(With your say, could I join this RP? More the Merrier as they say)
Name: Shinryu
Sex: Male
Race: Humanoid Demon
Age: 419 (Looks 30)
Height: 6?2
Weight: 50 pounds, more accurately 170 pounds, but due to the enchantments on his equipment he is much lighter to enable for greater movement speeds, jumping capabilities, and evasive maneuvers. But because of this it is much easier for enemies to lift him and blasts can push him back more so than he would with out his gear, ah, irony at work for a samurai to have such a double sided blade.
Weapons: Shinryu holds with him two blades, first blade, Soboro Sukehiro, named after the smith that forged it, is a mid size tachi made in the shinogi zukuri katana style. The blade was made with tamahagane, infused with the power of wind, thus greatly reducing the weight of the blade and giving it some elemental attack properties. Earth demons beware!
His second weapon is a normal length tachi, longer in size than his Soboro, with out a tsubo and has no curve, some might classify it as a ninjato, but the blade is much too long. The sword itself was made of adamant, giving it a soft greenish bluish hint when shown in the right light, and the hilt was made from blood wood, giving it a natural black-red color. He uses this sword, Chirijiraden, as his main weapon in combat using a Battojutsu stance.
Shinryu keeps both these blades on his left hip, Chirijiraden on the inside, Soboro outside.
His final weapon is a yumi, a long bow standing at about 6 feet and made of special woods known only to the master craftsmen who made the bow, using materials to maximize shooting range and power. He keeps his yumi slung over him, wooden side crossing his back, wire crossing his front.
Skills: Shinryu is a master of KykdM and Kykjutsu, KykdM being the ?Way of the Bow?, and Kykjutsu being the art of shooting a bow while atop horse back and using scientific calculations to master his shot and maximizing the use of each shot.
Shinryu?s blade skills fall under that of Kenjutsu, Tojutso, and Battojutsu. These being, ?Way of the blade? ?Sword Techniques? and ?The art of drawing the blade?. He uses each practice to max effect, using each where its strengths are best.
Magic: Sure his fighting skills are more than enough for any foe, but what?s a demon if he does not use his magic abilities. Shinryu uses his inherent magical abilities in combination with his sword techniques, inventing two elemental sword techniques with every element in nature, fire, water, earth, wind, lightning, ice, light, and darkness. One being of offensive property, and one defensive.
Appearance:
http://graphipedia.jp/image/Armor/Usukane/em_Usukane_f.jpg (Front Shot)
http://graphipedia.jp/image/Armor/Usukane/em_Usukane_r.jpg (Side Shot)
Shinryu wears a haramaki of black silk with a red trimming. Over it he has silver scale armor that covers most his torso, his shoulders are coverd with silver plates and the sides of his upper arms have metallic plates of black with red fabric strings coming from three rows of three placed in the armor. His waist and sides of his legs are covered by a hardened leather tasset made from behemoth hide, a fabric some would say is almost as strong as most metals. It is tied to his waist by a white fur made from the behemoth?s main, a silver buckle placed in the middle with gold fabric hanging down from it. His kotes give protections to his hands, they to are black, out lined with gold fabric like much of his attire. His hizayoroi follows the same color scheme as do his sune-ate?s. His skin is a dark color, sort of ashened yet not black. His hair is a silver color, kept long and tied into a pony tail that hangs at his back. His eyes, red in color, have a gentle; yet at the same time stern strong look about them. His face is smooth with no defining features to speak of. He has the look of a wise warrior about him, one you would want to be close to when you are troubled. The scarabs for both his swords are made of behemoth horn, you know, just to show off a little, seeing as everything else he has is apparently made from behemoths (._.). His front is completely protected by his haramaki, but his back is exposed with no real protection to speak off besides the bindings that hold his haramaki to him.
Personality: Always in a state of awareness Shinryu is not one you can easily ambush; he stays calm and is not quick to anger no matter the situation. He has a great deal of respect to all matter of races and unlike his demon kin, he does not spite humans and other creatures some races would find, lowly, or weaker. Thus said he also values discipline and finds laziness a form of weakness.
History: Shinryu was born into a wealthy family, his father being a great wind demon, his mother being the elven princess of a far eastern empire. Most his life was spent in the human world for his father was fighting an evil demon emperor in the netherworld and did not wish for his son to be caught up in this silly struggle for power. But he would not get to see this wish granted, for he was killed in combat and in a fit of rage, Shinryu went to the demon world to avenge him. There he met with the evil demon emperor as he paraded to the battle field. He challenged him to a duel, not wanting to pass up the opportunity to slay the son of the wind demon that caused him so much trouble; he took the challenge instead of just having his men kill him off. Shinryu lost, and badly at that. The demon was so sure that such a weakling would not cause him trouble in the future, he banished the young Shinryu from the demon world leaving these words behind ?You have lost this day, but I shall let you keep you life, so the taste of failure may be burned onto your tongue for the rest of your life?. Banished to the human world for 500 years, Shinryu seeked out the training of a master Samurai he herd from the locals, a great swordsman in the mountains who has been slaying wicked monsters of late for rich nobles whose own personal armies stood no match. Under this man?s wings Shinryu honed his skills, waiting for the day his 500 year banishment would end so that he may journey to the demon world to revenge his father. Even now after 400 years, his skills are still lacking the ability to fall a demon lord of 5,000 year experience and power, and now he seeks far off lands to master his body, spirit, and mind so that his revenge may be one day complete.
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