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 Posted: Fri Apr 18, 2008 7:14 pm
Username: Bamboo~Rage
Name: Hasamoto Konosuke. Commonly known as Kono-kun or Kono-san.
Race: Human
Age: Over 600 years old. An exact date of birth is uncertain.
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 160 lbs.
Appearance:
Konosuke is a tall man of partial asian decent. His physical appearance is of a man in his late 20s or early 30s, though in reality he is centuries older. His eyes, while still slightly angular, are a pale blue-grey. His left eye has three scar lines crossing over it from a claw strike, and is partially blind. He is missing his left arm entirely, but lets the sleeve of his yukata hang loose to cover the scarring. His hair is a strange green-black color, and kept up in a messy ponytail, with his bangs down to cover his left eye slightly. Across his back, hidden beneath his robes, is a large tattoo of a green dragon, that covers his entire back from shoulders to waist. Only a little of it can be seen from the front.
History:
Konosuke is from a small village hidden on an island just off the eastern coast of Japan. It was a community of both asians, and caucasions, plus those of african decent as well. A hidden melding ground, one could say. The society had been around since before the Mejii Era began, and had little to do with it's main island nation neighbor. Technology was a frozen progress on this feudal island, and the life of the sword was the way to live.
There is also a strong tradition among the family-clans. Each clan had it's own guardian beast that they worshiped and prayed to, to protect them from evil, and have their crops grow. For millenia, the clans had lived in peace with each other. It wasn't until an aggressive clan, following the spirit of Orochi the Snake Beast, began to claim their superiority that trouble brewed. Clans began to raise arms to one another, boastfully sporting their 'better blood'.
Konosuke was the sword master of the Dragon Beast, Doragatzu. Warriors felt that Doragatzu was too close of kin to their Orochi, and set out to completely decimate Doragatzu's followers. They struck with the new moon and fire on their side, while the Dragon's lay in their beds. Kono was thrown from his bed and attacked with steel claws and blades before he could even raise his katana to fight. An enemy blade took his left arm at the shoulder, and the keen edge seperated it completely. The Orochi left him for dead, to be consumed by the flames.
Knowing his wife and daughter were already dead before him, Konosuke screamed out to Doragatzu. He was answered. The heat vanished, the flames turning a brillant green around him. They gathered and surrounded him, forming a serpent-like dragon that filled the entire room. Doragatzu offered him a deal, his life could be saved. To restore order to his island home. Partially blind in one eye, and missing an arm, Kono took it.
Doragatzu merged himself with the mortal man, and saved him from certain death through wound and flame. Revitalized, Konosuke sought out those that had taken his family, his peaceful life, all in the name of superiority. But by the time Konosuke regained the strength he needed to fight, many of the islands inhabitants had been killed, or fled to the mainlands. The young man swore that he would hunt down the Orochi's, and make them pay for destroying the life they all had shared.
It's been centuries since Konosuke started hunting down his enemy. Many that hadn't fallen to his blades fell to old age. The deal Kono had made with Doragatzu had given him eternal youth, but all the warrior wished was to be able to rest in peace with his lost family. No peace will come though, as the Orochi that killed his family and took his arm is rumored to still be alive as well, though how is unsure.
For now though, Konosuke is a vagabond, rurouni, a wanderer searching the world for knowledge and skills.
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Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2008 7:37 pm
Weapons:
Two katanas, both held behind his waist horizontally, handles to his right side. One belonged to his deceased wife, and he took it with him when he left to hunt down the Orochi.
Sakura (his wifes)
Lotus (his own)
Abilities:
Niken Ryu(Dual Blade Style) - Konosuke fights with both of his blades, despite having only one arm to do so with. Over the centuries, he's developed a new battle style to counteract his handicap. He will wield Lotus as an attack blade in his right hand, but hold Sakura in his mouth as a defensive blade. Over the years, he's developed extremely strong jaws.
Ryu Gekido (Dragon Rage) - This typically happens when Konosuke is near death. While infused with the Beast, Doragatzu, Kono cannot truly die. With the deal made, if Kono becomes mortally wounded, Doragatzu will keep his body alive and slowly heal it until he is recovered.
Ryu Gekido is when Konosuke's abilities are overrun by Doragatzu's ferocity. His eyes will become covered with a red veil, and his attacks more deadly and quick.
Ryu Nigiri (Dragon Bite) - When tapping into Doragatzu's strength normally, Konosuke's right hand can have a 500 lbs crushing grip. When armed with Lotus, it can carve a foot deep trench for about 25 feet. This also goes for his jaws, which have become very powerful over the years of training to hold a sword in his teeth for defense. So if he is forced to bite someone's limb, he will break bone.
Battojutsu - By pressing the blade's edge against the inside of the sheath, Kono can draw the sword quickly to increase the speed of the sword's swing by two to three times normal. In this way, he may strike his opponent before there is time to react.
Ryumeisen (Dragon Howl) - The reversal of Battojutsu. The swift sheathing of a blade, it creates an ultrasonic blast when the hilt hits the sheath that travels down an opponents ear. If the ear is sensitive enough, then the sound can travel down the auditory nerve, and effect the body's equilibrium.
Doryusen (Earth Dragon Strike) - Using the force of his Ryu Nigiri, Kono can smash Lotus into the ground and send up a barrage of debris with the same force of 500 lbs on impact. Depending on the material, it can cause either blunt force trauma, broken bones, or deep cuts.
Ryutsuisen (Dragon Hammer Strike) - Using powerful leg muscles, Kono can launch himself into the air to about 25 feet normally, and 40 while under Ryu Gekido. He then 'kicks' in mid-air, and launches himself straight down at his opponent. If aimed properly, with Lotus he could cleave an unwary person in two. Otherwise, it is as it's translation says: a giant hammer like strike.
Soryusen (Double Dragon Strike) - A move Konosuke uses very rarely. It calls upon him to use both Lotus and his wife's blade Sakura as offensive, leaving him open for the most part.
Kono will hold both blades in his right hand, separated only by his index finger, so that he can still move them individually within reason. Also know as his Kage, or 'shadow' blade, he uses both blades in a style similar to the Art of Two Layers, by using one to break defense, and the second as a death strike.
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