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Name: Miran Froaude
Nicknames: General Froaude
Age: 25
Appearance: Miran Froaude
Family/Clan: Froaude Clan
Region: Fukushima Region, Mainland Japan
Love Interest: Jun Otsuka of the Otsuka Clan
Personality: Miran Froaude is the type of person who will do what absolutely must be done to protect the country. He believes in doing the dark deeds that protect a nation...the sacrifice of a few to save the many. Some would call him callous and cold, perhaps even evil. But the very few who know him well know of his intense dedication to his work, and his passion towards the few things in the world he does care about.
Bio: Born in a small village outside of Fukushima, Miran's affinity for the supernatural was on the radar of the Yatagarasu...and the local Froaude Clan...from early in his youth. He was an orphan, given up by a mother who simply did not wish to have children, and so he never knew his true parents at all, an issue which never particularly seemed to bother him...though the feeling of alienation he felt as a kid remained a part of him forever. Miran was adopted as a child into the Froaude Clan when they learned of his prodigiously clever mind and his proclivity for the shadows; his potential seemed to be quite unlimited for their particular style of combat. Taken in early, he was officially trained in the ways of their clan...though his path would eventually diverge when he reached his young adulthood, at age 16.

Realizing that within his own clan there were traditions and elders who would block his rise to the top of the clan, whether he was the best candidate or not, he decided to support and bring prominence to the name 'Froaude' in another fashion...volunteering himself to be a young initiate to the Japanese military under an assumed history provided by the Yatagarasu...and acting as a spy in the government, he remained in the service of the Emperor until he was aged 24 and the day of the Emperor's murder. His rise through the ranks of the military was swift, his brilliance and ruthlessness earning him continuous merits. Completing officer training in record time, a series of successful negotiations with high-ranking officers helped to speed his promotion to General at age 23. He served for a year as the head of a detachment of JSSDF forces in the southern mainland before the rise of the Mori Shogunate saw his cover revealed to Motonari Mori...who quickly reassigned him to the Fukushima Region from which the Froaude Clan was rumored to descend.

Essentially placed away from the worst of the action and put in charge of an unimportant self-defense chapter, he instead turned his attention to reintegrating with his family. His skills and leadership were already head and shoulders above the rest of his clan, but his uncle-in-law remained the clan leader. However, his uncle was far less competent than the job required...perpetuating a bloody feud with the Otsuka Clan of the Sendai region dating back to a dispute near a century ago and failing to prevent the rise of the Lin Kuei Alchemists in the Oshu territory they continue to dispute with the Otsuka...and also failing to prevent the massacre of the Iwadate Persona-User Team or properly investigate the 'Cave of Yomi' before it was lost to the tides. This was the final straw...seeing that his family was losing its credibility and lacked the mettle to do what was required, Miran took action...

...His uncle died under mysterious circumstances soon after, and the most qualified candidate to take over the clan, by far, was Miran Froaude. He was named the Eleventh Head of the Froaude Clan a mere month ago, but his reputation already precedes him. Someone who is willing to make the hard choice...he is an ideal candidate for the mission to eliminate the Anti-Spirit due to his callous desire to do what he must for the country, and his cunning mind.

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It must also be said, though the details are kept only between the two of them, that there is a passionate history between Miran Froaude and Jun Otsuka of the rival clan. Starting with his first encounter with the clan upon his return from the South, meeting in secret has become a near-nightly indulgence between the two of them. And though their clans would vehemently oppose the union, Miran seems to care very little for what they think...blaming them for the failures that lead to his uncle's demise. They would fall in line, were the two of them to be caught together, or they would oppose him by force. There is no in between, as Froaude is not in the business of doing anything halfheartedly...

Yatagarasu Clan Data

Weapon: Ring of the Dark Emperor
Arcana: The Moon
Clan's Ability Name: Shadow Beasts
Clan's Ability Description: A clan with the ability to control the shadows, molding them into terrifying beasts of a blue and black hue to unleash upon enemies in combat...the ability is boosted tremendously in the clan's leader, who bears the Ring of the Dark Emperor...an emblem of their clan. Molding shadows into beasts for attack, defense, and support skills is their stock and trade, but even in a place without shadows, the Ring of the Dark Emperor will produce enough to create the family's trademark beasts.

Shadow Beasts are the intangible becoming tangible...the spirit force and life force becoming actual force. Shadow Beasts deal damage both directly to the spirit/life force, and to the physical body. They can interact with and pass through the tangible world each turn at their master's bidding, performing various tasks as he commands.

Shadows must be tangible to deal any damage other than the direct 10% HP and SP...and thus, may be resisted, etc. If intangible, the direct damage may still take effect, but no other effect may be used.

Shadow Beasts

Lobo Negro - Twin shadow beasts which take on the form of blue/violet and black wolf heads; they bite at and through an enemy's body, dealing Heavy Non-Elemental Damage. Deals additional 10% direct HP and SP damage.

Serpiente Negra - Twin shadow snakes that wrap about the legs of a foe and immobilize them, preventing evasion for 1 turn afterward. Shadow serpent fangs bite into the legs of the foe to deal an additional 10% direct HP and SP damage.

Oso Negro - Twin shadows mold together into the form of a bear, charging an enemy and slamming home with an immense blow of Severe Physical damage. Deals additional 10% direct HP and SP damage.

Halcon Negro - A swarm of shadow hawks are spawned, swooping over the field and gashing at the enemies with powerful shadow talons dealing Medium Non-Elemental Damage to all foes. Deals additional 10% direct HP and SP damage to all foes.

Tigre Negro - A powerful shadow enchantment surrounds the user, shadow stripes like tigers crawling over the pale skin of the wearer. Significantly increases the speed, attack, and defense of the wearer and will remain enchanted so long as the shadows remain. Normal attacks deal additional 10% direct HP and SP damage.

Babosa Negra - A black shadow slug forms over the back of Froaude, attaching itself to his skin and slowly sucking the damage and illness and mental distortions out of his body, restoring him over time to full health and instantly cleansing him of negative status and preventing the manipulation of fighting capacity/resistances. Restores 10% HP and SP per-turn and instantly recovers status ailments. Lasts as long as there is shadow.

Arana Negra - Eight black shadow legs form from the back of Miran Froaude, a body appearing behind him not unlike that of a black widow spider, each capable of striking a foe individually for normal attack damage; his fingertips sharpen into shadow claws, and each strike thereafter will deal a 1-3 chance of dealing venom (a strong poison), 1-6 chance of dealing an instant knockout. Deals 10% direct HP and SP damage with each strike.

Manada de Lobos Negro - Tapping into the utmost of his own power and that of the Ring of the Dark Emperor, Froaude's eyes glow an eerie blue-violet, his ring unleashing a barrage of black shadow wolves in a vicious pack, attacking every foe at once with a Severe Non-Elemental assault (Up to 8 wolves and no less than 2 [RNG for it], no more than 2 per-person!). Deal 10% direct HP and SP damage wolf. [5-turn cooldown. Tigre Negro and Babosa Negro enchantment will dispel if used.]


Note: Miran Froaude possesses no elemental strengths, nor does he possess any elemental weaknesses. Also significant is the apparent ability, though it is no combat skill, of Froaude to move within the shadows with remarkable stealth and swiftness outside of combat. He comes and goes seemingly as he pleases...but generally seems to need to disengage combat to retreat using this ability.

Items Owned:
Ring of the Dark Emperor - A large black ring with a crimson, diamond-shaped jewel at its heart; an heirloom of the leader of the Froaude Family that increases his combat ability immensely. [Effect: Amplify power of Shadow Beasts exponentially.] [Weapon Equip]
General's Uniform - Fanciful, customized uniform of Froaude's unit of the JSSDF. Somewhat old fashioned, but very stylish. Emblems on the breast pocket indicate its wearer is of a very high rank: general. [Effect: Block Instant Death.] [Armor Equip]
Plumed Pauldron - A feathered cloak or pauldron (it is hard to tell which) worn on Froaude's shoulders; clearly a stylistic choice of his own, as no one in his family or unit wear anything similar. May possess an enchantment... [Effect: Greatly improve magic defense.] [Accessory Equip]

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Name: Futaba Kongiku
Nicknames: Fu-Chan, Kongiku, Hime-Sama(To her most devoted followers, at least.) Oneesama
Age: 26
Appearance:
Family/Clan: Kongiku Clan
Region: Kyoto
Love Interest: None yet
Personality: Calm, demure, kind, and quite carefree, even in more serious situations. Though that doesn't mean she doesn't take her role or position lightly. She's high-ranking and she knows it, but she doesn't boast. Perfering to remain more modest about her abilities.
Bio: Born and raised in kyoto, Futaba grew up in a rather classic setting, joining the crows from a young age, being part of the Kongiku clan. despite the rough and tumble of her work for the Yatagarasu, she managed to remain a dignified, elegant woman. But what most people find impressive is how she was able to retain her whimsical kindness while undergoing the trials to become head of the clan.
She took to the the Shibo Sakura ablilty with great ease, quickly bypassing her peers, some say it's her state of mind that allows her to command the ability with such skill.
She's spent most of her life guarding the Kyoto area. Some of the other clan heads may look down on her for her kindness, but they do respect her skill. But make no mistake, an enemy is an enemy, and Futaba will fight tooth and nail to defend her allies and her country.

Yatagarasu Clan Data

Weapon: Eien ni saku (Normal attacks are simple waves of the tiny magnetite blades controlled by the user's will and the Eien ni Saku)
Arcana: Empress
Clan's Ability Name: Shibo sakura
Clan's Ability Description: A clan with the ability to generate and control thousands of tiny magnetite blades, the appearance of which is almost identical to the petals of a cherry blossom tree. The blades are perfectly sharp, and incredibly deadly. Though the blades prove no threat to the user, provided they have truly mastered the ability. They scatter around the area when released, but a small few swirl around the the user, forming a basic defense, cutting anyone who gets too close.

List of Skills/Abilities

Hana no yoroi - The blossoms form on the user like a suit of armor, blocking immediate attacks. Though the defense is perfect, a lucky strike might still break it. This skill can be deadly to the user if they have not mastered the ability. Tetrakarn, armor dispels after a single use, physical attackers recieve light damage in return, has a 1/3 chance of being broken through. Two post Cooldown.
Uzumaku sakura - A large amount of blossoms go forth to rapidly swirl around a target, and cut whoever is inside. 3 hits, High Damage.
Todome kogeki: Shin no sakura - The user forms all of the blossoms into one, giant whip-like sword, which then the user can swing like a normal weapon, the form moves slowly, but is very, very powerful. The form is about as tall and wide as a person, and can stretch up to 15 meters if need be. One post charge-up. three post use. Severe Damage, breaks physical defense(3 turns of physical vulnerability) 3 post cooldown.

Items Owned:
Eien ni saku - A katana passed on to each head of the clan. It's a sign of both power and rank. The weapon acts as a control rod of sorts, allowing Futaba's already natural knack for her clan ability even more powerful [Effect: Makes the user one with the Shibo Sakura ability, increasing response time, and blade movement speed] [Weapon Equip]
Kongiku Kimono - An elegant silk kimono bearing the emblem of the clan, and a sign of her office. Emmits a small magical aura and just wearing it helps one's mind remain clear [Effect: Immunity to instant death and Rage/fear ] [Armor Equip]
Assassins parasol - A common-looking parasol, adorned with the emblem of the Kyoto Yatagarasu. Holds a common dagger in the base. [Effect: Greatly increase physical defense] [Accessory Equip]

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Name: Jun Otsuka
Nicknames:
Age: 25
Appearance:
Family/Clan: Otsuka Clan
Region: Sendai Region
Love Interest: Miran Froaude
Personality: Jun is a fierce woman with a commanding presence. She’s strong and proud, not ever backing down from a challenge. She has a strong grip on her subordinates, and will not hesitate to talk down or shout to put people in place; though she does reward them when it’s earned. Harsh with her people and unforgiving with enemies, Jun takes her duties seriously and will not take s**t from anyone. Despite the authoritative air about her when around the clan members, Jun shows she cares deeply for her men, taking risks in order to protect the lives and well-being of those who put their trust in her.
Passionate and quick to heat up or anger, though she rarely goes so far as to lose control...she enjoys being on the top of any situation, coyly teasing her enemies and people she actually deems worthy competition in any situation.
Bio: Jun was born in the Otsuka clan of the Sendai Region and was trained in their ways since a young age. It wasn’t long before she realized they were a simple bunch: powerful protectors of the area with a hierarchy based on strength and skill, following the ‘survival of the fittest’ philosophy. They were also very territorial, more so than most families, and took great pride in their work of protecting the northernmost region of the mainland from devils, cultists and whatever other threat might come to plague it. When the Froaude started to venture into Oshu and declared they could handle the region without the help of ‘the Otsuka brutes in the North’, the clan took it as an offense, causing great tension between the two. That hatred have been there for generations, the Otsuka being seen as brutes by the Froaude, and them being seen like pampered magicians by the Otsuka who hide in shadows to fight.
At the age of 17, Jun had developed far beyond what anybody in the clan expected and believed the way the clan was being led wasn’t the best decision, it being pretty simple and foolish, unable to keep the people in line. A trail by combat had always decided the clan’s leader, and so, Jun challenged the clan’s head to a match. She eventually won, even if it was one Hell of a fight. Having proven her strength and skill, the clan began to respect and follow her…and those who resisted were quickly beaten into line. Jun gained a reputation for power, kicking butts throughout Sendai as years went by and even pushing the Froaude back for a little while. Her goal was to lock down their territory…beat some Froaude’s asses out of Oshu and put the issue to rest once and for all. There was no meaning to it all, anyway. Why they couldn’t beat a bunch of shadowy pansies, Jun could never understood.
That was, until she met Miran Froaude.
When she was twenty-four, the fight between the two families reached a peak when one of her people was injured by a Froaude while they both chased an enemy in Oshu. She met and fought Miran Froaude to set an end to the conflict between the two. The fight ended up in a ‘draw’, and things began to operate as normal…even if tensions still existed. Her relationship in secret with him began not long after.

Yatagarasu Clan Data

Weapon: Fists and Legs
Arcana: The Strength
Clan's Ability Name: Blue Devil's Fist
Clan's Ability Description: Drawing out the flow of energy within the earth and into her body, Jun can increase her biorhythm, physical limits and enhance their attributes to superhuman levels in increasing, small increments that avoids her muscles being overtaxed and destroyed.
Technically, it would be a skill which incrementally increases her fighting skills, each one, to immense levels, increasing her speed in the first turn, her attack power in the second, her defense and durability in the third, a double-power boost in the fourth, and all of her stats at once in the fifth.

List of Skills/Abilities (if a list of skills is necessary)
b***h Fist – Using the flow of energy and channeling it to her fists, forming a hard layer of magnetite around them, Jun hits the enemy with Severe Non-Elemental damage.
Titan Hammer – Gathering energy on her hands, Jun can throw it at enemies from afar. Ranged attack. [1 turn cooldown]
Magnetite Armor – Jun reinforces herself with a shell of magnetite to greatly increase her defense for a turn.

Items Owned:
Beat Gauntlets – Mismatched gauntlets with added knuckles on the right fist. The left gauntlet goes up to the elbow while the right stops just at the wrist. [Effect: Double Critical Rate of Physical Attacks ] [Weapon Equip]
Otsuka Clan Gear – Simple button up shirt with an arm band signaling her status. [Effect: Ari Dance Effect] [Armor Equip]
Shadow Gem – Dark gem that gives out an ominous aura. A gift from Froaude. [Effect: Prevents Instant Death. ] [Accessory Equip]

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Name: Sieg Shimazu
Nicknames: Sieg the Freed
Age: 39
Height: 5'7
Appearance: ,
Love Interest: I lost that battle a long time ago.
Personality: Wiser than most of the sword swinging Shimazu, Sieg is more a philosopher than any of his brother's children, though his brooding sometimes lead the more action-oriented clan members to dislike him. In a group that seems to focus solely on fighting, it's wonder they consider the most educated among them as someone who could be traitor...though he makes no attempt to rebuke his family if they look down on him, either.


Bio: Born and raised in the Kyushu Province at the Shimazu Village in the outskirts of Satsuma, Izuru and his brothers are part of a long tradition of elite swordsmen trained from birth to carry on the line of their clan which has endured since before the Feudal Age. Formerly one of the Great Clans of Japan, their influence and fame slowly gave way over the years, but as their notoriety faded and their lines seemed to 'die' out, what was actually happening was a secret migration.

Now the Shimazu exist not as the famed Daimyou of Satsuma, but as a group which continues to safeguard the island of Kyushu with their unique skills. They are known as the 'Shimazu Guardian Corps', a secretive branch of the Yatagarasu with their own unique abilities and location not unlike the Tsukigata. Rather than assassinations, however, they deal with more overt supernatural threats in Kyushu and take pride in defending their homeland well. Never before has one of the Great Summoners had need to set foot onto the Island of Kyushu thanks to their efforts. But now, for reasons unknown, several of the Shimazu's best have relocated onto the mainland and taken up residence in Inaba.

Sieg is the slightly younger brother of Izuru's father, to a different and foreign mother no less, and from a young age they were obvious rivals; while his older brother succeeded in mastering the art of the sword, Sieg was a talent himself, but spent no more time on it than his eldest brother...and though he fell behind in their clan's art, he grew to love thinking, reading, and attempting to live a more normal life as well. That's how Sieg first met Izuru's mother, first before all their clan, in a school that he had been permitted to enter after his brother was named the clan's next great heir. Despite the meeting however, she was as friendly with the clan as anyone else in their home city, and when he wasn't looking fate conspired to introduce the two would-be lovers, causing an immediate rift between the two. Before Sieg could rationalize the events however as he returned one day from practice, a messenger brought him terrible news; the Taihaku had known of his close relations with her, and had kidnapped her, asking a hefty ransom for her. In a heart-pumping moment of disparity, Sieg chose the rash action and ran to the designated point, hoping to free her and receive her admiration when he saved the day. There was no ransom however, and the entire thing had been a trap, the messenger a spy who lied in order to lure out the Head of the Shimazu's son out, where he was defeated by a clan of Gravekeepers who intended to win favor with the head of the Taihaku. And instead of being saved by his brother, or his father leading men, he slowly felt his life slipping out of his fingers as days passed, assuming they had left the son who was not heir to die for his shame.

When Sieg was at last freed, earning his later scornful nickname, it was by the demon Seo himself who had cast the clan out for their underhanded tactics, and slain their clan when they sought to kill him and take retribution as well as the head of the Alliance. The misery he felt when he learned his father and brother hadn't even been aware of the betrayal only steepened the rift between his family, and as he had walked, of all things, home that day he felt himself slipping further into self-deprecation. It was there, in the fading hours of the day he encountered the girl he loved, and felt like it was the last chance he'd been offered to avoid the overshadowed life he lived. When Sieg proclaimed his love for the girl quite suddenly, he was hearbroken to hear her refuse, and more so when he learned that while he was gone his brother had revealed his own feelings, to her own joy. And in despair he did the only thing a teenager would if he thought it would change his beloved's feelings; he challenged his brother to a duel for control of the clan, and was beaten and reduced to an unquestionable pulp. Eventually, Sieg recovered to some extent...though he became more withdrawn than ever before, and officially joined his brother's service when he succeeded in becoming the new Head of the Shimazu Clan, becoming his chief adviser and the second best blade of the Shimazu in their generation. And although few ever believed that the tension between brothers had disappeared, the resentment that Sieg felt as a child towards his family's occupation faded with time much more easily, dispelling any notion that he would consider abandoning their clan against the Taihaku Alliance.

Of course, recently he has become head of the Shimazu after his brother's unfortunate and untimely demise, word given by the previous Head himself to watch over his sons until the time was right. On the other hand, many still claim that this was all the fault of Sieg, and even now he does not have the absolute faith of those in branch families, who often taunted him for his scrupulous nature and who claim that Zoro is the rightful heir and should have claimed his position even now, though Sieg has tried to avoid exacerbating their unrest. Though no family's relations are are clean as they would like, the Shimazu's have recently become quite tangled, even for the messiest of family trees.

Note: Shimazu Swordsmen gain their power based on a sword they obtain by defeating a demon in one-on-one combat using only their incredible training and skill with a blade. When they slay the demon, they obtain their weapon and craft an armor and accessory from the remnants of the demon's body, which they then equip to themselves to use in their work thereafter.

Sieg's victory came over a demon known as Penrose, whose weapons (a single straight sword with runes on the blade) he claimed as his own, at the age of 20. His victory was fairly easy, but in reflection of that his blade does not have as much raw power as most Shimazu blades.

Shimazu Clan Data

Weapon: Straight Sword
Arcana: Star
Affiliation: Yatagarasu
Fighting Style: A smooth, practiced swordsmanship. It doesn't surprise, but it doesn't leave openings, either.
Sword Name: Penrose
Sword Element: Light (Adds Light to Phys, Light Break)

Equip Skills:
Power Charge, Akasha Arts, Null Dark, Ari Dance, Mediarama , Samsara


Shimazu Style Secret Art (Use your weapon)

Dash - Drastically increase speed for attacking and dodging, True Evade Phys. For 5 turns.
Gash - Purple energy surrounds the blade and it gains a Pierce effect for 3 turns. Physical strikes deal double damage from Penrose each time this spell is activated.
Transcribe Double Phys Damage and uses the spell Mute, with double chances against enemies with a Unique Ability .

Elemental Affinities:
Absorb: Light
Null: Dark

Items Owned:
Penrose - Weapon Equip
Oublier - Armor Equip
Ecriture - Accessory Equip
Me Patra Gems (x25)
Antidotes (x25)