Post by Ethan Yukimaru on Aug 12, 2006 11:49:51 GMT -5
Full Name: Ethan Yukimaru
Japanese First Name: Shin
Occupation: Apprentice
Nationality: British/Japanese
Height: 6'4
Weight: 152 Pounds
Age: 29
Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Dark Brown
Appearance:
Clad in robes, Ethan wears what one would consider traditional Japanese clothing. During his childhood, Ethan was raised to be a "perfect" Asian man... Or man in general. He was to be calm, collected, cool, and yet strong and willing. His choice of clothing was that of his family's preferences, as they had a more traditionalist outlook in life. In time, their choice of robes grew on him as he became accustomed with the loose feeling and gentle look of the robes. Usually, Ethan wears a black robe with a single white scarf around him. However, he is willing to instead wear a business suit, as the clothing of today's youth does not really suit him. Also, the tubes on his head are said to be what traditional noble men in the family wore back in the day, something Ethan chose to do in today's time... Lastly, Ethan looks much younger then he should, perhaps years of his life style has advantages then.
Personality:
Cool, Calm and Collected, Ethan tries to remain detached and level-headed in any situation that comes his way. He can remain relaxed in dire stress, and would always come out with a plan or some sort of escape route. Further more, he can be often described as cold, soulless and emotionless. As he is cool and relaxed, he never lets his emotions, feelings and morals get in the way of decisions. As such, he can be seen as a monster at times, while at others the only hope for survival. Lastly, Ethan is highly intelligent and quite philosophical. He has very deep and profound thoughts that would be contrary to what would appear to be his traditionalist preference. Ethan also posses and stubborn will as well, enduring everything without a word of pain....
History:
Born under a British Mother and a Japanese father, Ethan's given name was that of his mother's preference as he kept his father's surname. Regardless, his family and he were well off to do people, living quite in Tokyo. In this, Ethan was raised to be a proper gentle man... Calm at all times, collected in stress, and basically was made to be the epitome of the Asian man...or something like that. As such. his odd style of dressing is based off that of the noble Yukimaru Family, which was a noble family back in feudal Japan. However, it was one fateful night that he learned his family's secret. Apparently, the Yukimaru's were a family of mages in the east, and that their vast fortunes were attributed by this fact. With that, Ethan's father began to teach him the ways of magic...starting with some rather low key elemental spells and dousing techniques
However, fate would not be so kind. It seemed that there were several factions within the family that sought out the vast riches the family possessed, and as time went on their tensions increased until eventually... The Head of the Family was killed. With that, the war between who will inherit the fortune was on, magic being the weapon the family used to kill each other.... The same tool they used to gather such wealth. Regardless, Ethan's family tried to stay out of it....but since they were 3rd in line for the fortune, they knew trouble would be coming their way. As such, they too were involved, and Ethan was introduced to the horrors of war. After a many dozens of deaths on all sides of the conflict, which was sadly kept hidden thanks to the Yukimaru Family's power in the government, Ethan's faction eventually proved victorious. With that, all the other groups had to bow before the new line. In the New War, the 1st and 2nd in line were murdered, leaving Ethan's father the New Head of the Family. Soon, Ethan and his mother was introduced to the true riches of the family at the age of 24, where he soon began to develop his elemental, dousing and now Alchemy spells...
Four years later, a much older Ethan was then accepted into the Academy, knowing his war background would not blend in well with the Monastery. Whilst there, Ethan maintained his upper class tendencies, and bought a rather nice dorm house with his family's riches. Furthermore, he soon began to study the art of Symbology....possibly as an accomplish to his known styles. Call him a rich prick if you must, this is one man who had seen the horrors of war....
Style
Ethan's style of magic is more revolving on his weapon's training then that of a singular magic style. You see, Ethan has learned a deal about Elementalism, Dousing, Alchemy and Symbology. While not a master, anything from it in fact, of any of the styles, together Ethan blends them into a powerful fighting style revolving upon the usage of strengths.... With Dousing, Ethan can control the strings and move them, with Elementalism, he could make the strings as cold as dry ice or burning with the heat of a oven. With Alchemy, he can change the substance of the strings....making them silk strings, Steel Wires, a quasi-liquid substance, and much more.
However, the art of symbology for him can be stand alone then the rest...but it is more intended to be support for his main style of fighting.
Also, Ethan does not require dousing to fight with his strings. If without it, he can bundle his strings together to for a whip and fight with it....being oddly effective with the weapon... he did spend his life training with it after all.
Strengths:
The main point of Ethan is that he is fast, intelligence and has a good amount of energy to throw around. He is a strategist type fighter...as strings were not meant to be used brutishly or stupidly. He has the ability to understand and read his opponent, able to change styles on the fly as he can easily adapt to new situations...and remain calm and relaxed at the same time. His speed is also a good factor in his battles, as it allows him to gain the tactical strong point in a battle to which he can then begin to mercilessly destroy his doe. Ethan's energy reserve also serve to that Ethan can cast multiple spells, and if a tactic fails, he can easily begin o cast once more....
Weaknesses:
While Ethan may be fast and smart, that does serve his physical weakness. His strength is rather low, after all, he does not truly engage hand-to-hand....And as such, if one were to force trier way to do so, they would possibly if not win. Ethan's stamina is also quite low, as he attacks not hands on, and as such can get more damage from simple attacks then what other people would take as damage from them. Ethan can't take a blow quite well either... As he is better with dodging then blocking. Sure, he could use his strings to block for him...but physically he is very bad at it. And when a hit connects, Ethan might be silent about it but the attack will still rattle him up a bit...
Spell List:
Green = Dousing
Red = Elementalism
Blue = Alchemy
Teal = Symbology
Control Strings: Control the string's movement and what not.
Weaved Shield: By Quickly weaving together the string in a split second, Ethan can create a shield of sorts.
Body Controlling Strings: By extending his energy into his strings, Ethan can attempt to pour this energy into his opponent to take over their mind, body or both.
Fire Wire: Puts an Intense Heat on the Wire, yet at the same time not burn his own hand
Ice Strings: Makes the Strings very, very, very cold...so cold it burns in fact, but as before it does not burn his hand...
Charged Wires: Gives a small electric charge to the wire he holds.
Alter Substance: Ethan has the power to alter the physical make-up of his weapon.. From Silk to Steel
Extended Shot: By Combining the strings Ethan has together, he can then fire it off a great distance away.
Invisibility: By using Alchemy to alter the reflection of light on an object, Ethan can not only hide himself but can also make his strings look invisible as well.
Thousand Strings: Ethan can disfuse, create and wield what would seem to be dozens, if not hundreds of identical strings within his hands. They are all the same, with the same cutting ability, resistence, etc of their core design *EG Ceramic, steel wires, silk, etc*.
White Lighting: By Creating the Symbol of Lightning, Ethan can shoot lightning bolts at a foe
Quickly Sand: By creating a symbol below the feet of a foe, the circle/symbol will then instantly burn the floor to create quick sand, to which Ethan can trap his opponent(s).
Grasp: By Focusing a symbol below a opponent, Ethan can create shadowy hands to raise out of the ground to grab onto and bind a foe.
Impaling Prison: By Creating Six Symbols around a foe, Ethan can shoot spears out from the Symbols to impale, and then trap, a foe... Thus binding a foe down.....
String Space: By creating this Symbol at one given point, Ethan was able to store a nearly infinite amount of strings within the space he created through this symbol. As such, he no longer needs to carry as many strings as he used to on his body...merely invoke this symbol to call forth his strings to arm himself instanty or shoot them at a foe.
Note:
Aside from his spells, Ethan has also learned his own style of martial arts among the unique to the Yukimaru Clan. While the name is forever remain hidden, he has learned how to fight using strings and wires. The Techniques and moves he can use depending on the situation in a battle can be divided into five categories, or Books. These Books are:
The Book of Assault
The Book of Protection
The Book of Destruction
The Book of Traps
The Book of Death
Each one is unique to certain moves and techniques:
-The Book of Assault teaches simple offensive moves like slashing a foe or shooting wires like bullets
-The Book of Protection teaches using wires for defensive purposes like creating cocoons or Shields
-The Book of Destruction teaches dealing damage on a huge scale or area, like decimating buildings are sending wires to attack everywhere
-The Book of Trap teaches techniques that can ensnare and trap or foe, or help and aid the caster by doing something like elevate the Weaver above the ground
-The Book of Death teaches how to kill quickly, through decapitation, strangling with wires, and what not.
In the end, the books depend upon the spells Ethan knows. For example, how could Ethan try to use a Technique in the Book of Death that dealt with electrifying people if he didn't know a charging spell for his wires.
Weapons/Gear:
-Strings, lots of String.... The size of one of his strings can be anywhere from one to 20 meters for Ethan...and are hidden across his body....wrapped around him or hidden in his robes.
-Legendary Strings of the Yukimaru family; true name not revealed. These strings were doused in the magical blood of countless Yukimaru family members over dozens of centuries, making them very easy to use and yet very, very powerful.
-Gloves with Alchemic Symbols on them.
Items:
None
Note: None as of yet
Theme Song: 19Sai by Sugo Shikao
Japanese First Name: Shin
Occupation: Apprentice
Nationality: British/Japanese
Height: 6'4
Weight: 152 Pounds
Age: 29
Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Dark Brown
Appearance:
Clad in robes, Ethan wears what one would consider traditional Japanese clothing. During his childhood, Ethan was raised to be a "perfect" Asian man... Or man in general. He was to be calm, collected, cool, and yet strong and willing. His choice of clothing was that of his family's preferences, as they had a more traditionalist outlook in life. In time, their choice of robes grew on him as he became accustomed with the loose feeling and gentle look of the robes. Usually, Ethan wears a black robe with a single white scarf around him. However, he is willing to instead wear a business suit, as the clothing of today's youth does not really suit him. Also, the tubes on his head are said to be what traditional noble men in the family wore back in the day, something Ethan chose to do in today's time... Lastly, Ethan looks much younger then he should, perhaps years of his life style has advantages then.
Personality:
Cool, Calm and Collected, Ethan tries to remain detached and level-headed in any situation that comes his way. He can remain relaxed in dire stress, and would always come out with a plan or some sort of escape route. Further more, he can be often described as cold, soulless and emotionless. As he is cool and relaxed, he never lets his emotions, feelings and morals get in the way of decisions. As such, he can be seen as a monster at times, while at others the only hope for survival. Lastly, Ethan is highly intelligent and quite philosophical. He has very deep and profound thoughts that would be contrary to what would appear to be his traditionalist preference. Ethan also posses and stubborn will as well, enduring everything without a word of pain....
History:
Born under a British Mother and a Japanese father, Ethan's given name was that of his mother's preference as he kept his father's surname. Regardless, his family and he were well off to do people, living quite in Tokyo. In this, Ethan was raised to be a proper gentle man... Calm at all times, collected in stress, and basically was made to be the epitome of the Asian man...or something like that. As such. his odd style of dressing is based off that of the noble Yukimaru Family, which was a noble family back in feudal Japan. However, it was one fateful night that he learned his family's secret. Apparently, the Yukimaru's were a family of mages in the east, and that their vast fortunes were attributed by this fact. With that, Ethan's father began to teach him the ways of magic...starting with some rather low key elemental spells and dousing techniques
However, fate would not be so kind. It seemed that there were several factions within the family that sought out the vast riches the family possessed, and as time went on their tensions increased until eventually... The Head of the Family was killed. With that, the war between who will inherit the fortune was on, magic being the weapon the family used to kill each other.... The same tool they used to gather such wealth. Regardless, Ethan's family tried to stay out of it....but since they were 3rd in line for the fortune, they knew trouble would be coming their way. As such, they too were involved, and Ethan was introduced to the horrors of war. After a many dozens of deaths on all sides of the conflict, which was sadly kept hidden thanks to the Yukimaru Family's power in the government, Ethan's faction eventually proved victorious. With that, all the other groups had to bow before the new line. In the New War, the 1st and 2nd in line were murdered, leaving Ethan's father the New Head of the Family. Soon, Ethan and his mother was introduced to the true riches of the family at the age of 24, where he soon began to develop his elemental, dousing and now Alchemy spells...
Four years later, a much older Ethan was then accepted into the Academy, knowing his war background would not blend in well with the Monastery. Whilst there, Ethan maintained his upper class tendencies, and bought a rather nice dorm house with his family's riches. Furthermore, he soon began to study the art of Symbology....possibly as an accomplish to his known styles. Call him a rich prick if you must, this is one man who had seen the horrors of war....
Style
Ethan's style of magic is more revolving on his weapon's training then that of a singular magic style. You see, Ethan has learned a deal about Elementalism, Dousing, Alchemy and Symbology. While not a master, anything from it in fact, of any of the styles, together Ethan blends them into a powerful fighting style revolving upon the usage of strengths.... With Dousing, Ethan can control the strings and move them, with Elementalism, he could make the strings as cold as dry ice or burning with the heat of a oven. With Alchemy, he can change the substance of the strings....making them silk strings, Steel Wires, a quasi-liquid substance, and much more.
However, the art of symbology for him can be stand alone then the rest...but it is more intended to be support for his main style of fighting.
Also, Ethan does not require dousing to fight with his strings. If without it, he can bundle his strings together to for a whip and fight with it....being oddly effective with the weapon... he did spend his life training with it after all.
Strengths:
The main point of Ethan is that he is fast, intelligence and has a good amount of energy to throw around. He is a strategist type fighter...as strings were not meant to be used brutishly or stupidly. He has the ability to understand and read his opponent, able to change styles on the fly as he can easily adapt to new situations...and remain calm and relaxed at the same time. His speed is also a good factor in his battles, as it allows him to gain the tactical strong point in a battle to which he can then begin to mercilessly destroy his doe. Ethan's energy reserve also serve to that Ethan can cast multiple spells, and if a tactic fails, he can easily begin o cast once more....
Weaknesses:
While Ethan may be fast and smart, that does serve his physical weakness. His strength is rather low, after all, he does not truly engage hand-to-hand....And as such, if one were to force trier way to do so, they would possibly if not win. Ethan's stamina is also quite low, as he attacks not hands on, and as such can get more damage from simple attacks then what other people would take as damage from them. Ethan can't take a blow quite well either... As he is better with dodging then blocking. Sure, he could use his strings to block for him...but physically he is very bad at it. And when a hit connects, Ethan might be silent about it but the attack will still rattle him up a bit...
Spell List:
Green = Dousing
Red = Elementalism
Blue = Alchemy
Teal = Symbology
Control Strings: Control the string's movement and what not.
Weaved Shield: By Quickly weaving together the string in a split second, Ethan can create a shield of sorts.
Body Controlling Strings: By extending his energy into his strings, Ethan can attempt to pour this energy into his opponent to take over their mind, body or both.
Fire Wire: Puts an Intense Heat on the Wire, yet at the same time not burn his own hand
Ice Strings: Makes the Strings very, very, very cold...so cold it burns in fact, but as before it does not burn his hand...
Charged Wires: Gives a small electric charge to the wire he holds.
Alter Substance: Ethan has the power to alter the physical make-up of his weapon.. From Silk to Steel
Extended Shot: By Combining the strings Ethan has together, he can then fire it off a great distance away.
Invisibility: By using Alchemy to alter the reflection of light on an object, Ethan can not only hide himself but can also make his strings look invisible as well.
Thousand Strings: Ethan can disfuse, create and wield what would seem to be dozens, if not hundreds of identical strings within his hands. They are all the same, with the same cutting ability, resistence, etc of their core design *EG Ceramic, steel wires, silk, etc*.
White Lighting: By Creating the Symbol of Lightning, Ethan can shoot lightning bolts at a foe
Quickly Sand: By creating a symbol below the feet of a foe, the circle/symbol will then instantly burn the floor to create quick sand, to which Ethan can trap his opponent(s).
Grasp: By Focusing a symbol below a opponent, Ethan can create shadowy hands to raise out of the ground to grab onto and bind a foe.
Impaling Prison: By Creating Six Symbols around a foe, Ethan can shoot spears out from the Symbols to impale, and then trap, a foe... Thus binding a foe down.....
String Space: By creating this Symbol at one given point, Ethan was able to store a nearly infinite amount of strings within the space he created through this symbol. As such, he no longer needs to carry as many strings as he used to on his body...merely invoke this symbol to call forth his strings to arm himself instanty or shoot them at a foe.
Note:
Aside from his spells, Ethan has also learned his own style of martial arts among the unique to the Yukimaru Clan. While the name is forever remain hidden, he has learned how to fight using strings and wires. The Techniques and moves he can use depending on the situation in a battle can be divided into five categories, or Books. These Books are:
The Book of Assault
The Book of Protection
The Book of Destruction
The Book of Traps
The Book of Death
Each one is unique to certain moves and techniques:
-The Book of Assault teaches simple offensive moves like slashing a foe or shooting wires like bullets
-The Book of Protection teaches using wires for defensive purposes like creating cocoons or Shields
-The Book of Destruction teaches dealing damage on a huge scale or area, like decimating buildings are sending wires to attack everywhere
-The Book of Trap teaches techniques that can ensnare and trap or foe, or help and aid the caster by doing something like elevate the Weaver above the ground
-The Book of Death teaches how to kill quickly, through decapitation, strangling with wires, and what not.
In the end, the books depend upon the spells Ethan knows. For example, how could Ethan try to use a Technique in the Book of Death that dealt with electrifying people if he didn't know a charging spell for his wires.
Weapons/Gear:
-Strings, lots of String.... The size of one of his strings can be anywhere from one to 20 meters for Ethan...and are hidden across his body....wrapped around him or hidden in his robes.
-Legendary Strings of the Yukimaru family; true name not revealed. These strings were doused in the magical blood of countless Yukimaru family members over dozens of centuries, making them very easy to use and yet very, very powerful.
-Gloves with Alchemic Symbols on them.
Items:
None
Note: None as of yet
Theme Song: 19Sai by Sugo Shikao
