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 Posted: Sat Sep 10, 2016 4:04 am
Preferred Artist: Kana lines with either Jay or Saint as the color, please! That or straight up Saint if she would want to take him on. I am good with any of those options. Which ever one wants to take on and play with Gahiji's design as various aspects of him would be CC.
Name: Gahiji
Stage: Prentice
Future Weapon/Class: For him I am thinking two swords, a spear, or maybe a single sword. I would need to play around with him a bit to get a feel for his fighting style before I can really decide on what it is that he wants to be when he can get his hands on a weapon.
Race: Fire/Water
Gender: Male
3 Base Traits: Adrenaline Junky, Fearless, Off Kilter
Personality:
Gahiji is a strange sort of person, one that doesn't seem as though he is all there mentally. It might in fact be true given the way that he goes about his daily life, tending to spend a lot of his time searching for a 'real' challenge, favoring the sort that could easily get him killed. He seems to completely lack the voice in his head that tells him something is dangerous or that he shouldn't do it, instead just throwing himself into any battle that he finds eagerly. He seems to be addicted to fighting and winning (at least the idea of it), no matter the shape that he ends up in afterwards. His hunger for battle often leaves him covered in wounds but the pain seemingly doesn't bother him, or maybe it's something that he enjoys as well as it show him that he is in fact alive.
Due to the manner in which he faces things the idea of meeting someone stronger then him, as in extremely so, he would find himself with a deep respect for that person as well as have a deep seeded desire to continue to challenge them. No matter how many times he suffers a loss he will still want to continue to follow (and bother) that person. Strength in others is something he would admire, but want to challenge, it's also something that he would find attractive. His version of love would be something more closely akin to the respect/admiration/obsession that would come with meeting a powerful individual.
The challenging of other warriors aside he will also be a big fan of battling it out with beasts of all varieties, though he will mainly want to take on the most dangerous ones. The bigger, badder ones with sharp teeth and claws being the 'best' ones in his mind when it comes to what he wants to fight against. The more the merrier as well. Gahiji will seem, to some at least, as though he as a death wish but its not really death that he's seeking in his battles. Not that he is sure about any sort of end goal, not the sort that looks that far ahead, only really seeing the next battle.
Description:
~ Hair: A deep blood red, almost black color, that is shaved on the sides, with the rest of it decorated with feathers, bone beads, and other such prizes that he's gathered. The closest example I could find was something like this style. I am all for the artist fiddling with it a bit to get it to look just right. ^_^
~ Eyes: The design of the water tribe but done in a bright pink color, narrowed and serious, with a scar that goes over one of them from his forehead to his his chin, then down along his neck and chest. It's a long slash mark that he got while he was much younger, his first scar of many, but likely the one that has the most history behind it.
~ Skin: I'm torn on this one. Either skin type would look cool or a combination of both? If possible something like Irro or Ril's skin? Having him with normal Fire Tribe skin with some patches here and there of a faded version of the Matori skin? Really when it comes to this I'd love to leave it up the artist and let them play around with it and have fun.
~ Crystals: Some of the big shoulder ones could be cool! One or two on each shoulder, symmetrical or asymmetrical, would be cool, as well as some on the face? I am good with any arrangement. Another thing I'd love to leave up to the artist to decide.
~ Other: Matorian ears, please! I love them so much!
When it comes to Gahiji I'd like to leave a lot of things up to the artist (and colorist) to go crazy with! I love to see what people come up with when they can do whatever comes to mind. It was how Mano was created and I'd love to see what might come up that with Gahiji as well.
They can definitely bounce ideas off me if there is anything they are unsure of but I am up for anything design wise. <3
Clothing: Clothing made of the various beasts that roam the Oba/Matori area. I will leave the design up to the artist/colorist as I am good with whatever they would like to design. So long as it has a really rough look to it, as though it was made by someone that is still learning how to make things the correct way. He can be shirtless and barefoot if the artist likes as well.
Accessories: Beads made of bone, feathers, claws, and other decorations that are made of the bits and pieces of various kills that he will go after when he is able. What exactly the decorations are I will leave up to the artist! All sorts of piercings are definitely something that they can add, in bulk if they like.
One thing I'd definitely like (though I don't know if it could show on prentice lines) would be a tongue piercing. I definitely understand if it doesn't show on prentice lines though. ^_^
History:
Gahiji was the only son that was born between a Oban noblewoman and one of the Matori servants that served her household that she fell in love with. After learning that she was with child the two of them fled from the city in Oban that they lived in to instead live abroad, wanting their child to be able to live freely, and to hopefully grow up out from under the thumb of her father. Even after the Matori slaves were freed after the war she didn't return home, not trusting her family with her husband or her son, doubting that they would accept them into the family given where her husband had started out. They found some peace for a while in Matori, with Gahiji being born in one of the smaller villages in the land of water. They stayed there for a only a short time before moving on again though, not wanting to stay in one place for too long lest her family catch up with them.
It was something that worked for a while, though it wasn't a peace that was meant to last it would seem. Gahiji isn't sure what happened to his parents exactly. He was still just a child when he lost them and in his mind whatever really happened was twisted, leaving him to think that 'monsters' of some sort killed them though at the same time he thinks that maybe it could have been two legged monsters as well. In his mind he can only see it as a nightmare situation, one in which his parents were killed, and he was meant to be killed as well. The attack was where he got his first scar (mentioned in the description section) and is what is left behind by those that tried to kill him. Whether it was people hired by his mother's family, someone that was actually a part of the family, or actual monsters he doesn't really know. All that is certain is that the attack is what changed him greatly from a normal child to be the person that he is today.
After the attack it was a few Matori fishermen that found and saved him, the same people that raised him for a time since he was the only one left alive. Since they'd saved him they saw him as their responsibility even though it was obvious that they didn't know the right way to raise a child. Despite that though they were good people, those who tried their best. The problem being that his habit of challenging others started to bubble up in him as time passed, seeming to only get worse and worse the older that he got. His new 'family' does their best to deal with him, though him challenging them like a beast challenging its alphas does wear on them at times.
Partially due to knowing he could be a bother to his 'family' as well as a need to get stronger and to challenge others causes him to wander away fairly often, going far and wide looking for something that will help to feed his need for battle. His 'territory' as it were seems to be the area between Baun and Sald, reaching over to the ocean, as well as a ways into Oba.
Once he gets older, and gets his hands on a weapon, he means to leave his 'territory', to seek out stronger and stronger beasts and people to take on. He wants to face all sorts of things head on, instead of just sticking to one area. The idea of sitting still for too long isn't something he'd even consider as idleness drives him crazy. One such plot is for him to start picking fights with Keilana when he learns that a 'strong person is running a school' seeing her as a desirable opponent.
He will take on anyone he possibly can between Matori and Tale though, finding himself ever eager for battle no matter the circumstances or the condition he might be in.
Notes: As the war with Oba, as well as slavery, has been over for a bit ICly I am fine with making it so that the Matori father of Gahiji was a servant to the family but one that was working for pay instead of because he was a slave. It will still stand that the noblewoman's family were completely against her having a relationship with the man because they would still see him as being lower then they are which is why they would still make the attempt to hunt them done after the pair disappeared.
Also, given how many characters I have I don't want Gahiji to be made into a character the moment his quest is approved. I just want him to get to the approved state so that I can try to get him when customs open, an event happens, or any other way that I can get him art and a journal at the same time.
Until that opportunity arises I have plenty of others to play with while waiting! <3
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Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2016 11:43 am
He seems good to me so far ^.^ The only real question I have for him is what is the story/reasoning behind making his own clothes from animal hide rather than buying them from a market or making his own from fabric?
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Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2016 5:16 pm
Suhuba He seems good to me so far ^.^ The only real question I have for him is what is the story/reasoning behind making his own clothes from animal hide rather than buying them from a market or making his own from fabric? I think that the reason, other then wanting to show off trophies of the things he catches, is that when he is working on making the clothing and accessories that it's the only time he sits in one place for a while. He tends to not have a lot of down time, rarely wanting to sit around or be quiet but that is something that he can actually focus on. It's not extended sewing sessions but it's definitely a big shift from his normal day to day life.
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Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2016 6:55 am
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