Kooshy here with my character "John 'Spade' Kaith." Yup.
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Username:Kekushen Skirata Kush-ika
Character Name: John "Spade" Kaith
Age: 23
Gender: Male
Sexuality: Straight
Birthplace: Unknown
Birthday: April 11
Weapons: Shovel, Short Sword
Picture (with armor): John "Spade" Kaith
History:
John Kaith, a farm boy, was raised in a strange land. He lived in a secluded area, where his whole clan - he can't remember the name of it - had settled. The land was fertile and fruitful. In John's childhood, peace reigned the land. Warriors settled down for families and children to carry on their legacy; John's father was one of the greatest in the whole clan, and his mother was a great healer. With such a pair, the Kaith name became famous in their land.

But, as always, peace would never last. You can only be isolated from the world for so long. People from an unknown land came to the clan; they were vicious and cruel, and forced them to give up everything they had. The clan, of course, retaliated; the legendary warriors were no match, being out of shape from such a long time of peace and forgetting most of their skills. The invaders defeated the clan, and John's father sent him off with his older brother to escape in one of their own ships. John remembered hearing the shouts and screams of horror; he hears them to this day.

As John and his brother Sean hit land, an old man came across them. Papa Gurd, he was called. An old farmer, he was in need of profits and people to tend the farm; the two boys gladly offered and, looking at them with a smile, Gurd accepted. He fed the two boys, raising and caring for them, and teaching them about what school skills he knew. Sean had a mild disinterest; John, on the other hand, was eager to learn something new each day. As the two grew older, so did Gurd; on his death bed, he gave the farm away to the two boys. Sean took it up on himself to raise a profit from the land, since John was too busy mourning the death of Gurd and learning things at a nearby academy he had recently found. As time progressed, and John reached his 16th birthday, robbers found the farm and - well, Sean passed away on John's special day. John fled, finding himself no longer safe; suspecting that someone was after him to kill off the rest of his clan, John ran to the army - there he trained, learned a few combat skills that could save his life; he used a shovel, though. It was something he found comfort it, something he had used since his childhood as a farm boy.

Replacing a few metal parts and adding some to his shovel, John felt confident to take on anything. He left the town's army, and now roams the land in search of a destiny greater than himself. He earned the nickname "Spade" along the way as villagers looked at him from town to town, whispering "Why is he carrying a Spade?"
Other notes:
-Yes, John Kaith fights with a shovel.
-"Kaith" means "Survivor" in John's dead language.