him back to health. Eventually, after about a year, his father came looking for him and found Shoejji’s cottage in the forest. He attacked Shoejji, but was killed in a single stroke. Baku did not weep for his deceased father, for he was a tormentor. To repent for his crime in killing the boy’s father, whether the boy had liked him or not, Shoejji became the boy’s tutor in swordsmanship. Baku trained hard, and by the age of thirteen could defeat his master in a duel. This was partly because of skill, and partly because his master was becoming older and frailer. At the age of fourteen, Baku stopped dueling his master, for fear of his health. At the age of fifteen, tragedy struck the small cottage. His master came down ill. The sickness dogged his master for a month, during which time Baku was referred to a small town near the coast, where Shoejji’s daughter lived. Baku was to go to said village and tell the daughter of her father’s death. Even though this was his task, Baku refused to do it until the day that Shoejji died, for he was not dead yet, there was still a chance for him to get better. Even though on the inside, Baku knew that there was none. Shoejji gave his katana to Baku, so that his art could live on in him. Baku left the small cottage, and, after traveling and searching for a year, found the coastal village. He broke the news to Shoejji’s daughter, who nodded, left, and cried. Baku decided that he liked the coastal town, and he liked the ocean. He stayed in the village for another half year, a period that he was seventeen by the end of. During this time, he got to know Shoejji’s daughter, Karei, and he fell in love with her. Karei returned his love, and they exchanged rings. They were to get married in a year. With a marriage to a beautiful woman whom he loved, Baku’s hopes were high. But once again, tragedy struck.
Because Baku’s father was dead, his enemies had no one to collect debt from save Baku. Baku’s father once again haunting him, this time in the form of debt, he was at a loss at what to do. The responsibilities of his accursed father had fallen upon him, and yet he had no money. His only skill was fighting… And so he fought. He challenged the men to a duel, and every single one of them accepted the challenge against him. They went to a field about a mile away from the coastal town, far from Karei, for Baku did not want her to witness this, and fought. There were ten enemies. Baku easily defeated three of them before they had a chance to react. The others charged. Of these, Baku killed six of them, but was left with such wounds he could barely stand. The last one decided that the only way to make this man pay for his comrades’ deaths would not be to kill him. Oh, no, he had a much bigger scheme in mind… He would kill his love. He left the clearing, laughing, and went to the coastal town. Baku was unable to follow him, due to his wounds, and collapsed, thinking that he had given up due to the large price. The man had not given up. For the second time, he burned Baku’s house to the ground. Karei was still inside the house when it collapsed under its own weight. Needless to say, Baku tracked this vulgar man, and, a year later, killed him slowly and painfully, torturing him for every second Baku must live without his beloved. After this, at the age of twenty, Baku returned to the small coastal village, but it had somehow lost its splendor. Insane devotion to she whom he loved, as well as skill with a sword, made the villagers fearful of what he had become. This place was no longer home. He stopped shortly at the blacksmith’s smithy. Karei had been consumed and burned in the blaze, but Baku had found her ashes. Actually, there was no sure way to tell if hey were hers or the house’s; somehow, Baku just knew. Baku had the ring she has given him turned into locket of sorts. It was hollowed out and filled with her ashes. When no more of the ashes could fit into the ring, Baku cast them into the salty, ocean wind. The wind carried them North, and so he traveled in that direction, too. As though he were chasing after her.
Age: 22
Race: Human
Gender: Male
Appearance: Baku’s hair is a very dark shade of brown, almost black. In the back, the hair reaches down to his shoulders. The hairline moves towards his face at an upward slant. The hair in the front reaches down to his chin, but it is parted slightly so that he can see. Nonetheless, it sometimes impedes his vision. Baku’s eyes are slightly up-angled, a steely blue/gray in color. Baku has short eyelashes and thin eyebrows, which reach all the way across his face and curl slightly to the outside of each eye. They are the same color as his hair. Baku’s forehead is a little longer than normal, which results a smaller chin. His face is thin, but it is slightly longer than the average person’s. The general shape is eliptical. Baku has an angular, pointed nose, which sticks out from his face at a slightly off angle, as though it had been broken several times over. The nose sits on cleanly shaven lips, which are similar to the nose in the fact that they are pointed and agular. His teeth are very white, and they are straight. Baku’s figure is slightly muscular, but slim. His body is very rough, with very thick calluses and tanned skin. His toenails and fingernails are short but jagged, because he rips them off when they get too long for his liking. Baku’s hands are very bony. His knuckles protrude far from his fist, and the bones in his wrist are clearly outlined through the skin. He has average length fingers. His wrists are attached to long arms, a little like a monkey. His arms are nowhere near as hairy as a monkey’s, however. Baku’s toes are long enough to open doorknobs with. Baku’s feet are average sized, despite his long toes. Baku’s legs are a little longer than average size, which results in a shorter, more compact trunk. Baku is about five foot eight, and weighs about 140 pounds.
Personality: Baku is very honorable, and fairly trusting. For instance, if he defeats some one in a duel, he will not kill some one if they say that they have a wife and children. This also plays against him, however, for one could trick him into turning his back. Baku is vengeful, meaning if the above instance occurred and he was lied to and taken from behind, he would do anything in his power to right the wrong. Baku always feels like he needs to prove himself. He is not a material person. The only two objects valuable to him are his sword and his ring, for they each contain a piece of one special to him. He would trade almost anything in the world for Karei to come back. Baku has a strange feeling in the back of his heart, a feeling that makes him feel incomplete, unsatisfied.
Weapon: Baku wears a katana. It is his finest material pride in life, the katana. It is very valuable, made of a strange metal, with qualities similar to steel. The blade is about four feet long, longer than the conventional katana, and keen as a razor. For those unfamiliar with a katana, it is curved slightly, sharp on one end and blunt on the other. A long blood channel runs down the blade, which comes down to the tsubi, or cross guards, which is made of steel. It is embroidered with a long, thin dragon, which curls several times around the blade. It is damaged in several places, due to combat. The hilt of the weapon is made of the same strange material as the blade, but is wrapped in a rough cloth. The cloth is red, and is arranged in a diamond pattern all the way down the foot long handle. Underneath it, the slick, shiny metal is visible. The pommel is capped with steel. The scabbard is made of oak, embroidered with veins of steel in delicate, spiraling patterns. The tip of the scabbard is made of steel, so that the keen blade does not pierce the wood. Concealed in this steel portion of the scabbard is a smaller weapon, called a ‘ko-gatana’. The ko-gatana is an extremely small weapon, akin to the tanto, with no cross guard, and a short, but sharp, edge. It is made of steel and wrapped in the same cloth as the katana, and it is usually used as a last resort or for close combat. The hilt of the ko-gatana is barely long enough for one hand.
Baku is average with both of these weapons, as well as in unarmed combat. He isn’t very good at large scale tactics, nor is he good at small-scale tactics, due to his honorable and trusting demeanor. He is right handed.
Clothing: Baku does not wear steel or leather armor, for he values mobility in a fight above all else. Baku’s clothes consist of a deep blue shirt and black pants, both of which are made of cotton. The shirt is a softer cotton, and comfortable. The shirt falls a few inches passed his waist, and is fairly tight, especially around the arms. The pants are made of slightly heavier cotton than the shirt. The pants are still flexible, but not as flexible. The pants are tighter around the waist, and narrow down so that they stay fairly tight all the way down the leg. Baku has a black sash, made of the same type of cotton as the pants, into which his scabbard is thrust. Also tied to his belt, there is a small leather belt pouch, which he keeps his money and other small keepsakes in. He wears a steel ring, which is known only by him to be hollow. It contains the ashes of Karei. The ring is extremely polished and shiny. Baku wears moccasin-like leather shoes.
Biography: Baku was born to a barmaid and a drunkard. His father was never around, usually off drinking and making enemies. His mother was left to care for him, although she did not care for either him or the man who was his father. One day, when Baku was three, the enemies his father had made from drinking decided to pay a visit to his home… And burn it to the ground. They were rounded up by local authorities, but his mother was killed in the blaze, leaving him stranded with his horrible father. His father was no better than his impassive mother. He was worse, in fact, for he started beating Baku once he turned five. Baku ran away, but fell into a river as he ran from his father. He was found by a kind old man, named Shoejji. Shoejji found him floating in the river and brought him in, nursing him back to health. Eventually, after about a year, his father came looking for him and found Shoejji’s cottage in the forest. He attacked Shoejji, but was killed in a single stroke. Baku did not weep for his deceased father, for he was a tormentor. To repent for his crime in killing the boy’s father, whether the boy had liked him or not, Shoejji became the boy’s tutor in swordsmanship. Baku trained hard, and by the age of thirteen could defeat his master in a duel. This was partly because of skill, and partly because his master was becoming older and frailer. At the age of fourteen, Baku stopped dueling his master, for fear of his health. At the age of fifteen, tragedy struck the small cottage. His master came down ill. The sickness dogged his master for a month, during which time Baku was referred to a small town near the coast, where Shoejji’s daughter lived. Baku was to go to said village and tell the daughter of her father’s death. Even though this was his task, Baku refused to do it until the day that Shoejji died, for he was not dead yet, there was still a chance for him to get better. Even though on the inside, Baku knew that there was none. Shoejji gave his katana to Baku, so that his art could live on in him. Baku left the small cottage, and, after traveling and searching for a year, found the coastal village. He broke the news to Shoejji’s daughter, who nodded, left, and cried. Baku decided that he liked the coastal town, and he liked the ocean. He stayed in the village for another half year, a period that he was seventeen by the end of. During this time, he got to know Shoejji’s daughter, Karei, and he fell in love with her. Karei returned his love, and they exchanged rings. They were to get married in a year. With a marriage to a beautiful woman whom he loved, Baku’s hopes were high. But once again, tragedy struck.
Because Baku’s father was dead, his enemies had no one to collect debt from save Baku. Baku’s father once again haunting him, this time in the form of debt, he was at a loss at what to do. The responsibilities of his accursed father had fallen upon him, and yet he had no money. His only skill was fighting… And so he fought. He challenged the men to a duel, and every single one of them accepted the challenge against him. They went to a field about a mile away from the coastal town, far from Karei, for Baku did not want her to witness this, and fought. There were ten enemies. Baku easily defeated three of them before they had a chance to react. The others charged. Of these, Baku killed six of them, but was left with such wounds he could barely stand. The last one decided that the only way to make this man pay for his comrades’ deaths would not be to kill him. Oh, no, he had a much bigger scheme in mind… He would kill his love. He left the clearing, laughing, and went to the coastal town. Baku was unable to follow him, due to his wounds, and collapsed, thinking that he had given up due to the large price. The man had not given up. For the second time, he burned Baku’s house to the ground. Karei was still inside the house when it collapsed under its own weight. Needless to say, Baku tracked this vulgar man, and, a year later, killed him slowly and painfully, torturing him for every second Baku must live without his beloved. After this, at the age of twenty, Baku returned to the small coastal village, but it had somehow lost its splendor. Insane devotion to she whom he loved, as well as skill with a sword, made the villagers fearful of what he had become. This place was no longer home. He stopped shortly at the blacksmith’s smithy. Karei had been consumed and burned in the blaze, but Baku had found her ashes. Actually, there was no sure way to tell if hey were hers or the house’s; somehow, Baku just knew. Baku had the ring she has given him turned into locket of sorts. It was hollowed out and filled with her ashes. When no more of the ashes could fit into the ring, Baku cast them into the salty, ocean wind. The wind carried them North, and so he traveled in that direction, too. As though he were chasing after her.