Onyx the character is highly influenced off the blade of the immortal series. (which I absolutely love) Inspirations from BOTI, onyx is a character from a story I am writing called ‘Lotus’. It is also inspired by my love of the Elder Scrolls series.
Name: Onyx (assassin code 2047)- She took on this name from her two onyx katana's that had once belonged to her father. Real Name: Yumiko Yamamoto *Nickname: Yumi Age: Born: April 25th 1771 and is technically 244 years old. However, she did not receive the kessen chu until she was 30 in 1801. This would then mean she has been immortal for approximately 214 years. Therefore she looks 30 years old. Origin: Japan Marital Status: Single Titles: Raider (fancier way of saying thief), Sword-Singer, Phoenix Rider, Guild Captain - (Bal Molagmer), Merchant/fencer Theme Song: Compass ~ Wovenwar Died in my sleep ~ Demon Hunter The Last One Alive ~ Demon Hunter
Physical Appearance:Body Type Species: Human/elemental/immortal Gender: Female - Height: 5'10 - Weight: 137lbs - Hair: Long thigh length raven black - Eyes: Yellow topaz, molten pools of gold that sit behind feline frames. -Skin: The colour of over creamed coffee. Horizontal scar across the bridge of her nose that sits above a set of plump lips.
**Note** Elemental's are not associated with those beings that have 'magic in their blood'. They are simply humans that are more in tune with the element assigned to them at the time of their birth.
EG. THE FIRE ELEMENT: (ARIES March 21-April 19, LEO July 23-August 22, SAGITTARIUS November 22-December 21)
THE ELEMENT AIR: (GEMINI, May 21-June 21, LIBRA, September 23-October 22, AQUARIUS, January 20-February 18 )
THE ELEMENT WATER: (CANCER, June 22-July 22, SCORPIO, OCTOBER 23-November 21, PISCES February 19-March 20)
HE ELEMENT EARTH: (TAURUS, April 20-May 20, VIRGO, August 23-September 22, CAPRICORN December 22-January 19)
Personality:
You will find that the immortal version of Onyx is very different from her would be mortal self. A combination of her upbringing and profession has lead to a very complex woman. When it comes to business she is quite serious. Blunt. A no-bull-s**t kind of woman. Over the many years of existence she has learned to quiet her inner flame (temper) but she hasn't been able to quite master it. In extreme situations she can be rather cold and cut-throat. She knows how to do what needs to be done, coming off as militant. You wouldn't want to be the victim of an interrogation by her as she would be less incline to ask you too many questions. Perception is a little more masculine than feminine and can be unpredictable. It may be hard to tell if she is really your friend or foe.
In her more playful side she is bold, confident and very flirtatious. She is not without a sense of humour and can tap into her softer side, though rare that she'd show just anyone that side of her. A strange way of showing affection, she teases the crap out of those she likes. She has quite a few hobbies and interests. And while she is 50 shades of crazy she has somehow maintained a sensitive side.
In general she is very guarded. Walls all around her. Private and personal. Excellent at wearing various "masks". Many can describe her as fierce and feisty.
- Character Flaws:
Stubborn, Blunt, paranoid (of men, relationships - which has caused her to build up a wall), Too Independent (has issues accepting help), Defiant, sometimes likes to play devils advocate, Can be spiteful, Enjoys danger ( and is a thrill seeker ).
Biography:
Childhood – + Yumiko cannot recall much of her days before the age of Eleven. She does have some memories of loving moments with her mother (step mother). She has some memories of light training with her father as well as that began early. +She began training at an Okiya as a shikomi-san when she was ten. + When her parents died at the age of eleven she was left in the care of her Grandfather (fathers father) to which she underwent more training.
Pre-teen/Teen Years – +She continued her training with her Okiya as a minarai all in the hopes of maintaining lady like qualities. + She was sent to a place known as 'The hall of virtues of war' at about the age of twelve once a week. Located in the high mountain guised behind a Shrine, It was here that she was taught martial arts and energy focusing.
Young Adult - + At the age of eighteen she quit training at her Okiya having chosen to focus and dedicated herself to being a 'sword-singer'. + She started to train as a Miko. She had her heart set in becoming a Miko (Shrine Maiden) at the 'Hall of Virtue of War'. + Opened her first business called 'Crystal Point' Apothecary + Business lead to doing business with people that got her into a thieves guild where she became a merchant and fence for.
Adulthood – + Took revenge for her parents murder and nearly died. Gained the Kessen Chu/immortality + Maintained her guild/merchant work for a while before disappearing. + Ran with pirates for a number of years and commanded a fleet of her own + Settled into Assassin work when the heyday of the pirates was over with for quite a long time. + Took a break from Assassin work and got back into the thieves guild, met Aecon Phoenix. + Gained her own ship and called it 'The Asper' + Worked both assassins and thieves guild for a very long time + Got married and had a son. Father died. + Quit the assassins guild + Officially dropped her Pirate title and began to tomb raid, getting more involved with her thieves guild.
Currently -
+ Re-opened Crystal point Apothecary + Re-emerging as a merchant again + Getting back into her 'sword-singer' training + Is up for a large promotion within her thieves guild to which leads to the resurrection of a long dead faction of thieves.
Class:
Sword-Singer ( a Type of Shamanistic Paladin that deals in energy work ) A small division among the Vatrarian people's, many are unfamiliar with what exactly a sword singer is. Thusly people try to steer clear from them. The focus of one's energy and the use of ones energy to accomplish great feats is not considered "Magic". No more than electricity is considered to be "Magic". The Sword singers adopted these practices from the peoples of the Eastern cultures. It is influenced from practices like: Chakra work and Reiki.
Sword-singers were a group of expert warriors, desert artisans, that worshipped the Hachiman the God of war. The temple they built was named "The hall of virtues of war" which, also served as a training hall. It was here that they practiced their combat skills and the forging of powerful swords. Men joining the group were known as "Brothers of the blade" and women as "Maidens of the spirit sword". Sources suggest that members were recruited as early as eleven.
The greatest sword-singers were known as Ansei or "Saints of the sword" who formed their own training schools to pass on their skills. To become Ansei of the first rank, a sword-singer had to demonstrate an ability to form the 'Shehai', a sword formed out of the singers own spirit. When formed by a high level Ansei, the shehai was "an unstoppable weapon of great might" and made the singer capable of astonishing feats of swordsmanship. These Ansei were Hachiman's greatest warriors.
Over the centuries the ancient secrets had been almost lost, with even the most skilled masters being capable of only forming random, insubstantial lengths of the shehai. It has all but nearly died out as the stories of ancient past has passed into legend and legend into myth.
Special Abilities to your Class:
- Combat (Martial arts): sword singers are known for being beyond exceptional in combat and their swordsmanship.
+ Fortified Agility
- Spirit (Energy work): With the touch of the hands one can 'push or pull' energy be it residual or live (ie. A stone, animal, or living being)
+ Chi Spark- The ability to see people's species, presence , and emotions via the way the chi pulses or flux'es. Chi spark is something Onyx has tap into herself to do. This means that it isn't a constant thing. It is described as looking like Flesh, muscle and bone removed to leave a body of light up veins. Over the years Onyx has perfected this ability. She can easily turn it off and on. It sort of acts like a type of x-ray vision as when she is viewing in this mode solid background and foreground objects are removed. The radius of this ability is approximately 200 feet.
+ emotional sensory: Eg. If you are angry she can see it because the chi begins to double pulse rapidly. Onyx has no idea WHAT your mad at. Just that your mad. Every species has a colour code and a pattern trait that's signature to that individual. Everything has energy in it. If you breathe, move, blink or talk you have SOME kind of energy in you that can been seen. The only thing she cannot see is the energy of those that have crossed over. (ghosts)
+ Energy Siphoning - That means upon touching you she can drain your energy. To drain someone she needs to have constant hand contact. She cannot drain a person through any other body part other than her hands. This ability is actually a taboo thing to do according to the training of her Ansei masters as they believe in the balance of things. This is a serious ability as it has the very real potential of killing someone. They believe that this ability should never be used for harm.
+ Energy Induction - Through touch she can sometime transfer energies acting as a conduit (between two people). With this abilities she could transfer energies to others that may need it. This ability can be both an offence and defence.
+ Channeling - onyx is capable channel her energy into items temporarily but she is reluctant to do this. It is very dangerous for her because if the object is destroyed then so is a bit her life energy. This is offence and defence ability.
+ Shehai - Onyx is capable of forming a blade out of her own spirit force. It's blows don't cut but instead take an opponents life energy with each strike. Weakness, blacking out and death are the three effects of being hit with this sword. However, having stopped the teachings of her ways she is not at this level yet.
**Note** - Sword Singers cannot see or draw energy from the dead. They cannot control or bend light, sound, molecules, atoms, etc. They also have a distinct limit as to how much (or what type) energy they can both output and input, as they basically act like a conduit, before being in danger. Negative effects include but are not restricted to: blacking out, nerve damage, optical and neurological damage with the worst being death.
- The Junction: Is an ability where Combat and Spirit meet. One can channel their energy into their affinity weapon to increase it's power. Hit's from this blade cause physical damage as well as damage to ones Stamina.
**Note** Ansei (Master Sword Singers) can perform higher levels of 'The Junction' By which they can form a weapon from their own spirit! It is said that attacks from that type of weapon are near unstoppable. Attacks drain the opponents life force exponentially causing quickened death, paralysis, or unconsciousness.
*Element:
Fire
*Elemental Abilities: (these are abilities pertaining to your characters element. Basically areas they specialize in)
Kasai Tamashī (Fire soul)(Close Range) - Placing or throwing down the ofuda upon something causes that something to be set on fire
Rin Pyou Tou Sha Kai Chin Retsu Zai Zen (Celestial soldiers descend and arrange yourselves in front of me) - the chant she says as she is holding a ofuda with the Kanji written upon it that says: Fire Soul. Duration: 1 post
Shageki (shooting)(fire)(long distance) - A flaming flying arrow or dagger that takes the shape of a phoenix. Upon impact it engulfs it's target in flames for 20 seconds before dissipating.
Using her bow she loads an arrow, chambering it. (or throws a dagger) She shouts the enchantment and fires (throws). The arrow (dagger) ignites into flames. As it flies the flames take the shape of a phoenix (fire bird). Duration: 1 post
Tentai shīrudo (Celestial Shield)(Defensive) - A flame shield (on self only) that lasts the duration of a single hit.
Rin Pyou Tou Sha Kai Chin Retsu Zai Zen (Celestial soldiers descend and arrange yourselves in front of me) - the chant she says as she is holding a ofuda with the Kanji written upon it that says: Celestial Shield Tossing it up into the air it hovers stiff before her. Pressing her sword against it (side ways) forms a shield upon impact of an on coming blow. Flaming wings disburse from the Ofuda backwards encasing its castor in a veiled bubble. It lasts the duration of a single hit and needs to be recast in order for it to work again. Duration: 1 post
Kage Fūkei (Shadow Shield)(Defensive) - A shield (on self) that prevents other magic users from being able to find you for 48hrs.
Rin Pyou Tou Sha Kai Chin Retsu Zai Zen (Celestial soldiers descend and arrange yourselves in front of me) - The chant she says as she is holding a ofuda with the Kanji written upon it that says: Shadow Landscape She flung her ofuda out aiming for the persons back to which it stuck to. The symbols lighting up orange. "Kage Fūkei!" she yelled out. Instantly a dark domed barrier sprang up and surrounded the person. It then dissipated from view, turning invisible if you will.
+ Visible signs that Onyx is tapping into a deep energy, and particularly the Phoenix is the colour changing of her eye's and the rise in body temperature. The eye's go in three stages: from their golden yellow state to a deep burnt Amber, to a crimson red.
- Defence Healing (power name goes here) - It is important to note that the Phoenix's healing capabilities cannot be used on anyone else other than Onyx herself.
- Offence Attack(power name goes here ) -
power name goes here
Instead of her eye's turning a ruby red Onyx's eye's would change to a Sapphire blue! This time Onyx would not become the Phoenix but the Phoenix would part from her soul and manifest in the physical world. Onyx knew the name of the Phoenix that was tied to her soul. It was Echs. Flaming wings burst from her back before a form began to push it's way out of Onyx's body via her back. Echs would hover over Onyx's body so that she would come to Onyx's line of vision. Ech's hand came up and out in front of her. Onyx's body obeyed and rose until she hovered, feet almost touching the ground. Onyx's body was like a rag doll and her own expression still vacant. Higher into the air Echs rose her. Four single beats of her wings she pushed up off of the ground shooting towards the sky like a bullet. Half way up in her ascension her form instantly transgressed into that of the Phoenix bird. Wings spanning wide she circled once and made her way back down in swooping circles, circles that got wider as she neared the bottom and her target. Swinging out wide the phoenix turned its body sharp to boomerang into Onyx. It would enter at about her solar plexus. Upon impact the phoenix burst into shimmering gold feathers, semi translucent as they were not particularly real solid feathers, but that of energy. Soul energy. Onyx's head snapped back and her arms floated up to about shoulder height. Her hair broke from its keep, wildly skewed all around her. This moment was as though she was suspended in water. Like time its self seemed to slow right down. The fabric of her clothes floated much in the same mechanics of physics to that of water. Her eye's snapped wide open, she gasped. Eye's returned to their normal molten gold, shimmering gold feathers floated all about her. Softly her feet would touch ground once more. Hands held out, a single feather floated and landed into her palms. It lingered for a moment before fading, evaporating back into Onyx.
Kessen Chu:
Onyx has something called the Kessen chu - Sacred blood worms. It gives her instant healing when cut... ( yes there is a weakness to this that can hurt oni ). If a limb is cut off it can be reattached. Her blood loss is replenished. This is a 'curse'/'gift' unto Onyx alone. It cannot be passed on by ANY means. This is what gives her, her immortality.
Abilities in Progress:
+ The Resonant Flow - Onyx is currently working on being able to tap into energies that are less inanimate. Specifically resonant energies in crystals
- Ofuda's ( This is normally used defensively as it is usually a charm,ward, or scripture that brings protection. )
- Bow (usually only uses this for hunting and target practicing)
The Phoenix Blade ~ This is the huge golden broad sword that is described has a carving of a phoenix on the flat side of the blade, the one that looks very heavy and is impossible to lift to anyone that tries to pick it up. This sword has an affinity to the phoenix spirit that is attached to Onyx's soul. This sword was passed down to Onyx through the family as her family's crest in the Phoenix. It isn't that the phoenix dwells inside the sword but acts as a conduit so that Onyx can tap into the abilities of her phoenix easier. The fire that comes from this sword therefore is NOT elemental. It cannot be doused by water or ice. This blade sit's in a locked glass cabinet in her room on display. She takes it out when needing to practice but doesn't usually bring it with her anymore due to progressing other skills and means of accessing her abilities.
Onyx Blades ~ The two onyx katana's ( and black steel ) are very important items to her. They belonged to the man that had murdered her father and raped her mother before taking her. It is how she adopted her current name Onyx or as some know her as B ( black ) Onyx. Onyx only carries one of them now and that's because the one blade has been altered. Onyx's uses these blade more than any other weapon in her arsenal. Because of that her energy has been poured into them. A long time ago a demon broke that blade to which it had been fixed and reinforced by a gold lining by a being named Torlus. Since that time Onyx has put that blade away, safe within the confines of one of her homes called the Spire. You will find it's brother often on her lower back or on her left hip. This weapon is upon her at all times.
The Demon Whip ~ This is a very unique whip as it is essentially alive. It is a parasitic demon, an organism of plague and death all it does is feed and destroy. It feeds off of energy and blood, draining your strength and making you weak and eventually killing you. How? When the whip gets a hold of the person tiny barbs are imbedded into the flesh. This is how it feeds. This weapon is upon her at all times
Sais ~ This blades sit at the tops of her shoulder blades on her custom back holster. There isn't anything special about these weapons. This weapon is upon her at all times.
Throwing Knives ~ These babies are found strapped to Onyx's right thigh. There is a row of five of them that sit nestled in the thigh holster. They are worn mainly any time onyx isn't wearing pants. She never likes to be weaponless even on a night out on the town!
* *Note** - Yumiko can use most bladed weapons: single, two handed, daggers, yari's, and short swords. She can also use bows. She is not as good with heavy blunt weapons: Hammers (war hammers), Maces, Battle axes, etc.
*Talent(s): (any special talents otherwise unlisted)
-As a Miko and Sword Singer she is "sensitive" and can have prophetic dreams at random. This is an uncontrolled ability.
*Pet(s): (any pets your character has)
- Jophiel - Pet Raven
*Other Information We should know: (anything else that was not listed above but it important for your character)
+ Trouble has a way of following her around due to the rumoured accumulated wares she has and because of the people she privately associates with. She tends to attract vampires and demons due to her blood and energy reserves.
+ She is the daughter of A Samurai. She seems to have disdain for the Samurai and the military due to her father (and her grandfathers wishes for her to marry a Samurai). This further perpetuates her defiance and dislike for authority of any kind.
+ Bal Molagmer - A group of 'Good thieves' that steal only from the unjust and give to those in need. Rumour has it that Onyx had a big hand in its revival